basketball never sleeps

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

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

Picking up the phone, Bird raised his eyebrows. Isn't this old guy busy with golf games recently? How could he have time to call him?

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

"I heard that Ron (Artest) is currently engaged in music after being suspended?"

"Don't mention it. This Fake bastard got a little bit famous and became famous. He caused such a big thing. He still thinks about his crappy album every day and shows off there every day with a pile of vomit. I really want to

Saw his brain open and see if there is a fake reply inside!"

It's okay if I don't mention Artest, but Larry Bird gets a headache when I mention him.

There were rumors in the summer that the Pacers would trade Artest and the Kings for Peja, but this news was quickly denied and clarified by Larry Bird.

In fact, the King did make an offer to him in private for this trade. Although Artest is a problem child, considering his defensive ability and performance in the playoffs, Larry Bird still chose to believe in Artest.

Tai once.

But now he regrets it more and more.

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

"Look, the Chinese kid who recently broke the All-Star voting record also made a song with Shaq. You can listen to it. It's really interesting. If Ron can be as good as him, maybe he can really achieve something.

Come."

"To hell with that damn music, players should focus on basketball, and those messy things shouldn't come before the championship." Larry Bird was not interested in listening to any music, but just cursed with hatred.

"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 gleam of wisdom flashed through his eyes. "I seem to understand why you called me. What was that song about? You actually called me to recommend it to me."

"Well, it's nothing. It's just a pretty good song. It fits his current situation very well, and the melody and lyrics are good. I heard that Nike has planned to use this song as this year's promotional song. My AJ reckons

Will follow up later.”

With the help of a young team assistant, he easily found the song in the iTunes store without even searching, because the song was of good quality and the first line of the lyrics mentioned Apple, so Apple reciprocated the song.

Highly recommended song.

After listening to it twice, Bird finally understood why Jordan sang this song to him.

One is that the song is really good, and the other is that this song blew that bastard raised by my cousin 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 - take a gamble on me before I develop.

But Larry Bird heard something unusual from it.

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

Is Mo Wen developed? From the perspective of the public, he is indeed developed. He has tens of millions of sneaker contracts every year, he has reached the mid-level level in the second year of his career, and his tactical status in the team is also quite high.

To compete for the assists title with the ball.

"But the Heat are not his team after all, and this little guy doesn't seem to be someone who is easily satisfied."

Just when Bird was still thinking about what excuse he should use to coax Mo Wen over, an unexpected figure knocked on his office door.

"Larry, do you have any connections in Hollywood? I also want to find a big star to collaborate on a song and put it on my album. MD, that Asian guy who doesn't have martial ethics, actually roped in Britney to attack me.

It shot to No. 1 on the new song chart in less than a day!"

Looking at Artest chattering in front of him, Larry Bird felt angina pectoris again.

"Now, immediately, immediately, get out of here!"

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Without stopping at the Denver Plateau, the Heat headed north all the way to...Seattle.

As the team in the league that likes to shoot three-pointers the most except for the Suns, the SuperSonics' current record is slightly worse than the Heat, but their strength cannot be underestimated.

Compared with a team like the Suns that focuses on running and gunning and has a large number of defective shots to chase three-pointers, the Sonics' style of play is traceable but cannot be targeted because they are too pure and all they play is shooting.

What matters is the feel.

Playing against them is 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 one day and kill the Spurs by 20 points the next day. Typically, they are not weak when they are strong, and they are not strong when they are weak.

The Sonics were unable to make the playoffs last season mainly because Ray Allen was troubled by injuries and kept playing in and out. The team's core condition was not guaranteed, and the record also fluctuated.

In the original history, a healthy Ray Allen led the SuperSonics to 52 wins in the regular season this season, and also reached the second round of the playoffs, winning the Spurs' two home games and forcing Popovich to win.

Lift Bowen down, lift "Big Teacher Bao" up, and use his "simply foot" to force Ray Allen to dare not take off, so he passed the test in danger.

Everyone in the SuperSonics attaches great importance to this game. Their general manager Rick Sander was also one of the people who was most optimistic about Mo Wen. Unfortunately, because the "betrothal gift" was not agreed upon, he could only watch the Heat take Mo Wen.

Wen "married away", and now seeing Mo Wen getting bigger and better and trending towards winning the All-Star vote, his heart was bleeding.

SuperSonics leader Ray Allen also didn't want to lose this game.

The world says that Ray Allen is a humble 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 praise from others, desires victory and honor, and is jealous of someone who is similar in strength to him but luckier than him.

guy.

Especially a certain blacksmith in Los Angeles. Among the four major shooting guards, Ray Allen was the one he dissatisfied with the most.

Because in his opinion, Kobe achieved what he does today just because he was luckier than him and met O'Neal.

In the preseason, Ray Allen fired directly at Kobe:

"I don't know why Kobe hates Shaq. 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 the right players, he will force the management to

Buy more players or trade yourself."

(Then he got angry and ordered the big man of his own team to foul Ray Allen severely during the preseason game between the two teams. Unfortunately, a mole told Ray Allen about it. It happened that Ray Allen also suffered from ankle injuries.

Missed that game due to injury.)

Now the lucky ones have become Mo Wen and Wade with O'Neal's eastward journey. Wade is okay, his strength and talent are visible to the naked eye, and he has not received much praise, but Mo Wen is even worse than him.

Why do players get so many votes?!

Is it great for you to rely on the Chinese market?

However, the Asian fans in Seattle used their voices to tell Ray Allen that he was amazing.

An angry Ray Allen approached Mo Wen after the kickoff. He didn't say anything, but showed his intention with actions.

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

If Ray Allen is attacking him with the ball, forget it. The fifth of the four shooting guards will definitely give you respect on the offensive end (let Wade guard you), but what do you mean by taking the initiative to guard me?

I have scored 50 points on Lao Na before.

Does Ning have any misunderstandings about his defensive abilities?

George Karl and Ray Allen had a falling out before, largely because of Ray Allen's "gentleman" on the defensive end. There was a time when the Bucks defended an opponent that Ray Allen defended in two consecutive games and easily scored 40+ points.

, when the back camera showed Ray Allen, the guy was still smiling. George Karl was so angry that he directly gave Ray Allen the nickname "Barbie Doll" on the TV show.

The key is that Ray Allen doesn't think there is anything wrong with what he did, because back then the Smiling Assassin and Magic also played with a smile.

It wasn't until he joined the Celtics that he realized the importance of defense. Later, Ray Allen said this about himself in his autobiography -

"For many years, because of my outstanding performance on the offensive end, no coach assigned me a difficult task on the other side of the court..."

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

The only one who can compare with him is Stoudemire's "No coach has ever taught me defense."

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

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 the serious-faced Ray Allen.

Ray Allen tried to use his excellent explosive power to catch up with Mo Wen, but after Mo Wen noticed it, he used two consecutive bad lucks to pass him by again.

The SuperSonics started with two meat-shield insiders. Potapenko weighed 130 kilograms and was nicknamed "Ukrainian Locomotive." In addition to saying that he had a broad physique, he also said that he started as slow as a train. Another insider was a great player.

Roman James is even more of a heavyweight, weighing 135 kilograms. Yao Ming, who had only played 3 games in the NBA and had just entered the NBA, had relied on his big butt to defend and failed to score a single point.

The two of them worked hard to fight against O'Neal and were good players, but their lateral movement and return speed were slow. Facing the open basket, Mo Wen easily picked the basket and scored.

Turning around, Ray Allen wanted to beat Mo Wen on the offensive end, but found that the person defending him was actually Wade.

After two pick-and-roll attempts that failed to force Mo Wen to switch defense, Ray Allen lost all interest and gave the ball to Rashard Lewis, who was opposite Mo Wen.

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

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

Rashard Lewis demonstrated a bankrupt version of the "standing stick singles". He made a three-point threat to Mo Wen from the three-point line. After taking two steps, he looked at Mo Wen's lowered center of gravity and pulled it out to snipe.

Mo Wen's timely eye sealing caused interference and caused the ball to miss.

I am no stranger to the later "Mr. Billion Dollar" Mo Wen. Although they are both "standing sticks", Lewis's strong shooting ability in singles is much worse than that of the later Death God Adu. His dribbling breakthrough cannot be said to be without

, he is almost at the same level as Klay. As long as he is interfered with and faced off against, 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, dribble to break through, step back to hesitate the ball, change direction with back dribble.

It was like dancing on the court, spinning around and passing Ray Allen cleanly.

Potapenko was on defense, and Mo Wen made a pull-up motion. Halfway through, he leaked the ball from the side of his head to Haslem behind him.

Haslem saw the opportunity when Potapenko fell, ignored Ray Allen who came to defend him, and completed the dunk with a long stride.

Make up for yesterday's

(End of chapter)