Portland Municipal Airport lobby.
"Mike, I didn't expect that you would be the one to leave."
When he woke up one night, Wang Zelin, who was still immersed in the carnival, saw that his little brother was traded, and his joy was washed away a lot.
"It's okay, Wang. The NBA is a business alliance. Separation is the norm. You have to adapt to it."
Mike Roberts said with a playful smile.
Unexpectedly, the person who came to comfort was comforted by the person who left.
"Haha, yes, I believe in your ability. No one in Brooklyn's broken team can compete with you."
"That's necessary. It doesn't matter who I am."
After laughing, the two of them stopped smiling.
Wang Zelin stepped forward, hugged Mike Roberts, and said in his ear: "Come on! My brother! Maybe you will be able to shine in the East, unlike now, with me and LaMarcus Stand in front of you."
"What are you talking about?" After they separated, Mike Roberts continued: "However, I still want to thank you for your blessing. The next time we meet, we will be opponents... Oh, it is unimaginable that one day I will become a monster like you. The opponent... is really terrifying!”
After saying that, Mike Roberts decisively turned around and boarded the airport.
Finding his seat and sitting down, Mike Roberts had an unobstructed view of the Portland scenery below through the glass of the plane.
The man who has always been a tough guy in the NBA has red eyes.
I am also a man who once set foot in the Western Conference Finals. How many famous stars have worked hard for so many years and never touched it!
Speaking of which, I'm quite lucky.
Goodbye, my brother!
Goodbye, beautiful Portland!
When we meet again, I will let you see my growth.
…
Back in the arena, Wang Zelin practiced many times late into the night.
Before he knew it, it was already his second NBA season, but he still felt uncomfortable with the rush of players coming and going.
Fortunately, I still have basketball to accompany me!
After practicing for another half hour, it was already 3:30 in the morning. After taking a shower and changing clothes, Wang Zelin closed the door of the pub and prepared to take the car home.
"Um?"
After he came out, he found a man wandering next to his car.
Taking a closer look, good guy, it's Lillard.
"I said, why are you here with me if you don't sleep at night? People who don't know better would think you are a car thief!"
Wang Zelin stepped forward and joked.
"You still have the nerve to say that we originally agreed to release an album together during the off-season. I had posted this news on my Facebook account a long time ago. Fans were looking forward to it, but now..."
As soon as they met, Lillard started complaining.
As he talked, Wang Zelin slapped his head and remembered that there was still this problem.
"King, don't tell me, you are not prepared!" Lillard said doubtfully.
"Ahem, how is that possible? Don't insult my noble personality with your suspicious eyes. It's just an album, don't you just have the hands?"
Wang Zelin quickly patted his chest and spoke righteously.
"Okay, let's go record it now!"
After speaking, Lillard took Wang Zelin's hand.
The latter remained motionless.
"What's the matter?"
Lillard asked.
"I said, there is something wrong with your designation here. Who can I record it with at night? Even if I can record it, I just finished playing and I am not in the best condition."
Wang Zelin said speechlessly.
"Uh, that's right."
Lillard let go of his hand in embarrassment.
"Forget it, I'll go back and rest first. At 9 o'clock the day after tomorrow, you come to my house to find me. That's how we made an appointment."
"oh."
Lillard nodded numbly.
When the roar of the car gradually disappeared, he suddenly reacted.
No, why the day after tomorrow?
Not tomorrow?
After returning home and parking the car, Wang Zelin took a sip of cold water to calm down his shock. He said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, the labor and management were smart and delayed it for a day, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to explain."
After Lillard did this, Wang Zelin lost all sleep. He returned to the bedroom, lifted the quilt, and Reina in a dark red transparent lace pajamas came into view. He couldn't help but licked his tongue and thought: It seems like it has been a long time. I have been practicing pressing the gun, and I have forgotten many skills.
Goblin, take a stick from me, Lao Wang!
…
The world will never turn around for one person, and that has been the case since ancient times.
After the trade information between Portland and the Nets caused a brief sensation, in the following days, there will be new trade information updates every day in the summer trading market.
Take, for example, the much-anticipated defending champion team, the Miami Heat.
On the same day, the defending champion has signed 2.03-meter-tall small forward Eric Griffin.
It is reported that this is a non-guaranteed training camp contract, which means that Griffin will participate in the Heat's training camp before the start of the new season...
After all, this Griffin is not the Clippers' Griffin. According to "Miami Sun Sentinel" reporter Ira Windman broke the news on his personal Twitter:
There are various signs that after the training camp, the Heat are likely to send Griffin to the Development League, so that once the team encounters injuries in the new season, Griffin can become a good choice.
To put it bluntly, Griffin's overall strength can only be called average. The reason why the outside world pays so much attention is simply because the team that signed him is called the Miami Heat.
The Heat have successfully won the championship in the past two years, becoming the only team to win two consecutive championships in the 21st century, second only to the Los Angeles Lakers, a dynasty team led by OK at the beginning of the century.
What a dynasty!
Looking at the history of the NBA, there have only been three major dynasty teams: the Celtics, the Bloody Bulls, and the Purple and Gold at the beginning of the century.
As for the so-called "odd-year dynasty" of the Spurs in the mouth of many fans, it is just a different kind of praise. Even Tim Duncan himself does not dare to say that he has established a dynasty team.
Because the hard target of the dynasty is there: it must defeat all opponents for three consecutive years and win the O'Brien Cup!
Even if there is a gap of one year in between, it will not work.
From the title of "The Chosen One" who entered the league, it is clear to everyone that James has only one purpose in entering the league, and that is to conquer.
Now that the Heat have conquered the current league under his leadership, what the Heat are about to challenge next are the three dynasty teams that stand at the top of the NBA pyramid.
As long as they win the championship in the 2013~2014 season, the Heat can become the fourth dynasty team in history, and for James as the core, it is equally significant.
This symbolizes that he is one step closer to the position of God.
It is precisely because of this that every move of the Heat attracts the hearts of countless fans and team management.
"3" is a magical number in the land of Millikin. Doing it three times in a row represents complete domination of a certain field.
No team wants to see the Heat successfully establish a dynasty. Once it succeeds, it will undoubtedly admit its weakness in disguise.
No one will take the initiative to admit their weakness. This is an instinctive reaction of human nature.
Therefore, the Heat's reinforcement plan for the third year is bound to be difficult. Whenever the Heat's management makes the slightest move, other teams will obstruct it either openly or covertly.
The Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls have both experienced this situation, but in the end they both overcame various difficulties and successfully established dynasties.
This is why dynasty teams are so rare, and why once a dynasty is successfully established, the bonus to a player's historical status is so great...
Especially the bonus for the core players of the team!
Why is it that every time we talk about the number one center in history, we can never avoid Shaquille O'Neal.
Because he was once the absolute core of a dynasty team, he is qualified enough to challenge all the super centers that have ever appeared in history...except for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Because they are from the same team, the most glorious moments of their careers were spent with the Lakers, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was still a senior, so when compared with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, O'Neal will always appear slightly weaker.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's position at center is so unique.
When comparing with other teams, others will first compare other teams' strongest centers in history with O'Neal.
Compare the two.
At first glance, good guy, even O'Neal can't compare, how can he compare with O'Neal's predecessor Sky Gou!
When comparing the same pairs, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar naturally gained some points because of his status as a senior...
Put it this way.
If Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and O'Neal played in different eras and had the same achievements, and they compared them, there would definitely be people who favored the past over the present and believed that O'Neal was stronger.
And there are by no means a small number of such people in the fan base.
Or maybe the two of them didn't achieve these achievements with the Lakers at all, but they did it separately. When comparing any two NBA teams, no one would think that O'Neal would earn half as much as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
At least the voices of fans who support the view that "O'Neal is the number one center in history" will not be as weak as when compared with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Instead, it should be a situation of equal competition.
This shows the importance of the identity of the core players of the dynasty.
As we all know, there are a total of 5 positions in the basketball game.
At this stage, among the five positions, the first player in history at point guard, shooting guard and power forward has been unanimously recognized by the media management and fans.
Magic ~ Earvin Johnson, basketball god ~ Michael Jordan and the eternal No. 21 pick in the Holy City ~ Tim Duncan.
There are too many great players in history to compete for the center position. After all, half of the No. 1 picks in NBA drafts in NBA history have been centers. This shows that the center position has a unique position in the basketball world.
At the same time, it also reflects that there are too many magical players at the center position.
On the contrary, the small forward at the third position is currently showing a three-legged trend.
who?
The first choice must be the former Celtics star, the king of forcing, and Big Bird ~ Larry Bird.
Followed by former Bulls B&B and Batman~Scottie Pippen.
Finally, there is the league’s active leader and little emperor, LeBron James.
If you have to rank first, second, and third, the rankings currently recognized by most people are Larry Bird, LeBron James, and Scottie Pippen.
Although Pippen was second only to Jordan in the Bulls' two dynasties, his position as the second-best player was too embarrassing.
It can be said that Jordan succeeds and loses.
Furthermore, considering that James has won two consecutive championships at the age of only 28, and all new records in NBA history are his... he was an old blacksmith in Los Angeles before.
Therefore, if there is no big surprise, it is almost certain that James will surpass Pippen.
But Bird is different.
The king is too hard!
It belongs to the type where you get what you want.
In his rookie season, he beat Magic Johnson and was elected Rookie of the Year, and also ranked among the best teams...
Of course, Magic later played FMVP in his rookie season in the playoffs and successfully regained a victory.
In his second year, Bird not only won the All-Star Game MVP, but in the playoffs, when the Celtics were trailing 1:3, with his heroic performance, the Celtics won by 2 points, 2 points, and 2 points respectively. With a dangerous advantage of 1 point, they won three consecutive games to advance to the finals.
Facing Mosaic in the finals, Bird helped the Celtics win the championship again after 6 years.
After the second grade, he won two consecutive championships after winning three to five times.
By 1992, Bird represented the "Dream Team" as one of the five starters and won the Barcelona Olympic gold medal...
People always have special feelings about number one.
It will be ten years since James entered the league. If we compare him with Bird across history, it will be better than the first ten years of their careers...
There is a saying that the first ten years of Bird's career are indeed more magical than the first ten years of James's career, and his achievements are also slightly stronger.
At present, in the battle for the number one player in the NBA at small forward, the two are generally neck and neck.
If you really have to choose one as the number one small forward in history, more people may still be willing to vote for Larry Bird.
James is particularly aware of this.
Therefore, he has always avoided talking about the ownership of the "No. 1 small forward in history" that has been hotly debated by the outside world.
He is more willing to use actions to prove himself.
What to do?
Very simple.
Just win this year’s championship and achieve three consecutive championships!
At that time, he can legitimately ascend to the position of the number one small forward in history, and only then will he be qualified to compare with the number one players in history at other positions.
Especially Michael Jordan, the first man in history in scoring position.
He cannot surpass Larry Bird and become the number one small forward. How can he make a preliminary comparison with Jordan?
In the same way, Bird must also be aware of the current situation.
Of course, he doesn't want to give up his secure position as the number one small forward in history. This will seriously affect the evaluation of his historical status.
For example, NBA legend "Big O" Robertson did well in his position as the historical three-point leader, and he is the only player in history to achieve a triple-double in a season.
Therefore, every time when the number one point guard in history is discussed, Big O is always the Magician's strongest opponent.
After all, Big O also has the hard honor of regular season MVP, and with the aura of "Historical Triple-Double King", it is inevitable that some fans will be biased towards him. Even if he cannot compare with Magic, they can still give him a try.
It wasn't until later that a magical turtle crawled out of the sewer, completely knocking Big O's triple-double myth off the altar, and even turning the word triple-double, which was once out of reach, into a derogatory term.
That’s outrageous!
I guess Big O is the one who hates the Turtles the most.
is not that right?
In 2020, before Wang Zelin was reborn, when selecting the top five best point guards in history, Big O could no longer be found. Even in the top 10, Big O was at the bottom.
After all, he was considered by most people to be the second or third point guard in history, and he could still touch the magician.
If you touch me again now, my dear, it will be a direct act of touching porcelain!
Therefore, Bird was also witnessing all this secretly.
If James finally succeeds in winning the championship, as a senior, no matter how reluctant he is, he will have to stand up and hold his nose to admit his status as the number one small forward in history, which can be regarded as showing the generosity and style of a wave of seniors.
But if James fails to win the championship...
hehe!
It will be exciting then.
Don't forget, this guy is one of the greatest trash talkers in history, and he has left countless famous scenes.
Do you really think that the dignified King of Forces is a good-tempered person?
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