"Greg, what are you so happy about, I don't remember any happy events for our team lately"

Early in the morning of March 29, 2005, when the general manager of the Spurs Buford came to the office of the head coach of this team, he saw that the team head coach Popovich, who has always been extremely cold-faced, was actually holding a newspaper and smirking, at this time, the head coach of the Spurs did not even notice his entry at all, until he smiled and reminded him, the head coach of the Spurs did not find him, which also made Buford feel a little interesting, you know, not long ago, when the team traded to Howard, The team's head coach didn't look like that either.

"Hehe, it's nothing, it's just some game reports from yesterday" Popovich looked up at the general manager of his team and said with a smile, judging from his smiling expression at this time, he was in a good mood today.

"It's yesterday's game between the Timberwolves and the Lakers, the Timberwolves lost to the Lakers by a big score, which also gives us a chance to catch up with them, and it's really a happy thing" Buford also realized when he heard Popovich talk about yesterday's game, the Lakers did the Boston Celtics blocked the Timberwolves, making the battle for the second place in the West a little suspenseful, so when he thought about it, the Spurs general manager also nodded happily, By the way, he also put a stack of reports in his hand on Popovich's desk.

Of course, for Popovich, he wasn't happy that the Timberwolves lost on the road, or for him, whether the Timberwolves won or lost on the road didn't give him any emotional swings. What he was really happy about was that Zhuang Fei was put on the spot by George Carr, an 'honest man', in yesterday's game. Not only did Zhuang Fei and the Lakers accumulate energy for so long, they were originally ready to knock the Timberwolves down with one blow. But in the end, who knew that George Carr directly dressed the Timberwolves in a cotton ball, and the heavy punches prepared by the Los Angeles Lakers and Zhuang Fei all hit the cotton, not only did not hurt the Timberwolves, but also unloaded the strength that he had gathered for so long.

It can be said that every time I think of the Chinese on the TV last night with an iron-blue face, Popovich is very happy, at this time the Spurs head coach does have some 'old child' meaning, and the competition between him and Zhuang Fei has also begun to shift from the court to all aspects outside the court.

Of course, Buford didn't guess right about what was going on in his mind. Popovich didn't intend to say anything, so after Buford finished speaking, the Spurs head coach only nodded slightly, and then picked up the reports that Buford had placed on his desk.

"Greg, these are Dwight's recent training reports, you see, it doesn't seem to be very satisfactory" After seeing Popovich pick up the report he sent, Buford also lost the smile just now, and his face became a little solemn.

Popovich was extremely unhappy with the team swapping Scola and Parker for Howard, because in his opinion. The Spurs with Duncan don't need Howard at all, against most teams in the NBA right now. There is no need for the Spurs to get a defensive interior partner with Duncan, with Duncan's current ability, in the face of most teams, it is more than enough for him to guard the basket alone, and Scola and Parker's current ability is also extremely good, such a team is not easy to find, although Scola was completely blown up by Wang Zhizhi last year, so that the Spurs finally missed the Western Conference Finals, although Parker is embarrassed because of Kidd's arrival, but these two are still important players for the Spurs, and even if they want to trade, These two can also be exchanged for better chips than Howard, there is no need to exchange for an immature player like Howard, the current Spurs goal is to win the championship, not to develop players.

It's just that the situation of the Spurs is the same as that of the Lakers, Popovich, the head coach, has more power than Buford, the general manager, although the comparison between the two sides is not as disparity as Zhuang Fei and Kupchak, but the final decision is also Popovich's advantage, and finally Howard still came to this team.

And after Howard came to this team, Buford was not very satisfied with him, in his opinion, Howard's talent is indeed very good, that body, is definitely the top in the league, but that emotional intelligence and ball quotient are making Buford anxious, Duncan can play with one hand during training, he is left and right, in addition to using his talent to have a great presence on the defensive end, there is no improvement on the offensive end, such a player is in Buford, the general manager who has witnessed the team's two historic interior lines, He's too far behind the Admirals and Duncan, and such a blue-collar player actually let the Spurs trade two players with star potential, and every time he thinks about it, Buford doesn't think about it for the team.

"It's not bad, although the offense still hasn't improved, but it's very unrealistic for him to become Wang Zhizhi of the Timberwolves in just one month, you should learn to be tolerant of him" After Buford complained, Popovich also looked at Buford with some joking and said, and Buford also smiled awkwardly after listening to Popovich's teasing, he didn't know why Popovich looked at him like this.

"Although the offense has not improved, as long as there is his defensive ability, it is enough" Seeing the end of the Spurs, the head coach of the Spurs also nodded with satisfaction and said, when he decided to introduce Howard, it was not for him to increase the strength of the Spurs, it can be said that after Howard came, the Spurs faced some fish belly or weak teams when the strength declined, the current Howard partner Duncan is not as good as Scola's partner Duncan, plus there is one less Parker, but there is no doubt about it, After Howard comes, he will no longer have to be afraid of teams like the Timberwolves or the Lakers, and this is the most important thing for the Spurs or Popovich, his opponents have never been those ordinary teams, his opponents have always been the Timberwolves and Lakers.

And this is also the difference between the perspective of the general manager and the head coach, for this difference in understanding, Popovich is also the same as Zhuang Fei. Never explain to your own general manager. In a sense, the two are indeed very similar.

"Boy. You're too slow right now, you can't keep up with the top offensive players in terms of movement or defensive awareness, that's not going to work."

In the San Antonio Spurs' team training hall, Duncan looked at the young player in front of him with his hands on his waist and was a little helpless, and the young interior line in front of him made the Spurs a little helpless, especially his teammate who trained him in person.

According to Popovich, Howard is the key to whether the Spurs can beat the Lakers and Timberwolves and win the championship this season, in which case Popovich asked Duncan to train him himself. Duncan did not refuse this suggestion, he trained Paul when he was in Wake Forest, and in the first year of coming to the Spurs, Zhuang Fei also threw Garnett to him, it can be said that he is very experienced in this area, but it is obvious that he can't be more experienced when he meets Howard this time.

Duncan is a golf quotient player, so when he meets players like Paul and Garnett, who are also golf quotients, they will be very happy to work with. And a lot of times Duncan can understand immediately with just a little bit of those people, but this time he met Howard. No matter how much he clicks, this young inside line doesn't understand, and even if he demonstrates it in person, this young inside line may not be able to figure it out.

This is a player who plays completely on his own instincts, and for such a player, Duncan is helpless or helpless.

And what makes Duncan feel even more tragic is that this kid still looks giggling all day long, even if he can't complete the training requirements, he won't increase the amount, and nothing seems to change his 'optimism' about life, such self-motivation makes Duncan feel worried.

Of course, it's worrying that this kid's talent is indeed a surprise to Duncan, and it's not for nothing that this kid's template is considered Garnett in the draft, but it's just that with his ball quotient, it's a little difficult to become a player with a combination of skill flow and physical flow like Garnett.

"Tim, this kid hasn't made any progress for so long, which makes people anxious when they look at it from the side, why is he not anxious at all"

Looking at Howard, who was practicing his back skills with the trainer at this time, Kidd also said to Duncan who had just returned here a little helplessly, and at this time the other Spurs players also nodded in agreement, this kid is simply a wonder in the hearts of these Spurs players, and Popovich was surprised to see such a strange player.

Of course, in addition to these people not liking Howard's character, there is also the fact that they also feel that it is not worth sacrificing Scola and Parker to get such a thing, of course, this judgment is often intimate, after all, Parker and Scola have been their teammates for many years, and no one wants them to leave, and the players they get after leaving do not meet their requirements will naturally make them dissatisfied.

"Wait a while, hasn't this kid made a little bit of progress in free throws in the past month or so? This kid is still too young" Facing the dissatisfaction of his teammates, Duncan also said with a smile, and seeing that Duncan said so, the others also stupidly didn't mention Howard's matter, but I don't know if Howard can really get the approval of these people.

As far as the current NBA is concerned, every team has a difficult scripture to read, in such a fiercely competitive environment this year, for many teams who want to win the championship, what they pursue is always the perfection of the team, only their own team is more perfect than other teams, then their chances of winning the championship are greater, and the Spurs are working hard for their chances of winning the championship.

The same is true for the Lakers on the other side, the game with the Timberwolves on March 28 has greatly stimulated the entire Lakers team, especially for Zhuang Fei, it is the first time that he has been put on the NBA like this, but Zhuang Fei's stimulation is more often left in the game, and Zhuang Fei has returned to normal at the end of the game.

It's just that Zhuang Fei has returned to normal, but another player of the Lakers has not returned to normal, Kobe Bryant, who scored 65 points in the last game, has been holding his breath after the game, George Karl wants to remove the Lakers' whole team's resentment against the Timberwolves through this big defeat It may be effective for other Lakers players, but it is not of much use to Kobe.

After all, the other players of the Lakers care most about the victory or defeat of the team and the Timberwolves, the last game lost to the Timberwolves, and this big win can be found back, which is also revenge, but Kobe Bryant never thinks that the resentment between himself and the Timberwolves is the victory or defeat between the Timberwolves and the Lakers, the source of his resentment is extremely personal, it is a matter between him and Bowen and Garnett, and it has nothing to do with the team. But when he didn't expect it, Kobe, an extreme individualist, became even angrier even after Bowen and Garnett 'missed the appointment', even if he scored 65 points.

"Stephen, do you think it would be interesting for George Carl to know that he had lifted a rock to hit his own foot" Looking at Kobe Bryant, who was holding Tony Allen to vent on the training ground, Zhuang Fei asked his assistant with a smile, and at this time, Green also wiped the cold sweat on his forehead after hearing Zhuang Fei's words.

"It's a very interesting thing indeed," said Green, who said with a wry smile, and in his opinion that although his teacher was calm now, he had not yet put it down, and now he had begun to mourn for George Karl.

The Los Angeles Lakers won their 68th game of the season and played their 70th game of the season after beating the Timberwolves at home, and two days after the victory over the Timberwolves, on March 30, the Los Angeles Lakers hosted the Hornets.

This game is the last game of the Lakers in March, in this game against his 'old teammate' Peja, Webb played very aggressively, and in the last game by the Timberwolves was not light, Kobe, in this game did not mean to keep his hand at all, and the relationship between the Hornets and Kobe Bryant also makes the Lakers boss extra energetic every time he faces the Hornets.

In this case, the Hornets were crushed by the Lakers almost from the start, and by the end of the game, everyone was shocked when they saw the score of 145-85.

Because in the last two games, the Los Angeles Lakers have given people the feeling of being so angry. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )