NBA Backer King Chapter 439

  Pharaoh looked back, and it turned out to be Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

   "Why are you here?" He was startled.

   "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."

   Pharaoh motioned the three to come over, poured them wine, and asked curiously, "The finals are still several days away, so you are here so early?"

Magic Johnson said with a smile: "This finals is broadcast live on ABC TV. I have signed a one-year commentator contract. Larry and Kareem temporarily served as my partner. Come over early to prepare and do some tidbits. K, I need your help here."

"no problem."

   Old Wang nodded, glanced at Hu Weidong, and said to Larry Bird: "Just right, Big Bird, I also have something to talk to you about. Let's eat meat and drink first."

   "OK."

  Larry Bird certainly noticed Hu Weidong, who has signed a head coaching contract with the Pacers.

Because of the old K, he also specially learned about Hu Weidong. With this understanding, he felt that Larry Brown was really too stubborn and rigid. With Hu Weidong's performance this season, he was fully capable of playing the first substitute for Reggie Miller and throwing him away. On the bench, it's just garbage time, it's a waste of time.

   Lao Wang asked several brothers in the martial arts hall to cut the meat. He sat down with Buckley and the others, chatting while eating and drinking.

   "Tomorrow draws, which team do you think will have better luck this year." Magic Johnson asked.

  Pharaoh cast a glance at the magician, and said with a smile: "It should be the first time the Lakers have been smashed, and the market can't care about it, what do you think?"

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

   "Haha!" Old Wang just sneered.

Barkley couldn't help but said: "If the Lakers really win the No. 1 pick, with Tim Duncan's performance in the NCAA, at most one or two more seasons of training, and the Lakers' current lineup is completely in the championship, this time it's bad. Well worth it."

   "What if Duncan is drawn? Even if Duncan is at the peak of his debut, even if he debuts at a top level, even if it is Duncan + Big Dream, if you want to stand out in the West, it depends on my face." Pharaoh smiled disdainfully.

   When everyone heard this, it was too overbearing.

   But, who can say that a rookie Duncan + an old big dream can definitely win the old K?

   This time, Lao K played the first four-double in the playoffs in the history of the league, showing a top-level offensive and defensive integration, strong strength, who dares to say that he can win Lao K steadily?

Even Da Meng, who was sitting on the side, did not refute this sentence, because he is indeed old. Although he is also controlling his body this year, the amount of training is far less than before, his physical condition is worse, and he has no confidence to compete with Lao K. .

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

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

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

   His character, under the pressure of Old K, not only did not become depressed, but intensified, more arrogant, and more confident.

   This may also be influenced by the atmosphere in the locker room of Pharaoh and the Suns.

Wang Tiejun once said that the Suns are like the sun, the lows are lurking, and the peaks are bound to shine on the entire league. This is a manifestation of extremely powerful self-confidence. The atmosphere in the Suns locker room is like this, and Kobe has also been affected by it. great influence.

  Magic Johnson glanced back at Kobe, this confident rookie, the rookie that Jerry West had always wanted, but unfortunately was cut off by the Suns.

   After eating and drinking for a long time, Pharaoh called Larry Bird and Hu Weidong and came to the side corner.

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

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

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

   "Tell me first what Hu wants to be in the Pacers," Larry Bird asked.

  Hu Weidong is a little nervous. Of course, it would be better if he can stay in the Pacers. If he changes to another team, he has to adjust to the environment again.

At this time, Pharaoh said: "In addition to the second position, Lao Hu can also play the third position and the first position. He hopes to enter an important rotation lineup. To be precise, he must average at least 25 minutes per game. Mind you, I'm not talking about garbage time."

   "Twenty-five minute rotation time?"

  Larry Bird thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "OK, as long as you don't ask for the main position, there is no problem."

  Once Hu heard the OK, he immediately laughed.

   "Brothers, bring him two more plates of barbecue." Pharaoh was happy, pointing at Larry Bird and shouting.

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

"You speak."

   "Stop saying I'm an adult movie star, old K, please, forget about that meme, now all the crews come to me to shoot, that's the kind of adult movie." Larry Bird pleaded.

   "Haha..." Everyone laughed.

After laughing, Pharaoh asked curiously: "Big bird, what's the price they offered? Kevin said he wanted to run for president and made more than 10 million overnight, how about you? By the way, they arranged for you. A few heroines, are you okay? Don't take too much medicine!"

"To shut up!"

  Larry Bird said angrily.

"Ha ha…"

   Everyone laughed again, and Barkley laughed to the ground.

  Pharaoh pulled Lao Hu aside and said, "Let's do this for now. I'll discuss it with David Frank later to see if we want to trade and find a bad team that can be 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 Eastern Finals G5 began.

O'Neal desperately wanted to win, but his mentality went wrong and he was fighting for success. Rodman, who was assisting in defense, made an offensive foul not long after the first quarter, and then he was blown two K-laws in a row in the half quarter. Violation and a defensive foul, his mentality completely collapsed.

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

  In the end, the Bulls won the G5 game. Like the Suns, they eliminated the Knicks by a big score of 4-1 and reached the finals.

   After watching this game, Pharaoh was a little worried about Rasheed Wallace.

Rodman is best at irritating opponents with small actions and all kinds of trash talk, destroying the opponent's mentality. Uncool trolls are easily provoked. Once sent off, the defensive intensity of the inside line will drop a lot. Seriously, the defense of the flanks will fall into Dilemma, the Bulls' offense will definitely be more from the flanks.

  With the end of the Eastern Conference finals, the date of the finals has also been decided, which will be played on June 1st. The two-three-two format will give the Suns home-court advantage.

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

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

   "Give it to Laomu for a while." He said regretfully.

   "Poor Laomu, it's his turn," said Da Meng.

   nodded, Lao Wang thought it was acceptable, this kind of hard honor is not very important, it is not bad for everyone to eat fruit in a row.

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

   When he saw Jordan's name behind him, he was a little unconvinced. Why should Jordan be able to take a double team and I'll be a single team?

   He's sure that Jordan, the guy, will be in the best first team.

   Sure enough, the best lineup was subsequently announced, proving his guess.

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

   "The fat man is so pitiful. He's been playing for several seasons, and he hasn't even caught one for a while." Pharaoh said sympathetically.

"In the center position now, the pressure of competition is even greater than in previous years. The three of us, you, O'Neal, Laomu, take turns. It is reasonable to give him at least a second team this year. The Knicks all scored in the East. It's decided, O'Neal's data is not bad," said Da Meng.

Glider shook his head and said, "Old K must be a first team. If O'Neal is given the second team, then Ewing can only get three teams. "

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

  The last is a burst, Wang Tiejun, Karl Malone, Grant Hill, Jordan, Tim Hardaway.

   This evening, at a hotel in New York, the general managers and owners of a group of teams that did not make the playoffs have been called by the league to prepare for the lottery.

  Pharaoh and a group of people are 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, Spurs general manager and head coach Popovich looked extremely serious. Thanks to his efforts, the Spurs won the second-to-last record in the Western Conference with 20 wins and 62 losses, second only to the Grizzlies' 14 wins and 68 losses. If it weren't for the unsatisfactory former head coach Bob, he would have taken the last place in the Western Conference.

But the Spurs are not second in the league, because there is another team more shameless than his Spurs, the Cardinal's green team, with a record of 15 wins and 67 losses, ranking first in the Eastern Conference and last in the league. two.

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

The Lakers tried their best and only fought for a fourth place, so now Jerry West and Old Buss are in a very uneasy mood. The probability of their position being the No. 1 pick is 11.9%. It depends on God. Mood.

  West said nervously: "Jerry, Harris is still a little too strong, why don't you change the head coach?"

  Old Bass gave West a sideways look, why did you go earlier? Look how good Popovich has done, the head coach is too strong and won too much, then he will go shirtless and run ahead of us in a few swipes, this time if God doesn't care for the Lakers, Jerry, I fired you of squid.

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

   At this point Stern began to speak, and after speaking a bit, he handed over the scene to the host, who sat on the side while his **** went.

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

   Boss Grizzly walked up, like going to the execution ground, his posture was stiff, he took two steps and stumbled, almost falling.

"Be careful."

   The host hurried up to help him.

"Feel sorry!"

   Two minutes later, the host announced that the Grizzlies had not drawn the No. 1 overall pick.

   "Please look again, what if you miss it?" the Grizzly boss said quickly.

   "Sorry!" The host shook his head.

"Ugh!"

   The disappointment on the Grizzly's boss's face almost turned into water.

"yeah!"

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

   "There's only a 25% chance, so it's reasonable to miss the draw." Zhang Lili laughed.

  The magician laughed and nodded again and again: "Zhang makes a lot of sense. It's reasonable for the Grizzlies to miss the No. 1 pick."

   "Now we have the Celtics." The host shouted at the lottery.

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

  Stern smiled at Auerbach, reached out and made a gesture of please.

   It is rumored that he is dissatisfied with the cardinal, but he is not. Everything he does is for the development of the alliance, and with his big pattern, there is no need to target this old man.

  The Green Team was in a state of slump after retiring from Larry Bird. That's not his problem. It's the Green Team's own problem. Two general managers in a row have screwed up. With serious infighting, no one can blame it.

   As for this year's No. 1 pick, it's something God can decide, and he believes everything will be in line with the league's development plan.

"Feel sorry!"

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

"all the best."

   Old Bass and Jerry West looked at each other and laughed.

   next to Popovich was excited, it was his turn, may God bless all the best.

   "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, 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 Ainge is lucky. He led the Suns to the finals as soon as he took 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 in last year's draft, the Lakers and Suns competed for Kobe, but there was another person lurking in the dark who also wanted Kobe, and that person was Auerbach.

At that time, Danny Ainge was a player and assistant coach of the Suns who was about to retire. He had no status in the Suns. He didn't know if Auerbach did anything through Danny Ainge, but now Auerbach must want to pass What the **** is Danny Ainge doing.

   Next, the lottery continues.

  The third one, Spurs, Popovich walked to the lottery table in an uneasy mood. When he pressed the button, more than a dozen ping pong **** jumped up, and his heart also jumped up.

"Feel sorry!"

   Two minutes later, the host said.

"Ugh!"

  San Antonio, David Robinson is a little desperate, can't draw the No. 1 lottery, can the Spurs still have a chance to win the championship? Not to mention the championship, it is very difficult to rush out of the West, and he has no hope.

   "It's not fair! It's not fair..."

   At the scene, Popovich got a little complacent and cried out uncontrollably.

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

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

  Popovich was knocked down, and when he saw old Bass and Jerry West, who were smiling like two foxes, he couldn't help but snorted.

  Bass and West glanced at Popovich. The former disdains it, while the latter is very unhappy. His qualifications are much higher than Popovich. What qualifications does this rookie have to show his face in front of him?

   But now is not the time to ignore Popovich, now it's their turn, the No. 1 pick, God's blessing, is finally here.

Jerry Bass personally conducted the draw. When passing by Stern, he took a special look to get some information from the god, but no, Stern didn't look at him much, and the vice president beside him say.

   "It's our turn."

  Phoenix, Magic Johnson was a little nervous, and so was Big Dream.

  Pharaoh and other people are in the state of watching the play.

   "God bless the Lakers!"

At the scene, Jerry Buss came to the lottery stage. When the host reminded him, he stretched out his right hand tremblingly, made a cross first, then put his index finger on the button, took a deep breath, and pressed it hard. go down.

   All the **** jumped, then the first ball fell out, then the second…

   When the fourth ball came out, everyone including Jerry Bass got nervous.

   "Don't hit, don't hit!"

   The teams waiting for the No. 1 lottery in the back began to pray to God.

   "You must hit, you must hit!"

  Old Bath and West below are just the opposite.

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

   Seeing the host's smile, Old Bass's heart beat violently in an instant, and his eyes were full of surprises.

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

"yeah!"

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

   "Kacha Kacha..." The media at the scene pressed the shutter one after another.

   "Damn Lakers!"

  Popovich's eyes are dripping with blood. Why can the Lakers draw but the Spurs can't?

  Because the champion was signed out, a reporter was arranged for an on-site interview.

   At this time, Tim Duncan's nerves in front of the TV were also a little nervous.

   It is said that he is the unbeatable number one pick this year, but before the day of the draft, everything is just speculation and prediction, not counting.

   The Lakers have drawn the No. 1 overall pick, and if he were to pick him, he would be more than happy to play in Los Angeles.

With him was his agent and economic adviser, Charles Banks, when Banks said expectantly: "Tim, Jerry West said publicly the year before that if you participate in the '95 The draft must be the No. 1 pick, and now that you are stronger, I guess he will pick you this time."

   "Hopefully," Duncan laughed.

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

Chapter end