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Chapter 540 Sharks Lose Weight, Men's Basketball Team Sets Off
What was even more excessive than Su Feng had imagined was that online, some experts actually believed that the Heat had been "robbed" by the Lakers in this trade.
In Los Angeles, the media outlets that had been crazily bashing O'Neal were now celebrating as if it were a festival, eager to run to O'Neal's house and set off firecrackers.
It was just a pity...
Little did these people know that O'Neal had already moved into his new home in Miami a few days prior.
And in Miami, after this trade was announced, the Heat's fans were divided into two factions.
One faction believed that Riley didn't want to wait for Milicic's growth after losing to the Sixers in the Eastern Conference Finals this year.
Therefore, instead of gambling on Milicic's future, it would be better to trade for O'Neal to help Su Feng.
The other faction believed that Riley, who has always liked gambling on team building, had bet on a chip that was difficult to understand this time.
After all...
In the past two years, O'Neal had already proven with his "strength" that he was just an "enhanced version of Ewing."
Therefore, in the eyes of this group of people, Su Feng would probably be "worked to death" again in the new season.
They felt sorry for Su!
On TNT, shortly after the Heat and Lakers' trade was announced, Barkley said on the show that he didn't think O'Neal could bring any substantial help to the Heat.
"Well, since Su could carry Charles Barkley back then, then in my opinion, Shaq, who is only a few dozen pounds heavier than me...
If Su works a little harder, he should be able to carry him." Barkley said humorously on the show.
Meanwhile, Smith believed that Riley was somewhat "grasping at straws" after losing to the Sixers in the Eastern Conference Finals this year.
"If I were to rate it, I would only give the Heat's trade a C at most.
And...
This is still considering that they got Gary Payton from the Lakers in this trade."
After taking out his notebook and explaining to the fans in front of the TV with various advanced statistics how "weak and powerless" O'Neal was in the 03/04 season, Smith commented.
In addition to these experts, commentators, and fans who were not optimistic about O'Neal, there were also many fans online who had already typed "Heat Championship" on the public screen.
After suppressing themselves for a whole year, the Su Feng haters finally felt like they had made it through.
What a joke!
Isn't the combination of O'Neal and Su Feng strong enough?
"My God! These are two
But if you ask if he was happy...
Although he and O'Neal did have conflicts, and he had a lot of prejudice against his training attitude, when he thought about the friendship they had shared in the past few years...
In a moment of melancholy, Kobe realized that he didn't seem particularly happy about it.
In this life, without the saying "Shaq did it too," the rift between Kobe and O'Neal was actually not as deep as people imagined.
In addition, O'Neal also knew about Su Feng and Kobe's relationship, so whenever Kobe was mentioned, the "shark" would cleverly avoid him by talking about other topics.
In Su Feng's original timeline, these two people could stage a "reunion" in the future even after the "OK" duo had a falling out early on, so as a party involved, Su Feng knew very well that O'Neal and Kobe reconciling in this life was only a matter of time.
And on the 1st, in addition to this trade that he and Riley had carefully planned, Su Feng also noticed the trade between the Trail Blazers and the Timberwolves.
Judging from the details of this trade, although on the surface it looked like the Trail Blazers and the Timberwolves had completed a six-for-one deal.
However, in Su Feng's opinion, the only chip that was truly useful to the Timberwolves in this trade was actually the Trail Blazers' first-round pick in 2005.
Therefore, after thinking about it from Garnett's perspective, Su Feng always felt that this iron-blooded wolf king was plotting something behind his back.
In short, in the short term, the Trail Blazers would not pose any threat to the Heat for the time being.
But from a long-term perspective, as long as Paul finishes his training period, then this Trail Blazers team, full of hope and promise...
Will surely become an emerging force in the West.
In Su Feng's original timeline, although Su Feng also liked to complain about the Trail Blazers' team doctors online...
But in reality, the Trail Blazers' "veterinarians" were not as exaggerated as people said.
Take the pair of twin stars who were lying down before they even started in the future Trail Blazers...
With Roy's style of play, without injury exemption, how could his knees withstand that kind of non-decelerating change of direction?
And Oden's congenital leg length discrepancy had already planted a landmine for his career before he even entered the league.
To put it bluntly, the reason why people have so many misunderstandings about the Trail Blazers' team doctors is partly due to their own reasons, and partly due to "survivorship bias."
In fact, including Bill Walton and others, the reasons for their major injuries were all closely related to themselves.
Therefore, based on the durability of my Pao and that old wolf...
On this day, Su Feng had already marked this Trail Blazers team on his notebook.
In Su Feng's previous life, don't look at my Pao who always seemed to be plagued by minor injuries, but as a player who was only "183" centimeters tall, Paul's durability was definitely historical.
And Garnett...
Before entering the end of his career, he was the kind of guy who could "fight" with his opponents while still being able to do a hundred push-ups on the court...
Dare you say he wasn't durable?
Moreover, from the perspective of adaptability, Garnett and Paul were also a perfect match.
Because the former has always been a player who is very happy to screen for his teammates.
And the latter's cake-feeding skills have also been certified by generations of "Cake Kings."
Therefore...
If it weren't because he had already gotten used to seeing cosmic teams in his own timeline, then Su Feng really wanted to shout:
Trail Blazers Championship!
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Online, the news of "Shark's Eastern Journey" and "Wolf King's Western Escape" continued to ferment.
And in the past two days, after using the team's mid-level exception to complete a four-year contract extension with Ginobili, with the last year being a player option...
Riley also devoted his main energy to the great cause of urging O'Neal to lose weight, which was related to the future destiny of the Heat.
In Su Feng's original timeline, many people said that Riley had ruined O'Neal.
But in Su Feng's opinion, without Riley's whip...
It was hard to say that this shark might have ruined himself long ago.
If you understand O'Neal's career, then you should know that in fact, except for the first year he arrived in Miami, Riley's use of O'Neal in the following years was quite cautious.
In the 03/04 season, under Jackson, O'Neal, who had to play an average of 41.7 minutes per game for the Lakers in the playoffs, had his average playoff playing time reduced to about 33 minutes by Riley in the 04/05 season.
And in the following years, Riley never allowed O'Neal's playing time to exceed 30 minutes in the regular season.
Therefore, judging from O'Neal's experience of still playing in the NBA at the age of 39...
It didn't seem like he was ruined by Riley.
Su Feng knew that if O'Neal wanted to continue to maintain his peak as he said, then this summer, he had to control his weight back to below 150 kilograms.
Otherwise, even if he really had superhuman physical fitness, his feet would hardly be able to bear his weight.
In addition, after learning about O'Neal's contract with Reebok, Su Feng also suggested that O'Neal switch to wearing Yao Ming's "Great Wall" series starting next season.
Although O'Neal's contract with Reebok would not expire until 2006, wasn't it just wearing shoes from another sponsor on the court?
This matter...
Kobe had also done it!
And as for the fines that O'Neal might face at that time?
"Shaq, as long as you keep your toes healthy, then you can just give me the fine slip, no matter how much Reebok fines you." On this day, Su Feng said, patting O'Neal on the shoulder.
And originally, O'Neal initially disliked Yao's "Great Wall" series for being ugly.
But after putting them on...
O'Neal never wanted to look at his unlucky Reebok shoes again.
"It's strange, could it be that Yao's foot shape is the same as mine?"
Feeling the comfort brought by the "Great Wall" series, O'Neal asked with a puzzled face.
And at this time...
Looking at this naive shark, Su Feng always felt that he simply didn't know how much effort he had put in for him behind his back.
Wake up, Shaq!
How could your foot shape be the same as Yao Ming's?
The "Great Wall" that you are wearing on your feet now was custom-made by "Phenomenon" according to your foot shape after I used my private rights!
Many times, on the basketball court, you can often hear the complaint that "you can't blame the shoes for playing badly."
But in fact...
Sometimes, whether you play well or not really has a lot to do with whether the shoes on your feet fit or not.
Especially for giants like O'Neal and Yao Ming.
With their weight...
They could really sit you to death with one butt.
For example, on this day, before preparing to leave for Las Vegas, because he complained that O'Neal was short and weak while going to the bathroom, Su Feng then felt what was called "Mount Tai pressing down."
As a result, if it weren't for Su Feng's amazing physical fitness, O'Neal's "Shark Splash" would have almost cost him his life.
However...
It seemed that Su Feng's figure was a bit smaller in front of O'Neal.
But then, as soon as O'Neal let Su Feng get up, this fat-headed fish who knew nothing about strength felt what was called the "Might of the Elbow Emperor"!
Logically speaking, if the scene of Su Feng and O'Neal "fighting" was spread out, then this Heat team would probably be labeled with the tag of "the boss and the second boss are at odds" before they even played a game.
And it was also after this day that O'Neal completely gave up his thoughts of competing with Su Feng for the position of boss.
Because he found that...
As long as you give Su Feng a chance, his fighting routines are almost all aimed at killing people.
In O'Neal's opinion, no wonder Barkley had to give way to Su Feng when he was in Toronto back then.
Because if Su Feng wasn't giving him face and hadn't used his full strength when they were playing around just now...
Then he was afraid that he would already be thinking about retiring at this moment.
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On July 5th, Su Feng officially set off for Las Vegas.
And that afternoon, after joining the Chinese men's basketball team, listening to his teammates calling him "Brother Feng" one after another...
Su Feng immediately felt his terrifying seniority.
Compared with the 02 World Championships, in the past two years, because the men's basketball team has also reached the stage of generational change, this year, Zhang Bin has also recruited many young players to participate in this Las Vegas training camp.
And in addition to the young players Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng, Du Feng, and Yi Jianlian...
Thanks to China's basketball strategy of using the power of the whole country to win the Olympic gold medal, after the absence of the tearing of the league between the Aoshen team and the Basketball Association in history...
The young player Sun Yue, who was only 18 years old, was also recommended to the national team by the Aoshen team this time.
As a result, Zhang Bin was attracted by Sun Yue's visible talent as early as the men's basketball team's domestic training before.
However...
Zhang Bin, who originally thought that Su Feng, who has always liked to teach young people how to play basketball, would be very happy after seeing Sun Yue, never expected...
On this day, before Sun Yue could even say the word "Brother Feng"...
Su Feng had already begun his inhumane "Samsung-style bullying" on Sun Yue.
"What? Do you think I don't have hands and can't pick up the ball myself?"
"What? Do you think that because I'm resting, you can rest too?"
Logically speaking.
If Milicic, who was still choosing a house in Los Angeles at this time, knew about Sun Yue's situation, then he would definitely empathize with Sun Yue and give him a hug.
In Su Feng's original timeline, as a rookie selected by the Lakers with the tenth pick in the second round in 2007, if you only look at physical fitness, then Sun Yue is also the ceiling of Asian guards.
His height will reach 205 centimeters in the future, and he not only has flexibility and agility far exceeding that height, but also, when he was young, he could easily complete difficult operations such as changing hands under the crotch.
And at the 2008 Olympic Games, he even shattered Anthony and Howard's "basketball dreams" one after another in the game against the US men's basketball team.
It's a pity...
Because problems later arose in his ideological awareness, after the 08 Olympic Games, Sun Yue began his "wasting talent" journey that even Kobe's death stare couldn't stare back.
But...
Even so, before Su Feng's time travel rebirth, this guy was still the father of those young guards in the CBA.
In addition, before the start of the 08 Olympic Games, because he performed very lazily during training at that time, even Yao Ming had to shout that classic sentence to him:
"If you don't want to play, then get out!"
Therefore...
Compared with young people like A-Lian who are highly self-conscious.
For young people like Sun Yue who won't move forward unless you whip him.
In Su Feng's eyes, what he lacks is the beating from society.
Just like those starting point authors, if you don't lock them in a small dark room, they will find excuses to delay you all day long.
And this time, Sun Yue, who was instilled with the idea that "Brother Feng is a good person" by Yi Jianlian and them before seeing Su Feng...
In a trance, he always felt that he had been deceived by Yi Jianlian and them.
Because in the past two days, in addition to being scolded by Su Feng for being a little lazy, he also had to be left behind by Su Feng for extra training after each day's training.
And the content of the extra training was also very simple.
That is, accompany Su Feng one-on-one, and keep playing until Su Feng calls a stop.
"A-Lian, is there anything I'm not doing well enough, that offended Brother Feng?"
On this day, after training, Sun Yue looked at Yi Jianlian with an innocent face and said.
And upon hearing this, Yi Jianlian became anxious at that time!
Because in Yi Jianlian's opinion, for this kind of opportunity to have extra training with Su Feng alone, how many people in the NBA would not be able to get it even if they begged for it?
No joke.
If Su Feng also let him accompany him for extra training like this, then in Yi Jianlian's opinion, he would definitely be able to accompany Su Feng for a whole day!
"You are just not appreciating what you have!"
On this day, after rolling his eyes at Sun Yue, Yi Jianlian said with envy, jealousy, and hatred.
And in mid-July, Yao, who had just won the NBA championship, also arrived in Las Vegas on the 15th.
According to the number of games that Yao has played so far this year, he will have to play at least 120 high-intensity games throughout 2004.
Therefore, even though this Yao wanted to come to Las Vegas early to join the Chinese men's basketball team, Su Feng let him rest until July 15th.
And according to the performance of the Chinese men's basketball team members at this training camp...
On July 29th, before leaving for New York for a warm-up match with the US men's basketball team, Zhang Bin also tentatively set the roster for the Chinese men's basketball team to participate in the 04 Athens Olympic Games.
Center: Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Battier.
Power Forward: Du Feng, Yi Jianlian.
Small Forward: Su Feng, Zhu Fangyu.
Shooting Guard: Hu Weidong, Zhang Jinsong, Li Nan.
Point Guard: Guo Shiqiang, Liu Wei.
From the lineup, before the start of this Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team became one of the recognized favorites to win the championship.
Especially after this Yao played with "superstar" style in the Finals this year...
Currently, even the US media believes that the US men's basketball team, which has announced that many stars will withdraw from this Olympic Games, will no longer have any advantages when facing this Chinese men's basketball team.
It's just that, compared to two years ago...
This year, at the Chinese men's basketball team's departure ceremony, the reporters felt that Su Feng was a little too low-key this time...
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