Bill Wharton said: "For example, the Knicks, Coach Riley has just taken over for a season, the roster is not complete, it needs to be traded, and the second and third positions are not very strong.

For example, the Pistons, the main point guard Iron Fist is a rookie and has no experience, and no one can guarantee his performance in the playoffs.

And although he performed well in the regular season, his offensive efficiency was not enough, barely passing, and he did not reach the average shooting percentage of the top 10 point guards in the league.

Normally, his offensive efficiency in the playoffs would probably be worse, so the chances of the Pistons winning the championship are slim, and I don't fancy them. ”

Gu Orcas nodded, a strange look appeared on his face, and smiled: "Bill, Karim, you are both from UCLA, and Iron Fist is also from UCLA, you are alumni, you must be familiar with him, right?"

Now Tekken is a symbol of the future for the Pistons, and he even pushed the Assassins to the bench, where he was the team's third-leading scorer, assist-leading leader, and third-largest rebounders.

Speaking of rebounds, I'm really surprised that as a point guard, he can grab so many rebounds? Second only to Sailly and Rodman.

By the way, he's also the team's steal king.

Based on this data analysis, his performance can determine the final performance of the Pistons.

So now, do you think that Iron Fist's performance in the playoffs will really be as bad as Beal just said, not as good as the regular season, and he is not capable of helping the team advance? ”

Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Wharton exchanged glances, and the latter smiled and said, "Sorry, Matt, I, I just said that the Pistons' chances of winning the championship are very small, and Tekken's performance in the playoffs may not be as good as in the regular season, but it is just a speculation, not that they have no chance of qualifying." ”

"Haha, that's my mistake." Goocater laughed.

Abdul-Jabbar smiled and said, "I knew this young man in '90, when he first became the main point guard for the basketball team, but before that, he was already the first executioner on the ice hockey team.

I know him, his willpower is extremely strong, his mental qualities are extremely tenacious, he will not give up at any time, he has the shadow of Isaiah Thomas and Jordan.

I don't think he's going to see a big drop in his performance in the playoffs compared to the regular season.

Another argument in favor of my claim is the style of the pistons.

The Pistons are a defensive-oriented team with tough, tough, iron-willed, and fearless qualities, and Iron Fist is a team that fits perfectly with the Pistons.

He's used to high-intensity defense on the team, and the playoffs won't affect him as much as we think. ”

Bill Walton continued: "I think these two teams that put defense first, in the end, it's all about who is tougher.

Iron Fist is against Mark Jackson, this is a guy who is as good at back punching as Iron Fist, and has a strong confrontation ability, but in front of Iron Fist, his confrontation ability is still slightly inferior, and I don't think Iron Fist will lose to him. ”

Gookas laughed, "Okay, I see, you're actually more bullish on the Pistons." Let's talk about Iron Fist, after all, he has a signed sneaker contract, and his sales are not bad at the moment, and he is very topical. ”

At this point, he changed his tone and asked, "Now what I want to know is, what do you think of his violent behavior?"

According to current statistics, since he entered the league, he has been involved in Pistons locker room violence, the Battle of Auburn Hills, a brawl with Oakley at Madison Square Garden, a clash with Big Dream at the home of the Houston Mosaic, a beating up of Rookie of the Year competitor Larry Johnson, and so on, at least five or six violent acts. ”

Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Wharton looked at each other, are there so many?

Abdul-Jabbar sighed twice and said, "He was the victim in the locker room, Matt, and it's unfair for you to count this as his violent act." ”

"Well, I apologize." Gookas immediately smiled.

Abdul-Jabbar added: "The Battle of Auburn Hills was not a brawl, nor was it a violent incident. That battle, which was caused by the bull, was a moral crisis, which has been settled and cannot be counted as violence with an iron fist.

His counter-attacks in the game helped us to raise our moral standards, and not only did he not deserve to be questioned and criticized, but he deserved credit. ”

The smile on Gu Ocas's face was gone, he didn't expect Jabbar to defend a junior brother like this, so he could only say with some embarrassment: "Okay then, I apologize again." ”

Abdul-Jabbar added: "In the fight with Oakley, it was Oakley who knocked the iron fist of the layup out out of the air, which was a malicious foul, and then it was Oakley who attacked the iron fist first, which is not the fault of the iron fist." ”

"Well, I ......"

Jabbar didn't wait for Gu Orcas to apologize, and continued: "That time with Big Dream, it was Big Dream who attacked him from behind, and he was knocked to the ground, Big Dream still didn't let him go, and he had to go up with others to continue beating him, is it his fault?" ”

"Well, it's my fault." Gourcas smiled bitterly.

"No, it's their fault that Big Dream is it, it's they who caused the conflict."

Abdul-Jabbar said solemnly: "As for the time with Larry Johnson, John Sayh used it as a defensive foul, and then Larry Johnson sneaked up on Sailly, causing Selly to hit the ground in the back of his head, and even broke his head, and then Iron Fist came out for his teammates, and the two clashed."

I mean, you shouldn't say that Iron Fist beats up Rookie of the Year competitor Larry Johnson, which would make people think that Iron Fist is clashing with Larry Johnson for Rookie of the Year, when it's not, he's just trying to get out of the way for his teammates.

In fact, even after Larry Johnson knocked down Sely, he took the initiative to attack Iron Fist, and then he couldn't beat Iron Fist and was overturned, so this matter is definitely not an iron fist beating anyone. ”

"Well, I, I apologize." Ancient Orcas said helplessly.

Bill Wharton also said solemnly at this time: "Matt, you, there is something wrong with your position, you are completely on the opposite side of the iron fist to look at these things, this is not right. ”

"No, no, no, I'm just a little biased, a little biased, I don't have a contradiction with Iron Fist, I don't even know him." Gu Okas hurriedly said.

Magic Johnson laughed at this time: "Okay, Matt just made a gimmick for the show, Bill, Karim, don't be angry." ”

Bill Wharton shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's better not to, because the Rookie of the Year selection is going on, it's important for Iron Fist, and if you don't get Rookie of the Year, his sneaker contract can't be executed for the next three years, and we should do justice to what has to do with him." ”

"Horn!"

After the show ended, Zhou Quan stepped forward and turned off the TV.

"Should have given Karim and Bill a call and thanked them for maintaining me." He muttered.

Just now, the two of them defended him, and they also took vaccinations, saying that his performance may have declined compared to the regular season, which is to relieve pressure on him.

On the 23rd, five minutes after nine o'clock in the morning, David Stern sat in his executive chair.

"Sir, here's your cat poop coffee. This is the result of the best rookie. ”

A minute later, Special Assistant Hawk Houston came in with a cup of coffee and placed two envelopes on his desk.

"Thanks, it tastes good."

Stern took two sips of his coffee, praised it, then put down his cup and picked up the envelope from the American side.

"Sir, you can call me again if you have something."

Houston was very knowledgeable and left the office immediately.

Stern glanced at Houston's back, smiled and nodded, then picked up a paper cutter to cut open the sealed envelope, pulled out a folded letter, opened it and looked at it carefully.

The reason for the two envelopes is that the votes of the 117 journalists were counted separately, by different people, which was faster.

Half an hour later, he called Hawk Houston in and said, "Hawk, the results are in, Zhou Quan and Larry Johnson both scored 397 points, and I recognize the results, they will also win the Rookie of the Season honor." ”

"Double-packed eggs?" Houston was stunned.

Stern nodded, pushed the blank paper in front of him forward, and said, "This is their selection data, now you command it to go down and announce the results to the public immediately." ”

"Yes, sir."

Hawk Houston didn't hesitate and immediately took the piece of paper and left.

At ten o'clock, the NBA league announced a series of individual honors for the regular season, which were broadcast live by ESPN TV.

Zhou Quan also sat on the sofa in front of the TV, next to his agent Roger Philip.

The first was DPOY, which was picked up by the Spurs' David Robinson.

David Robinson has entered the league for the third season, and has been tied with Ewing and Olajuwon as the three super centers, a best three team and a best team, a best defensive team and a second team, or last season's block king, and was selected as an All-Star for three consecutive years, including two starts, and even the limelight of big dreams was suppressed by him, and this time he won the honor of DPOY, which is another recognition of his defensive strength.

The Sixth Man of the Year went to Schramf, the Most Improved Player went to Ellison of the Bullets, and the Best Coach went to Don Nelson.

Then there are several stat kings, scoring king Michael Jordan 30.2 points, rebounding king Rodman 18.7, steal king John Stockton 3, assist king John Stockton 13.7, block king David Robinson 4.5.

Then the All-Rookie All-Rookie team was announced.

Zhou Quan is in the first team, and the other four are Mutombo, Larry Johnson, Billy Owens, and Steve Smith.

Zhou Quan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this requirement of the system was met, and now only the best rookie remained.

He sat on the couch with no nervousness on his face, and his eyes were calm, looking very calm, as if he didn't care.

"Don't be nervous, it must be you, Zhou, it was you who helped the league stabilize the situation and eliminate the negative impact of the locker room violence, and the league should give it to you." Philip reassured.

"I hope so." He smiled.

"NBA League 1991/92 Rookie of the Year was the main power forward from the Charlotte Hornets, the No. 1 pick in '91, Larry Johnson ......"

With the host's words, a trace of disappointment flashed in Zhou Quan's eyes, and Philip directly burst into a foul mouth: "Xie Te! How so? ”

And in Charlotte, Larry Johnson cheered: "Great! I'm the rookie of the best, I'm the best one, and I won! Iron Fist is not as good as me, not as good as me, I am the best one. ”

The host on TV continued: "...... and the Detroit Pistons' main point guard, the No. 17 rookie in the first round in '91, Zhou Quan from UCLA. ”

"How is that possible?"

Hearing the second half of the host's words, the excited Larry Johnson instantly froze in place as if he had been doused with a plate of ice water.

"Yikes!"

Following the host's words, Zhou Quan jumped up from the sofa excitedly.

"Double-packed eggs?"

Roger Philip was stunned, but quickly reacted and laughed: "It's not bad to have a double pack of eggs, not bad!"

Zhou, the double bag egg is also a rookie, Skechers's three conditions are now completed one, you have done a great job this season!

I'm here to open a champagne, and I have to have a toast. ”

"Of course."

Zhou Quan smiled and nodded.

At this time, the virtual screen suddenly opened automatically in front of your eyes, and a new prompt appeared: "Congratulations to the host, you have completed the best rookie task, and the reward has been issued." ”

Memory +5, increased to level 95, nerve reaction speed +5, increased to level 96, the former can not be reflected for the time being, but the change in the latter, he immediately felt it.

"Buzz ......"

"Smack!"

It happened that a mosquito flew past his right ear and was instantly killed by him, and the speed of his reaction was definitely faster than before.

He opened his profile and took a closer look at it, and found that the defense had been improved from level 92 to level 93, of which the single defense had reached level 95 and the assistant defense had reached level 91.

This time, his defense has really improved to a first-class level, and it is an all-round improvement, which can be used in the playoffs.

In addition, the steal has been directly increased from the original level 85 to level 95, which is a huge improvement.

With a level 96 nerve reaction speed, coupled with his excellent arm span, a pair of big hands, and a strong outside confrontation ability, his steal skills and abilities will improve so much.

At the same time, because the speed of neural reaction is an important quality basis for prediction ability, the most important prediction ability has been increased from 75 to 80, reaching the second-rate level.

The improvement of prediction has led to the improvement of passing ability, from 90 to 91.

Even the breakthrough ability has been improved from level 85 to level 86 because of the faster reaction speed.

"This is a move to the whole body, an all-round improvement! The award for Best Rookie is fantastic! ”

He happily looked at his data, especially the quality one, the ten qualities, in addition to strength and injury resistance, the remaining eight have all been improved to level 90 or above, all of which are first-class standards.

At this moment, a new prompt appeared on the screen, and he hurriedly turned it on.

"The NBA league playoffs mode is on, and the task is issued."

"The playoffs are a stage for superstars, and the host is asked to play superstar performance in the playoffs. Note: Given that the host is a rookie season, the difficulty of the mission is halved. ”

When he saw the previous sentence, Zhou Quan's heart lifted, and after reading it, he felt that the system underestimated him, the data of the superstar was halved, 20+10 halved, that is, 10+5, that is the data of role players, how bad is his performance?

"Please host in the playoffs to average 15 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists and 2.5 steals per game, with an assist-to-turnover ratio of no less than 3, a shooting rate of 45%, and a true shooting rate of 53%."

His mind was confused, 15+5+10?

There are no double-doubles in the regulations, and the playoffs require two double-doubles, which is halved in difficulty? What is the level of superstar performance, 30+10+20?

And the offensive efficiency requirements are higher than in the regular season, he must play a more efficient offense with a stronger defense, for him, there is only one way, strengthen the breakthrough score.

Of course, the 45% shooting rate and 53% true shooting rate are not very high, and they can't even enter the top ten point guards in the league, and the requirements of the system still take into account his current level of strength.

"Quest reward, bounce +1."

When he saw the reward, his heart itched.

The bounce of +1 without losing weight is very tempting, so will he continue to lose weight next? This is a question that needs to be considered before deciding.

The system is not finished yet, and new tasks continue to be issued.

Zhou Quan is also very excited, there are actually very few tasks in the regular season, basically none in the second half of the season, or the playoffs are better, and the tasks are issued one after another.

"The requirements for the first round of the series: five skill points for sweeping opponents, three skill points for eliminating opponents 3 to 1, and one skill point for 3 to 2."

"Hint: Skill points can only improve the techniques that allow for physical fitness."

"Hint: If you are swept by the opponent, it will be regarded as a fiasco, and the host's mental willpower will be attenuated by one level."

"Hint: The Pistons are on par with the Knicks, and the top two will win, and if they fail to advance in the first round, the regular season mission mode will be closed next season."

Zhou Quan read the content of the task several times and made sure that he understood it before turning off the system.

The problem is a bit serious, first of all, you must advance in the first round, and you must kill the Knicks, otherwise the regular season system will not issue tasks next season.

Although there are few tasks in the regular season, no matter how little meat there is, it is also meat, and it is better than nothing.

At this time, the phone began to ring constantly, and some sponsors, including Skechers, as well as teammates and team management, called congratulatory calls.

"Cheers!"

Philippe brought two glasses of champagne, clinked glasses, and then dried them directly.

Philip added: "Zhou, just now Skechers said that today's sneaker sales are no worse than yesterday, and there are many fans who say they like the nickname Detroit's killer king when they buy shoes." ”

"I'm X!"

didn't hold back, Zhou Quan directly burst into a foul mouth.

Philip smiled: "Now that he has won the best rookie again, although it is a double pack of eggs, it is not bad, and it will definitely stimulate sales." ”

"I hope."

Zhou Quan smiled.

……

"I'm happy to be the Rookie of the Year, but sharing an honor with someone caught me off guard, and I always thought it was for the best."

At this time, Larry Johnson was interviewed by phone at home, with a somewhat eccentric mood and seemingly dissatisfied.

"Larry, the Hornets didn't qualify for the playoffs, 12th in the East, and only got 31 wins, do you think that's the reason why you don't have one rookie alone?" The journalist asked.

"Maybe, or what? But the funny thing is that this is the best rookie, not the MVP selection. Larry Johnson said sarcastically.

"Do you think Zhou Quan doesn't deserve the best rookie, and his performance is not as good as yours?" The reporter asked again.

Larry Johnson fell silent, although the two had fought and suffered, he still had to admit that he was the best one, but Iron Fist was no worse than him.

"He's fine, too."

Eventually he responded to the question vaguely and hung up.

……

(End of chapter)