NBA Dynasty Sniper

“NBA Dynasty Sniper ()”

That night, Zhao Dong got a notification from Grant, telling him about the coaching change.

Zhao Dong was a little surprised, but didn't express anything.

He then had a phone call with Van Gundy. Van Gundy was in a good mood and even said that returning to the teaching assistant position could alleviate his hair loss trend, which was not a bad thing for him.

"Jeff, I think you can be a commentator, which is more suitable for you, and that job may even have a bonus effect?"

Van Gundy is still a nice guy, he quipped.

"Really? I'll try it if I have a chance." Van Gundy asked with interest.

The next afternoon, the New York Knicks signed the contract with Nelson Sr., and at the same time announced the coaching change to the outside world.

This incident caused some doubts in the media. Is it really appropriate to fire Van Gundy, who just won the championship?

But the old Nelson is also a well-known old coach, known as a tactical scientist, so there is not much doubt in the public opinion.

This afternoon, Zhao Dong bought a high-rise apartment, which was in a building not far from Lindsay.

However, the grade is far inferior to that of Lindsay's mansion, which only cost more than 1.5 million US dollars and has an area of ​​only 180 square meters.

This money is enough for him to buy a lot of high-end courtyard houses in Beijing. Generally, a decent courtyard house costs two to three thousand and one square meter, and you can get it for three hundred and forty thousand yuan.

The high-end Baylor Mansion Beizi Mansion is more expensive, but it is also very expensive, and more than one million RMB can also be bought.

The residences are all decorated, and Ringo Wells has already purchased furniture and kitchen utensils, etc. He moved in directly with his bags and moved out of the hotel.

Next, he had to stay in New York for a few days. Wells accepted a lot of advertising endorsements for him, as well as some fashion magazine cover photos, before he could return to China.

In the evening, he and Old Nelson made an appointment to have dinner at a restaurant, and the two wanted to communicate.

"Hi, Coach Nelson."

"Hi, Feilong, just call me Tang."

After meeting and exchanging greetings, after ordering, the two chatted while eating.

Old Nelson was a little worried at first, violence, pride, arrogance, etc. These were all problems that Zhao Dong showed in his rookie season, but after meeting and chatting a few times, he didn't find these things from Zhao Dong, which made him very happy.

"Feilong, what kind of offensive tactics do you like? Or what kind of offensive style do you like?"

"A slightly faster-paced offense, which can take advantage of my mobility. I am on the outside, as long as I go down quickly, it is difficult for the opponent to respond in time. But this requires a good organizer and a very good pass Ability and vision, our current No. 1 position still lacks some of this ability."

"It's not just about the organizer, it's about the style of the entire team. When the fast break starts, every player should be involved, fast, attract defenders, fast pass, fast play, each has a division of labor... "

"But the tactic I want is not to give up defense, not to give up strong confrontation tactics, that is, when the fast break cannot be carried out, immediately switch to positional warfare. It is not the so-called small game that pursues multiple rounds and gives up defense and confrontation. ball play."

"Well, small ball and positional warfare? It can be considered. In fact, the Lakers Magician's Showtime era is small ball, but their defensive and confrontation capabilities are not weak."

"My favorite thing is to attack. Although I am good at organization, I hope to focus on offense."

"Of course, you are the team's strongest scorer and attacker, that's for sure."

"In addition, Tang, let me say something you may not like. Your tactical style will definitely be welcomed in the regular season, because it is better to watch, but in the playoffs, it may be more difficult."

"Go on."

"I hope the playoffs will increase the proportion of positional warfare. Of course, this is when there is no good fast break opportunity. In the playoffs, I will return to the low post more, because that is where I am most effective."

"Well, when you go back down low,

There will be fewer fast break opportunities. Well, I will consider it and give up the fast break opportunity that has a low success rate. "

The two chatted for nearly an hour, and it felt good.

Zhao Dong quite recognized Nelson's offensive ability. He possessed offensive talent that Van Gundy did not possess.

But this kind of people who advocate offense have a problem, the defense is not very good, or they don't pay much attention to defense, so he especially pointed out the importance of defense.

But he is not too worried, because Van Gundy and Thibodeau, the two old Knicks, are both defensive coaches. Even if the old Nelson wants to give up defense, they will not agree.

The old Nelson feels better about Zhao Dong, this is a player who can fully integrate into his basketball philosophy.

Regarding defense, he has no intention of giving up. After coaching the Knicks for one season, he knows that this team cannot give up defense and strong confrontation, because Pat Riley has branded the iron and blood factor into this team. In the bones, unless all the coaching staff and all the players are replaced.

On the 23rd, Chicago, the Bulls headquarters, welcomed a guest, Tracy McGrady, who is about to enter the draft.

He was brought by Bulls general manager Jerry Krause. The Bulls prepared a secret meeting for this, and he will participate in this meeting.

To be honest, he was a little scared because the Bulls wanted to trade him for Pippen, Jerry Krause told him so.

Pippen is a superstar, maybe even the 50th superstar in league history, but he is still a rookie, trading him with Pippen, regardless of other things, the pressure alone makes his calves tremble.

Jordan rushed back to Chicago to attend the meeting.

In order to strengthen the team, he promised Krause to trade Pippen, but he wanted to see what kind of person Krause was looking for? If not, he would never agree.

But after the meeting, he had another talk with Klaus.

"Jerry, you said you were looking for a top point guard, do you have any plans?" When he came to Klaus' office, he asked directly.

"Of course, I fancy Kidd of the Suns, what do you think?" Klaus said.

"Kidd? No. 2 in 1994, integrated offense and defense, top-notch organization, he has the potential of a superstar..."

Jordan thought for a while, nodded and said, "Do you have any bargaining chips for him? I don't think so. And the Suns just traded Kidd into the team from the Mavericks during the season, and they won't trade him out."

Klaus nodded helplessly and said: "I talked to the Suns, I am willing to trade with Luke Langley + Ron Harper + two role players and a first-round pick for the next two years, but they are not interested. Of course, they came up with a plan."

"Oh, they didn't reject the deal? So what's the plan?" Jordan asked.

Krause laughed: "They want Pippen as the subject of the transaction."

Then he was afraid of Jordan's opposition, and explained: "Pippen's condition has declined a lot, and he really can't deal with the dragon.

I've talked to the Grizzlies about trading Pippen for their No. 4 pick, and then using the No. 4 pick for the guy you're about to see. I guarantee that he will be very good. He is similar to Pippen, he can play small forwards, and he has better offense and the ability to attack with the ball, which Pippen does not have. My first plan is this, and the second is to trade Kidd. said Klaus.

Jordan was noncommittal, but asked: "But if you complete your first plan, how do you deal with the point guard? The Feilong guy told the media that he is likely to play the No. 1 position next season. Will the magician come back?"

"Troublesome guy."

Glancing at Jordan, Jerry Krause was a little dissatisfied.

Jordan snorted coldly in his heart, he knew that most of Klaus' dissatisfaction was not with Zhao Dong, but with him, because he was the one who prevented the team from signing Zhao Dong.

"Flying Dragon's movement speed is indeed fast, but it has not yet reached the top speed. He is so big, I believe it will be difficult to improve his mobility. So we only need to find a faster and more flexible point guard. Form a dislocation advantage," Krause said at this time.

Jordan nodded, indeed.

"If the No. 1 plan is completed, I am going to trade the Suns' Steve Nash, the No. 15 pick in the first round last year." Klaus said.

"Nash?"

Jordan shook his head, not impressed.

Klaus explained: "He didn't get much opportunity to perform in the Suns, and the Suns traded Kidd last season, and he has no chances, and it shouldn't cost much to trade him.

But I am still very optimistic about him. You should believe my vision. He has some talent in organization. We can trade him and train him as a substitute for Ron Harper. Before we can't find a better point guard . "

Jordan nodded, no objection.

Next, the two went to the conference room for a meeting.

This meeting was not notified within the Bulls. It was really a secret meeting. The people involved were several management and Jordan, and even Phil Jackson was not notified.

When Jordan saw the immature McGrady, he doubted whether he could wait until the young man played.

He is 34 years old, and what he needs now is immediate combat power, not potential. If this young man can't show immediate combat power, is this deal necessary?

"Are you confident to deal with Feilong?" He asked, staring closely at McGrady.

Facing the first player in active service, Jordan with a bad temper, McGrady was a little nervous. Hearing the word Feilong, his body visibly trembled.

In the past two days, the media has been frantically hyping the news that Feilong beat up the postman and put the postman in the ICU. Now that Jordan asked him this question, he was stunned and unable to answer.

"Can he deal with flying dragons?"

Jordan was extremely disappointed, and stared back at Klaus and said, "He is a little bug in front of the dragon, and the dragon can crush him into scum. Jerry, I don't agree with this deal. I don't have time to wait for him to grow up."

Ultimately, Jerry Krause's Plan One fell through because Jordan vetoed the deal.

After sending McGrady away, he dragged Jordan to talk again.

Jordan also wants to talk about it again, and the matter of Phil Jackson has not been resolved, it is time to talk about this issue.

"You really want to trade Pippen for Kidd?"

Back in Krause's office, Jordan said angrily, "Why can't you tolerate Pippen and Phil?"

"Michael, you can't say that. I brought them here. How could I not tolerate them? But this is my job. I have to make the best optimization of the lineup."

Jakes was also very angry. It was entirely due to Jordan's meddling in his work. If he could keep the flying dragon, now he can win the championship while lying down. Isn't this still his fault?

But he endured it and explained: "I've said it many times, Pippen is old, next year his strength will be worse, and the dragon's strength will be stronger.

The main reason why we lost the Eastern Conference finals was that after Pippen was restricted, his organizational ability collapsed. We must strengthen the organization, so he must be traded as a bargaining chip. Apart from him, we have no other chips, you know that.

In fact, you must have watched the finals. How did Feilong perform in the finals? "

"Horrible low post offensive efficiency. But, that's low post, Pippen is a small forward." Jordan Road.

"So we're going to do major surgery on the roster. I'm not only going to move the three, I'm going to move the one, I'm going to move the inside as well. If we keep the current lineup, I can say with certainty, Michael, next season you will still Will be eliminated by Feilong, even if Ewing's state declines."

Klaus was very firm.

Jordan rubbed his face with his hands, calmed himself down, nodded and said, "Go ahead."

Krauss said: "This is my plan, trade Pippen for Kidd. With Kidd, we don't need to play small forwards, and our organizational skills will not be a problem.

As for the third position, we can find a player who is good at defense and has an open shot. He can defend the flying dragon to a certain extent, and can pull the flying dragon away on the offensive end.

My purpose is to weaken the role of the third position, so as to weaken the role of the flying dragon on the defensive end. Moreover, such a player is relatively easy to find, and the price is not high, so the cost of using him to deal with Feilong is not high. "

When Jordan heard it, it was true. With him attacking from the outside, the small forward didn’t take many shots, and there was a point guard organizing the offense. There was no need for the small forward to occupy the ball anymore. The organization of the team.

"No, Jerry, if Pippen doesn't have the ball, he is the one we need, why not keep him?" He asked after reacting.

"Michael, if we don't use Pippen as a bargaining chip, how can we trade Kidd? I said, we don't have a better bargaining chip."

Klaus had a headache.

"Okay, okay."

Jordan nodded helplessly.

Next, Klaus took the initiative to talk about Phil Jackson's problem, but Jordan never let go, which made him very distressed.

When the Bulls are preparing for the transaction, the Knicks are also preparing, and they will trade as soon as the trading window opens.

Grant has already negotiated with the Raptors to trade Ewing for Marcus Camby, and the Raptors' unprotected 1997 first-round pick, which is this year's No. 9 pick, plus some role players, Balance salary.

Originally, he wanted two unprotected first-round picks in 1997 and 1998, but the Raptors refused to agree on the grounds that Ewing's injury would cause his state to decline.

Thinking of not trading Ewing for O'Neal last year, he now regrets so much that he wants to hit the wall.

On the 28th, the NBA 1997 draft began.

That night, he also came to Madison Square Garden for leisure.

"Crack, click..."

As soon as he appeared, the media rushed over like a shark smelling blood.

"Jordan, you...have you traded a good lottery?" Zhao Dong asked in surprise when he saw Jordan.

"Can't you come here without a good sign?" Jordan said angrily.

Zhao Dong laughed, and was not interested in perfunctory with the old rascal, so he turned around and left.

At this time, Neil Grant brought old Nelson, Van Gundy and Thibodeau over, and came to Zhao Dong's side.

Zhao Dong took a look at the coaching lineup. He said, "One offense, two defenses. Next season's tactics should be fine. It depends on how the lineup is adjusted."

However, he is not interested in asking how Grant will adjust the lineup, and he is not interested in letting the management bring in some stars. The Knicks will be fine with him. Fifty points, who would dare not give him the MVP?

Grant was very happy with Zhao Dong's attitude. He was afraid of meeting a star like Jordan and felt that Zhao Dong was better than Ewing, who had interfered with his work.

"Nice to meet you, Tim."

Popovich took David Robinson to the lottery, stepped in front of Duncan, and held out his hand.

"Hello, Coach. Hey, David."

The seasoned Duncan stood up quickly, shook hands with Popovich, and then greeted the admiral.

"Good luck for the Spurs!"

At this time, the general managers of many teams became very envious and jealous.

"You said, would the Spurs agree to trade Ewing for Duncan?" Grant asked suddenly.

"Tim Duncan has finished his senior year. His body and technology are fully mature. He is a full-scale immediate combat power. I don't think the Spurs will trade."

Old Nelson said.

Having said that, he glanced at Grant, the guy who prevented him from trading O'Neal last year.

Sharks, a super center who has just entered his peak period, should be more valuable than rookie Duncan.

But it's also this guy who managed to pick up the flying dragon, became a superstar in his rookie season, even eliminated the Bulls, and finally won the single-core championship. This made him deeply admire Grant's shit luck.

Now he is under a lot of pressure, because Zhao Dong's goal is to defend the title, and he even shouted the slogan of the Dynasty. If he can't complete it, his reputation will be ruined, and he will definitely be fired by the Knicks for the second time.

"I think you can try it." Grant said suddenly.

He said try it, he immediately got up, walked to Popovich, and when he arrived, he went straight to the point: "Hey, Greg, are you interested in making a deal?"

"Oh, you said."

Popovich glanced at Grant, then at Zhao Dong in the audience behind, and asked.

"Ewing for your No. 1 lottery."

Grant whispered and asked.

"impossible."

Popovich resolutely refused: "Do you think I'm stupid? Ewing is 34 years old and has been injured again. No one can guarantee his status next year. Of course, if you use him to trade, that's fine. I'm now I can answer you."

Following Popovich's line of sight and seeing Zhao Dong, Grant almost jumped up, dissatisfied and said: "Don't talk about one lottery, don't even think about two or three lottery."

After speaking, he hurried away, as if Popovich was going to chase him for a deal.

Popovich shook his head regretfully, turned his head and was about to say something to Duncan, but saw Duncan's expression was very strange.

"No, damn Grant, come here to negotiate a deal with me at this time, you made a mistake, you made a mistake!"

He immediately became annoyed in his heart. He shouldn't be negotiating any deal in front of Duncan. It's all because he wanted to trade the Knicks dragon too much.

After Popovich and the Admiral were gone, Duncan sat back down.

He was a little upset, but fortunately, four years of psychology was not for nothing.

"Two or three No. 1 picks are exchanged for Feilong. Does this mean that two or three of them are worth one Feilong to me?"

But his heart is still very uneasy. After all, although he is old and his major is psychology, he is still a young man, and he still has a competitive spirit.

Not long after, the draft began.

Tim Duncan became the No. 1 pick without any suspense and put on the Spurs hat.

Next the Numbers drafted Van Horn, and the Celtics drafted Chauncey Billups.