During the afternoon training, Zhou Quan came to Rodman, who was watching the excitement on the sidelines, and Rodman moved his body in training, and the amount of training was very small.

"Dennis, do you still want the main position? If you don't want it, give it to the young people, and you have a little less time. "Too familiar with Rodman," he asked directly.

Rodman has everything, one more championship ring than Zhou Quan, and he has made a lot of money by investing with Zhou Quan, and there is no shortage of money and honor, if he didn't have one year of contract, he would have retired.

Hearing this, he immediately waved his hand with a smile and said: "Iron Fist, you can arrange it, I don't care about the starting and main positions, it's better to play less time." ”

"Alright, I'll go talk to Paul."

Zhou Quan nodded, smiled and patted Rodman on the shoulder, then turned around and walked in front of Paul Westfaal.

"Paul, let's discuss."

"Iron Fist King, is there something wrong?"

"Well, I just told Dennis that he just gave up the main position and gave him a pseudo-starter." Zhou Quan said.

"What?"

Paul Westfaal was stunned.

Since he came to the SuperSonics last season, he has always been dissatisfied with Rodman, because Rodman never listens to him, which is a negative impact on the team, and the management does not want to interfere and let him deal with it himself, he wants to take Rodman's starting main position, but Rodman just refuses to let him, which makes him very annoyed.

"Did he really promise to give up his main position?"

Now as soon as the Iron Fist King returns, the big worm has become a good boy, and he feels quite magical.

"Of course it's true." Zhou Quan nodded.

"Iron Fist King, Michael Miller's talent is okay, Campbell is also 31 years old, not our future, I plan to increase Miller's playing time, you see?" Westphaal said in a consultative tone.

Zhou Quan smiled and said: "You decide this, I just want to say that Ben Wallace wants to play the center position." Paul, his top defense is still good, you can let him try it, if he can't play, then change to another position, you see? ”

Westphaal frowned, he didn't dare to imagine Ben Wallace playing center, but he could only agree to the Iron Fist King's proposal, so he nodded: "Okay then, when we fight against the training match later, let him try the number five position." ”

Half an hour later, the training match began.

Westpal arranged two groups of players, and assistant coach Neymar Rashid began to hand out training clothes, throwing Ben Wallace a red substitute training uniform, saying: "Ben, you play the number five position. ”

"Yes."

Ben Wallace glanced at Zhou Quan excitedly and replied loudly.

Brad Miller was stunned, what is this doing, isn't it me as the first substitute center, let Ben Wallace play center, isn't it funny? So which position do I play?

"Brad, you play the number four position." At this time, Neymar Rashid threw a red training uniform at Miller and shouted.

"Me?"

Miller's face darkened, I'm a center, not a power forward, okay? I can't play power forward.

He started to worry, he was in the wrong position, it wasn't a small thing, it was a big deal.

Of course, Zhou Quan noticed that Miller's face was a little dark, and said, "Brad, today is just an attempt, don't care." ”

Miller breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, the training match began, and Big Ben played against the main center Campbell.

Zhou Quan did not play, and stood on the sidelines with Rodman to watch the game.

Campbell tentatively got to the basket, and Ben Wallace was too short so he could dominate the height under the basket.

But Ben Wallace was in it, and he tried twice, but he couldn't squeeze in, and he couldn't get in a single step.

"Such a strong force? Damn Ben, you work hard in the instrument room every day, you really have a talent for hard work. With a curse, he had to leave the penalty area and settle low on the left wing to ask for the ball.

"Get in."

The main offense, under the direction of Westphal, Shamond Williams, who played the main point guard, passed the ball to Campbell.

Campbell caught the ball with both hands and arched inward, but Ben Wallace behind him seemed to be nailed to the floor and didn't move.

He had no choice but to swing down, make a slippery move, and then turn up and jump.

But Ben Wallace's extremely powerful top defense didn't have enough fluid technical movements, which allowed Ben Wallace to keep up with his rhythm and make timely blocks on his jumper.

"Smack!"

Under one palm, Campbell's just shot was capped.

"Shit!"

was shortened by the draft cap, and Campbell's face immediately turned black.

"Oh!"

"Ben is a short head, and he actually hated Eldon?"

"Now Wallace is in trouble, Campbell doesn't stare at him?"

During this period, whether it was a game or a training session, Ben Wallace did not perform with a block in the fourth and third positions, and this was the first time he had given a block in a training match, so everyone was a little surprised.

"Beautiful." Rodman grinned.

"Go on!"

Westphaal didn't think anything of it was in his eyes, because Ben Wallace's bouncing ability was still good, and it was not surprising to occasionally send a big hat.

He mainly looks at Ben Wallace's defensive effect and basket protection ability in the No. 5 position, because height is Ben Wallace's biggest disadvantage, and a center must have the ability to protect the basket, but the basket protection of a short center is naturally at a disadvantage.

Zhou Quan is also observing, he has always focused on the team's defense, especially the center, must have a certain defensive ability.

Back on the offensive end, Ben Wallace decisively didn't want the ball.

It's not that he doesn't want to attack, it's the opposite of Rodman, who really doesn't like offense, he wanted to attack when he started playing basketball, but he didn't have offensive talent, so he was forced to switch to a defensive player.

"Four-to-five on the offensive end."

Westphaal shook his head.

Next, Campbell really stared at Ben Wallace and kept asking for the ball.

But he found that it was really difficult for him to get into the basket position, and it was too physically exhausting to engage in physical confrontation with Ben Wallace's muscle stick, and it was easy to get injured.

"Eldon can't score the basket, it's not efficient, Ben Wallace's defense is still okay." After watching it for a few minutes, Zhou Quan said.

Westphaal nodded, and he also had to admit that Ben Wallace's defense was indeed okay.

Next, he didn't replace Ben Wallace and didn't change positions.

Campbell played more than 10 minutes, shooting just 3-of-8 from Ben Wallace's head, shooting just 37.5 percent from the field, and was also tackled by Ben Wallace.

Westphale brought on Brad Miller, who was worried about his position and went all out to attack Ben Wallace's head.

But the efficiency was also poor, and he was hatted once by Ben Wallace, shooting 3-of-7, which was below his normal level.

In a total of 30 minutes of training and confrontation, Ben Wallace played full, 2 shots and 1 shot, scoring 2 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 2 fouls.

In the case that Zhou Quan did not play, the substitute team actually won the main team.

"Iron Fist, grabbed 10 rebounds in 30 minutes, this kid is a bit similar to me." Rodman said to Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan said happily: "He didn't perform so well in the No. 4 and No. 3 positions, but it seems that he is indeed more suitable for the No. 5 position, with good rebounding, basket protection ability, and defense."

It should be said that of our interior players, his defensive performance, and I mean this matchup, he was the best defensive performance. ”

"This is his fourth season, have we picked up a treasure?" Westphal was also a little surprised.

"It depends on the performance in the future. But Paul, you can let him try the number five position in the game. Zhou Quan said.

“OK。” Westphaal said.

Zhou Quan said to Rodman: "He is still different from you, you can defend five positions, and you can even play better than the big forward position in the small forward position, but he can't. According to his own words, he can only play the number five position. ”

"Of course I'm better than him." Rodman smirked.

"Dennis, you can take some time to teach him later." Zhou Quan said.

"Me?"

Rodman wanted to shake his head, it would delay his time to pick up girls, but he still nodded and said, "That's okay, you can teach it." ”

Zhou Quan beckoned to Ben Wallace, who hurriedly ran over and asked nervously, "Boss, I, how am I doing?" ”

"After you follow Dennis, he'll teach you how to defend and how to grab rebounds." Zhou Quan said.

"Really?"

Ben Wallace felt a huge surprise.

Then Zhou Quan and Paul Westphal stepped aside to discuss the lineup.

"Iron Fist King, if Ben Wallace is allowed to play center, then Brad Miller's playing time will be affected." Westphaal said.

"Cutting some of Campbell's time, our regular season is focused on working on new players." Zhou Quan said.

"That's all there is to it." Westphaal said.

……

In the evening, the central gymnasium.

"Champion!"

In the player tunnel, when Karl Malone saw Zhou Quan, he sighed in his heart.

But he doesn't regret it, he hasn't saved much money over the years, he only has a small farm on hand, and the expenses are large, and he has to pay a lot of money every month to a few illegitimate children, and he needs this big contract of tens of millions very much, and he can't give up the last opportunity to earn a pension for the championship.

Regarding the current situation in the league, although most of the media list the SuperSonics as a championship-level team, they are most optimistic about the Spurs defending the title, and are not very optimistic about the SuperSonics, because the SuperSonics have too many players with base salaries.

There has never been a team with a base salary player who can win the championship, and such a team is even a luxury in the playoffs, and even if it has the first player in the active team, the odds of winning the championship are not greater than winning the lottery jackpot.

But he doesn't think so, as someone who has been suppressed by Tekken for years, he knows more about Tekken's power than those media.

Those media will not understand how powerful Tekken King is, especially when Jordan retires, and the regular season is not reflected, because Tekken will definitely not break out in the regular season, but entering the playoffs, without Jordan, from the No. 1 position to the No. 3 position, who else can compete with Tekken?

In this game, Rodman still started, but only played five minutes before going down.

But he didn't have time to give the No. 4 position, but the No. 5 position, and Ben Wallace went up to play center, partnering the veteran Thorpe.

Ben Wallace was excited that he could finally play center.

Of course, he knows that this is a test for him, if he can't perform, the result can be imagined, in the NBA, it is all about performance, giving you a chance, if you can't catch it, you will definitely be taken down, and there will only be a cold bench for you in the future.

His opponent is the Jazz's main center, 211 cm, 115 kg Alden Pollinis, a 35-year-old veteran who is close to retirement.

The Jazz attacked, and the Postman swung a big elbow after receiving the ball on the left wing, drove Thorpe away and hit a shot, but it missed.

"Smack!"

Ben Wallace grabbed the rebound on Polines' head and gave it to the nearest Thorpe, who passed to Zhou Quan on the outside, and Zhou Quan held the ball quickly.

Stockton is 37 years old, and Hornacek is also 36 years old, where can he keep up with Zhou Quan's fast break?

"Bang!"

"Oh roar!"

Zhou Quan used a 360-degree rotation in the air and then a big loop split, detonating the central gymnasium.

"It's time for the Iron Fist King Zhou Quan!" Zhang Li laughed.

"The Jazz are still very strong now, but that's for other teams, for Zhou Quan, and they can really abuse the Jazz on the line." Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

After the half, Zhou Quan played 20 minutes, with a two-minute break in each quarter, shooting 7 of 11, 1 of 2 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws, and has scored 17 points.

All 4 fast breaks were completed, but he still focused on jump shots in positional battles, the purpose was to find his form, and he shot 3 of 7, and the shooting rate was not high.

"Ben, good job."

At halftime, on the way back to the locker room, Zhou Quan encouraged Ben Wallace.

Ben Wallace played 15 minutes in the first half and didn't score a point, but grabbed six rebounds, a steal and a block, and prevented the Jazz's two centers from plummeting, adding up to just 2-of-7 shooting, plus only six free throws.

"Boss, I'll try." Ben Wallace said excitedly.

This game was ultimately won by the SuperSonics.

Zhou Quan's state has not returned, with 32 points in the game, a shooting rate of 62.5%, and a shooting rate of only 48.5% in positional battles, and the fast break efficiency is very high.

But his defensive state is good, with 5 steals in the game, 3 steals in the help defense, 8 steals and 3 big hats in the game, preventing the Jazz's outside line from dying.

Ben Wallace played 26 minutes, scoring a total of 2 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 1 turnover and 2 fouls.

It can even be said that Ben Wallace's performance in the center forward position is pleasantly surprised.

Compared to Ben Wallace, Brad Miller performed a little worse, with 5 points and 4 rebounds in 15 minutes, shooting 46% from the field.

In terms of other young players, Rashad Lewis also had 15 minutes, 6 points and 3 rebounds, shooting 50% from the field.

Corey Magetti, the starting small forward, played 20 minutes, had nine points and four rebounds while shooting 48 percent.

Ruben Patterson played 22 minutes off the bench at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions, with 10 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal while shooting 54.5 percent.

Bruce Bowen came off the bench as a small forward, played 10 minutes, and the defense was okay, although the defensive statistics were not good, but the offense was not bad, but the offensive performance was average, shooting 0 of 2 and missing a big open three-pointer.

(End of chapter)