Chapter 160 Miami

Miami, I don't know why...

Before the game, while Su Feng was warming up, he felt a burning gaze staring at him...

Well, in Su Feng's opinion, Brown probably wanted to chant scriptures to enlighten him again.

"Erick, my guess was right."

On the Heat's bench, Riley, dressed as the "Godfather," patted Heat assistant coach Spoelstra on the shoulder and said.

"Teacher..."

Honestly, if the man standing in front of him wasn't named Pat Riley, Spoelstra would have kicked him.

Too absurd.

Just based on Su Feng's recent post-match interviews, he deduced that there was an irreconcilable conflict between Su Feng and Brown...

In Spoelstra's view, this kind of unfounded thing had no basis whatsoever.

However, Spoelstra might not believe it, but this time...

His teacher was right.

"Look at this interview. Su seems to be praising Larry, but in reality, he's speaking with hidden meanings."

Pointing to a report recording Su Feng's interview after the opening game, Riley excitedly said to Spoelstra.

"But teacher...

I think Su's performance has been really excellent so far this season. If there's a conflict..."

In the end, Spoelstra couldn't help it.

He decided to tell his teacher the "cruel and ruthless" reality.

However, Riley was not only not discouraged, but instead said to Spoelstra meaningfully: "Last season, during the All-Star Weekend, I coached Su in a game."

"At that time, there was light in his eyes.

He roared, challenging Michael Jordan again and again like a gladiator of ancient Rome.

During the game, he ran tirelessly, eventually unexpectedly winning the All-Star Game MVP.

But look, now, the light in his eyes has faded.

Look at this part, when asked why the 76ers' record has improved so much this season, his answer is:

'I think my biceps have given the answer.'

This is a slightly joking answer, but if you combine it all, you'll find that Su...

Has never thought, or directly stated, that the 76ers' improved record this season is because of Larry."

Alright...

After listening to Riley's analysis, Spoelstra felt that Riley was really a bit of a god.

Because if you interpret it according to Riley's analysis, Spoelstra noticed that Su Feng had indeed been "listless" during the warm-up tonight.

"Su will definitely become a great professional player in the future.

Although I don't know what conflict he has with Larry, look, he's still diligently playing on the court, and has even made considerable progress this season.

Erick, a player like Su, tell me, how can we let him be a diamond in the rough?" Riley straightened his collar and said.

To be honest, it was only because Su Feng was still wearing the 76ers' uniform.

Otherwise, he, Riley, would definitely go up and give Su Feng a big hug, and then say to him:

Child, come to Miami, this... is your home!

"But teacher... Even if we send Alonzo, the 76ers may not agree to this trade, right?" Spoelstra asked.

"It's up to man to decide." Riley replied.

Before the 98/99 season lockout, in fact, these rookies with only 3-year contracts had always been the most headache-inducing objects for each team.

In Su Feng's previous life, after the 95th overall pick Joe Smith refused the Warriors' early contract extension, the Warriors were forced to send him away early to avoid ending up with nothing.

And after McGrady's 3-year contract expired, how could a small, broken team like the Raptors have the money to keep McGrady?

Riley had studied the 76ers' salary structure yesterday.

He knew that it wasn't realistic to acquire Su Feng in the short term, but while heaven was favoring the 76ers, it had already planted a landmine for them.

Now, the news of the NBA lockout was spreading more and more alarmingly, and under such circumstances, the 76ers would not be able to keep all the players on their roster in the future.

If you were to consider it from the perspective of a general management's team-building strategy, then you would definitely adopt the "Ai Feng" (Iverson-Su Feng) priority renewal strategy.

In that case, the 76ers would have to give up at least one of Ben Wallace and Ratliff.

Because before the lockout, the most popular saying in the NBA was that the league would introduce a hard salary cap.

Therefore, the 76ers could only choose "Ai Feng" first, and then imitate the Bulls' team-building strategy.

Only...

No one knew better than Riley that in this process, if the team's head coach, especially a head coach with explosive prestige like Larry Brown, had a conflict with the team's star, the difficulty of the team renewing the contract with the star would increase.

Perhaps for the barrage twenty years from now, they could easily make a choice.

But once Su Feng himself, like Joe Smith, refused to renew his contract with the 76ers early, what kind of interesting changes would occur?

As the saying goes, do your best and leave the rest to fate. This season, Riley, who felt hopeless about winning the championship, was preparing to assist the 76ers.

An assist to guide them step by step towards the landmine.

Just like when the OK duo broke up in the future, many people were eyeing the OK duo, the value of Su Feng, who was only 19 years old, was really not comparable to that of the shark who was about to retire in the future.

...

In Miami, the 76ers continued their recent winning streak.

From the perspective of the lineup structure, this 76ers team in this era dominated by defense has a very high lower limit.

After all, defense determines the lower limit, and offense determines the upper limit.

Su Feng felt that playing under Larry Brown, his biggest improvement might be...

More comprehensive offensive ability.

One-on-one had become Su Feng's daily routine in the new season.

And one-on-two, or even one-on-three, Su Feng had played no less.

In the words of the Philadelphia media, Su Feng now only had the basket in his eyes.

And originally, this was just a casual joke from the media.

Just like when you and your good buddy are playing together, you occasionally scold him for being bad, scold him for being a toxic tumor, or scold him for stealing kills. The reporters in Philadelphia didn't think there was anything wrong with this joke.

So, the question is, how did the OK duo in the future...

Break up?

How did their conflicts arise?

The answer is that sometimes jokes become feuds.

In the 99/00 season, O'Neal wouldn't be jealous of Kobe taking more shots than him in a certain game.

But by the 00/01 season, with the media passing words back and forth, O'Neal and Kobe were initially just joking with each other.

However, as long as one party took it seriously first, then the purpose of the people behind the scenes who were pushing for the OK duo to break up would be achieved.

Of course, the reasons for the OK duo's breakup were far from that simple, but the principle was the same.

After losing to the 76ers, Riley spoke at the post-match press conference.

He first said that Su Feng's progress was not as great as people imagined. Secondly, in Riley's view, a player who couldn't pass the ball couldn't be called a star.

If you didn't understand Riley's true intentions, then Riley's remarks would be tantamount to provocation and attack for many "honey" fans.

But if you looked at it from a higher dimension, Riley this guy...

Wasn't he just trying to lower the price?

Try to imagine how your mother haggles when she goes to buy vegetables with you, and you'll understand the true intention of Riley's remarks.

Riley knew very well that Su Feng now came with the aura of defeating Michael Jordan, but in the NBA, no one could keep playing with an aura.

Just like Vince Carter, when he was at his peak, he could be a three-time All-Star vote king, and even if he hadn't had low EQ, he might have been a five-time All-Star vote king...

When the aura of "half-man, half-god" gradually faded, he, Carter, was just Stephen Curry's Uncle Vince.

Of course, there was another very important reason why Riley pointed out Su Feng's shortcomings, and that was because he knew...

Larry Brown was different from himself and Jackson and others.

In Su Feng's previous life, regardless of the grudges and love-hate relationships between Riley and Wade, Riley's cultivation of Wade could definitely be described as patient.

Riley, who was both the general manager and the coach, knew better than anyone else the time and space that young people needed.

And Larry Brown was precisely the one in this league that Riley thought was the least patient.

When winning, the 76ers could certainly cover up many contradictions.

But once they encountered adversity in the future, then his evaluation of Su Feng would become a "classic" that Larry Brown could cite.

As for the "honey" fans' counterattacks against him?

Wake up. After he, Riley, got Su Feng, and staged a few scenes of deep teacher-student relationship, these "honey" fans would understand his good intentions.

How could he, Riley, be willing to criticize Su Feng?

Passing the ball? He coveted Su Feng's offense.

He could find a tool man who could pass the ball at any time.

But how many super stars who could attack the basket were there in this league?

...

After defeating the Heat, on the 5th, the 76ers went to New Jersey to challenge the Nets on the road.

Brown and Calipari, this pair of teachers and students, were having a fairly good time this season. Although Su Feng knew that the Nets would most likely become a joke in the future...

But at least, in the new season, the Nets fans were quite satisfied with the Nets' current situation.

After playing in his rookie month, Van Horn was averaging "18+9", which was slightly weaker than Duncan in terms of data.

But if you considered the Walker that the Celtics gave to the Nets and that 97th first-round sixth pick, you wouldn't think the Nets were losing too much.

Currently, the Nets, who had a record of 7 wins and 6 losses, were trying to make a playoff spot, and Calipari's tactics were, in a sense, offensive basketball, so the Nets' tickets were selling better this season than last season.

It's just...

Not to mention that the Nets' lineup was not as good as the 76ers', Brown's tactics really countered Calipari's tactics.

If Cassell, who looked like ET, could move the 76ers' outside and inside lines, then he wouldn't be ET, but Ultraman.

Van Horn's play style was very restrained against the current 76ers, but like his fanatical teacher, Calipari was also an ultimate fanatic.

In the future, in the NCAA, he would rely on super guards to play.

Therefore, Van Horn could fire, but Cassell had to play first, and then Cassell would play again, Cassell would play, play, play.

In this way, after Cassell ran into a wall, 94 to 81...

After the game, looking at the scoreboards of the two teams, Brown was quite satisfied.

So far this season, the 76ers were only averaging 87.5 points lost per game. Relying on a slow pace and an iron-blooded battle formation, they were currently the best defensive team in the league.

After the game, Calipari said in an interview that Brown's improvement to the 76ers was obvious, and the 76ers would definitely achieve unprecedented success under his leadership.

And Brown also named and praised his beloved disciple at the press conference, saying that his DDM tactics were very creative.

Hong Kong really...

Looking at this pair of mutually licking teachers and students, Su Feng almost threw up his overnight meal.

But that's it. Since getting used to the identity of "team bully," Su Feng's mind was now focused on improving and testing his offensive skills through the game.

This summer, Barkley taught him the gluteal offense. In Su Feng's view, he had at least made some small achievements.

In addition, Su Feng's potential for shooting under interference...

Had quietly risen to 93.

"Just shoot" and "just throw," it would be a ghost if Su Feng's offensive potential didn't increase quickly.

...

After defeating the Nets, the 76ers went to New York to prepare for the game against the Knicks on the 7th.

And just on the team's training session in New York, an accident quietly gave the 76ers a small blow.

Unlike Davis, who liked to give players a day off on road games and back-to-back games, Larry Brown, although not as fond of devil training as Riley...

But governing the team like an army, he didn't intend to give the players a day off in order to maintain the 76ers' winning streak.

Then, Iverson, who had no injury exemption...

Was warned by the team doctor.

In Su Feng's previous life, Iverson, who played under Brown, had been constantly suffering from minor injuries, because the artillery-突 (pào tū) form that Brown asked Iverson to switch to was inherently an easy way to get injured.

Plus, with a lack of rest, Iverson's durability was limited.

This season, in order to ensure victory, Iverson's average playing time was as high as 43 minutes, second only to Su Feng, who averaged 46 minutes per game.

Therefore, during the training session in New York, "the Answer," who was thinking about where to go out at night, had to miss at least one to two weeks of the 76ers' games due to a sprained ankle.

And to this, although Brown's expression didn't move, and he still had a cold face like a Virgo...

But in his heart, if you said he wasn't flustered, Su Feng believed that Brown was still a little bit flustered.

After all, if he wasn't flustered, Brown wouldn't have pushed his glasses 13 times in one minute after the team doctor checked Iverson's injury.

Aside, Su Feng, who was responsible for comforting Iverson, felt that his pressure had suddenly increased.

Because once "the Answer" fell...

The 76ers would only be able to rely on him to play next.

"Brother Feng is under a lot of pressure," "Brother Feng can just throw the ball if he doesn't C (carry)"...

After making Iverson feel better through some chicken soup for the soul, Su Feng felt that Iverson was simply poisonous.

Because if he remembered correctly, it seemed that last season, when he first visited New York, the 76ers were also playing "four-保-one" (four-protect-one) at that time.

Van Gundy vs. Brown, in Su Feng's view, was an epic contest in the arena itself...

Plus, with Iverson injured now, without even thinking about it, Su Feng could guess the picture of tomorrow night's game.

On one side, Ewing was being used to death, and on the other side, he was being used to death...

...

As a focus battle broadcast live across the United States, there were still about ten hours before the start of the 76ers' game against the Knicks.

Seattle, this season, after using Kemp to trade for Vin Baker, in the SuperSonics training hall, which was closely following the Jazz on the standings, Payton decided to use his excellent speaking skills to make Karl, whose hair was getting thinner and thinner, feel better...

And old Karl, who had originally prepared himself for a heart attack, never expected that after listening to Payton's words, his mood actually improved.

As the saying goes, only those who are good at being sarcastic are most likely to understand Su Feng's sarcastic interviews.

In fact, after watching the Bulls' battle with the 76ers last season, the most depressed person was none other than George Karl, who almost picked Su Feng.

And Payton agreed with Karl.

Especially after being blown up by Su Feng's infinite double-teaming in Philadelphia, Payton, who had calmed down, found that Su Feng's growth rate had far exceeded his and Karl's expectations.

In Su Feng's previous life, Payton, who was good at trash-talking, probably craved the championship the most at this time.

In the future, after the SuperSonics had no hope of winning the championship, he would first go to the Lakers to form the F4 boy group to debut, but it wasn't until the 05/06 season that Payton realized his championship dream in Miami.

This season, after Vin Baker joined the team, the SuperSonics did seem to be performing much more "reliably" than last year.

Although Vin Baker didn't have Kemp's athleticism, he was good at fighting and retreating with his long arms and legs.

However, even if they formed a group of long-armed and long-legged "baboon teams," in Chicago, the SuperSonics also suffered a disastrous "curly-haired baboon" defeat.

Facts proved that Jordan was still Jordan. Don't think that because Su Feng had grinded Jordan's copy, other people could imitate it and tease Jordan.

Therefore, Karl was most worried about the SuperSonics' weakness when facing strong enemies recently.

In Su Feng's previous life, this season, the SuperSonics would play 61 wins in the regular season, and then in the playoffs, they would be sent home by the Lakers with a score of 4 to 1.

You should know that the Lakers before Kobe had grown up were roughly equivalent to the Knicks of the West.

Therefore, the attribute of being good at abusing vegetables but not good at playing against strong teams became the place where Karl was most troubled.

However, Payton's words immediately made Karl focus.

Because after Payton analyzed it as an old Yin-Yang person, Karl immediately read out Su Feng's recent remarks in the post-match interview...

But...

The question was, how could the SuperSonics get Su Feng?

Um...

Um!

That's it, why think so much?

In Karl's view, it was up to man to decide!

If he didn't bury a few mines for the 76ers first, how could he, Karl, have the opportunity to coach the "phenomenal Emperor Melon" in the future?

Su Feng, he, George Karl...

This time, even if he used half of the SuperSonics to trade, he would get him!

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