Chapter 263: Son of New York
Responsible for commenting on today's game are the famous hosts of the five sets of village women, Mr. Sun and Director Zhang.
Teacher Sun is the ace host of the village woman, and she has to explain all the Olympic Games, Asian Games, and World Cup games, so in terms of basketball alone, the professionalism is not very strong.
Coach Zhang is different, he is a basketball player himself, talented, has helped the Chinese team win the Asian Championships and Asian Games, known as "Asia's best forward", when it comes to basketball, it is the first way.
Mr. Sun looked at the information and said loudly: "This season, the Timberwolves have a strong momentum, ranking second in the league with a record of 8 wins and 2 losses, and the Jazz, the overall runner-up team last season, is 9-1 and the first in the league. Eastern powerhouses Heat and Pacers are tied for third place with 8 wins and 3 losses. It can be said that the Timberwolves are a very strong team. ”
Zhang guided: "The Timberwolves are indeed very powerful. This offseason, they also did a very good job of recruiting players, trading the Warriors' All-Star Sprewell and signing Joe Smith. ”
Mr. Sun said: "Sprewell is a very powerful player, who once made the league's best team and was a frequent participant in the All-Star Game, but he only pinched the coach's neck last year, and he was sold by the team." Joe Smith, on the other hand, was the No. 1 pick in '95 and was also very strong. ”
"Joe Smith, Sprewell, plus Marbury, and finally super center Ewing, the Timberwolves are almost an All-Star lineup, and they are eligible to compete for championships with teams like the Jazz. ”
Teacher Sun said, "Maybe you can challenge the bulls." ”
Director Zhang hurriedly said: "The Bulls can't do it this year, Jordan has retired, Pippen has also transferred, it's not bad if it's not at the bottom." ”
Mr. Sun said: "Compared with the Timberwolves, the Knicks' record this season is only 2-8, which is not very good. ”
"The Knicks started worse last year than this year, and they even set a record of 21 consecutive NBA losses at the beginning of the season, but in the end they still reached the playoffs and eliminated the Heat, who are second in the East, and staged the Black Seven legend. It's a slow-burning team and we can't judge how far it can go from where it stands. ”
Teacher Sun nodded and said, "That's right, the Knicks' main small forward, Garnett, the team's second scorer last season, was injured and just came back short." Since his return, the Knicks have won two in a row. ”
While the two commentators were chatting, on the other side of the world, at Madison Square Garden, Timberwolves players came out.
The host of the garden loudly introduced: "Organizing guard, 1.88m, from Georgia Tech, wearing the number 3 jersey, Stephen Marbury!" ”
The fans cheered in unison, because this one is the son of New York!
Stephen Marbury was born and raised in New York, and Lincoln High School, where Yao studied, was Marbury's alma mater.
In 1997, Spike Lee, a die-hard Knicks fan and black director, filmed a film about basketball "Heads-up", in which the prototype of the character in the play was Marbury, and Marbury was originally contacted to star, but later failed to make the trip for some reason.
Spike Lee then chose Kobe as the protagonist, and after taking some shots, the Lakers were eliminated by the Jazz in the playoffs, and Kobe was stimulated to practice at full strength in the offseason, so he quit.
Spike Lee continues to pick people, and finally picks Ray Allen. Ray Allen won the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Actor for his superb acting skills. However, in the film, his family lives in Coney Island, New York, wearing a Lincoln High School uniform, and his position on the court is still point guard, no matter how you look at it, it is Marbury.
Marbury, the son of New York, has a very strong influence in New York, and this is also another super point guard produced on the streets of New York after Mark Jackson and Kenny Anderson.
"I'm back, I'm back in New York!" Marbury yells excitedly and then high-fives his teammates!
The host continued: "Shooting guard, 1.93m, from the University of Missouri, wearing the No. 1 jersey, Anthony Piller! ”
Anthony Piller walked onto the pitch with a heavy face. He was known as Mr. Missouri in high school, and newspapers and magazines considered him the third-best graduate of the year (the first was Mourning, a year younger than O'Neal). In the '92 draft, he was considered one of the best shooting guards of that class, along with Jim Jackson and others.
However, this person's character is problematic, he was sentenced to five years of probation for beating a beautiful woman on campus, and a few days before the draft, he was charged with beating his ex-girlfriend in high school, which caused the draft market to plummet, and was finally picked up by the Lakers with the 15th pick in the first round.
The Lakers hoped that Anthony Peeler could prop up the backcourt after the departure of Magic Johnson, but unfortunately he couldn't. He was later traded to the Grizzlies, who in turn traded him to the Timberwolves, where he averaged 13 points and 1.7 steals per game last year and was one of the heroes who helped the team reach the playoffs.
"Small forward, 1.96m, from the University of Alabama, wearing the number 8 jersey, Ratriel Sprewell!"
The Timberwolves' small forward is on the scene.
In his previous life, after Sprewell fell out with the Warriors, he was robbed by the New York Knicks. In this world, Li Wei did not coax the player in question, and the Timberwolves carried him home with a smile. This man has been selected for the best team in the league and has also been selected for the best defensive team, and his strength is undoubted.
"Power forward, 2.08m, from the University of Maryland, wearing the number 32 jersey, Joe Smith!"
The scenery is infinite, and the champion show debuts.
The Timberwolves traded the No. 5 rookie in '95, but picked up the top pick of the year, and the world is so unpredictable. The double champion inner line combination of 85 and 95, who else in the world can match?
"Center, 2.13m, from Georgetown University, wearing the number 33 jersey, Patrick Ewing!"
When Ewing was the champion of '85, the New York fans let out an earth-shattering cheer, even louder than when Marbury appeared on the court!
He has dedicated more than ten years to this city, he was the hero of this home field, he wrote one record after another for the team, but unfortunately he was ruthlessly sold by Li Wei!
Many fans held up signs with the words: "Ewing, welcome home!" ”
"Ewing, we love you!"
"Li Wei, return my gorilla!"
"Li Wei, without Ewing, we can only lose in a row!"
"Li Wei, do you dare to trade Ewing back?"
The last few slogans were obviously for Li Wei, and Li Wei could only pretend not to see them.
The camera panned to the coach's box, and the host listened to the cheers of the home fans before continuing: "Timberwolves head coach, Philip Sanders. ”
Philip Saunders frowned slightly.
He became the basketball coach of Jingu Lutheran College in 1977, and once coached the team with a terrifying record of 56 wins and 0 losses, and later went to the Continental Basketball Association (CBA, referred to as CBA, which is different from China's CBA, but both are called CBA) to coach, won two championships in seven years, won two CBA best coaches, and won the second most games in history.
However, such coaching results may be dazzling to apply for coaches in other leagues, but as an NBA outsider, it seems shabby to apply for an NBA coach with such a resume.
The main reason why Sanders can become the head coach of the Timberwolves is that he and McHale, the general manager of the Timberwolves, are college classmates!
That's right, he, like Li Wei, is a relational household, and he only ascended to the position based on his relationship!
However, Sanders' luck is very good, after taking office, the team got Tom Gugliotta, and selected Garnett and Marbury in the draft, coupled with the big picture of the league's strong East and West weakness, it miraculously made it to the playoffs!
Last season, under the leadership of Ewing, the team reached the playoffs again, and in the first round, there were five bloody battles with the SuperSonics, almost black seven, and Sanders' position was more stable!