Chapter 330: The King Is Not Happy
The most enjoyable player in NBA history is none other than Jason Williams, who has white chocolate. He's a master passer, but he's never been the same type of player as Stockton, Nash, Paul.
He played flamboyantly and spontaneously, making a pass that made the audience live up to a good night, and occasionally hit an ultra-long three-pointer that was extremely rare at that time, enjoying the fun that basketball brought him.
His style of play also determines that he has never been the core and absolute leader of the team like other master passers.
But as Chris Webb said, Jason Williams' way of playing has allowed them to rediscover the joy of playing basketball.
And the real core of the gorgeous Kings team in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was power forward Chris Webber.
Chris Webber, who has not won a championship ring in his entire career, has only a handful of career honors, only one rebounding king and one best team can be regarded as some weight, with these few achievements, even in the NBA all-time power forward rankings, it cannot be consistently ranked in the top ten, and Tim Duncan and Dirk Nowitzki are completely incomparable.
But in his prime before the injury, Chris Webb was arguably the most versatile power forward in NBA history, regardless of his offensive skills inside and outside, he was at his fingertips, and he could use his changeable footwork and accurate hook hands in the low post to make the opponent unable to defend, and he could also dunk with the ball and dunk.
Of course, what makes him the core of the most gorgeous team in the history of the Kings is his unrivaled passing skills at the power forward position, and perhaps only by forcing Big Bird Larry Bird as a power forward can he beat Webb in passing.
The most indispensable thing for Adelman's Princeton system is such a ball-handling master who cultivates both inside and outside, and the combination of Chris Webb and Adelman can be said to be a swan song made in heaven.
Relying on career honors to rank, Big Worm Rodman can also beat Weber in the power forward rankings, but if he is ranked at the peak of strength, Chris Webber will undoubtedly appear at the top of the power forward list.
Of course, Jason Williams and Chris Webb weren't all there was to that glamorous king.
In recent years, center Divac, who is increasingly known for the Lakers' trade for Kobe Bryant's chips with the Hornets, was the benchmark for European players that year and a master of ball-handling at the center position.
Mike Bibby, the main point of control after White Chocolate, as well as Peja Stojakovic, Doug Christie, and Bobby Jackson in the sixth, all of whom are good at passing, and it is they who together have made the Kings the most gorgeous 01-02 season.
However, in the 02 playoffs, after a regrettable defeat against the rising Lakers OK, the Kings failed to achieve what they achieved that year, and with Webber's injury, the Kings team quickly disappeared from people's attention soon after.
Since then, there hasn't been a flamboyant team in the league.
In the 13-14 season, the old Spurs played a pleasing team basketball, and Mr. Popovich later admitted that it was the Princeton system of the Kings that he borrowed from that year.
It's hard to say how strong these two teams are, but even if this team wins the championship in basketball, the Spurs, which make fans enjoy incomparably, are still much inferior in terms of gorgeousness.
Maybe the Warriors, who are currently leading the league with the Mavericks, can slightly outperform the Kings in terms of teamwork, but in terms of passing spirituality, it is still difficult to match.
After the Kings team fell apart due to Webber's injury, the NBA is still in fierce competition year after year, but it seems that after this magnificent Kings team, the Kings have been reduced to a passerby in the NBA for many years, and they have been stable in the bottom three of the West all year round.
As of this season, the Kings have missed the playoffs for ten consecutive years, which can be said to be a typical underdog.
However, in the past two years, the Kings have made a lot of improvements, and even gained a lot of fans in China.
The Kings drafted Tyrek Evans with the No. 4 pick in the first round in '09, and scored 20+5+5 in his rookie season, but unfortunately failed to become the cornerstone of the Kings' revival.
However, DeMarcus Cousins, who was selected with the No. 5 pick in 10 years and was not particularly impressive in his rookie season, has grown into an All-Star player in the past few years, and the call for the No. 1 center has become louder and louder.
Of course, the Kings are getting attention not only from Cousins, who has grown into the No. 1 center, but also from an exotic girl.
In 13 years, Indian IT tycoon Vivek Ranadave bought a stake in the Kings and became the new big boss of the Kings.
This beauty is probably the most important reason why many single fans pay attention to Kings games, unlike Knicks fan Melori who rarely appears at the Bucks arena, Angela is very active on her home court, often leading the cheerleading team in person, and is very popular in Sacramento.
In this game against the Kings, the whole Mavericks team was in a relatively relaxed state, and it can be said that winning this game against a weak team like the Kings at home can be said to be handy.
In fact, many Mavericks players still did not come back to their senses in the excitement of Chen Zhi setting a new NBA single-game scoring record, and vaguely, the Mavericks players even had the feeling that "the Mavericks are invincible".
Of course, that's actually how many teams think about the Mavericks at the moment.
Chen Zhi has played two consecutive games that can be called super explosives, not to mention completely becoming a god-level player comparable to Jordan, the name of the current superstar has been completely consolidated, and the limelight is even above Curry and James.
In the latest edition of the NBA Team Power Rankings, the Mavericks have officially surpassed the Golden State Warriors, who are strong after the run-in, and successfully reached the top of the list.
It is both logical and unexpected that the Mavericks surpassed the Warriors to reach the top, after all, the Golden State Warriors, who were previously without Durant, had beaten the Mavericks in the game.
But the reason given by the ESPN team is very clear, the current Mavericks have an 18-2 record, although the number of wins is the same as the Warriors, but the winning percentage is already first in the league, the Golden State Warriors were defeated by the Rockets by 32 points in the previous game against the Rockets, stopping at 12 consecutive wins, and the record came to 18-3.
The 14-game winning streak is the best illustration of the Mavericks' overall strength, and considering that the Mavericks have beaten the Rockets many times this season, it is only natural that the Mavericks will reach the top.
Is it prudent for such a Mavericks to face a team like the Kings?
In fact, even Chen Zhi didn't pay attention to this game against the Kings, and perhaps Rick Carlisle and his coaching team should be added to this list of despised Kings.
Of course, the owner of the madman Mark Cuban was even less interested in the Kings, and the 88-point commemorative shirt that the Mavericks were supposed to give out after the home win was all placed in the audience before the game began.
Imagine the scene of the audience wearing a commemorative shirt with a huge 88 points printed on his chest, and Mark Cuban couldn't help but want to laugh, oh, the Kings players are afraid that they will be directly crushed by this kind of home momentum!
Looking at the words 88 in the whole game, the Kings should understand that they have said goodbye to victory!
The atmosphere in the Mavericks locker room was unusually relaxed, and Justin Anderson was chatting with Chen Zhi before the game, "Look near the Kings bench when we play, and the beauty who is as famous as your rumored girlfriend Merorrie should appear there!" ”
Chen Zhi sat on his exclusive massage chair, crossed his legs and tied his shoelaces, shook his head and smiled when he heard this, "How many times have I told you, Merorrie and I are just friends." ”
"I know, that's why I said it's a rumored girlfriend!" Justin Anderson smiled bitterly, "I don't know what you think, I don't want a wealthy daughter like Merorry to send it to the door." ”
Chen Zhi just smiled and shook his head.
Anderson seemed to suddenly think of something, patted his head and continued, "I see, you definitely don't like Merorrie's figure!" ”
Curry on the side showed a look of deep disapproval, for ordinary people, Merorrie's figure is good, but for them NBA players, it is like a piece of ribs without meat, which is indeed unattractive, and the cheerleading girl who is also plump and fit is the type they like.
"You should take a look at this Anjiali, maybe it's the type you like, the figure is definitely good, his father's assets are probably stronger than Merorrie's father, and if you marry it, you can earn it!" Justin Anderson became more and more aggressive.
Chen Zhi shook his head when he heard this, feeling that Anderson is coveting his father-in-law's assets!
But this is normal, for ordinary NBA players, these wealthy daughters are actually still high, people who do not belong to the world, marrying them is definitely more than the income of working hard for ten years in the NBA, let's just say that Anjiali's pet tiger is not raised by NBA players with a base salary like Anderson.
For this An Jiali, Chen Zhi has also seen the beautiful photos presented by the editors "on their own", she is indeed a beauty, belonging to the kind of beauty who is proud of her figure and can make Merorrie cry with jealousy.
However, her face full of Indian style is really not within the scope of Chen Zhi's appreciation, just by looking at it, it seems that you can feel a strong curry smell rushing to your face.
What's more, since he was a child, Chen Zhi has listened to the old man's arrangement of Ah San, and he has a kind of resistance to An Jiali in his heart, and even vaguely has some subtle resistance to the Kings team with Rana Dave as the largest shareholder.
Seeing that Chen Zhi was unmoved, Anderson sighed, "It's a pity that I don't have the same skills as you, if this beauty came to see me play, how good it would be!" ”
“Go,Maves!”
With a slogan, the Mavericks players appeared on the court one after another, and in Nowitzki's absence, Chen Zhi undoubtedly played the finale, which is a position that can only be enjoyed by the team's soul stars.
For example, during the period of the Big Three of the Green Army, the finale must be the team soul Pierce, and even if the role of the gentleman Ray Allen and the wolf king Garnett is high, as players who joined later, they will not be able to play in the finale when Pierce plays.
It's the same during the Heat Big Three, no matter what kind of honor James gets, it's always Wade, the soul of the Heat, who plays in the finale.
Another example is the current Golden State Warriors, as long as Curry plays a game, it will always be Curry instead of Durant who will play in the finale.
After the appearance, Chen saw the 88-point commemorative shirts worn by the fans at the American Airlines Center. In the last home game against the Hornets, the commemorative shirt has not yet been produced, and the almost uniform attire of the fans in the stadium made Chen Zhi feel a strong home atmosphere, and even several Novitzki fan-level season ticket holders in the front row were covered with Chen to 88 points commemorative shirts tonight, which can be said that the fans are very face-saving tonight.
The visiting Sacramento Kings finale player is naturally DeMarcus Cousins, because Cousins is a cousin and cousin, so the Kings star, the most popular No. 1 center, was given the nickname of the big cousin by Chinese fans.
Seeing the outfits of the Mavericks' home fans, the Kings players obviously felt the pressure brought by the fans at the American Airlines Center, and these 88-point words seemed to remind them all the time that the Mavericks had such a terrible player, but they could only sigh in their hearts, who made that guy so wicked!
Glancing at the king's array opposite, Chen found Cousins wearing a white headband.
Sure enough, it was the famous "unhappy" in the league, not only did it not provoke him with the overwhelming 88-point words at the Mavericks' home court, but from his face, Chen Zhi felt a strong sense of unhappiness!
Cousins really doesn't have any reason to be happy, his strength and performance have been steadily improving since he entered the league, but the Kings' record has not improved, and every year seems to be standing still, and the playoffs are out of reach.
If it weren't for this, his name as the No. 1 center would have been solidified, and he wouldn't have to play as a substitute every year in the All-Star Game, so it's no wonder that Cousins yells at coaches and teammates, and referees yell at opponents!
Chen Zhi still admires Cousins, who eats chicken rice as a common thing, such as stopping Thomas Jr. and Paul from high-five, although it seems a little naïve, but he is a full true temperament, of course, his coach and teammates don't necessarily think so.
After the opening ceremony, the starters of both teams took to the pitch.
The Mavericks are still the same lineup from the previous game, and according to the team doctor's diagnosis, the old driver's injury is likely to be returned after the Christmas game, and it is still difficult to make a conclusion.
The Kings fielded their most usual starting lineup, with big cousin Cousins at center, Kouvers at power forward, Rudy Guy at small forward, Ben McLemore at starter, and Paul's former spare tire Darren Collison at point guard.
The Mavericks vs. Kings, Chen vs. Cousins game, in the referee's whistle and Cousins' impatient look, officially began.