Judging from Cousins' body language as he runs, the Kings and their coach, Mike Malone, all know...
The test is over!
This young center has more mature skills than personality.
After being dunked, he was very anxious to prove himself in front of the home fans.
Therefore, Kaoshen decisively came to the low post, stepped down, and started asking for the ball.
Yao Ming smiled slightly and stood behind him calmly.
Cousins glanced at the little giant behind him out of the corner of his eye, and couldn't help feeling a little frightened.
The opponent's thighs, as thick as tree roots, left a deep impression on him in the first half.
But everyone was fighting for their breath, so Cousins gritted his teeth and decided to challenge himself once!
Evans dribbled the ball through half court and saw Kaoshen trying hard to gain position.
He knows that although his little brother is extremely talented, he is not Yao Ming's teammate yet.
But based on my understanding of Evans-Cousins, if he ignores the latter's request for the ball at this time, he may directly fail in the back.
In desperation, Evans could only hit the ground and pass the ball inside.
"Snapped!"
After Cousins caught the ball, he slapped the basketball in his hand hard with his right hand.
This behavior is like cheering myself up, and also like "showing my sword" to Yao Ming.
Even when he was angry, Kaoshen still rationally analyzed his own strengths and weaknesses, and this time adopted a head-on attack with the ball.
[I can’t fight with strength, so I’ll just use speed and technique, right?]
I saw him stepping out with his right foot, and at the same time, his entire center of gravity shifted to the right, especially his shoulders, which showed an obvious shake.
This action is exactly the same as Cousins' usual starting style of breaking through from the right, and it is almost 100% restored!
Even a veteran like Yao Ming was deceived by the fake move of the God Test, and his whole body moved a step to the left.
Cousins was overjoyed when he saw this. He immediately made a cross step, broke through from the left, then jumped off his feet and lifted vertically into the air!
At the critical moment, a white figure suddenly appeared.
The person coming is none other than Griffin!
He saw the right moment, took off with all his strength, jumped to the highest point before Cousins.
"Pa~"
The familiar sound of hitting a ball.
Only this time, it was Griffin who fanned the ball away.
"Oh my God, the physical fitness of these two newcomers is simply too strong!"
"Sure enough, talented people have emerged from generation to generation, and each has led the way for hundreds of years."
"Whether it's Griffin blocking shots or Cousins being blocked, I think they both have a bright future!"
Han Qiaosheng sighed sincerely.
"Yeah! I even think that Griffin is a bit underserved in the Rockets."
"The Rockets have so many talents that they can't give him the treatment that a normal No. 1 pick would receive."
"If it were a weak team, Griffin might be able to average 2,010 per game this year! I wonder how the Clippers, who traded him, feel now..."
Yang Yi said with a smile.
When he thought that the Rockets had acquired such talent with just Stephenson and Jordan Hill, he couldn't help but sigh at Shen Fei's vision.
............
His eyes returned to the field.
Kao Shen was very dissatisfied after eating hot pot.
He felt that Griffin had just committed a foul, so he kept negotiating with the referee.
At the beginning, the referee saw Cousins' aggrieved look and patiently explained to him: "Griffin just completed the block first and then hit your hand. This is a 'player-to-player' act and is not a foul."
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But Kao Shen couldn't listen and kept complaining.
The referee couldn't bear it anymore, crossed his hands, made a "t" sign, and called Cousins a technical foul.
At this time, the test of God completely broke out.
He started yelling and roaring at the referee, his eyes as big as bells!
Teammates stepped forward to dissuade him, but Cousins had already entered a berserk state and could not listen to anything.
As soon as the referee made the calculation, he waved his hand and punished him directly...
On the playing field, calm finally returned.
In the stands, Larry Riley was speechless.
"After Coach Malone came, he hasn't been like this for a long time." Ajiali shook her head, sighed and continued: "DeMarcus is the most talented player on our team, but if he always has this kind of mentality,
I’m afraid it will be difficult for us to go too far.”
"He is only in the first grade and has a long way to go."
"There are many mentally mature players, but there are very few in the world with Cousins' talent."
"I still hope Coach Malone can teach him more."
Ranadive said with a wry smile.
Ajiali nodded after hearing this and said nothing more.
But deep down in her heart, she did not fully agree with her father's statement.
Ajiali is actually a very ambitious person.
After coming into contact with Shen Fei, she even felt that the ultimate goal of running an NBA team is to win the championship.
Any behavior that is not aimed at winning the championship is just hooliganism!
Although Cousins is good, Ajiali always feels that she can't win the championship with him.
[Forget it, I’ll ask Shen Fei next time...]
[Maybe he will support me!]
Ajiali thought in her heart.
............
Since Cousins left the game, the Kings have completely collapsed.
As for the Rockets, after McGrady led the team to widen the point difference to 16 points, he started playing Buddhist basketball.
He reduced his shots and used his containment power to constantly create opportunities for Lawson and Martin.
These two people are also very good, scoring one after another, and living up to t-mac's trust.
With their joint efforts, the Rockets completely widened the point difference in the third quarter.
After this quarter, they had led the Kings by as many as 22 points, and the game had basically lost its suspense.
At this time, Warriors general manager Larry Riley, who was far away in San Francisco, turned off the TV with satisfaction and began to think about the specific matters of the transaction.
"What can we do to get as much benefit as possible for the team?"
He muttered something to himself, and then asked his assistant to bring him the team's salary schedule.
Currently, the top five salary earners on the Warriors are:
Troy Murphy - $11.97 million;
Monta Ellis - $11 million;
David Lee - $10.8 million;
Andris Biedrins – $9 million;
Vladimir Radmanovic - $6.88 million.
Among these five players, Ellis and David Lee are core players of the Warriors and are not considered for trade.
The other three, except for Biedrins, are all typical high-paid incompetents.
Especially Murphy, who has the highest salary.
The 2.11-meter-tall power forward averaged 14.6 points and 10.2 rebounds per game last year.
I thought he would continue to grow and become an All-Star player...
But things went against expectations. After Murphy signed a big contract, he encountered serious injuries and his level dropped off a cliff.
This season, his scoring average has dropped to 2.6 points per game.
A month ago, in order to get rid of Murphy's garbage contract, the Nets spent a lot of money to trade him to the Warriors.
Larry Riley originally planned to lay off Murphy directly, but now, he has a different idea——
"Curry Murphy, trading Lawson and Kevin Martin is definitely not a loss!"
He murmured to himself, excitement written all over his face.
After thinking about this, Larry Riley took the initiative to dial Shen Fei's phone number.