After the game, the Hornets press conference, general manager Fu Ming, head coach Monty Williams, players Chris Paul and David West were sitting on the sidelines, answering questions from the media, and the flashing lights under the table kept on.

Next to Paul and West, there should be a place, which belongs to Alan Iverson, but he left after taking a shower without giving any interviews, he has always been like this, doing what he likes, and no one can disturb him.

"First of all, I would like to ask Mr. Fu Ming, the general manager, now that we all want to know, Okafor's injury is okay," said a blonde boy wearing a Hornets hat with a microphone and asked, "We all want to hear good news." ”

"I hope he's okay too," Fu Ming, wearing a red baseball cap, suppressed his long, thin face, and said in his usual calm and slow tone, "but unfortunately, Okafor has just reported from the hospital that Okafor has torn knee ligaments in his right leg, and Kavre (the head of the team's medical department) gave the diagnosis that surgery is needed, so Okafor may not be able to play for the next month or even two months." ”

The crowd was in an uproar.

"Fuck Heywood, he's a piece of shit!" West said resentfully, the mustache on his chin standing up in anger, "You know, Okafor is a good guy, but he's plotted against Heywood, he's dirty playing!" As you've all seen, before he injured Okafor, he almost injured Iverson, and I think the league should legislate to ban all scumbags like Haywood for life and not play in the NBA for the rest of their lives! He's the cancer of the NBA, bastard......"

West gushed out swearing, including swear words that began with "F" and "S".

West scolded for four or five minutes before he felt a little dry in his mouth, took a sip of water, and stopped.

"Okafor's absence due to injury is really very sad news," said a middle-aged woman in a professional suit with thick glasses, taking notes, "Now I want to ask Monty, after this West and Haywood incident, I estimate that West will not be able to play in the next game, Okafor and Gray are both injured, who will be the starters in the next game against the Pacers?" And who can play as the team's starting five in Okafor's absence. ”

"Uh...... The problem is already obvious in this game," Monty smiled hard, showing his big white teeth, trying to make the atmosphere of the press conference feel less heavy, "Our starting interior line will be Breggins and Sangeira in the next game, and Sean Marx may also get rotation time, although Marx has stated that this is his last season, but we still need him to focus on the court, we have no choice, and now we only have these three players on the inside." ”

"The Pacers have Roy Hibbert, Tyler Hansbrough and Josh McRoberts on the inside, they're all very good and very young insiders, do you think Brightins, Sangeira and Max can stop the Pacers' crazy interior offense?"

"There's no way around it, I think I'll play small-ball in the next game, Brightins plays the No. 5 position, Peja plays the No. 4 position, so the team will throw away the interior and lose a lot of rebounds, but the team's tempo will be raised, there will be more time to break through and attack, and give full play to the offensive firepower of Iverson, Thornton and other players."

"I'd like to ask Paul this question, in the last twenty seconds of the game, Iverson had a very beautiful score, that pull-up jumper almost broke Stevenson's ankle, which proves that he is still in good shape for this game, but in the ten seconds before the end of the game, the team is three points behind, Iverson asked for the ball, and you didn't give it, and I really want to know what is going on in your mind now."

Before this press conference, Paul had not spoken, and now that he had finally been asked the key question, Paul had been thinking about how to answer.

As we all know, the current leader of the Hornets or the official leader of the court Chris Paul, which is also a point that many fans, the media, including the Hornets fans, are very recognized, he can change the team in his own way and lead the team, but since Iverson came to this team, some off-court factors have affected Paul.

Iverson is a very good player, a regular season MVP, a four-time scoring champion, a three-time steal king, and an eleventh All-Star are beyond the reach of Paul and many juniors, but everyone knows that Iverson's style of play is aggressive, but his passing ability is relatively weak, and his game is full of all kinds of one-on-one, although such a rhythm of the game sometimes wins with strong "heroism", but more often it is not good for the team, plus Iverson is unruly, With a strong self-esteem and competitive personality, Paul has to consider Iverson's feelings when talking about the team.

"Uh...... This question," Paul pursed his lips, this year's Paul is only 25 years old, and Paul will also seem a little overwhelmed in the face of these old media fritters, "I just think Iverson in that position can't give full play to his maximum energy,"

Iverson continued, "You know, when the team was three points behind, we didn't just have Iverson as a great three-point shooter, but Ariza, Belineri, Peja, and when Brightins gave me a pick-and-roll, but the quality was too poor, Ariza gave me a quality pick-and-roll again, and then he fell to the bottom corner three-point line, and I saw where he was, and I passed the ball, and then God forbid, the ball went in luck, and it was as simple as that. ”

Paul took a sip of water to ease his agitation.

"I have a question I want to ask Manager Fu," a crisp female voice suddenly came out of the hall, hearing this voice, Fu Ming's eyes suddenly lit up, this voice was somewhat familiar, as if he had heard it there, Fu Ming couldn't help but raise his head, and saw a girl in a pink dress standing up, black eyes, yellow skin, long hair, delicate and lovely appearance, pure and generous smile, it turned out to be Shen Yan.

Seeing Shen Yan, the old man couldn't help but smile.

"Manager Fu, unfortunately the team has suffered injuries one after another recently, and all of them are interior players, and now the team's interior strength is obviously insufficient, I don't know if Manager Fu has any plans to strengthen." Shen Yan asked in standard English.

As soon as these words came out, there was a whisper in the hall.

"That's a good question," the old man straightened out his baseball cap, looked around at the reporters in the audience and said, "I have this intention, I don't know if you media friends have any good suggestions." ”

Some of the media present were obviously prepared, and as soon as the old man's words fell, a voice sounded.

"Joe Smith!"

Joe Smith is the champion in 1995, 35 years old, 208 cm tall, weighs 102 kg, plays the No. 4 and No. 5 positions, has a career of 16 seasons, played with the Atlanta Hawks last season, played 64 games, played an average of 9.3 minutes per game, and can average 3.5 points per game, 2.5 rebounds, and shooting 39.9% from the field.

The old man shook his head.

"Mensa Bangsu!"

Bonsu is 208 cm tall, weighs 109 kg, is 27 years old, played for the Raptors and Rockets last season, played in 20 games this season, played an average of 6 minutes per game, was able to score 2.0 points and 1.6 rebounds, and shot 39.4% from the field.

The old man shook his head.

"Eddie Thomas!"

Eddie Thomas is the No. 12 pick in the first round in 2000, 32 years old, 208 cm tall, 118 kg, playing as a center and power forward, played for the Thunder last season, played in 23 games, played an average of 14.8 minutes per game, was able to score 3.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 0.7 blocks, and shot 45.6% from the field.

The old man shook his head.

"Chris Meme!"

Meme is 213 cm tall, weighs 120 kg, plays as a center, is 31 years old, averages 7 points and 5 boards per game for ten years in his career, played for the Lakers last season, played 23 games, averaged 12.1 minutes per game, and was able to score 3.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 0.6 blocks, and shot 33.7% from the field.

The old man still shook his head.

"Could it be Stromeyer-Swift!"

Swift is the 2000 star of the list, now 30 years old, playing as a center, 208 cm tall, weighing 100 kg, played for the Nets and Suns last season, played in 19 games last season, played an average of 9.7 minutes per game, was able to score 3.3 points and 2.4 rebounds, and shot 42.9%.

The old man still shook his head.

There is no one to talk to, after all, this year's free market, there are only those who can be named and still have the strength to fight. The crowd bowed their heads and whispered.

"I mean," the old man cleared his throat, and then said, "I mean, there are a lot of good basketball players in this world, not only on American soil, but on the other side of the country, there are still many young and very good players, who have dreams and passions, and are eager to compete with the best basketball players in the world at the highest level of competition!" ”

The crowd was in an uproar!

Someone woke up suddenly!

"Isn't it?" A middle-aged man suddenly called, "In the past few days, I have seen several very tall players frequently enter and exit the Hans Hotel, and one of them is a Chinese with very white skin, estimated to be 7 feet tall, and weighs more than 300 pounds!" Could this be your secret weapon! ”

"Over 7 feet tall! Weigh more than 300 pounds! Everyone was amazed!

"Shaquille O'Neal is seven feet one inch tall and weighs 325 pounds, and he's known as the Big Shark! If that Chinese is really a player, then he is a Chinese dinosaur! ”

"Chinese dinosaurs!"