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On May 19, at noon, in the TNT live broadcast room, Barkley and Kenny Smith sat together again to hold the "NBA War" before the start of each round of the playoffs. Similarly, this time, we still have to analyze the strength of the two teams, the Warriors and the Lakers.

Compared with the Warriors, which have emerged this season, the Lakers of the Purple-Shirt Nobles are obviously more topical. They have returned to the Western Conference Finals after four years. This old-fashioned team has rejuvenated and has also evoked memories from countless people. Barkley took the lead in analyzing the Lakers' lineup:

"Since Kobe led the team alone, the Lakers' lineup has been unstable in the past four seasons, and the other three starters have been constantly changing around Kobe and Odom. Before the start of this season, the Lakers first recalled the three-time champion Fisher, who was the hero of the three-time champion, to make up for the shortcomings of the organizational defender. Bynum's growth has given the Lakers a qualified starter in the center position."

"But what has a fundamental impact on the Lakers' lineup is Gasol's arrival this season, which is also the biggest change after the Lakers replaced O'Neal. If the Lakers are all healthy, Jackson's lineup will be Kobe + Fisher's backcourt, Bynum serves as center, Gasol and Odom form two fists on the forward line."

"The unstable lineup in the past few seasons has forced Zen masters to change their starting lineups frequently, vigorously develop young players, and tap the team's potential and talent. This season, the combat effectiveness of the Lakers' bench lineup cannot be underestimated. In the regular season, fans can often see the scenes of Lakers' main players digging holes and bench players filling holes. The Lakers take Kobe, Bynum, Gasol and Odom's New Fourth Army as the backbone, and cooperate with a group of gunners, they will be a terrifying army in the West."

Kenny Smith immediately analyzed the Warriors' lineup and said: "The Warriors' lineup is also perfect. Perhaps they are not as well-configured as the Lakers, but they are obviously more warlike. Chamberlain's emergence gives this team hope for the rise. The rookie can become the best defensive player in the season, win the block king and rebounding king players are not common even in the history of the NBA. As long as such players remain healthy, his future will be unlimited. Although the sky in the NBA is now full of people, I still have to say that no matter how crowded the sky is, it must leave a place for Z."

"If Chamberlain's appearance gave the Warriors hope for the rise, then West would be the surprise of this team. No one expected that West, a bad boy like a stray dog ​​in the league, would turn aside after coming to the Warriors and become such an excellent player. I think he is a gift from God to the Warriors fans. I highly like him because his attitude and passion for playing are rare in the league now."

"I don't know what the Detroit uniform team thinks with Davis, but I just want to say, you are so stupid! Yes, Davis's contract is about to expire, yes, if you want to rebuild, you have to send away the old man in the team, but why do you have to change Davis alone? Don't you know that Billups is worth a lottery?!"

"When it comes to substitutes, if the Lakers' bench combat power cannot be underestimated, the Warriors' bench combat power will be too fierce. Evans + Pitrus + West + Azubuke + Barnes, this lineup can even be used as a starting lineup, right?"

After hearing Smith beat the Warriors with all his might, Barkley interrupted: "Man, this game will definitely be very interesting, because this is a competition between the two youngest teams in the league. The average age of the twelve players among the Lakers is only 26.4 years old, and the Warriors are even younger, and they are only 24 years old! Damn, I have to say again that my mother shouldn't have given me so early. How great would it be if I could catch up with such an era!"

Smith ignored Barkley's complaints, and he sorted out the information in his hand to continue analyzing the lineups of the two teams. "From the head coach's point of view, the two teams still have their own strengths:

Phil Jackson is probably the most legendary head coach in the NBA except Auerbach. During his 17-season coaching career, he spent his 17-season coaching career in Windy City Chicago and Angels City Los Angeles, creating the once-prosperous Bulls dynasty in the history of the league.

After taking charge of the Lakers' Coach Seal, he created another dynasty. You can say that Phil Jackson relies on superstars to travel around the world, but you have to admit that neither Jordan nor Kobe nor O'Neal, they were unable to win the king before the Zen masters arrived. In the 17 seasons of coaching career so far, Jackson's total record has been 976 wins and 418 losses, with a winning rate of 70%. He has won 179 games in the playoffs, with a winning rate of 69.9%!"

"Of course, no matter what, although Feier Jackson is excellent, he cannot have an overwhelming advantage against Old Nelson. He has only won the best head coach once in his career, while Old Crazy Scientist has won twice! In addition, in the career battles between the two old coaches, the team they commanded has fought for a total of 48 games, and Old Nelson won thirty games. This should be said to be an overwhelming advantage, right?"

Barkley likes to fight Smith the most. If the other party says it’s not good, then he must think it’s good. If the other party says that Old Nelson has an overwhelming advantage over Jackson, then he must refute it the other party:

"What a joke, man, everyone knows what happened to Jackson only gets one best coach, that's because he's been treated unfairly, his victory was jealous and jealous, and these people boycott his victory..."

As soon as he heard this, Smith looked straight at Barkley and asked, "Do you think Cardinal is a lone?"

The reason for saying this is because it involves a series of old grievances in the NBA. Cardinal Auerbach is undoubtedly the most successful godfather of the NBA. He has no flaws in coaching, managing and drafting. The most important thing is that he is a disciple of all over the world, and most of them are famous coaches. Even Rick Carlisle, a junior student who was under his disciple back then, has now created a championship team in the Mavericks.

What about Phil Jackson? He has been coaching for 20 years. Although the Zen master has won the championship, he has not even had a decent successor. Not to mention that disciples like Auerbach and Larry Brown are all over the world, even Riley's Van Gundy-level disciples are hard to find

It’s not that Zen masters have no disciples. The famous NBA coaches are proud of their peaches and students all over the world. But the triangular attack of Zen masters is too difficult to deal with. The employment rate of coaches under the imprint of "Zen Master Disciple" is even more embarrassing than that of fresh graduates from the Celestial Empire. Zen masters have only trained four disciples in 20 years, and these four disciples, Li, Lambis and Brian Xiao, have obtained the opportunity to serve as head coaches.

Moreover, during his tenure as head coach, except for Zen Master himself, all the disciples of the Triangle Attack were in a mess. Let me tell you Brian Xiao, his coaching journey was really bumpy. In the summer of O'Neal's trip to Miami, Zen Master retired from the Lakers. Brian Xiao relied on the sponsorship of Kobe and others, and thought he could successfully take over the Zen Master's class. As a result, Jim Bass owed the opportunity to interview the head coach, and he also clearly told him that the Lakers did not even reserve his position as an assistant coach. Brian Xiao left in a mess like a dog with a broken family.

After being swept out by the Lakers, Brian Xiao still had beautiful fantasies, believing that he had a lot of triangular offense skills. Even if he couldn't become a coach, he was more than enough to be a chief assistant coach in other teams. As a result, after a crazy resume, no one paid attention to it. Under the pressure of being on the verge of unemployment, he found the Pacers president, Larry Bird, the big brother of his player age, who hoped that the latter would enjoy the food.

But the conflict between the Cardinal and the Zen master is well known, and Brian Xiao also ran to join the Zen master. How could the big bird, who valued grudges the most, birds bird him? He was just concerned about the friendship between the first team back then, so he took Brian Xiao in. When the two met, Brian Xiao was eager to show off his true nature. He came up and talked about the triangle attack. After a few words, Bird said the words that the Zen master opponents still talked about: "If you want to work, don't bring any briefs in front of me, because my players are all wearing boxers to play ball."

Briefs are the nickname given by fans to Triangle offense. Bird said this obviously expresses his disdain for Triangle offense tactics, and the reason for all this is that it originated from his mentor Cardinal Auerbach.

Smith took this point and said contemptuously when he heard Barkley admire the interpretation, he said contemptuously: "You should know the Cardinal's vision. He has always despised Zen masters very much. Whether it was the Zen master's crown of the year in 1996, or the Zen master tied the 9 championship record in 2002, when it comes to Zen masters, the Cardinal believes that that guy can only pick up ready-made, only coach superstars, and win the championship with the championship. The so-called triangular offense is even more arbitrary, opportunistic, and has no real value."

When he heard Smith say this, Barkley was not happy. He and Jordan were good friends, so his relationship with the Zen master was naturally not wrong. He said, "I admit that the Cardinal is amazing, but isn't Fei'er the same and also amazing? Everyone knows that Auerbach is so disgusted with Zen master because the latter broke many of his records. That old guy is narrow-minded and difficult to tolerate his juniors!"

Barkley has always been very inconsistent with the Celtics in his career. Since his rookie era, he has helped Dr. J. Irving beat the Celtics leader Bird. The two have formed a bond since then. Moreover, because they are both forwards, the two often face each other during the game, and the conflicts are naturally constant.

Smith smiled and said, "It's best not to hear Bird's words, otherwise you will be miserable. You know that the beak of the big bird, you may be able to hit him half-death when boxing, but if you try your best, the big bird can complain that you can't take care of yourself!"

As he said that, he paused and began to refute Barkley: "In fact, you say this to judge a gentleman by his villain's heart. The Cardinal likes to support his juniors very much: When Wilkens broke his victory record in 1995, the Bishop, who was nearly 80 years old, came to the scene to congratulate Wilkens and lit a victory cigar for him."

Barkley wanted to fight back, but Smith said quickly and continued: "Do you know why the league named the coach of the year with Auerbach? The reason is that he is keen to promote his juniors. Even if Riley is a mortal enemy of the Lakers, he appreciates people like Riley, but he is just a Zen master. There is a reason for this!"

Speaking of this, the Zen master is indeed a bit unfair. To a certain extent, the evaluation of Zen masters like Auerbach basically represents the opinions of the mainstream basketball circle in the United States. Therefore, the Zen master has coached for 20 years and has won the NBA in the entire winning rate, but he has only won the best coach once. The Dream Team has never invited him to coach. Every time he mentions this, he is unhappy.
Chapter completed!