Chapter 988: Supersonic's True Strength!
During the halftime of the game between the Sonics and the Heat, the players in the Heat's locker room were having a hard time.
After taking a look at the atmosphere in the team's locker room, the Heat's general manager Pat Riley chose to leave the locker room silently.
At this time, the silent Heat players did not know that their departing general manager had already picked up the phone of the general manager of another team.
Whether it was the players, the coaches, or the general managers, this halftime of the Christmas game was a shame for them.
Never mind what the game was like.
Even if your starting lineup can suppress the opponent's starting lineup.
But if you can't win the game, it's useless.
Even if your advantage on the court can't be turned into a winning advantage, it will make the team even more uncomfortable.
Being suppressed by the opponent and losing the game is acceptable, and the skills are not as good as others.
The key is to suppress the opponent and still lose the game, which is very unacceptable.
This is the situation of the Heat now.
Spoelstra really has nothing to say.
The players actually tried their best. Who made Rondo explode again in this game? Who would have thought that the Sonics' rotation lineup was so strong?
This is equivalent to the Heat encountering two meteorites in one game.
During the halftime break, the Heat's locker room was as quiet as death.
And the scene at the American Airlines Arena was not much better.
Even at this time, many Heat fans were ready to leave after the halftime game.
After all, today is Christmas, and there is really no need to stay in the American Airlines Arena to watch such a game.
It's so disgusting.
For Heat fans, this game is really disgusting.
On the field, the team pressed the Sonics, but the team was 14 points behind.
It's so depressing that people can't breathe.
And today is Christmas, there are too many places in Miami to breathe, there is no need to be stuck in this place.
Now the atmosphere in the American Airlines Arena is very depressing.
But not everyone here is depressed.
For example, Barkley is in a very, very good mood now.
"The first half of this game was another typical Sonics game!"
"What is a typical Sonics game?"
"That is, the starters were suppressed but could hold on, but the substitutes could widen the gap like crazy!"
"Why is this the case?"
"This is not a coincidence. Many people don't understand it, but think about it, are the Seattle Sonics' starters much more talented than the Seattle Sonics' substitutes?"
"In my opinion, the Sonics' starters are not much more talented than the Sonics' substitutes, but look at the strength and honors of these Seattle Sonics' starters in the NBA. Durant is the All-Star starter, FMVP, and scoring champion, Rondo is the assists champion, the All-Star starter, the championship champion, and the temporary scoring champion, Milicic is in the All-Star championship best lineup, and Millsap is very, very popular to be selected for the All-Star this year."
"The Sonics These starting players who are not so talented are now famous and have the strength and honor of All-Stars or even superstars. So, why would the Sonics substitutes, who are also not very talented, be worse than these starters under Yes's training? "
"Since the Sonics starters have the strength of All-Stars, why don't the Sonics substitutes have the strength of All-Stars? !"
"I can even be sure that if the Seattle Sonics substitutes and the Seattle Sonics starters are swapped, the Seattle Sonics' record will not decline at all, and they can still win 26 games in a row this season!"
"Because of Yes's history-leading ability and ability to train players, the Seattle Sonics are now the only team in NBA history where all rotation players have or are close to All-Star strength!"
The ten important rotation players all have or are close to All-Star strength?!
Barkley's words were very deafening, and not only was Kenny Smith beside him shocked.
Even the audience in front of the TV and many professionals also felt incredible.
But after the first incredible moment,
Almost everyone thinks that Barkley's words make a lot of sense.
That's right, it's really right!
Yes can train players like Millsap to become All-Star players.
Then he can naturally train any player to become an All-Star.
It's just a matter of time.
"Now the Seattle Supersonics only have ten rotating players who are close to or even All-Star level players. Maybe in two or three years, all the players of the Seattle Supersonics, even Ingles, the last player on the Seattle Supersonics bench, may have the strength to be close to the All-Star level. By that time, the Seattle Supersonics will become the only team in NBA history where every player has the strength to be close to the All-Star level or the All-Star level!"
"Why are the starting lineups of the Seattle Supersonics always suppressed by super teams like the Grizzlies and the Heat? That's because their talents really can't support them against real geniuses. The difference in the scene represents the difference in talent, but in terms of overall strength, the Seattle Supersonics are definitely the strongest!"
"If you accept and admit that Yes has the ability to turn ordinary players into All-Star players, then you have no reason to refute the conjecture I put forward tonight, that is, as long as the Seattle Supersonics are led by Yes, sooner or later every player will become an All-Star player!"
"So, from now on, don't underestimate the Seattle Supersonics. When a team has ten players close to All-Stars, isn't it natural for this team to achieve 26 consecutive wins in the NBA?"
"So, this is definitely not a meteor falling from the sky, but an extremely normal thing. Even if Rondo's offense is bad, nine All-Stars can kill from start to finish with a dog!"
Barkley is very excited and excited now.
The TNT commentator has no idea how great the impact of his theory is on the world.
"Steve, do you think the Supersonics really have ten players close to All-Stars now? Will all the Supersonics players really become All-Stars in the future?"
Kobe is very confused now.
If it was three years ago, he might have sneered when he heard such words.
But now, he actually felt that he seemed to be willing to believe in such an incredible thing.
Just like Barkley said, as long as you accept Yes's ability to turn waste into treasure, you must admit that sooner or later, all the players of the Seattle Supersonics will become treasures!
"Maybe, this is really possible..."
Faced with Kobe's question, Nash nodded after a moment of silence.
He has faith in Yes.
But even with faith, it is difficult to believe such an incredible thing.
It's not that he really doesn't believe it, but he doesn't want to believe it.
He believes in Yes's ability to turn waste into treasure more than the whole world.
Since Yes has such an ability, it is natural that everyone in the Supersonics will be an All-Star in the future.
Since 1+1 equals 2, then 1+1+1+1 naturally equals 4. This is a very simple truth.
It's just that when many people admit that Yes has the ability to turn waste into treasure, they subconsciously block the possibility that the Supersonics will become so powerful in the future.
Now, all these people's subconscious rejections have been ruthlessly opened by Barkley.
No one can refute Barkley's statement.
Unless you deny Yes's ability to turn waste into treasure.
But you only need to look at the performance and achievements of Durant, Rondo, Millsap, Milicic and others, and then look at the achievements of David Lee, Barea and Kwame Brown who left Yes.
No one will question Yes's ability to turn waste into treasure.
In fact, a talented player like David Lee was trained by Yes to become an All-Star starter. As long as Yes is given enough time, every player of the Supersonics will become an All-Star player. Isn't this a matter of course?
"We should be thankful that basketball is a game of five people."
Phil Jackson said with a smile.
And every Lakers player next to him nodded.
Yes.
Thank goodness that basketball is a game of five people. Assuming that all 15 Supersonics players are All-Stars, the more people in the game, the greater the advantage of the Supersonics!
A team with 15 All-Stars seems to be really scary, and it is indeed scary, but it is not so scary that it makes people despair.
Didn't everyone on the US team be All-Stars at the beginning, and weren't they also rubbed by the Chinese team, Argentina and other teams?
There are only five players who can play. The five starters of the Supersonics are indeed All-Stars, but aren't they also rubbed by the Grizzlies and the Heat in the situation?
There is actually a difference between All-Stars and All-Stars.
The key is that the rotation players, even the rotation players of the Grizzlies and the Heat, cannot all be All-Star level.
This is why the Grizzlies and the Heat were suppressed by the Supersonics in the situation of disadvantage.
To solve the Supersonics' rotation substitute advantage, either strengthen and make their own rotation all All-Stars, otherwise, it is to reduce the rotation, let more starting main players increase playing time, and fill the rotation time.
The first possibility is to increase the substitute All-Stars, which is difficult to operate. The carrying capacity of a team's All-Star players is limited, and no team has so many chips to build a team so luxuriously.
The second possibility is to change the rotation to a seven-man rotation or even a six-man rotation. This is difficult to operate in the regular season. After all, there is no need to run your legs and break your waist in the regular season, but it is still possible in the playoffs.
Therefore, the Sonics' ten-player All-Star theory was indeed quite scary.
The whole world was scared by Barkley.
But after Phil Jackson's explanation, the Lakers players finally accepted the setting that was scary but not that scary.
Especially for the Lakers, the Lakers have many players with All-Star strength. Kobe, Nash, Stoudemire, Randolph, Artest, these five are definitely All-Stars, Mike Bibby, Odom, O'Neal, these are players with absolute quasi-All-Star strength, plus Batum and Ariza who have grown very rapidly this season.
As long as the Lakers do not compete with the Sonics for ten-player rotation, but reduce the number of rotations in a game to seven, they don't have to worry about the Sonics' ten-player All-Star.
"We may not be afraid of the overall strength of the Supersonics in the playoffs, but in the regular season..."
"The overall strength of the Supersonics is simply invincible in the regular season. This season, the Supersonics' record in the regular season will be very terrifying."
"Not only this season, as more and more All-Star players of the Supersonics are trained by Yes, the dominance of the Supersonics in the regular season will become stronger and stronger!"
"Yes, if the day comes when the Supersonics have 15 All-Star players, I actually believe that the Supersonics may achieve an 82-game winning streak!"
The Lakers players were really amazed when they watched the second half of the game on TV.
After the start of the second half, the Heat tried very hard, but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how big the advantage on the field was, the Heat could not catch up with the score.
Even at the beginning of the rotation time in the fourth quarter, the Heat collapsed directly.
Although after Barkley's point, the whole world knew that the five rotation substitutes of the Supersonics might have the strength of All-Stars, but knowing it is still a cruel scene that makes people a little difficult to accept.
The Heat's rotation lineup is so strong, but they were beaten like this. It's really a cruel scene.
"I finally understand why so many teams were beaten by the Sonics this season. If the Heat's starting lineup was not strong enough and the substitutes were not weak, the Heat would definitely be beaten by the Sonics in this game!"
"Any team in the league that is not so strong may be beaten by the Sonics when facing the Sonics!"
"The Sonics may really become the strongest bully in the history of the NBA!"
"Moreover, the Sonics' ability to bully will become stronger and stronger in the future, and their ability to brush data in the regular season is simply invincible!"
The Sonics are the team with the strongest ability to bully in the NBA, there is no doubt about that.
But if you say that the Sonics' ability to bully will become stronger and stronger in the future, it is difficult for Phil Jackson to agree.
The players' thinking is still too naive.
They rarely consider the changes in people's hearts.
When Barkley pointed out this point that the whole world subconsciously forgot, it not only frightened the world, but also opened the Pandora's box of chaos for the Sonics.
When you think you have the strength of an All-Star and the whole world recognizes that you have the strength of an All-Star, would you just be willing to be a substitute in the Supersonics?
Or do you think that the management of the NBA are philanthropists or blind people, and will not find the talents they want from the All-Stars of the Supersonics?
The success of David Lee, Barea and Kwame Brown has attracted the attention of many people.
After Barkley clicked on all this, it was no longer those managements with unique vision who were staring at the Supersonics, but all managements.
So, can Yes's training speed match the speed of others' digging?
"Maybe the Supersonics are the strongest Supersonics this season!"
Phil Jackson's words made the Lakers players confused.
Facing the players' doubts, Phil Jackson did not explain.
At this time, everyone in the Lakers was attracted by Barkley's roar on TV.
"Congratulations to the Seattle SuperSonics!"
"The Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Miami Heat 152-125 away from home!"
"The Seattle SuperSonics have won 27 games in a row, breaking the Miami Heat's 26-game winning streak, and are only six games away from 33 consecutive wins!"
Only six games away from 33 consecutive wins!
Barkley roared, and every TV audience had mixed feelings.
That legendary 33-game winning streak is so close to me...