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Chapter 290 Iverson, the free labor force of the future 【Subscription】

After a full eight days of rest, the Bulls waited until their opponents succeeded in the second round. The 76ers defeated the Hornets 4-2. The score was very different. In fact, the 76ers were almost overturned in every game.

But the wasps were out of luck.

Just relying on the way the 76ers are promoted, everyone knows that there is no suspense in the second round.

The Eastern Lakers didn’t knock out the Timberwolves until Game [-]. Although it was the following game, the fans were not surprised at all, because the Lakers were last year’s defending champions. Don’t look at their bad record in the regular season, but in the playoffs, the real knife When it comes to real guns, the Timberwolves are still too soft.

In the face of O'Neal, I can't stand it hard!
Kobe Bryant's performance was not very good, at least not as good as last season. It was all relying on O'Neal, who returned from injury, to defeat his opponent. If Kobe continued in this state, it would be difficult for them to win this year's championship.

Even if the Lakers made it to the second round, he was still not favored by many teams, because last year's Lakers didn't have to play seven games against the Timberwolves, and the gap between the Bulls and the Bulls was too big. Everyone felt that the defending champion was very good this time. Hard to defend.

On May 5, the Bulls host the 7ers.

After the player came out, Lu Yu took the initiative to greet Iverson. When they met last year, Lu Yu said that Iverson was no longer his target, but he still had to give him the respect he deserved.

After all, he is now the boss of the Bulls team, so he cannot lose in terms of bearing.

"Aaron, I remember you said you wanted to give me your phone number last time. I might have a training camp this summer. If there is a chance, I can invite you to play."

Allen was stunned for a moment, secretly delighted in his heart, knowing that Lu Yu's current influence is higher than his own. Recently, he can obviously feel that the alliance is no longer supporting him, so the ship of complimenting Lu Yu is a Nice choice.

He quickly said his phone number.

Lu Yu wrote down the number in a small notebook, told him to call him when the training camp started, and left his phone number to Iverson.

"We may not keep our hands in this game. You know, we need to advance as soon as possible, save our strength and prepare to deal with those guys in the West."

Lu Yu's words did not arouse Iverson's disgust. Everyone knows that the Bulls' goal must be the finals, and the 76ers will definitely not be the Bulls' opponent.

Iverson shrugged: "We will also try our best to fight to see how big the gap is, and be careful to be upset by us."

When Iverson met the Lakers two years ago, he didn't admit to being cowardly, but in the face of Lu Yu's Bulls, he unconsciously lost his confidence, mainly because he was still highly praised by the league two years ago, but Now the league doesn't seem to be going to spend any time on him.

He knows the league is doing it for a reason.

In the original post-Jordan era, the league didn't have a good face player. When the OK combination swept the league, there was an urgent need for a player to stand up and act as a hero.

And Iverson became the hero at the right moment.

It's a pity that Iverson is definitely not the face of the league in the eyes of league president David Stern.

In the eyes of David Stern, basketball players should become elegant gentlemen, not Iverson's gangster appearance.

Entering the NBA, Iverson appears to be out of tune with other people. The image of others is an excellent elite of Wall Street, wearing a suit and collar.

And Iverson is loose big flared pants, strong rap style.

But it was this Iverson who led the trend of hip-hop wear in the NBA. Kobe Bryant and other stars all put on loose flared pants and retro baseball shirts.

Although the NBA made a lot of money from Iverson, David Stern and NBA executives still looked down on this arrogant kid.

In 2000, when Iverson recorded a black record that took over newspaper pages, executives couldn't sit still.

Stern said Iverson would shame the entire NBA and he would smash our sign.

But Iverson did not give in. He used the regular season MVP and led the 76ers to the finals to prove how strong he was.

David Stern didn't want Iverson to be this hero, so he directly proposed the zone defense rules the following year. It seems that the legal use of zone defense limits the inside giants like O'Neal, but the three-point shooting rate is only 27%. For Iverson, it's not a disaster.

Since then, Iverson has fallen from the altar.

This is also the reason why Iverson was full of confidence when he faced the Lakers two years ago, but he had to admit his cowardice in the face of today's Bulls.

Moreover, Iverson knew better in his heart that Lu Yu was the face that David Stern was looking for.

Because Lu Yu's nickname is "Gentleman"!
If Lu Yu's only weakness, it may be Lu Yu's skin color. In this alliance that is not very friendly to yellow people, the probability of Lu Yu's appearance is directly proportional to David Stern's desire for the Chinese market.

As long as the Chinese market is big enough, David Stern can ignore Lu Yu's skin color.

Lu Yu knows that Iverson's fate cannot be changed. When the league rules are changed, Iverson is doomed, because Iverson is not the kind of player that O'Neal is, and even if the rules are changed, it still cannot affect his dominance.

After the game started, Iverson finally knew that it was true that Lu Yu said the Bulls would not keep their hands. The 76ers were known for their defense, but they still couldn't withstand the bulls' bombardment.

Keith Van Horn, who is 208cm tall, who was once known as the "second generation of Larry Bird", could not defend against Lu Yu. Lu Yu grabbed the ball and he didn't discuss it. He passed through the crotch and accelerated. Van Horn was quickly freed, and by the time he wanted to catch up, Lu Yu had already scored easily.

Van Horn had the same shooting ability as Bird, as well as a level head, and both were white, and everyone thought it was only a matter of time before he became a "second Bird."

High expectations made Van Horn the No. 1997 overall pick in the 76 draft after Tim Duncan. He was drafted by the Philadelphia [-]ers and then traded to the Nets.

In Lu Yu's previous life, in the 2001-02 season, Van Horn followed Jason Kidd to the finals.Van Horn, who was originally expected to be a strong point, had no defensive status against Rick Fox. He hit less than [-]% of the shots in the entire finals, and averaged just over double digits in points per game.

After this campaign, Van Horn won the title of soft-footed crab in the playoffs and was also sold by the Nets.

Since then, he has set foot on the road of wandering, and no longer shows the style of Byrd's successor.

Last year's Van Horn didn't run into the Lakers because his then-Nets team was eliminated by the Bulls in the Eastern Conference finals.

And Van Horn's touted offensive ability was directly locked by Artest, no different from Lu Yu's previous life, and was directly sold to the 76ers.

He's a very good shooter with a lot of range and angles.

However, because of the awkward position, the style of the game is soft, and the actual effect is not as big as imagined. The typical data is gorgeous, but the kind of player who cannot help the team greatly.

Although the rebounding ability is acceptable, the defensive style is really disappointing. He does not have enough flexible body and speed to play as a small forward. With his speed, the power forward is the only position he is capable of.

The 76ers' power forward is Derek Coleman.

The No. 1990 overall pick in [-] was once regarded as a striker, and his skills were absolutely in line with the status of a No. [-] pick. However, when he first entered the NBA, many experts believed that a major factor that prevented him from becoming a superstar was his hot temper, but the fact What's holding him back from becoming a superstar is a steady stream of injuries.Ankle, wrist sprain, thigh strain, finger torn and other injuries.

Even so, Coleman is still not a substitute for Van Horn.

So he could only play at the small forward position, and then he would cry when he was bullied by Lu Yu.

76ers head coach Larry Brown has always looked down on Van Horn, but he is really unavailable, and he can only keep pouring chicken soup for Van Horn.

"Keith, you can, your defense can definitely defend against the opposing No. 10, as long as your feet are faster, your body is stronger, and your strike is harder."

Van Horn rolled his eyes.

If he could be quicker in footsteps, tougher in body, and harder in attack, he wouldn't be abandoned by the Nets.

The 208cm Van Horn was knocked down once and knocked over three times while defending.

He looked at the substitutes sitting on the sidelines, and each substitute consciously avoided his gaze.

Brown's eyes fell on Monty Williams.

He said to Williams again, "Monty, the task of defending Lu Yu is up to you."

Monty Williams, he is definitely not as famous as Lu Yu when he was the coach of the Suns in his previous life, not to mention that he plans to retire after this season.

I did not expect to be entrusted with this important task at this time.

Monty Williams wanted to say: You let me go up at this time, did you make me a cannon fodder? With the speed of Lu Yu, with my glass knee, this is a player I can defend against?

Fortunately, Lu Yu felt that the game was almost at this level. After all, he had to find Iverson as a free labor force for the training camp in the summer. The game was too ugly and inappropriate, so he chose to let the water go.

After two quarters, the Bulls led 57-38 by 19 points. If it wasn't for Lu Yu's waterproofing in the second half, the score difference would have been 30 points. Raise the white flag of surrender.

It was too embarrassing to surrender in two quarters, but surrendering in three quarters was justified.

CCTV broadcast the game, and the two commentators couldn't stand it any longer.

Chinese fans are all looking forward to the showdown between Lu Yu and Iverson. They thought that Iverson could perform like that against the Lakers in the finals, and he had the spirit of not admitting defeat.It looks so good!

After three quarters, when the 76ers fell behind by 25 points, Brown was replaced by a full bench lineup, and the Bulls also replaced a number of substitutes, but the bench and the bench were not the same. After Artest violently dunked, Zhang Weiping sighed. Tone: "As far as the Bulls are on the bench, they can form a main force if they go to other teams. I really don't understand how these players became the bottom of the league a few years ago. Now they look pretty good."

This question has puzzled a lot of fans. Everyone finally attributed it to the arrival of Lu Yu, which changed the attributes of the team and injected confidence into the team to win.

"If this series continues like this, Larry Brown is probably not far away from leaving the 76ers this summer." Zhang Weiping laughed.

Iverson and Larry Brown's feud has been around for a long time.

This is the most deadly master-disciple foe in recent years.

When the conflict between them escalated to the peak, it even became the focus of attention in the United States for a time.That
Actually Iverson and Larry Brown are both very strong personalities. Old Brown always designs a set of molds by himself, and then pushes players into this mold to cut edges.

But this kind of coaching style of cutting feet and feet does not work for Iverson, and he will never change his game style for anyone.

But the most serious difference between the two is that they have completely different attitudes towards training, and at one point AI was even almost traded.

It should be said that Iverson is the most shocking warrior in the league, but he does not pay attention to the old problem of training, but Larry Brown hates it.

But the most terrible thing is that the old Brown also poured this dissatisfaction to the media, which especially made Iverson angry. He even cursed Larry Bronda 22 times in an interview.

But many things are only valuable when they are lost.In this infighting, Iverson seemed to be the winner, while Larry Brown went to the Pistons.

In the past, there was also a crazy president, Clos, who intervened, but when Clos resigned, everything was irreversible.

Ending 112 to 79, the Bulls slaughtered the 76ers at home.

The Bulls' main force didn't play after halfway through the third quarter, and the 76ers had enough of the bench to drink.

Artest complained that he was sent to the court in garbage time. He likes to fight. If he was allowed to brush data in garbage time, he would rather not play. But the problem is that the 76ers really have no strength to resist!

After Lu Yu finished this game, he determined that the Bulls would definitely enter the Eastern Conference finals. In this game, he played 26 minutes and scored a double-double of 28 points and 10 assists.

Iverson also played only 26 minutes, but only got 17 points and 3 assists.

In Lu Yu's previous life, Iverson was the all-powerful scoring champion, but when Lu Yu could defend without pressure, he would have enough energy to help Richardson or Hamilton in defense, which made Iverson's Scoring becomes extremely difficult.

The young Boozer almost crushed the old Derek Coleman.

Boozer originally wanted to play Coleman in the low post, but Lu Yu persuaded him to pull out and shoot. The post was not suitable for Boozer, and shooting from the back of the head was Boozer's big killer, and Coleman couldn't block it at all.

Many power forwards in the league can't cover Boozer's shot.

Even Duncan of the Spurs and Garnett of the Timberwolves had a headache when they met Boozer, not to mention Dirk Nowitzki of the Mavericks. You must know that the three of them are the three strongest power forwards in the West today. .

After the game, a reporter asked Lu Yu to comment on the completely restricted Iverson.

Lu Yu: "????"

Aren't you making me offend my future free labor?

　My sister got married, and I drank too much. Today is a chapter, sorry~ Thank you for the more exciting rewards tomorrow, but don't think about being my brother-in-law, hum!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)