"Pippen."

James's answer surprised Sun Hao.

This is what he can think of when someone else gives a ticket, after all, it is normal for someone to take a fancy to James's talent in a group of bigwigs on the Trail Blazers.

But how could it be Pippen?

Second Master Pi is a famous Zhan Hei!

I don't understand.

But the matter is right in front of me, and I can only believe it.

The two chatted about the game for a while, and James and Sun Hao also said one thing.

He is 16 years old and ready to get a tattoo.

The tattoo culture here in the United States is very popular, and there are many tattoo monsters in the NBA.

Like Fetzer, who entered the league with Sun Hao last year, is a famous tattoo expert.

Although James is a little younger, it is not surprising that he has this thought.

"I'm going to tattoo the chief."

The reason why James told Sun Hao about this was because the content he wanted to tattoo was related to Sun Hao.

Sun Hao didn't expect it at all.

James, are you going to go back to your nickname?

No, James is by no means that kind of person.

I guess I want to use this transitional nickname as an incentive to remind myself at all times.

Originally, it wasn't really anything.

But after Yi Jianlian told him last time that the chief also meant chief, Sun Hao felt a little embarrassed.

Especially in Su Qun's article, the duel between the European emperor and the non-chief was also used.

Tattoos can't be cleaned, if James knows what it means in the future, and tattoos are on his body again, I'm afraid he will chase himself with an AK.

Free America......

"LeBron, I don't think that's a wise choice, after all, I believe that one day, you will have the nickname of Little Emperor."

Sun Hao opened his mouth and said.

"Really?"

James looked slightly excited.

At the time of the All-Star Weekend, Sun Hao said that he would challenge him and get that nickname.

Now Sun Hao said that he was optimistic about him, which shows that Sun Hao is sure of him!

Could it be that Sun Hao is really secretly observing him?

Sun Hao didn't know what James was thinking, so he gave James a suggestion.

"If you want to get a tattoo, I think there's a word that works well for you, and you're going to love it."

James was full of anticipation.

After Sun Hao said that word.

Sure enough, his face was full of joy.

And he was sure that Sun Hao was secretly observing him, and he really understood him.

In the locker room after the game, the Mavericks celebrated in the locker room.

After they finished celebrating, news came from the other side.

The Spurs lost in straight sets and knocked the Suns out.

The Suns didn't stand a chance at all.

The key is that Kidd played a miserable one, shooting 31.1 percent from the field and 23.5 percent from three-point range throughout the series......

His contract expires this season, and with his performance in the playoffs, as well as the status and value of the team he needs now, he is afraid that he has no place to mix in the West.

Now, the Spurs are waiting to see who will make it out of the line.

The Mavericks and Trail Blazers will play their next game in Portland, with two days off in between.

In the past two days, Portland's fans have done everything they can to cheer for the team.

Although the next game is the match point of the Mavericks, because it is a best-of-5 system, as long as they win the next game, the two sides will enter the final tie-break.

Even they asked Barkley to keep his mouth shut on the forum.

The reaction is quite real.

After Sun Hao popularized poisoned milk to reporters, the word spread in the American forum.

Even many Portland fans blamed Barkley's poisoned milk for the fiasco in the last game.

Barkley was relatively speechless on the show, but he chose not to speak.

Now that he is a commentator, there is no need to grudge with fans in a city.

A day later, Game 4 between the Mavericks and Trail Blazers continued at Portland's Moda Center.

The course of the game left the Portlanders in despair.

The Mavericks were clearly not as good as they were last night, but the Trail Blazers played really badly.

No, it would be more accurate to say that it stinks.

The most obvious point is that except for Sabonis, everyone on the field wants to be the main point of attack, and the rush to shoot is frequent.

Shooting or not shooting is secondary, mainly because this style of play speeds up the pace of the game, and the game enters the rhythm that the Mavericks like.

Dunleavy Sr.'s successive timeouts failed to change the situation on the court.

It's a clear sign that he's losing control of this team.

In the end, the Portlanders' expected comeback did not materialize, and they lost to the Mavericks again 74-93, and were eliminated 1-3.

In the post-game press conference, Dunleavy Sr. also announced that he would resign as head coach of the Trail Blazers.

This result surprised everyone.

After all, in most people's opinion, the core players of this team have not changed much, and they played to the Lakers in a tie-break last season.

Even if such a team doesn't perform well after the All-Star break, it will be enough to play a Mavericks team with little playoff experience.

But the fact is that they have too many internal contradictions, and when they have an advantage like the previous two games, they can't see those problems.

But as soon as you get into a headwind disadvantage, just like in the third game, all those contradictions will be brought out.

And when those contradictions are played out, the whole team will be finished.

After the game between the Mavericks and the Trail Blazers is over, except for the Knicks and Raptors who want to play a tie-break, the series of other groups has ended.

In the East, the 76ers won three games in a row after being defeated in the first game, defeating the Pacers 3-1.

The Pacers were out of the first round of last season's Finals team, and the Trail Blazers' ending can be said to be half a pound.

However, their defeat was more due to the lack of success, and the search for a manager who was not suitable to be a manager at all.

The 76ers' second-round opponent has not yet been decided, and Iverson still has to wait for the winner between the Raptors and Knicks.

But the remaining three groups have already been released.

The Bucks beat the Magic 3-1 and Maddy was eliminated in the first round, but no one blames him because he played well enough on his own.

Especially in the third game, he scored 42 points and 10 assists in a single game to help the team win, and his performance was very good.

For him, he just lost a first-round loss.

The Bucks' second-round opponent was the Hornets, who swept the Heat.

The super team built by Pat Wright is just like Barkley complaining, like paper paste, and it is worn as soon as it is sold.

However, many people can still see that this Hornets team is underrated.

The core of Mashburn, David Wesley, Byron Davis, plus PJ Brown and Elden Campbell, has every chance of breaking through from the East.

On the Western side, the matchup between the Spurs and the Mavericks has been decided.

In the remaining two groups, the Lakers easily defeated the Timberwolves 3-0, with an average net win of 15+ points per game.

It doesn't look like the goal difference is much, but it's a big part of the OK is all closed.

Ever since Kobe Bryant became a Pennsylvania Magic, the Lakers have felt so strong that they are suffocating.

"We are unstoppable."

O'Neill is also unabashed in front of the media.

If it were someone else or another team, many people would feel like they were setting a flag for themselves.

But O'Neal of the Lakers, no one thinks there's anything wrong with that.

The Lakers' opponent in the second round is the Kings.

The Preiston Flashes whirlwind, knocking out the Utah duo 3-1, and Adelman has set off a new wave in the league.

The second round of matches will not start until two days later.

It was also at this time that the league announced the attribution of the second batch of awards.

Best Defensive Player and Best Rookie.

The race for this year's Defensive Player of the Year has been fierce.

Ben Wallace of the Pistons had the best season of his career, averaging 6.4 points, 13.2 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 2.3 blocks per game, which is simply a copy of Rodman.

Ratliffe, the former 76ers' block king, averaged 12.4 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game.

Garnett averaged 22 points, 11.4 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.8 blocks per game.

The Spurs' twin towers, David Robinson and Tim Duncan, averaged 14.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game, while the latter averaged 22.2 points, 12.2 rebounds, 1 steal and 2.3 blocks.

and, Mutombo.

Uncle Mu was sent to the 76ers at the trade deadline to help the 76ers successfully reach the top of the East, and he also handed in 10 points, 13.5 rebounds and 2.7 blocks this season.

Ultimately, the votes were concentrated on Mutombo, Garnett and Duncan.

Uncle Mu finally beat the others and was voted the best defensive player with nearly 40% of the vote.

This result is not too surprising, after all, the 76ers have been doing perfectly this season.

However, Detroit fans raised a lot of questions about Wallace's vote, who received only 5 percent of the vote.

It can only be said that the Pistons' record this season is not satisfactory, and Wallace is not famous enough.

The outcome of the best defensive player is debatable, but the rookie of the year is not in doubt.

Sun Hao got 96% of the votes!

For the remaining 4 percent, Mike Miller accounted for 3 percent and Martin accounted for 1 percent......

As for Mark Jackson, who had partnered with Sun Hao in the rookie competition before and performed well, he was not selected because of the lack of participation.

This percentage of votes is the highest since Duncan, and it is higher than Carter at the beginning.

Sun Hao's ability to fight is one thing, and his competitors are really not enough to fight!

The results of this selection immediately attracted cheers from domestic fans on the forum.

"Who else!!"

"I just called Klaus, the general manager of the Bulls, and his phone is off."

"Klaus has been shrewd all his life, and even Jordan is calculating, but it turned out to be a big heel in our Sun Hao."

"Old Nielsen's best general manager is really hammered!"

"Actually, we should be grateful to Klaus, if it weren't for him, Sun Hao wouldn't have met old Nelson, and he wouldn't have so many opportunities to perform!"

"Well, we love Barkley! We love Klaus too! (?ω?)”

"I'm looking forward to Sun Hao's next appearance ceremony now, the 2001 NBA All-Star, the 2001 Best Rookie, and the rookie used these two prefixes in his first year, which is really not much!"

"Cool to fly, the strongest No. 24 show!"

……

Like the Rookie of the Month received by Sun Hao before, the season rewards can also be collected in the league or awarded on the spot.

Like Mutombo, because the 76ers' opponents in the next round have not yet been determined, he will go to the New York headquarters to collect it himself.

Uncle Mu, who is officially 35 years old, is the fourth best defensive player in his career, which makes him happy to think about.

Sun Hao didn't go to New York, but he was only a day late for receiving the award.

In the final game of the regular season, in order to avoid the Trail Blazers in the first round, the Mavericks and Spurs staged a game of acting skills against each other.

In the end, the Spurs went even further and managed to secure a favorable position for themselves in the first round.

But Popovich did everything, but he didn't count that the Mavericks actually killed the Trail Blazers.

This time it went to the second round, because of that game, the Mavericks had home-court advantage!

Sure enough, you can't just look at things for a while, it has to look backwards!

"Simavich."

The new nickname given to Popovich by domestic fans at the forum quickly became popular.

The organs are exhausted, and the chess loses a move, Sima Zhongda, Popovich.

It's very rhyming.

And quite figurative.

The next night, the Mavericks sat at home and faced the Spurs in the second round.

Players on both sides come on to warm up.

On one side is the second-best team in the West that swept the Suns to advance easily, and on the other side is the second-best team in the West who eliminated the second-best team in the West last year.

It's a lot to look forward to.

However, before the start of the competition, the award ceremony for the best rookie was held on the spot.

David Stern, president of the league, came to the scene and handed Sun Hao the trophy of the best rookie.

"Congratulations."

This is the second time Stern has come face-to-face with Sun Hao.

The last time was at the draft.

Compared with the last time, Stern's eyes were obviously more radiant when he looked at Sun Hao.

Last time, he only saw the possibility from Sun Hao, but this time, that possibility has become a reality.

With Sun Hao's performance in the NBA getting better and better, the door to the Chinese market has been rapidly opening to the NBA.

This is also the reason why he privately encouraged teams to actively recruit players in China.

Sun Hao has already achieved success, and there will be another Chinese player who will succeed again.

When there are more Chinese teams in the NBA, after the market is completely opened, with the number of Chinese fans, it will become the NBA's No. 1 overseas market without any suspense.

Sun Hao took the trophy from Stern's hand and said thank you.

Unlike the previous Rookie of the Month trophy, the Rookie of the Season trophy is a rectangular glass item with the silhouette of Jerry West, a male with the logo.

The names of the winners are written on the wooden pedestal.

"2000~2001 Rookie of the Year, Sun Hao, Dallas Mavericks."

Sun Hao put the trophy on the table next to him and began his acceptance speech after the cheers of the fans fell.

From his parents to the team management, from the coaching staff to his teammates, Sun Hao thanked everyone he could.

This testimonial is very personal in his style, but at the end of the testimonial, he said something that many people do not understand.

"Michael, I did it, it's up to you."

This is a somewhat beginningless sentence, and Sun Hao said it to the camera.

It was like saying it to someone who wasn't there.

And Michael?

Isn't this the god of basketball, Black Jesus, the first reaction of people!

Sun Hao and Jordan's bet was not made public, and all the fans couldn't figure out what it was about.

But thousands of miles away, on the outskirts of Chicago, Jordan, who was resting on the estate, sneezed.

This weather is a bit cool. Diagram of the Avenue of the Heavens