The Celtics took a plane to Orlando overnight. Everyone on the plane was jubilant. The Celtics had not been at the top of the league for too many years. After this game, Anji immediately gave Rivers
Si called and said a lot of encouraging words, and said that the boss was very satisfied with the recent situation of the Celtics and agreed to invest in strengthening the inside line. Anji also had several suspicions about Mark Blount's transfer. Waiting for a while
Firth will talk more about it when he returns to Boston.
The plane arrived in Orlando around 23:00. Everyone stopped talking after being excited on the plane for about 20 minutes. This game was really tiring. If O'Neal and Wade hadn't both left the game, the Celtics would have been very tired.
It was possible that they would lose the game. Everyone fell into their seats and put on eye masks and fell asleep. After arriving at the destination of Orlando, many people were even complaining about why they could not fly for a longer period of time.
You can sleep more soundly.
After arriving at the hotel and entering their respective rooms, Milicic cheered up a little, perhaps after the torment just now, and went online to check for quick comments about today's game.
"At this stage, although Milicic is not as good as O'Neal, I have reason to believe that Milicic is one of the top five centers in the league. As for the gap in strength between him and O'Neal, okay, man, O'Neal is unparalleled in this league.
The controversial Big One, he is beyond this league, Milicic is the only person in recent years who has some threat to O'Neal in one-on-one."
——Bill Walton
"I don't know what Stan wants to do? Does he want me to go against four big men? Maybe when I was 20 years old I would have been stupid enough to say, 'Coach, I can try...' But I'm past that now.
I am 30 years old, and I think this style of play will shorten my sports life. I came to Miami to bring championships to this city, not to recuperate from injuries. I hope we have corresponding tactics and countermeasures, and
I don’t think about letting the big guy do everything when the critical moment comes. I am a player, not a president. I hope some people can remember this.”
——O'Neal criticized Stan Van Gundy's on-the-spot calling after the game
"Milicic brought us too many surprises. Although he was at a disadvantage in the entire confrontation with O'Neal, he also created a lot of difficulties for O'Neal with his mind and changeable playing style. O'Neal had never been able to do so before.
I have never been so upset about a player, Darko did it. And you have to know, this guy is only 18 years old, what will he be like when he is 28? Maybe by then he has established another Celtics dynasty
.”
——Heinsohn
"Hey! Hey! Why are everyone talking about how good Milicic is playing? What I want to know now is how O'Neal will fulfill his promise about the butt."
——Charles Barkley
Milicic looked at the text messages on his mobile phone. James, Rashid and others all sent blessing text messages. Milicic responded politely one by one. Looking back on this day, it was really a lot of experience. The Heat's lineup is still
Far from being as abnormal as next season, Wade was injured in this game, and the firepower of Celtics outsiders Pierce and Payton made the Heat miserable, and the bench gangsters led by Eddie Jones on the bench were even more ruthless.
It taught the Heat's weak second team a hard lesson. But imagine if the Heat had Gary Payton, "White Chocolate" Jason Williams, James Posey on the outside, Anthony Walker at the forward position, and substitutes inside.
With Alonzo Mourning at center, will the Celtics still have a chance with such a lineup? If they are slightly inferior to the Heat in other positions and have to go one-on-one with O'Neal inside, what will this game be like?
What about a scene? Milicic recalled O'Neal's god-given power. If it was just a struggle to face Yao Ming, Duncan and others, then he was simply powerless to face O'Neal. He and Al Jefferson could say that they were both.
He is very strong, but he is like two children in front of O'Neal. Du is right, strength still needs to be strengthened. For a center, strength is the root of everything. Without good jumping, you can use positioning and height.
The wingspan makes up for it, and without good offensive means, he can use the stupidest method to attack the basket like Howard in later generations, but without strength, all skills are in vain.
At this moment, Milicic's phone rang. Milicic glanced at it and saw that it was his agent Mark. When he just answered the phone, he heard Mark on the other end of the phone already talking incessantly: "Darko, you
The kid did really well today. I originally thought that you would be beaten by O'Neal, but I didn't expect that you were not inferior to that fat man in terms of data. At that time, we chose Boston as the most correct choice.
Here you have playing time and you have enough media exposure. Now I think what you said to me was right. We don’t accept small contracts. What we want to do is to be a well-known brand endorsement..."
"Actually, what I'm more concerned about is how well you helped me deal with the properties in China. I will pay you US$300,000 as a reward after you finish handling it, as we agreed, but it may take two to three months.
Only then can I give you the money..."
"It's all done. I will hand over all the procedures to you next time I go to Boston. But will real estate in China really bring double the income as you said?"
"Two times? Is that what I said? Maybe I said something less..."
During the conversation, Mark asked Milicic to be selected for the All-Stars no matter what. If necessary, he could arrange people from the media to cooperate with the hype. Now some businesses are still waiting for the price of the Milicic brand. Once he becomes an All-Star, it is possible
The revenue will be much greater than the next contract on the court.
After Milicic put down the phone, he was thinking about it. In the past month or so, his life can be said to be on track. He is proud of the court and has also found a way to invest and make money. If this is a dream, I hope he won't wake up so early.
come over.
Just as Milicic was looking forward to it, the phone rang again. Milicic knew that Mark must have many ideas like him and couldn't wait to talk about it. Milicic picked up the phone and said: "You are really a guy."
You’re not going to let me sleep anymore.”
"Of course, do you want to go to bed so early?"
There was a sweet voice on the other end of the phone. This voice... was unmistakable, it was Paris Hilton.
