From today on is the king

Chapter 468

"Oh, Michael, have you heard that the five All-Star starters in the East will give up their starting positions to you!" O'Neal said exaggeratedly.

"Hahahaha, the young man sees that I can hardly walk anymore, I'm just being polite." Jordan was rarely humbled.

After Jordan came to Atlanta today, he was refreshed. He saw Carter's interview when he first arrived, and said that he would let him start, and then Iverson, Tracy McGrady, and Liu Mang followed up one after another. As for whether Ratliff said he would let him go, Jordan didn't seem to see it, but O'Neal said so, so he took it seriously.

If Ratliff knew what O'Neill said, he would definitely kill this fat man with a gulp of Gatorade. Who said I would let him start?You can't make it to the All-Star starter and you want to drag me down?

O'Neal talked and laughed happily with Jordan and Olajuwon in the auditorium. As several big men who have dominated the NBA in the past ten years, Duncan, the 99-year championship MVP, is missing.

As for Carter, Iverson, and McGrady on the side, in front of these three big shots, they are like followers...

Yes, O'Neal is going to rest again today. He has just played ten regular-season games in a row. O'Neal said that he is a little tired. It is time to rest for a few days, and let's talk about playing a full star.

Kobe looked at O'Neal's truce again, and was so angry that he said he would stop fighting if he didn't fight. No wonder the fat man didn't participate in the pre-match interview, which is such a showy thing!
Forget it, you can still win without the fat man!Kobe has absolute self-confidence, otherwise he wouldn't have gone three out of the Big Four in the summer of 04, and Odom would still be yelling to win the championship.

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On the side of the Hawks' bench, Liu Mang was also upset.

If O'Neal doesn't play, the Eagles' chances of winning will increase sharply. When Liu Mang draws daily tasks, the highest level is only 3, and he can score at least 20 points against Kobe's defense.

The decline in the dominance of the OK combination this year is a fact. O'Neal's peak years have passed. Of course, he is still the league's number one center, and he will be for several years to come. Among the league's active centers, except for O'Neal, none can reach the level of a top star until Yao Ming becomes a killer and Howard enters the peak.

In terms of function, Ben Wallace has the effect of a top star, but on the offensive end, a team with him basically means one less person to attack, except when grabbing offensive rebounds.

It's just that the Lakers are not a team with very good talent. Zen Master himself said that the five championships he won with the Lakers, his talent is more than 01:30 points behind the Bulls.

Except for the two core players who were No.1 in the same position or even No.1 in the league at the time, the talent of the others was surprisingly poor. He himself was very surprised that he could successfully defend the championship three times.

This can be seen from 04 when O'Neal was traded to Odom and Caron Butler, two quasi-All-Star players. Except for OK, except for the Big Four and the left fish, the Lakers seem to be basically equivalent to negative equity. It all depends on the core players to win.

Just look at the starting lineup of the Lakers on the big screen. Fisher and Kobe have a good backcourt combination. Fisher is also called Xiaoyu. He defends desperately, shows his big heart, and has excellent physical fitness.

Then, the Lakers' small forward, 34-year-old Rick Fox, power forward, Samaki Walker, who averaged 4 points and 5 rebounds per game this season, and center, Wang Zhizhi.

Except that Fisher is at the peak, with an ability value of 80 quasi-first-class level, Kobe is about to enter the peak period, his ability value has increased to 94, and he is about to enter the real super giant level, and he is short of leading the team to hit the street for a year.

In addition to these two quasi-first-class stars and quasi-superstars, the other three starters of the Lakers, Fox, with an ability value of 70, averaged 7 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists per game, is an average small forward. At the starting level, he can play at the starting level of a bad team, and the ability of the main substitute of the playoff team, but he has much more playing time and performance opportunities than he originally got in the Clippers. The data and performance are not bad. He averaged 65 points, 68 rebounds and 9 assists per game.

Without O'Neal, only Kobe is left to lead the team. It seems that the Lakers lineup is so miserable. Liu Mang didn't pay attention to it before, but now because the daily task level is so low, he curiously looked at the ability value of the Lakers' starting lineup. It was a ghost. This lineup, even if it was a year younger last season, but what the hell is missing a substitute insider with excellent three-point ability. That is to say, last year except for O'Neal, the Lakers lineup is like this.

Liu Mang thinks that O'Neill is really amazing!Give Kobe a three-in-a-row.

The pressure of the game is not too high, the opponent is difficult to deal with Kobe, just find a way to limit him.

What depressed Liu Mang was the matter of getting the All-Stars to start. He didn't expect that there would be so many people competing with him to start. It was worse than the Lakers winning three consecutive championships by relying on OK.

He always thought that Carter was forced to give up because of domestic public opinion.

But if you think about it carefully, Jordan is so proud of himself, if Carter makes him reluctant, he will accept it.

Carter, who has such a high emotional intelligence, is also nicknamed Flying Man. He must be the one who makes the starter the most active, and Jordan will accept it.

The old man is also an arrogant person.

But Liu Mang had no way to say that he would let Jordan be the starter. Before the All-Star bench lineup came out, although the coaches would not let Jordan lose the All-Star selection in theory, but Jordan hadn’t even made the All-Star, so he said in advance that he would let him go.

Although this year's All-Star Weekend, Liu Mang didn't want to win the MVP or anything. Even if the starting ability value is a little lower, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if his performance is almost inaccurate, but...

"God's perfect curtain call: The host needs to help Michael Jordan win the MVP of the 2003 Atlanta All-Star Game. Task reward: Michael Jordan's 1984-1985 season star card. Failure penalty: None."

"Michael Jordan 1984-1985 version, ability value 91, offense 99, defense 80, three-pointer 56, mid-range shooting 80, layup 100, speed 93, strength 88, bounce 99..."

This is why Mao Liu Mang was so active in the pre-match interview and announced that he would start the game. Seeing that Jordan was a top star in his rookie year and his physical fitness was almost invincible as a guard in history, Liu Mang's first reaction was "fuck".
I can only go to Jordan in person, and have a good communication about who he accepts as the starter. Liu Mang thinks that if Jordan wants to accept, it is really possible to accept the starter given by Carter.

Liu Mang put aside these miscellaneous thoughts and devoted himself to the game. It is not easy to score 20 points against Kobe, he is a monster.

The future backup champion MVP Iguodala, who was still in his rookie year, once played against Kobe for the first time in his rookie year, saying that he defended Kobe. In that game, Kobe scored 27 points on 7 of 17 shots.The second time Kobe played against the 76ers, he went directly to the 76ers locker room and said that he wanted to defend against Iguodala and score at most 5 points, and he also wanted to score 50 points, which was at least ten times the score of Iguodala.

Of course, few of the little blacksmith's bragging can be realized. Iguodala scored 6 points in that game, and Kobe only scored 48 points. Both of his bold words were not completed.

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Soon, the game was about to start, and the two teams made their debut.

The Eagles continued to send Jason Terry, Prince, Raheem, Muhammad, Ratliff.

This game is not as influential as the Rockets game. Since the Chinese New Year is still in the country, the ratings can only be said to be okay. The regular season does not have as much attention as the All-Star Weekend, so the Eagles management did not insist on starting Liu Mang.

Lakers starting lineup: Fisher, Kobe, Fox, Walker, Wang Zhizhi.

The old fans who watched the NBA in front of the domestic TV burst into tears. Our country has three players who have played in the NBA as a starter!

After the start of the game, Ratliff beat Wang Zhizhi to win the jump ball, and the Eagles went first.

Jason Terry advanced up the court, and Kobe immediately stuck up to Jason Terry as soon as he got beyond the three-point line, giving a strong physical confrontation.

Liu Mang stared closely at Kobe's movements, wanting to see how Kobe's defense has improved from last year. Those small movements are hard to see from the TV screen.

(End of this chapter)