In the general manager's office at the Pacers, a tinkling phone interrupted Bird's thoughts.

Picking up the phone, Bird raised his eyebrows, isn't this old guy busy with a golf game lately, how can he have time to call him.

After a period of idle talk, the Qiao gang leader on the other side of the phone finally cut to the chase.

"I heard that Ron (Artest) kid has been making music lately after being banned?"

"Don't mention, this Falk bastard floated after a little fame, made such a big deal, and thought about his broken album every day, holding a lump of vomit to show off there every day, I really want to cut his brain open and see if it is a defense inside!"

It's okay not to mention Atay, but Larry Bird has a headache when he mentions him.

In the summer, there were rumors that the Pacers were going to trade Artest and the Kings for Peja, but the news was quickly denied and clarified by Larry Bird.

In fact, the trade King did make an offer to him privately, although Artest is a problem child, but in terms of his defensive ability and performance in the playoffs, Larry Bird still chooses to believe in Artai again.

But now he regrets it more and more.

"Young people, don't all like to mess around, that bastard Dennis (Rodman) played a lot more than Ron when he was younger." Jordan said with a smile.

"You see that the Chinese kid who broke the All-Star voting record recently also made a song with Shaq, you can listen to it, it's really interesting, if Ron can have his level, maybe he can really mix up some achievements."

"To hell with that damn music, the players should just focus on basketball, and that mess shouldn't come before the championship." Larry Bird wasn't interested in listening to any songs, just cursed with hatred for the house and the black.

"Well, that's true, but if I'm not mistaken, both Mo and Shaq seem to have rings."

"......" Larry Bird was silent for a moment, his eyes flashing with a hint of wisdom, "I seem to understand why you called me, what was written in that song, and even asked you to call me to recommend it." ”

"Well, it's nothing, it's just a good song, it fits his current situation very well, and the tune and lyrics are good, I heard that Nike has planned to use this song as a promotional song for this year, and my AJ is expected to follow it later."

With the help of the young team assistant, he easily found the song in the iTunes store, and he didn't even have to search for it, because the quality of the song was good, and the first line of the lyrics mentioned Apple, so Apple also reciprocated the song and recommended it.

Bird listened to it twice and finally knew why Jordan was with him Amway.

One is that the song is really good, and the other is that this song blew the bastard raised by the cousin twice!

After a while, after calming down, Larry Bird put on his headphones and listened to the song again.

The theme of this song is actually quite simple - bet on me before I am developed.

But Larry Bird smelled something unusual.

As a master of reading comprehension, Bird can clearly analyze that Mo Wen's song is definitely not just an all-star.

Is Mo Wen developed? From the perspective of the public, he is indeed developed, with tens of millions of sneaker contracts per year, he got the middle class in the second year of his career, and his tactical status in the team is also quite high, and he has the ball to compete for the assist king.

"But the Heat aren't his team after all, and this little guy doesn't look like someone who is so easily satisfied."

Just as Bird was still thinking about what excuse to use to coax Mo Wen over, an unexpected figure knocked on his office door.

"Larry, do you have any connections in Hollywood? I also wanted to find a big star to collaborate on a song and put it on my album, and the Asian guy in MD didn't talk about martial arts, so he actually pulled Britney Spears to snipe me, and in less than a day, he rushed to the top of the new song chart! ”

Looking at Artest chattering in front of him, Larry Bird had another burst of angina.

"Now, immediately, immediately, get the fuck off me!"

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Without stopping at the Denver Plateau, the Heat went all the way north and flew to... Seattle.

As the most favorite three-point shooting team in the league other than the Suns, the SuperSonics are now slightly inferior to the Heat, but their strength should not be underestimated.

Compared with the Suns, who mainly play running and bombing, and have a large number of throwers who have deviated from the path and chased three-pointers, the supersonic style of play is traceable but cannot be targeted, because they are too pure, playing is projection, and fighting is feeling.

Playing with them is like playing a Russian turntable, stuffing two bullets into the revolver and gambling on your life.

This season, they can lose to the Clippers by 30 points the day before and slaughter the Spurs by 20 points the day after.

Last season, the SuperSonics couldn't make the playoffs mainly because of Ray Allen's injury, which has been stopping and stopping, the state of the team's core is not guaranteed, and the record has been up and down.

In the original history, the healthy Ray Allen led the SuperSonics to 52 wins in the regular season this season, and also reached the second round of the playoffs, winning the Spurs' two home games.

The supersonic up and down are taking this game seriously. Their general manager, Rick Sander, was also one of the people who used to be the most optimistic about Mo Wen, but unfortunately because the "bride price" was not negotiated, he could only watch the Heat "marry" Mo Wen, and now he is dripping blood in his heart when he sees Mo Wen getting bigger and better, and there is a trend of winning the All-Star ticket king.

SuperSonics big man Ray Allen didn't want to lose this game either.

The world says that Lei Allen is a humble gentleman, on the surface he is self-disciplined, professional, indifferent to fame and fortune, but in fact he actually cares about other people's opinions, likes other people's praise very much, longs for victory and honor, and is jealous of the guy who is similar to him in strength but luckier than him.

Especially a blacksmith in Los Angeles, he is the most dissatisfied with the big four quarterbacks.

Because in his opinion, Kobe Bryant is a little better than him because of his luck and met O'Neal to achieve today's achievements.

In the preseason, Ray Allen also fired directly at Kobe:

"I don't know why Kobe Bryant hates Shaq, other shooting guards across the league are willing to give everything to join forces with Shaq, and I think in a year or two Kobe will definitely regret it, and then because the team doesn't have the right players, they will force management to buy more players, or trade themselves."

(Then he angrily instructed the big man of his own team to foul Ray Allen fiercely in the preseason between the two teams, but unfortunately an insider told Ray Allen about it, and it happened that Ray Allen also missed that game due to an ankle injury.) ）

Now the lucky ones have become Mo Wen and Wade with O'Neill's eastward journey, Wade is okay, his strength and talent are visible to the naked eye, and he has not received a lot of praise, but Mo Wen, a player who is lower than him, why did he get so many votes? !

Aren't you great at being backed by the Chinese market?

However, the Asian-American fans in Seattle told Ray Allen with their voices, and it was just amazing.

The angry Lei Allen found Mo Wen after kick-off, and did not say anything, but only showed his intentions with his actions.

Mo Wen, who was holding the ball, felt that his scalp was itchy and wanted to scratch it.

If it's Ray Allen who attacks him with the ball, forget it, the offensive end of the fifth of the big four quarterbacks will definitely give you respect (let Wade defend you), but what does it mean that you take the initiative to defend me?

I've scored 50 points on the boss before.

Does Ning have any misunderstanding about his defensive abilities?

George Carr and Ray Allen had a falling out before, largely because of Ray Allen's "gentleman" on the defensive end, once the Bucks easily cut down 40+ in two consecutive games against Ray Allen, and when the camera turned back to Ray Allen, the thing was still smiling, and the angry George Carl directly gave Ray Allen the nickname "Barbie" on the TV show.

The key is that Ray Allen didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did, because the smiling assassins and magicians also played with a smile back then.

It wasn't until he joined the Green Army that he realized the importance of defense, and later Ray Allen commented on himself in his autobiography -

"For many years, because of my performance on the offensive end, I didn't have any coach assign me a difficult task on the other side of the court..."

Good guys, it's so refreshing to say that you can't defend.

The only thing that can compare to him is Xiao Si's "no coach has ever taught me to defend".

Mo Wen didn't say anything polite to him, although the song posted earlier temporarily diverted the attention of the media, but if you want to really dispel doubts, you have to rely on your performance on the court.

Someone gave him a head, and it was too late for him to be happy.

At the beginning of the first quarter, Mo Wen came up and broke through Ray Allen, who had a serious face, with smooth variations.

Lei Allen tried to catch up with Mo Wen with his excellent explosive power, but he didn't want to be noticed by Mo Wen, and used two consecutive bad luck to shake him over again.

The supersonic starters are two meat shields on the inside line, Potapanko 130 kilograms, nicknamed "Lokomotiv of Ukraine", in addition to saying that he has a broad physique, in addition to saying that his start is as slow as a train. Another insider, Jerome James, is a heavyweight, weighing 135 kilograms, and Yao Ming, who has just entered the NBA and only played 3 games, has not scored a point.

The two of them worked hard to resist O'Neal and were good players, but the lateral movement and return speed were slow, and Mo Wen easily picked up and scored in the face of the empty basket.

Ray Allen turned around and wanted to play Mo Wen on the offensive end, but found that the person who defended him turned out to be Wade.

After failing to force Mo Wen to change the defense after blocking and dismantling twice, Ray Allen was also completely uninterested, and distributed the ball to Rashad Lewis, who was opposite Mo Wen.

In the early years, Lei Allen's desire to shoot and perform was also very strong, and if he couldn't touch the ball in four or five rounds, he would feel that there were ants crawling on his body.

Later, this problem was cured by George Carr, and after getting used to leading the team alone, he also developed a good habit of handing over the first half to his teammates as much as possible and saving his physical strength for the second half.

Rashad Lewis showed a bankrupt version of the "stand-up single", made three threats to Mo Wen at the three-point line, and after two tentative steps, looked at Mo Wen's low center of gravity, and pulled it up to be a sniper.

Mo Wen closed his eyes in time to interfere, so that the ball did not stick to it.

Mo Wen is no stranger to this later "Mr. 100 million yuan", although they are all "standing sticks", but Lewis's singles strong shooting ability is much worse than the later Grim Reaper Adu, his dribbling breakthrough cannot be said to be nothing, almost the same level as Clay, as long as he gives interference and confrontation in defense, it is difficult for him to have an accurate head.

Turning around, Lei Allen did not disappoint Mo Wen, and stood in front of Mo Wen again.

It's still the same recipe, it's still the same taste.

Change the rhythm, dribble to break through, step back and hesitate the ball, and change direction with the back.

It's like dancing on the pitch, and Ray Allen gets over in circles.

Portapenko made up for the defense, Mo Wen made a pull rod movement, and halfway through, leaked the ball from the side of his head to Haslem behind him.

Haslem spotted Portapenco's whereabouts, ignored Ray Allen, who had come from the defense, and completed a dunk with a big stride.

Make up for yesterday's

(End of chapter)