After winning the game, the Nuggets went to Seattle without stopping to challenge the Supersonics.

The current SuperSonics have Gary Payton, Vinbeck and Detrev Schramf, all All-Stars.

Needless to say, Gary Payton is nicknamed "Gloves" and is known for its extremely strong defense and trash talk.

Wen Baker joined the NBA through the draft in 1993 and quickly became an All-Star player per game in 2010 and was praised as one of the best power forwards in the NBA at that time.

As for Schramf, he is one of the most famous foreign players and the first German player to play in the NBA.

In the 1997-98 season, under the leadership of the three, the Supersonics achieved excellent results of 61 wins and 21 losses, becoming the second in the West.

However, it is hard to say this year, and it may even be unable to qualify for the playoffs.

In the 1998-99 season, it was a weird joke for many NBA players. Both labor and capital sat at the negotiating table and tossed repeatedly. Until the start of the game in February of the following year, Wen Baker, who was once prominent, began to look at the fat on his body to 500 pounds.

Wen Baker's figure has developed horizontally, giving people the feeling of a huge piece of meat. Even if he can barely run, he cannot exert his previous strength.

Gary Payton and Schramff, both of whom are one year older, have more or less declined in form.

This year's Supersonics can no longer be considered a Western Conference powerhouse, but it also has certain competitiveness.

However, for Gary Payton, the Nuggets are like enemies and will definitely defeat the Nuggets with the strongest strength.

In the 1993-94 season, it was the peak period for the Supersonics and the most popular era in the history of Supersonics.

Under Gary Payton, Sean Kemp, Kent Keel and coach George Carl, the Supersonics achieved the league's best regular season record - 63 wins and 19 losses.

However, the invincible Supersonics in the regular season were not good in the playoffs. They faced the lowest-ranked Denver Nuggets in the first round, winning two games first and then losing three games in a row. They were eliminated in the first round and became the first No. 1 seed team in NBA history to be eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, commonly known as the "Black Eight Miracle".

For Gary Payton, who is highly regarded, this is a shame, how can he not hate the Nuggets?

Key Arena, located in Seattle, Washington, after entering the Arena, Chi Liang and his teammates began to go to the visiting team's locker room, but on the way, he was surrounded by several reporters.

Chi Liang expressed doubts about the reporters' actions and did not understand their intentions.

"Congratulations, Chi Liang, you beat Carter of the Raptors, Pierce of the Celtics and other rookies to temporarily become the number one rookie! In addition, thanks to your excellent performance last week, you ranked fifth in the selection of Player of the Week!"

During this period, there is no award for the best rookie in the week, but it is nothing more than the official rookie rankings. Every week, the league will change the rankings based on the rookie's performance.

Last week, Chi Liang participated in four games in total and achieved 3 wins and 1 loss. Of course, the record is one thing, and the most important thing is the player data.

In these four games, Chi Liang averaged 19.5 points, 10.7 assists, 6.7 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block per game, including the honors of the first appearance of the century and the youngest triple-double. In the face of such data, even if the selectors tend to be racist, they dare not suppress Chi Liang's ranking on the surface.

"real?"

However, Chi Liang was still a little surprised. It was okay to suppress rookies such as Carter, but he didn't expect to become the fifth player of the week.

Although he did not win an award, it was also a great honor for a rookie.

Espn's reporter nodded and said, "We don't need to lie to you. Can you talk about your feelings now?"

After confirming, Chi Liang became a little more happy and said a few words of the same thoughts, which were nothing more than thanking the league, team, teammates and other official words.

"By the way, who won the Player of the Week?"

"Gary Payton!"

When the reporter answered, he smiled meaningfully.

When Chi Liang came to the visiting team's locker room, his teammates already knew about this and congratulated Chi Liang one after another.

In the visiting team's locker room, there are several newspapers from today, and in the sports section, there are news about Gary Payton's winning Player of the Week.

Due to Chi Liang's excellent performance, he also occupied some space, and even had a questionnaire related to him.

After becoming the fifth place in the Rookie of the Week and Player of the Week, Chi Liang was called a super rookie by the media and began to become a remarkable player.

After reading the newspaper, Chi Liang firmly ranked first in the list of the best rookies, Vince Carter second, Jamison third, Pierce fourth, Lafrenz fifth...

As for Nowitzki, there are many top ten. The current "old drivers" are still in a quiet period and are still working hard for enough playing time.

Due to the high quality of the draft, this year was recognized by the media as the year of the draft.

In the media's opinion, although Chi Liang beat the other rookies and temporarily became the first rookie, he only played four games in the end, and the battle for the best rookie in the future must be extremely fierce.

As for the questionnaire, it was organized by the New York Times, titled "If you were asked to reselect the 1998 rookie, how would you choose?"

Under the questionnaire, there are two tables, one lists a bunch of names and the other is a blank table.

No. 1 pick: Michael Olovocandy

Second pick: Mike Bibby

...

This is arranged according to the draft ranking at that time. Readers can cut out blank forms and fill out the forms and mail them to the New York Times according to their own ideas.

After the statistics are completed, the New York Times will publish the results of the questionnaire. As for whether there is any deviation from readers' psychological expectations, it is not what the New York Times care about.

The New York Times' actions were nothing more than to increase newspaper sales.

Looking at the questionnaire, Chi Liang felt it was nonsense. The regular season had only started for less than ten days, and many rookies had not yet shown their strength, so how could they re-order the draft?

It can be said that setting up a questionnaire now is meaningless. A rookie's strength has to be played for two or three years before it can be evaluated in a preliminary manner. Just playing a few games does not mean that it can continue to maintain it in the future.

Many times, the draft picks are re-arranged, and it will even take more than ten years to confirm. Especially for the 1998 rookie, who can now think that the "old driver" will become the No. 1 pick in the end!

However, with Chi Liang now, history has shifted, and no one knows the correct ranking after reordering in the future.

After the Nuggets appeared, the Key Arena was filled with overwhelming booing. Many Supersonic fans still remember the "Black Eight Miracle" four years ago. Every time they encountered the Nuggets, they would always make huge booings.

Soon, the Supersonics began to play, and amid the cheers of fans, Gary Payton held up the team's Player of the Week certificate prepared for him.
Chapter completed!