NBA backer king

Chapter 439

Lao Wang looked back, and it turned out that it was Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

"Why are you here?" He was taken aback.

"Barkley told me just now, we're here, aren't you welcome?" Larry Bird asked with a smile.

"You didn't say you were in Phoenix," Barkley yelled.

"Of course you are welcome."

Lao Wang motioned for the three of them to come over, poured them wine, and asked curiously, "How many more days will it take for the finals, why are you here so early?"

Magic Johnson said with a smile: "This finals will be broadcast live on ABC TV. I have already signed a one-year commentator contract. Larry and Karim will serve as my temporary partners. Come here early to prepare and do some extras. Old K, I need your help."

"no problem."

Lao Wang nodded, glanced at Hu Weidong, and said to Larry Bird: "It's just right, Big Bird, I have something to talk to you, let's eat meat and drink first."

"OK."

Of course Larry Bird noticed Hu Weidong, who has signed a head coach contract with the Pacers.

Because of the old K, he also deliberately got to know Hu Weidong. With this understanding, he felt that Larry Brown was really too stubborn and rigid. With Hu Weidong's performance this season, he is fully capable of playing Reggie Miller as the first substitute. Throwing him on the bench and only playing in garbage time is too wasteful.

Lao Wang asked several martial arts brothers to be responsible for cutting the meat. He sat down with Buckley and the others, chatting while eating and drinking.

"Draw lots tomorrow, which team do you think will have better luck this year." Magic Johnson asked.

Old Wang cast a glance at the magician, and said with a chuckle: "It should be the first time the Lakers have played badly, and they can't even care about the ball market, what do you think?"

Magic Johnson couldn't help laughing, then shook his head quickly and said, "It's hard to say, it doesn't have to be us, the lottery is something that God can decide."

"Hehe!" Old Wang just sneered.

Barkley couldn't help but said: "If the Lakers really win the No. [-] lottery, with Tim Duncan's performance in the NCAA, at most one or two more seasons of training, with the current lineup of the Lakers completely rushing to the championship, this time it's worth it."

"So what if I get Duncan in the lottery? Even if Duncan is at the top when he debuts, even if he is at the top level when he debuts, even if it is Duncan + Dameng, if he wants to make it in the West, it depends on my face." Old Wang smiled disdainfully.

When everyone heard this, it was too domineering.

However, who can say that a rookie Duncan + an old big dream can definitely beat the old K?
This time, Old K scored the first quadruple-double in the playoffs in the history of the league, showing top-level offensive and defensive integration and strong strength. Who dares to say that he can win the old K?

Even Dameng, who was sitting on the side, did not refute this sentence, because he is indeed old. Although he has been controlling his body this year, the amount of training is far less than before. His physical condition is a bit worse, and he has no confidence to compete against old K.

If it was last year, he would not have been so silent.

"Old K is right. I will be stronger in two years. When the time comes, we will join forces, no matter how strong the Lakers are, and blow them up." The rookie Kobe shouted not far away.

Kobe's character is really similar to Jordan's, he is very competitive, especially in basketball, he is somewhat paranoid, but he is better in other aspects, unlike Jordan, who wants to be the first in every aspect.

Under the pressure of old K, his character not only did not become depressed, but intensified, became more arrogant, and more confident.

Among them, it may also be affected by the atmosphere of Lao Wang and the Suns locker room.

Wang Tiejun once said that the Suns are like the sun, the lows are latent, and the peaks will inevitably shine on the entire league.

Magic Johnson glanced back at Kobe. This confident rookie was the rookie Jerry West wanted to get, but unfortunately he was cut off by the Suns.

After eating and drinking for a long time, Lao Wang called Larry Bird and Hu Weidong to the corner.

"Larry, do you want to introduce?" Pointing to Hu Weidong, he asked.

"No, I know Hu." Larry Bird shook his head.

"OK, let me be straight, Larry, if you like him, use him. If you don't like him, tell me now, and I'll ask David Frank to find him another team." Old Wang said bluntly.

"You tell me first, what status Hu hopes to get in the Pacers." Larry Bird asked.

Hu Weidong was a little nervous. It would be better if he could stay in the Pacers. If he changed to another team, he would have to adapt to the environment again.

At this time, Lao Wang said: "In addition to the second position, Lao Hu can also play the third and first positions. He hopes to enter the important rotation lineup. To be precise, he should average at least 25 minutes per game. Note, I am not referring to garbage time."

"25 minute rotation time?"

After a little consideration, Larry Bird nodded and said, "OK, as long as you don't ask for the main position, there is no problem."

As soon as Lao Hu heard OK, he immediately laughed.

"Brothers, bring him two more plates of barbecue." Pharaoh happily shouted, pointing at Larry Bird.

Larry Bird hurriedly said, "But I have one condition."

"You speak."

"Don't say I'm an adult movie star anymore, old K, please, forget about that stalk, now there are crews coming to me to make movies, it's that kind of adult movie." Larry Bird pleaded.

"Haha..." Everyone laughed.

After laughing, Old Wang asked curiously: "Big Bird, what's the price they offered? Kevin said he would run for president, and he made more than 1000 million overnight. What about you? By the way, they arranged for you some heroines. Are you okay? Don't take too much medicine!"

"To shut up!"

Larry Bird said angrily.

"Ha ha……"

Everyone laughed again, and Barkley even laughed to the ground.

Lao Wang pulled Lao Hu aside and said, "That's it for now, and I'll discuss it with David Frank later to see if we want to trade and find a bad team that can play the main force."

What else could Lao Hu say, he could only nod his head, and it was too late to thank him.

That night, the East Finals G5 battle began.

O'Neal desperately wanted to win, but there was something wrong with his mentality. He was striving for success. Not long after the first quarter, Rodman, who was helping to defend, made an offensive foul. Then he was called two K-law violations and a defensive foul in the half quarter. His mentality completely collapsed.

In the second quarter, Oakley was stimulated by Rodman's trash talk and his mentality was destroyed. He slapped the latter in anger and was sent off by the referee.

In the end, the Bulls won the G5 game. Like the Suns, they eliminated the Knicks with a big score of [-] to [-] and reached the finals.

After watching the game, Lao Wang was a little worried about Rasheed Wallace.

Rodman is best at irritating opponents with small moves and all kinds of trash talk, destroying the mentality of opponents. Uncalm trolls are easily irritated. Once sent off, the strength of the inside defense will drop a lot. Seriously, the defense on the flanks will be in trouble. The Bulls will definitely attack more from the flanks.

With the end of the Eastern Conference finals, the date of the finals has also been decided. It will be held on June 6st. The Suns have home court advantage.

The next day, on the morning of the 29th, the league announced the best lineup, which was broadcast live by ESPN TV.

The first to be announced was the second team of the best defensive team, and Wang Tiejun was the first to appear.

"I gave it to Lao Mu for a while." He said with some regret.

"Lao Mu is pitiful, it's his turn." Dameng said.

Nodding his head, Lao Wang thinks it is acceptable. This kind of hard honor is not very important. It is not bad for everyone to sit and eat fruit.

The other four are Karl Malone, Pippen, Jordan, and Payton.

When he saw Jordan's name behind him, he was a little unconvinced. Why can Jordan win a double round and I only have a single round?
He is sure that this guy Jordan will definitely enter the best team.

Sure enough, the best lineup was announced later, which proved his guess.

First, the best third team, O'Neal was selected.

"The fat man is so pitiful. He has been playing for several seasons, but he hasn't even caught it for a while." Old Wang said sympathetically.

"At the current center position, the competitive pressure is greater than in previous years. The three of us, you, O'Neal, and Lao Mu, take turns. It is reasonable to give him at least a second team this year. The Knicks have reached the Eastern Conference Finals, and O'Neal's statistics are not bad." Dameng said.

Glider shook his head and said, "Old K must be in the first round. If O'Neal is given the second round, then Ewing can only win the third round. His statistics this year are not worse than O'Neal's, and he has also entered the second round. It is only natural that he will get the second round."

Then came the second team, with Ewing and Pippen, Payton selected, and Richmond and Glen Rice.

In the end, Wang Tiejun, Karl Malone, Grant Hill, Jordan, Tim Hardaway.

……

That night, in a hotel in New York, a group of general managers and owners of teams that did not make the playoffs had been summoned by the league to prepare for the draw.

Lao Wang and his group were also sitting in front of the TV, ready to play.

Zhang Lili and Su Qun also rushed over to join in the fun.

At the lottery scene, Spurs general manager and head coach Popovich looked very serious. With his efforts, the Spurs got the second-to-last record in the Western Conference, with 20 wins and 62 losses, second only to the Grizzlies' 14-68 loss.

But the Spurs are not second in the league, because there is another team that is more shameless than his Spurs. The Cardinal's green team has a record of 15 wins and 67 losses, ranking first in the East and second in the league.

So this year's lottery, the Grizzlies first, the Greens second, the Spurs third, the Lakers fourth, and then the Nuggets, Philadelphia, Mavericks, Nets, Raptors, Warriors and so on.

The Lakers tried their best and only got fourth place, so now Jerry West and Old Buss are in a very uneasy mood. The probability of their position being the No. 11.9 lottery is [-]%. Whether they get their turn depends on God's mood.

West said anxiously: "Jerry, Harris is still a little too strong, why don't we change to a head coach?"

Old Bass gave West a sideways look, why did you go so early?Look at how well Popovich did. The head coach is too strong and won too much, so he went shirtless and ran ahead of us after a few strokes. If God does not favor the Lakers this time, Jerry, I will fire you.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the '97 NBA lottery begins now..."

At this time, Stern started to give a speech. After speaking for a while, he handed over the scene to the host. He sat on the side, acting as if his God had gone.

"Now the first Grizzlies will draw lots, please." The host shouted with a smile.

Boss Grizzly walked up, as if he was going to the execution ground, his posture was stiff, he staggered after two steps, and almost fell down.

"Be careful."

The host hurried up to help.

"Feel sorry!"

Two minutes later, the host announced that the Grizzlies did not win the No. 2 lottery.

"Please take a look again, what if it is missed?" the Grizzly boss said hastily.

"Sorry!" The host shook his head.

"Ugh!"

The disappointment on Boss Grizzlies' face almost melted into water.

"yeah!"

The other bosses and general managers secretly cheered to show their congratulations.

"It's only a 25% chance, so it's reasonable not to win." Zhang Lili laughed.

The magician laughed, nodded repeatedly, and said, "What Zhang said makes sense. It's reasonable for the Grizzlies not to win the No. [-] lottery."

"The Celtics are invited now." The host shouted at the lottery scene.

Cardinal Auerbach stood up, coughed twice, glanced at Stern next to him, made a cross on his chest, and sighed in his heart: "May God bless you!"

Stern smiled at Auerbach and stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation.

It was rumored that he was dissatisfied with the cardinal, but in fact he was not. Everything he did was for the development of the league, and with his big structure, there was no need to target the old man.

The green team has been in a slump since Larry Bird retired. That's not his problem. It's a problem with the green team itself.

As for this year's No. [-] pick, that is something God can decide. He believes that everything will be in line with the alliance's development plan.

"Feel sorry!"

Following the host's words, Auerbach froze for a moment, sighed secretly, and turned around sadly.

"all the best."

The old Buzz and Jerry West looked at each other and laughed.

Popovich next to him was excited, it was his turn, and God bless, everything goes well.

"Arnold, are you okay?"

Stern got up and walked over, helping the cardinal.

Auerbach looked at Stern, smiled wryly, and said, "David, from now on, I'm really retired, and you don't have to care about me anymore."

Stern nodded and said, "I hope you can find a good successor."

Auerbach thought for a while and said: "I think Danny Angie is lucky. He led the Suns to the finals just after taking over. I want to try his luck and see if he can help the Celtics."

Hearing this sentence, a strange color flashed in Stern's eyes.

He knew very well that during the draft last year, the Lakers and the Suns competed for Kobe, but there was another person lurking in the dark who also wanted to get Kobe, and that person was Auerbach.

At that time, Danny Ainge was a player and assistant coach of the Suns who were about to retire. He had no status in the Suns. He didn't know whether Auerbach did anything through Danny Ainge, but now Auerbach must be trying to do something through Danny Ainge.

Next, the draw continues.

The third one, the Spurs, Popovich walked towards the draw table anxiously. When he pressed the button, more than a dozen ping pong balls jumped up, and his heart also jumped up.

"Feel sorry!"

After 2 minutes, the host said.

"Ugh!"

In San Antonio, David Robinson is a little desperate. If he can't get the No. [-] pick, will the Spurs still have a chance to win the championship?Not to mention the championship, it is very difficult to break out of the West, and he has no hope.

"It's not fair! It's not fair..."

At the scene, Popovich lost his composure and yelled uncontrollably.

"Mr. Popovich, please go down." Stern said with a smile.

"Mr. Popovich, please." The host said politely.

Popovich was bombarded down, seeing old Bass and Jerry West who were smiling like two foxes, he couldn't help snorting out of anger in his heart.

Bass and West glanced at Popovich. The former dismissed it, but the latter was very unhappy. His qualifications were much higher than Popovich's. What right did this rookie have to put on face in front of him?

But now is not the time to pay attention to Popovich, now it's their turn, the No. [-] pick, God's favor, is finally coming.

Jerry Buss personally drew lots. When he passed by Stern, he took a special look to get some information from the God, but no, Stern didn't even look at him, and was talking to the vice president next to him.

"It's our turn."

Phoenix, Magic Johnson was a little nervous, and so was Da Meng.

Lao Wang and the others were in the state of watching a play.

"God bless the Lakers!"

At the scene, Jerry Bass came to the lottery table. When prompted by the host, he stretched out his right hand tremblingly, first made a cross, then put his index finger on the button, took a deep breath, and pressed it down heavily.

All the balls jumped up, then the first ball fell out, then the second...

When the fourth ball fell out, everyone including Jerry Buss became nervous.

"Don't hit it, don't hit it!"

The teams waiting to draw the No. [-] lottery began to pray to God one after another.

"Must hit, must hit!"

Old Bath and West below are just the opposite.

The host copied the numbers of the four balls one by one, and then began to compare them. Soon, a smile appeared on his face.

Seeing the host's smile, Old Bath's heart beat violently instantly, and his eyes were full of surprises.

"Congratulations, Mr. Bass." The host said at this time.

"yeah!"

Bass yelled excitedly, he felt that the lottery was too frankly exciting.

"Crack, click..." The media at the scene pressed the shutters one after another.

"Damn Lakers!"

Popovich's eyes are bleeding, why can the Lakers get the ball but the Spurs can't?

Because the No. [-] pick was signed out, reporters were arranged to conduct on-site interviews.

At this time, Tim Duncan's nerves in front of the TV became a little tense.

It is said that he is the unassailable No. [-] pick this year, but until the day of the draft, everything is just speculation and prediction, not counting.

The Lakers won the No. [-] lottery. If he is selected, he will be very happy to play in Los Angeles.

With him was his agent and economic advisor, Charles Banks. At this time, Banks said expectantly: "Tim, Jerry West publicly said the year before last that if you participated in the 95 draft, you must be the No. [-] pick. Now that you are stronger, I guess he will definitely pick you this time."

"I hope." Duncan laughed.

It is of course the best thing to be able to play in the second largest ball market in the league.

(End of this chapter)