Chapter 177: Before the All-Star and Rookie Game 3
Charles Barkley has been at odds with O'Neal all his life, and even after retiring later, he still doesn't give up on O'Neal. When the league invited O'Neal, who was injured and unable to attend the All-Star Game, to coach the second-year team, Sir Charles immediately applied for the task of being a first-year coach.
The coach decided, but the players were not of the same mind. Among the first-year rookies selected this year, apart from Luke, there is only Stephen? Jackson did not participate in the draft, and the rest of the people, whether in the first or second round, entered the NBA league through the draft. This led them to emerge with a sense of exclusion from Luke and Stephen? Jackson, especially our champion Mr. Kenyon Martin. Although he is the champion this season, he is not treated well in the New Jersey Nets, especially since their current boss is the "lone wolf" Marbury, who is still very "lonely". There are basically no offensive opportunities, and if you grab a rebound and don't pass the ball, you will still be scolded. He was very tired of Luke, who was thriving with the 76ers, and, of course, Reed.
He teamed up with the rest of the first-year players who didn't mix well in the team and didn't pass the ball to them, and they didn't pass the ball back, and shot it directly, which led to the first-year game playing quite badly, losing to the second-grade team by 25 points in the first half. This made this game basically a losing rhythm.
"What are you doing?" Charles, who has always been bad-tempered, burst out, "Fighting? Fighting spirit in this kind of competition? You think you're an All-Star, forget it, just like you, you still think you're really an All-Star, and you can still participate in the All-Star Game, just kidding. ”
But Kenyon Martin on one side as if he hadn't heard it at all, on the side and Morris? Peterson has a laugh and a talk.
Charles, who saw this scene, was immediately angry, and his hot temper came out all of a sudden, and he threw a water bottle directly over and hit Kenyon Martin's head.
"What are you doing!" Kenyon Martin's temper was not good, so he stood up and roared at Sir Charles.
"Yo, and roaring, yes," mocked Sir Charles, "why can't you be so tall and play basketball." ”
"Who can't do it!" Kenyon Martin replied directly.
"That's you." Sir Charles did not shy away from saying, "Don't look at your 2.06 meters tall, you play like a 1.80 meter player!" How many points you scored. ”
"I scored 13 points, the highest on the team, what's wrong." Kenyon Martin said proudly.
"yes, team-high, 5-of-17 shooting, the rest is all free throws, only a pitiful 3 rebounds, are you sure you're a power forward? It's not TM's damn shooting guard, it's the kind that loves to play iron the most! Charles said again.
"Say it again!" Kenyon Martin wanted to get his hands dirty.
"What, you still want to do it?" Sir Charles stood up, "Boy, you know what? When I'm fighting on the court, you don't know how to count your fingers in that corner! ”
"You!" Speaking of which, even a player as egotistical as Kenyon Martin is a little timid.
Who is Charles, Sir Barkley, a well-known villain in the league at the beginning, no one from top to bottom dared to beat, from Bill Rand Beal, Charles Oakley, to Shaquille O'Neal, Dennis Rodman, there is no player in the league that he does not dare to beat, and the treatment he enjoyed with the Philadelphia 76ers was that he beat people, and the boss helped him pay the ticket.
"For the sake of you being the coach, I won't do anything with you, and I won't play this game! Hum! Kenyon Martin walked straight out of the locker room.
"It's better not to fight, I'll make you look good." Charles also suppressed his anger, and then said, "If anyone doesn't want to fight, they can leave now, I won't stop you!" "But no one moved.
"Okay, since you're all leaving, it means that you all still want to fight, so I'll tell you what I think." Charles Barkley said, "I haven't been a coach, but I've played games, I've been a team leader, I still have the ability to read games, it's not that you can't win, it's that you don't have a rhythm with you, you lose." Yes, you might say that the guy named Kenyon Martin took you to the first half of the game, but do you think he is a number leader? Of course not, I think his biggest achievement in the future is a violent striker, and nothing else. Why do you say he became the champion? That's a good question, why the New Jersey Nets chose him, I don't know the real situation, after all, you are a draft year, and there are no good rookies. Don't deny it! Just look at your situation, who in the top three in the draft really played at the level of the draft they deserved? Do you think it's you? Darius? Myers, no, in so much playing time, you look at your own stats, 9 points and 5 boards? And that's what you're stating for close to thirty minutes? I'm not mistaken, is this the data of Tanhuaxiu? Isn't it, look at the back, the best performer is McMiller, and then, Sido? Turkglu? Quentin? Richardson? Or are you, Morris, who just had a very good chat with that stupid X from Kenyon Martin? Peterson? Do you think this draft is really good? The good ones know that this game is not easy to play, they can't win, and they don't come. Know no! So don't think too highly of yourself and look at your teammates! ”
Everyone looked left and right, and finally fixed their eyes on Luke.
"That's right, I'm talking about him! Luke Wharton! Charles Barkley said.
"Me? Is there anything wrong with me? Luke whispered.
"Look at other people's data, not to mention others, just look at the data of this game, although I only got 6 points, but both times were three-pointers, and then look at the assists but there are 8 times, which means that your eight points are related to others, and they still have 8 boards and two steals, and then look at you!" Charles Barkley said, "From this, I decided that in the second half we were going to play with Luke as the center! ”
"But isn't this the Rookie Challenge? As long as it's entertaining, you can leave nothing else. "Darius? Myers made a different opinion.
"Yes, that's true, but I'm very, very reluctant to lose to that fat guy on the other side! If you lose, it's okay, I'm not going to bother you! But I can't guarantee that your career will go well in the future, but I have a good personal relationship with many head coaches! Charles said.
"......" everyone acquiesced when they heard this.
"Okay, you guys don't have an opinion now, let's go on the field, I'm looking forward to your performance!"
When the players were gone, Charles Barkley whispered; "Luke, I've done everything I can, now it's up to you!"
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