At the post-game press conference, the Washington Post reporter, who was the first to ask, asked, "Michael, do you think the Wizards' '01 draft was a success or a failure?" I'm referring to the use of champion tags. ”

Jordan said firmly: "I know what you're referring to, but Kwame has only played one game, and he showed excellent blocking ability in this game, and I'm sure he will continue to show his talent in the future." ”

There was indeed only one game, and the media did not question it any further.

……

On November 1, Seattle welcomed the Spurs at home.

Playing the Spurs, Zhou Quan is very cautious, because he has not played Tim Duncan in the playoffs.

The Spurs did send Tony Parker to play as the starting point guard.

After playing, Zhou Quan and others received last season's championship ring.

It was his sixth championship ring and fifth with the Seattle SuperSonics.

This is the first home game, everyone in the family has arrived, Xiao Zhouyuan is one and a half years old, everyone is sitting on the sidelines, not sitting in the private room.

Zhou Quan put on the championship ring, hugged his son and took a photo with his family as a souvenir.

Before going on the court, Popovich pulled Tony Parker and said: "Young man, you only have one task, just hold on under the attack and defense of the Iron Fist King, and don't be broken by him." Remember, don't make yourself ugly like a pile of shit. ”

Tony Parker turned around and glanced at Zhou Quan not far away, swallowed his throat involuntarily, and nodded a little reluctantly.

Popovich couldn't help but sigh when he saw Parker like this.

The Spurs have two of the most formidable enemies in the West, one is the Lakers and the other is the Supersonics.

The Lakers have big sharks without solutions, and the Spurs can compete with them with their twin towers, but the SuperSonics have an even more unsolvable Iron Fist king, and rising stars like Iverson and Kobe Bryant have been beaten as ugly as shit, and the Spurs simply can't come up with a guard who can fight with them.

He's optimistic about Tony Parker, fast, like a sports car, with a lot of potential, but if anyone tells him that this little sports car can take on Tekken, he'll spat that guy in the face.

If he wants to win the SuperSonics, he is still short of people in his hands, and the No. 2 position is still lacking a first-class point guard, if he can combine a first-class guard line at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, he has the confidence to play against the SuperSonics and the Iron Fist King.

"Tick!"

A whistle blows, and the game begins.

There was no suspense about the jump ball, Duncan flicked the ball away from Ben Wallace's head, and the Spurs attacked.

After receiving the ball, Parker took a step back and distanced himself from Zhou Quan.

He's under a lot of pressure because he's the Iron Fist King, and he's likely to be the first person in basketball to complete a second triple crown dynasty.

The incredible tackling ability alone is enough to make all ball carriers nervous and even lose confidence in holding the ball.

The Iron Fist King trained Kobe Bryant and Iverson in the finals in the Western Conference finals, and he can't escape the end of being trained today, right?

As soon as he thought about it, he felt his throat dry.

"How dare this rookie be distracted in front of me?"

Zhou Quan was very keenly aware of Tony Parker's psychological fluctuations, so he unceremoniously immediately broke the ball.

"Squeak!"

In the sharp sound of shoe rubbing, the right foot instantly grabbed a step, and the right hand reached out to poke the ball.

His poke is not a risky tackle, because if he doesn't, he will immediately retract his right foot and re-establish his defensive position.

With his precise strikes, when he stabs the ball, the ball carrier generally has to protect the ball, and there is a high probability that he will not get a chance to break through.

"Smack!"

When the ball was broken, he stabbed the ball with his left foot and immediately followed the step, and under the powerful explosive explosion, he squeezed Tony Parker to the side, and immediately began to go fast after grabbing the ball.

"It's over!"

Tony Parker turned to look at the Iron Fist King who was about to go, his head was blank, and he didn't make a chase for the first time.

"Catch up, damn rookie!" Popovich scolded unceremoniously.

"Oh Roar Roar ......"

A one-handed slam after a 360-degree rotation in the air, after a powerful explosion of the basket, Zhou Quan detonated the Seattle Center Gymnasium.

"Parker, you fool......" Popovich continued to scold.

"Rookie, welcome to the NBA." Zhou Quan stood beside Tony Parker once again and said to him with a smile.

"Thank you, thank you!" Tony Parker chuckled dryly.

"What do you thank him for, thank him for stealing you? You should trash-talk him. Popovich roared.

"I ......"

Tony Parker was a little overwhelmed by the scolding.

"Mr. Popovich, it's just a welcome to the newcomers, you really don't know how to be polite." Zhou Quan said to Popovich.

He was smiling, but his tone was not good.

Popovich's face was blackened by Zhou Quan's words, but he had no way to take Zhou Quan, so he could only turn around depressedly.

Tony Parker was dumbfounded for a moment when he saw Popovich being sprayed by the Iron Fist King.

This steal is a start, in this game, Zhou Quanzhen trained Tony Parker, broke Parker 8 times in a single game, capped Parker 3 times, prevented Parker from shooting 0 of 10, kept Parker clean at the same time, and blasted down 35 points and 18 assists on Parker's head.

In the end, 100-113, the SuperSonics defeated the Spurs at home.

Rashad Lewis scored 24 points in 35 minutes, Corey Magetti scored 15 points in 25 minutes, Campbell scored 11 points in 22 minutes, Mason scored 14 points in 23 minutes, and Zhou Quan made the team five score double-doubles.

Arenas replaced Cory Magetti in the 10th minute of the first quarter and played a total of 22 minutes on and off, playing a lot of minutes, shooting 3 of 9, 1 of 3 three-pointers, 2 of 3 free throws, 9 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls, shooting 33.3%.

The desire to attack is very strong, and this style of play is more suitable for the second position where the main score is played, that is, the height is a little less than the second position, but it is also okay to play as a substitute for the second position.

And Zhou Quan found that Arenas's defense was problematic, not that he didn't work hard, but that his defense was very risky, and he did not react very much after being eaten alone, as if he didn't care too much.

If this is put on Jordan or Kobe, after they are eaten alone, the next time the defense will definitely be more intense.

As the season continued, Whithitt contacted the team everywhere in an attempt to trade Shamond Williams for a backup point guard.

Between Arenas and Shamond Williams, he chose the former, Arenas has potential to develop, and Williams is just a role player who is almost 27 years old and dispensable.

But Williams hasn't been traded yet, but there is news about the trade of Cory Magetti, and the Cavaliers reached out to him, hoping to trade Cory Magetti + Desmond Mason with the No. 7 pick in the first round in '94.

Whithitt checked Murray's profile, the Cavaliers' second scoring point last season, last season's No. 3 rotation mainstay, starting 47 games, averaging 12.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, but the offensive efficiency was not enough, shooting only 42.3%.

He thinks that the Cavaliers are interested in Corey Magetti, which should be the reason why he thinks Margeti's shooting percentage is close to 50%, and he is younger and more potential than Murray.

He looked up the Cavaliers' current roster and saw a name, scoring guard Vesley Parson.

Parsons was also a rookie in '94, with the No. 23 pick in the first round, but he only played 44 games with a serious injury last year, starting 22 games, averaging 22 minutes per game, 7 points, 3 rebounds, assists, 0.6 steals and 0.3 blocks, shooting 43.8%.

This player's three-point shooting is very good, it has been maintained above 40% for many seasons, and the offensive efficiency is okay, and a guy like Corimageti who shoots averages has a shooting rate close to 50% next to the Iron Fist King, and if he plays next to the Iron Fist King, the shooting percentage will definitely be improved.

But Wiesley's injury situation doesn't seem worth trading for Cory Maggeti, and with an annual salary of six million, the team needs to free up a few more million more space before they can trade, which will affect the depth of the squad.

He thought about it for ten minutes, and then rejected the knight.

Flipping through the rosters of each team, when he saw the Bucks, he noticed the name of one player, Michael Reed, the No. 14 pick in the second round selected by the Bucks in 2000.

Shooting guard Michael Reed, as a second-round pick, is not taken seriously in the Bucks, is Ray Allen's No. 2 backup, not even the No. 2 bench, and only played six games last season, averaging 5.8 minutes per game, averaging 2.2 points, 0.7 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game, shooting just over 20% from the field, and no three-pointers.

The Bucks have played four games this season, and only played two, the first game played 4 minutes, 1 of 1 shooting and scored 2 points, and played 18 minutes in the game against the Nuggets, 1 of 5 shots, and the performance this season seems to be average, and there are not many opportunities to play.

He thought about it, and it seemed that using Shamond Williams to trade Michael Reed as a substitute for the No. 2 position should be able to give it a try.

The reason why Michael Reed was noticed was because as general manager, he noticed Reed in the draft last year, and the SuperSonics also had Michael Reed's draft file.

He wanted to pick a quarterback last year, and he wanted to pick Reed at the end of the second round, but the penultimate pick was too late and was drafted by the Bucks.

This young man is 198 cm, has good ball control and speed, and can break through, but his long-range shooting ability is not good, and for various reasons, he fell to the middle of the second round in the draft year last year.

He checked Reed's contract again, the rookie contract is two years and $790,000, this year is a contract year, and there is a possibility of a trade.

As soon as he thought of it, he asked his assistant to send a trade offer to the Bucks, exchanging Shamond Williams for Michael Reed, Williams' contract this year is $1.5 million, and the Bucks plus $500,000 in a cash-match deal.

The Bucks were reluctant to receive a contract, Michael Reid has worked the team and has begun to show his potential, and the coaching staff is ready to let him play Ray Allen as the No. 1 bench this season.

Shamond Williams is nothing more than a role player, of little value, and doesn't help the team much, although Reed is also only a second-round pick, but he has an age advantage.

"Whithitt, they refused." The assistant came back and reported.

"Did they say why?" Whithitt asked.

"Nope." The assistant said.

Whithitt thought about it, forget it, if it doesn't work, let Arenas take the second position first, anyway, that kid likes to shoot.

On the 5th, the league announced the best players of the first week and the first MVP rankings.

This season, the league changed a rule, and the weekly and monthly best were divided from one in the whole league to one in the eastern and western leagues, and the gold content has shrunk significantly.

The first weekly best was given to Kobe Bryant and Ray Allen, Zhou Quan didn't care about this shrinking weekly best, and he didn't care before the shrinkage, the monthly best was about the same. But the best of the month has also shrunk, and he doesn't care too much.

In the first three games, the SuperSonics won three out of three games, and he ranked first in the MVP, which he cared about.

As the schedule continued, Whithit didn't seem to bring any changes to the lineup, only signing a fringe shooting guard to come in.

Arenas was asked by the coaching staff to play more off-the-ball, with a position biased towards the first substitute in the second position, which is the substitute for Corymagetti.

The superSonics' No. 2 position is also considered by the media to be the weakest link in the team, and the main quarterback and backup quarterback are not authentic shooting guards.

Arenas began to work frantically on three-pointers, as he was not tall enough, and he had to increase his long-range shooting ability at the No. 2 position, otherwise he would waste a lot of open opportunities created by Zhou Quan.

(End of chapter)