Chapter 244: Oscar Robertson
In the 2015 offseason, in order to cover up their draft mistakes, the Kings executives traded Karl Landry, Jason Thompson, Nick Stauskas plus future draft picks to the 76ers for the signing rights of overseas players Arturas Gusti and Luka Mitrovic.
The reason for such a trade is simple, the Kings want to clean up the garbage contracts of Landry and Thompson in order to pursue Wesley Matthews that summer, but unfortunately the reinforcement failed in the end, causing the deal to be slammed by all sides.
Last season, King Gay reimbursed, traded Cousins, and peddled Collison to give the 76ers a wedding dress, (let the 76 pick Fultz). To make matters worse, if the Kings fail to complete the rebuild and make the playoffs next summer, the Kings' 19-year first-round pick will also go to the 76ers.
Such a trade is almost equal to a free giveaway, and directly leads to the Kings not being able to strengthen for the next two years, and there are no draft picks. In the end, this series of events was jokingly claimed by fans to find the reason why "the Kings have not made the playoffs for so many years", and at the same time, the Kings management was also considered to be far more stupid than the Thunder management.
So when Zhang Feng suggested a trade for Okafor, Divac was under a lot of pressure to get a Greg Monroe who could be bought out, not Jaliel Okafor who needed to be traded for a second-round pick or a certain player, and he was afraid of adding his name to the stupid trade case again.
Zhang Feng was working hard to practice shooting in the bottom corner at this time, and if he knew that Divac was just blindly trying to shirk responsibility, he would definitely spray Divac to the point that he couldn't take care of himself.
"Will you still start tomorrow night? Would you like to challenge the young, talented Ben Simmons", David put down the tactical board and joked with Carter.
"Okay, I'm feeling so strong right now! There's an inexhaustible amount of strength all over his body," Carter finished, hitting a three-pointer from afar.
"Why don't I feel like this, I have also studied and practiced that kung fu" Randolph asked with his hands spread out suspiciously.
"How diligent are you?" Zhang Feng finished shooting and asked casually.
"I practice ...... every three days"
"I've been practicing once in the morning and once in the evening, every day, and I've been doing it for almost a month," Carter retorted directly before Randolph could finish speaking.
"Ah.......", Randolph was shocked by Carter's diligence.
"You're going to be blown up by Sharich tomorrow night, haha," Carter said with a laugh
"That's not necessarily, I've recently lost weight, and I've found the feeling of being at the top of my life," Lando closed his eyes and stretched out, pretending to be bathing in fresh air.
"Don't blow it, hurry up and practice ahead, Willy and Randolph cooperate," David reminded the three.
The 76ers team has two fierce players on the outside, Redick and Covington, their tactical core Ben Simmons on the front, and Joel Embiid on the inside, so the combination of inside and outside is their strength.
Fortunately, Redick and Covington do not have the ability to hold the ball alone, and the Kings only need to lock Simmons and Embiid, the two tactical initiators. Considering that there is Zhang Feng's assistance defense on the front line, David is not very worried, but Willy on the inside is not Embiid's opponent at all, so he must use around the defense.
Throughout the afternoon, the Kings contacted a variety of defensive tactics, such as 131 joint defense and 212 joint defense, but in the end, the defensive tactics set by the whole team were to squeeze Embiid and Simmons, and the other 76ers players made up for it depending on the situation.
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At 7 p.m. on the 9th, the Kings and 76ers had already begun to warm up, and Zhang Feng was about to hand over his mobile phone to the staff, but a call came in, and when he looked closely, he found that it was Jennifer Lawrence.
"Beauty, long time no see"
"Long time no see, today to see you play, I'm in the back, turn around".
As soon as Zhang Feng turned around, he saw Jennifer Lawrence, and her good friend Stuart was sitting next to her, and the two smiled and waved at Zhang Feng. The on-site cameraman was originally just following Zhang Feng, but he accidentally found two big stars, and he immediately zoomed in on the end, and the smiles of Jennifer and Stewart appeared on the big screen of the scene.
As soon as the faces of the two were displayed on the big screen, the entire Golden One Arena was boiling, and it was unbelievable that there were two big Hollywood stars in a small place like Sacramento, which had never even held an All-Star Weekend.
"How did you get here? Isn't Los Angeles a better choice to watch the ball? Zhang Feng asked.
"Didn't I come to see you? After being separated for so long, I miss you," Lawrence and Stewart's laughter also came over the phone.
"Speak human words!" Zhang Feng knew that the two were joking.
"Alas, the movie hit the street, and recently I have been accused of relying on Harvey's public relations to win the Oscar, I am really depressed, so I came out to relax"
"Just your bad old man's boyfriend is broken up quickly, and Harvey, who has a bad record of sexual assault, don't associate anymore"
"Divide it, you can find me resources? Recently, I haven't been able to make a big movie, so let's have a meal after you finish the game, and we'll talk while eating."
Hearing this, Zhang Feng turned his head and looked at the sidelines, not wanting An Jiali to look at him with a smile, Zhang Feng had to smile awkwardly at her, and then said into the phone: "You have to ask my wife about this, you must know that I am now an engaged person."
The voice fell, and Lawrence sneered on the other end of the phone, "What do you want?" I've already told Anjiali about it, she's going with me tonight, okay, don't say much, you hurry up and prepare for the game! ”。
The hurried hang-up prompt pulled Zhang Feng out of his daze, and he looked at An Jiali again, only to find that she was no longer in her seat. Wait for him to look up and look into the distance! Good fellow, it turns out that Angeli has moved towards Lawrence's seat.
This scene was captured by the on-site cameraman, and the male audience began to whistle, and the female audience had a pout, shake their heads, and sigh expressions, but both men and women seemed to be waiting to see a good show.
"Do you say that Zhang Fengfeng was delayed by a woman's career?" Barkley suddenly asked in the live broadcast room.
"He made so much money as a rookie, but he got engaged so quickly, he doesn't look like someone who will affect his career because of off-court romance," O'Neal explained calmly.
"Don't say it, the live stream starts, hum, hum, hum" Kenny reminded the two and began to moisten their voices.
"Good evening fans, this is TNT, we weren't going to broadcast the Kings vs. 76 today, it's just ......," Barkley said again.
"It's just that last night's Twitter appointment battle was really exciting, and we didn't want to miss it, so we temporarily added a "O'Neal."
"And I noticed something out of the ordinary, which you certainly didn't notice," Kenny said with a grin.
"What's the matter?" O'Neill and Barkley asked in unison.
"Who do you see in the VIP room on the northern high platform? yes, trouble the cameraman to get the end closer," Commander Kenny said.
"I'll go, now the king's mansion is here, and you were asked to bully Zhang Feng last night," O'Neill turned his head and said playfully.
"Oh, the old man of the Three Pairs King is here, this is really the king's mansion, I was wrong, I shouldn't have threatened Zhang Feng as a 76 celebrity last night", Barkley bowed his head to the TV screen.
At this time, at the Golden One Arena, the radio shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen, please dedicate your warmest applause to the Hall of Fame player, regular season MVP, 12-time NBA All-Star, 6-time NBA steal king, 9-time All-Together, and a triple-double per game-------. Robertson! ”