Chapter 117: Spurs and Rodman
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After the game with the Rockets, the Jazz's schedule Cavaliers are very difficult, because in addition to playing the Spurs at home on December 17, after the Jazz play the Spurs, they will start their Eastern journey immediately, and the 19th will face the NBA-level giants Boston Celtics, and the 2O will play Washington Bullets back-to-back, although the strength of these two teams is quite average now, but if you add the 22nd and fly from Washington to San Antonio to challenge the Spurs again, then this schedule is different, four games in 6 days, And all four of these races are flying back and forth between East and West.
Some of these teams are not very good. But the NBA team, no matter how bad it is, can't find out, and the Celtics although Larry Bird retired after retiring. The team is now completely in the dark ages, but the Celtics are one of the most mentalistic teams in the league. Even if this team is a fish belly, it is a team that will use its glorious history to hypnotize itself and make itself a fish belly team that can bite people, and if you are not careful, the Jazz are also very likely to be bitten like that.
Of course, the most important opponent for the Jazz is naturally the Spurs, who made a big deal this season. Sending the team's Elliott away in exchange for the Pistons' power forward Rodman, this is a gambling deal, for the Spurs, the future of this deal is uncertain, the whole world knows Rodman's strength, the world also knows Rodman's character, can use him well, then the Spurs will be very scary and powerful, if not able to use him well. Then this team will probably have a lot of problems.
It's just that there is no way, although David Robinson has become a pillar of the Spurs over the years, becoming one of the strongest players in the league. has the title of three centers in the league, but the Spurs can definitely not live up to the strength of David Robinson, and they can't always let a center have no real assistants, and they all rely on one person to fight the world, right?
You must know that although the Spurs last season had a center like David Robinson, the team's rebounding last season was extremely poor, almost the first from the bottom, and the Spurs almost treated this center as a father and a mother when they used David Robinson. A team with a mid-level center that has the bottom of the rebounds. This Nima is wonderful, if Lin Han is David Robinson. He has long since stopped picking a son, what a broken team, for a center player, especially a center forward, no matter how strong such a center is and how comprehensive his ability is, he still needs a fighter.
This is the eternal truth, no hitter level center even if it is a little stronger, such as Chamberlain, such as Abdul-Jabbar, they may not be able to play in the current NBA, although the position of center is very dominant, but Jordan defeated the New York Knicks last season and finally met his good friend in the finals, when Barkley, a good friend in the golf world, said in an interview with media reporters: "The days when the NBA belonged to the dominant center are over"
What does that mean? Obviously, when the league repeatedly changed the rules to try to make the game more beautiful, the three-point line appeared, and after all kinds of rules that were unfavorable to the interior center, the dominance of the dominant center dropped significantly, and the center was no longer an invincible being.
Jordan was complacent and arrogant at the time, but he said the truth, which was very sad for the center, but there was no way, who made the previous NBA rules too good for interior players and too unfair for outside players, the most tragic player in NBA history, Lakers legendary small forward Baylor Ye eight consecutive runner-up was because he was pitted by the league rules at the time, and the outside combination of him and Jerry West couldn't beat a team with a level interior even if it was extremely strong.
That era was the dark age of outside players, and it was also the dark age of the NBA, the basketball of that era was dull and speechless, and the commercial value was low, and the annual salary of the players was 10,000 dollars, and they always had to be repaid, and the NBA centers enjoyed the benefits for decades, and they always had to return these things, so now even if the NBA changes and changes the rules, and the power of the center or the interior line is reduced and reduced, most of the NBA interior players basically acquiesce, There is also nothing to say, after all, they also know that they have received enough benefits.
And more importantly, they are also willing to accept the current status quo, if according to the previous rules, they are quite beautiful, beating those outside players in the league, but no matter how beautiful it is, and there is not much money, and finally they have to retire after a bleak situation, how good it is now, although their power has been weakened, but they have made more money, and it is dozens of times more than a hundred times.
Therefore, when the rules of the league are more and more restrictive on interior and level centers, in fact, it is not these interior players who are most dissatisfied, but those so-called 'neutral' fans.
After Jordan said last season, 'The days of dominating the NBA are over', Jordan was almost attacked by a large number of fans and the media, and the media didn't say it, they were already unhappy with Jordan. As for the fans who attacked Jordan, it was naturally those who didn't like Jordan, or 'Jordan Black'. All the fans of the NBA are basically two factions. One faction is Jordan Secret, the other is Jordan Black, basically there are no neutral fans, and the ratio of likes and dislikes is almost half, so the Magic will be Jordan is half of the NBA, and the others are the other half.
Those who frantically attacked Jordan with the title of Chamberlain fan or Russell fan more than ten years ago, saying that the NBA is becoming more and more utilitarian now, and it is not as exciting as before. The league's protection of players, especially outside players, is so great that even Jordan, a player who was considered a 'fart' twenty years ago, has become the king of the NBA.
If you want to say whether Russell or Chamberlain can beat Jordan, it's another matter, but when these guys are remembering Chamberlain and remembering Russell, can they not say that it was a bloody era, and it is estimated that Chamberlain or Russell will be embarrassed to hear it.
Of course, the fans are emotional. They don't like Jordan just don't like Jordan, and no matter how many championships Jordan wins, they don't like it or they don't like it. Even if it becomes Chamberlain's or Russell's metamorphosis honey, they still don't like it, but compared to the fans, the media is naturally not so emotional.
When these guys wanted to attack Jordan with the league's current three centers, Ewing, Olajuwon and David Robinson, Jordan's answer was simple.
"I know you're going to say Hakim, I never thought of Hakim as a center, he's a small forward, a small forward who plays in the center position!"
"As for David Robinson. He's also a small forward at center, he's just the second Hakim."
Jordan responded to Olajuwon and David Robinson. As for Ewing, he didn't say. The others didn't ask either, because it's simple, hasn't Ewing been killed by Jordan? And it's not once.
Of course, is the era of center dominance really over? It's a matter of opinion, because in the current league, there is no center who can completely turn the situation around on his own.
Maybe there will be a center in the future, maybe the center that will appear in the future is still growing, but now, so far, none of the three center forwards, whether Olajuwon or Ewing or David Robinson, has the strength to support the team and win the championship alone.
Especially David Robinson, he is the best and youngest of the three centers, but his dominance is the weakest, because he doesn't have a big ass, and in the current NBA, not having a big ass means a lot of things, especially for a center.
Therefore, even Ewing has to be paired with a butcher Oakley, and Olajuwon has to be paired with an NBA No. 1 blue-collar interior clue, David Robinson is still alone, which can also be seen from this that the Spurs' interior rebounds were exploded last season, which is definitely not an accident, and it has nothing to do with David Robinson, but the solidified thinking of the Spurs management has not changed, and it is still like a thinking more than ten years ago, the team has a center, which can support the inside.
Of course, if you want to prove this, you need the Rockets to trade Thorpe, the first blue-collar insider, if Olajuwon can still lead the team to win the championship after Thorpe is traded, then he is the center with the dominant strength, of course, when Olajuwon really does it, Jordan will continue to deny the fact that Olajuwon is a center, Who made this Rockets the master like this, and he can play in any position?
Of course, the basketball philosophy of the previous Spurs management was still stuck more than ten years ago, but judging from the fact that Rodman was traded for David Robinson to find a hitter, the Spurs management seems to be a little different now, the mindset has changed, and perhaps the team is already preparing for a change.
And there have been rumors recently that former Spurs assistant coach Vicky will be the team's new vice president and general manager, and the assistant to former Spurs head coach Larry Brown has been contacting his fellow brother and fellow Larry Brown disciple Buford in recent times, hoping that Buford can come to assist him as an assistant. However, Buford is doing well in the NCAA right now, after he left Larry Brown in '92. Back to the final four of nnetcaa. is in the spring breeze, and wants to poach him to come to the Spurs, ** Vicky needs to see if the two have a good relationship, and whether Larry Brown can help.
Of course, for the Jazz, whether the Spurs change dynasty or not has nothing to do with the Jazz, this game with the Spurs. It's going to be difficult, but the Jazz are confident.
Because after the Jazz's leading player Malone met Ewing and Olajuwon, he was scared and frustrated, and before the game started, he lost for a while, no way, the style was too strict, but in the game with the Spurs, against David Robinson, Malone was never afraid. In the previous battles between the Jazz and the Spurs, or between Malone and David Robinson, Malone actually still had the upper hand.
Last season, the two teams were five games bigger. The Jazz lead 3-2, although David Robinson and Olajuwon are both face-frame play or small forward play, both are small forward-type centers, but in terms of offensive and defensive dominance, David Robinson is indeed not as good as the more experienced Olajuwon or Olajuwon with a bigger butt.
However, this season's Spurs are different from last season, this team now has one more Rodman, this guy is a ticking time bomb, of course. For the current Rodman, in fact, Malone is not very afraid. Like David Robinson, Malone has scored less than 25 points against Rodman in his previous career. The shooting percentage is also basically extremely high, and even the Jazz have won five of the six games they have faced the Pistons in the last three seasons.
Although Lin Han has always despised Ma Long, but there is a point about Ma Long, Lin Han is very, very admirable, that is, as long as this guy meets a player who is shorter than himself, he can basically beat the opponent, and there are not many inside lines who can be shorter than Ma Long in the league, Rodman is counted as one, so before this game, Lin Han was originally facing a strong team like the Spurs, and Malone was just humiliated by Olajuwon and Thorpe, and this game will not be played by the Admiral and the former Piston Butcher again, right?
So Lin Han has actually been very worried about whether Malone will be played in two consecutive games and have any psychological shadows, who knows, this guy is actually in a very good mood, according to Stockton, this guy is ready to pinch when he meets Rodman and David Robinson, the two 'soft persimmons', in this game, in order to vent the resentment of being beaten by the rockets in the last game.
And this also made Lin Han speechless.
It's just that Lin Han doesn't believe it, Ma Long is a top superstar in the league, if he doesn't have two brushes, he can enter the dream team? If he loses every time he faces a player of the same level, what is the difference between him and those real number brushes?
Of course, Lin Han really didn't think that when Ma Long was so tough, he was not afraid at all in the face of the two big inside lines in the league, and Lin Han also didn't expect that the two inside players who were regarded as ATMs by Ma Long would actually gather in one team, which should be said to be fate? Or should it be said to be a coincidence?
"Jr, you say, why are you young people getting paid so much now? Why, you say? ”
On December 17, 1993, Delta Center Arena, Utah, this is a contest between the giants of the West, although the game between the Spurs and the Jazz is not as lively as the Rockets and the Spurs, but for Jazz fans, this game is not bad at all, anyway, the team has been winning, and now is the time to accompany the team to witness history, even if the Jazz's home opponent at this time is the Mavericks, this group of Jazz fans do not think that there is any difference between the Mavericks and the Rockets, maybe in their opinion, they are all here to die anyway.
But in the same way, for some players of the Spurs team, they didn't feel the fanatical atmosphere at all, such as the Spurs interior player Rodman who took the lead at this time, after this guy came out with the team, he watched the Jazz players still preparing to play, and was a little bored talking to his teammates.
And the JR in his mouth is naturally Spurs player Jr Ryder, the No. 5 rookie in 89, Rodman's substitute, and Rodman's junior.
"Dennis, the color of your head today is quite good, more beautiful than yesterday's"
Facing Rodman's problem. Jr-Rhett said a little numbly.
"JR, I know you know very well what the question I am asking you is, why are you players who are new to the league pay more than us? Why. Some rookies are paid more than twice as much as me, why? ”
"Dennis. This is the hundredth and first time you've asked me the same question today, and I've already said it, and I don't know! ”
In the face of Rodman's strange teammate, Jr-Ryder himself is now about to collapse, or he is going crazy, who knows why the salary of rookies is getting higher and higher, who knows why the salary of you veterans is so much worse than theirs, you ask me and I ask. J.R. Rader wanted to yell at Rodman like that, but he didn't have the courage.
Rodman was resentful as soon as he entered the team, especially looking at the young players of the team was like eating people, so there were few people in the team who liked him, this guy kept complaining that he was unlucky, signed a long-term contract, and in the end, his salary was not even comparable to that of an ordinary rookie, it was all resentment.
It's just that if resentment can solve the problem, Jordan should be the one who should be the most resentful. He, the league's No. 1 salary, can only rank third among all rookies this year, and that's just this year's rookies. Even if he has a grudge against the long-term contract he signed, the magician's contract is not longer and the salary is lower, why didn't the magician complain.
"Dennis, I think what you have to do now is warm up, today your opponent is strong"
In the end, in the face of Rodman, Jr-Red really had no choice but to persuade him.
"You told me to warm up, but I don't want to warm up. You answer my question first, why?"
Just after saying that. Jr-Red regretted it, how could he forget that this guy was still a rebellious player. His favorite thing to do is to do it with people, he didn't even have the team's boss David Robinson for this problem, for example, not long ago in the face of the Rockets, David Robinson said, buddy, let's wrap Olajuwon, this guy is too fierce, who knows, Rodman is directly a sentence, aren't you one of the three centers, this has to make David Robinson embarrassed, Rodman's words came out David Robinson was embarrassed to let people help with the bag, and in the end there was no way, Spurs head coach John Lucas asked Rodman to defend Olajuwon alone, but I didn't expect itAs soon as the Spurs players came on the court, Rodman went to play with Rockets power forward Thorpe, and almost didn't faint David Robinson and Lucas at that time.
"Then don't warm up now, just stand here"
"I know, you told me not to warm up, just to warm me up, I just don't warm up now, I'm going to stand next to you"
“”
Jr-Red was speechless, this guy is not only an age rebel, but also an age rebel with a high IQ, and at this time, the other Spurs players on the other side basically couldn't hold back after listening to the conversation between the two.
There is really no way to put such a teammate on the table.
At this time, the Jazz players also played in turn, and when Lin Han came out, JR Red's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pointed directly at Rodman to Lin Han not far away.
"Dennis, this kid is this year's rookie and has a higher salary than Jordan could be"
After J.R. Ryder finished speaking, Rodman, who was already resentful, looked at Lin Han with a murderous expression.
"I hate rookies with higher salaries than me! I've decided this match, I'm going to fight him! ”
After Rodman finished speaking, J.R. Red breathed a sigh of relief, and finally threw away this trouble.
It's just that this undisciplined Spurs player seems to have forgotten that it's not good to throw the burden around like this and hit the flowers and plants, not to mention that it is directly to smash people, and this burden is filled with heavyweight items that can kill people. (To be continued) Biqu Ge website:, please support Bi Qu Ge!
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