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I guess as long as you are a basketball fan, you will not be unfamiliar with the name Charles Barkley, because apart from never winning an NBA championship, this guy is almost a perfect basketball player!
2-time Olympic men's basketball champion, 5-time All-NBA first team, 5-time All-NBA second-team, 1-time All-NBA third-team, 1-time regular season mvp, 1-time All-Star game mvp, 1-time rebounding champion, 1-time First-team All-Rookie, one of the top 50 superstars in NBA history the honors he has received can simply be described as "carrying volume"!
The height is only 198cm or the result of "water injection". In this way, Barkley still fought in the NBA's crowded interior for 16 seasons, averaging 22.1 points, 11.7 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.8 blocks per game. The shooting percentage is as high as 54.1%!
Many young fans can only analyze how good Barkley was back then through this series of data. But as a senior fan, Wang Dalin had watched Barkley's game live in his previous life.
It was Barkley's first season with the Rockets. Although he was already 34 years old, he was still among the top five power forwards in the league, averaging 19.2 points, 13.5 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.3 assists per game. Block shots "Flying pigs in the air", a group that is still fierce even though they are older!
Therefore, Wang Dalin is still looking forward to Barkley joining. He believes that even if this guy cannot reach the weight loss goal of 260 pounds (117kg) in the end, as long as he can reduce his weight to around 270 pounds (122.5kg), he will definitely be better than he is now. Mickey Moore is stronger.
Wang Dalin is so optimistic about Barkley, of course Dumars thinks more highly of him. They have played against each other many times in the past, what else do they not understand about each other?
It is true that Barkley has retired for more than a year. During this time, the guy has dived into donuts and cannot extricate himself. He is nearly 30kg heavier than when he retired and has many old injuries. But Jordan can come back. If Barkley is playing so well, why can't he?
As long as he is willing to work hard to lose weight, at least being a substitute is more than enough, right?
Some people say how can Barkley¡¯s physical talent compare with Jordan?
And even though the "old gangster" has retired, he still pays attention to the management of his body. He still has six-pack abs even when he takes off his clothes.
As for Barkley he is just a fat guy!
In fact, those who know athletes will know that although Barkley was bruised and bruised back then, he did not have any serious injuries in the true sense. Moreover, retiring for more than a year gave him a rare time to recuperate. His injuries should have been cured long ago. It's over.
As long as he returns to form seriously and plays for more than ten minutes every game, it will probably not cause his old injury to relapse.
Based on Barkley¡¯s strength, even if he can only recover 50% of his skills, he can beat more than half of the power forwards in the league today!
Therefore, when Wang Dalin said on the phone that he would bring Barkley to meet him, Dumas immediately agreed readily. To be honest, he had not seen Barkley, his "old friend", in person for a long time.
There is only one problem before Dumars now, and that is if they can reach a signing agreement with Barkley, the Pistons will have to lay off someone because their roster is full of 15 players.
January 10 has passed. Even if anyone on the team signs a non-guaranteed contract, they must be forced to convert it to a guaranteed contract. So now the Pistons must lay off someone no matter what to make room for them. Come and sign Barkley.
The two sides met in the general manager's office of Dumas. Dumas and Barkley, two old friends, were extremely polite to each other. Wang Dalin seemed to have become a redundant person on the side.
The two of them were polite for a long time, and Wang Dalin finally took the opportunity to interject: "Okay, I don't need to say more about what you two are here to talk about today, right? Let's start quickly, I'll wait until the flowers fade. !¡±
Dumas smiled and said: "Okay, let's start talking! Charles, don't you ask your agent to come over for this kind of thing?"
Barkley chuckled and said: "Let's talk about our intentions today, and I'll let him come for detailed negotiations! Joe, I just asked directly, will the Pistons provide me with a contract? You know I'm not talking about a 10-day short contract." Contracts are that kind of thing to fool people!¡±
Dumas smiled and said: "Charles, in your current state, how much success do you think you still have before you retire?"
Buckley also smiled and said: "Nowit's at most 20%, it can't be more!"
Dumas smiled and said: "Twenty percent? Hey, Charles, aren't you afraid that I will reject you directly?"
"Afraid, of course I'm afraid!" Barkley laughed, "But I can't just sign a contractHe scored 21 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists and 4 steals, including 3 of 4 shots from beyond the three-point line, completely suppressing his opponent Billups.
Wang Dalin tried his best to compete with Miller, but his touch was just average. He made 8 of 19 shots from the field, including 1 of 4 three-pointers, and 5 of 7 free throws. He scored 22 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1 block. .
The star player lost against Biao, and the performance of other Pistons players can only be described as average.
Not to mention the "second brother" pulling his hips, the "eldest brother" did not show his dominance in the paint in this game and only grabbed 8 rebounds.
Hamilton scored 14 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist. He only made 6 of 17 shots, which was even tougher than Wang Dalin.
Sothe Pistons, who had just won seven consecutive victories two days ago, lost to the Magic, currently ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference.
Some fans joked that it was precisely because of the addition of Barkley, the god of plague, that the Pistons immediately suffered a defeat.
Barkley thought this fan must be Smith's father "Mom Xipi! I didn't even play, does it have anything to do with me if the team loses?"
Wang Dalin and Carlisle were quite optimistic, but they only lost one game, and their opponent was the Eastern Powerhouse Magic. The Pistons only lost 7 points in the end when all members were in poor condition, which proved that their strength was not question.
On February 2, the Pistons players gathered their spirits and came to Cleveland, where they will challenge the Cavaliers away from home.
This is a more depressed city than Detroit. Walking in the city center during the day is like entering a ghost town. It looks deserted.
In such a huge city, there are only two or three tall buildings standing alone on the edge of Lake Erie. Even if you occasionally see a few people on the street, most of them are black homeless people. They either beg you or take out a pistol or a knife to rob you ¡
This is not the first time Wang Dalin has come to Cleveland, but every time he comes here he feels uncomfortable all over. He just wants to finish the game as soon as possible and leave here Well, maybe in the future, LeBron James will leave here in 2010. Is this the main reason for Miami?
In the evening game, the Pistons' offense was very powerful, but the Cavaliers' offense was also surprisingly smooth. Under the leadership of the "American version of Karen Mok" Andre Miller, they could always find easy shooting opportunities, and their shooting percentage was very high. high.
However, it is obvious that the Pistons are still superior in skills and their hard power is obviously stronger, so the two sides went through a battle. In the end, the Pistons defeated the Cavaliers 115:107 and had the last laugh. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com