Chapter 44: Blood Feud

Mullin put down his phone, looked at Samael with a solemn face, and nodded slowly: "Okay, man, you win, leave your contract book, and I will immediately hold a uniform team meeting to discuss the enforceability of your contract." ”

Old Nelson's roar exerted its power, and his threats, and to outsiders, the old man was so childish that he threatened to resign. But this trick does work, isn't that enough?

The poor old man has been in charge of the whip for more than 30 years, and he has never met a natural superstar like Chamberlain, and now he has finally met once, how can he let go? All the coaches in the NBA are not convinced by Phil Jackson, believing that his Bulls' six-time championship is fundamentally based on Jordan, and the Lakers' three consecutive championships are also jointly brushed by O'Neal and Kobe. But whether they believe it or not, there is one thing they agree on, that is, envy, jealousy and hatred, which is why old Nelson is so eager to catch Chamberlain.

Chamberlain's physicality and his performance on the defensive end have proven that he has what it takes to lead a team to the Finals, and his tireless study and training efforts on offensive means prove that his future is limitless, and it is only a matter of time before he builds a dynasty with three consecutive championships!

The elder Nelson was confident that he would not lose his eyes, and he was convinced that it might be difficult for him to become the first head of history if he caught Chamberlain, but it was not impossible to be compared with Cardinal Auerbach.

This was an era of scarcity of inside lines, which increased Chamberlain's power.

Not only Nelson Sr. saw this, but also Warriors fans, and this signing touched the hearts of all fans throughout San Francisco and Oakland, and ESPN did a survey in the two twin cities, and the results were surprisingly unanimous: no matter what the cost, the Warriors must sign Chamberlain!

The NBA's strong team execution may have something to do with the fact that most of the people in the uniform team are players, and Samael's proposed contract was revised after discussions with the uniform team, and finally changed to a situation that both parties were willing to accept.

Chamberlain signed with the Warriors on a 1+3 basis, with a salary of $8 million in the first year, which doubled to $16 million in the second year, and then increased by 5% in the next two years. However, only the first year of the four-year contract is guaranteed, and the remaining three years are non-guaranteed, and starting next season, the Warriors can dump him at any time if he doesn't perform well without paying any price.

This contract was hung on the official website of the Warriors on the day the two sides were signed, which made the fans cheer, but the layman looked at the lively insider's doorway, and after seeing this contract, the whole league gasped, fuck, the Warriors are so ruthless, they actually gave a rookie who has only played four games in the league such a terrible contract!

Eight million in the first season is acceptable to most teams, even though according to NBA rules, the new season of the top pick is only a salary of five million dollars. But Chamberlain's performance is worth the price, especially since he is still a Chinese, a hot Chinese.

Look at the money the Rockets made with Yao Ming, you can see how precious the Chinese are, this season the Bucks selected Yi Jianlian Lakers selected Sun Yue, is it really because of their strength? Isn't it because they have a vast Chinese market behind them? This is not an exaggeration, Yi Jianlian has only been with the Bucks for two months, and Milwaukee has even made Yi Jianlian Day, which shows how much the team and the city attach importance to him.

Chamberlain's ability is better than Yi Jianlian's I don't know how long, the latter has played four games in the game, and the rebounds and blocks he got are not as many as Chamberlain's in one game, not to mention the contribution to the team on the defensive end - to put it mildly, Chamberlain has blown up Duncan and Howard, two powerful interior players.

But the salary in the next three years is a bit terrifying, starting with a salary of 16 million at the beginning of the second season, which will definitely enter the top 20 of the league's player salary list next season, of course, provided that the contract is executed.

ESPN, TNT, Sports Weekly, Basketball, NBA and other major sports media have all started discussions about Chamberlain's contract, and in the midst of these discussions, the Warriors ushered in the fifth game of the season, away to the Utah Jazz!

TNT broadcast this game live across the country, and here is an explanation that a team has 82 games in a season, and there are 1,230 games in the regular season alone in a league season, and there are only so many games broadcast live in the country, so it is impossible to broadcast all the games live, so except for important events, most games are only broadcast live on local and foreign TV stations.

The game between the Warriors and the Jazz is definitely an important event, and everyone knows that when these two teams meet together, it is definitely Mars hitting the earth, and one side will not die and the other will not stop!

In the playoffs last season, the Warriors played a triumphant song with their lives, created a historic Black Eight Miracle, killed the Mavericks and entered the second round of the playoffs with a weak body, but in the second round of the game, Sloan commanded the Jazz to storm the Warriors' interior and break it down, and the two sides formed a mortal feud, so this is destined to be a bayonet game, which naturally attracted the attention of countless fans.

This is the Warriors' second national live broadcast so far this season, the last game was the opening game and the Lakers' big game, and the next three games are only broadcast live on local stations. The Warriors are all hobs, and the bigger the scene, the more excited they are, and the national live broadcast has no pressure on them, it just gives them motivation.

On Saturday, November 10, 2007, the Warriors landed at Salt Lake City International Airport and then took a bus to their hotel for the night's game against the Jazz at Energy Center. Here, Chamberlain grasped the madness of Jazz fans.

Utah is one of the more independent places in the United States, and there is a magical sect here, ***. This sect is also derived from Christianity, but it is even crazier, as can be seen from one of its doctrines, *** actually allows believers to have multiple marriages, that is, the practice of polygamy.

With the addition of the Jazz, the combination of the two was born into the Crazy Jazz fan group, which is one of the few radical fan groups in the NBA, but in a regular season, when the Warriors bus drove out of Salt Lake City International Airport, it was surrounded and intercepted by fans and demonstrated.

"Get off the Utah Plateau, or you'll die of lack of oxygen!"

"Was it cool to be dry last season? San Francisco Softgels! ”

"If God wants it to perish, he must first let him join the Warriors!"

Looking at the fans who were screaming around the bus on tall motorcycles, Chamberlain felt a little incomprehensible and scolded: "Are these crazy people? Damn, do they know that this is a highway? Someone turned out to be retrograde, fuck, what about the traffic police? Catch them! ”

After Chamberlain finished scolding, he found that no one paid attention to him, he turned his head and found that whether it was Jackson, Harrington, Ellis, Barnes, etc., their faces were surprisingly ugly.

After a long time, Jackson gritted his teeth and said to Chamberlain: "Z, if it's enough brothers, we must fuck out the strength to feed tonight, we must teach these puppies in Salt Lake City a lesson today, and let them tremble when they see us!" ”

In the evening, when he arrived at the Energy Center Stadium, Chamberlain realized the hatred between the two teams, and the old Nelson did not need to mobilize at all, he deployed tactics in the locker room, waved his hand directly, and shouted: "Children, show your swords and go slaughter the damned infidels!" Only their blood can wash away the shame of last season, and the shame they inflicted on us must be repaid with blood! ”

"Kill the people of Salt Lake City!" Jackson and the others roared.

The first Warriors players to walk out of the tunnel were the injured Davis, who had not yet undergone surgery, but limped out of the game on crutches: this is one of the perverted rules of the NBA, as long as you are not allowed by the league, then whether you are injured or suspended, you have to follow the team, even if you are just wearing a suit and being a spectator on the bench.

Davis's appearance detonated the atmosphere of the scene, and all kinds of ugly words broke through the walls like a flood and entered Chamberlain's ears:

"Cripple, it tastes good to have one foot broken, right?"

"You're afraid that Jazz's Predator is deliberately pretending to be injured, right? Well done, bearded, you're a smart guy, but you're also the biggest soft-ass I've ever seen! ”

"What's wrong with your doglegs, Davis? Aren't you very good at running? Keep running, and let's see how fast you can run with a limp! ”

All kinds of ugly words entered everyone's ears, almost everyone had such an experience when they appeared, including Chamberlain, of course, and even when he played, some people threw popcorn on him from the audience seats on both sides of the players' tunnel, and the atmosphere seemed to explode.

Chamberlain is not a good-natured boy, he looked at the fans gloomily, Ellis pulled him, and said coldly: "Hold your strength, and I will teach the damn Salt Lake City people a lesson when I get to the stadium!" ”

Nelson Sr. was afraid that he wouldn't be able to stand this kind of stimulation, so he comforted: "This is actually normal, this is Salt Lake City, the only stadium that Jordan didn't conquer back then, and the fans here have always been so stupid, so you don't have to mind." ”

That being said, perhaps the most vengeful man on the scene was the old man, who fielded the strongest starting lineup: center Chamberlain, power forward Jackson, small forward Harrington, scoring guard Ellis, and playmaking guard Azubuk.

The roster is decent except for the playmaking guard, and recently Nelson Sr. has been planning to trade a point guard to replace Davis' vacancy. Chamberlain thought that Sudmons would have a chance, but his legs couldn't even adapt to the NBDL game, so what about the NBA?

The starting lineup of the Jazz is center Carlos Boozer, power forward Memet Oku, small forward Kirilenko, scoring guard Looney Brewer, and playmaking guard Deron Williams.

Sloan took the initiative to come over and shake Nelson Sr.'s hand, and the coach, who was known for his iron will, smiled: "I'll greet you well today, Don, let your young men be strong, and be careful of being beaten and cried by my people." ”

Old Nelson laughed and said, "Are you joking?" I suggest you have your men put diapers in their crotch, otherwise they won't look good later. ”

The referee blew the whistle and the starting line-ups of both teams stood in the middle of the field, with Oxlade-Chamberlain and Oku jumping the ball.