NBA backer king

Chapter 368 End of Regular Season + Suns' Draft Goals
二月底，王铁军以场均42分15.6篮板6.6助攻1.2抢断3.6盖帽1.8失误2.6犯规的数据，以及全联盟第一战绩，稳坐MVP第一的位置。

His scoring average has dropped slightly compared to before, with a maximum of 43 points in front of him, and his defensive data and assist data have increased. This is because since the All-Star Game, he has put more energy on the defensive end and rebounding control.

Although the Suns have been rushing forward, they have not squeezed the physical fitness of the main players. Except for Lao Wang, whose average playing time reached 42.5 minutes per game, the other main players have been controlled, so he must make all-round contributions on the court, not just output on offense.

Because the Bulls increased their rotation, their record was not as strong as in the first half, so the Suns also began to increase their rotation, following the rhythm of the Bulls, no longer sprinting without reservation, and their record declined accordingly.

On March 104th, he completed 96 medicated baths and medicated oil massages, his physical potential increased to 104, and his injury resistance and potential increased to [-]/[-].

This month, the Suns' game went very smoothly. Many teams in the league showed signs of failure. Many teams did not give their best when they encountered the Suns.

March passed, and the official MVP rankings were announced, and he continued to hold the No. [-] position.

Among them, the score has dropped from 42 points to 40.5 points, and Jordan, who scored second, has dropped from the peak of 33 points to 30.5 points.

In addition, his playing time was also reduced to 40 minutes, and he began to enter the final preparation stage of the playoffs.

At the end of this month, he will receive Phoenix from Los Angeles at Feihong.

During this time, I often flew to Los Angeles to visit Yu Feihong. Brother Fei's stomach gradually grew. By the end of March, he was already three months pregnant, and it was not convenient for him to study.

The families on both sides already knew about the pregnancy, and they called three times a day. They were extremely anxious. If Yu's father and mother hadn't really run out of time, they would have flown here long ago.

His parents also said they wanted to come over to take care of Yu Feihong, but he refused. He hired someone here, as well as a nurse, so it doesn't have to be so troublesome.

……

96年4月21号，NBA联盟95/96赛季常规赛结束。

The Suns are 72 wins and 10 losses, the first in the league, tying the Bulls' record of 94 wins in the regular season in 72.

The last game is an away game against Mosaic. Wang Tiejun really wants to win this game. If he wins this game, he can break the Bulls' record of 72 wins.

It's a pity that Mosaic didn't want the Suns to break the record on him. The Big Three reversed their previous state of dying and went all out to defeat the Suns, which failed to make him do what he wanted.

整个赛季，他出战82场，场均39.5分钟，全队第一，场均40.2分15.3篮板6.5助攻1.3抢断3.9盖帽1.8失误2.6犯规。

The shooting percentage reached 65.4%, and the free throw percentage reached 63.2%.

First in the league in offensive efficiency, first in player efficiency, and fourth in defensive efficiency.

Among them, the performance on the defensive end was significantly higher in the second half than in the first half, rushing to fourth in the league. If it wasn't for the slightly inferior performance in the first half, the ranking would be even higher.

This season, with the improvement of his single defense and assisted defense capabilities, he has completely got rid of the weakness of offense and defense, and has become a true super center with both offense and defense.

He defended his scoring title this season, his second scoring title, and his first rebounding title.

The assist king belongs to John Stockton, averaging 11.2 times per game.

The block leader is Mutombo, 4.5.

The steals king is Gary Payton, 2.9.

As for the team, Lightning Kevin Johnson averaged 18.5 points and 10.5 assists per game. His performance was better than that of last season. The data of the first-class point guard, whether it is a flashback or not, or thanks to Wang Tiejun's efficient performance in the low post, anyway, according to his performance in this contract year, he is worthy of a big contract.

Michael Finley, who the team focused on training before, started 44 games in his rookie season, averaged 32 minutes per game, averaged 14 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 0.4 blocks, 1.6 turnovers, and 2.4 fouls. He shot 48% from the field and 33% from the three-point field. His performance was qualified.

Another rookie, Ben Wallace, started 56 games, averaged 36 minutes per game, averaged 5 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1.6 steals, 2.5 blocks, 0.7 turnovers and 2 fouls.

Robert Horry, who started for Finley in the second half, started 41 games, averaged 31 minutes per game, averaged 13 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1.6 steals, 1.5 blocks, 2 turnovers and 2.8 fouls. He shot 49% from the field and 38% from three-pointers.

Of course, this has something to do with getting a lot of open space on the outside, otherwise it would be difficult for an outside shooter like him who has reduced breakthroughs to have such a high efficiency.

On the bench, Wilkins averaged 18 points per game and is eligible to compete for the honor of the sixth man.

In the league, the Bulls' record follows the Suns, 67 wins and 15 losses, first in the Eastern Conference and second in the league.

The Sonics are second in the Western Conference with 63 wins.

The Knicks ranked second in the Eastern Conference. After O'Neal took over the team, his winning percentage was a little higher than when Ewing was there, with 56 wins.

The Magic is third in the Eastern Conference. After O'Neal left, Hardaway did well, leading the team to 55 wins with Ewing.

Western regular season rankings: Suns, Sonics, Spurs, Jazz, Lakers, Mosaics, Trail Blazers, Kings.

Eastern regular season standings: Bulls, Knicks, Magic, Pacers, Cavaliers, Pistons, Eagles, Heat.

The top three in the East and West are the champions of the three regions of the East and West Leagues, so the playoff rankings are the same as the regular season rankings.

Western Conference playoffs: Suns-Kings, Jazz-Lakers, Sonics-Trailblazers, Spurs-Mosaic.

Eastern Conference playoffs: Bulls-Heat, Pacers-Cavaliers, Knicks-Hawks, Magic-Pistons.

The winners of the first two groups and the winners of the last two groups will enter the second round respectively.

The playoffs will start on the 25th and 26th. The first round of the Suns starts on the 25th, and there are still a few days to adjust.

With the end of the regular season, the media became even busier, busy analyzing the situation of the playoffs and summarizing the regular season.

Among them, Wang Tiejun's performance this season and his terrifying average per game have become the focus of media hype and reports.

"Season average of 40+, modern basketball offensive ability No. 1, old K is the most powerful low-post offensive killer, he is really unstoppable." The New York Times.

"Invincible, a terrifying beast rules the league." The Washington Post.

"There is no doubt that in terms of statistics, Old K has become the most powerful super giant among active players." Los Angeles Daily.

"The K era, it has officially begun, are you ready?" Phoenix Sports News.

Almost all American media agree that if old K does not suffer major injuries, then as the Phoenix Sports News said, his era has begun.

Magic Johnson was interviewed, and he sighed a little: "Average 40+ per game, top offensive and defensive performance, the K era has come unstoppably."

"Everyone will be shrouded in the shadow of a behemoth." Barkley said in an interview with the media.

"Two championships in three years, with an average of 40+ per game. In just four seasons, the old K allowed his K era to completely surpass the era of the three super centers. Perhaps, as he said, the era of the three super centers never existed." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sighed.

……

In Houston, the three mosaic giants are getting together at this time.

With the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs they are looking forward to, it is time for them to desperately.

On this day, Dameng specially treated guests, and ordered three broiler chicken herbal meals at the K Martial Art Museum, which cost [-] U.S. dollars.

Among the three giants, he is the only one who doesn't have a ring yet, so he has to win over Barkley and Drexler, and the championship depends on these two old brothers.

In this regular season, they and the management coaching staff set up a strategy early on, focused on playing hard, and worked hard in the playoffs, which is why the regular season record fell behind.

Now, their physical condition is very good, their bodies are also very healthy, and they are full of confidence.

The last regular season game was a test of their own strength, and the result was just as they expected. The Suns, who were number one in the regular season, were not their opponents at all, and Old K was defeated by the three of them.

"Brothers, I hope the three of us can work together to play a beautiful playoffs. Come on, let's replace the wine with soup and get rid of this bowl of soup. I wish us a sweep of David Robinson in the first round, the Supersonics in the second round, K in the Western Conference Finals, and the Bulls in the finals." Scooping up a bowl full of soup for himself, Dameng held up the bowl, and said with high spirits.

"Dry!"

Buckley was about to dry the bowl, and found that he only had half a bowl of soup, and then looked at his crock pot, empty?
"Slow down, share with me." He quickly stopped, and stretched out the bowl in front of Dameng.

"I don't have any anymore, share some." Drexler also held out the bowl.

Dameng's face is black, one can per person, why should I share it?

"Hakim, we are working hard for you. The hundreds of thousands of expenses in the K Martial Arts Hall in a season are all for you, and I can't bear a little soup. How can you be a brother?" Seeing that Dameng didn't want to divide, Buckley was very dissatisfied.

"Charles is right, as a brother, what's yours is mine." Honest Drexler agreed.

"But this is my soup." Dameng said angrily.

"What's yours is ours. This is our soup." Barkley and Drexler said at the same time.

"A robber!" Dameng's eyes burst into anger.

Well, the three old brothers of the Big Three of the Mosaic team were about to work together to win the championship just now, and now they are about to turn their heads over a bowl of soup.

"These two bastards have learned badly from old K, they are not good people!"

Dameng really wanted to hit Barkley in the face with a bowl, but when he thought about it, forget it, there is only this bowl of soup left, and besides, the championship has not yet been won, so he can't turn his face.

……

The hype of Wang Tiejun by the American media has a bottom line. After all, he is not an American, and the most influential star in the league is still Michael Jordan, which can be seen from the sales of sneakers.

The domestic media's propaganda is even more subtle. CCTV calls Wang Tiejun "the most powerful superstar in the Western Conference of the NBA", "one of the most famous superstars in the NBA", and "the world's super sports superstar".

But the Japanese media has no bottom line. The praise of Lao Wang has reached the point of unscrupulous. The god of basketball, the king of basketball, the active No. 1 in the basketball world, anyway, when Lao Wang sees these news, he will feel embarrassed.

"Old K, I'm going to Japan again after the playoffs." Hawksman called.

"Didn't you sign the contract last year, why go there?"

Lao Wang doesn't really want to go to Japan. Every time he goes, he arranges dozens of chicks, and his wife is on the side. They can watch or eat, and they can't watch too much. Is this arrangement interesting?

"Collect money, don't you want to make money?"

"Of course I want to. My sports center is about to invite bids. The investment of [-] million US dollars is still tens of millions short."

"That's it. The Japanese side has already made arrangements. This time, they will arrange a few popular first-line actresses to serve you. What about Miyazawa Rie and Sakai Noriko, haha..."

"Get out, I'm going to get married and be a father soon, don't tempt me."

……

The management of each team is also very busy. The non-playoff teams are preparing for the draft, rookie training, and making final analysis on their favorite rookies, while the playoff teams are rushing to prepare for the playoffs and also prepare for the draft.

The same goes for the Suns, with Colangelo Jr. busy running around.

Now that the regular season is over, the positions of the three first-round picks in hand have already been determined.

The Suns have the first record, and their own pick is the last pick, the 29th pick in the first round, which is probably not very useful.

The second is the Cavaliers' first-round pick protected by the top seven. This time, the Cavaliers' record is fifth in the East, and the pick is No. 20.

The third is the unprotected first-round pick of the Hornets. The Hornets record is 9th in the Eastern Conference. They failed to enter the playoffs and are 13th from the bottom in the league.

In addition, the Suns' second-round pick this year has been traded to the Hornets, so there is no second-round pick.

Now Colangelo's job is to use these three first-round picks to make the best choice for the team.

The best choice is not to choose the most popular, nor to choose those with better draft prospects, but to choose the people that the Suns need most.

He opened the folder in his hand, and there was a piece of paper inside, which was the list of predictions for this year's first-round pick.

This list is based on the predictions of major media and the Suns scouting system.

He has to make the most suitable choice based on this list.

Looking at the top name, which is the predicted No. [-] pick, Allen Iverson, if the Hornets can win the No. [-] pick, will he choose this young man?

The probability of the Suns winning the No. 1 lottery is very small, only a pitiful 1%. Based on the performance of the Suns in the past two seasons, K's violent performance this season, and the current situation where almost all teams in the league require the league to restrict K. This [-]% possibility can also be said to be zero. It is impossible for the league to let the Suns win the No. [-] lottery.

Therefore, he crossed out Iverson's name directly.

"Ugh!"

He sighed, the Hornets' pick would probably be difficult to draw in the top three, and the league would not allow it, so the final position is the 13th pick in the first round
He looked at the No. 13 position. Vitali Potapanko, a Ukrainian, is a center forward, but his height is only 208 cm. This is still the height of his shoes, and his weight reaches 127 cm.

But the Suns don't need a meat shield, so he crossed out the young man's name and looked up, Kobe Bryant, predicted to be No. 12 in the first round.

A guard, a high school student, his idol is Jordan, and his technical style is similar, but he is not yet 18 years old, and the future is full of uncertainties.

This young man also has another identity, Old K's apprentice, and the only person in the league who has learned Old K's force-based technique.

For this reason, he asked old K for his opinion, and old K didn't say anything for Kobe, only saying that Kobe was very persistent and arrogant to the point of self-confidence.

Old K only asked for one thing, if Kobe loses the draft, the Suns will give him a trial training opportunity.

Of course, this is a joke. Kobe's talent is there, just because he has no NCAA experience, he will definitely be a first-round pick, and it is absolutely impossible to lose.

He picked up the pen, thought about it, ticked it, and after thinking about it again, added a question mark behind it.

This is not decided yet, just a reference candidate.

He looked down again, and the picks below NO.13 were Peja, Steve Nash, Jermaine O'Neal and others.

Originally, the Suns were going to choose a power forward, but Ben Wallace's performance is not bad, and there is a need to continue training, so the first task now is to choose an outside line.

You must have good mid-range and long-range shooting ability, you must be able to play off the ball, but you must also have a certain ability to hold the ball, and you must also have the ability to pass the ball. Defensive ability is also necessary. These are several criteria.

Based on these criteria, he first ruled out Nash. Judging from the scout report, he is a young man with poor defense and no physical confrontation.

Peja and Jermaine O'Neal are also unsuitable. The former is still playing in Europe. I don't know if he can come to the NBA. The latter is also a high school student. He is not suitable. It is better to choose Kobe.

Going down, the pick is lower, and there is no one he is satisfied with. He looked up again, looked around the top five picks, and saw the names of Ray Allen and Marbury.

"No, it's too high."

Looking back and forth, he smiled wryly, and on the entire sheet of paper, he only marked one person's name.

"such a pity!"

He has been working hard, wanting to add the three first-round picks in his hands together and exchange for a top three or top five pick, but unfortunately no team agreed to him.

In fact, among the three first-round picks, the Hornets have a real chance of picking a potential rookie. The other two picks are of little value unless they can be found later.

But even in the draft year, the chances of finding treasures later are very small. Under the digging of so many scouts, every rookie will strive to perform, so very few jewels will be missed.

He doesn't really want to choose Kobe, because he is a high school student, and he can't just use it when he is selected. It will take at least a few seasons to train, which does not meet the Suns' rebuilding standards in the past few seasons.

This year's lineup was actually ranked No. [-] in the league by old K. Although there are many reasons for the team's poor performance, and the Bulls and Mosaics have retained strength, it cannot be denied that this rebuilding Suns team is really not weak. With a little reinforcement on the outside, it must have the strength to fight the Bulls and Mosaics.

(End of this chapter)