Chapter 208 A Lesson for the Provocative Stackhouse

“NBA Dynasty Sniper ()”

"Flying Dragon played an unsolvable performance on both ends of the offense and defense. He dominated the Spurs No. 1 rookie!"

ESPN columnist Craig Sager published his own column article, in which he said: "In last night's game, the Dragons played a terrifying performance, while the rookie No. 1 pick played an immature performance, forming a strong contrast.

This shows that our No. 1 rookie still needs more tempering. He is still a long way from the dragon. If the Spurs want to win the championship with such a two-tower lineup, even if they can beat other teams, they will not be able to cross the mountain of the Knicks.

In addition, too many people are not optimistic about the Knicks this season, but this game made us understand that we should change our inherent thinking, because the Knicks are really strong. "

"The difference between a superstar and a dominant superstar!"

Another ESPN columnist, Bill Simon, wrote in the article: "Tim Duncan, as the best rookie after the Flying Dragons, and even the best No. 1 pick in ten years, has received a lot of praise in just one month since his debut. But the difference between him and Feilong, there is also a difference in dominance, which is a qualitative difference."

On this day, Zhao Dong's performance last night was praised by the media. His 56 points are also the highest score in a single game in the entire league since the new season.

Next, the Knicks played two more away games, losing to the underdog Mavericks, winning the Hornets, and then rushed to Philadelphia overnight.

On the seventh, the Knicks will challenge the number teams in back-to-back games.

After playing the number team, the Knicks will continue to play the last away game this time, and challenge the Bulls in Chicago on the 9th.

Although the digital team has two No. 1 picks in Iverson and Derek Coleman, it is still a team outside the ranks of the playoffs.

With four wins and 11 losses this season, there is still no hope of reaching the playoffs.

Iverson's performance this season is slightly worse than last season, because the distance from the three-point line has increased, and his three-point shooting percentage has dropped. This season, he averaged 2.9 shots per game, 0.9 of them, 30% shooting rate, and 22 points per game. point.

Zhao Dong lost to Iverson in the Rookie of the Year last season, but his performance in the new season has already far surpassed Iverson, and there is also a big difference in the leadership results of the two sides.

The Knicks and the Philadelphia team are teams in the same district. They play four games a season. The principle is that if they can win, they will win, and they will not show mercy. Therefore, the Knicks can lose to the weak Mavericks, but they cannot lose to the digital team.

At noon, the system issued a task.

Super giant sniper mission: Ask the host to snipe Allen Iverson to combat his arrogance.

Task requirements: 1. When Iverson breaks through the paint, ask the host to play high-quality basket protection performance, so that his shooting percentage at the basket cannot be higher than 30%; 2. Score 30+; 3. Lead the team to win.

Task reward: five quality points

"Fuck, system, do you know that you are in the second grade? Also, Iverson is arrogant, not arrogant." Zhao Dong couldn't help complaining.

He checked Iverson's data, and the shooting percentage near the basket was 35%, and the shooting percentage at the basket was 59.5%.

"It's less than 20% and 40%. Isn't it too low? This shows that Iverson's ability to stop and jump is much worse than mine."

"The layup after the breakthrough has a shooting percentage close to 60%. This is not bad. If you want to control it below 30%, you can make up to three of the ten shots at the basket. The task is very heavy."

After analyzing it, Zhao Dong felt that there was hope for this task to be completed.

He is not the only insider, Oakley and Camby, the three of them join forces, it is the most powerful insider combination in the league, Iverson rushes in, it is impossible not to lose a layer of skin.

"System, you have never issued a talent award this season, so you won't have this award in the future?" He asked.

"The host's physical fitness is close to perfect, so there is no need for such rewards," the system said.

"No, no, I'm still far from perfect. My goal is to become a non-human being like Hammer. You can continue to hand out big prizes." Zhao Dong said hastily.

"Sorry, there are no inhuman talents in the history of the NBA.

"The system resolutely refused, making Zhao Dong give up.

The night of the seventh, game day.

Knicks: Camby, Zhao Dong, Oakley, Alan Houston, Charlie Ward

Numbers: Derek Coleman, Scott Williams, Clarence Witherspoon, Jerry Stackhouse, Iverson

CCTV broadcast the game live, and Zhang Lili said: "This year, the digital team selected Tim Thomas at the seventh position in the first round. The three-point line, and what makes him worse than Horry is that he is useless on the defensive end.

The defense of the digital team itself is poor, but they still did not require defense in the draft. I think this is a strategic error in team building, and offense alone is not enough. "

Sun Zhenping said: "Mr. Zhang, the highlight of today's game is whether Iverson will cause a lot of damage to the Knicks after rushing in, right?"

"Oh, yes, this is indeed an important point to watch."

Zhang rationally analyzed: "The Knicks' interior defense is very strong, especially Zhao Dong has returned to the low post this season. With him and Oakley, rookie Camby's defense is also not bad. The interior defense is strong, which should be regarded as the best in the league. It’s a strong team. So today Iverson rushed to play, and the difficulty should be very high.”

When it was his turn to start, Zhao Dong led his team to the fork in the corridor, and saw Iverson with a cool and flirty face coming from the opposite corridor.

When I first met Iverson last season, he was still interested in getting to know him, but Iverson rejected him twice with a cold face. Now that we meet, he is not even interested in giving him a second look.

"let's go."

Walking in front of Iverson, he waved his hand and signaled his teammates to follow.

"This guy is too crazy!"

Jerry Stackhouse snorted coldly: "Just won a championship and FNVP, looks crazier than Michael."

The voice was not low, and everyone heard it, so it can be seen that he intentionally said it to Zhao Dong, which was considered a provocation in public.

As Jordan's younger brother, he was hailed as Jordan's successor when he debuted. The next MJ, he even refused to accept Jordan. He once said "I'm not afraid of Jordan" in public, so he was even more dissatisfied with Zhao Dong who provoked Jordan. He hated this The Chinese with their heads held high.

Iverson glanced at Stackhouse, too lazy to speak.

The relationship between the two is not good, because Stackhouse, like him, is a person who needs a lot of ball rights. There is only one ball on the court, and the two are fighting back and forth. How can the relationship be good?

In fact, he has already negotiated with the management through his agent, and the management has promised to seek a deal this season to let Stackhouse leave the team.

In fact, not long after, the Digital team traded Stackhouse and the Pistons for a defensive champion Theo Ratliff. basket capacity.

"Boy, are you not convinced?"

When Oakley heard this, Tiger turned around, walked up to Stackhouse, and asked with staring eyes.

He really has a bad temper. It is said that both Rodman and Barkley have been slapped by him off the court, which is why he has a very bad relationship with them.

Stackhouse twitched his face, and then he remembered that Oakley and Zhao Dong were the four villains in the alliance, and he provoked Zhao Dong, the leader of the four villains who beat the postman and dared to fight Tyson, Can't help but feel cold, and can't help but take two steps back.

"Forget it, Charles, don't be angry."

At this moment, Zhao Dong spoke, and after half a sentence, he changed the topic: "I really can't help but strike, don't just slap one face, you have to slap both faces, otherwise it will be unbalanced."

"It's a devil!"

Everyone in the digital team was dumbfounded.

"Puchi!"

The Knicks laughed.

"..."

Stackhouse's expression changed instantly.

When I heard the first half of Zhao Dong's words, I thought I was pleading for him, but I didn't expect...then it would be better to just slap one side of my face.

But Oakley could tell that Zhao Dong was just joking, and it was not enough to hit someone, just to scare the kid.

At this moment, Zhao Dong came over, pointed with his big hand, and tapped directly on Stackhouse's nose, and roared loudly: "Listen, kid, I'll teach you some rules today.

With strength, you can challenge anyone, including Michael Jordan, like I did.

But if you dare to provoke without strength, you will be beaten and humiliated, just like what you have encountered now. "

"Crack!"

He slapped Stackhouse on the face twice, and said coldly: "Do you understand the rules? I am a well-deserved superstar in this league, and Michael Jordan is not qualified to overwhelm me. You What the hell is it that you dare to challenge me in public?"

Stackhouse's face was red with blood, almost dripping out, but Zhao Dong's ferocious eyes made him lower his head involuntarily.

No one in the digital team stood up for Stackhouse, because no one had a higher status in the league than Zhao Dong, including the two champions of Iverson and Coleman.

It's like Jordan chasing Reggie Miller all over the court in the game, but the referee ignored it. Privileges are everywhere, and the strong are superior, which is a matter of course.

After all, Iverson was a teammate. Iverson originally wanted to say something, but thought that his relationship with Zhao Dong was not very good, and Zhao Dong had a bad temper, and now his status in the league was higher than him, so he shut his mouth again.

Without strength, there is no right to speak. This is the truth in the NBA. He understands this truth very well. Zhao Dong will not sell his face at all.

"We're out."

At this time, the host outside began to greet the visiting team to come out. After Zhao Dong greeted, he walked out first.

Stackhouse slowly raised his head at this moment, and glanced at his teammates with coldness in his eyes.

From this moment on, he no longer regards these people as teammates.

He would rather be the teammate of a villain like Zhao Dong than these people.

Twenty minutes later, the game started, Camby won the jump ball, and the Knicks attacked.

"boom!"

On the first ball, Zhao Dong suddenly cut inside, caught the ball and drove into the basket. Facing Coleman who was returning to the basket, he hit a brutal flat-basket dunk, which made the latter look pale and staggered back.

"Dodge a little bit, you can't guard against me anyway." He blocked him, and he was still spouting bloody trash talk.

He doesn't like Coleman. Although he is the champion, he doesn't even have the qualifications for the system to send a task. How can he look up to him?

Coleman is not a small person, he was the first person to dunk a big shark head-on, but now that he was dunked by Zhao Dong, he could only swallow his anger.

Numbers team attack.

Iverson was holding the ball on the right wing, and when he was approaching the three-point line, he suddenly increased his speed. A body changed direction and jumped into Charlie Ward, reaching the flank.

Oakley on the flank quickly defended, and Iverson changed direction again and broke through, reaching the paint area.

The third line of defense is Camby, and Zhao Dong, who is lower in height, sits under the basket.

Encountering Camby's supplementary defense, Iverson changed direction for the third time and broke through another line of defense.

But at this time, after breaking through three lines of defense, his speed was already slow, and he lost the sharpness of lightning.

"Snapped!"

Just when Iverson broke through Camby, Zhao Dong emerged from behind Camby, and the moment he crossed with the former, he broke the opponent's ball.

"What?"

Iverson was shocked, his sight was completely blocked by Camby, and he didn't see Zhao Dong at all.

"Oops, Allen was intercepted!" The live commentator exclaimed.

"Okay! Zhao Dong succeeded in stealing, he passed to Ward, and Ward is going to go..." Zhang Lili yelled loudly.

The Knicks played a quick defensive counterattack. Iverson rushed to the basket and was unable to return to the defense in time. Stackhouse had no enthusiasm for the game.

Zhang Lili analyzed at this time: "This time the Knicks' defense was very successful, and the defensive system has been formed. Iverson broke through the defense three times in a row, and he lost his speed. Then Zhao Dong used Camby's cover to let Ivers Sen fell into the blind spot of the perspective and successfully completed the steal."

Numbers team attack.

Stackhouse just walks the floor, doesn't move, doesn't want the ball.

This is exactly what Iverson wanted. After dribbling the ball outside for a few seconds, he suddenly scored a three-pointer.

"boom!"

The basketball hit the basket and was caught by Zhao Dong.

The Knicks counterattacked, but Iverson returned to the defense quickly. Ward advanced to the basket and pulled it out again.

At this time, Zhao Dong came down from the middle, caught the ball into the paint, and flew towards the basket.

"boom!"

The basket wailed for an instant.

"Zhao Dong's speed is too fast. The digital team failed to keep up with the two inside laners and lost a lot. His fast break is really scary."

Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

The digital team attacked, and this time Iverson broke through again.

On the right wing, he broke through Ward first, and then suddenly pulled from the free throw line to the left wing when Oakley defended.

Once on the left wing, he turned around, passed Camby, and headed into the paint.

These two sharp changes of direction allowed him to completely fall away from the Knicks' defense, while still maintaining a certain speed.

At this time, Zhao Dong was the only one left under the basket.

Seeing Zhao Dong under the basket, Iverson's heart boiled, and he accelerated to kill him.

As the No. 1 overall pick, he won the Rookie of the Year award, but this honor has been questioned a lot. He wants to use his performance to fight back against such doubts. He wants everyone to understand that even if the 1996 draft is rearranged, he will still be the No. 1 pick. .

And in the off-season, he practiced extra for a few months, something he had never done before. In the entire NCAA, he never practiced extra one day.

If there is not enough harvest for that kind of hard work, he will definitely not be able to bear it.

And the so-called harvest is to get points on Zhao Dong's head and keep getting points.

"squeak!"

Seeing Iverson attacking with the ball, Zhao Dong under the basket suddenly started, and amidst the sharp friction of his sneakers, he rushed forward quickly.

This movement is too big, immediately forced Iverson to stop and slow down instinctively.

He is very clear that when he stops, he will create a double-team opportunity for the Knicks, because Camby is right behind him, and the next moment will form a double-team.

He reacted super fast, and the moment he stopped suddenly, he immediately shot a jumper.

"What?"

But in the next moment, he saw Zhao Dong jumping up, jumping so high that it almost covered the sky and completely blocked his shooting space.

"Snapped!"

Grabbing with one hand, Zhao Dong completed a rare cap catch.

"No, it's too close to him."

It was an absolute humiliation to be caught, and Iverson's eyes were tearing apart.

"pretty!"

Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

The Knicks played a defensive counterattack again, and the unsystematic defense of the digital team couldn't stop it at all. Alan Houston made a layup.

8:0, the Knicks lead away, and the digital team called a timeout after serving.

"The Knicks played a wave of beautiful offense and defense, and there is indeed a big gap in strength between the two sides." Zhang Lili said.

"Zhao Dong made a defensive contribution with one cap and one steal." Sun Zhenping laughed.

"I hope that Hu Weidong will play soon. He has established a firm foothold in the team and has become a very stable scoring point on the Knicks' bench, averaging 18 to 20 minutes per game." Zhang Lili said.

"I heard that Dazhi may also come to the United States to play. Zhao Dong also brought Yao Min from the Shanghai Orient Sharks Junior Team to the United States. After they grow up, our national team will make great progress!" Sun Zhenping laughed. .

"Hey, that's right. But the big things are still being coordinated, and the identity is a little sensitive." Zhang Lili smiled.

The timeout ends and play resumes with the number team attacking.

Iverson broke into the paint twice and failed. This time he stopped for a jumper after breaking through Ward and hit a mid-range shot.

In his extra training, shooting is the top priority, especially this kind of emergency stop jump shot, which is in line with his speed and breakthrough skills. He has practiced the most and his shooting percentage has greatly improved compared to last season.

Knicks attack.

Ward advanced quickly and slowed down slightly when he reached the top of the arc. At this time, Zhao Dong quickly cut in from the left wing. With a shake of his hand, he passed the ball to the basket.

"boom!"

Catching the ball with one hand, catching a dunk, and Zhao Dong scored another goal.

"It's so beautiful!" Sun Zhenping said excitedly.

"It was a beautiful pass!"

Zhang Lili said with a smile: "Ward seldom passes such a beautiful pass. In addition, the defense of the digital team is like paper, which can be broken with a poke."

The digital team attacked, and Iverson made an emergency stop for a jumper again. Facing Oakley's supplementary defense, he missed. Camby grabbed the rebound and the Knicks counterattacked.

"Without defense, such a team barely makes it to the playoffs, and there is not much hope."

Seeing that the Knicks' counterattack was successful again, Zhang Lili yelled: "There are no offensive rebounds, and there is no chance for a second attack. Iverson must rush in and combine sudden passes and shots, so as to increase the percentage of hits. If you shoot outside, you can't kill the Knicks, and the rebounds belong to them, but you can kill yourself."

The digital team attacked. This time Iverson did not shoot from the outside. After breaking into the paint, he was double-teamed and immediately split the ball to Coleman.

Coleman took the ball in the low position on the left wing, saw Zhao Dong who had returned to the basket, thought of the humiliation of being dunked just now, and rushed over immediately.

"Want to block me?"

Looking at Coleman who flew over, Zhao Dong jumped violently when a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and slapped him.

"Snapped!"

Amid the loud thumping sound, the basketball jumped high and flew out of the baseline, and Coleman also staggered to the floor.

"It's another big cap. This is a volleyball cap. Zhao Dong's defense is a hit today!" Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

"Here, did you see it, it's here..."

Zhao Dong pointed to the paint area under his feet, and snapped at Coleman who got up fiercely: "This is a no-fly zone, if you dare to fly next time, shoot it down directly."

"Dare to dunk you next time, Feilong, just pull it down." Oakley roared ferociously beside him.

The two villains joined forces to threaten, and Coleman retreated unwillingly.

"Hush!"

It was the Philadelphia fans who saw Zhao Dong and Oakley bullying Coleman and sent out a burst of boos and abuse.

"They might be talking about something. It didn't go well. Just now Zhao Dong was almost detained, but Coleman didn't succeed. He might have said some rubbish to Zhao Dong."

Zhang Lili explained when he saw this.

"That's right, trash talk, a cultural phenomenon unique to the NBA." Sun Zhenping said.

"From here we can see that it's really not easy for Zhao Dong to work hard in the NBA. He was almost dunked and spammed by others. It's too difficult!" Zhang Lili said.

God bless Coleman not to hear Zhang Lili's words, otherwise he might be pissed to death.

Philadelphia attacked, and Iverson broke through, causing a foul by Oakley who was defending.

However, the number of free throws did not arrive, and there were no free throws.

Attack again, all pulled away, Iverson made a tactical gesture, and then broke through.

He was still not reconciled, and wanted to score on Zhao Dong's head, so he went in again.

He broke the defense continuously, lost most of his speed, and finally entered the paint from the right wing. At this time, Zhao Dong quickly returned to the basket.

Iverson sped up and jumped up again, holding the ball with both hands and sending it to the basket.

At this time, Zhao Dong also jumped up and sealed it with his left hand.

At this moment, Iverson retracted his hands, turned 180 degrees in the air, avoided Zhao Dong in front of the basket, and when he flew to the left front of the basket, he picked the ball towards the basket with his right hand.

"What?"

But at this moment, he unexpectedly found that Zhao Dong was still waiting for him in the air, and just as he made a move, a big hand grabbed over.

"Snapped!"

Zhao Dong stretched his ape arm lightly, grabbed the air with his right hand, and unexpectedly completed another catch.

"No, it's still not good, my height is not good, and his ability to block shots is too strong!" Iverson regretted that he shouldn't have come in. This is a self-inflicted trap.

"Beautiful! So beautiful!"

Zhang Lili shouted excitedly: "Zhao Dong has shown outstanding ability to stay in the air, he must have super-class core strength."

Zhao Dong grabbed the ball and landed it, holding it high above his head. Iverson jumped in front of him and had no choice but to retreat and defend.

"Whoosh!"

Zhao Dong passed a long pass to Alan Houston, who was going down quickly. The latter rushed into the frontcourt. Stackhouse didn't defend at all and hit a layup.

The digital team called a timeout, and Larry Brown's roar sounded from the bench: "Jerry, do you still want to play? If you don't want to play, come down."

This is actually nonsense. After he finished speaking, he put Stackhouse on the bench and never got up again.

Without the number team of the main shooting guard, Iverson is also struggling alone, let alone the opponent of the Knicks.

At the end, 68:98, the Knicks won a big victory away.

Iverson only played three quarters, and was replaced after entering garbage time in the final quarter.

33 minutes in three quarters, 7 of 16 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, 6 of 8 free throws, 21 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 turnovers and 3 fouls.

His shots are basically completed from the outside, and his success rate after he breaks into the basket is very low, 2 of 7 shots, less than 30%.

But if you analyze his shots carefully, you will find that his outside shooting percentage has improved significantly compared to last season.

He made 5 of 9 shots and his shooting percentage exceeded 50%. This is the result of his extra training during the offseason.

One of the most important items he trained was to learn one of Zhao Dong's abilities, the emergency stop jump shot, which would allow him to get rid of defenders to the greatest extent and increase his jump shot efficiency.

Zhao Dong was the same as before. In 33 minutes, he made 13 of 17 shots, 76% shooting rate, 6 of 7 free throws, 32 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 7 blocks, 1 turnover and 4 fouls.

All of his 3 steals were given to Iverson, 3 of his 8 blocks were given to Iverson, and the other 4 were given to Coleman.

The task was successfully completed and rewarded with five quality points.

The reason why he successfully completed the task is not only his personal defense, but the result of the combination of the team's defensive system.

Every time Iverson breaks through, under the layers of defense, he must consume speed and stamina. When he breaks into the basket, he usually can't rush up, without lightning speed, which is very beneficial to his defense.

But he feels that Iverson's outside shooting is good today, with a shooting percentage of more than 50%, which has exceeded Iverson's peak efficiency.

But one game can't explain anything. Iverson's shooting is not very good, mainly because he has practiced less.

Zhao Dong returned to the bench and turned on the system while drinking water.

5 quality points, 4 of which raised the flexibility and balance from 88 to 90 respectively.

He left the remaining one, and he will add it later.

In order to raise these two qualities to the first class, 20 more quality points are needed. There are very few rewards now, and it is not known whether they can be completed in the regular season.

Then he was interviewed on the spot, and then returned to the locker room, ready to attend the post-match press conference.

At this time, in the locker room of the home team, some reporters were allowed to enter the locker room to conduct interviews with players who were not eligible to participate in the post-match press conference.

As for players such as Iverson and Coleman who participated in the press conference, they will not be interviewed.

"Jerry, this game has only been played for a few minutes, and there are zero statistics, why?" A reporter approached Stackhouse, who was sitting there with a blank expression.

"Because I don't belong to this team, I'm just an outsider, I have no teammates, when I was bullied, no one stood up for me, not even a word..."

Suddenly, Stackhower's somewhat shrill, hysterical growls startled everyone in the locker room.

His distorted expression told everyone that his emotions were out of control and exploded.

"Jerry, control your emotions." Larry Brown snapped.

"NO!"

Stackhouse yelled at Larry Brown: "I know you want to trade me, then trade me, I don't want to stay here at all, I would rather go to any team as a substitute than stay here, here Makes me sick..."

"what happens?"

"Is there internal strife?"

"Something must have happened, we have to dig it out."

After the reporters looked at each other, they immediately became excited and pointed their microphones at the other players.

"Gentlemen, the interview is suspended, please leave." Larry Brown took decisive measures.

At this moment, Stackhouse grabbed his bag, ignored everyone, and rushed out of the locker room.

"Jerry, Jerry Stackhouse..."

Larry Brown yelled a few times behind, but got no response.

At this time, reporters hurriedly followed Stackhouse.

"It's over!"

Larry Brown shook his head in embarrassment. He didn't know what happened yet, but this matter must not be hidden.

"Who will tell me what happened now?" He turned his head and asked in a deep voice.

"Damn Gangs of New York, damn Dragons, damn Oakley, they're intimidating, they're violent, they're doing everything in the league."

After Larry Brown knew what had happened, he cursed bitterly.

At this time, those reporters caught up with Stackhouse in the underground parking lot and found out everything.

Stackhouse didn't want to hide it at all, he just wanted everyone to know that the digital team was not united.

"Jerry, Dragon and Oakley caused this conflict, but it seems that you hate your teammates more?" a reporter asked.

Stackhouse said coldly: "Yes, they did humiliate me, and I hate them too, but I provoked the flying dragon first, and I won't deny that.

What annoys me even more is that none of them stand up as a team, shouldn't I hate them even more? "

"Are you sure you want to leave here?"

"I'd rather retire than stay here again, I'm not going to play a minute of basketball."

"Do you have a problem with Iverson, this is his team."

"He's not fit to be a leader."

"So you hate Iverson the most?"

"snort!"

At this point, Stackhouse finally calmed down a bit, did not answer this ill-intentioned question, turned around, got up, and drove away.

"It exploded, the digital team's infighting broke out!"

The Knicks finished the post-game press conference, just boarded the bus, and when they were about to go back to the hotel, the team reporter Thomas received a call and shouted excitedly.

"What's the matter, Thomas?" someone asked.

"I don't know the specific situation. Anyway, there was a fight in the locker room. It was Stackhouse. He publicly asked for a trade to leave the team."

Thomas exclaimed excitedly.

Zhao Dong is not interested in paying attention to this matter. A bad team like the digital team is not a threat to the Knicks. It really doesn't matter if there is internal strife or not. Who cares?

However, Old Nelson had an idea, and immediately called Grant, the general manager in New York, and said:

"Nair, try to see if you can trade Jerry Stackhouse in. He is a swingman at the front and back. He can increase the thickness of our lineup and strengthen our perimeter strength."

"That's the main force in Philadelphia. Is there a chance?"

Grant didn't know what happened and asked suspiciously.

As soon as the old Nelson talked about the infighting, he immediately said excitedly: "Yes, I will contact Philadelphia now and give them a quotation."

When the team arrived at the hotel, Grant called the old Nelson and said, "Don, they want an inside gate, and they want Oakley by name."

"This won't work. The Dragons will return to the outside line in the playoffs, and Oakley cannot be separated from the inside line." Old Nelson said without hesitation.

Ten minutes later, Grant called again and said, "They want Danny Fortson + Buck Williams. This is the final offer."

Old Nelson frowned, and Old Buck could give it. The number team must have Old Buck to stabilize the locker room.

Although Buck Williams has no sense of presence in the Knicks, it was because of Ewing and Oakley in the past, but now Zhao Dong and Oakley do not show his importance.

Old Barker was a No. 3 show in 1981, a former All-Star, and the chairman of the Players Association in the first half of the year. He has a great reputation in the league and is very charismatic. With him staying in the locker room of the digital team, he will definitely play a big role. stabilizing effect.

But Danny Fortson, he doesn't want to give it, it's not worth it.

Once Zhao Dong returns to the outside line, the inside line needs rebounding ability. Although Danny Fortson fouls a lot, he can provide a lot of rebounds.

After just over a month of competition, the media now has an impression of Danny Fortson as a substitute.

Their description of him is: he is like a hungry beast wandering on the court, fighting for every rebound, he is never afraid of confrontation, he likes to throw himself into the crowd for hand-to-hand combat.

Beast, this is the ultimate adjective for him in the media.

"Forget it, it's going to ruin our lineup, Neil, we don't want it," said Nelson Sr. at last.

The next day, when the Knicks headed to Chicago, many media outlets were hyping up the infighting of the digital team.

Zhao Dong and Oakley's conflict with Stackhouse off the court was also exposed by the media, but the reaction was average and no one cared.

In this day and age, this kind of thing is not a big deal.

This off-court conflict in the NBA seems too civilized, because the NFL, the most popular sports league in the United States, is ten times more brutal.

According to NFL media reports last year, on-court violence is not counted. Just off-field violence, there were 89 incidents in the league, including 16 serious violence incidents, resulting in 131 hospitalizations, 18 serious injuries, and 5 disabling injuries. 1 person died afterwards.

But even so, compared to the casualties caused by NFL games, this is just a trivial matter.

These violent incidents in the NFL, as well as the casualties caused by the game, have alarmed the attention of some lawmakers. In the past two years, they have been discussing whether to change some NFL rules to limit the intensity of violent incidents and collisions in the game.

Compared with the NFL, the violence in the NBA is like a drizzle, too gentle.

As for the conflict last night, not a single hair was shed, it was just a few words to teach others, who would care?

Arriving in Chicago, the Knicks didn't receive any good treatment. They were abused by radical fans along the way, and they didn't calm down until the hotel.

After settling in the hotel room, Zhao Dong turned on the system and saw the task.

Team sniper mission: lead the team to victory.

Task requirements: 1. Score 20+; 2. Double figures in rebounds; 3. Double figures in assists; 4. Double figures in blocks; Double figures in steals.

Task reward: On the basis of winning, if you complete three of them, you will be rewarded with five quality points; if you complete four of them, you will be rewarded with five quality points and five skill points; if you complete all of them, you will be rewarded with two quality points for breaking through the limit.

Zhao Dongwo wiped, and automatically ignored the five pairs, no matter how rewarding he was, he would not have that dream.

"System, is there no mission for Jordan? What about Ewing? I haven't gotten a mission from Ewing yet." He asked again.

The system is still pretending to be dumb, and he can't help it. He starts to think about the problem, how to complete as many mission options as possible.

Scoring, rebounding, this should be no problem, the half-crippled Ewing can't stop him.

Assists are more or less difficult, it depends on luck, if the teammate's touch is not good, the assists may be zero.

The last item, blocking shots, is the biggest difficulty.

He had already noticed that the Bulls controlled Ewing's playing time to less than 20 minutes, used it very rarely, and would truce from time to time. This was obviously intended to save Ewing until the playoffs.

For the present plan, the only way is to use the aggressive method to make Ewing take more shots, so as to find opportunities to block shots. Otherwise, there is no one percent possibility for him to complete a quadruple-double.

"Feilong, let's go, the press conference has begun." Oakley in the same room greeted at this time.

Ten minutes later, the Knicks held a press conference at the hotel.

"Feilong, do you have anything to say in front of this super bull?" A local reporter asked.

"Do you want me to say that Jordan and the others are in a group?" Zhao Dong teased.

"Of course not. Ewing is old. He was sold by you. He is not a core player. And Kidd is not a superstar either..." the reporter said hastily.

"Isn't Jason Kidd a superstar?"

Zhao Dong sneered and said, "He was the All-Star starter in the 1995-96 season. Such an All-Star, you actually say he is not a superstar? Aren't you afraid of making him feel cold? You traded him with Pippen, The superstars are switched, if he is not a superstar, are your bosses and general managers crazy?"

Being pushed directly into the corner, the reporter died of embarrassment.

"But you're half right. Ewing's current strength is no longer the core. I think this is a failed deal." Zhao Dong said again.

This time, no one from the local reporters dared to refute his words, because refuting means that Ewing is the core of the Bulls, and the Bulls are not dual-core, but the Big Three, and Jordan's name as a group is guaranteed.

Of course, Ewing is no longer the core of his performance in the past month or so. He averaged only 19 minutes per game, played as a substitute, averaged 11 points and 4 rebounds per game, and was injured for five games.

"Feilong, are you just looking down on Ewing like this? After all, he is still one of the top four super centers. Are you being too careless?"

A Los Angeles reporter asked.

Zhao Dong laughed and said, "I look down on him? Tomorrow night I will play against him. This is the first time I have played against him. We have never played against him in team training games before.

Let's bet how many shots he has the guts to take? How many points can I get? I bet he won't take more than 8 shots, score no more than 11 points, and play no more than 20 minutes. "

"What's the bet?" the reporter asked with interest.

"Ten dollars." Zhao Dong laughed.

"Too little?" said the reporter.

"Do you have more money than me? I'm afraid you'll go bankrupt!" Zhao Dong asked back.

"Oh well."

The reporter couldn't help laughing when he thought of Zhao Dong's status as a "child of the royal family".

Now everyone has basically figured it out, knowing that Zhao Dong is fooling them, but everyone knows that Zhao Dong is the owner of Feilong Sporting Goods, and it is really a stupid thing to compare money with him.

"Feilong, do you disrespect Ewing too much by doing this? After all, he is your former teammate." A reporter questioned.

"Respect? That guy was traded, and he actually said that I did it. This is slander. He can slander me, why should I respect him? Does he deserve my respect?" Zhao Dong said coldly.

"Flying Dragon, do you think the team is right to trade Ewing?" A reporter asked.

"I don't judge whether the management's transaction is correct or not. I said that I am not Jordan." Zhao Dong said.

Seeing that Zhao Dong was still catching Jordan's black spot, everyone was speechless.

"As for the record, we are now 14 wins and 5 losses, No. 1 in the Eastern Conference and No. 2 in the league. It's not bad, at least better than the Bulls. Moreover, our lineup has been adjusted and the coach has been changed. We have not reached No. 1 in the league. is normal."

What Zhao Dong said almost pissed off some local reporters.

Then he said very strongly: "The Bulls want to win the championship this season, and Jordan wants to restore the Bulls dynasty. It can only be said that he thinks too much. I have told him long ago that this is my era and his era is over. "

"Feilong, you're so crazy!" A local reporter said unambiguously.

"Times change and dynasties change. This is the law of history. Jordan can't surpass this law. Time will prove that my words are correct."

After Zhao Dong finished speaking, he got up and left.