Super Legendary Superstar

In Orlando, Artest was surrounded by reporters as soon as he got off the plane. From this moment on, he was already a player of the Orlando Magic. Artest was wearing a very hip-hop trendy dress and sunglasses, looking very cool. Coupled with the crowd of reporters surrounding him, he looked like a star.

In fact, these reporters were arranged for him by Sun Zhuo and Emma, ​​and they were also requested by Artest. He couldn't just arrive in Orlando quietly by himself. He was a bowler after all.

"Ron Artest, welcome to join the Orlando Magic. This time, you will join and work with Eric Sun, the two-time MVP winner. What do you expect?" The reporter asked after Artest.

Artest replied coolly as he walked: "Are you a reporter from Orlando? Listen, I came to Orlando to help the Magic complete three consecutive championships. I am the savior of the Magic!"

"You and Sun had many conflicts before, won't this affect your future cooperation?" Some reporters also asked very tricky questions.

Artest replied calmly: "Our goal is to win the championship. Now that we are on the same team, you will soon see another terrifying combination. Only children will care about the past, and I am very excited." Being able to play with my good brother Monta Ellis, who I've wanted to be teammates with for a long time, is a dream come true!"

The reporters were a little surprised. When did Artest and Monta Ellis become brothers? Monta Ellis should be a few years younger than Artest, right? Could it be that Artest came to the Magic because of him?

Artest confused many people. He didn't want people to think that he came to defect to Sun Zhuo.

Artest quickly met with the team and then officially held a press conference. Artest showed reporters his Magic jersey, which is the very rare No. 96. This number is very important to Artest. The language also has a certain meaning. Artest was born in Queensbridge, New York. The English name is Queen's bridge. The lowercase abbreviation is qb. qb is very similar to 96. With Artest's intelligence level, he can have such a The association is indeed a remarkable achievement.

Facing the media, Artest said: "There is a guy in this city called 'Undefined'. You and I both know how good he is. The whole city is looking forward to the Magic completing three consecutive championships." , established a Magic dynasty, just like the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers did before, but now we all realize that there are strong enemies in the East, and those three guys are gathered together. I know the Magic need me, so, here I am. , and I promise that I will help the team complete three consecutive championships. If the Magic do not win the championship this season, the responsibility will be all on me, because when I was not with the Magic, they won two championships, but when I came here, they did not win the championship. What? Meeting the Celtics in the playoffs? Sun Yat-sen and I will beat them to the ground!"

Artest's speech was very domineering and responsible. He is such a person himself.

Artest quickly came to the team to gather, and Stan Van Gundy also called all the Magic players together and introduced to everyone: "Everyone, our team has a new teammate. He is very experienced and capable. A player who is the best defensive player in the league and an All-Star, let's welcome Ron Artest to the fold!"

"Welcome, brother!" Monta Ellis was the first to step forward and shake hands with Ron Artest.

Artest also responded enthusiastically: "Brother, I told you we would play together."

After that, Artest also greeted the Magic players one by one. When he saw Sun Zhuo, Artest joked: "I heard you were injured. It doesn't matter. You can rest assured to recuperate. Now that the team has me, it won't matter." I’ll lose again.”

Sun Zhuo smiled and didn't show too much familiarity or enthusiasm with Artest. He just said hello plainly. From now on, he will be teammates on the same team. If he wants to improve the previous relationship, he will have plenty of time in the future. Now He must have the attitude of being the boss of the team.

Artest is a strong supporter who will help the team, but he is also a time bomb. If Sun Zhuo is not confident that he can suppress him, he will not dare to recruit him easily.

Sure enough, Artest caused trouble on the first day he joined the team.

Artest picked up a basketball and said to all the Magic players: "I personally have a habit. After arriving at a new team, I have to challenge every player on this team. Sun is injured, Monta I have tortured Ellis many times, so you don’t need to compete with me. Who among you will come first?”

Monta Ellis looked helpless. When had she been abused by him? But if you think about it carefully, with Artest's personality and ability, there is really nothing good to gain from one-on-one, so it is a good thing not to compete.

Everyone else was a little frightened and no one said anything. Artest directly named him: "Kevin Durant, you are the strongest scoring player in this draft. Let's compete."

Durant did not hesitate: "Okay."

Durant actually doesn't like Artest's joining, because once Artest comes, after Sun Zhuo returns, Durant may have to be a substitute again, which makes him very depressed. He has just been promoted from the substitute. He climbed to the starting lineup, and even became the boss in these two games, but fell from the boss to the substitute in an instant. This kind of roller coaster life made Durant very insecure.

"I want to beat him, I want to prove that I am better than him." Durant is also very serious about this challenge.

First of all, Durant attacks with the ball. Durant's shooting touch has been good recently. Artest's defense is also tight, which puts a lot of pressure on Durant. Artest deliberately looks for physical confrontation. Once there is physical confrontation, , Durant's shooting percentage is ridiculously low, and his shooting is basically useless.

Although Artest does not have outstanding scoring ability, he has rich experience and physical advantages. He slowly looked for opportunities and scored the ball again and again, and finally defeated Durant in a one-on-one duel.

Although Durant is a rookie, in the Magic team, his one-on-one ability is second only to Sun Zhuo. If Artest beats Durant, he basically beats everyone else.

After defeating Durant, Artest made an appointment with Turkoglu: "Hido Turkoglu, I have always admired you. You are the one who is easily ignored, but I know the two CEOs of the Magic. The championship cannot be won without your stable performance, let’s play a round.”

Turkoglu smiled and said: "Thank you for your appreciation, Ron, I am not good at one-on-one, you win."

Artest knew that others would not challenge him, so he said proudly: "So, I am the one-on-one king in the team? Haha, now Sun is injured, the next game..."

"Artest, let's play a game." Sun Zhuo suddenly spoke to Artest. He had given Artest enough respect, but he couldn't let him get too proud.

"Are you sure?" Artest was stunned for a moment.

Others are also persuading: "Your injury is not healed yet, so there is no need to compete with him. Even he must admit that he is no match for you one-on-one, right?"

Artest also really gave Sun Zhuo face: "When you are healthy, I am indeed no match for you one-on-one. I admit this. There is no need for you to compete with me now."

Sun Zhuo had already put on his sneakers and said, "I see you are very interested. I just want to play with you. There is no need to take it too seriously."

Artest looked at Sun Zhuo's confident smile and felt a little scared: "This guy wants to prove that he can beat me even if he is lame on one leg... But this is also a good opportunity. He is injured now. If he wins, I will gain more face. Who dares to disrespect me in the future in the team?"

Artest also agreed and had an unfair one-on-one match with Sun Zhuo.

In fact, Sun Zhuo's injury has almost recovered at this time. His original injury was not serious. The reason why he has no plan to return to the game is to use this period of time to give newcomers such as Durant and Ariza a chance to practice. , after all, in the playoffs, Sun Zhuo will be focused on, and the performance of these role players is the key to victory or defeat.

Furthermore, against Artest, Sun Zhuo felt that one leg was enough.

"You attack first." Artest threw the ball to Sun Zhuo and then made a defensive posture.

Sun Zhuo received the ball and stood outside the three-point line. Without even dribbling the ball, he directly pulled up and shot a three-pointer.

Uh-huh!

A crisp sound of connecting to the network was heard.

"Just shoot?" Artest was startled and guessed that Sun Zhuo might have a foot injury that made it difficult for him to break through, so he chose to shoot directly.

Artest picked up the ball, handed it to Sun Zhuo again, and said with a wicked smile: "If you can't break through my defense, you know I won't give you a second chance to shoot a three-pointer."

Sun Zhuo also smiled and took a step back with the ball outside the three-point line. Artest did not follow forward, but Sun Zhuo took off again and made a three-pointer!

Uh-huh!

Super long three-point hit!

"Hahaha, Artest, to defend against Sun's three-pointer, you have to defend him in the midfield. Don't you know he can shoot from any position?" Monta Ellis said with a smile on the sidelines.

Artest already knew that Sun Zhuo would only score with outside shots. When he defended again, he just passed the ball to Sun Zhuo, who broke through Artest's defense with a quick step.

"So fast!"

"Is Sun's injury completely healed?"

At the moment of the breakthrough, he immediately stopped for a jump shot, and it was another three-pointer!

Artest was a little helpless.

Durant was also stunned: "If Sun wants to defeat Artest, he doesn't have to step into the three-point line! He can be defeated outside the three-point line!"

"How did you practice your three-point shooting? I remember that in your first season, your three-point shooting was not as good as mine." Artest couldn't help but ask Sun Zhuo.

Sun Zhuo said: "Just keep shooting, there is no other way. Artest, I hope you can also train your three-pointers. In this team, including Marc Gasol, everyone You have to be able to shoot three-pointers.”

Artest smiled and replied: "I am a man who values ​​both toughness and softness. If you come to me, you are right. Three-pointers are not a problem for me. I don't think we need to compete anymore. Let's do this instead." I'm the one attacking, but you can't defend me either. We can't limit each other, and we don't know how long this fight will last. Where is the bathroom? I have to go and make myself comfortable."

"..." Sun Zhuo was stunned. Artest might have seen that Sun Zhuo's injury was no longer serious. If the fight continued, Artest would definitely lose, and then he left to give himself face.

…

In the next game, the Magic will challenge the Portland Trail Blazers away from home.

Brandon Roy, the second-year rookie of the Trail Blazers, performed well last season, averaging 17+4+4 per game. He is also in good form so far this season, averaging 22 points per game.

In the first game when Artest joined the Magic, he was specifically responsible for guarding Roy.

Artest's tough defense made the young Roy miserable. In the first quarter, Artest succeeded in irritating Roy and made Roy lose his temper. What followed was constant mistakes and ultra-low turnovers. Field goal percentage.

On the contrary, Artest became more and more courageous as he fought, and his breakthrough offense and three-pointers were very smooth. He knew that the Magic was not a team for him to play arbitrarily. This was Sun Zhuo's team, and Sun Zhuo also clearly told him that this was The focus of several games is to train the newcomers, especially Kevin Durant. Artest has also been feeding Durant the ball, helping Durant to score easily.

Durant quickly scored the highest score in the game.

Roy couldn't help but said to Durant: "You are so lucky. Even a monster like Artest is willing to create scoring opportunities for you."

Roy disdains Durant. He feels that if it weren't for Artest, Durant would not be able to perform better than him.

Durant was also depressed. As soon as Sun Zhuo returned, I would be on the bench. What a blessing!

Durant said to Roy: "Man, you only see the surface, you will never know what it's like to play in an environment like mine in the first season."

Roy looked puzzled, looking at Durant, he seemed to have quite a story to tell.

Aldridge played well in this game and almost helped the Trail Blazers comeback. In the end, Artest hit a key shot to help the team seal the victory.

Sun Zhuo came to watch in person and was very pleased with Artest's performance: "The team finally has an experienced player. In this situation, he can stabilize the morale of the army. For this guy, I have to give up the championship." If you get it, he will laugh at you if you can't even get through the east."

In the next game, the Magic played the Suns, but Sun Zhuo still did not play. It was not until the next game, an away game against his old club, the Los Angeles Lakers, that Sun Zhuo officially returned.

The Lakers have not acquired Gasol yet, and Kobe is not very happy at the moment and is a little impatient. However, seeing that Sun Zhuo and the Magic are worse off than the Lakers this season, they are a little more mentally balanced.

This game is the first game that Sun Zhuo and Artest have played together. Stan Van Gundy has indeed replaced Durant, the scoring leader in the past few games, as a substitute again, allowing Sun Zhuo and Artest to start the game. .

Arriving at Staples, before the game, Artest said to Sun Zhuo: "This is our first game together. We have to make some big noise today."

Sun Zhuo was shocked. You don't want to bloodbath the Staples Center, do you?