Phil Jackson said: The Spurs' 1999 championship should be marked with an asterisk. www.biquge.info Of course, this sentence itself is just a joke. Just like in 2008, Popovich said that the league should review the Lakers' deal to bring in Gasol, and that was just a joke.

But the media loves such a statement, and fans are not afraid of big things when they watch the excitement, so many times the casual words of celebrities will inevitably be made a big fuss afterwards, or even add fuel and vinegar, which will derive some malicious understanding, making the two sides have unnecessary grudges.

Phil Jackson gave the Spurs 1999 championship an asterisk for the reason that it was a shortened season, with fewer games and a tight schedule, with great specificity, whether it was the win or loss of a single game or the ownership of the season championship, these would be interfered with by off-court factors. In other words, if you become the final winner in such a season, you may not be the real strongest, maybe the season shrinkage has made you easier, or suppressed the strength of your competitors, anyway, you can't win.

In 1999, the Spurs' biggest opponent should have been the Utah Jazz - in the previous two seasons, the Jazz had reached the Finals under the leadership of the two elders, and fought the Bulls in 12 games, but in the end, it was only because Jordan was too strong that Malone and Stockton failed to realize their championship dreams; And this year, the gang leader went to the baseball field to look for abuse, and the Jazz scored 37 wins in the regular season, the same result as the Spurs, ranking first in the league - but in the playoffs, the Spurs did not meet the Jazz at all, and in the second round, the Jazz were eliminated by the Trail Blazers, and Malone and Stockton also collapsed.

Why didn't Jazz make it to the end? Because of the intensive schedule of the shortened season, they have been greatly dragged down. In that Devil's April, the Jazz played 19 games in 30 days, they didn't even have time to train properly, the players accumulated a lot of big injuries and minor injuries that had no time to recover, the Jazz team that came to the playoffs was no longer in the best condition, and Malone and Stockton, who were no longer young, only had half a life left.

So after the Jazz were out of the playoffs that year, coach Sloan said helplessly: "That period (in April) really hurt us...... We've played so many games that we can't get back to being in good spirits. Frankly, I don't think we've recovered since then. ”

So what kind of teams will benefit from a shrinking season? Everyone tried to find the answer from the 1999 season, but that season didn't seem to provide a standard answer.

Some say that the old team will benefit because they are experienced and the players know each other well, and they don't need to rely on training camp to find a good understanding.

However, the failed jazz is a ready-made counterexample. There were also the Heat and Pacers in the East at that time, they both met the conditions of being experienced and familiar with each other that year, but they were eliminated by the Knicks in the playoffs, and the Knicks at that time were just a team with major changes in the lineup and did not have enough time to run in.

So, is it the young team that will benefit? Because they have enough energy to handle the intense competition?

Well, in 1999, Celtic head coach Pitino thought the same thing. That season, the Celtics were the youngest team in the league on average, and they had the likes of rising star Pierce, all-around interior lineman Anthony Walker, and strong Kenny Anderson, which also gave head coach Pitino confidence, saying: "In a shrinking season, there will be a lot of teams that win just over 50 percent, but anything can happen." If you're lucky enough to stay away from injury, you can speed up the process. "Listening to the meaning of this guy's words, maybe he thinks that the shrinking season can make it easier for them to fish in troubled waters, but what is the result? The Celtics only played 19 wins that season, didn't make the playoffs at all, and didn't even touch a hair.

Wu Huang believes that although there is more luck in winning the championship in the shrinking season, the final winner must still have enough solid strength as a foundation, otherwise the Heat Big Three will not be easy to mess with, and the strong teams will not all hit the street, and the Knicks will not be able to defend the title by luck alone.

So the reason why Phil Jackson's quote is not beautiful is because the asterisk he added negates the efforts of the successful.

Of course, Wu is absolutely in favor of needing plenty of luck to defend his title this season, and as long as they don't make a major attrition in the regular season, then they have a good chance of reaching the top, as half of the Knicks' opponents have been unlucky in a brutal schedule and can't put in the best form to face them in the playoffs.

There is another thing that only a few people know, that is, a large number of water troops under Wu Huang have been deliberately stirring up his "ex-girlfriend terrier" this season, because this can greatly enhance the self-confidence of Knicks players psychologically.

Sometimes, the more you fear death, the more cautious you are about trying to avoid something from happening, but in the end, you often get half the result. Just like in war, the more timid the soldier is, the easier it is to hang up. But this slightly superstitious thing, this ethereal element of luck, can make players reduce the chance of injury in a kind of delusional self-confidence.

In the end, the Lakers and Bulls became the biggest unlucky ones in the season, and without Howard and Rose, they could hardly threaten the other championship seeds, and the Knicks were equivalent to two less enemies who were enough to threaten themselves. Especially before Rose's injury, the Bulls defeated them twice in the regular season, and even Wu Huang did not have full confidence in eliminating the Bulls in the playoffs.

Most of the media and pundits also believe that the strength of the Bulls is above the Heat, and the Chicago talent is the biggest enemy on the Knicks' way to defend the title, but now that this biggest threat has been defeated, this is of course a manifestation of luck, and it is said that O'Bma was so angry that he couldn't sleep all night in the White House after Rose's injury.

On April 26, less than half an hour after the end of the regular season, the league quickly announced the playoff schedule for the 11-12 season, as well as the game schedules of each team, on its official website. According to this schedule, this year's playoffs will officially start on April 27, and there is no interval between the regular season and the regular season, which shows that the impact of the shortened season continues......

Western Conference - Spurs vs Nuggets; Thunder vs Lakers; Grizzlies vs Rockets; Clippers vs Mavericks.

Eastern Conference - Knicks vs. 76ers; Bulls vs Magic; Heat vs Celtics; Pacers vs Hawks.

Knicks first-round schedule:

April 28, New York Knicks vs. Philadelphia 76ers - Madison Square Garden, PM, 21:00.

April 30, New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers - Madison Square Garden, PM, 21:00.

May 2, New York Knicks vs. Philadelphia 76ers - Wajovia Center, PM, 21:30.

May 4, New York Knicks vs. Philadelphia 76ers - Wajovia Center, PM, 21:30.

May 6, New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers - Madison Square Garden, TBD.

May 8, New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers - Valgiovia Center Court, TBD.

May 9, New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers - Madison Square Garden, TBD.

Knicks fans think their schedule and opponents are very suitable, and they face the 76ers, the weakest team in the top eight in the East, in the first round, and the odds of a sweep are very good; The second round will be the winner of the Pacers and the Hawks, both teams have a miserable record against the Knicks in recent years, especially the Hawks are the poor worms who were stepped on the head of Wu Huang in the first season, and the psychological advantage of the Knicks is still very large; As for the Pacers, they were swept in the first round by the Knicks last season, and if they meet the defending champions again in the second round this year, the Knicks will also have an absolute psychological advantage.

Major media outlets also believe that if the Knicks don't suffer major injuries and attrition, they should not have a problem reaching the Eastern Conference Finals again. The defending champions will only face a real threat when they reach the Eastern Conference Finals, when they will face either the Heat or the Bulls.

But at this time, the Knicks still have an advantage, one of these two teams has lost one of the two cores, and the other is that the interior defects have not been able to be repaired, and no matter who faces the Knicks, they will fall behind.

"The situation is very good!" This is the optimism of various media about the prospect of the Knicks defending the title, even in the finals, the Spurs and Thunder and other Western powerhouses do not have the slightest advantage in the face of the Knicks. This year, it will still be very difficult for teams in the league to stop the Knicks from defending their title. In other words, the Knicks have a very good chance of winning the championship.

The New York Times said: We should focus on the 76ers first, although this round is sure of winning, but don't ignore them too much.

The Philadelphia 76ers have been quite surprising this season, originally before the start of the season, everyone thought they would still be a member of the bad team, because Evan Turner did not play, and the 76ers chose a star star who seems to be more watery now, Evan Turner is more like a fully weakened version of Iguodala.

The Knicks made that deal with the 76ers two seasons ago, looking back now, of course, the New Yorkers took advantage of it.

Iguodala's stats are getting worse and worse, but he plays a far bigger role in the Knicks than he thought. In addition to providing a solid outside defense for the Knicks, he can also play an emergency offensive point and response point with the ball at any time.

This insurance is very important, and once there is an extreme situation where Wu Huang and Gasol are targeted at the same time, Iguodala can immediately become an attacking point and a surprise player that the opponent can no longer take care of, and he still has this quality, which is too bad for any team.

A closer look at the 76ers shows that they were able to grab the last playoff spot this season because of the outstanding performance of several highly characteristic functional players on this team, such as Jrue Holiday for consistency, Louis Williams for his ability to steal points, Thaddeus Young who plays oddly but very well, Vucevic who is not inferior to Asik, and of course Wilson Chandler, who is better than Turner......

This year's 76ers team feels a lot like the Rockets a few years ago, with a group of inconspicuous small characters and no stars in both teams, so no one can afford them at all.

But it is this group of small characters that no one looks down on, but there is a momentum that no one is afraid of when they play, the 76ers locker room atmosphere is also good, head coach Doug Collins is very good at managing young players and controlling the locker room, so these small characters who all have a skill under the leadership of Doug Collins, actually played an all-round style of offense and defense all the way, even the Heat and Thunder turned over on them, and finally the 76ers grabbed the last playoff spot in the East.

In fact, the Rockets almost made the playoffs with a group of role players in the season when Yao Ming and Maddy were both reimbursed. It's a pity that the league at that time was still a situation where the West was strong and the East was weak, and even though the Rockets won more than 50%, they still failed to enter the playoffs in the end. Now the 76ers have better luck, and with so many teams in the East messing up this year, their 50 percent win rate is enough to qualify for the playoffs.

The Knicks' coaching staff studied opponents before the playoffs began, and the players were mainly tasked with "resting" and "watching the video", with only one low-intensity shooting and passing session on the 27th, followed by a two-hour pregame practice session on the afternoon of the game. This training session is mainly to help the players warm up, and at 9 p.m. is their first game of the playoffs.

"We have no problem with physical strength, in the last two games of the regular season, our main team did not play much, and there was also a day of rest on the 27th, so everyone should have a better competitive state in the first game." Wu Huang was very confident in an interview with reporters, anyway, his physical strength is fine, Gasol, David West and Battier have also reduced their playing time in the last few games, and the physical state of the whole team will be above the passing line.

But what he didn't say was that most of the Knicks' players have more or less minor injuries, but this kind of thing is the same across the league, except for a very small number of people like him who are overly physical, most of the players who play more than 20 minutes per game have accumulated some minor injuries and pains in this season.

Everyone in the Knicks knows that teams are going to play a full seven games in the first series, so it's important that they can get to the bottom of the game. If they can sweep the opponent, they will give themselves at least five precious days of rest and recuperation, which is enough to allow many players to recover from injuries. On the contrary, once the team has played a full seven games, it will inevitably aggravate the injuries of the players, if the small injury becomes a major injury, and finally cause a snowball effect, even a team like the Heat is likely to be killed before the Eastern Conference finals, just like the Jazz in 99.

Before the start of the playoffs, several lists of this season were also released - Wu Huang undisputed the title of "scoring king", Howard, who was reimbursed for the season, still snatched back the "rebounding king" from Lefou, Nash failed to start low and go high this time, and finally Celtics' Rondo won the "assist king" for the first time in his career, and the Spaniard Ibaka became this season's "block king", Wu Huang, who played an average of 39.2 minutes per game, not only won the king in staying power, he was also the "efficiency king" and "steal king" of this season, This will add a lot of points to his coronation as MVP.

Wu Huang has won the "scoring king" and "steal king" for two consecutive years, ranking first in efficiency and playing time for the first time this season, coupled with the Knicks' league-first team record, he perfectly showed the fans what "dominance" is, and his performance is the real dominance!

-- "Sports Illustrated" report

"This season is the story of two 'Chinese'!"

There are ******** people who have dominated a lot of headlines in the NBA this season, and one is the Holy Cult leader who has given MVP answers in major media and experts before the season is over. In addition, the debate has stopped this season on the topic of whether Hugo has surpassed Kobe Bryant and James to become the first man in the league. But a new question has begun -- will he be able to catch up, or even surpass, Jordan and become the new generation of basketball gods? There is still some controversy on this issue, but whether it is for or against, the New York Saints are indeed surpassing Jordan, and his career trajectory is even the best one in the entire NBA history, and he will be the new miracle of basketball!

The other is a high-spirited Chinese-American player, Jeremy Lin is from Harvard, a barren land of basketball, and he was undrafted in the draft, and he was cut twice in the past season as a Chinese-American player...... It was in this desperate situation that Jeremy Lin burst out in January, scoring 25 points, five rebounds and seven assists off the bench, turning the Mavericks' season around and setting a series of eye-catching records, including a jaw-dropping win against the Nuggets, and then Jeremy Lin became a global icon, and the word "linsanity" became popular in the United States.

-- Hoop World report

"Humans can't stop Hugo anymore!"

Who is MVP? It's a multiple-choice question that can be done with your eyes closed, and LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Kevin Durant are not on the list, and there will be no second option other than Hugo.

The NBA has officially entered a new era this year, although this season, Kobe Bryant can still average 28.4 points per game; this season, Nash can also average 10.8 assists per game, but has missed the playoffs; this season, the Cavaliers' champion Kyrie Irving is the undisputed best rookie, slightly soothing the pain in the hearts of Cleveland fans; this season, Yao Ming continues to average 19.8 points and 9.4 rebounds per game, and he will lead the Rockets to continue to impact the Western Conference finals; this season, the ambitious Heat Big Three is still pressed by the Bulls; this season, the Spurs are still the champion of the West, and Shi Buddha is still not old……

But no matter how those former heroes stand, at the end of the day, this season and future seasons will belong to the New York Saints, the Knicks continue to win the regular season championship, Hugo once again won his scoring and steals, and became the first All-Star MVP star in history to win three consecutive All-Star MVP titles.

Maybe in a month, Hugo will also win his second championship ring, and go further and further on the road of basketball god alone, completely leaving behind all his competitors of the same era, and he will be officially promoted to god at that time!

After the end of the 2011-2012 regular season, when other media were making end-of-season comments, "Fox Sports" was very witty and chose to go off the rails to attract the attention of the audience, and they discharged a very rhythmic "five low IQ players" to attract the attention of fans, as well as saliva.

But first of all, it should be noted that people here are ranked "IQ" rather than "ball quotient", and there is a big difference between the two. And because there are too many players who can be selected in this link, because the average IQ of NBA players is only more than 80, Fox Sports also said that it only selected five representative figures from the sea of people, but there are not a few players in this league who are more brain-dead than them, and the implication is that the fans of these stars must not be angry and smash the wall!

The IQ of a player is often equated with the player's ability on the pitch. This is, of course, a wrong view, that there is no half-dime relationship between ability and IQ, and many star players in the NBA, even genius superstars, always make people have deep doubts about their IQ.

The expert group of "Fox Sports" put forward its own set of evaluation criteria for the level of basketball IQ, and the NBA's low-IQ performance can be roughly divided into the following ten types: 1. Selfishness, believing that individual performance is more important than team operations; 2. Shoot first, and pass the ball only when you think the ball can add an assist to yourself; 3. Undisciplined and contradicting the coach; 4. Ignore the game when studying the game video and tactics, and ignore the game when sitting on the bench; 5. There are only four things you know in offense - yourself, the ball, your own defender, and the basket; 6. The worse the team, the better it will play, and vice versa; 7. Unable to clearly understand their own potential, too arrogant or too lacking in self-confidence; 8. Always unable to concentrate on the game, and there are a lot of off-field problems; 9. Laziness and lack of effort in training and off-season; 10. Don't admit that you have any weaknesses, the failure is all the responsibility of others, and once you lose, blame the coach, teammates, the media and even the schedule.

So from the perspective of these ten elements, the following five players can be called "models" of low IQ -

1. Aaron Iverson (unruly)

I believe that as long as the name of "Answer" appears on this list, many fans should be angry and want to scold their mother. It is undeniable that Iverson has super-first-class technical and physical fitness, and his desperate spirit has won the hearts of countless fans, and the limelight of "answer" was once above Kobe Bryant before 04.

But as the so-called handsome covers all ugliness, no matter how young Iverson throws himself, how he does not abide by team discipline, how he is selfish and arrogant, and how he defends the coach, everyone can tolerate him, because the personal ability of "Answer" is too strong.

However, when the age gradually declined, Iverson became a "cancer" that everyone stayed away from, and everyone's resentment against him began to erupt, and the bleak "answer" of the evening finally paid for his unruliness when he was young.

Iverson is named one of the most iconic figures here, because he is one of the most well-known superstars who meet the above criteria, and Marbury, the lone wolf, may be more suitable for the selection than him, but who makes Iverson more famous.

2. Tracy McGrady (lazy)

For Maddie, his favorite thing on the court is shooting, and after becoming famous, he can even give up defense for the sake of offense. In terms of Maddie's talent and ability, he can be a benchmark and a banner in any team. Sadly, Maddie's lazy approach to training has left him with more injuries than other stars, and has prevented him from reaching his full potential.

But Maddy's low IQ performance is more than on the court, his poor relationship with the team, teammates, and coach is the main reason for his inclusion on this list, and everyone shouting at the end of the Rockets fully proves that he is a player with a low IQ and high ball quotient.

3. Ramar Odom (no ambition)

Odom is one of the few versatile players in the league today, and he and Fatman Anthony Walker were arguably the league's most versatile interior players, and both have the potential to become top superstars. But oddly enough, Odom never seemed to really realize how much potential he had. From the time he played for the Heat, Odom was willing to play a supporting role, and he did it quite satisfactorily. It is often said that a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier, but Odom used his career to tell everyone that a general can be a good soldier.

4. Space Easy (double quotient is too low)

Space Yi was originally considered to be the flag bearer of Chinese players in the NBA after Yao Ming, because his physical condition was so good that the Bucks did not hesitate to use their first-round pick No. 6 to forcibly take away this potential interior without knowing it.

Chinese fans always have high expectations for Space Yi, but every time he is disappointed. After switching from the Bucks to the Nets, then from the Nets to the Wizards, and finally to the defending champions, Space Yi is no longer young after a few years, but his talent has not really been shown.

Despite his physical talent to be a good player, his low basketball IQ prevents him from reaching his potential, and he is undoubtedly a prime example of this.

5. Gilbert Arenas (to die)

Arenas didn't just rely on brute strength to score against Kobe Bryant at his peak, he had almost all the offensive scoring moves: pull-up jump shots, soft high throws, and dangerous three-point shots. With these conditions alone, Arenas has the potential to enter the Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, the "General" is a little too emotional, and his offensive efficiency and shooting consistency are always affected by mood swings. After the stupid "Locker Room Gun Gate" incident, Arenas was completely abandoned by the League, and he is a typical example of death. (To be continued.) )