God of NBA point guards

Chapter 618
The next day, the media focused on the opening games between the SuperSonics and the Nets, the Lakers and the Spurs, and analyzed the four teams.

NBC TV station reported: "The Iron Fist King is still extremely dominant and controls everything on the court. It can be predicted that the SuperSonics will still be extremely powerful this season.

The Nets' strength has not changed much. They are not competitive compared with the SuperSonics, and they can only dominate the Eastern Conference.

Although the Spurs won the opening game, their performance was actually poor. Duncan was positioned a little further from the basket, while Tony Parker's performance needs to be more stable. The French sports car seems to have wasted too much on women in the offseason. energy.

The Lakers' bench is aging, and O'Neal's weight caused a foot injury before the season started, and he needs to control his weight.

Kobe has been practicing extra time. It is said that he gets up at four o'clock every day. Isn't he tired?It is recommended that Kobe take more rest. Excessive consumption is not good. "

The Sonics' second game was an away game against the Warriors. Mike Miller started and made 15 of 9 shots from the field, 6 of 3 three-pointers, and free throws, scoring 22 points.

Zhou Quan gave Mike Miller a lot of open passes and received 5 assists from him alone. Miller well demonstrated the characteristics of a shooter who does not waste open opportunities.

After the game, Mike Miller told reporters: "I am very happy to come to the SuperSonics and play next to the Iron Fist King. I will get a lot of open shooting opportunities, and my shooting percentage will definitely increase a lot. This It’s something to be excited about and look forward to.”

In addition to Mike Miller, Kurt Thomas' performance was also very stable, and he performed very tough on the defensive end. On the offensive end, like Miller, he hit many open mid-range shots and scored 18 points efficiently.

Zhou Quan sent a total of 22 assists in this game, getting 7+ assists in a single game for the seventh time in his career.

The regular season is slowly getting back on track. On the night of November 11, the SuperSonics played against the Mavericks at home. In the 28th minute of the final quarter, Zhou Quan received his 8th assist and the 16th assist in his career.

He became the youngest point guard in the history of the league with 1 assists, which can be considered a record.

On the 30th, after finishing the November schedule, the SuperSonics ranked first in the league, with 15 wins and 2 losses.

The two games lost were the away loss to the Lakers after O'Neal's comeback, and the back-to-back away defeat to the Spurs.

Zhou Quan won the Western Conference Player of the Month award this month and ranked first in MVP.

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On this day, Whitsitt told Zhou Quan the news that the Heat were interested in trading Payton and were in contact with the Bucks. The target of the trade was Ray Allen.

Zhou Quan understood the Heat's plan after thinking for a moment. Payton is four years older than him. He will be 35 years old when he plays in the playoffs next year and is at the end of his peak. If he does not trade him out, once Payton's condition declines, the transaction value will be reduced. It will drop significantly, so this is the best time to trade Payton.

But why did the Bucks trade Ray Allen?Ray Allen has played 20+ superstar-level performances for four consecutive seasons. What does the Bucks management think?

But it had nothing to do with him, and he forgot about it after hearing it.

However, recently the media was hyping up a piece of news about a high school student, which made him pay some attention because the high school student had something to do with him.

On the morning of December 12, high school student LeBron James revealed to the media that he would skip the NCAA and enter the NBA directly.

29 teams in the NBA have already established draft files for him. As soon as this news came out, it attracted the attention of the entire league and many media.

"LeBron James, 203 cm, 109 kg, point guard, both static and dynamic talents have reached the top level, even surpassing the Iron Fist King, and his draft template is the Iron Fist King, he will be the next Iron Fist King , even surpassing Iron Fist.” New York Times.

Zhou Quan pays attention to this high school student precisely because many American media identify this high school student as his draft template.

Some media believe that James should not play point guard, but should play small forward. However, according to LeBron James's personal will, he prefers to play point guard.

"I want to learn from the King of Iron Fist, and I hope to be like him." When interviewed by the media, he said with a childish look.

Time came to 2003, as All-Star voting began, a deal began to take shape, and was announced on January 1th.

Ray Allen and Gary Payton exchanged clubs. Both of them have an annual salary of more than 200 million US dollars, but Ray Allen is younger, so the Heat took a 03 second-round pick.

The news of this transaction has long been revealed by the media, and Gary Payton also knows about it. He is very angry, but as he gets older, he is getting older. He was abandoned by the Sonics when he was young, and he was abandoned by the Heat when he was old. His anger does not seem to be as angry as before. Big.

However, he has made a decision. This season is his contract year. After this season, he will leave and go to a team that can win the championship. He will fight for the championship in the later years of his career.

The regular season went to the end of January, and the All-Star voting ended. Zhou Quan once again won the vote, with 128 million more votes than last season. With the promotion of the NBA around the world, its popularity has steadily increased.

Yao once again became the starting center of the Eastern Conference All-Stars. Domestic votes accounted for 37%, and more than [-]% of the votes came from the United States, mainly Chicago.

Jordan, on the other hand, received only 91 votes in this vote, ranking fourth among Eastern Conference guards, lower than Tracy McGrady, Iverson and Kidd.

However, Vince Carter, who subsequently won the No. 1 forward position vote, announced that he would give up the starting forward position in the Eastern Conference to Jordan, which won praise from the media.

In addition, O'Neal, who won the first place in the Western Conference center voting, will miss the All-Star Game due to injury, and Ben Wallace, who ranked second in the center voting, will serve as the starting center in the Western Conference.

Another three months have passed, halfway through the schedule, and the league's situation has gradually become clearer.

The SuperSonics are still No. 40 in the league, with 4 wins and [-] losses. Their record is comparable to last season. The changes in the lineup have not weakened the team's strength.

The second place in the Western Conference is neither the Lakers, nor the Spurs, nor the Kings, but the Mavericks, who have 36 wins and 9 losses.

The Mavericks have won 14 consecutive games and are a sudden rise in the Western Conference. Therefore, they have become one of the favorite teams to reach the Western Conference Finals this season.

O'Neal sat out 12 games, and the Lakers had 30 wins and 14 losses, ranking third in the Western Conference.

第四是33胜15负的国王，第五30胜16负的马刺。东部第一是32胜14负的篮网，胜负差和西部第四的国王一样，联盟仍然是东弱西强的格局。

Dayao's Bulls' record has improved compared to last season, with 21 wins and 23 losses. They are currently in the ninth position in the Eastern Conference and have hopes of making the playoffs.

Dayao's performance has improved compared to his rookie season, averaging 31 minutes per game, 18.9 points and 9.1 rebounds, and shooting 52.5% from the field.

The media focused on praising the Mavericks and criticizing teams such as the Lakers and Spurs, while emphasizing that the strong west and weak east are not conducive to the development of the league.

January 1st, Lunar New Year’s Eve.

Zhou Jun and Zeng Yu came over from Los Angeles. There were nine people in the family, plus the family's nanny, chef, security driver, etc., there were close to 20 people. They had three big tables, and it was quite lively.

During the New Year's dinner, Lin Yufen suddenly mentioned Zeng Li and Zeng Yu's parents and sighed: "Oh, we are reunited as a family here. Your parents have spent the New Year alone in China for so many years. In my heart... …You two sisters have both married into our family, your parents have not remarried, and there is no one to take care of them.”

Zeng Yu hurriedly said: "Mom, Xiaojun and I will return to China to develop in two years. Then we will just take my mother and father to take care of us."

Zhou Jun nodded and said: "The two of them are not together. It's not easy to take care of one without taking care of the other. That's what I thought. After Xiaoyu and I returned to China and settled down, we bought two houses near where we lived and arranged for Xiaoyu's parents. good."

"Let's do it like this for now. I'll retire in a few years and we'll make arrangements based on the situation after I return to China. We can also bring them to the capital." Zhou Quan said to Zeng Li.

Zeng Li nodded, thinking of her parents, she was also a little sad.

Her parents had different personalities and quarreled every day, and later divorced. It was not easy for her mother to take care of the two sisters by herself. She often moved from here to there. She remembers moving at least sixteen or seventeen times, which was very harmful to her and her sister. Fortunately, my parents never remarried after their divorce, and my father sent me money every time I got paid, so the situation wasn't too bad.

If her parents were together, she would have brought them together long ago. She also tried to persuade them to get back together, but to no avail. Until now, they would quarrel whenever they met.

On the evening of February 2, at around twelve o'clock, Zhou Quan had just played his last game before the All-Star Weekend at home and was still on the road when Zeng Li fell asleep.

Suddenly, her cell phone rang, waking her up.

"mom?"

Somewhat confusedly, she took the mobile phone on the bedside table. When she saw the number, it was her mother's mobile phone number and she quickly connected.

This time, she received a bolt from the blue news. Half an hour ago, her father had entertained a friend at home to pay him New Year greetings. He had a heart attack after drinking a little wine and could not wait until the ambulance arrived.

Zeng Li collapsed at that time and started crying.

Zhou Quan was stunned when he received a call from Zeng Li on the way. His father-in-law was not very old, only in his early fifties. How could he have a heart attack?
He immediately called Whitchet. Not only could the All-Stars be unable to attend, but he also had to take a few days off to return home to handle the funeral.

At 7 a.m. on the 9th, a charter flight took off from Seattle and flew directly to YC City.

Zhou Quan's family stayed in China for ten days. After the first seven days, they returned to the United States on February 2 and brought their great mother to Seattle.

After the All-Star Game, the Sonics played two away games. They lost first to the Celtics and then to the Kings. With 45 wins and 6 losses, the Sonics still ranked first in the league.

Zhou Quan has a core style of play. Without him, the Sonics would be a completely different team, especially on the offensive end, with no structure at all.

On the day he returned to Seattle, the Bulls also arrived in Seattle.

The Bulls' draft last year was the same failure as the Wizards' draft the year before.

状元秀杰伊威廉姆斯场均26分钟，9.5分2.6篮板4.7助攻1.1抢断的表现，命中率39.9%，算不得如何优秀。

Fortunately, this data is a little better than Kwame Brown, and the Bulls still have some expectations.

In addition, there were no particularly outstanding rookies among last year's rookies. The performance of the No. [-] pick was barely passable, which made the Bulls less miserable.

This is Yao Min's second season with the Bulls, and his statistics are not as good as those of Brand, the No. [-] pick. So no one knows what the Bulls are thinking. Maybe the Bulls will also trade him.

But no matter what, the Bulls' current record is better than Brand's two seasons.

Next, the regular season continues.

On March 3, the SuperSonics challenged the Spurs on the road.

During a breakthrough with the ball, Tony Parker collided with Zhou Quan. Not only was he sentenced to an offensive foul, but he also injured himself.

This injury caused Parker to miss half a month, and Ginobili took over the starting position. When he returned, the regular season was almost over.

The Spurs lost to the Kings when Parker was injured. This game was very important because the Spurs and Kings had the same winning percentage before. They were ranked in front of the Kings based on their mutual records. Now that they lost this game, they were immediately separated. Dropped from third in the Western Conference to fourth in the Western Conference.

This makes Popovich very angry, because once the Spurs secure fourth place in the Western Conference, they will face the SuperSonics in the second round, which he doesn't want.

He wanted to overtake the Kings in the last week, but ultimately failed to do so.

The Sonics also suffered injuries. Ben suffered a waist injury at the end of March and missed 9 games. He remained on the injured list until the end of the regular season.

During the period when Ben was injured, because the playoffs were approaching, Zhou Quan did not exert any more strength, so he lost two away games in the Eastern Conference.

(End of this chapter)