The Suns made it to the Western Conference finals.

Wang Shuo, who fully felt the difficulty of the Western Region this year, did not choose to celebrate with Barkley and others, but went home and slept well with Ambrosio's shaped pillow.

Early the next morning, Wang Shuo, who was full of vitality, immediately started the work mode in an orderly manner.

In addition to reviewing the big events in the NBA during his time leading the Suns to the Spurs think tank, he also looked at the other opponents in the East and West this year.

In the East, after reversing the Wizards in the first round of the playoffs, the 76ers led by D'Antoni are currently in a fierce battle against the Nets who have beaten Scott in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

In the first round of the playoffs, because Kidd couldn't stand Scott's various mysterious operations, after leading a group of brothers to force the Nets management, Kidd decisively snatched the tactical board from Scott and led the Nets to eliminate the Celtics with a score of 4-3.

In fact, in terms of the Nets' strength on paper, but Van Scott can have a little more ink in his stomach in addition to his point guard play-and-play tactics, and the Nets will not survive until seven games to eliminate the Celtics.

In the current round of the Eastern Conference semifinals, which led the 76ers by a large score of 3-1, the Nets players proved with their actions that sometimes the coach's bench is really better than a dog.

From the best coach in the NBA to the best coach in the NBA.

In the future, after being beaten by the Nuggets at home with Paul to a 58 tragedy, the most glorious stroke of coach Byron Scott's coaching career is to lead the Cavaliers to two first-round picks in three years.

and, accompanied Kobe Bryant on the final retirement tour of his career.

Due to the current limited overall lineup of the 76ers, Wang Shuo is not optimistic that D'Antoni can lead the 76ers to complete the comeback in the division semifinals.

If nothing else, the Nets will have a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals.

On the other hand, the Pistons, who had easily eliminated the Bucks before, easily swept Wade and his Heat, who had gone the furthest with the team among the three Janguarde brothers this year, with a score of 4-0.

In this series, the Pistons fully showed the world how solid their roster is.

In the game, often before the main force could attack, the Pistons' benches consciously broke the Heat.

When reviewing this round of the series, Wang Shuo can even often see Ben Wallace, an All-Star center on the Pistons team, serving tea and water to the Pistons bench on the bench.

In order to avoid sitting on the bench for too long and losing the state of the game, according to incomplete statistics, Big Ben was able to cut 50 towels for the team and 50 super double-doubles of handing water cups to teammates per game in this series with the Heat.

And the Pistons' progress to the road has also made them the favorites to win the championship in the eyes of the world.

As for the western ......

As Wang Shuo remembers, "Wolf King" Garnett played the highlight moment of his career in the division semifinals with the Lakers.

In his first four games against the Lakers, Garnett averaged 24.5 points, 14.5 rebounds, five assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game.

In the playoffs, the Timberwolves, who ushered in Szczebiak's comeback, drew 2-2 with the Lakers after the first four games with the Lakers.

The only fly in the ointment is that with Kassel retiring injured in the G3 game and missing the rest of the Timberwolves' playoffs, the Timberwolves' prospects for promotion have been overshadowed.

In his previous life, because he reached the Western Conference finals with the Timberwolves in the 03/04 season, Garnett, who felt that he was expected to establish a meritorious service in the bitter cold land of Minnesota, also accepted the five-year, $100 million contract extension offered to him by the Timberwolves in the summer of 2004.

Because according to the relevant rules of the NBA, only by renewing his contract with the Timberwolves can Garnett get the theoretical maximum salary.

Therefore, why doesn't Garnett want to make a small amount of money while winning another championship?

But now, it's a different story.

This year, Garnett, who finally led the Timberwolves through the first round of the playoffs, had a brief chat with Duncan about the current situation of their respective teams in private during the Los Angeles Star Weekend.

As a result, Garnett was almost half by Duncan at that time.

No.

Can you Duncan be as miserable as my Garnett?

You've got the championship, the Finals MVP, the regular season MVP!

But what about me?

I don't even have an All-Star Game MVP! (Note (1))

Originally, in the 03/04 season, due to the excellent record of the Timberwolves and Garnett's outstanding performance in the regular season, he would be indisputably elected as the regular season MVP of the 03/04 season.

Can......

Just this year's Iverson.

In fact, after the All-Star Weekend, it was clear to everyone that Iverson had already locked up the NBA player's personal top accolade ahead of schedule.

It's a pity.

Even if there is a glimmer of hope, Garnett is not at all without hope at the moment.

Especially......

After the man arrived in his loyal Western Region.

Who knows how many years will the sun monopolize the west in the future under his creation and leadership?

Just like when everyone chose to run west in order to avoid Jordan.

At present, the chain reaction brought about by Wang Shuo's appearance has even affected the east-west pattern of the future alliance.

After leading the Timberwolves to a 2-2 draw with the Lakers, Garnett, who felt more and more that he couldn't be harmed by that damn loyalty, had already made up his mind under Duncan's persuasion.

If the Timberwolves don't make it to the Western Conference Finals this year, he'll leave the city he's worked so hard for years this summer.

And as a reward for this team, in Garnett's opinion, the only thing he can do is that he can accept the Timberwolves to let him go in the summer in a sign-and-trade deal, leaving the city with a spark of reconstruction......

……

On May 14, later that day, the NBA officially announced the winners of this year's major awards.

There is no suspense in the regular season MVP.

It was won by Allen Iverson, who led the team to first place in the West in the regular season, and won both the scoring and assist titles.

This is the second time in Iverson's career that Iverson has been named the regular season MVP.

At the same time, he also became only the second player in Suns history to win the regular season MVP immediately after being traded to the Suns.

The last player, who accomplished the feat, was named Charles Barkley.

Later, he was generally referred to as the "Uncrowned King" or "the only player in the TNT trio without a championship ring."

On this day, when Iverson delivered his acceptance speech, Barkley, who felt that he was unlucky, did not even attend the press conference where Iverson was named the MVP of the regular season.

In order to avoid infecting his misfortune with the Suns, Barkley decided that he would wear a pair of jerseys under his suit every game for the rest of the Suns' playoff journey.

Moreover, he would "punish" himself for writing "Lakers Championship" and "Pistons Championship" a hundred times every day.

And in addition to the regular season MVP was won by Iverson......

After a year, Wang Shuo also won the NBA's best head coach for the second time in his coaching career with his breakthrough achievements in leading the Suns this year.

The only regret is that because Carlisle's coaching record this year is also brilliant, Wang Shuo was not elected as the best head coach in the NBA again.

Carlisle failed to defeat Wang Shuo in the selection of this award, not because the Pistons' results were not good enough, but because the Pistons had reached the Eastern Conference Finals last season, so in the eyes of his peers, he was not as good as Wang Shuo, who led the Suns to complete the salted fish turnover.

In addition, this year's Most Improved Player award was also won by Amaré Stoudemire of the Suns.

In the selection, he defeated his teammate Tyson Chandler.

From a half-tone star forward, to a half-step super power forward......

This year, both in terms of personal data and team performance, Stoudemire has made a qualitative leap.

In the market, some experts even believe that the current 21-year-old Xiao Si is completely likely to hit the throne of the best power forward in NBA history in the future.

And this has undoubtedly indirectly affected the mentality of other top power forwards in the league.

After all, Xiao Si is too young.

And being young means that he has infinite possibilities.

In addition, this year's Sixth Man of the Year was won by Antoine Jamison, who switched to the Dallas Mavericks last summer.

The Best Defensive Player crown was taken away by Big Ben.

Marion was defeated in this selection.

The reason is that as the honorable No. 1 in the league this year, it is impossible for the NBA official not to give the Pistons a piece of cake.

As for the best rookie?

Although before the draw, most people in the market thought that Cameron Anthony should be chosen.

However, due to my own complex background, under some trade-offs, Stern was still under tremendous pressure, suggesting that the judges awarded the award to LeBron James, the "pride of the sky".

In addition to the major awards, the results of this year's Best Team and Best Defensive Team are also as follows:

First Team of the All-Tournament: O'Neal, Duncan, Garnett, Kobe, Iverson.

Second Team of the All: Yao Ming, Xiao Si, Marion, Ray Allen, Kidd.

All-Round Team 3: Big Ben, Nowitzki, Peja, Cassel, Maddy.

All-Defensive Team for a while: Big Ben, Garnett, Marion, Kobe, Kidd.

Second Team of the Year: Ratliff, Kirilenko, Atay, Christie, Billups.

Yao Boss and Xiao Si, the two brothers, were both shortlisted for the best team this year.

Because this season, Yao Ming has played the data of a super center, and in the two direct conversations with Yao Ming, Big Ben was hammered into a "small alarm clock" by Yao Ming, so it is reasonable for Xiao Yao to be shortlisted for the second team this time.

And even though Marion couldn't beat Big Ben in the Defensive Player of the Year awards, he compensated by being named to both the All-Defensive Second Team and the All-Defensive First Team.

In this life, what has changed a lot from Wang Shuo's memory is Bowen, who should have been shortlisted for the best defensive team for many years, because of the "San Antonio incident" of that year, since the 01/02 season, this guy has not been selected for this award for three consecutive years.

On the 14th, the day of the award, Iverson, who knows how to be grateful without borrowing from God, said in an interview: "I know that a lot of people have been talking about me as a system player lately.

I think these people are right.

Because without the system that Wang has carefully built for us, we would not have been able to reach the Western Conference Finals this year.

Under his system, each of us is getting better, and everyone is benefiting from it. ”

Iverson, who will turn 29 years old in more than a month, will no longer be casual, which does not mean that his emotional intelligence is not even comparable to Danzi.

Iverson, who had been in Philadelphia for N years, knew very well where the limits of his abilities were.

If it weren't for Wang Shuo, then in his opinion, he would not have been able to play such beautiful statistics in his life.

Previously, when he saw that the 40-year-old Danzi could still cut down the scoring title, Iverson admired Jordan more.

But now?

In Iverson's eyes, Jordan was able to win the scoring title last season, and most of the credit goes to Wang Shuo.

Iverson also shared the same sentiments as Si and Marion.

In an interview, Xiao Si said that if it weren't for Wang Shuo, he would never have touched the threshold of a star power forward in his life.

It is unlikely to be a strong contender for the best power forward in NBA history in the eyes of the world.

"This season, a lot of people have praised my talent.

I know that my talent can outperform most people even in the NBA.

But to be honest, if it weren't for Wang's step-by-step guidance, I wouldn't have known how to use these talents.

Yes, I usually work hard and hard.

But the king taught me how to work hard, how to work hard.

In China, there is an idiom called "do more with less", and I think it is very suitable to describe the influence and role that Wang played on me when I was growing up. Xiao Si said in an interview.

As the "basketball succubus", God knows that on this day, after Iverson and Xiao Si and others have delivered their acceptance speeches one after another, how many young people will be eager to play under Wang Shuo in the future?

When Wang Shuo received the best coach trophy, a reporter asked him why the players who played under him always got better.

In this regard, Wang Shuo said with a smile: "Knowing people and being good at their duties, that's all." ”

"This is the second time you've won the Coach of the Year award in your career, and you'll be turning 30 next year, where do you think you can go in the future?" The reporters asked.

After a pause, Wang Shuo said, "My goal is the sea of stars!" ”

The reporters who were amused by Wang Shuo then asked: "Will you change the team coach in the future?"

There are a lot of team owners who have said in recent interviews that they hope that in the future, you can take your coaching talent elsewhere. ”

Looking at the reporter who asked the question, Wang Shuo's intuition told him that this was definitely Stern's arrangement.

In fact, during this year's Los Angeles Star Weekend, when participating in charity activities with the players, Stern, who was present at the time, privately hinted to Wang Shuo, intentionally or unintentionally, hoping that he would not stay in Phoenix forever in the future.

As the president of the league, Stern knows very well that once Wang Shuo is in one place for a long time, then in terms of his coaching ability, the future NBA is likely to have a super team that he is powerless to stop no matter how he Stern sanctions.

In Wang Shuo's memory, why was Stern reluctant to sign the Celtics until he stepped down?

None of them.

Because Auerbach's influence is just too great.

Stern doesn't want to see a second Celtics in the league.

Therefore, with a talent like Wang Shuo, of course, Stern wishes that he could keep "nomadic".

Even if Wang Shuo leads different teams to win championships constantly, it doesn't matter in Stern's eyes.

Because as long as his "nomadic" footsteps do not stop, the NBA will always be the NBA that is full of vitality and everything is competing.

Therefore, Wang Shuo knew very well that at this moment, the guy who asked him questions was definitely sent by Stern to deliver a message to him:

Xiao Wang......

You see, with the relationship between the two of us, are you still afraid that after you change teams and coaches in the future, my brother and I will snub you?

As long as you don't stay in Phoenix all the time, then in the NBA, my brother will be the king, and you will be the king, wouldn't it be happy?

At the press conference, Wang Shuo, who has always had a tacit understanding with Stern, said after a two-second silence: "I like challenges, and I am eager to challenge.

But I'm more focused on the present than in the future. ”

On this day, after the guy in charge of delivering the message conveyed Wang Shuo's meaning back to the NBA headquarters in New York, Stern's heart, which had always been hanging, immediately relaxed completely.

Although Wang Shuo's coaching resume is only three years, Stern, who "doesn't understand the ball", knows better than those who "know the ball" how terrible he is.

In Washington, D.C., 39-year-old Michael Jordan was named the NBA's regular season MVP for the sixth time in his career, and at the age of 40, he was the NBA's 11th career regular season scoring champion.

In Washington, those little-known young players were cultivated by him into star players.

If, in Washington, you can also say that it was an accident.

And what about in Phoenix?

You know, before the start of this season, even if Stoudemire is talented, no one could have imagined that he would become a candidate for the best power forward in NBA history overnight.

And Aaron Iverson.

This Philadelphia outcast has become the first active player in the NBA in the eyes of the world in less than a year!

Just this kind of coaching ability, just this kind of marketing ability......

How can you make him David Stern not afraid, how can he not panic?

However, despite this day, Stern was very satisfied with Wang Shuo's reply.

But right now, Stern is struggling with something else.

That's the question of the ownership of this year's champion.

Look at the Knicks, who have a total salary of up to $90 million and are at the bottom of the season this season......

While Stern is angry and lamenting his misfortune, he is also seriously thinking about whether to save the Knicks.

Wang Shuo had a previous life, in fact, Stern didn't think about getting a hand on the Knicks.

But unfortunately, the Knicks team is either not rotten enough enough, or they have a problem with the timing of their rotten.

A lot of the time, the Knicks choose a bad season, and the following year is a famously small year for the draft.

Stern knows very well that in the eyes of the Knicks, the draft year may not be able to save them, let alone the draft year?

However, this year, because the Knicks chose to completely rot in order to attract Wang Shuo to join in the future.

As a result, the situation has changed in a subtle way.

The first is that the Knicks chose the right time to swing this year.

After all, the Knicks are not completely rotten at this time, and in the past few years, although they have hardly achieved the courage of the 90s, the Knicks are still a team capable of challenging the playoffs.

Therefore, Stern feels that as long as he has a hand, the Knicks still have some hope of returning to the playoffs.

Second, compared to those future draft boys, the 2004 rookies had two very good center seedlings.

One is Dwight Howard, a gifted high school student with explosive talent.

One is Emeka Okafor, who just led the team to the NCAA championship.

As a team with a tradition of center, in Stern's opinion, even if the Knicks are blind, they will not miss one of these two players.

Therefore, this also made Stern feel the urge to raise a hand of Knicks in his heart.

But at the moment, the main reason why Stern is entangled is that New York is the location of the NBA's headquarters, and Stern doesn't want to make people feel that the NBA is deliberately taking care of the Knicks because of his PY.

Fortunately, the Knicks were lucky.

Because on this day, Mark duly reminded Stern, "David, don't you want to hear another cheer at Madison Square Garden?" ”

At this moment, looking at Mark's sincere eyes, Stern was moved.

It's not that he wants to hear another cheer at Madison Square Garden, it's just that in his opinion, he can't deliberately not be "fair, open, and just" for the sake of what he calls "fair, open, and just."

And on the day that the Suns swept the major awards and Stern decided to raise the Knicks......

The Corangelo father and son are also arguing about whether or not to tell Wang Shuo that they are ready to sell the Sun.

In fact, the reason why the Corangelo father and son wanted to recruit Wang Shuo at all costs was to let Wang Shuo get a hand from the sun, and then so that they could sell the sun for a high price in the future.

Since the elder Colangelo had to go to the hospital every once in a while to discuss the poor health of his life with the nurses, in order to save his old life, the elder Colangelo knew very well that he could no longer afford to continue to run the sun.

"Father, you know, the king does not like to be deceived. I think we'd better be honest with him. On this day, knowing that his father was already in private, little Colangelo said to his old father about the preliminary agreement with the buyer.

"But now, he's leading the team to prepare for the Western Conference Finals, and if we go and talk to him about it at this point in time, will it affect him and the team?" Old Colangelo said with a worried expression.

"Father, you and I both know very well what kind of person Robert Savor is when he is about to take over the Suns.

To be honest, if it wasn't for the highest bid, then I really didn't like him at all.

Especially after he said that I couldn't give a head coach $10 million a year anyway. Little Colangelo reminded his old father.

After nodding his head, old Colangelo said, "I don't like him either, but who makes him give more money?"

I think you're right, Brian, we have to confess everything to the king, or it will probably affect our personal relationship with him. ”

Although he is ready to sell the Suns at the moment, it does not mean that the elder Crangillo is willing to give up his other title:

President of the American Basketball Association.

After the crushing defeat at the World Championships held on his doorstep in '02, Colangelo Sr., who also holds the title of chairman of the NBA Rules Committee, has seen the overall backwardness of American basketball in terms of player fundamentals and team tactics.

Therefore, knowing that Wang Shuo's coaching talent is far more than that of the American coach 10,000 times, Colangelo also hopes that Wang Shuo can bring his talent to the dream team.

Although at present, there is still a strong opposition within the American Basketball Association to hiring foreign coaches.

But the elder Colangelo must find a way out for American basketball.

After all, how can a country that cannot dominate the world basketball scene for a long time be embarrassed to say that its basketball league is the number one league in the world?

How embarrassing to attract those well-known international big names?

The elder Colangelo, who holds the dual titles of president of U.S. basketball and chairman of the NBA's rules committee, shares Stern's hope that the NBA will go further and further down the path of globalization.

Because only in this way will the basic game of basketball be made bigger and bigger.

Therefore, as a last resort, old Colangelo did not want to have trouble with Wang Shuo.

On the 15th, holding on to his body, which could go to God at any time, the elder Colangelo held a personal celebration banquet for Wang Shuo on the grounds of commending Wang Shuo for leading the team to the Western Conference Finals.

At the celebration banquet, the elder Colangelo went straight to the point, and said while apologizing to Wang Shuo: "Although we have been working together for less than a year, I know very well that you are an honest person.

Therefore, I do not intend to hide from you, King, that my body is no longer able to sustain me to continue to run this sun. ”

Hearing this, Wang Shuo, who was extremely familiar with the history of the sun, pretended to be surprised and said very "angrily": "Damn, you should have told me earlier, Jerry!"

If you had told me all of this, I wouldn't have chosen to coach at Phoenix in the first place! ”

On the side, little Colangelo hurriedly comforted Wang Shuo and said, "Wang, we can understand your feelings. But......

Well, my father and I did cheat on you last year.

We thought about selling the team early in the morning, but we still tricked you into coming to Phoenix.

Can...... If you could, would you be able to forgive me and my father? ”

Wang Shuo sighed and said, "I don't know how I can forgive you.

You should know that the change of owner of the team is a big deal!

Because I don't know if the new owner of the team will still be able to form a good relationship with me.

I don't know what kind of ambition he has, whether he just wants to make money or if he wants to compete for the championship.

And, in case there is a problem with his character, how do you ask me to work with him? ”

Looking at Wang Shuo, who was reasoning in every sentence, little Colangelo said: "Wang, I know that the problems you mentioned are objective.

So my father and I are not going to hide it from you.

As soon as this summer, and as soon as next summer at the latest, Robert Sarver will officially take over the Suns. ”

"Robert Sarvor? What kind of person is he? Wang Shuo continued to ask knowingly.

Colangelo Jr. told the truth: "First of all, he is a man who thinks he knows a lot about the ball.

Secondly, I don't want to hide it from you, if it's him who takes over the Suns.......

Then he probably won't provide you with the salary package we are currently offering you. ”

Hell you're going to see it!

Aside from the labels of Savor, racism and extreme misogyny......

Wang Shuo knew very well that with a boss like Savor who likes to do some micro-manipulation and slam the door when he has nothing to do, it is impossible for him to establish a good cooperative relationship with him.

Historically, Savor has given much of the credit for the rise of the sun to himself.

But in fact, fans who really know the history of the Suns know that the foundation of the Suns was laid in the Colangelo era.

Long before Sarver took over the Suns, Colangelo and his son had already established a core system for the Suns led by Xiao Si, Marion, and Nash.

And the salary space is also very healthy.

In addition, as a "hardcore ruthless person" who even did not hesitate to send various intimate photos of his wife to employees to admire in order to show off how good his wife's figure was to his employees......

Wang Shuo doesn't want to be liquidated together after this buddy's thunderstorm in the future.

In fact, Wang Shuo was willing to take over the Suns precisely because he knew that Colangelo and his son would sell the team in the near future.

If the team changes owners, then he will have a reasonable reason to leave when his contract expires.

After all, once a son of heaven and a courtier.

No matter where you are in the global village, you have always led a set of leaders.

It's just that Wang Shuo didn't expect that because of his appearance, the time for the sale of the Sun by the Corangillo father and son would be advanced.

But it's also ......

The sun of this life, no matter from which point of view, is an investment that will never lose money.

At this moment, looking at Cranjilo Jr., Wang Shuo said with a look of surprise: "I am a two-time NBA Best Head Coach......

At the same time, he is also loved by fans and players in Phoenix, and he is not willing to give me even an annual salary of $10 million, right? ”

"I don't know what he thinks, but in a previous meeting with my father, he did say that if he becomes the owner of the team in the future, he will not allow a manager to take such a salary.

Because in his opinion, the NBA is a league of stars, and the head coach is just the team's nanny. ”

Hearing this, Wang Shuo suddenly felt that this was indeed very in line with the character of Savor in his memory.

In the NBA, the head coach is important.

But in fact, because each team has a different idea of building a team, and each team owner has a different idea of operation, not all NBA teams will attach as much importance to the role of a head coach as Colangelo and his son.

Even now, as long as Wang Shuo becomes a free agent, most of the NBA teams will line up to grab him.

Can......

The history of the NBA has been told to Wang Shuo countless times.

Unless he can keep proving in the future that he can lead different teams to win championships.

Otherwise, the position of head coach in the NBA's food chain is so humble.

On this day, after this celebration banquet, Wang Shuo said to the Corangelo father and son with a "worried" face: "Thank you for being able to tell me this.

But for now, I want to focus on the next games. ”

When saying goodbye to Wang Shuo, old Colangelo hesitated for a moment, and then said to Wang Shuo: "Wang, I dare not guarantee or promise you, but I still want to ask you a question.

If I asked you to coach the U.S. men's basketball team in the future, would you do it? ”

Wang Shuo pondered for a while and said, "If there really is that day, I will definitely think about it seriously." ”

Coaching the U.S. men's basketball team?

Interesting.

In Wang Shuo's opinion, if the timing is right, he really wants to play the savior of American basketball.

Because he knows very well that American basketball has fallen behind in terms of tactics in this period......

Not surprisingly, they will definitely have to suffer in the next two competitions in '04 and '06.

Especially the American Dream Team formed with James as the core in '06.

As the head of Jammy, no one knows better than him Wang Shuo how "terrifying" and "daunting" James's "dominance" in the international arena is.

Therefore, this kind of achievement of the American basketball coaches at your fingertips, and even stepping on the merits of the American basketball coaches of the same period, in Wang Shuo's eyes, can be said to be not in vain.

After Wang Shuo left, Colangelo and his son were still guilty of selling the team behind Wang Shuo's back.

After coming out of the celebration banquet, where did Wang Shuo still have the anxiety that he deliberately played for the Corangelo father and son at the banquet before?

No matter what people say about Robert Savor in the future, in Wang Shuo's eyes, he is a "good person" at the moment.

Because of his appearance, not only did the president of the United States Basketball Association, Colangelo, owe him a great favor.

Moreover, he also helped himself plan his future in advance!

Now, in Wang Shuo's eyes, his next goal is much simpler.

That is, during his two-year tenure in Phoenix, he found a way to lead the Suns to a championship, and then left Phoenix with the championship!

And continue his "nomadic" career!

"Winning the championship once every two years, it shouldn't be difficult, right?" On this day, Wang Shuo thought silently in his heart.

……

In order to prepare for the next Western Conference Finals.

While patiently waiting for the Timberwolves and Lakers to split the winner, these days, Wang Shuo and his assistants are also intensively formulating the game plan for the Western Conference Finals and arranging for the team to practice tactics.

"If our Western Conference Finals opponent is the Lakers, I'm going to increase the percentage of our pick-and-roll and off-ball screens in the game, what do you think?" Constantly fiddling with the tactical magnet on the tactical board, Wang Shuo asked.

The tactics that Wang Shuo fiddled with at this time were the "Spanish blocking" created by Obradovic, the ancestor of European basketball.

This set of "Spanish blocking and dismantling" tactics quickly became popular around the world after the 2002 Champions League final came out, and even Chinese fans will shudder when they hear the word "Spain" in the future.

Of course, the reason why Chinese fans shudder in the future is not because they are afraid of this set of tactics, but because in the 19 Men's Basketball World Cup, when Coach Li Nan called a timeout, the three words that Chinese fans heard the most from his mouth were "Spain".

When he was coaching the Wizards, Wang Shuo did not let this set of tactics appear in advance.

Even a lot of the Wizards' pick-and-roll coordination at the time was very similar to this set of tactics.

But because Wang Shuo had to hug Jordan's thigh tightly at that time to stabilize the handsome position.

Therefore, the Wizards played the most in the game, or the improved triangle offense.

After coming to Phoenix from Washington, Wang Shuo usually arranged a lot of pick-and-roll and off-ball cover training in the training sessions he usually arranged, and these cooperation are closely related to the Spanish pick-and-roll.

Therefore, Wang Shuo does not have to worry that in just a few days, the Suns' players will not be able to comprehend the essence of this set of tactics.

Especially on the premise of having Marion and Xiao Si, the two top six.

"I see, Wang, you want us to increase the amount of movement of Lakers players on the court by interspersing a lot of off-ball screens and pick-and-rolls on offense!" Looking at Wang Shuo, Mike Brown said.

Wang Shuo nodded and said, "Shaq is no longer the Shaq he used to be.

He's 32 years old this year, as long as we can mobilize him fully when attacking.

Then we don't have to worry about it, he can keep wreaking havoc on our inside. ”

As long as the Lakers advance to the Western Conference finals, Wang Shuo intends to use the Spanish pick-and-roll and 1-2-2 combo defense to deal with them.

Due to Spain's blocking and dismantling, being able to fully mobilize the opponent's on-court players, and the NBA's three-second defense, Wang Shuo believes that the Suns will definitely be able to effectively consume O'Neal and the old Malone who is willing to assist "OK" at this moment through this tactic.

As for the latter......

The Lakers do have the best candidate to break the 1-2-2 defense in theory.

But if you don't understand, just ask......

Even if Kobe Bryant is willing to become the killer of the Lakers, what price should the Lakers pay at that time?

attack, O'Neill is likely to miss the ball for a long time because of this.

defense, O'Neal had to quickly step back and face the Suns' crazy off-ball running.

O'Neill like this......

Is it necessary for the sun to be afraid of him?

If the Lakers' coach at the moment is not Phil Jackson, but a coach who knows how to be flexible.

That Wang Shuo might have a headache because of this.

But Phil Jackson ......

Who on the road doesn't know that he will only play the triangle offense, as well as various versions of the triangle offense?

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In addition, in the face of this Lakers, in Wang Shuo's view, the Suns have another advantage.

That's Phil Jackson's bad habit of not calling timeouts.

In the international arena, why does the opponent often make a backhand timeout after the opponent suddenly changes to the joint defense?

Because for basketball players who are relatively culturally "book-burning", how can their brains run so fast?

In the same way, in the face of Spain's blocking, many times, it is also necessary for the coach to remind the players how to stand and how to deal with the defense through timeouts.

But what about Phil Jackson......

Not to mention whether he can see the Suns' tactics at that time.

In Wang Shuo's view, it is likely to be beaten to death by the Suns, and he will not take his timeout, but choose to let the players decide the outcome of the game themselves.

……

On the 18th, the Suns finally waited for their opponent in the Western Conference Finals.

As Wang Shuo expected, in a round-by-round positional battle, this Timberwolves team is not the opponent of the Lakers team who have regained the sense of triangle offense.

In this series, Garnett did his best.

But no matter how he howls in the sky, beats his chest, and does ten or twenty push-ups afterwards, he can't change the fact that this Timberwolves can't match his ambition.

The Timberwolves' failure to make it to the Western Conference Finals this year was a devastating blow to Garnett's confidence.

In addition, on the night when the Timberwolves were eliminated by the Lakers in the G6 game, Paul Pierce, who was invited by Garnett to go to the scene to help Garnett, also advised Garnett after the game:

Brother Kevin, don't hesitate any longer! Come to Boston! With my younger brother and my assistant, let's just pull someone to join us, why worry about the great cause?

He is not a place for people in this west!

Think about it, the Lakers, the Spurs, the Suns, which is the opponent you can beat?

Brother, I don't look down on my brother, it's just that if we want to win the championship, do we have to touch the floor of the division finals together to be possible?

Garnett felt that Pierce deserved to be his bosom brother, so he asked Pierce: Who do you think we can pull in?

Pierce immediately replied: Isn't it easy, Brother Kevin! I think Orlando's big brother named Tracey is very good!

During this year's celebrity weekend, my brother I have already talked to Tracy, as long as you are willing to start a new mountain, Tracey and I will immediately worship Brother Kevin as your eldest brother, and in Boston in the future, we three brothers, do not abandon or give up, eat meat together, drink soup together!

Are Pierce and Maddy willing to assist me?

At this moment, Garnett's heart, which had already been stirred up by Duncan, could be said to be completely rippling.

Tim was right, we workers can't let that damn loyalty hurt us!

It's just that......

On this day, what Pierce, who was willing to be the "third brother" in this "Taoyuan Rebellion", did not know was ......

With Garnett's attribute that is more suitable for being the second master, and Medina's attribute that even if she wants to compete for the big boss, she can only be the second leader in the end, in the future, he who only wants to assist Garnett at the moment is likely to be the one assisted by these two brothers.

Of course, before Garnett's plan to escape is finally implemented.

In the NBA, where anything is possible, who knows how things will change in the future?

According to the schedule, the first game of the Western Conference Finals between the Suns and Lakers will start on May 21.

In this series, the Suns will play home and away, and the series will still be format.

On May 21, when Wang Shuo, who was ready for everything, walked out of the house......

After looking up at the clear sky of Phoenix, he saw that Wang Shuo immediately clenched his fists after smiling slightly.

Come on, Lakers!

Let's find out who deserves that ticket to the Grand Final!

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