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Like Stoudemire, there is another person who was questioned because of Steve Nash...

That's Stephon Marbury!

In the 2001-02 season, due to Kidd's domestic violence, the Phoenix Suns traded the All-Star point guard, who had played with the team for five years and won three All-NBA teams and three assists titles, to the Nets.

team, exchanging clubs with Marbury.

What is unexpected is that after acquiring Marbury, who has stronger scoring ability and more lethal breakthroughs, the Suns, under his leadership, missed the playoffs that season for the first time since the 1988-89 season.

He averaged 20.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 8.1 assists per game.

By the 2003-04 season, the Suns had only achieved a regular season record of 29 wins and 53 losses, ranking second from the bottom in the Western Conference.

The unbearable Suns management finally "kicked" Marbury to the New York Knicks, then turned around and signed Nash on the free market.

Like the former.

But what is unexpected is that just by acquiring Nash, the Suns' regular season record in the 2004-05 season took a 180° turn.

While the Suns acquired Nash, the rest of the main rotation players basically remained unchanged. Stoudemire, Marion, Barbosa, Joe Johnson and power center Voskull all remained in the lineup to partner with Nash.

However, in the 2004-05 season, the Suns went from being second to last in the Western Conference with 29 wins and 53 losses last year to leading the league with a record of 62 wins and 20 losses, a direct improvement of 33 wins!

In the 2003-04 season, the Suns averaged 94.2 points per game. In the 2004-05 season, their average score became 110.4 points per game.

In the end, the Suns directly reached the Western Conference Finals in the playoffs...

After that, news about Marbury's failure also spread throughout the NBA.

You say, can a grown man endure others telling him "no, no, no" all the time?

I definitely can’t help it!

Marbury...

Can't help it either!

Actually, he was not good in the Suns, but the Suns were good after he left. In addition to the further growth of the lineup, there is another very important point...

The difference between his playing style and Steve Nash:

Marbury is more offensive and plays more like a shooting guard; Nash is a pure point guard. He can lead his teammates to score through organization and connection, which Marbury cannot do.

The second issue is efficiency. Marbury can score, but his efficiency is far lower than Nash.

Although Nash didn't average a high score per game in the regular season, when the team fell into a scoring drought in the playoffs, he would still stand up and use his personal ability to tear apart the opponent's defense. For example, in the 15 games of the playoffs this season, Nash...

Averaged 23.9 points and 11.3 assists, shooting 52% from the field.

Forehead……

All right!

In such a comparison, Marbury is indeed a little bit inferior compared to Steve Nash...

The Suns' lineup this season is: No. 1 Steve Nash, No. 2 Raja Bell, No. 3 Marion, No. 4 Diaw, and No. 5 Kurt Thomas;

Stoudemire is missing on the offensive end, and the person who helps make up for his offensive firepower is "Hacker" Marion.

So far, he has averaged 21.6 points, 11.8 rebounds, 2 steals and 1.8 blocks per game... his performance is astonishing.

In fact, Marion does not have a stable offensive method. In addition to using weird postures to shoot some three-pointers, he only has an awkward little hook in the three-second zone. His mediocre offensive ability with the ball makes Marion particularly dependent on the passing of teammates.

And he was very lucky!

In the early stages of Marion's career, the most indispensable thing was teammates who could pass the ball.

When he joined the team in his rookie year, the Suns formed the "backcourt 2000" - the league's assist king Kidd and the still brave Penny Hardaway teamed up to form the strongest backcourt in the NBA. Marion was not afraid of not getting passes behind these two big brothers.

ball.

After Kidd led the team independently, Marion got more performance opportunities, and his data increased to 17.3 points, 10.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. What's even more terrifying is that he averaged 1.7 steals and 1.4 blocks per game.

Marion also started this season with a record of scoring 10 rebounds, 8 steals, 1 block and 1 shot for nine consecutive seasons.

The outstanding performance earned Marion the Player of the Week for the first time. Under the leadership of Kidd and Marion, the Suns advanced to the playoffs for the 13th consecutive season.

Later, the Suns sent Kidd to the Nets, the team that made his career, in exchange for the "lone wolf" Marbury.

Marbury's passing also allowed Marion to continue to improve on the court. His average data per game increased to 19.1 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.1 blocks, and his three-point shooting percentage increased to a career-high 39.3%.

In the 2002-03 season, Marion was selected to the All-Star for the first time by virtue of his all-around data of 21.2 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.2 blocks per game, while shooting 38.7% from three-point range. He was able to participate in Jordan's All-Star farewell game.

Um……

Therefore, it almost became a historical background board.

Before the end of the first overtime of the game, Marion jumped up facing the 40-year-old Jordan and prepared to block the shot. He forced the old man to make a long step-back jumper that violated his physical age and made it.

Young Marion became the backdrop for this great moment.

In the original history, Kobe then committed a foul and used a free throw to obliterate Mr. Joe's quasi-win, and the Western Conference finally won.

But this time, because of Jiang Dalin's existence...

He eventually became the backdrop.

After entering the All-Star Game for the first time and receiving such treatment, Marion just wanted to say something to Jiang Dalin: Shuan Q, I am lucky to meet you!

And now, let alone...

Historical passer, Steve Nash!

Speaking of which, the members of the "lobbying group" that lobbied Steve Nash to join the Suns were owner Savo, general manager Colangelo, D'Antoni, Stoudemire and...

Marbury.

To a certain extent, it can be said that this guy also has a "lobbying group", which was one of the decisive factors for Marbury to leave Sun City.

So Marbury really takes this game extremely seriously!

He wants to deal with these enemies one by one!

Jiang Dalin could feel how much Marbury cared about this game.

He rubbed Marbury's bald head and said to him: "Soon, everyone will know that you are no worse than Steve, you just didn't meet the right teammates!"

These words were so gentle that Marbury almost cried.

He really didn't expect that Jiang Dalin would care about his feelings so much.

Sure enough, there is a reason why I want to be a "wolf nanny"!

The game begins at this moment.

The first goal of the game belongs to the New York Knicks.

Marbury took the ball to the frontcourt, and Jiang Dalin came up with a pick-and-roll.

Steve Nash's small body collided with Jiang Dalin's body.

Jiang Dalin felt...

It's like a piece of clothing is attached to your body.

That's called feeling nothing.

Marbury rushed forward smoothly.

At this time, Marion stepped in to defend.

Marion's dynamic and static talents are top-notch. He can run and jump and has a very long wingspan. He is always at the forefront in fast breaks. He has a wide defensive coverage. He is active in assisting defense and moves quickly in single defense. He relies on his wingspan and bounce to grab rebounds.

Like picking something out of a bag.

Because of this, when TNT commentator Kenny Smith was commentating on the Suns' game after watching the movie "The Matrix", he marveled that Marion was as omnipotent on the court as Neo in the movie, and sent a hacker.

Hacker's nickname has since become Marion's nickname.

Let me tell you, these old guys like TNT are really good at naming names!

As Marion's former teammate, Marbury should have been familiar with these situations, but he acted as if he hadn't seen them and got to the basket.

Marion said sorry in his heart, my old captain...

I'm going to cover you!

But just as Marion stretched out his hand, Marbury, who rushed to the basket, passed the ball directly from his crotch to the back. Jiang Dalin rushed over and completed a flying dunk directly across Marion.

When Marion noticed this situation, he looked horrified.

Looking at his bulging eyes, it felt like his computer was down.

"Boom!"

What woke him up was a loud noise.

Jiang Dalin completed a dunk across him.

The scene was in an uproar.

No one could believe that in their eyes, Marion, who was good at flying and dunking, would be dunked like this.

The uproar turned into exclamations.

Each mouth has grown unconsciously, looking like it has been stuffed with countless golf balls.

2-0!

Marbury is so cool!

Will you still be a member of the "lobby" in the future?

Fortunately, I used to like passing the ball to you the most.

The Suns launched a counterattack.

Kurt Thomas immediately came over and set a pick-and-roll when Steve Nash came to the frontcourt.

Steve Nash breaks through quickly with the ball...

He first looked around, looking for teammates who could pass the ball. He found that it seemed more appropriate to shoot the ball himself, so he rushed toward the basket.

Jiang Dalin made up for it.

Steve Nash could only get around the basket...

Then he suddenly turned around and came up with his signature layup method of "turning back and looking at the moon"!

In the past, he could always use this move to catch his opponent off guard.

But now, what he sees...

It was Jiang Dalin's cheerful face.

"Boom!"

There was another sound.

The sound is much crisper than the dunk just now.

This is a "heavy artillery" that can only be seen on the volleyball court...

Steve Nash quickly ducked away.

This time it exploded at his feet.

His calves were a little weak...

I wipe...

He never thought that playing basketball would be such a dangerous time.

David Lee used his intelligence and was the first to catch the ball.

He cleverly caught the ball in advance through Steve Nash, who was tilting his head.

Marion was just one step away and watched helplessly as David Lee took the ball in his hands.

Originally, the Suns thought about trying to steal one, but when the ball came to Jiang Dalin's hand, they immediately quickly returned to defense.

Obviously, they also know...

It was impossible for them to get the ball from Jiang Dalin's hands.

Jiang Dalin endured the pain and passed the ball to Marbury.

Maybe it was his own psychology, he felt the basketball was slimy.

Steve Nash's habits are really perverted...

Marbury and Jiang Dalin entered the frontcourt almost at the same time.

Jiang Dalin walked towards the basket, which happened to be a movable "natural bunker".

Speaking of which, Jiang Dalin's height of 2.09 meters is actually not the tallest among the inside.

But in front of the Suns' strikers, they have enough advantages.

Thomas at the center is 2.06 meters tall, Diaw next to him is 2.03 meters tall, and Marion on the striker is only 2.01 meters tall...

Jiang Dalin doubted whether these three people were all tall enough!

Let’s put it this way!

When he looked forward, all he could see was the hair of the three guys.

When Marbury reached the free throw line this time, he was intercepted by Marion.

But Marbury was even more ruthless. He threw the ball toward the basket from the free throw line.

Jiang Dalin took a quick step, then bounced the basketball on the backboard with one hand, and the bounced basketball hit the basket directly.

I'm rough!

What the hell is this!

The scene was in an uproar!

In their opinion, Stoudemire is already violent enough.

Why was he so violent when he hit Jiang Dalin who was rushing from the start?

Marbury received another assist, this time 2. He cast a provocative look at Steve Nash...

Isn’t it just run and gun?

Isn’t it just an alley-oop!

Did you see...

I can too!

Steve Nash also read the meaning in his eyes.

A look of absurdity.

You call this an alley-oop?

What the hell does this have to do with you?

I just asked my daughter to throw it. This Chinese beast can also put the ball into the basket, right?

Steve Nash complained in his heart but did not say it out loud.

Of course, even if he said it, in Marbury's view, it was just jealousy!

Just like when he first came to the New York Knicks, when people said that Steve Nash and these guys played really well, he would also say, I have trained them, how can I not do that?

This guy is a ready-made guy!

that's all……

Before the game even started, the New York Knicks used two dunks and a block to completely knock down the Suns' morale.

At the end of the third quarter, we were almost 30 points behind.

D'Antoni had to take all the main players off the field early and wave the white flag to surrender.

Wilkens was also very generous, and with a wave of his hand, he also put down the starter on the field.

Marbury is having a great time!

I want to play for a while longer.

But when he saw Jiang Dalin leaving the game, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​playing for a while longer.

Um……

Although he thought Steve Nash was jealous, he knew in his heart that without Jiang Dalin, he would not be able to play so happily.

Moreover, after cooperating with Jiang Dalin like this, how can he think about cooperating with other insiders?

This is called "It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality!"

Things that can't be helped...

In the end, the game ended, 108 to 80, with a score difference of 28 points. The New York Knicks won such a big victory in Phoenix!

But winning this game was more about style restraint.

Jiang Dalin has one man on the inside to control the situation, and no one can get in the way.

Without the guarantee of rebounds and high-quality counterattacks, the power of the Suns' run-and-gun style would be reduced by half.

And more importantly...

Indeed, from the beginning of this game, the Knicks took the initiative and kept running behind others. The Suns were naturally very passive.

The game entered garbage time early, so there was no suspense.