Chapter 22: A Natural Partner
What is an inside line?
The inside line refers to the high post, which is the position that is closer to the basket. Generally speaking, both centers and power forwards are considered interior lines.
The counterpart to the inner line is the outer line. Small forwards, point guards, point guards, and generally all outside lines.
Outside players who average more than 20 points per game can reach the threshold of stardom. But it's not enough for interior players to just look at the score, and rebounding is also a hard standard. The one who can control the rebound is the one who can control the game!
It is precisely because interior players can grab a lot of rebounds that in the traditional concept of basketball, the role of a good interior player is far greater than that of a good outside player.
It doesn't matter if you can't vote, as long as you can get it back, you can vote again. For every extra rebound, the team gets one more offensive chance!
Those dominant interior players have an average of 20+10 performances per game, that is, more than 20 points per game and more than 10 rebounds!
In the 90s, there were four major centers and others in the strong interior line at the center position, and Carl Malone, Charles Barkley and others at the power forward position, all of whom were 20+10 madmen.
Larry Johnson was also a member of the 20+10 club, and he was also the top pick in 1991!
What is Champion Show?
Every year, the team with the first draft pick picks selects the first player to be the top pick!
For example, Duncan is the designated champion this year, and as long as the Spurs are not idiots, they will choose him 100 percent.
Big shark O'Neal is also the champion show, handpicked by the Magic team in 1992!
In the future, the little emperor James will also be the champion show!
The four centers are all top shows!
It can be said that every champion is a child of destiny, and he is also the one with the most strength and potential among the newcomers who entered the alliance that year!
For example, James, the top pick in 03, entered the league at the age of 18, and his body has not yet developed, so he can average 20 points per game. The following year, he averaged 27 points per game, and the third year, 31 points per game!
Compared with the real Son of Destiny, Kevin Garnett, who only averaged 17 points per game in the second year, is simply weak!
Larry Johnson is the top pick and the son of destiny, although he is short, but he is physically strong, everyone says he is the next Barkley, and there are few opponents in the power forward position!
In 1991, when Larry Johnson had just entered the league, Converse signed him at a high price and launched his first pair of title sneakers.
In the sneaker commercial, Larry Johnson, who is as strong as a cow, wears a skirt, wig, glasses, and bares teeth, appears as an aunt, and then this aunt flies into the sky and can do anything, which amazes everyone.
At the last moment of the advertisement, "Auntie" dunked explosively, and the advertising slogan also appeared: This is my new Converse, light and flexible, my grandma can get you with these shoes!
It's a funny ad, but it's a tragedy for Larry Johnson. Because from then on, his nickname was - Big Mom!
In her rookie season, "Big Mom" could only score 19.2 points + 11 rebounds, and only entered the 20-point mark in the second year. Compared with the four centers, he is a little worse, but looking at the whole league, he is also a first-class insider.
However, Big Mom is a tantrum tantrum, and in 92 the Hornets got Super Center Mourning, who is also a 20+10 madman, and he is also a tantrum. The two tantrums get together and don't like each other, and so tragedy happens - they fight!
The Hornets were very angry about their two stars pinching each other, and sold both of them in a fit of rage!
Mourning went to the Heat and Larry Johnson went to the Knicks. Later, the Knicks and the Heat often fought, and there were also grievances between the two.
Compared with Mo Ning, who traded to the Heat, the muddy aunt is a bit tragic. The Knicks already have superstar Ewing, and there is also a rebounding maniac Oakley at the big forward position, and he can only play the small forward position that he is not familiar with, and his performance last year was very average. An inside line goes to play the outside line, and there is no chance to make a shot, so it's strange that the data can look good.
However, Brian Colangelo has not forgotten that this guy is actually a terrifying interior with an average of 20 points per game!
Brian Colangelo also knows that Auntie's biggest problem is her temper, but how can Kidd be a fuel-efficient lamp?
The Mavericks sold Kidd because he was fighting with his teammates in the team's locker room, and the reason for the fight was said to be a prostitute (harmony) with his teammates.
"Kidd for Auntie, am I changing, changing, or changing?"
Brian Colangelo was undecided and finally called his father, Jerry Colangelo!
Colangelo Sr. frowned when he heard his son's words: "Brian, I remember telling you that Kevin Johnson is old, and Kidd is the future of our team!" ”
Little Colangelo said: "Dad, I know, but the chips given by the other party are aunts!" ”
"Phew!" Old Colangelo immediately pinched his teeth, "Aunt Johnson?" 91 year champion? ”
"That's right, it's the young version of Buckley!"
"Buckley!" Old Colangelo sighed.
Duncan, the all-time greatest power forward, has not yet joined the league, and the most famous superstars active in the power forward position are Karl Malone and Charles Barkley, who were also the peerless duo of the position in the 90s.
Colangelo Sr. has a lot of Barkley in mind, and it was he who traded Barkley to the Suns that made the Suns reach the Finals in '93. It was the Suns' greatest year, and it was also the year he was most proud of.
It's a pity that Barkley was gone last year, and the Suns also declined. The most important task for the team at the moment is to find the next Barkley!
Big Mom has a strong body, solid skills, and a strong ball style, and has always been considered to be the most like Barkley, how can old Colangelo not be excited when she hears this name?
After hesitating for a while, he shook his head and said: "Brian, Big Mom is still not as good as Barkley, and may not be able to become the core of the team, but Kidd can be the core, I think this deal is still not good...... Wait, I remember Big Mom is in New York now? ”
"That's right, New York Knicks!"
Colangelo Sr. said: "Son, the owner of the Knicks is a local tyrant who doesn't know how to play, and on the first day of his tenure, he used the starting playmaker and last year's No. 19 pick to replace a lame Eastern European center. ”
Little Colangelo said: "Oh, when you say that, I also remember, there is this deal!" ”
Colangelo Sr. said: "I heard a news just now, which is even more exciting - he has replaced Ewing out, or Garnett alone. A Hall of Fame-level figure for a sophomore who averaged 17 points per game, without even a draft pick attached, is really an unprecedented loser! ”
"What?" Brian Colangelo's eyes widened in surprise, "Ewing only had one Garnett?" ”
Jerry Colangelo said: "Son, this kind of local tyrant who has just entered the NBA and has money and nowhere to spend is the easiest to slaughter, and he will not be slaughtered for nothing." I'm afraid you don't have to give him Kidd to get Big Mom in exchange! Give it a try and talk to him! ”
Brian Colangelo's eyes lit up: "Okay, I'll talk!" ”
When Dennis Johnson saw the Knicks' skinny president again, he found him practicing dribbling.
Li Wei's dribbling has always been known for being unpretentious, but he has a fancy heart!
He always wished that he could be like Iverson, with a variety of dribbling methods, shaking the opponent into the wind!
Unfortunately, an ideal is an ideal because it is impossible to achieve. Li Wei has practiced dribbling all his life, and he can only play fancy in place, once he gets up to speed, the ball will fly!
"Whoosh!"
As soon as the young president accelerated, the ball really came out again!
Dennis Johnson, as a big star, even after seven years of retirement, is still agile, and grabbed the ball lost by Li Wei as soon as he reached out!
Then he felt a little bad: the boss dribbled and lost it, can you copy it casually? Isn't this a blatant sign to the boss that his skills are poor?
The new general manager was in a hurry, looked at the boss and said, "David, this is really a wonderful biography!" ”
Li Wei nodded shamelessly: "I can only catch this kind of wonderful biography from you, we are natural partners." Dennis, how is the Suns deal? ”