On May 19, at noon, in the TNT live room, Barkley and Kenny Smith sat together again to hold "NBA War" before the start of each round of the playoffs, again, this time to analyze the strength of the two teams, the Warriors and the Lakers.

Compared with the Warriors who have emerged this season, the Lakers of the purple-shirted aristocracy are obviously more topical, and they have returned to the Western Conference Finals after four years.

"The Lakers roster has been inconsistent over the past four seasons since Kobe Bryant took the team alone, with three other starters constantly changing around Kobe and Odom. Before the start of this season, the Lakers first recalled Fisher, the hero of the triple, to make up for the shortcomings of the playmaker, and Bynum's growth gave the Lakers a qualified starter at the center position. ”

But the fundamental impact on the Lakers' roster was the arrival of Gasol this season, which was also the biggest change since the Lakers traded O'Neal. If the Lakers are all healthy, Jackson's lineup will be Kobe Bryant + Fisher's backcourt, Bynum as the center, and Gasol and Odom form two fists on the forward line. ”

"The instability of the squad in the past few seasons has forced Zen Master to change the starting line-up frequently, vigorously develop the young players, and tap into the potential and talent of the team. This season, the combat effectiveness of the Lakers' bench lineup cannot be underestimated, and in the regular season, fans can often see the Lakers' main team digging holes and the bench players filling in the holes. With Kobe, Bynum, Gasol and Odom's New Fourth Army as the backbone, and a group of gunners, the Lakers will be a terrifying division in the West. ”

Kenny Smith then analyzed the Warriors' lineup, saying, "The Warriors have the same perfect lineup, maybe they're not as well-equipped as the Lakers, but they're obviously more belligerent. Chamberlain's emergence has given this team hope to rise, rookie season can become the best defensive player, win the block king, rebounding king even in the history of the NBA is rare, as long as this kind of player remains healthy, then his future will be limitless, although the NBA sky is now crowded, but I still have to say that no matter how crowded the sky is, there must be a place for Z. ”

"If Chamberlain's appearance is to give the Warriors hope to rise, then West is the surprise of this team, no one thought that West, a bad boy like a stray dog in the league, came to the Warriors and became such an excellent player, I think he is a gift from God to the Warriors fans, I am very optimistic about him, because his attitude and passion for playing are rare in the league now."

"Trading Davis to Billups, I don't know what the uniform team in Detroit thinks, but I just want to say, you guys are brain-dead! Yes, Davis' contract is about to expire, yes, if you want to rebuild, you have to send away the old people on the team, but why do you want to exchange a Davis alone? Don't you know that Billups is worth a lotto?! ”

"Speaking of benches, if the Lakers' bench combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated, then the combat effectiveness of the Warriors' bench is too ferocious, Evans + Petrus + West + Azubuke + Barnes, this lineup can even be used as a starter, right?"

Listening to Smith's fight against the Warriors, Barkley interjected: "Man, this game is going to be very interesting because this is the youngest team in the league to play between two teams, and the average age of the Lakers' twelve players is only 26. 4 years old, and the Warriors are even younger, only 24 years old! Damn, I have to say again, my mom shouldn't have given birth to me so early, if only I could catch up with such an era! ”

Smith ignored Barkley's complaints, and he continued to analyze the lineups of the two teams, "From the manager's point of view, the two teams still have each other's strengths:

Phil Jackson is arguably the most legendary head coach in the NBA besides Auerbach, spending 17 seasons in the Windy City of Chicago and the Angel City of Los Angeles, creating the greatest Bulls dynasty in league history.

After taking the helm of the Lakers, he forged another dynasty. You can say that Phil Jackson relies on superstars to go the rivers and lakes, but you have to admit that whether it is Jordan, Kobe Bryant, or O'Neal, they can't be crowned kings before the Zen master arrives. In his 17 seasons in charge, Jackson has an overall record of 976 wins and 418 losses, a 70 percent win rate. He has a total of 179 wins in the playoffs, a whopping 69 win percentage. 9%！ ”

"Of course, Phil Jackson, while excellent, can't be overwhelming against Nelson Sr., who has only won the Best Coach of the Year once in his career, while Mr. Mad Old Scientist has won it twice! In addition, in the career confrontation between the two veteran coaches, the teams they commanded have played a total of 48 games, and the old Nelson has won 30 games, which should be said to be an overwhelming advantage, right? ”

Barkley likes to fight against Smith the most, if the other party says that it is not good, then he must think that it is good, and the other party says that old Nelson has an overwhelming advantage over Jackson, then he must refute it in turn:

"What a joke, man, everyone knows what it was like for Jackson to get only one best coach, and that's because he was treated unfairly, and his victory was jealous by a bunch of losers who boycotted his victory......"

As soon as he heard this, Smith looked straight at Barkley and asked, "You said Lord Cardinal is LOSER?" ”

Cardinal Auerbach is undoubtedly the most successful godfather of the NBA, he has no flaws in coaching, management, drafting, and most importantly, he has disciples all over the world, and most of them are a generation of famous coaches, even Rick Carlisle, who was a junior under the door back then, has now created a championship division with the Mavericks.

And what about Phil Jackson? After 20 years of teaching, although the Zen master won the championship, he didn't even have a decent mantle. Not to mention the disciples like Auerbach and Larry Brown all over the world, even Riley's big and small Van Gundy-level disciples are hard to find

Zen masters are not without disciples, NBA coaches are proud of the peach and plum all over the world, but the Zen master's triangular offense is too difficult to handle, the employment rate of coaches branded as "Zen master disciples" is more embarrassing than that of fresh college graduates produced by the Celestial Empire, Zen masters have only trained four disciples in 20 years, and these four disciples Li only Lambis and Brian Shaw have been given the opportunity to be coaches

Moreover, during his tenure as coach, except for the Zen master himself, the disciples of the triangle attack were all embarrassed, and Brian Shaw said that his road to coaching was really bumpy. In the summer of O'Neal's trip to Miami, the Zen master retired from the Lakers, and Brian Shaw relied on the sponsorship of Kobe Bryant and others, thinking that he could successfully take over the Zen master's class, but Jim Buss didn't even have the opportunity to interview the head coach, and clearly told him that the Lakers didn't even reserve the position of assistant coach for him, and Brian Shaw left like a lost dog

After being swept away by the Lakers, Bryan Shaw still has a beautiful fantasy, thinking that he has a belly of triangular offense, and even if he can't mix with a coach, it is more than enough to be a head assistant coach on other teams. As a result, after a wild application of resumes, no one paid attention to them at all. Under the pressure of being on the verge of losing his job, he approached Pacers president Larry Bird, his big brother from his playing days, and hoped that the latter would have something to eat.

But the conflict between the cardinal and the Zen master is well known to the world, and Brian Shaw also ran to the Zen master, how could the big bird, who values the grievances the most, bird him? It's just that he took in Brian Shaw because of the friendship of the team back then. When the two met, Brian Shaw was eager to show off that he had real material, and he came up to talk about the triangle attack, and after a few words Bird uttered something that still makes Zen master's opponents talk about it today: "If you want to work, don't put any briefs in front of me, because my players play in boxers." ”

Briefs are the nickname fans give to the Triangle Attack, and Bird said this in an apparent way of showing his disdain for the Triangle Attack, which originated with his mentor, Cardinal Auerbach.

Smith took this point to talk about things, and when he heard Barkley's admiration for the interpretation, he said contemptuously: "You should know from the cardinal's vision, he has always despised Zen masters, whether it was the Zen master crowned the best coach of the year in 1996, or the 2002 Zen master equaled the record of 9 crowns, speaking of Zen masters, cardinals think that guy will only pick up ready-made, only coach superstars, and win championships by championships, and the so-called triangular offense is even more sideways, opportunistic, and has no real value." ”

Hearing Smith say this, Barkley was not happy, he and Jordan were good friends, so naturally the relationship with the Zen master was not wrong, so he said: "I admit that the cardinal is amazing, but isn't Phil the same and amazing?" Everyone knows that Auerbach dislikes the Zen master so much because the latter has broken many of his records, and that old guy is narrow-minded and can't tolerate juniors! ”

Barkley has been very bad with the Green Army in his career, since the rookie era he helped Dr. J Irving beat the Green Army leader Bird, the two have been close since then, and because they are both forwards, the two often play against each other during the game, and the conflict is natural.

Smith smiled: "You'd better not be heard by Bird, otherwise you'll be miserable, you know the big bird's beak, maybe you can beat him half to death if you box, but if you fight your mouth, you can't take care of yourself if the big bird can complain!" ”

As he spoke, he paused and began to retort to Barkley: "In fact, you say that you live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and Cardinals are very fond of promoting their juniors: when Wilkens broke his winning record in 1995, the Bishop, who was nearly eighty years old, came to congratulate Wilkens and lit a cigar of victory. ”

Barkley wanted to fight back, but Smith was quick to speak, continuing: "Do you know what league named Coach of the Year after Auerbach? The reason is that he is keen to promote his juniors, even if he admires a person like Riley, who was born as a sworn enemy Laker, but he is a Zen master who is unhappy, and there is a reason for this! ”

Speaking of which, the Zen master is indeed a little wronged, to a certain extent, Auerbach's evaluation of the Zen master basically represents the opinion of the entire mainstream basketball circle in the United States, so the Zen master has been coaching for 20 years, and the entire winning rate is the best in the NBA, but he has only won the best coach once, and the dream team has never invited him to coach, and every time he mentions this, he is unhappy.

And the old Nelson, who coached the Olympics, although the U.S. team had a very poor record that time and didn't even win a medal.