"Iron Fist King, what do you think are the chances of us winning another triple title?" The first to ask a question was a Seattle Times reporter.

"We will remain unstoppable in the new season." Zhou Quan did not hesitate and said very firmly.

"Oh roar!"

Dozens of local journalists cheered excitedly.

……

"Click, click, click......"

Los Angeles, the headquarters of the Lakers, today is also a media day, and a press conference is also being held, and after the media takes pictures, it enters the question session.

The first to be flopped was a reporter from the Los Angeles Times, who asked very seriously: "Coach Phil Jackson, the Lakers have been swept in the series for four consecutive seasons, and you have been in charge of the Lakers for three seasons, and you have been swept for three consecutive seasons, are you confident that you will avoid being swept this season?" ”

Jenny Buss, who was standing by the wall, heard this question, her face was a little ugly, and as a girlfriend, she looked at Phil Jackson with concern.

Phil Jackson pushed the frame of his glasses and said gently, "We have all the preparations, Shaq has managed to lose 45 pounds, Kobe Bryant has been working on every day in the offseason, and we believe that in the new season, we can get a good result." ”

Phil Jackson was too slippery, and the Los Angeles Times reporter immediately turned his gun on West and asked, "Mr. West, we haven't been strengthened in terms of lineup, do you have anything to say?" ”

Jerry West's face is pale, Jim Bass has intervened in his purview, part of the authority regarding the team's trade is no longer in his hands, and under the internal strife, the power is decentralized, so how can he build the roster?

In the past two seasons, his feelings for the Lakers have been almost exhausted, and he has decided in his heart that it may be time to leave the Lakers.

"I don't have much to say, everyone wants good players, but it's not something we can find and trade if we want to, so it depends on the chance. We don't have a better opportunity at the moment, but we will continue to work hard to find it. He said lightly.

"Shaq, is your current tonnage of 150 kilograms?" The next question was asked by a reporter from the New York Times.

"Yes, I went from 375 pounds to 330 pounds. My stamina has gotten better and I'm able to move better. O'Neill said proudly.

"You're the superstar who has been swept the most, do you think this Lakers team can avoid a fifth sweep?" The journalist asked.

“……”

O'Neill was stunned, instantly annoyed, and said unhappily: "Really? Am I the superstar who has been swept the most? Do you think I like to be swept away? Is that my fault? I even played close to 40+ per game, but I was still swept, so can I be blamed? ”

Kobe's face suddenly became worse, and he said in his heart, Is O'Neal's words aimed at him?

"Shaq, are you accusing your teammates of not being good?" The reporter asked excitedly.

"No, of course not."

O'Neill was not a fool and immediately denied it.

"Kobe, do you think O'Neal thinks your performance is dragging down the Lakers?" The reporter turned his gun around and aimed it at Kobe.

Kobe Bryant said with a pale face: "I don't know, you ask him yourself." If management doesn't think I'm a match for Tekken, there's an option to trade me. ”

O'Neal was stunned and glanced at Bryant angrily.

The Lakers' new season media day has been a mess since here, with a noticeable rift between the OK combinations.

The Washington Wizards' headquarters is also holding a new season media day.

When taking pictures, Jordan called his selected Kwame Brown to his side, and on the other side was Richard Hamilton, both of whom looked a little nervous, to put it bluntly, a little afraid of him.

"Michael, you hand-picked the top pick Kwame Brown, so what do you expect from him in his rookie season?" A Washington Post correspondent asked.

Hearing this question, the look on Jordan's face was not as confident as before, but a little hesitant.

The reason is that he participated in the pre-season and official training camp after his comeback, and Kwame Brown's performance did not satisfy him.

He's a little skeptical about whether he's picked a parallel No. 1 pick, but he's still looking forward to Kwame Brown's progress, after all, the regular season hasn't started yet.

After thinking about it, he said, "Well, yes, I'm looking forward to Kwame's performance and hopefully he won't let me down."

As for how good the performance is, it's hard to say, you know, these rookies always need time to grow.

In particular, centers generally grow at a slower rate than outside rookies, and not every rookie is at the peak of his debut like the four super centers, and Kwame Brown may need more time to grow. ”

"Michael, what do you think are the chances of the Iron Fist King completing a second triple crown dynasty?" The next question was a reporter from the New York Times.

This question stabbed Jordan because he didn't have a three-game winning streak, and the year he was most likely to complete the three-game winning streak, his Bulls were knocked out in the second round by the Iron Fist King's Pistons.

"Oh, this, I don't know, I think, it all depends on God's will of his old man." He said hesitantly.

"Michael, I heard that you have been investing in stocks all these years, so do you have any losses this time? Can you tell us a specific number of losses? A reporter from the Seattle Times asked.

Jordan's cheeks twitched and twitched, and he began to scold Zhou Quan in his heart, because after 911 this time, he really lost a lot of money, and his account loss was very large.

He doesn't like to invest in stocks, because he doesn't understand that, but seeing that Zhou Quan has made a lot of money in stock investment, and many people have also made a lot of money with Iron Fist, he didn't hold back, and he has invested 20 million US dollars over the years.

His stockbroker started out to make some money for him as well, but soon began to lose money as the bull turned bearish, and then as the U.S. stock market entered a real bear market, he was trapped and left on the top of the hill to enjoy the infinite scenery.

The stockbroker suggested that he make up for the position, and he made up it a few times, and then he got deeper and deeper, and he didn't have the courage to cut the meat, and this incident made him completely trapped.

……

On the afternoon of the 28th, Zhang Li rushed to Seattle with a photography team.

Xu Jicheng took Sun Zhenping's hand and commented on the NBA game in the United States for so many years, and the wife at home finally couldn't stand it, so in order to avoid a marriage change, she didn't come over.

In fact, he is not on CCTV, he is a basketball reporter for Xinhua News Agency, and has been hired by CCTV as a basketball commentary consultant for so many years.

During the regular season last season, he said to CCTV that he would not renew his contract, so in March, CCTV and Coca-Cola jointly held a national NBA commentator competition to select new NBA commentators.

Yu Jia, who followed Zhang Li this time, is the commentator who stood out from more than 20,000 contestants, only 21 years old, an authentic Beijing person.

The photography team is also a newcomer, basically changing once a year, staying here for a long time, basically except for singles and no girlfriends, no one can stand it.

It is not easy to travel in the United States all year round, and you will have to deal with each other often in the future, so Zhou Quan took the five people home, greeted them, and gave each of the four newcomers a meeting gift.

A $1,000 Amazon online shopping card and a $1,000 card for fine coffee each, as well as a pair of Iron Fist shoes and a home No. 1 jersey signed by each person.

Receiving this gift, the four people were very happy and grateful.

Yu Jia knows very well that the average income in the capital last year was 16,000, a salary of more than 1,000 a month, and his parents added up to almost 4,000 yuan a month, and the value of these two cards can cover his mother's salary for a year.

But the most valuable thing is not the two cards, but this pair of signed sneakers and jerseys, which will definitely sell for a high price in the United States without having to take them back home.

"What about mine? Brother, isn't our relationship worth the gift? Zhang Li saw that he didn't have his share, and hurriedly began to play the emotional card.

"Brother Zhang, you've been a bachelor for so many years, and you don't plan to find one?" Zhou Quan asked with a smile.

Zhang Li sighed and shook his head and said, "It's not easy to find here, and you can't stay in China for a few months, so it's not easy to find." I'm older now, and I don't have much to think about. By the way, don't change the subject, what about my gift? ”

Zhou Quan snorted and took out Zhang's reasonable share.

"Thank you, thank you!"

Zhang Li took it and said, "By the way, Zhou Quan, a few of them want to visit your honor room." ”

"Okay, come on."

Zhou Quan got up and took a few people to a room on the second floor, which was seventy or eighty square meters, with wallpaper on all four walls, and irregular wooden shelves, all kinds of trophies on it, and as soon as the lights were turned on, the whole room immediately shone brightly.

"Wow!"

A few people's eyes are not enough, this one looks a few times, that one looks a few times, and they dare not touch it with their hands.

Zhang Lili made an introduction instead of Zhou Quan, pointed to these trophies and said: "Look, there are MVP trophies on this wall, there are three All-Star, four regular season, six finals, a total of thirteen MVP trophies." ”

"Wow!"

"This is the trophy of the single data king, count how many, eighteen."

"Wow!"

"It's six championships, but it's really in the Pistons and Supersonic Honor Room, it's a replica."

"Wow!"

"It's the best rookie trophy. This is the trophy of the three DPOYs. On this wall are the All-Ups and Defensive ......"

"Wow!"

"Look, it's a championship ring, isn't it?"

"Isn't that pretty?"

"Wow, six!"

"Shoot it, shoot it all."

"Click, click, click......"

"Come, come, come! There's also an honor room in there......"

Zhang Lili happily pushed open the room inside and brought the four of them in, and Zhou Quan also followed behind with a smile.

A long table in the middle with four stainless steel hangers on it.

"Smack!"

Zhang Li turned on the switch at the door, and the chandelier above the table lit up, instantly illuminating the four gold belts on the pylon.

"It's ......"

Yu Jia and the four of them looked at the four starry gold belts, and immediately became excited.

"Click, click, click......"

After several people changed the film, they slapped the gold belt again.

Zhang Li pointed to several trophies on the wooden frame on the north wall and said, "By the way, there are also Zhou Quan's golf trophies here."

This is the winner of the Masters, one of the highest championships in the world. It's the Los Angeles Charity Championship Trophy, it's the PGA Tour's Seattle Championship Trophy, and it's ......"

"Click, click, click......"

It's been an hour since I came out of the honor room.

Zhang said: "This season we will broadcast some of the Bulls games, the Bulls also had a lot of attention in China during the Jordan period, and now that Yao Min has entered the Bulls, the game should be very popular." ”

Zhou Quan said: "I hope Yao Min's performance is stronger than Dazhi, he is the No. 4 show, he can't perform, and he will be scolded by the media." ”

……

In the past few days, the media has also made various analysis and predictions for the new NBA season.

Taking NBC TV as an example, they believe that the three teams in the West, including the SuperSonics, the Lakers, and the Spurs, all have championship-level strength, of which the supersonic strength surpasses the Lakers and Spurs by half a level, and is listed as the only team, and the Spurs and Lakers are listed as second-level.

And under these three teams, the strength of the two teams is also very strong, and they even have the strength to impact the Western Finals, which belongs to the second gear.

In the East, NBC TV believes that its overall strength is still weaker than that of the West, not only does it not have a unique team, but it also does not have a second-level championship-level team like the Lakers and Spurs, and the first team in the East is the second team in the West, such as the Kings and Mavericks.

The Philadelphia Digital team, which ranked first in the East last season, left the team and Derrick Coleman entered the team, and the strength has not changed much, and it will still be in the position of the leader in the East.

The Bucks, who were second in the East last season, have changed little and will remain in the first pot in the East, along with the Philadelphia Numbers.

In addition, the Nets who traded Marbury and introduced Kidd's Nets should have risen in strength and are also in the first gear.

NBC believes that the Eastern team lacks the competitiveness of the Western Conference in terms of championship competition, which means that there is no championship-level team in the Eastern Conference.

There are a lot of media outlets like NBC that have this opinion, and this situation is the same as last season, which makes David Stern very uneasy.

The East is weak and the West is strong, the finals are one-sided, the ratings of the last finals are lower than those of the West Finals, there are 35 million in the West Finals, and the finals are only 30 million, if it weren't for the influence of the Iron Fist King, the ratings of the Finals would definitely be a mess.

But he has no chance to change this situation anytime soon, because the entire league is now dominated by the SuperSonics, and a team as strong as the Lakers has also been swept, so even if a star in the West is brought to the East, it will not change the overall situation.

He is very happy about Jordan's comeback, but with the existence of Iron Fist, the comeback of the flyer will not affect the overall situation of the east and west.

At noon on the 29th, the SuperSonics flew to California, and the new season began.

On the 30th, the NBA league's 2001-2002 regular season opener began.

The opening game of the SuperSonics was away to the Kings, who swept the Kings in the second round a few months ago, and can be considered a rival.

(End of chapter)