I'm not really a brutalist striker

Chapter 141 141. Iverson wants to join forces with Suter? ?

In the next two games, the Eagles, who returned to the home game, defeated the Golden State Warriors and Phoenix Suns successively. While completely securing the team's ranking at fourth in the Eastern Conference, the Eagles also became the fourth team in the Eastern Conference this season. Teams with more than 30 wins.

Although the record of 30 wins and 25 losses is far from being excellent, it is already the smoothest season for the Eagles at this stage in recent years.

Returning to the playoffs seems to be no longer a luxury. The Hawks' outstanding team performance undoubtedly gave Atlanta fans more hope and fantasy.

The topic of discussion among Eagles fans has also changed from whether the team can make the playoffs at the beginning of the season to now, which has become the team's status as the number one in the Eastern Conference.

After entering the playoffs, whether the team can break through the first round, and where will it go before ending the journey of this season.

Although there are still no fans who are optimistic about the Eagles' ability to compete for the championship this season, the fans' expectations and support for this team have obviously become stronger.

Especially when the head star Suter is still very young and there will be a lot of room for improvement in the future, the future of the Eagles seems to be taken for granted by the outside world.

Even if the Eagles will face the expiring contracts of the three main players Steve Nash, Stephen Jackson and Rasheed Wallace during this offseason, as long as the man named "Vulture" stays on the team, the fans will It's enough to feel at ease, don't worry about the Eagles becoming the bottom of the East again.

It's hard to say where this trust comes from, but when fans see Suter performing brutal and wild tomahawk dunks again and again on the court, this kind of trust and dependence will subconsciously take root in their hearts, making Eagles fans Full of confidence in the future of the team.

It is worth mentioning that in the last game against the Phoenix Suns in February, Suter, who ushered in a head-to-head match again after half a month, really did not disappoint the fans.

Facing the "little bully" Stoudemire who has been unconvinced in front of the media, Suter once again hung up Stoudemire after the rookie challenge, and beat the "little bully" for a long time. When I came back to my senses, until the end of the game, I was still sitting on the sidelines with a dumbfounded look.

Although there is a big gap between the Suns' record and the Eagles' record this season, in fact, the Suns' paper lineup is not bad at all.

Four of the five starting players averaged double figures per game, and even the "third-year rookie" Joe Johnson, who scored the least, averaged 16.7 points per game.

Stephen Marbury, who scored the highest, averaged 21 points per game.

However, because the Suns' defensive strength is indeed too weak, and the team has experienced many coaching changes and large and small transactions this season, this has also caused the team to never determine its own offensive system.

Fans can often see Suns players chaotically performing individual singles on the court, which looks like a wild team with no organization and discipline, rather than a professional team with tactical literacy.

When all kinds of factors are combined, the Suns have not achieved results this season. The team's current record is only better than the Los Angeles Clippers, which ranks last in the Western Conference, and is firmly seated as the vice squad leader of the Western Conference.

The offensive feel of the Suns in this game was not bad, and the Eagles played the entire first three quarters not as easily as people imagined.

In particular, Joe Johnson and Stephen Marbury, the two outside guns, teamed up to penetrate the Eagles' outside defense, making Suter almost run out of his sneakers on the way to help defend.

However, on the defensive end, the Suns still continued their bad state this season. They were overwhelmed by Suter's individual heroic singles in the paint.

Almost single-handedly broke the twin tower combination of "Small Overlord" Stoudemire and Jack Voskull, scored 26 points in three quarters, and once again beat Stanley, who has been yelling at himself crazily on the Internet. Tadamier.

As a comparison, Stoudemire, who has always wanted to compete with Souter, also took a lot of shots in the first three quarters, but the poor offensive efficiency made Stoudemire lose his strength at the end of the three quarters. Only nine points are credited.

If Stephen Marbury and Joe Johnson hadn't played well in this game, I'm afraid Stoudemire would have led the Suns all the way to the garbage time, and surrendered early after three quarters.

Entering the last quarter, the Suns, who are strong in offense and weak in defense, have never given up. They also set off a 7-0 counterattack frenzy under the leadership of Joe Johnson, but in the end the Eagles still defended with Suter's steady personal performance. home.

While winning eight consecutive seasons, the Hawks have not lost a game since the All-Star break, and their performance at the end of February was the best in the league.

Of course, what makes Suter most happy is Stoudemire's liver-colored face. I believe that after this game, even if Stoudemire doesn't want to be a man with his tail between his legs, he will definitely appear in public in the future. Occasionally, he was afraid of Su Te, and did not dare to yell lawlessly and openly like before.

And the title of the league's No. [-] Brutalist player undisputedly falls on Suter's head. Whether Stoudemire is really convinced or not, this will not change Suter's continuous success in the Rookie Challenge and the regular season. The fact that Stoudemire was beaten twice.

Just like Kenyon Martin, another Brutalist champion who has not lifted his suspension until now, the fans were surprised to find that those players who had publicly clamored for Souter on the Internet did not end well in the end.

Whether it was Kenyon Martin at the beginning, or Chris Webber later, or Stoudemire today, these people's condition after the match with Suter became extremely poor, and their word-of-mouth was even more linear begin descending.

In this regard, many netizens ridiculed Suter on the Internet, saying that Suter is the real version of the "catastrophe" of the basketball world. No matter who provokes Suter, the final outcome will definitely be miserable.

And there are boring fans who launched a poll on the Internet, and the content of the vote is exactly who will be the next player to fall in Souter's hands.

Up to now, more than 15 people have participated in this poll initiated by netizens on the Internet, and the player with the highest number of votes is Pistons star Ben Wallace, who has just been selected as the starter of the Eastern Conference All-Star this year. Behind Daben are Pacers stars Artest and Jermaine O'Neal, two "defeated players".

The personal grievances between Big Ben and Suter have long been no secret. As early as the first time they met, they had some unpleasant physical conflicts. Although they had not yet reached the point of fighting on the field, the fans firmly believed that, There will be a battle between the two sooner or later, but the timing is uncertain.

As for Artest and Jermaine O'Neal, both of them had deeper ties with Souter.

The three had a big fight at this year's All-Star weekend, played the bloodiest All-Star game in NBA history, and were punished by the league for a one-year All-Star ban after the game.

It can be said that it is impossible for these three people to get back together in the future anyway. At least Artest and Jermaine O'Neal, who have been beaten up, are definitely unwilling to swallow this bad breath.

Once an opportunity is found on the playing field in the future, it is very likely that fierce physical conflicts will break out again between these three people.

In short, there are not a few players in the league who have personal grievances with Souter, but if it is really said that the situation is incompatible, there are only a few on the surface.

In addition, the Eagles still have a game against the Detroit Pistons in early March. At this juncture, there are fans launching such a poll on the Internet. It is no longer so strange that Ben Wallace topped the list with a crushing advantage .

After all, the two will usher in a head-to-head match in the near future. No one knows whether the game will be calm or explosive, and whether the scene expected by the fans will happen during the whole game.

Even if both Souter and Ben Wallace can control their personal emotions in this game, they can avoid their impulsive mistakes and affect the team's entire plan for the next playoffs.

But in any case, this game between the Eagles and the Detroit Pistons will definitely be full of seats, which will attract a large number of fans to come to watch.

Sometimes, people who think about the consequences can naturally suppress the anger in their hearts, but the enemies are extremely jealous when they meet, and when both sides look at each other not pleasing to the eye, the smell of gunpowder on the court is destined to become very strong.

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After a home victory over the Phoenix Suns, the Eagles officially ended their journey in February.

Leaving aside the combined rest time before and after the All-Star weekend throughout February, the Eagles have won a total of nine wins and one loss, with a winning percentage of 90%, which is unique even in the entire league.

However, because the previous record of the Eagles was too ordinary, even if the Eagles had a super high winning percentage of 30 wins and 25 loss in February, the team is currently only ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference with a record of [-] wins and [-] losses.

There are 6.5 wins away from the Detroit Pistons, which ranks third in the Eastern Conference. Not to mention an insurmountable gap, but at least it is difficult for the Eagles to achieve a counterattack and overtake in a short period of time.

Unless the Detroit Pistons, ranked third in the Eastern Conference, keep losing and the Hawks keep winning while the Pistons lose, the Hawks want to close the gap of 20 games with only 6.5 games left in the regular season. , is definitely a very challenging thing to do.

Fortunately, the Hawks management did not set too high expectations for the team this season, so the players and coaches have not been under pressure on the record until now, and they are completely free to play every game, no matter what step they take in the end , the Eagles readily accept the rankings and are always ready to face challenges.

Entering March, the first opponent the Eagles ushered in was the Philadelphia 76ers, whose overall strength is not strong. So far, the 76ers have only 24 wins and 32 losses, and the red line with a winning percentage barely reaching 40% ranks tenth in the Eastern Conference.

Because the team's performance in the first half of the season was really bad, the team's management fired the team's head coach Randy Ailes before the All-Star Weekend, and specially hired Ke Reece Ford takes over as coach.

Unfortunately, Chris Ford, who was born in 1949, led the Boston Celtics to over 90% of the team's record for two consecutive years in the early 60s.

But because the Boston Celtics' lineup in those two seasons was too luxurious, "Big Bird" Larry Bird, McHale, Robert Parish, Reggie Lewis, etc., so even the Boston Celtics Fans don't buy Chris Ford's account, thinking that Ford doesn't understand what tactics are except for using star individual singles.

And the fact is indeed true. Since the Boston Celtics officially announced their disintegration in the 42-[-] season, Chris Ford's coaching winning percentage in the next few years has never been higher than [-]%.

In the lowest season, he even led the Los Angeles Clippers to a coaching winning percentage of less than 20%, which was considered by the Clippers fans at the time as revenge.

The management appreciated your talents and gave you a chance to be the head coach, and this is how you repay people? ?

Most importantly, Chris Ford has not been the coach of any team since he was fired by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 99-00 season.

It was found by the Philadelphia 76ers management this year, which can be regarded as driving ducks to the shelves.

After all, Chris Ford still has some experience in using stars.

How to say that Chris Ford has also coached a legendary star like Larry Bird. The 76ers management believes that Chris Ford will at least not be better than the team's former rookie owner in terms of using Allen Iverson. Coach Randy Ailes was even worse.

But in fact, after Chris Ford took over the Philadelphia 76ers, Allen Iverson's offensive efficiency has indeed improved somewhat, but it still has little help for the entire team to win.

Even the former All-Star player "Big Dog" Robinson complained about the coaching level of the new head coach Chris Ford in an interview with the media.

"Tactics??"

"Damn it, there's no strategy in the 76ers team, because every timeout, all you can hear is pass the damn basketball to Allen!"

"If it's tactical, I think I can also be the head coach of the 76ers."

And the 76ers' performance in this game is indeed like "Big Dog" Robinson said, almost the whole game is played with the ball in the hands of Allen Iverson alone.

Suter simply estimated in his heart that Iverson's offensive completion rate in this game can reach a terrifying 50%, and his ball possession rate can reach about 80%.

This is definitely a set of very scary numbers. Simply put, the 76ers would not play without Allen Iverson.

Even though Allen Iverson felt a little cold in this game, and his shooting percentage has been maintained at around 35%, the 76ers coach Chris Ford still let Iverson play for 43 minutes, and almost did not give Iverson Take a break any time.

Facing such a puppet team that maximized individual heroism and was unorganized and undisciplined in tactical execution, the Eagles won the game without much effort, giving the 14ers 76 points in the away game. 33rd loss of the season.

Throughout the game, Suter played a very efficient performance against the 76ers inside Kenny Thomas' defense.

24分12篮板3助攻2抢断1盖帽的数据虽然没有前几场那么劲爆，但高达68%的投篮命中率却统治了76人的禁区。

With a height of 118 meters and a weight of 13.6 kilograms, Kenny Thomas has averaged 10.1 points, 1.1 rebounds and [-] steals per game this season. He even had the most direct matchup with "Shark" O'Neal when necessary , The defensive ability is definitely above the middle.

However, Kenny Thomas' weight of nearly 120 kilograms cannot be as flexible as Suter.

Facing the lightning-fast Suter, Thomas had a very uncomfortable defense throughout the game. He didn't dare to let Suter shoot from the outside, and he couldn't prevent Suter from breaking through. If Nuo helps defend, Suter may have already scored more than 30 points.

The disadvantage of Eric Snow's large-scale defense in the audience was that Steve Nash threw five three-pointers from beyond the three-point line. If Iverson hadn't used his body to create Killing, no more than three quarters, the 76ers will be beaten to collapse by the indiscriminate bombing of the Eagles.

But even so, after the game ended, the 76ers still lost to the Eagles by 14 points. They could only watch the Eagles spread their wings and fly at their home court, taking away the victory effortlessly.

At the press conference after the game, Allen Iverson, who once again scored 41 points empty-handed, looked a little lonely. When the reporter asked how he viewed the game, Iverson’s answer did not leave his teammates the slightest bit face.

"It's still an ugly and helpless game, I don't know what everyone is doing on the court, yes, I can't seem to see my teammates forever."

"Whenever I try to pass the ball, I always see a bunch of guys huddled around the hoop, trying to get the offensive rebound."

"The space on the court is too crowded. I don't know how to drive the offense of my teammates around me, and I don't know how the team can win."

"Honestly, I envy the Hawks. This is a team that can raise their hands to finish the offense no matter who the ball is in. This is a team that relies on the team to win. Their style of play just looks It's comforting, but it's also torturing the opponent."

Since the "Big Dog" Robinson was reimbursed for the season, only Aaron McGee of the entire 76ers has some accuracy from beyond the three-point line. This has led to a very crowded offensive space for the 76ers. The movement of the penalty area makes it difficult to create a comfortable singles space for Iverson.

It has to be admitted that Eric Snow's excellent defensive ability has indeed shared a lot of defensive pressure for Iverson, but Snow's 10.2% three-point shooting rate this season has really delayed Allen Iverson's back legs made it impossible for Iverson to convert the pass directly into an assist after being double-teamed by the opponent. He could only look for opportunities again by conducting the ball again and again.

For Allen Iverson, who also made less than 30% of his three-pointers this season, not having enough breakthrough space on the court is definitely a very fatal thing.

The poor offensive environment of the 76ers is also one of the reasons why Iverson's shooting percentage is less than 40% this season. Not an injury.

Hearing Iverson complaining as always, Chris Ford, who attended the press conference with Iverson, did not speak out to stop him.

Chris Ford's coaching ability is not outstanding, but Ford is definitely a smart man. Now even the coaching position under him is in shambles. Had to be fired early by management.

Losing is something that everyone does not want to see, and Iverson, who is the league's strongest empty cut king this season, made two complaints, which is also reasonable.

The reporter then asked: "After winning this game, the Eagles have ushered in the longest nine-game winning streak of the season, and the Eagles rookie "Vulture" is still continuing his crazy performance of 20+10 in eight consecutive games. As a rookie A talent who has also exploded this season, do you have anything to say about that?"

Without any hesitation, Iverson, who heard the reporter's question, immediately said: "There is no doubt that Vulture is a very good player. His performance in his rookie season was crazy, and even made the entire league have to treat him very badly." pay more attention."

"The most rare thing is that, as a player averaging close to 25 points per game, the Vulture doesn't need to hold the ball for too long on the court, even if it's just cutting without the ball, he can play very terrifying efficiency."

"You know, no one doesn't like to be teammates with such players. This will make the team's offensive distribution more reasonable, and it can also improve a team's offensive fault tolerance rate."

"If I have a player like the Vulture next to me, we can definitely reach the finals together."

"It's hard to imagine that the Vulture, who looks mature on the court, is just a rookie who has entered the league for less than a season."

"I am very optimistic that this guy will become a superstar player in the future. I see too much potential in him."

The reporter asked: "If possible, would you like to play with the Vulture in the future?"

"Of course, I don't think anyone would refuse such a thing. After all, who would dislike having an extra court beast beside him who can score without possession of the ball?" Shrugging his shoulders with a smile on his face at the reporter, At this moment, Iverson's eyes are full of vision and longing.

目前艾弗森身上的合同还是在1999年和费城76人签订下六年7100万美元的合同，这份合同1999年生效，要到2005年才会到期。

However, since the last year of this contract is a player option, Iverson can choose to jump out of the contract and become a free agent during this offseason, as long as Iverson is willing to give up his $1463 million salary next season.

No one knows if Iverson will make plans to leave Philadelphia this summer, but everyone knows that Iverson is tired of the team losing all the time and is also dissatisfied with the current lineup configuration of the 76ers.

As Iverson said in an interview, if I have a player like Vulture by my side, we can definitely reach the finals together.

(End of this chapter)