Chapter 409 [Magic Twin Towers, Eagle King Kobe]
After checking the NBA news in the last ten years, Guo Xu was stunned again and again.
The "Earth Two" NBA league changed dramatically in 1993 when "Penny" Anfernee Hardaway suffered a torn ligament in his left knee during a junior year of college. Despite averaging 22 points, 8.4 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.3 blocks per game this season, the draft is still underestimated because he has serious injury concerns and is 22 years old.
Hardaway was not drafted by the Lakers until No. 12, many players were scrapped because of torn ligaments, most teams were reluctant to take risks, and Hardaway was recovering from an injury, and he did not go to the Magic for a tryout.
In 1993, the Magic, who held the No. 1 pick, did not look down on other outside players, and selected one of the "Michigan Five Tigers", and power forward Chris Webber reluctantly stayed on the team, forming a twin tower with O'Neal.
In the summer, the Magic also tried to trade Webber in exchange for star point guards from other teams, but the other teams were unwilling to give away good trade chips, so they had to give up.
After the start of the new season, Webber's performance surprised everyone.
Webber has excellent playmaking skills, can pull out and shoot, is good at organizing offense in the high post, can break through with the ball, and plays like a small forward like Pippen. He and O'Neal do not overlap, but complement each other, with both on the offensive and defensive ends being one inside and one outside.
Head coach Brian Hill has created a suitable twin-tower strategy for them, much like the future Spurs. O'Neal is unstoppable with the ball in the low post, Webber can pull out and play blocking and dismantling with outside teammates, catch and shoot, attack with the ball, and play very flexibly. The two also often play inside passes and inside cooperation.
Defensively, O'Neal defends the restricted area, Webb can defend pick-and-rolls, and both have strong rebounding capabilities, making the Magic one of the top five rebounding teams in the league.
After only one season, the Magic Twin Towers led the team to the top, winning the best record in the East in the regular season, but the overall record was inferior to the Spurs, and O'Neal failed to win the regular season MVP.
The Twin Towers were both All-Stars in the mid-game, O'Neal could compete for the scoring title, and Webb also averaged 20.5 points, 8.2 rebounds and 5 assists per game.
In the 1995 playoffs, the Magic swept the Celtics in the first round, and the Twin Towers offense was gorgeous.
In the second round, the Magic beat the Bulls 4-1, and Jordan's comeback was useless. O'Neal's explosive Bulls center Longley almost committed suicide in shame, and Webb also broke Kukoc in three games, at this time "Big Bug" Rodman had not yet joined, and the Bulls defense had weaknesses.
In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Magic eliminated the Pacers 4-2.
In the interior competition, the Pacers Rick Schmitz, Dale Davis, and Antonio Davis can't stand the three excellent interior lines. The Magic aren't just twin towers either, they also have "Cobra" Horace Grant off the bench, and they're the league's best interior power.
In the finals, the Magic defeated the Rockets led by Olajuwon 4-2 and won the championship all the way, and O'Neal became the FMVP.
In 1995, the Rockets did not play well in the regular season, ranking sixth in the West with 47 wins, and the "big dream" Olajuwon only exploded with O'Neal.
As soon as the Magic formation was pulled apart, after the stars attracted the pack, the two three-point shooters on the outside, Nick Anderson and Dennis Scott, performed equally well. The two defenders of Bryan Shaw and Scott Skels are not too weak to be saved.
The Magic did not sign Hardaway, and the No. 1 position was lacking, so the veteran Skels stayed on the team and fulfilled his championship dream.
Although the Magic were eliminated by the Super Bulls in the 1996 Eastern Conference Finals, management would not have been stupid enough to let O'Neal go again, and completed a contract extension with a high salary of $120 million over seven years.
The Bulls were strong in 96 and 97 and won the offensive championship twice.
In 1998, the Magic Twin Towers, who were in their prime, defeated the aging Bulls 4-2 and defeated the Jazz 4-2 to win the championship.
After that, the Magic successfully defended their title in 1999 and 2000, and the three consecutive championships established a dynasty. At the age of 28, O'Neal won four championships and dominated the league, winning two regular season MVPs and four FMVPs.
In 2000, when Webber and O'Neal had a conflict over ball possession, the Magic traded Webber for Grizzlies point guard Mike Bibby and draft picks, and threw him to Vancouver.
The Magic's new roster has been running in for two years, and it won the championship again last season, which is O'Neal's fifth personal championship, and he also won two MVPs again, at this time many people say that he has surpassed Jordan, the same five championships, O'Neal seems to be more dominant.
Guo Xu also looked at Hardaway's situation, he didn't partner with O'Neal, he didn't even make an All-Star, and his position was unclear after joining the Lakers, so he was the No. 2 partner with Van Exel.
After the Lakers drafted Eddie Jones in 1994, Hardaway was left to be the team's sixth man, and he's still playing this year, but just an average role player.
The biggest knock-on effect of the Lakers' selection of Hardaway is that they have a lot of talent on the outside, and they are very weak on the inside, and they did not send star center Divac to the Hornets in 1996 and traded for the No. 13 rookie Kobe Bryant.
Even so, the general manager of the Hornets sent Kobe Bryant away, and he just dragged it like this, saying that there was no place for Kobe Bryant on the team, and replaced Hawks power forward Grant Lang, who averaged 13.1 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game in the 1995-96 season.
The Hawks have a good lineup, swingmen Kobe Bryant, Steve Smith, point guard Murkey Blaylock, center Mutombo, power forward Kristen Leitner, and several strongmen off the bench.
In the first two seasons of his career, Bryant played well as a substitute for Steve Smith, winning the dunk title and being named an All-Star in 1998.
The Hawks have been solid in the playoffs, having been eliminated in the second round twice and once in the first round due to injury.
Kobe Bryant's number of shots gradually caught up with Steve Smith, and the Hawks sent him away in mid-1999, righting Kobe Bryant as the first core of the team, known as the "Eagle King"!
In 2001, Kobe Bryant and Mutombo led the Hawks to the Finals, losing 2-4 to the Spurs. Kobe Bryant won the regular season MVP that year and became a lone hero with super popularity.
The Hawks were eliminated in the first round for the next two years, but Kobe Bryant won the regular season scoring title for three consecutive years and ranked first in the league in popularity, and everyone said that he was most like Jordan.
Then, something sad happened. This summer, the "Eagle King" Kobe Bryant was exposed to the "Eagle County Incident" in Colorado, and his image was greatly damaged. Guo Xu took a look at the photo, and the heroine was the ugly girl named Caitlin again.
The difference is that Bryant's wife, Adams Debreen, immediately announced her divorce and divided a lot of her property. The two met when Adams was in high school, and Bryant got engaged to Adams on his 18th birthday despite his family's objections, and then married Atlanta in 2001, breaking up with his parents for her. It's a pity, this woman seems to be really in love with Kobe Bryant for money.
As for Vanessa, Guo Xu didn't find any information on the Internet, so she should be just an ordinary person.
Not long ago, Kobe Bryant also exposed a big news. At his court appearance, he said, "Deacon Bay did it too. ”
He said that Mr. Mutombo had taught himself in the locker room, and that Mr. Mutombo had done the same thing and had used $1 million to shut women up.
Mutombo had previously been involved in the "Golden Club" case, and his image was even worse. Uncle Mu was furious, and said in an interview that he was not familiar with Kobe Bryant at all, and he was.
Now, the Eagles are in the midst of infighting......