At noon that day, the Mosaic team arrived in Phoenix and held a media conference at the hotel.
The press conference was broadcast live on the Phoenix local TV station's midday news channel.
"Dream, what do you think about K slapping Jordan?" a reporter asked.
"I don't want to comment on this matter." Da Meng refused decisively.
"Dream, K scored 20+10 on you, but Robinson dominated K on both offense and defense. Do you think you are not as good as Robinson?"
a New York sports reporter asked.
"Fuck your grandma!"
Da Meng cursed the reporter in his heart and said expressionlessly: "How did he rule over Lao K? With the referee's whistle?"
He is a complete competitor to Robinson and Ewing. There are only a few hard honors every season, so he will not be too polite.
And this season there is an additional O'Neal, followed by Alonzo Mourning, both of whom are rookie centers with great potential. The pressure on him is even greater than last season.
“Puff!”
Some local reporters burst into laughter.
"Hakim, you are fair. He used the referee's whistle to get Old K sent off and then defeated him."
a local reporter shouted.
"Ha ha……"
The local journalists burst into laughter.
Fortunately, there are no reporters from San Antonio here, otherwise a fight might have broken out.
"It seems that Dream is better than David Robinson. He is indeed a good person." At this time, Wang Tiejun said to himself in front of the TV.
"Shit!"
Da Meng cursed inwardly, he was cursing himself for not thinking before speaking. Now David Robinson must hate him to death.
"Hakeem , how are you going to play against K tomorrow night? Are you going to use David Robinson's style of defense?"
a reporter from Los Angeles asked.
Dream said noncommittally: "I never knew David Robinson was good at that kind of defense. It really opened my eyes. I have to learn it well. I think it is very effective."
"Dream, will you still let K score 20+10 on you?" asked a local reporter.
Da Meng snorted coldly. He was an old rogue anyway, so he said shamelessly: "You think too much. I will teach him a lesson tomorrow night. This time I value him and I know him better. Tomorrow night's game is the first real game between him and me. The previous one doesn't count."
After overturning the previous match, he continued calmly: "In fact, David Robinson beat Old K by standing on my shoulders. If it weren't for the match between me and Old K before, he would still suffer without knowing Old K."
"What do you think of K's current level as a center in the league?" asked another local reporter.
Dream said seriously: "Objectively speaking, in some aspects, he is a top center..."
"oh!"
All the reporters exclaimed. After all, including local reporters, no one thought, or had ever thought, that Wang Tiejun was a top center. That was impossible.
"For example, can you clarify those aspects?" the reporter who asked the question immediately asked.
Dream said: "He is really good at post-up play. Of course, when I say top-notch, I don't mean complete post-up play. His post-up play is not all top-notch.
For example, he hardly uses any pace. When I say top-notch, I mean his crushing style of play. He is very good at that. Now in the league, no center can withstand his crushing style of play.
In addition, his top defense is good. Frankly speaking, I can't top him, and maybe no center in this league can top him. Also, his hook shot seems to be good, very unique.
But apart from these, other aspects are very poor, defense is not good, especially the ability to help defense is almost zero, the ability to protect the basket is poor, all in all, he is at best a second-rate center. "
When Wang Tiejun heard Dameng's evaluation of him, he felt that it was right. There were many areas in which he needed to improve, but his strongest point had not yet reached the level of truly sweeping away everything.
At this time, Dream said, "But the rookie K is too arrogant. He just entered the league and there have been many violent incidents. He also has no respect for his predecessors. I think he needs to learn how to live and work humbly in the United States.
In fact, he has many role models to learn from. There are many Chinese and Chinese Americans in the United States. They are all very humble, and Lao K needs to learn from them.
America is not China. This is an advanced and civilized world. We don’t have violence or discrimination here… Ahem, anyway, he needs to learn from it.”
Well, having said that, you feel like you can’t go on any further, so you quickly end it and shut up.
"Fuck, I was wrong. Dream is not a good person either. Damn racist, I will score another 20+10 on you tomorrow night."
Wang Tiejun cursed and turned off the TV angrily.
As soon as he finished speaking, the system popped up and issued a new combat mission.
"Host, please score 20+10 on Hakeem Olajuwon tomorrow and I will reward you with 100 points."
"Okay, for the sake of points, we have to beat him tomorrow! Oh, and if we take his basket, we'll get another 200 points."
He made up his mind to do a good job tomorrow and let these Americans see that the Chinese can be humble, but they absolutely do not need to be humble.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, he received a call from Zhang Heli, saying that Lao Zhang would return to the United States on the 28th and would be back in Phoenix in the afternoon.
Over the next two days, he intensified his personal training, and on the morning of the 27th, he finally completed all the training content of the first systematic strength training card.
After opening the system, he saw that his weight had reached 123 kilograms and his strength had increased to level 96.
"System, exchange a strength training card for me."
"It has been exchanged."
Soon, he opened the training card and looked at the training content.
The new training card has been extended for one month and will end at the end of April. It requires at least 1 hour of training every day. After completing the training, your weight will reach 126 kg and your strength will be increased to level 97.
"System, what is the maximum weight I can reach? I mean without reducing my athletic ability, and I even mean while improving it." He asked.
"Based on the host's skeleton and athletic quality, if the weight is below 135 kilograms, you can gain weight while improving your athletic quality to a certain extent. If the weight is above 135 kilograms, you must sacrifice a certain amount of athletic quality." said the system.
"135 kilograms? It can be faster and more agile than it is now. Haha, it makes me excited just thinking about it!" He became excited.
"System, body fat percentage remains unchanged?" He then found that the training content this time did not involve body fat percentage, and asked hurriedly.
"Center is the most competitive position, where every inch of ground must be fought for. It is also the most vulnerable position in basketball. Perhaps one injury may end your career. Appropriate fat can protect your health. A body fat percentage of 10% is the most suitable standard for the center position, and it is also the minimum standard." said the system.
"10%? Isn't that too low?" he said hurriedly.
"The system has been practicing Tieshan Lean since childhood, and has been tempered with medicinal oil. Its muscles, bones and internal organs have been tempered, so the body fat rate can be maintained at 8%. This is the scientific assessment of this system." said the system.