【243】 The Wild West, the polarization of reinforcement and rottenness!
Of course, as a shortlist before the official decision, these top 10 stars have been added in the last ten years.
There was a huge controversy between the media reporters in charge of the selection, the retired players and the coaches of the teams, as well as in some fan discussions on online platforms.
Among them, it is widely believed that as the representative stars of the NBA in the decade from 1997 to 2006, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant and Dwayne Wade,
is absolutely undisputed.
After all, these four have won a total of 8 championships, directly swept all the championships from 1999 to 2006, and in addition to Kobe, Duncan, Garnett and Wade all have regular season MVPs.
Although Wade has only been in the league for more than three seasons, he has a regular season MVP and two championships, and has been named to the All-Team and Defensive Team for two consecutive years.
Therefore, just like O'Neal, who entered the NBA for four seasons in 96, was selected as one of the top 50 stars in history,
Although Wade has only been in the league for more than three years, his personal honor and influence are far greater than those of the original fourth-year Ao Fat.
However, apart from Duncan, Garnett, Kobe Bryant and Wade, several other stars have a lot of controversy.
Many retired stars believe that Wade and Lin Fei are both rookie players of the 03 generation, who have just entered the league for 3 seasons, and the Heat's two consecutive championships were also won by the two.
Therefore, since Wade was selected as a young player in the top 60, Lin Fei entered the top 60 again, which is somewhat unreasonable.
Retired stars have even called for a lot of missing pearls in the top 50 of the year, so the top 10 players who are now being filled should not only be selected from the last decade, but should also take into account some of the unselected stars in the history of the league.
For example, Bob McAdoo, the regular season MVP of the '74-75 season, a five-time All-Star and three-time scoring champion, was not selected as one of the top 50 stars, which is indeed a great pity.
However, many media reporters and head coaches from all over the world are very supportive of Lin Fei's selection, believing that his achievements in the first three seasons of his career are no worse than Wade's.
And even more.
After all, Lin Fei has won three championships in three consecutive seasons, and also has a personal finals MVP, and has been selected for the season double team for two consecutive years, such an honor is definitely worthy of the status of a superstar.
What's more, Lin Fei's unique style of play and style have completely opened a new era of the NBA league, and he has also led the national team to create miracles in the world basketball FIBA arena.
Now David Stern is trying his best to promote the globalization process of the NBA, so a great international star like Lin Fei is bound to be selected as one of the top 60 in history.
But Wade and Lin Fei were selected, after all, because of the bonus of multiple championships,
Dirk Nowitzki, on the other hand, currently has only one regular season MVP, no championship, and no Finals MVP.
In this way, it was selected as one of the top 60 in history, which seems to be a bit lacking in honor.
And for Gary Payton, the former veteran of the SuperSonics, and Reggie Miller, who has been sticking to "one person, one city" for 20 years with the Pacers,
There is also Dennis Rodman, a seven-time rebounding champion, a blue-collar ceiling, and a second trifecta in a row that helped Jordan complete his second triple.
These three retired and about to retire veterans are not in great suspense of being selected for the top 60 in history, and they have also received the support of most retired players and coaches.
On the side of the Celestial Empire, while fans from all over the world are vigorously writing letters to vote, the NBA network forum of New Wolf and Sohu also launched a discussion on the 10 new stars on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the NBA:
"Tim Duncan is definitely the first person in the NBA in the last 10 years, two regular season MVPs, two Finals MVPs and two championships, 2+2+2 big honors, and the top ten in history have dramas, right?"
"Kevin Garnett achieved a Grand Slam in the 03-04 season, and he also has a regular season MVP, Finals MVP and championship, and his historical status feels like he has surpassed Karl Malone and is the second most powerful forward in history after Duncan!"
"Wade and Lin Fei are definitely going to be selected, these are the two craziest rising superstars in the history of the league, and the future of the alliance depends on them!"
"Kobe Bryant and O'Neal completed the Lakers' OK triple championship, and the second leader of all the teams in the history of the league who has won three consecutive championships, will anyone not be the top 50 in history?"
"Allen Iverson was the regular season MVP in 2001 and also led the team to the Finals once, and there are few regular season MVPs who are not the top 50 in history, right? So AI has to be selected! ”
"If Iverson can be selected, then Nowitzki will definitely be selected, with the regular season MVP, and also led the team to the finals, and even hit the tiebreaker, which is better than Iverson!"
"Duncan, Garnett, Wade, Lin Fei, Kobe, Iverson, Nowitzki, these 7 people have it, and then add three old guys: Gary Payton, Reggie Miller, Dennis Rodman, Qi Huo!"
"I feel that Jason Kidd's honor is no worse than Reggie Miller, after all, he led the Nets to the Finals twice, and he is still the leader of 5 assists!"
"Jason Kidd is indeed eligible to be selected, Maddie and Carter are a lot worse!"
"Steve Nash has been the regular season MVP accompaniment for two consecutive years, and in terms of point guard ability, I feel that Nash is no worse than Kidd!"
"Nash has been strained in the playoffs, how can there be Kidd's stakes, Kidd has led the team to play in the Finals twice, the best team 6 times, the best defensive team 8 times, and the All-Star 7 times, what does Nash compare to?"
"In this way, Jason Kidd is much better than Reggie Miller, why was Reggie Miller selected? You must know that Miller has only been selected to the All-Star team 3 times and All-Star 5 times, which is much worse than Kidd! Is it because this guy is the three-point king of history? ”
"What the hell is Gary Payton? The one who joined the Heat this season with a base salary? Is he powerful? How come I've never heard of it? ”
"As soon as I saw that there was an elementary school student upstairs, Gary Payton didn't know that he was the only point guard DPOY in NBA history, with a double lineup and All-Star for 9 consecutive seasons! I've also won two doubles! ”
The majority of fans have different opinions, and the regular season on the NBA side is also in full swing.
Key Arena, Seattle.
In the Knicks' away game against the SuperSonics, under the leadership of Lin Fei, the team seized the shortcomings of the SuperSonics' deliberate swing and weak interior line, and supported Eddie Curry to score points in many ways.
Wilcox and Nick Collison wanted to cry without tears, and were brutalized one after another.
By the end of the third quarter, Eddie Curry had 37 points and 12 rebounds, and had two blocks on the defensive end.
Because of Ray Allen's absence from being traded, the SuperSonics were left with only one strong scoring point for Rashad Lewis, who was closely followed by Trevor Ariza throughout the court.
Lin Fei played with ease, although he didn't shoot much, but in the first three quarters, he hit 100% of all 12 shots.
Eddie Curry, who was feeding the basket multiple times at the same time, dished out 11 assists in the third quarter, plus three steals and two blocks.
Knicks (103) :(71) Supersonic.
After the third quarter, the Knicks already led the SuperSonics by 32 points, making this game of disparity of strength out of suspense early.
The supersonics, who are bent on rotten, and have just lost their big brother Ray Allen, how can they beat the Knicks, who are in full form?
Head coach Isaiah Thomas did not let Lin Fei and Marbury play again in the final quarter, but continued to let Eddie Curry play and carry out the scoring to the end.
Eddie Curry, who is getting more and more courageous, also seems to have exploded his dusty little universe, asking for the ball in a high position in an offensive attack of the Knicks, and jumping up directly after killing the inside line and vigorously blocking the backup center Johan Petro.
"Boom!"
Petro, who was slack, fell directly to the ground, embarrassed.
Lin Fei and Marbury, who were sitting on the bench and laughing, also took the initiative to get up and wave towels to cheer for Eddie Curry's performance.
The excited Eddie Curry also beat his chest and roared, shouting at SuperSonics head coach PJ Callesimo in the middle of the defense:
"Hey old man, don't forget to vote for me as an all-star!"
PJ Callesimo was directly stunned by Eddie Curry, and smiled and complained wildly in his heart: "Made, it's strange that Lao Tzu voted for you!" ”
In the end, Eddie Curry scored a career-high 45 points, plus 17 rebounds, which was also a career high.
The large double pair of 45+17 also made the supersonic fans of the Key Arena completely remember this black fat man with a funny expression.
After this game, the league also officially announced the trade between the SuperSonics and the Timberwolves:
"The Timberwolves sent away shooting guard Ricky Davis and potential small forward Danny Granger, plus an add-on and a 2008 second-round pick,"
"Get All-Star Ray Allen and a Water Cooler Administrator from the Seattle SuperSonics!"
At this point, the Timberwolves, under the active operation of owner Glenn Taylor and general manager McHale, have finally completed the biggest reinforcement work of the 06-07 season.
Ray Allen will wear the No. 34 jersey of the Timberwolves, and will form a luxurious lineup with Kevin Garnett, Ron Artest, Gerard Wallace, Wally Szebiak and others.
Fight for the Wolves for the second championship trophy in team history.
After the Knicks game, the players returned to the hotel bus.
Lin Fei also took out his mobile phone and took the initiative to send a text message, congratulating the Wolf King and Si Zebiak on getting Ray Allen, a strong star teammate.
I have to say that history is always strikingly similar, although under the butterfly effect of his own crossing, Garnett decided to end up with the Timberwolves, and the Celtics no longer have a chance to form a big three.
But Ray Allen made a mistake and became teammates with Garnett.
It's just that I don't know what will happen next for the "truth" Pierce, who is now fighting alone in the Celts.
In the car of the bus, Knicks teammates were still talking to each other about the Ray Allen trade.
"Although Ray Allen is not as good as the four quarterbacks, he is also an All-Star bench for six or seven consecutive years, averaging 26 points per game, and I feel that he has played better than Vince Carter this season!"
"This level of quarterback joins the Timberwolves to join the wolf king, as well as the beast of Artey, and Szebiak and Gerrard are also good players, the strength of this Timberwolves is absolutely terrifying!"
"Now the Timberwolves' record is already the third in the West, surpassing the Spurs by one win, and now with Ray Allen, it seems that they are going straight to the first place in the West!"
"The Timberwolves owner has a real conscience and plans for the team wholeheartedly, but Minnesota is too cold, and it's really not a place for people!"
Marbury, as a star who came out of the Timberwolves, suddenly frowned and said:
"What do you mean by a place where people don't stay? Aren't Lin and I human anymore? Minnesota is still very comfortable in the spring and summer! ”
"I have to say that the Timberwolves' championship in 04 really changed the fate of this team and Kevin Garnett, and the biggest credit for all this has to be our boss!"
"No matter how it is strengthened by the Timberwolves, in short, it is to disrupt the pattern of the West first, and it is best to play a lose-lose game with the Mavericks and Spurs in the playoffs!"
The first thing that Ray Allen's trade to the Timberwolves affected was naturally the interests of several upstream teams in the West, and it could even be said that it changed the pattern of the West to a certain extent.
Dallas, Mavericks owner's office.
Mark Cuban was sitting on the couch and talking to General Manager Nelson Jr.
Although the Dallas Mavericks' record has soared all the way, ranking first in the league, leaving the second place and approaching 3 wins, Cuban is still not confident enough to impact the championship.
"Ray Allen was actually got his hands on the Timberwolves, this McHale really has a set, and we must not be left behind here!"
"Boss, my side has negotiated with the New Jersey Nets many times, and the current deal for Jason Kidd is in a critical period of negotiations!"
The New Jersey Nets have been troubled internally and externally in the past two seasons, and the cooperation between Vince Carter and Jason Kidd has proved to be a very unsuccessful one, putting the Nets in a very awkward situation.
The Nets in the new season are even more obviously tired, and their current record has been surpassed by many teams such as the Cavaliers, Knicks and Raptors, and has slipped to seventh in the East.
Nets general manager Vandewich has a rebuilding team on his agenda and is open to a trade-along, management-prone Jason Kidd.
And the Mavericks are going all out to pursue Jason Kidd in hopes of making up for the team's point guard deficiencies.
For the acquisition of Jason Kidd through a trade, Devin Harris, who is gradually playing at the level of the Mavericks, is naturally the main bargaining chip.
"Except for Dirk, Josh and Manu, the rest of the players can join the trade!"
Mark Cuban still misses Jason Kidd very much, after all, the Mavericks were personally selected by the Mavericks in 1994.
San Antonio, Spurs General Manager's Office.
Old man Popovich angrily slammed the newspaper on the table and shouted angrily at the deputy next to him:
"The Timberwolves are simply kidnapping, so easily getting an All-Star from the SuperSonics who averages 26 points per game, it seems that in private McHale must have given the SuperSonics a lot of benefits!"
Popovich's anger naturally justified him, as the Spurs were in fact secretly pursuing Ray Allen, only to lose to the Timberwolves.
After trading away Manu Ginobili in the first two seasons, Popovich also regretted it, and now the Spurs, led by Parker and Duncan, are still at the top of the West.
But in terms of quarterback and bench sixth man, there is no player as good as Ginobili.
Now the Mavericks are strong and firmly in first place in the West, the Timberwolves have been upgraded by Ray Allen, the Suns are invincible in running and shooting small balls, and the Lakers' Yao Ke combination is also improving rapidly.
The 06-07 season in the West can be said to be the most competitive season since entering the 21st century, and the Mavericks, who are now the first in the West, and the Warriors, who are eighth in the West, are only 8 wins behind.
Almost every day after the end of the game, the top eight in the West will change.
Although the Heat led by Wade has just won two consecutive championships, the Knicks joined by Lin Fei have also soared rapidly, James's Cavaliers are getting stronger and stronger, and the Detroit Pistons are still stable.
But it must be admitted that the pattern of the West being strong and the East weak since the post-Jordan era has never changed.
Popovich pondered with his eyebrows, and suddenly said to the deputy general manager:
"There's still a month to go until the trade deadline, and since you can't get Ray Allen, let's start with Vince Carter or Tracy!"
"Now that the Nets have entered the countdown to rebuild, and the Rockets' record is close to the bottom of the West, the trade of Vince and Tracy is very feasible, as long as we can give each other the chips that make each other's hearts move!"
"Thiem is the greatest superstar of our time and his peak should not be wasted like this anymore!"
Since the Spurs won the championship in 2003, it has been three consecutive seasons since they failed to win a championship again, and Popovich knows that missing Duncan's peak would mean the end of the Spurs era.
The deputy general manager had an embarrassed expression on his face, everyone knew that Carter and Maddie were not the real estate of the Nets and Rockets,
But the question is, where can the Spurs' current group of old guys have enough chips to trade?
Los Angeles, Lakers General Manager's Office.
Mitch Kupchak flipped through the papers handed by his secretary, then picked up the landline in front of his desk and dialed the phone number of his mentor, Jerry West.
The Grizzlies have a sluggish record this season under the leadership of Pau Gasol, and now after more than two months of playing in the new season, the Grizzlies have only won 6 games at full play, and their record is directly at the bottom of the West.
Jerry West, the former general manager of the Lakers and now the general manager of the Grizzlies, is the league's famous LOGO man who understands the ball, and even he has made the team rotten, which shows how attractive the NBA draft market is in '07.
Greg Oden and Kevin Durant, both of whom are rare talents in a century, and the Grizzlies will inevitably revitalize if they get one.
Now that he saw that the Grizzlies were rotten, Kupchak, as an apprentice, made a small calculation and traded a potential warrior from the Grizzlies, which should not be too difficult.
At present, the Lakers have Kobe Bryant and Da Yao in charge, point guard Lao Yu, and big forward Al Jefferson, all four positions are relatively safe, but no one is available on the small forward, and he is the weakest link in the lineup.
Kupchak has long taken a fancy to the Grizzlies' rookie Ludy Gay, so he hopes to get Gay through a trade to strengthen the Lakers' starting five.
Now that the Timberwolves have acquired Ray Allen, and the Mavericks and Spurs are also actively seeking trade reinforcements, the Lakers naturally cannot fall into the disadvantage.
However, before Kupchak on the other end of the phone explained his intentions, the old man Jerry West over there had already seen through the apprentice's thoughts:
"Mitch, Ludy, we definitely won't trade, you better die of this heart in advance!"
Kupchak could only smile awkwardly, but he didn't think about Jerry West's next words, and directly scared himself:
"But I'm very bullish on Al Jefferson as a rookie, you know, it's easy to establish a boss on a team, but it's hard to find the right role player!"
"I can't give you Ludy Gay, but Paul Gasol can, how about trading Al Jefferson with a first-round pick?"
Kupchak instantly felt that there were not enough brain cells, and Jerry West refused to trade even Guy, but was actually willing to trade Gasol?
"Teacher, are you ...... You're not kidding me, are you? ”
"Of course not, the facts of the past few seasons have proved that Paul's personality and style of play are not suitable as a team boss, and the best second leader should be his most perfect positioning!"
Kupchak was instantly excited, Kobe Bryant + Da Yao + sister-in-law's Big Three lineup, aren't the Lakers worried about not having a championship?
Orlando.
The Knicks challenged the Orlando Magic led by "Warcraft" Howard on the road.
This season's Magic has not yet entered its peak, the team lineup still has a lot of flaws, and the third-year "Warcraft" is still a little immature.
Eddie Curry, who just hit 45+17 in the last game, also showed a brave state tonight, going back and forth with Howard on both offensive and defensive ends, ensuring that the Knicks did not miss the inside line, and the outside line went straight out.
In the end, under Lin Fei's top statistics of 32 points, 12 assists and 3 steals assisted Marbury, the Knicks also won 112-101 against the Magic and won 4 consecutive victories.
In the away team's locker room after the game, head coach Isaiah Thomas also took the initiative to find Lin Fei and talked about the east-west pattern of the league in the new season.
"Lin, now all the strong teams in the league are actively trading and reinforcing them, and the early placement of the weak teams in the east and west just provides the feasibility of trading many instant stars!"
"In your opinion, is there anything the Knicks need to improve on at the moment?" (End of chapter)