am i proud?

Chapter 293 Future Warrior
In fact, since the 2002-2003 season, the outside world has given Wang Dalin the title of "Future Warrior", but at that time he had not achieved enough achievements, so everyone didn't take it seriously.

However, when the 2003-2004 season ended and Wang Dalin led his team to win the championship for three consecutive years, and won 2 MVPs and 3 FMVPs in total, the title "Future Warrior" came to mind again.

As the name suggests, Future Warrior means that Wang Dalin is different from all current players, and he is also different from those famous players in history... He grows taller, jumps higher, is faster, shoots more accurately, and can attack and defend well!

Throughout NBA history, there has never been a player who has played like him...none!

Someone said - "Isn't Darling King a modern Chamberlain?"

That's right, his physical condition and physical fitness are comparable to that of Chamberlain back then, but Chamberlain does not have such a variety of offensive methods as him, at least... Chamberlain will not be able to leave the three-second zone!
From this point of view, the "modern version of Chamberlain" should be O'Neal... They all have absolutely invincible dominance in the penalty area, but the free throws are also bad.

Wang Dalin is different. His body and physical fitness are very close to Chamberlain, but he has the same mid-range shooting ability as Jordan, and his three-point ability even surpasses Ray Allen...

Everyone has an unsolvable offensive method that is enough to be among the ranks of historical superstars. Wang Dalin has several such offensive methods, and he has reached the top level in both physical and technical skills.

If the outside world knows that Wang Dalin is still dissatisfied with his comprehensive ability value of not reaching the full value of 99, they may organize a group to go outside his house to throw rotten eggs!

Let me say a little more here... After a long period of construction and decoration, Wang Dalin finally moved into his new home on the hillside of Beverly Hills at the end of 2004.

His mansion consists of two buildings and a large yard. One of the two buildings is a residence, and the other is an indoor basketball arena he designated to build... This is an NBA-level indoor training arena. This building alone cost him more than 2400 million US dollars!

2004年时候的2400多万美元可不是小数……按照通货膨胀的幅度来计算，到了2021年初，这2400多万美元至少能相当于2亿美元以上！
The scale of the residential area is also very large, with a total construction area of ​​more than 5200 square meters.

这幢豪华住宅总共有11间卧室、3间会客厅、9间卫浴间、2间厨房、2间餐厅、1间陈列室、1间书房、2间佣人房、5个大号室内停车位和1间地下室……光是地下室的面积就有500平米以上。

Although Wang Dalin didn't like the decoration style of the European court, all the interior decoration and furniture were in a modern and simple style, but because the brands he chose were all big brands, he didn't save much money on decoration and furniture.

In addition to the garden and lawn, there is a large swimming pool of 20 meters by 25 meters outside, and there is also a streetball-style outdoor basketball court... It is the kind with graffiti on the ground floor and the basketball net is made of iron chains.

Don't think that with two large buildings, plus a swimming pool and a basketball court, the whole yard will look crowded. In fact, the overall look of the whole yard is quite empty, mainly because the total area of ​​his land has reached 11613 square meters... With such a large area, even if he fills it with a few more basketball courts, it will be no problem.

At the beginning, he bought this land for 325 million U.S. dollars, and now including construction, decoration, furniture, home appliances and other expenses, it cost him a total of more than 5000 million U.S. dollars... That is, the prices in 2003-2004 were relatively low at this time. If 10 years later, his luxury house would cost at least [-] to [-] million!
On the first day he moved into his new home, Artest "opened" the gift to congratulate him.
The gift he gave was a "7 Land Rover Range Rover" worth more than 2003 US dollars...Of course, this is only the price in the United States, and it costs at least 130 million soft sister coins in China.

According to Artest, "You have five garages here, but only one car. I'll send you a car to fill the garage a little bit!"

Having been with Wang Dalin for more than a year, Artest knows that he doesn't like those luxury sports cars, but prefers large SUVs, and "Land Rover Range Rover" happens to be the best of these cars.

On this day, many friends came to congratulate him on "moving to a new home". They all gave him valuable gifts, among which Kobe Bryant was the most generous. He gave Wang Dalin a "Robinson R44 Thunderbird" helicopter, which was priced at US$42 in the United States at this time.

"Robinson R44 Thunderbird" helicopter is a light helicopter with 4 seats, main and tail rotors with double blades, and skid landing gear.

This helicopter can accommodate 1 driver and 3 passengers. It is equipped with a Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 direct-injection engine. Its cruising speed can reach as high as 210 kilometers per hour, while the average fuel consumption is only 56 liters per hour. It is widely used in fields such as flight training, aerial photography and aerial forestry.

The traffic situation in Los Angeles has always been very bad. In order to avoid traffic jams, Kobe bought a "Bombardier 2003" helicopter as early as 350, and usually uses it instead of a car.

Of course, as we all know, Kobe died in 2020 in another of his helicopters, the model "Syskos S-76"... If he was flying in that "Bombardier 350", he probably could have escaped.

Of course Kobe had good intentions, but Wang Dalin couldn't be happier, for him helicopters were too dangerous.

In fact, it is not uncommon for NBA stars to buy private jets. For example, McGrady bought a jet in 2004, the model is "Falcon 2000", and the price is as high as 2000 million US dollars.

One more thing, McGrady is the first NBA star to own a private jet, even earlier than the retired Michael Jordan!
Of course, after he bought this plane, he didn't just use it for himself, but also often rented it out.

During the season, McGrady took the team's chartered plane, so he didn't have to worry about it.After the end of the season, McGrady will use the plane more often, and he will even use the plane to travel to Africa with the whole family.

McGrady is quite business-minded, and will rent out his plane more of the time to earn a lot of money.Of course, judging from his income, earning some rent is at best a icing on the cake.

So after Wang Dalin received this gift from Kobe, his first thought was...how about I rent out this helicopter for a long time and earn some extra money!
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快船继续高歌猛进，虽然他们在1月、2月和3月都输了一两场比赛，可直到4月份，他们在2004-2005赛季总共也只输了6场比赛，眼看就要打破活塞当年创下的73胜记录了。

4月份他们总共还剩下10场比赛，如果能够在这10场比赛里只输掉2场或者更少，他们就将打破活塞的73胜9负，创下NBA历史单赛季最佳战绩的记录。

Of course, it is very difficult to lose only 10 games or even less in 2 games.

Especially when the regular season is coming to an end and old Dunleavy has begun to adjust the rest of the main players, it will be even more difficult to achieve good results.

So Wang Dalin let the world see how powerful he is when he goes all out!
Wang Dalin was not included in the rotation list...Of course, he is the person that old Deng Levy most wants to take a rotation.

Now this Clippers team can't miss anyone without Wang Dalin. If he is really absent due to injury, the Clippers will most likely fall to the level of the first round of the playoffs.

But Wang Dalin has a "copper skin and iron bone badge" to protect himself, so how could he be injured?

在常规赛的最后10场比赛里，他场均上场时间达到了42分钟之多，并且总共砍下了442分189篮板110助攻22抢断31盖帽……场均数据大家都会算吧？
他在4月份场均44+19+11+2+3的表现当然是震惊了整个北美体坛，也震惊了全世界。

Many NBA veterans who have retired have commented on this, such as "Magician", "Skyhook", "Lord of the Rings", "Big Dream" and others are full of praise for his performance this month, and they almost praise him to the sky.

"Former teammate" Barkley of course supported him as always: "I said earlier that Darling is No.1 in the league, but some people insisted on standing up and singing against me. Now you know what it feels like to be 'slapped' in the face, right?"

The "King of Kings" Larry Bird is of course also one of the famous people who support Wang Dalin. This time he made a face and smiled at the reporter's camera: "Hey, Michael, did you see it? Darling has really surpassed you!"

More than 300 million American netizens participated in this big discussion, and they directly named April 2005 "the month of death"...Of course, if they knew that Wang Dalin would come to such a show every season in the future, they probably wouldn't be so surprised.

With such a strong performance by Wang Dalin, the Clippers won a wave of 4 consecutive victories in April. They rewritten the best record of the NBA season record to 10 wins and 76 losses!
In this regard, Wang Dalin said that he was a bit too aggressive. Of course, he did not want to make this record so abnormal... The main reason is that it will not be easy for him to break this record in the future!

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The regular season ended, and the playoffs began immediately...the Clippers' opponent in the first round was the 49-33 Nuggets.

In the 2004-2005 season, the competitive pressure in the West was really too great. The Nuggets had 49 wins and could only rank eighth... If this result were dropped to the East, they would be ranked third!

This also just shows that since Jordan retired, the pattern of "the west is strong and the east is weak" has not been fabricated by the "Jianhei"... At that time, if LeBron James really came to the West, would he still be able to make the playoffs every year?
Wang Dalin doesn't know if he can make it to the playoffs, but Wang Dalin himself made it to the playoffs with ease, and his record is still at the top of the league.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Clippers directly swept the Nuggets 4:0... This result was completely expected by everyone.

In the eyes of most people, the Clippers will either sweep their opponents in this round of the series, or they will "gentlemanly sweep" their opponents... Anyway, they will always sweep!

"Second Year" Carmelo Anthony performed well against the Clippers' "Second Master" Ron Artest, averaging 21.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game, but his offensive efficiency is a bit stretched... The shooting percentage is less than 40%, and the three-point shooting percentage is only about 28%.

After defeating the Nuggets, the Clippers met the Warriors led by Yao Ming and Billups in the second round.

The Warriors are ranked fourth in the Western Conference this season. They defeated the fifth-ranked Mavericks 4:2 in the first round of the series. If the Clippers were not too strong this season, it is estimated that many people would think that they are qualified to compete for the championship.

In this regard, "Second Brother" and Yao Ming are a little helpless. If they can play better in the regular season, as long as they can reach the third place in the Western Conference, they will avoid the Clippers before the Western Conference Finals... Of course, the premise is that they can touch the floor of the Western Conference Finals!
But now they have met the Clippers in the second round, and the Warriors can only bite the bullet and face it head-on.

To be honest, the Warriors are the last opponent the Clippers in the Western Conference want to face, because they have a Yao Ming who has no solution in the interior, and Billups is an absolute strength at the first position.

In contrast, the fifth and first positions are precisely the weak links of the Clippers, but the second, third, and fourth positions are all very strong.

However, the Clippers also have their own countermeasures. As long as Wang Dalin is mentioned to the fifth position, the Clippers will only have the weakness of the first position.

Billups is very strong, but even if he can beat Damon Jones, Eddie House and Marko Jaric, it's useless, because the Warriors can't take advantage of other positions.

Moreover, after Yao Ming's strong point was targeted by Wang Dalin, it turned into a weak point instead, which made the Warriors even more uncomfortable.

4:1... The Clippers passed the Warriors in just 5 games, and stepped on the floor of the Western Conference Finals with their heads held high.

As expected, the Spurs still defeated the Suns and became the Clippers' opponents in the Western Conference Finals.

Tim Duncan's state is in full swing, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili are also maturing day by day, and the daunting "GDP combination" of later generations has finally begun to show off its power in the league.

It's a pity that the Clippers have Wang Dalin and Artest, as well as Iguodala, who has become more courageous in the playoffs.

If the "GDP" of the Spurs is the trio with the most tacit cooperation in the league, then the Clippers Wang Dalin, Artest and Iguodala are the trio with the strongest defense in the league.

Wang Dalin directly faced Duncan inside, Iguodala faced Ginobili, and Artest was left to sweep back and forth within the three-point line... The defensive effect is simply not too strong!
The final result was not beyond Wang Dalin's expectations... The Clippers gave the Spurs another "gentleman sweep" 4:1.

To be honest, the Spurs can win the next game, thanks to the help of the referee...

　Thanks to "Taxi Boy", "A Cigarette Butt", "I'm Not Tall, Rich and Handsome", "The Essence of Death", and "Ant Principal" for their monthly encouragement!
　　
　
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