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Chapter 120 117: The training hall suddenly became noisy (4.6K asking for a monthly ticket)

Gary Payton joining the Pacers is indeed big news.

Although Payton is 36 years old, he has passed his peak period.

However, that still doesn't change the fact that he was one of the best point guards of the 90s.

In the 90s, he had two best first teams, seven best defensive first teams, one best defensive player, three top five MVP rankings, and one finals experience against Jordan.

And in the finals of that year, the "God" was once unable to kill.

Although Michael Jordan still scored 96 points in the 27.3 Finals, his shooting percentage was limited to 41%.

This is enough to illustrate Payton's ability.

Although such a "big man" has come to the end of his career, his reputation is still there.

As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

Although you can't expect Payton to perform at the top five levels of MVP in the Pacers, it is almost a breeze for him to do better than Anthony Johnson.

Payton's defensive ability is definitely not as good as it was back then, but with his excellent height and arm length awareness, he will undoubtedly make the Pacers' No. [-] position less vulnerable.

Payton's position organization and fast break organization are very good. With him, the Pacers' No. [-] position is no longer a "dribble guard".

People say that John Stockton was the best point guard of that era.

But in fact, Stockton can be regarded as a relatively "partial" player.

His organizational ability may have 100 points, but his other abilities are slightly weaker.

As for Payton, his organizational ability may only have 80 points, but his other abilities also have 80 points.

He was the most versatile point guard in the 90s, bar none.

So even when he is old, there are still many things Payton can do.

So when Payton decided to settle in Indiana's cornfields, it caused quite a stir.

Now, the number one position of the Pacers is not to say it has become a strong point, but at least it is no longer a weak point.

Now, in China, many fans can't help shouting a slogan: "Indian city champion!"

Indeed, after experiencing the painful period of suspension, the Pacers defeated the defending champion for the second time as a node, as if they were about to start to exert their strength.

The villainous quartet + Payton, quite intended to re-establish the country.

When Wayne went to practice early in the morning, he planned to hear how everyone reacted to the signing.

Although Payton has signed with the Pacers, it is estimated that he will not be able to report in a few days.

As a result, Wayne pushed open the door of the locker room and found that the guy who had exchanged trash talk with him was already sitting in the locker room.

Seeing Wayne, Peyton put on that dicky look again.

"Yo, it's so late? Did you go on a date with the girl last night?" Payton was not restrained, and the way he talked to Wayne was as if he had been in the Pacers for several years.

"That's right, there was a beautiful tennis girl who was waiting for him in the player tunnel last night." Sutai hurried out to echo, and sang with Payton, as if he had found a new backer.

"Tch, a brat is a brat. Don't be restrained by the temptation in front of you, kid." After finishing speaking, Peyton continued to change his clothes without saying anything more.

Wayne glanced at Peyton and said nothing.

Then after sitting next to Artest, Wayne hugged him over.

"You're very excited today, Ron, I won't let you go when it comes to confrontation training later."

"Brother Wei, you can't fail to realize that I was joking with you just now. You also know that there is nowhere to put the humorous bacteria in this person's body." Sutai hurriedly smiled.

"Is it really a joke?"

"Then it's fake!?"

"Well, then, I'll try to be as gentle as possible later."

Artest let out a sigh of relief. At this time, he has gradually lost the "senior" attitude that Wayne had when he first joined the team.

In the first training after the Christmas game, Gary Payton appeared on the court wearing his No. 20 training uniform.

I have to say that the Pacers are really fast enough.

God knows if Bird had someone make Payton's jersey and practice uniform in advance.

Although just now in the locker room, Payton looked like a dick, but in training, Payton didn't put on airs at all.

He does what young players do.Although it was the first day to report, there was neither any special treatment nor a single complaint.

You're going to trash talk Peyton, and that's pretty annoying indeed.

But this guy's professional attitude is still okay, and his behavior of participating in training on the first day also won him the respect of most of his new teammates.

Especially Anthony Johnson.

If most players see that their starting position is taken away by a new aid, they will feel a little nervous.

But Johnson was very happy instead.

He finally doesn't have to start!

Payton come on, you are my savior.

If you don't come, the Madan Yincheng media will hold me in meetings every day!

The ball is here for you, you dribble!

In the afternoon, Carlisle also directly let Payton enter the 5-on-5 confrontation training, and directly started to run in with the team.

It has to be said that changing teams in the middle of the season is a test for a player's adaptability.

If it is a summer transfer, there is still time for preseason training camp to run in with the new team.

But in the mid-term transfer, it is basically necessary to be able to plug and play.

Fortunately, Payton's versatility allows him to easily adapt to various styles.

Should the Pacers focus on defense?no problem.

Want to grab a chance to pass a fast break?can do.

Positional warfare licensing organization?Me too.

Overall, Payton's state and fit are indeed very good.

But just

The arrival of Payton made the training ground extremely noisy.

He and Wayne had some kind of strange "chemical reaction".

At this time, Payton controlled the ball to the top of the arc outside the three-point line.Facing Johnson, he broke into the restricted area through the cover of O'Neill.

Wayne immediately switched defenses to Payton, and now Payton's speed is not fast, and Wayne has no difficulty keeping up.

As a result, Payton made a sudden shot with a small floater in progress.

Wayne didn't have time to react, coupled with the high arc of the ball, it finally passed his fingertips.

Don't tell me, this ball is really similar to the trick that Pao'er often uses.It's just that the current Payton is more proficient in using it than the college cannon.

"brush."

The basketball hits the net and Payton makes a play.

So, the noise started again.

"It's too easy, too easy. Do you know what defense is? Or do you just bully some trash players?" After Payton scored a goal, he immediately started talking trash to Wayne, even though they had become teammates at this time.

"You can also score a goal in this way. To be honest, I am afraid of breaking the ribs of you old guy, otherwise you should go to the baseline to pick up the ball now."

Wayne was not to be outdone, and he and Payton competed.

And this scene has happened countless times today.

Lively, really lively.

"Is it really okay for them to do this?" Mike Brown was a little worried. Toutai and Wayne had never sprayed each other so fiercely during training before.

Carlisle just smiled: "It's okay, look at them, how loving they are."

"God is so loving." Mike Brown was speechless. He didn't know whether Payton's arrival would tear the locker room apart, or really put the puzzle together.

In this way, today's training ended in a row.

Counsel Thailand has counted, and the "score" of Payton and Wayne's trash talk is 13 to 10, and Wayne is slightly inferior.

But no matter what Payton said, Wayne didn't respond.

Instead, Wayne sprayed Peyton with gnashing of teeth a few times.

Of course, these pictures are invisible to fans.

Wayne used to have a nickname in college called "Oregon Rainman", so fans are imagining that Payton and Wayne can play the same cooperation with Kemp as he did with Kemp. The picture is as follows:

Payton seemed to throw it lightly, and Wayne suddenly jumped out and overwhelmed the pack, pouring the ball into the basket.Then the two clapped hands and sat watching each other tremble.

As we all know, Wayne is a brutal power forward, so this kind of picture is very likely to appear.

Well, Wayne, brutalist power forward.

If the fans knew that Wayne and Payton had been spraying each other on the training ground all day long, I don't know how they would feel.

Finally, on the third day after the end of the Christmas game, the Pacers ushered in their next opponent.

A very subversive team this season-the Phoenix Suns.

Although this match was scheduled after the Christmas War, it received no less attention than the Christmas War.

The reason is simple-the Suns' current record is 24 wins and 3 losses, ranking first in the league!

It's hard for you to imagine that this is a team that only achieved 29 wins last season.

The 03-04 season was undoubtedly heartbreaking for Sun fans. Not only did they rank second to last in the West, they also left Marbury and others.

It seems that this team seems to have only one way to go.

But now, they have become the first in the league.

The arrival of Steve Nash and Mike D'Antoni gave this team a new lease on life.

Taking advantage of the HC rule changes, Suns general manager Jerry Colangelo decided to be the first to eat crabs.

He decided to comply with the changes in the league rules and play offensive basketball.

Not only use the sun to promote the alliance's new style and new policy, but also use this policy to raise the sun in turn.

It can be said to be a plan that kills two birds with one stone.

So the Suns in the 04-05 season embarked on a cross-generational path in another way.

D'Antoni's "7-second offense" shocked the entire league.

It's often said that offense wins fans, but defense wins.

But the Suns told everyone with a record of 24 wins and 3 losses-times have changed.

He averaged 110.4 points per game in the regular season, ranking first in the league.

In this era when everyone follows the example of the Pistons to win the championship with defense, it is difficult to score 100 points in a game.

If you haven't watched the Pacers this season in the regular season, there aren't a few games where they scored more than [-] points.

However, the Suns averaged 100 points more than 10 points per game!

The sun's gorgeous style of play not only saved the league's offense, but also saved the gorgeous small guards.

Steve Nash, who is still tepid after eight seasons in the league, has risen strongly this season and has never fallen out of the top three in the MVP rankings.

Of course, while D'Antoni saved the small guard, he was also known as "a figure who can make all the league's centers unemployed."

Under the fast-playing whirlwind of the Suns, most sluggish centers seem to have become cumbersome, with extremely low efficiency on the court.

The inside combination of Stoudemire and Sean Marion has caused countless big centers to run and break their legs.

When such a team meets the Pacers, sparks will definitely fly.

People are also looking forward to the combination of Nash and Stoudemire or the combination of Wayne and Payton, who is better.

Well, don't be surprised.At this time in China, the media have already blown up Payton's lack of a fight.

He is obviously just an ordinary veteran now, but he has been blown into an All-Star player.

This is the Chinese media. When Wayne was still a fan in his previous life, those guys on the Mosaic team were also blown away.

A small Alstom can give you the feeling of an All-Star point guard.

All teammates of Chinese players must make a fuss.

Otherwise, how can you shout the slogan of the Indian City Championship?Otherwise, where does Mosaic come from to compete for the championship every year?

"Peyton and Wayne?" Stoudemire was a little confused when facing the reporter's camera. "I didn't even know they were a combination."

"There is no doubt that we will play a good game. I respect the Pacers, and I also know that they just won the Christmas game. But this year, we are the first in the league."

Stoudemire is very confident, like a wolf before the space dance.

Of course, his confidence is not groundless.As he said, the Suns are number one in the league this season.

The Suns' record of 24 wins and 3 losses gave Stoudemire the capital to be confident.

Carlisle didn't dare to underestimate the enemy. He had never encountered such an opponent who had achieved an almost extreme attack.

Although Carlisle also complained last year: "The confrontation in the basketball game has become very intense, full of physical contact and muscle collision. Such an ugly game makes people want to go crazy watching it, and the reform of the league is imminent."

But deep down, he is still a defensive person.

So this time, he decided to spend another extravagance and put the Chinese God of War on the starting list.

sixth person?What is the sixth man?Serious God of War who will fight the sixth man.Does your god of war play the sixth man?Anyway, my family doesn't fight.

Of course, Wayne's starting this time was not for the purpose of fighting. The purpose was to hope that the speed of Wayne and Xiao Ao could keep up with the whirlwind of the sun, so that the sun would not easily charge up.

And Payton will play as a substitute player and slowly adapt to the Pacers game.

In this way, with a little excitement, Wayne met this epoch-making Sun.

The moment he saw the Suns starting on the court, Wayne called Ye Qing directly, forget it this time.

On the Sun's side, point guard Nash and shooting guard Joe Johnson, of course he is not called "Eagle King" at this time.

Small forward Quentin Richardson and power forward are Marion with the most aggressive shooting moves in the league.

The center forward is the "little bully" Amare Stoudemire who only attacks but does not defend, only blocks shots and does not interfere!

This set of starters is another generation of fans' lost youth.

"Let's see if Hurry Up can destroy Indian City's tenacious defense!" Before the game started, Steve Cole, who was the game commentator, was very excited.

He's very interested in how the Suns are going offensively.

After the game started, the Suns quickly showed their unique side.

The Pacers attacked for the first time after getting the ball, and they failed to make a shot.

When he was just warming up, this guy was too busy asking what Wayne and Sharapova did on Christmas Eve, so he didn't feel fully cast.

After Artest missed a shot, Stoudemire grabbed the rebound and handed the ball to Nash.

Nash advanced quickly and passed the ball to Marion who was outside the three-point line as soon as he stepped on the midfield line.

Marion immediately took the ball again and gave the ball to Stoudemire who cut in from the middle.

It is indeed difficult for O'Neill to keep up with the "little bully" now.

Seeing this situation, Wayne immediately gave up Ma Liang and went after Stoudemire.

However, Stoudemire, who has not suffered a serious injury at this time, has really incredible athletic ability.

He jumped high, and under Wayne's interference, he still dunked the ball into the frame.

Jie is the real beast power forward.

After scoring the goal, the confident Stoudemire roared at Wayne in front of him.

Just like what was done to Yao Ming before.

"It's really fast. The success rate of such an attack is indeed very high. Stoudemire yelled at Wayne, let's see how he responds later."

Cole smiled, this game smelled like gunpowder from the very beginning.

Wayne picked up the basketball for a baseline drive, not too angry.

It's not worth it, because you have to be mentally prepared to fight the sun.

What about the team averaging 110 points per game, are you kidding me?

But Stoudemire just did that

It's okay, talk to him politely later, and he should stop being crazy.

If it doesn't work, iron elbows can also be brightened, they are all paper tigers.

After all, this is Indianapolis.

You are not crazy here.

The Pacers re-attacked, this time, it was Jermaine who received the ball

　In addition, there must be more, the daily guarantee is [-] characters, and it will not be less than [-] characters.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)