basketball king lunatic

Chapter 18 San Antonio

The Bulls' schedule for the new season is a typical weak team's schedule, difficult at both ends and easy in the middle.After all, for a team that hasn't dropped out of the top [-] draft picks in the past five seasons, it can't be a strong team.

The weak team's schedule is a typical two-end difficult middle easy, while the strong team is the opposite, two easy middle difficult, which is why Wang Shipeng is looking at the schedule at the moment in a daze.

They are on the plane flying to San Antonio. After the Sonics played at home in the opening game, what is waiting for the Bulls is a perverted four-linker.Moreover, it is the four consecutive guests in the west.

"What's the matter? Arthur!" Seeing Wang Shipeng's expression, Jaylen Ross approached curiously.

"Jaylen, our schedule is too perverted. On October 10, we will play away to the Spurs, on November 31, we will play away to the Timberwolves, on the 11rd we will play the Jazz back-to-back, and on the 2th we will go to Oakland to play the Warriors. Oh my God, What do the bastards of the Alliance think?" Wang Shipeng really cut off the spray.

It is not necessarily true that these four teams are all very strong.It can even be said that apart from the Spurs, the strength of the remaining three teams may not even be comparable to the current Bulls.

Karl Malone left Los Angeles, and Stockton regretted retiring.The strongest person in the Jazz this season is probably sitting on the coaching bench.

The Warriors are in a state of disarray, and they are not the dynasty team they will be more than a decade later.Still waiting for old Nelson to come back from Dallas to help them restore order.

Garnett is a strong player, but his ability to lead a team has never been favored.The Minnesota ball market is smaller than San Antonio, and they don't have Zhuge Weiqi, who can turn stones into gold, so it's not a concern (of course, Wang Shipeng from later generations would never think so. No one knows Garnett better than him now. What a dreadful MVP season.)
It's just that in just a week or so, I almost flew back and forth from south to north in the western United States.This is too scary.

"Hehe, rookie, this is where it is!" Pippen, who was sitting in front of Wang Shipeng, turned his head and laughed at Wang Shipeng, who had never seen the world: "The league's schedule has always been like this. The suppression was too hard. It’s actually much better now. You know, in 99, the Bulls even had back-to-back, and there were more than one, and some were connected from east to west. Of course, I wasn’t here at that time. gone."

Wang Shipeng twitched the corner of his mouth, what Pippen said was really straightforward.

"But this is because our record has not been good in the past few years. If we can enter the playoffs, the league is unwilling and will give us a favorable schedule." Jerome Williams, another veteran of the team Come together and say.

"Next year, I will make the Bulls' schedule better." Wang Shipeng said silently in his heart.

However, the most urgent task is to deal with the current four-linked guest.

Before boarding the plane, Cartwright announced the decision of the coaching staff. In the first game against the Spurs, the team decided to give up strategically.Concentrate on fighting for the last three games.Cartwright is also drifting. He feels that with the current strength of his team, it is not that he has no chance to win all three games.

Of course, giving up the Spurs does not mean that the main players will directly truce.After all, this is not the era when the famous coaches may truce in order to reduce star injuries in the regular season ten years later.David Stern is not Adam's joke. The iron-fisted president will not tolerate stars who don't work hard.

If it weren't for the Spurs, Wang Shipeng might be a supporter of Cartwright.Even trying to find a way to give Cartwright an idea.For example, Curry's hips were tense, and Chandler's akimbo was injured. For Wang Shipeng, who has seen hundreds of injuries in later generations, the reason for thinking of a truce is not to sprinkle water.

However, San Antonio, Spurs, Popovich.You are different.

In 01, he almost joined the Spurs. At the beginning, he was ready to retire from the CBA. After all, no one is unwilling to cooperate with the number one power forward in history and a super coach.

But Popovich eventually waived him, despite his injury and Ginobili's timely coverage.But this can't solve Wang Shipeng's knot. After all, in his previous life, he liked the Spurs very much, a team that "doesn't do business properly".

At eight o'clock in the evening on October 10st, the Bulls who had just arrived at the ATT Center had just started warming up before the game.Wang Shipeng approached Cartwright.

"Coach, I have something to tell you." Wang Shipeng was very serious.

Seeing Wang Shipeng's appearance, Cartwright was scratching his head. It's not that he didn't notice Wang Shipeng's abnormality. Ordinarily, there was nothing wrong with the decision he made with the coaching staff. Although the Bulls are full of talent now, Cartwright also believes that it will take another three years or so. , As long as the core lineup remains unchanged, the Bulls will definitely become a playoff team and even a favorite for the championship again.

But if you want to compete with the Spurs, a dynasty-level team that has won two championships in the past five years, Cartwright feels that it is still far away.The entire league knows that the only ones who have the strength to compete with the current Spurs are probably the Los Angeles natives who have just created a dynasty.This year, the fat man and the paranoid in Los Angeles are gnashing their teeth to avenge the dynasty that was terminated last year.

But what does this boy's expression mean?
"Coach, I don't want to give up the game against San Antonio. Or, if you let Eddie and Tyson rest, please don't replace me. I hope to play the whole game." To be honest, Wang Shipeng made such a request. Uneasy, he knew that he was only initially approved by the coach.And he also heard about some conflicts between the coach and the management because of himself.To be honest, he is also unwilling to have a conflict with the coach at this time, because his foothold is not stable.But he also didn't want to let go of this opportunity, and wanted to play a crazy performance in front of Popovich, let him see what he gave up at the beginning.

"Why?" Cartwright was unexpectedly calm, but Wang Shipeng was a little surprised.But this is a good thing.

Wang Shipeng thought about his great-grandmother who passed away early in his heart, and brewed his emotions.In a very sad tone, it tells the story of a very hard-working basketball boy who was abandoned by a team that promised him when he was most helpless.Almost devastated, finally overcame difficulties with strong perseverance, and finally stood with that team, eager to revenge story.

The corner of Cartwright's mouth twitched. He really wanted to ask Wang Shipeng, do your parents know that you are so handsome?
In fact, Cartwright knew about this, and even an important reason why the Bulls paid attention to Wang Shipeng was because of Popovich.

After all, Popovich, who is best at shopping for treasures among international players and low-ranking players, has naturally received the attention of many teams in the league.Spurs scouts, especially those sent abroad, have been tracked by other teams.

So as soon as the news that the Spurs paid attention to Wang Shipeng came out, several teams sent scouts to Guangdong at the same time.Among them are New York and Chicago.

(End of this chapter)