basketball never sleeps

Chapter 92 The scalp is itchy and I want to scratch it.

In the Pacers general manager's office, Bird's thoughts were interrupted by the jingling phone.

Picking up the phone, Bird raised his brows. Isn't this old guy busy with golf games recently, so why call him when he has time.

After chatting for a while, Gang Leader Qiao on the phone finally got to the point.

"I heard that kid Ron (Artest) is playing music recently after being suspended?"

"Don't mention it, this Falk bastard got a little bit of fame and went away. He made such a big deal, and he still thinks about his crap album every day, and shows off there every day with a pile of vomit. I really want to Saw his brains open and see if there is a pretentious reply in it!"

It's okay not to mention Artest, but Larry Bird has a headache when he is mentioned.

In the summer, there were rumors that the Pacers were going to trade Peja with Artest and the Kings, but this news was quickly denied and clarified by Larry Bird.

In fact, the trading king did make an offer to him in private. Although Artest is a problem child, but in terms of his defensive ability and performance in the playoffs, Larry Bird still chooses to believe and trust Artest. Thailand once.

But now he regrets it more and more.

"Young people, don't they all like to mess around, that bastard Dennis (Rodman) spent more time playing than Ron when he was young." Jordan said with a smile.

"Look at the recent Chinese kid who broke the All-Star voting record and made a song with Shaq. You can listen to it. It's really interesting. If Ron can have his level, maybe he can really achieve something. Come."

"Let the damn music go to hell, players should focus on basketball, and those messy things shouldn't be ranked before the championship." Larry Bird was not interested in listening to any songs, but cursed hatefully.

"Well, that's true, but if I remember correctly, both Mo and Shaq seem to have rings."

"..." Larry Bird was silent for a moment, and a wise light flashed in his eyes, "I seem to understand why you called me, what was written in that song, and you actually called me to recommend it to me."

"Well, it's nothing, it's just a good song, it fits his current situation very well, and the tune and lyrics are good. I heard that Nike has planned to use this song as this year's promotional song. My AJ thinks Will follow up later.”

With the help of the assistant of the young team, he easily found this song in the iTunes store without even searching, because the quality of the song is good, and the first sentence of the lyrics mentions Apple, so Apple also rewarded this song The song is recommended to the top.

After listening to it twice, Bird finally understood why Jordan told him about the song.

One is that the song is really nice, and the other is that the song blew that bastard's bastard twice!

After a while, after calming down, Larry Bird put on his headphones and listened to the song again.

The theme of this song is actually very simple-bet on me before I get rich.

But Larry Bird heard something unusual from it.

As a master of perfect scores in reading comprehension, Bird can clearly analyze that Mo Wen's song is definitely more than just an All-Star.

Is Mo Wen developed?From the public's point of view, he is indeed well-developed, with a sneaker contract of tens of millions per year, and he became a middle-class player in the second year of his career. He also has a high tactical status in the team, and he still has the ball to compete for the assist king. .

"But the Heat are not his team after all, and this little guy doesn't seem like such an easy-to-satisfy person."

While Bird was still thinking about what excuses he should use to lure Mo Wen over, an unexpected figure knocked on his office door.

"Larry, do you have contacts in Hollywood? I also want to find a big star to collaborate on a song on my album. That Asian guy in MD doesn't talk about martial arts, so he even brought Britney to attack me. In less than a day, it directly rushed to the top of the new song list!"

Looking at the chattering Artest in front of him, Larry Bird felt another burst of angina.

"Now, immediately, immediately, get the hell out of me!"

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Without staying on the Denver plateau, the Heat headed north all the way to... Seattle.

As the team that likes to shoot three-pointers the most in the league except for the Suns, the Sonics' current record is slightly inferior to that of the Heat, but their strength should not be underestimated.

Compared with the Suns, a team that focuses on running and shooting, and has a large number of rebellious and chasing three-pointers, the Sonics have traces of play but cannot be targeted because they are too pure and only play shooting. What matters is the feel.

Competing against them was like playing Russian roulette, putting two bullets in the revolver and betting your life.

This season, they can lose to the Clippers by 30 points the day before, and they can also kill the Spurs by 20 points the next day.

The reason why the Supersonics couldn't make it to the playoffs last season was mainly due to Ray Allen's injuries.

In the original history, a healthy Ray Allen led the Sonics to 52 wins in the regular season this season, and also entered the second round of the playoffs, winning two home games of the Spurs, forcing Popovich He lifted Bowen down, lifted "Mr. Bao" up, and forced Ray Allen not to take off with his "heavenly handicapped foot" before he passed the level in danger.

Everyone in the Sonics is taking this game seriously.Their general manager, Rick Sander, was also one of the few people who were most optimistic about Mo Wen. Unfortunately, because of the "betrothal gift", they could only watch the Heat "marry" Mo Wen. The bigger the better, and the trend of winning the All-Star ticket, he was bleeding in his heart.

Ray Allen, the head of the Supersonics, does not want to lose this game.

The world says that Ray Allen is a modest gentleman. On the surface he is self-disciplined, professional, and indifferent to fame and fortune, but in fact he also cares about other people's opinions, likes others' praise, longs for victory and honor, and is jealous of his similar strength but luckier than him. guy.

Especially a certain blacksmith in Los Angeles, Ray Allen is the most dissatisfied among the four shooting guards.

Because in his opinion, Kobe got what he is today because he was a little luckier than him and met O'Neal.

In the preseason, Ray Allen also directly fired at Kobe:
"I don't know why Kobe hates Shaq. The other shooting guards in the league are willing to give everything to join forces with Shaq. I think Kobe will definitely regret it in a year or two, and then because the team does not have suitable players, he will force the management team. Buy more players, or trade yourself out."

(Then he was angry and chatted and ordered the big man of his team to foul Ray Allen severely during the preseason game between the two teams. Unfortunately, an inner ghost told Ray Allen about this. It happened that Ray Allen also suffered from ankle injury. Injuries missed that game.)
Now the lucky ones have become Mo Wen and Wade following O'Neill's Eastward Journey. Wade is fine. His strength and talent are visible to the naked eye, and he hasn't received much praise, but Mo Wen is even worse than him. Players, why do you get so many votes? !
Backed by the Chinese market, are you amazing?

However, the Asian fans in Seattle told Ray Allen with their voices that it was amazing.

The furious Ray Allen approached Mo Wen after the kick-off, and didn't say anything, but showed his intention with actions.

Mo Wen, who was holding the ball, felt his scalp itchy and wanted to scratch it.

If it was Ray Allen who attacked him with the ball, it would be fine. The offensive end of the fifth player of the four major shooting guards will definitely give you respect (let Wade defend you), but what do you mean by taking the initiative to defend me?
I got 50 points from the old monk before.

Did Ning misunderstand his own defensive ability?
Before George Karl and Ray Allen fell out, it was largely because of Ray Allen's "gentleman" on the defensive end. There was a time when the Bucks defended Ray Allen for two consecutive games and easily scored 40+ , When the camera came to Ray Allen, this guy was still smiling. George Karl was so angry that he gave Ray Allen the nickname "Barbie Doll" on the TV show.

The key point is that Ray Allen didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did, because the smiling assassin and magician also played with a smile back then.

It wasn't until he joined the Celtics that he realized the importance of defense. Later, Ray Allen commented on himself in his autobiography——

"For years, because I was so good offensively, no coach gave me the hard work on the other end of the floor..."

Good guy, it's so fresh and refined to say that you can't defend.

The only one comparable to him is Stoudemire's "No coach has ever taught me to defend".

Mo Wen was not polite to him either. Although the song released earlier temporarily diverted the attention of the media, but to really dispel doubts, he had to rely on his performance on the court.

Someone gave him a head, but it was too late for him to be happy.

At the beginning of the first quarter, Mo Wen used smooth variations to break through Ray Allen, who lost his serious face.

Ray Allen tried to catch up with Mo Wen with his excellent explosive power, but he didn't expect that after being noticed by Mo Wen, he used two consecutive bad luck to shake him past him again.

The Supersonics started with two meat shield insiders, Potapanko weighed 130 kilograms, and was nicknamed "Ukrainian Locomotive". In addition to saying that he has a broad physique, he also started as slowly as a train.Another insider, Jerome James, is a heavyweight player. He weighs 135 kilograms. Yao Ming, who has just entered the NBA and only played 3 games, has not scored a point.

They worked hard against O'Neal and were good players, but they were slow to move laterally and return to defense. Facing the open basket, Mo Wen easily picked the basket and scored.

Turning around, Ray Allen wanted to play Mo Wen on the offensive end, but found that the man defending him turned out to be Wade.

After two pick-and-rolls failed to force Mo Wen to switch defenses, Ray Allen also lost interest and distributed the ball to Rashad Lewis who was facing Mo Wen.

In the early years, Ray Allen also had a strong desire to shoot and perform. He felt like ants were crawling on his body if he couldn't touch the ball in four or five rounds.

Later, this problem was cured by George Karl. After getting used to leading the team alone, he also developed a good habit of giving the first half to his teammates as much as possible and saving his physical strength for the second half.

Rashad Lewis showed off the bankrupt version of "Stick Singles". He made a three-point threat to Mo Wen from the three-point line. After two steps, he saw Mo Wen's lowered center of gravity.

Mo Wen blocked his eyes in time to interfere, making the ball untouchable.

Mo Wen is no stranger to the later "Mr. Billion Dollars". Although they are all "stand sticks", Lewis' singles strong shooting ability is much worse than that of the later Death God Adu. His dribbling breakthrough cannot be said to be non-existent , is almost at the same level as Clay. As long as he defends him with interference and confrontation, it will be difficult for him to be accurate.

Turning around, Ray Allen did not disappoint Mo Wen, and stood in front of Mo Wen again.

Still the same recipe, still the same taste.

Change the rhythm, break through the dribble, retreat and hesitate the ball, and change direction with bad luck.

It's like dancing on the court, passing Ray Allen in a circle.

Potapanko defended, and Mo Wen pulled the bar. Halfway through, he missed the ball from the side of his head to Haslem behind him.

Haslem saw the opportunity of Potapanko's whereabouts, ignored Ray Allen who was defending, and completed a dunk with a big stride.

　make up for yesterday

　　
　
(End of this chapter)