basketball swingman
Chapter 96 Returning to the No. 1 in the East
In addition, after defeating the Nets with such a big score.
The Wizards' prospects in the playoffs are more recognized by experts from all walks of life, and many media have officially begun to discuss the possibility of this team winning the championship...
"Los Angeles Bleachers" said with some regret: "If it weren't for the Wizards' poor operations in the past few years, which made the Wizards' salary space become crowded, the Wizards could have become an ok combination in the Lakers through reinforcements.
The powerful team in front of us is even more likely to defeat the Lakers than the Kings!"
However, if you think about it carefully, if it were not for the poor team operations in the past few years, the Wizards would not have fallen to the bottom of the Eastern Conference last season. Even if Michael Jordan comes back, he may not be able to get the No. 1 pick, and it is possible to select
No more Jiang Dalin...
It's just that so much praise from the outside world has not caused any bad changes in the mentality of this team.
For Michael Jordan, the current evaluation of the Wizards by the league media truly looks at this team from an objective perspective.
The Wizards are originally a championship team!
Isn’t this what a team like me should do?
Instead, Michael Jordan devoted himself more to three-point shooting training.
Although his style of play changed in the last game, his efficiency was indeed a bit low, with 2 of 6 shots.
Of course it's not just this reason.
But because...
Jiang Dalin: "Hey, Michael, your three-point shooting percentage today is really high, it's already 33.3%. It's an extraordinary performance!"
Listen!
Is this human language?
The key is that Michael Jordan can't refute him yet.
Because so far this season, his average three-point shooting percentage per game is only 18.9%, which even he thinks is outrageous...
Comparing this data with this, he did indeed perform exceptionally well in the Nets game yesterday...
Really, so angry!
Can the mighty "God of Basketball" be stopped by a three-pointer?
No, Michael Jordan directly chose to increase the amount of training!
He didn't believe it. He really couldn't practice a three-pointer...
With him in such a state, others would not even dare to complain.
The daily training atmosphere on the second day after the Wizards beat the Nets was the same as when they lost to the Nets by 21 points.
Jiang Dalin, the only one who dared to complain in front of Michael Jordan, quickly adjusted his mentality. He knew better than anyone else that originally this season, the Nets ranked first in the Eastern Conference and even entered the finals. This season in the Eastern Conference
The strongest team.
But their regular season record was only 52 wins and 30 losses.
This record ranks first in the Eastern Conference, but it can only rank fifth in the Western Conference.
This means that there are at least 5 teams in this league that are better than the Nets...
The gold content of this number one in the East is a bit watery.
Jiang Dalin naturally wouldn't be complacent just because he won against them.
On January 7, the Wizards advanced to Chicago.
Michael Jordan returned to his hometown for the first time since his comeback.
Although he had a lot of conflicts with the Bulls owner in his last season with the Bulls, and the two broke up on bad terms, this time Michael Jordan returned, Jerry Reinsdorf still gave Michael Jordan
With enough respect, in a half-hour long video, he took the new and old fans at the scene to recall the Bulls of that year. Although Chicago is lagging behind now, in the 1990s, they were the absolute richest team in the league.
A gathering place.
Jiang Dalin looked at the No. 23 jersey hanging above the United Arena.
This is the jersey that the Bulls have hung up in 1994, and Michael Jordan became the first NBA player to wear a retired number.
Besides Michael Jordan, the Bulls have only retired two jerseys.
One of them belongs to current Salt Lake City coach Jerry Sloan.
If it weren't for the saying "No. 45 Jordan is not as good as No. 23 Jordan", maybe the Bulls would have four retired jerseys now.
It's quite harsh to say that the Bulls retired their jerseys.
Except for Michael Jordan, Chicago later only retired Pippen's jersey, and even Rodman did not enjoy the treatment of retired jersey...
Michael Jordan enjoyed the cheers from the audience and felt the respectful or curious looks directed at him by the fans. He looked at the scene. Some fans still looked familiar, some looked unfamiliar, and some still looked familiar in his memory.
Face, he never found it again.
But this is the NBA. As the stars change, so do the fans!
As the video progressed, Michael Jordan's superhuman performance in the finals also caused huge cheers.
At this moment, the new fans felt the power of Michael Jordan firsthand, and the old fans recalled the fiery 10 years in Chicago...
Jiang Dalin immediately hugged Oakley.
The latter looked at Jiang Dalin, who was stronger than three months ago, and looked at him as if he were looking at a monster.
Oakley is also a famous "muscle guy" in the league, but it is obvious that Jiang Dalin is stronger than him.
"Don't forget, whoever taught you how to position yourself under the basket will practice with you all day long in the summer!"
Oakley truism.
Normally, he is happy to fight against his opponents, but Jiang Dalin is not the normal situation for him.
Last summer, he was no longer Jiang Dalin's opponent. Now look at Jiang Dalin's average rebounds per game, which ranks first in the league, and you will know how good this guy's ability to fight under the basket is now...
Jiang Dalin nodded happily.
For Oakley, he still admitted this feeling.
As he said, without the hard training he accompanied him in the summer, Jiang Dalin would never have become the league's top inside "rebound king" as soon as he entered the league...
Then there was the hug between Michael Jordan and Oakley.
The picture gradually became warmer.
The Bulls are currently ranked last in the Eastern Conference.
Valley
This also makes it possible that no matter how the media promotes this game before the game, "Michael Jordan returns to his old club for the first time after his comeback", "Jiang Dalin meets Eddie Curry again", and "the difference between the No. 1 pick in 2001 and the No. 1 pick in 1998"
collision"……
But still not many media have any expectations for the game itself.
Although there were many media on the sidelines, most of them came to record this historic moment when Michael Jordan returned to the Bulls for the first time after his comeback.
As for other gimmicks, I really have no interest at all.
They are not the only ones. The "Three Musketeers of High School" Eddy Curry was praised to the sky before the draft. As a result, he averaged 6.7 points and 3.2 rebounds per game so far this season and is still developing silently.
This gave the Bulls management who traded Brand for him a toothache.
So careless, so careless!
The "Sugar Man", the No. 1 pick in 1998, who was traded from the Clippers, has only been in the league for four years, and his skills have already been finalized. But this talented newcomer who was called "the next Olajuwon" is now in the league.
What he carries on his head is the alliance’s “largest parallel import”!
But if you really want to say it, the data so far this season is quite good, 11.2 points and 7.8 rebounds. The data has gradually got rid of the hat of "the biggest parallel import number one"...
But with data like this, it's still hard to tell how much impact Jiang Dalin has.
Jiang Dalin currently averages 16.5 points, 13.2 rebounds, and 2.9 blocks per game, with a shooting percentage of 55.4%. This is already a figure that can only be achieved by the league's top insiders.
Based on this comparison, who would think that Eddy Curry and "Sugar Man" could cause much interference to him?
In the end, the entire competition process was just as everyone expected.
Jiang Dalin completely defeated "Sugar Man" and Eddy Curry in the paint, scoring 34 points, 16 rebounds and 4 blocks, once again setting a new personal single-game scoring high.
The next day, the discussion about this game was all about Jiang Dalin's crushing performance in this game.
Michael Jordan looked a little constipated when he saw Jiang Dalin.
This is obviously my first stop when I come back to the Bulls. Why are you so excited?
On this day, the Nets faced the Western Conference powerhouse and Jason Kidd's old team, the Mavericks. The Nets obviously had not recovered from the defeat in the previous game. In this game, they finally lost to the Mavericks by 13 points.
.
Jason Kidd performed well, scoring a "triple-double" of 13 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists. Unfortunately, he failed to lead the team to defeat his old club, and left Dallas with some heads down.
After their loss to the Mavericks, the Wizards also returned to the first place in the Eastern Conference.
The Nets had previously become the No. 1 player in the Eastern Conference, but now it's the Wizards' turn to enjoy this feeling.
"How about Kim?"
Today is also the day when filming of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" officially begins.
In the evening, Jiang Dalin made a special call to Lilith.
After being a little concerned about the shooting situation, I directly asked Kim Kardashian about her status.
Lilith said there was no problem and said meaningfully: "I'm just a little unhappy..."
Jiang Dalin nodded and said nothing more.
On the afternoon of January 8, the league officially announced the results of the second phase of All-Star voting.
The results are somewhat unexpected, but seem to be reasonable.
Jiang Dalin became the player with the most votes in the second stage, and with this vote, he successfully surpassed Vince Carter and became the current All-Star "vote king".
This "voting king" sounds useless. After all, this is only the second stage, and there is still half a month before the final result!
Although there are good examples of successfully overtaking the number of votes in the fourth stage, it is not without them...
Seeing that Jiang Dalin had the opportunity to become another "voting champion" rookie after Grant Hill, he officially announced at noon the next day: "As you all hope, I have decided to participate in this year's dunk contest!"
Originally, Jiang Dalin also knew that he became the top vote-getter in the second stage just because of his dunk.
In this case, there is no need to hide it anymore.
Making his words clear can also arouse more heated discussions, which will help him compete for the "vote leader" in the third stage. Vince Carter was originally the 4-time All-Star vote leader. This is a strong opponent who can win as early as possible.
It is better to open the gap as soon as possible.
When Michael Jordan saw Jiang Dalin the next morning, his first words were: "Little bitch, I heard that you have surpassed Vince Carter in votes now. Not bad, not bad. It looks like you are very likely to get yours this season."
The first vote winner, you can catch up with 8 more vote winners..."
When the votes for the second stage came out, when Michael Jordan saw Jiang Dalin becoming the "voting king", he was sure that this guy would definitely show off to him!
He wanted to shut Jiang Dalin's mouth first!
Jiang Dalin looked at him like this. He was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately understood why Michael Jordan reacted like this.
It seems that complaining so much has had an impact on Michael Jordan's iron heart.
This should be considered a stress reaction, right?
Jiang Dalin suddenly felt a sense of existence in his heart.
but……
Where is this?
Jiang Dalin was full of energy: "Michael, let's compare and see who has the better three-point shooting ability!"
Michael Jordan:???
Knock your horse!
Knock on your horse, you know?
In the game against the Bulls the day before yesterday, Michael Jordan made 1 of 3 three-pointers, once again shooting 33.3% from three-point range...
In comparison, Hamilton shot over 40% from beyond the three-point line.
Comparing the two, it seems that Michael Jordan's three-pointer is really worrying...
No, Jiang Dalin dared to compete with him in three-point shooting.
How has this "basketball god" ever been so wronged?
In the morning training, I specially practiced three-pointers for half an hour.
Prepare for the afternoon game against the Dallas Mavericks at home.
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