Chapter 1,184 Oden’s Troubles and Going Against the Current!

On December 11, 2013, the SuperSonics, which defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in an away game, continued their road trip and will challenge another strong playoff team in the West, the Memphis Gray led by the giant Oden. Bear.

Another master-disciple battle!

It’s also a focus battle!

Now that the five Seattle SuperSonics are raging, in the minds of many people, the Grizzlies led by Oden are definitely one of the most powerful teams to defeat the five small SuperSonics.

The current five small players of the Seattle SuperSonics are all strong offensive and defensive players who can at least play from the first to the third position.

Antetokounmpo, Leonard, Durant, Yee, James Harden.

Five players are simply a nightmare for perimeter players in the league.

Especially after Westbrook, the most ruthless and handsome boy in the league, was dumbfounded in front of Leafs, many people are now talking about what kind of players and what kind of teams can truly defeat Seattle. Kill these five Super Five guys from the SuperSonics.

As the current candidate for the number one center in the league, the Grizzlies led by Oden are undoubtedly a favorite.

The Grizzlies are not one of the top three recognized Warriors teams this season.

But after the Lakers, Cavaliers and Warriors, the fourth-ranked Warriors are definitely the Grizzlies.

If the Grizzlies weren't now structurally aging, the team's bravery could continue to rise.

After all, as the de facto No. 1 center in the league, Oden will still give many people great expectations.

The most decorated centers in the league right now are of course O'Neal and Yao Ming.

But O'Neal is basically playing some symbolic games with the Nets. Most of his time is now in the TNT studio.

After the New Jersey Nets became the Brooklyn Nets in 2012, O'Neal followed Kobe's example and changed his jersey number to No. 33, his college jersey number, and pushed the Brooklyn Nets to add another color to the black and white jersey tone. A green jersey.

This is the third jersey number O'Neal has changed with the Nets.

In the past few seasons, O'Neal basically changed his number every two seasons.

From the initial 34, it became 36, and then to the current 33.

Obviously, O'Neal's intentions are not difficult to guess.

This big center is planning to retire three jerseys with the Nets when he retires!

This makes many people think that the reason why O'Neal did this was to continue to dominate Kobe.

Kobe will definitely retire his No. 8 and No. 24 jerseys with the Lakers.

He went a step further and retired three jerseys with the Nets.

This is the speculation of many people.

However, O'Neal smiled noncommittally at these people's speculations.

You think it's too simple to put pressure on Kobe!

Brother Shark is trying to get the seven-color uniforms!

Therefore, as the center with the highest status in the league's history, O'Neal is now fully focused on the seven-color jersey and his television career.

After O'Neal, Yao Ming is the second-highest player in league history.

Yao Ming is not as laid-back as O'Neal now. He is like a wandering man who doesn't care much about the game.

But because he is about to reach 34 years old, and he already has the honors of 2 MVP, 1 FMVP and the best defensive player in one team and one defense, Yao Ming does not care much about the honors and statistics in the regular season. He wants to continue. The length of his career, and strive to make a difference in the playoffs.

Therefore, Yao Ming's current statistics and performance in the regular season naturally cannot support his position as the first center.

Therefore, the position of the league's number one center has naturally transitioned from Yao Ming's hands to Oden's.

Compared with others in the league such as Howard, Milicic, Bynum and even the younger generation Cousins, Oden is now a well-deserved natural successor to the number one center in terms of strength, fame or prestige.

If Oden had not taken over as the number one center last season, then this season, Oden, who has averaged 28 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 2.5 blocks per game in the league so far, is undoubtedly the league's well-deserved number one center candidate. .

At the FedEx Arena in Memphis, when Oden came over to hug Yesi before the game, he looked at the big man in front of him and Yesi couldn't help but nod.

This season is Oden's seventh season in the league, and he is about to celebrate his 26th birthday.

For Oden, these seven years of career were undoubtedly successful.

He has played six seasons since entering the NBA as a rookie, and has entered the playoffs in all six seasons.

Even if the helpers next to him are getting older one by one, he can still rely on his own strength to tenaciously lead the Grizzlies to the top eight positions in the Western Conference and enter the playoffs.

For any player, in a competitive environment like the Western Conference, and in a situation that is infinitely close to a single core, it is a success to lead the team to the playoffs.

It's just obvious that as the emperor, he is the emperor who has been called the emperor for ten years by the United States.

Although Oden's current achievements in the NBA are successful, they have not reached a standard that satisfies himself and everyone.

So after taking the initiative to hug and say hello to Yes, as the host of the home game, Oden accepted an on-site interview with Kenny Smith.

And Kenny Smith's first question was about MVP.

Players like Oden have always been compared to players like Jordan and Leafs.

Yeas already won the regular season MVP in his second season in the NBA.

Jordan won the regular season MVP in his fourth season.

This season is already Oden's seventh season.

Originally, as Gasol, Tracy McGrady, Carter, Battier and others aged, this honor seemed to be getting further and further away from Oden.

However, this season, the opportunity suddenly came.

"Of course I hope this game can beat the Seattle SuperSonics and beat the teacher. Yes, I, like everyone, am very interested in the MVP this season."

Auden did not mince words on the subject.

His career is now in a very awkward position.

There is a feeling of being unable to go up or coming down.

So much so that many voices are now teasing him: "Oden or James, who is the worst chosen one in basketball history?"

There is no doubt that it was James before, but after James won the championship, all the pressure was on Oden's side.

However, judging from the expression on Oden's face now, Kenny Smith feels that Oden's current mentality seems to be quite good.

"Although the MVP is very attractive, the master is the strongest player in the NBA. Whether he was three years ago or he is now, he is the strongest player in NBA history, and the Seattle SuperSonics are also the strongest player in NBA history. Team, beating a team like this is without a doubt the hardest question in basketball in the world."

"So Greg, are you confident that you can be the answer to that conundrum in this game, or this season?"

Under Kenny Smith's expectant gaze, Auden smiled and nodded.

"I'm going to work hard and try not to let the Seattle SuperSonics win their 22nd straight game here."

Faced with Kenny Smith's various emotionally provoking questions, Oden's answers have always been neither humble nor condescending.

This surprised and admired Kenny Smith.

In fact, although Oden may look a bit rough, in fact, his heart is as mature as his appearance.

Oden is a fairly low-key and mature player.

"There are countless chosen ones in this world. Maybe players like Yes are unique, but talented players like James and Oden, although rare but definitely not rare, can achieve such achievements as Oden in the NBA. There are very few so-called chosen ones. Most of them are in college or even died in high school. It can only be said that Oden's success in the NBA is definitely not an accident. He is indeed a more mature and better center than Howard."

Even Kenny Smith, who was mainly trying to sow discord between Oden and Yeas this time, sighed sincerely after finishing his visit with Oden.

Oden's current mentality is indeed very, very good.

But this was on the surface. Deep down in his heart, there was no doubt that he was still troubled.

This season is already his seventh season, and it is time for him to achieve results this season.

He didn't think his career could match the heights of his teacher.

But he never felt that his pursuit of Jordan's height was a delusion. Jordan's height was also very high, but whether it was James in the past or him now, he had the ambition to chase the past, whether he could catch it or not.

And Jordan began to achieve results in his seventh season.

In Jordan's seventh season, Jordan won the championship, regular season MVP, and finals MVP.

And he, in his seventh season, won as many honors as Jordan.

Is it time to win the first regular season MVP of his career?

This is Oden's current worry.

This is actually not just Oden's trouble.

This is the trouble of all the chosen ones.

Not only Oden, James was or is still in such trouble.

Because no matter what, both James and Oden feel that they are out of tune with the current basketball world.

Both James and Oden feel that their style of play is not the trend of the world.

And they don't have enough strength to reverse the trend started by Ye Si.

In the end, they could only watch from the sidelines as Nash, Nowitzki, Curry and others continued to perform miracles one after another, and they could only admire and watch from the sidelines.

Because they can't play this kind of basketball, and they can't change this kind of basketball, and in the end they can only go with the flow.

In this world, no one wants to be the chosen one who goes with the crowd.

In the era when they were the chosen ones, they were the kind of players who set the trend!

However, time changes too fast.

Some people, like James, have never been able to get over the glory of becoming the Chosen One. They always feel that they are still the 'King of the World'. Even his Twitter is 'KING'. I have always felt that this world should be covered and shrouded by his wings.

But Oden is different from James. His career has not been as smooth as James. He has had a huge crisis in his career. If his master Ye Si hadn't helped him resolve the crisis, he wouldn't even have a chance to follow the trend in the NBA.

But no matter what, Oden felt that he should do something in the general trend led by his master, so as not to be directly overwhelmed by the water and then at a loss.

In the center of the court, looking at Antetokounmpo in front of him, looking at the small players on the opposite side and in the circle around him, when Oden became the chosen one ten years ago, he never dreamed that he would be the chosen one ten years later. The NBA will be such a situation.

He didn't want to say anything to bring order to this game.

In this game, he just wants to use his full strength.

It doesn't matter whether it beats the Sonics, it doesn't matter if it fails in the end, it doesn't matter if it's MVP, it doesn't matter if it's anything else.

Even if his roar in this game is just a sign of ending the great center era in the trend led by his teacher.

In this game, he wants to make his voice heard!

Amid the cheers of the fans at FedEx Arena, Oden did not give Antetokounmpo any chance.

Antetokounmpo's bounce and bounce speed are very good. Most centers in the league really may not be able to beat him on the jump ball.

Therefore, even when facing Oden, the Sonics still have some expectations.

After all, Oden is only 2 centimeters taller than Antetokounmpo.

The imagination is beautiful, but the reality is a little bit skinny.

One Emperor and One Emperor's ability on the jump ball is really time-tested, especially Oden as One Emperor.

In the Memphis Grizzlies' first attack, Oden quickly headed forward after completing the jump ball, and Antetokounmpo's return to defense was also quite fast.

The Grizzlies were on the fast break, but the Seattle SuperSonics were not out of position.

In fact, it is not easy for the five-small Seattle SuperSonics to lose position defensively.

The speed of the team's defensive rotation is now definitely the best in NBA history.

However, for the Grizzlies, it actually has no impact on whether the Seattle SuperSonics defense is out of position or not.

After McGrady quickly dribbled the ball past half-court, he handed the ball to Gasol at the free throw line.

After Gasol received McGrady's pass, he threw the basketball directly to the basket without any pause.

After Oden pushed away Antetokounmpo, he jumped high and directly smashed the basketball he received into the basket!

2 to 0!

After the Grizzlies launched their attack in the half court, all the Grizzlies' passes were high-flying.

In the end, Gasol and Oden ended the offense with an inside pass.

Throughout the entire process, the Seattle SuperSonics defense didn't even have a chance to react.

So after Oden completed the dunk, the entire FedEx Arena briefly suffocated for a moment.

"Charles, have you ever seen the Sonics so weak on defense this season?"

Buckley shook his head nervously.

After a brief suffocation, the entire FedEx Arena burst into even greater cheers.

Barkley's eyes widened as he listened to the huge cheers in his ears.

Could it be that in this game, Oden and the Grizzlies can really go against the trend? !

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