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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 had no choice but to return to Chicago without even leaving the airport.

The media began to hype this signing, and it is generally believed that the Suns made a failed signing, because a Chinese is definitely not worth a contract of more than 800 million US dollars, and the average annual salary has reached more than 200 million.

The news that Jerry Krause wanted to dig Wang Tiejun was also reported by the media, which had some negative effects on the Bulls. The media speculated that the Bulls management wanted to clean up the main center Billy Carterwhite.

Some reporters found Jordan and conducted interviews.

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

Jordan was taken aback. The Madison Square Garden spanking incident had been hyped up by the media for a long time. Of course he knew about it, but he didn't know why the reporter asked him about the Chinese. He didn't know the Chinese. He only knew that he was a perverted coolie.

Turning off, he said: "Yes, I can't help but know, because there are always media reports on him. I know that he spanked John Starks' ass, that is really perverted, it is a very excessive and disgusting thing."

"Michael, did you watch his game last night?" the reporter asked again.

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

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

"Michael, do you think the management is right in their plan to bring in perverted coolies? Is Cartwhite going to be purged?"

"That's management crazy."

Jordan and Jerry Krause have always had conflicts, and they were 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 some perverted coolie to come to the Bulls and share our third championship."

"Michael, your contract is $400 million this season, and it will be the same next season, so do you think the Suns made the right decision to offer him a four-year contract worth more than $800 million?"

"I think Barkley has to be disappointed again." Jordan said meaningfully.

"Why?" the reporter asked.

"Because the salary space of the Suns was taken up for nothing, 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?" asked a reporter.

Pippen is now on the second contract, $2000 million in seven years, $277 million in the first year, and $343 million this year, not much less than Jordan, but this is the highest year, and it will be reduced year by year from this year onwards. Although he will regret it in the future, he is still very happy now.

However, everyone is afraid of comparison. Now that he knows that a coolie can get an average of more than 200 million yuan, the happiness in his heart is gone.

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

he said in a sarcastic tone.

"So have you seen him play?"

"No, I'm not interested in coolie games, I'd rather watch Hercules games."

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At four o'clock in the afternoon on December 12, the Suns arrived in Philadelphia.

When it comes to Philadelphia, you have to talk about Barkley.

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

Returning to Philadelphia, he felt a little complicated and emotional.

During the offseason, the digital team first contacted the Lakers, not the Suns. He thought he would go to the Lakers, so he was very happy, and even had a party to celebrate, but the party was not over yet, and his agent told him that he was traded to the Suns.

After arriving at the hotel and settling down, 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?"

Lao Wang shook his head and said, "I don't want people to share my money, point a gun at me, and don't want to take a dollar from me."

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

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

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

"Brother, have you been cheated?" Old Wang asked in surprise.

Barkley smiled wryly: "After I entered the league, my first agent took all my money, and only gave me [-] US dollars a month for living expenses. The rest of the money was invested, and then I never saw 'them' again. After four seasons, I went bankrupt."

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

"Brother, you have been working for nothing for four years. Your IQ is worrying!"

Old Wang made a joke, but said in his heart, Brother Hei's IQ is really not that good.

But this is also the first time he heard the word investment, what does it mean?

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

There are three kinds of systematic training on hand, and he needs to complete 5 hours of training within two months, with an average of [-] hours a day. In fact, his physical requirements are very high.

Fortunately, he has done heavy physical work for several months, and his physical fitness is really good. He has reached level 90. He should practice less on days when there are competitions, and more on days when there are no competitions.

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

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

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

Among them, Hornacek is the main bargaining chip in the trade. He averaged 20+5+5 All-Star data per game in the Suns last season. He is very strong, especially his three-point shooting percentage last season was as high as 43.9%.

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

According to Lao Wang's technical characteristics, a pull-out tactic was arranged, allowing Lao Wang to enter the basket and play Andrew Lang in singles.

Now that it has been decided to train Wang Tiejun, it must be guaranteed in terms of playing time, shots, ball possession, tactical status, etc. Otherwise, what is the training?
Of course, the intensity of training depends on Wang Tiejun's performance. If he shows a strong potential, his strength will definitely be great.

In the training session in the afternoon, the Suns conducted relevant tactical training, including the pull-out tactics arranged for Wang Tiejun.

However, the training effect is mediocre, because among all the inside players of the Suns, no one can have a strong confrontation with Wang Tiejun.

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

In this case, he gets to the basket very easily, so it can't simulate a real confrontational 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 indicated that Wang Tiejun's status in the team was completely different from the previous two games, and everyone knew it well.

(End of this chapter)