NBA backer king

Chapter 272 Super center era, did it exist?

On the morning of the 8th, the team did not practice, and Lao Wang didn't get up until 9 o'clock. After making breakfast, he walked in the yard to digest food.

"Old K, can I accept an interview?"

His villa was not that big, and some reporters were guarding outside, and when they saw him, they asked loudly through the fence.

He walked over and said through the fence: "Hello, have you had breakfast? I still have some bread and steak, which I can bring to you."

"Thank you, old K, we have eaten burgers and Coke." Several reporters laughed.

"You can ask." Nodding, he said.

"Old K, which game did you watch last night?" A reporter asked first.

"I've seen it all," he said.

The reporter quickly asked again: "So what do you think of the on-court conflict between Jordan and Reggie Miller?"

He laughed and said: "The league should add another technical offense to Jordan. He boxed Reggie Miller, just like he boxed me on the field the year before last. I said a long time ago that he should be included in the top ten villains. He is up to the standard."

"Haha..." Several reporters laughed.

"Old K, how do you evaluate the duel between O'Neal and Ewing?" Another reporter asked.

He thought for a moment and said: "When O'Neal reaches 140 kilograms or more, he is unstoppable in this league except me.

Ewing is good, but in front of O'Neal, he has no confrontation ability, and he can't get in at all, so his efficiency is surprisingly low.

I'm not surprised by what O'Neal and Ewing did last night, it's their normal behavior. "

"Old K, can I think that you think it's normal for Ewing to be defeated by O'Neal on both offense and defense?" the reporter said in surprise.

"You're right, that's what I meant." He said.

The reporter asked: "Then in the next series, do you think the duel between them will be the same as last night's game?"

"Basically, maybe O'Neal's performance will not be as strong as in G1, or Ewing will occasionally explode, but he is powerless to change the general trend with O'Neal." He said.

Another reporter asked: "Old K, do you agree with what Gomez said last night that the league will usher in an era of behemoth centers?"

Lao Wang laughed twice and said: "Actually, over the years, the media has been praising the era of super centers, but Ewing's Knicks have been suppressed by the Bulls and Pistons and cannot make it to the East, and David Robinson's Spurs and Dameng's Mosaic cannot make it to the West.

From the era of black and white duo to the era of bad boys, and then to Jordan's trapeze era, the three super centers have been suppressed.

What I want to say is that super centers are definitely not the absolute power to control this league. Whether their era still exists is itself a false proposition, isn't it?Because they never dominated the league, I don't even think they had an era at all.

As for the era of the giant center, O'Neal and I have to continue to work hard, and our current achievements are far from enough. "

At noon, his words were put on various media, including the sports news of the TV station.

"Charles, we want to get rid of the Spurs, and get to the Western Conference Finals." In the dining room of the Mosaic training base, Dameng stared at the TV rather angrily.

While scratching his bald head in distress, Barkley encouraged: "Come on, Hakim, I believe that your strength can beat old K. You did it last time in the Western Conference Finals."

Dameng nodded heavily, bursting out with great self-confidence.

But Barkley still couldn't hold back, and reminded: "But what about our outside line?"

Dameng froze, yes, what about the outside line?
"Damn Clyde, why did he go to the Suns?" Thinking of this question, he wanted to whip the glider.

If the glider came to his side, then this year he has absolute confidence to beat the Suns and Old K again without any surprises.

But now that the glider is in the Suns, it's his turn to have a headache.

"Brother, I talked to Clyde. The Suns will renew the contract of old K. They will never give him a big contract. As long as our management gives him a big contract, he will definitely come to us. We will win the championship next year. opportunity." Dameng suddenly said excitedly.

"Is Alexander willing to give it?" Barkley asked in a low voice.

Dameng was stunned again, suddenly became furious, glared at the management not far away, and shouted: "If I can't get Drexler, I'll apply for a deal."

Some managers look at me and I look at you, looking at each other, is Dameng trying to force the palace?
The news quickly reached the ears of general manager Steve Patterson and new owner Alexander, causing them headaches.

Dameng still has a one-year contract for next season, worth $531 million. If he doesn't meet his requirements and really asks for a trade, and Barkley is old, then the team has only one way to go, and that is to rebuild.

And if Dameng runs away after finishing the next season, Mosaic will lose money to death, and the pace of reconstruction will be delayed by at least five years.

And Barkley still has a two-year contract, and the Suns will bring it over, which will cost 476 million next season and $470 million next season.

The salary of these two people alone will reach 1007 million US dollars next season. The salary cap of this season is 1600 million. The salary cap of next season should exceed 2000 million, but even if it exceeds 2000 million, these two will account for half. What about the other 13 people?
Glider's appetite is definitely not small. It is impossible to sign him without a few million dollars a year. It is impossible for the Mosaic team to use a big contract to attract Glider unless the stingy Alexander is willing to pay a lot of luxury tax.

At this time, the team reporter of the Mosaic team ran to Dameng and asked a few questions.

"Hakim, old K said there was never a super center era, do you think he is right?"

"That's right!" Dameng swears directly.

The reporter was not surprised either. He had followed the Mosaic team for many years and knew too much about Dameng. This is an old hooligan who is even more hooligan than Jordan.

Dameng scolded annoyedly: "That stinky kid of old K, didn't he win a championship just by hugging Barkley's thigh? What right does he have to talk about this issue?"

Next to Barkley was a little embarrassed.

In fact, Old K was still a little weak during the regular season, not strong enough on the offensive end, let alone defensive. It was his coolie, but after entering the second half and the playoffs, Old K developed a stronger offensive ability. There is no one between him and Old K. The thighs of the old K, the performance of the old K in the playoffs and finals is no worse than him.

"So Hakeem, do you think there is an era of super centers in the league?" the reporter asked again.

Dameng fell silent and did not immediately answer the question.

After he and Ewing entered the league, together with David Robinson later, the media has called the era of super centers all these years. He has become accustomed to this kind of title and saying. Now old K comes out and thinks that there is no era of super centers.

However, he really couldn't refute it. Old K had a ring in his hand, and he got it as the main center forward, but he didn't have enough hard honors to make him refute.

"boom!"

Depressed and annoyed, he punched the dining table, scaring the people around him.

"Tell that kid, if we make it to the Western Conference Finals this time, he won't have any good fruit to eat. What they did last season, we will do this season."

He didn't eat at all, stood up abruptly and walked out, and at the same time dropped a sentence, which counted as his answer.

Barkley, who was sitting at the table, stared at the big dream who left, and couldn't help but smiled wryly.

Dameng was really unlucky. He had such a good opportunity last season, but he was exhausted by the old K in the Western Conference Finals.

And this season, the Suns got the glider again, and the strength of Mosaic's lineup pales in comparison.

Dameng has entered his peak period in the past two years, his physical condition can still stay at the end of the peak, but his experience and skills have reached the peak. These two years have been the strongest Dameng, but unfortunately he was not lucky.

"Luck!"

He couldn't help sighing, feeling that he was really lucky. Fortunately, he won a championship with the Suns. If he had gone to the Lakers, he might still be empty-handed by now.

After thinking for a while, he took out his cell phone and sent Old Wang a text message: "Old K, you deny the super center era, which is really causing a big dream. He wants to do what you did in the last Western Conference Finals."

Lao Wang was also having lunch at the restaurant of the headquarters, and after receiving the text message, he read it and laughed.

This year's situation is different from last year. Last year they were only a little behind the Mosaic team, and they didn't lose until the tiebreaker. If they meet the Mosaic team again this year, he is confident that they will not reach the tiebreaker. Big dreams have exhausted their energy. This idea is absolutely impossible to succeed.

Spurs, David Robinson was also very angry when he saw Wang Tiejun belittling the super center era, but he has always relied on his status as a high-intellectual social elite and disdain to pay attention to the illiterate old Wang, so he did not take the initiative to respond.

And Ewing was also angry, but his personality was too dull, and the reporter was the one he hated the most, so he didn't take the initiative to respond.

However, the media would not let go of this topic. They called them one after another, and the outside of the house was surrounded by reporters, so they could only accept interviews.

Standing outside the gate of his house, David Robinson was interviewed by some reporters.

"David, do you agree with Old K's words that there is no super center era?"

"He is not qualified to say such things. As the core of a team, I think his attitude should be more cautious." David Robinson said.

"So do you think there is a super center era?" Another reporter asked.

David Robinson looked at these reporters coldly, and actually hated these people in his heart, because the theory of the super center era was made by these media. Now asking this question, it seems that this statement was made by the three of them, which is too hateful.

But like Dameng, he doesn't have enough hard honors, not even a championship, so how can he rule an era?
He can only explain it from another angle: "I think the super center era refers to the traditional center-centered play style and team building model. Most teams in the league are trying to rely on traditional center-core lineups, and this is also the consensus of the media, isn't it?
So what old K said is a false proposition. He confuses two concepts, and his understanding ability is limited. I can understand this. After all, he only graduated from elementary school and spends half of his time fighting. "

In New York, Ewing endured the disgust in his heart to accept media interviews at his home.

"Patrick, old K said that it is normal for you to be defeated by O'Neal, what do you think?" a reporter asked.

Ewing was angry in his heart, but his speech ability was not strong. He said for a long time: "Old K's big mouth thinks that elevating O'Neal can elevate himself. I think he made a mistake. O'Neal can't do what he said. In the end, our Knicks will make it to the Eastern Conference Finals. The truth will slap him. Tell him to be a low-key man."

"That bastard actually said that I graduated from elementary school?"

After hearing David Robinson's words from the reporter, Pharaoh became angry.

This is an absolute slander. His junior high school diploma and technical secondary school diploma are real, not fake.

As a scumbag, he hates people trampling on his academic qualifications the most, and is most annoyed that someone looks down on him based on his academic qualifications. This kind of person is the most shameless, bastard, and he will do it to death when he encounters Spurs in the future.

"boom!"

In the hotel room, the postman slammed the mobile phone on the TV screen. The Logia mobile phone was fine, but the screen was scratched.

He had just watched all the channels, and what made him angry was that not to mention other media, even the local media in Phoenix had no news about the Jazz, as if they had nothing to do with the upcoming game.

"Don't try to pass us to the Western Conference finals, old K, I will fight with you with my life!"

With fierce eyes staring at the cracks he smashed on the TV screen, the postman showed a thick and cruel look on his face.

On the afternoon of the 8th, Yu Feihong rushed to Phoenix to cheer for Old K.

The opponents in the first round were not very strong, and the Suns could be said to have advanced to the second round. She didn't ask for leave. Although she had a big chance of winning against the Jazz in the second round, she didn't have as much advantage as the first round. She asked for leave on purpose.

Anyway, she had already made a decision, she didn't take much acting classes in the past two months, and focused on the part-time film management class, and the class pressure was not great.

Lao Wang had to train in the afternoon, and arranged for a brother from the martial arts gym to help pick him up from the airport. After she left her luggage at home, she followed her to the K martial arts gym for dinner, and then everyone went to the Meixi Arena.

The game time is 08:30. At seven o'clock, the American West Arena is already overcrowded, and the buzzing noise is deafening.

Some stars from all walks of life came to the scene, including Hollywood and some sports stars, mainly NBA stars.

Lakers star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson were among them, sitting in the front row and chatting.

The postman injured Divac with his elbow, which caused the Lakers to be eliminated by the Jazz. This pair of former inside and outside line partners came here specially to support the Suns, purely to disgust the Jazz.

Reporters kept coming to interview them, and they answered questions patiently. Anyway, no matter what the question was, they always carried some private goods. Aite called the postman and connoted the postman's elbow behavior.

For example, the reporter asked: "Irvin, who do you think has a better chance of reaching the Western Conference Finals, the Suns or the Jazz?"

Magic Johnson firmly said: "This is not a professional issue. The postman's elbow will definitely not be able to handle Old K, so the Jazz will also be unable to handle the Suns. The Suns will definitely go to the Western Conference Finals."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar nodded and said, "Yes, if the postman dares to elbow Old K wantonly, he is asking for trouble. He might as well find a bathroom and chat with Old K, so as not to lose face."

"Ha ha……"

Magic Johnson and the Suns fans in the stands behind burst into laughter.

"Karim, do you think Old K's statement that the super center era does not exist is correct?" A reporter asked.

Abdul-Jabbar smiled and said: "He means the era of the three super centers, I think this is what he means, Mr. Reporter, do you think it is right?"

"Well, it should be so."

The reporter was startled, as if this should be the case, so he nodded.

Abdul-Jabbar smiled and said: "That's right, when I was in the Lakers, I still had some achievements, and I also had some dominance over that era.

As for the current three super centers, whether they have an era, this statement is indeed inaccurate.

How should I put it, they just represent a way of thinking about building a team with a traditional center forward.

We can call it the era of super centers, but the three super centers are indeed as old K said, they have not yet proved themselves with championships, so they cannot be said to have an era and rule that era. "

Magic Johnson went on to say: "The luck of the three super centers is very ordinary. In the early stage, there were me and Larry Bird, and in the middle stage, there was the bad boy army. In the later stage, they entered the peak stage, but they met Michael Jordan. Now when they reached the peak, they were still unlucky. The league gave birth to two behemoths, standing in front of them.

Whether they can prove themselves needs to be grasped by themselves. Defeating the two behemoths, defeating Jordan, and establishing their era is the best way to prove it. "

At this moment, a dozen people from Feihong and K Martial Arts came in. Of course, they took Lao Wang's free tickets and walked past the magician and the others.

After seeing Yu Feihong, Magic Johnson suddenly stepped forward to say hello: "Hello, miss, I know you. You are old K's girlfriend. You once watched him play against our Lakers at the Atlantic Culture Arena. I It’s old K’s good friend, can I get to know him?”

"Of course." Yu Feihong stopped and motioned for others to take their seats first.

Magic Johnson introduced himself and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Yu Feihong also introduced himself.

"Miss Yu, I really hope to see Old K appear in the Atlantic Forum as a home player." Magic Johnson said sincerely after the greetings.

"Yes, only a big team like the Lakers can accommodate a superstar like Old K." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar nodded in agreement.

He glanced back at Wang Tielong and the others, and suddenly asked, "Miss Yu, are they the martial artists from K Martial Arts Hall?"

"Yes, they are all brothers of the old K family." Yu Feihong said.

"When I saw them, I thought of the time when I learned Jeet Kune Do with Bruce Lee. It was really nostalgic." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said with emotion.

"The K martial arts gym has expanded to the whole of the United States with the old K's reputation. It is now the most famous martial arts gym in the United States. The old K has done a good job." Magic Johnson laughed.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar laughed and said, "I heard that the K martial arts gym has VIP services. Barkley and the others have purchased the VIP service. Mr. Bass once said that he hopes to join the K martial arts gym's VIP service. He said that he will call old K."

"Yeah, that's great!"

Yu Feihong chatted with the two of them a little bit before leaving. He didn't quite understand what the purpose of the two of them talking with her was. Could it be that they wanted Old K to play in Los Angeles?

Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sat down again. In fact, they came here for another purpose, to find a way to chat with Old K.

Although Jerry West prefers to get O'Neal, O'Neal still has one year of contract in the Magic, and the old K is likely to jump out of the last year of the contract, so what the Lakers have to do now is to prepare for the introduction of the old K.

West has already contacted CAA, but unfortunately, there have been some major problems in the top management of CAA recently. There is some internal chaos, and it also involves the old K's agent, that is, CAA's vice president Jamaloni, so there is no way to talk.

Although I also contacted Lance Hawksman, the executive agent of Old K, but Hawksman has recently been unable to get away because of the matter of Jay Malone, and has no time to care about him.

So the Lakers had no choice but to send someone directly to Phoenix, trying to open a breakthrough directly from the old K.

(End of this chapter)