NBA Backer King

   Chapter 21 Beating Philadelphia

   At noon, Jerry Krause arrived in Philadelphia. As soon as he got off the plane, he learned the news of Wang Tiejun's signing from the media and was very disappointed.

  Since there was no hope, he could only return to Chicago where he was, without even leaving the airport.

  The media began to hype up the signing, and it was generally believed that the Suns had made a failed signing, because a Chinese person was definitely not worth a contract of more than eight million dollars, and the average annual salary reached more than two million.

  The news that Jerry Krause wanted to dig Wang Tiejun was also reported by the media, which had some negative impact on the Bulls. The media speculated that the management of the Bulls wanted to purge the main center Billy Cartwright.

  Some reporters found Jordan and conducted an interview.

   "Michael, do you know that perverted coolie from China?" a reporter asked.

Jordan was stunned. The Madison Square Garden spanking incident was hyped by the media for a long time. Of course he knew, but he didn't know why the reporter asked him about the Chinese. He didn't know the Chinese, he only knew that it was a Perverted coolies, and that's all the media reports.

After closing a little bit, he said: "Yes, I can't help but not know, because there are always media reports on him. I know that he spanked John Starks' ass, it was really perverted, it was too much disgusting thing."

   "Michael, have you watched his game last night?" the reporter asked again.

   "No, why should I watch his game?" Jordan asked suspiciously.

   He didn't think a Chinese would have any strength, and the media didn't report the strength of that Chinese at all. He had no way of knowing, and he didn't want to know.

   "Michael, do you think management's plan to bring in perverted coolies is correct? Is Cartwright going to be purged?"

   "That's the management crazy."

Jordan and Jerry Krause have always had a conflict, and it was very big, so he immediately denied it and said: "No, I think Billy can still play, he is my old teammate for many years, I don't want to let some perverted coolie come to the Bulls. , sharing our third championship."

   "Michael, your contract is $4 million this season and next season, so do you think it's the right decision for the Suns to offer him a four-year, eight million-dollar contract?"

   "I think Barkley is disappointed again." Jordan said meaningfully.

   "Why?" the reporter asked.

   "Because the Suns' cap space was taken up in vain, they could have signed another star center." Jordan laughed.

   Likewise, some reporters interviewed Pippen.

   "Scotty, do you think that perverted coolie deserves the same salary as you?" a reporter asked.

Pippen is now on his second contract, $20 million over seven years, 2.77 million in the first year, 3.43 million this year, not much less than Jordan, but this is the highest year, and then from this year down year by year Minus, although he will regret his death in the future, he is still very happy now.

  However, he is afraid of comparison. Now that he knows that a coolie can earn an average of more than 2 million yuan, the happiness in his heart will be gone.

"I don't understand what the Suns' management thinks. With that kind of money, you can find better ones in the free market with your eyes closed, right? I don't believe that a Chinese person is qualified to play in the NBA. That's really surprising. decision, irrational decision.”

   he said in a mocking tone.

   "So have you watched his game?"

   "No, I'm not interested in coolie games, I'd rather go to the Hercules games."

  …

   On December 29th at 4 pm, the Suns arrived in Philadelphia.

  When it comes to Philadelphia, I have to say Barkley.

The Numbers is Barkley's home team. He played here for eight seasons and made the playoffs six times. After failing to make the playoffs last season, he was traded to the Suns by the Numbers.

   Back in Philadelphia, his mood was a bit complicated and emotional.

During the offseason, the first contact the Digital team contacted was the Lakers, not the Suns. He thought he would go to the Lakers, so he was very happy, and even held a party to celebrate, but it turned out that the party was not over yet, and the agent told him , he was traded to the Suns.

   Arrived at the hotel, after settling in, it was time for dinner.

   Sitting at the dining table, Barkley asked Wang Tiejun casually: "Old K, I heard you don't have an agent?"

   Old Wang shook his head and said, "I don't want people to share my money, point a gun at me, and don't even think about taking a dollar from me."

   "Haha..." The table burst into laughter.

   Buckley nodded and reminded kindly: "If you want to find an agent, you must find a reliable one."

   At this time, Kevin Johnson smiled: "Yes, don't learn from Charles, he is a person who has suffered from losses and deceived."

   "Brother, have you been deceived?" Old Wang said in surprise.

Barkley said with a wry smile: "My first agent took all my money since I entered the league, and only gave me $15,000 a month for living expenses, and the rest of the money was invested in anything. , and then I never saw 'them' again, and after four seasons I was broke."

   "Haha..." There was another burst of laughter at the dining table.

   "Brother, you have worked for four years in vain, your IQ is worrying!"

   Old Wang joked, but he said in his heart that the IQ of the black brothers is really not that good.

   But it was the first time he heard the word investment. What does it mean? He didn’t quite understand it.

  After dinner, after resting for half an hour, Wang Tiejun started today's strength training for a total of two hours.

   There are three systematic trainings on hand. He has to complete 300 hours of training within two months, with an average of 5 hours a day. In fact, his physical requirements are very high.

  Fortunately, he has been doing heavy physical work for several months, and his physical fitness is really good. He has reached level 90. He practices less on days when there are competitions, and more on days when there are no competitions. Allocate training time, and you can persevere.

   On the afternoon of the 30th, the Suns came to Philadelphia's home arena ahead of schedule.

   The number team this season, because Barkley is traded away, is almost equivalent to rebuilding.

Of the five starters, three were the Suns' starters last season, center Andrew Long, power forward Tim Perry, and All-Star shooting guard Jeff Hornacek.

Among them, Hornacek is the main bargaining chip in the transaction. He scored an All-Star average of 20+5+5 per game in the Suns last season. He is very strong, especially his three-point shooting rate was as high as 43.9% last season. Kevin Johnson's backcourt partner is the top configuration in the league's backcourt.

   The head coach Paul Westphal has already considered it, because the main center of the digital team, Andrew, is only a blue-collar player, and his strength is similar to that of Mark West, so he intends to give Wang Tiejun some chances to shoot in this game.

  According to Pharaoh's technical characteristics, he arranged the opening tactics, allowing Pharaoh to enter the basket and single against Andrew Lang.

  Since it has been determined that Wang Tiejun will be trained, he must be guaranteed in terms of playing time, shots, ball rights, tactical status, etc. Otherwise, what about training?

   Of course, the strength of training depends on Wang Tiejun's performance. If he shows strong potential, his strength will definitely be great.

  In the afternoon training session, the Suns conducted relevant tactical training, including the opening tactics arranged for Wang Tiejun.

   However, the training effect was mediocre, because among all the inside players of the Suns, none of them could compete with Wang Tiejun.

  Including Mark West and Oliver Miller, are avoiding his strong confrontation, because they have suffered enough from his strong confrontation in the previous training.

   In this case, he gets to the basket very easily, so it is impossible to simulate a real confrontation environment.

   And this situation also made Colangelo and Paul Westphal more determined to make Wang Tiejun the team's main center.

  This training session clearly indicates that Wang Tiejun's status in the team is completely different from the previous two games, and everyone knows it well.

   (end of this chapter)