Chapter 379 379.Savior or Conqueror?

There is a huge difference between players who enter the NBA after four years of college and players who enter the NBA after just one year of college.

Just looking at the inside, not talking about special players like Duncan, you can see the difference by looking at the performances of Okafor and Bosh in their rookie seasons.

After Bosh was targeted, he just messed around and knew how to fight, but this is actually okay, at least he knew how to fight. If the psychological quality is fragile, like Kwame Brown and Milicic, being targeted in his rookie season may really cause his confidence to collapse.

Although Okafor was fooled in the first quarter, he began to fight back hard in the second quarter, but he is not an offensive player. It is really difficult to defend Randolph with his body, so he chose to take advantage of this fact that he was targeted.

Just teammates, really bad!

Okafor, who still has a certain gap between being a first-class star and needs to be improved, is already the best player on the team, averaging 14.8 points on 13.7 shots per game. He is already the player who takes the most shots and the highest scorer on the team.

The players recruited by the Bobcats from various teams seem to have made a qualitative leap in data, but those players are all players outside the eight-man protection list of each team. Even if they are buried, the first year after changing teams is still higher.

Not going anywhere.

Even so, Okafor still patiently learned how to take advantage of his threats, how to play better, and persevered... Players who are still studying for a master's degree after entering the NBA are so different.

However, no matter how mature Okafor is, he is just a rookie. In the end, his mentality collapsed. In the middle of the third quarter, he threw two three-pointers in a row and actually scored one! Bernie Bickerstaff

Seeing this, he quickly replaced it.

Played 25 minutes in the third quarter, made 3 of 12 shots, including 1 of 2 three-pointers, plus 2 of 4 free throws, scoring 9 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 fouls and 2 turnovers.

Bickerstaff is not afraid of poor play. Okafor is a very mature player and has been working hard to adjust.

But Bickerstaff didn't expect that a mature genius like Okafor could be played by the opponent to the point of explosion!

Extremely bad!

Liu Xiu took 24 crazy shots in the three quarters, 18 of which were from mid-to-long range. He made 11 of 24 shots, including 3 of 8 three-pointers, and 8 of 8 free throws. He scored 33 points and 10

1 assist, 2 steals!

At the end of three quarters, the score reached 80-55, and the point difference widened to 25 points. Liu Xiu did not play in the final quarter.

Okafor was replaced with more than 2 minutes left in the third quarter. He worked hard to adjust his emotions. After the inter-section break, his emotions had calmed down.

What a big deal, isn't it just being targeted? The opposite side is the prison team, it's understandable if it's a bit harsh... what the hell!

Okafor looked at the lazy defense on the other side, and Flying Squirrel went up and led a few substitutes to play blindly. The Bobcats scored 34 points in a single quarter and defeated the Trail Blazers led by Flying Squirrel 34 to 21.

Festival!

Watching his teammate Jason Kapono, who came off the bench, score 11 points in a single quarter, and watching Gerald Wallace, who was actively rushing, score 12 points in a single quarter... Okafor felt that this was what his opponent did to him!

The other party seems to be saying - if we don't give it to you, you can't take it away...

In the end, the Trail Blazers defeated the Bobcats 101-89, improving their record to 23 wins and 9 losses!

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Another rookie was tortured by the prison team!

Bullying rookies is something that is popular in the sports world. In competitive sports, only the strong have the right to speak. As long as it is done in a normal way, humiliating rookies is normal in people's eyes, especially in commercial leagues like the NBA...

...But things are different when it comes to the Trail Blazers, and the major media begin to talk about 'professional ethics'.

Liu Xiu has long been accustomed to this. He has 6 more rebounds than Okafor and has 6,000 healing points!

Also, Okafor rarely provided healing value in the early stage of the game, but after his mental explosion, he contributed more than 300 healing value in total. Liu Xiu felt that he had a sense of accomplishment.

Okafor seems to have focused all the resentment against him, the warden. Regarding this situation, Liu Xiu expressed that the more the merrier, the better.

The first six days of the new year were spent at home. The morning after the game against the Bobcats, Liu Xiu left Portland with the team and started a three-game trip to the Eastern Conference.

First stop - New York.

Near noon, the Trail Blazers checked into a hotel on Manhattan Island.

Liu Xiu rested for a while, and before he even had lunch, he received a call from Bill Duffy, asking for an exclusive interview with CNN Sports.

Exclusive interview? American Cable Systems belongs to Knicks owner James Dolan, right? He asked for an exclusive interview as soon as he arrived in New York. Is this to increase the Knicks' probability of winning and deliberately torment him? But that's wrong!

Liu Xiu also watched American cable TV sports news this year. Even though the owner is the same person, when this TV station reported news about the Knicks, they mainly ignored it... It may be because he has become the opponent of the Knicks.

, really want to praise him?

American cable sports can really do this kind of thing.

But he didn't want to go, he wanted to rest.

Bill Duffy's tone sounded like this was not an important interview. Anyway, the warden and the media had been ignoring him. Liu Xiuzheng was about to refuse when the system prompt came!

“Madison Square Garden is the place where basketball players set sail for the most powerful basketball league in the world, where dreams begin.

The host once again came to this arena to participate in a game. Basketball fans in this city were surprised by the host's arrival and were eager for the host to become a part of the team in this arena.

This is the most dazzling stage in the entire basketball world, with the most unrestrained and wanton fans, focusing the attention of the entire basketball world... Mission: savior or conqueror trigger.

Ask the host to choose to be the savior or the conqueror..."

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As the saying goes, time will dilute everything, such as past resentment.

This is New York, the Big Apple. This team is the Knicks, one of the veteran teams in the NBA. They own the Mecca of basketball, Madison Square Garden. The Knicks did not pick the 9th pick in the first round.

The selection of Warden was already in 2003, and now it is 2005. Warden will definitely want to return to this team to play... This is a common view among New York basketball fans.

As a New York fan, I am so confident.

On the evening of January 7, 2005, the evening news program of the American cable TV sports channel aired an exclusive interview clip with Liu Xiu.

It doesn't matter whether the others are there or not. What's important is that the reporter asked Liu Xiu if he had any plans to return to New York to play ball.

Liu Xiu replied: "The Knicks are one of my favorite teams. I have imagined myself wearing a Knicks jersey many times. I am definitely eager to play here..."

For a time, cheers and screams erupted from all over New York.

Warden!

Synonymous with talent!

He still thinks about New York! He forgave the Knicks for not selecting him with the 9th overall pick!

However, Liu Xiu's answer was not finished yet. He deliberately paused here for a while and then continued: "...When I can't move and prepare to retire, I will come here to find a job. I think they will be willing to give me a job."

A maximum salary to support me in my old age.”

With this big gasp, the cheers and screams in New York came to an abrupt end. Then, the people of New York showed their lack of swearing skills...

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In an estate in New York, Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen was free for the past two days. He saw the promotion of the interview report on the American cable TV station and stayed in front of the TV. Hearing the words before Liu Xiu took a big breath, he was

He was so angry that he jumped up and cursed.

White-eyed wolf! Totally white-eyed wolf! Isn’t he good enough for this second grader?

He yelled at his secretary: "Keir! I'm going to ban him! He wants to go to New York? Impossible! I want him to go three years without playing football, and he will have no talent when he goes to New York..."

But as soon as he finished cursing, the half-sentence of Liu Xiu's breathless words was heard on the TV screen.

For a moment, the atmosphere became awkward... But would a boss be afraid of embarrassment?

Paul Allen acted as if nothing happened just now and said to his secretary: "Keir, call Dolan, I want the tickets for tomorrow's game!"

The secretary was ordered to call and ask for the tickets. A few minutes later...

"Boss, he refused to give me the tickets and hung up the phone."

"shxt...Kiel! Go buy all the unsold tickets in the front row of tomorrow's game and keep them empty!"

"Okay boss...huh?"

The secretary never questions the boss's decision. She does whatever the boss arranges. She is also very good at getting things done. She understands the boss's mind and knows what to do more.

But this time I still didn’t understand what the boss meant, so I couldn’t help but make a confused sound.

Paul Allen said: "Tomorrow's game will be broadcast live. I want him to free up a large number of seats in the first few rows so that others can see his team's home games. They can't even sell front row seats. Let him have a good time."

Shame on you!"

Secretary: Oh, I understand! I have to buy a draft...

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The Knicks are the team Liu Xiu least wants to go to.

At least in the past thirty years, the stars who have played in this team have not done well. They have been sold off and abandoned. In the future, there will even be retired stars who go to the arena to watch games and are kicked out by their bosses.

He doesn't want to be the one to change this team, and the reason is simple - it's too troublesome.

Changing the prison team is hard enough alright!

And it was only with the cooperation and help of the two "prison overlords" Randolph and Tianzun that we were able to get on the right track so smoothly.

The nursing home... that pit is much more difficult to deal with than the prison team.

The comfort zone is so comfortable, why would you jump out when you have nothing to do?

Zhan has never regarded New York as his next home, even though it has the largest market.

He didn't care what the New York fans thought of his words. If he had been playing in the West, he would have had the opportunity to play here once a year... Moreover, what was very interesting was the reaction of the New York fans he saw online.

I need to catch Dolan first and scold him...

The important thing is that these words will not only offend the Knicks owner and New York fans, but will definitely offend the former superstars of the Knicks... By the way, Marbury is also in his prime...

"The host has made your choice, the series of missions: Madison Conqueror is triggered.
Chapter completed!