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 Grays 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 in 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, Yeezy, James Harden.

These 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 Warriors ranked fourth are definitely the Grizzlies.

If the Grizzlies hadn't fallen into structural aging, the team's bravery could continue to rise.

After all, as the de facto number one 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 now, and 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 from 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 Bryant 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 just trying to get the seven-color suit!

Therefore, as the center with the highest status in the history of the league, O'Neal is now focused entirely 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 2MVP, 1FMVP 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 other players 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 and 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.

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At the FedEx Arena in Memphis, when Oden came over to hug Yeos before the game, he looked at the big man in front of him and Yeez 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 a total of six seasons since entering the NBA as a rookie, and has entered the playoffs in all six seasons.

Even if the helpers around him are getting older one by one, he can still rely on his own strength to lead the Grizzlies to the top eight 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 an emperor, he has been called the emperor by the United States for ten years.

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

Auden did not mince words on the subject.

Now his career is in a very embarrassing situation.

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 MVP is very attractive, 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 this game, or this season, will be the answer to that conundrum?"

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

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

Faced with Kenny Smith's various emotionally provoking questions, Oden's answers were always neither humble nor overbearing.

This surprised and admired Kenny Smith.

In fact, despite the fact that Oden is a bit rough and tumble, 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 players with talents like James and Oden, although rare, are definitely not rare. But those who 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 drive a wedge 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 a little troubled.

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

He didn't think his career could match the level 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 started to produce 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 problem.

This is the trouble of all the chosen ones.
To be continued...