The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 199 Look at your unpromising appearance

The current situation of the Hornets team is somewhat incomprehensible to Li Xun.

The lineup is really strong.

Okafor and David West's inside partner must look a bit shabby compared to the Pistons' Celestial Twin Towers.

But looking at the alliance, it is already considered to be in the middle and upper reaches.

There are Peja and Marcus Thornton on the front line, and the queen bee Paul at the point guard.

The lineup is not bad, but the record is terrible.

Since the start of the game, their record of 3 wins and 8 losses is only better than the Clippers.

Now that the two deals of the Clippers are completed, the Hornets are likely to be at the bottom of the league next.

This is not what Li Xun can't understand the most. It is Paul who really makes him speechless.

Under normal circumstances, Paul led the Hornets to a start of 3 wins and 8 losses. Who would have thought that after he was injured in the middle of the season and missed the rest of the game, the Hornets' record would still have a visible improvement.

This is outrageous.

With Paul, he loses every day.

On the contrary, without Paul, the record has improved.

It is Paul who is holding back the team, of course it is impossible. Paul is well known to improve the strength of a team.

Then there can only be one explanation, the Hornets are fighting among themselves.

Generally, a team like this with a good lineup and no injuries has an extremely bad record, and it is very likely that there is a problem in the locker room.

As a time traveler, Li Xun also clearly knows that the Hornets are now at odds with Paul and David West.

When Paul was on the court, West did not work hard. As the team's number one scoring point, it is no wonder that the team can win.

It is also incomprehensible to say that Paul seems to have some blood feud with power forward players.

When he was in the Hornets, he had an infighting with David West. After going to the Clippers, when he was a teammate, Griffin didn't say anything.

But after leaving the Clippers, Griffin blasted Paul as a selfish guy.

Li Xun also couldn't figure out what the mystery was, anyway, it was confusing.

Could it be that Paul fed too much ball to the center, causing the power forward to be upset?

"Boss, what should I do tonight?"

Before the game started, Beverly paced back and forth in the locker room excitedly, unable to calm down for a moment.

"Okay, buddy, you stop hanging around."

"Look at your unpromising look!"

"It made me dizzy."

"Since the boss said to guarantee you a triple-double tonight, you can play boldly with confidence."

Little Jordan was annoyed by Beverly's unpromising appearance, and began to tease him.

"That's right, you can fight as you usually do."

"But try to get together under the basket as much as possible, and strive for early rebounds."

"For an assist, don't worry, just pass the ball to me, and then you will get into the penalty area. If I don't score, Yao and Ben will help you grab the rebound."

"If I score, you get an assist, and if I don't score, you get a rebound."

"There is no better deal in the world than this."

Li Xun said with a big smile.

Everyone also burst out laughing, telling Li Xun that it was true, no matter whether Li Xun could make a hit or not, Beverly would be able to gain something.

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The starting lineup for the Pistons tonight is Yao Ming, Big Ben, Li Xun, Prince and Beverly.

Yao Ming only played about [-] minutes in the last game, and he didn't need to rest tonight.

Big Ben played tonight purely to help Beverly get a position.

Prince's starting debut is to defend Peja's shooting. In terms of shooting defense, Prince is more reliable than Artest.

As for Beverly, he is tonight's little protagonist.

His goal is only a triple-double, saying that the protagonist is a bit too reluctant.

Beside Li Xun, a mere triple-double is really not a protagonist.

"Li, I finally look forward to the day when I will fight against you."

After the debut, Chris Paul and Li Xun shook hands and said to Li Xun with a smile.

Tonight is Li Xun's first match against Queen Bee Paul.

"Chris, I've been looking forward to playing against you, the number one point guard in the league."

Li Xun pursed his lips and smiled.

Saying that Paul is the number one point guard in the league is by no means a compliment to Paul.

With Nash and Kidd already old, Paul is indeed the league's No. [-] point guard.

As for De Xiaopang, who eats and sleeps and beats Paul, he is less interesting than Paul in terms of team record and personal statistics.

Hearing that Li Xun referred to himself as the number one point guard in the league, Paul immediately blossomed with joy.

"Li, do you think we have a chance to join forces?"

Paul suddenly spoke softly.

Li Xun suddenly realized that it seemed that Paul was so angry with David West that he already had the idea of ​​running away.

But now the hope of the two joining forces is almost zero.

Because Paul also just signed a maximum-salary contract this year, it will take four years until his contract ends.

The Clippers got Paul through a trade in the 2011-12 season, which also gave away almost all the chips of the entire team.

Li Xun didn't want the Pistons he worked so hard on because Paul was taken away in half.

Although he is really looking forward to joining forces with a legendary traditional point guard like Paul.

But the price is too high, making this impossible.

"I hope there will be a chance in the future."

Li Xun didn't make any promises either, and just evaded it with a cliché.

"Dudududu!"

The referee blows his whistle and starts to jump the ball.

Okafor, the former Elvis Presley, is a bit useless now, losing to Yao Ming with a jump ball.

In the first offensive round, Li Xun waited for Beverly's pass near the free throw line.

After receiving the pass, he directly faced David West's defense, stepped back and made an easy shot.

Beverly clenched his fists and cheered, excited like a child who has never seen the world.

Chris Paul looked at Beverly with a strange expression. Is this guy so excited because of an assist?
It was the turn of the Hornets' offensive round, and Beverly, who was playing well, tried his best to defend Paul.

Beverly's defense highlights a nuisance.

Not only is the defensive action annoying, but the trash talk that comes out of his mouth is also very easy to catch.

As a result, in the first round, Paul got angry with Beverly.

It was the offensive round of the Pistons again. This time Li Xun didn't make a shot, but got into the restricted area, ready to grab the rebound.

Prince runs the pick-and-roll for Beverley on the perimeter.

As a result, Beverly felt outstanding and scored a three-pointer.

In the beginning, Beverly directly scored 3 points and 1 assist, which gave him the confidence to challenge Paul.

"See? Chris, I already have 3 points and 1 assist."

"I can definitely blow you up tonight!"

Beverly babbled loudly, making Li Xun dumbfounded.

He also didn't think there was anything wrong with Beverly's behavior.

This is part of the game itself, so you can't keep Beverly from talking, right?
"Damn rookie, wait until when you can become the starter, and then come and talk to me like this."

"In my eyes, you are no better than those players who played in the summer league."

Paul hit back at Beverley directly.

Beverly laughed and shook his head without saying a word, because he knew very clearly that the Pistons really didn't have his turn to start.

Not to mention the veteran Iverson, even Curry, everyone knows how much Li Xun favors Curry.

Beverly didn't envy Curry's treatment, after all, he was already much higher than himself.

And he is still an accomplished star in the NCAA, much more famous than himself.

It is rare to get a chance to start tonight, and Beverly cherishes it very much.

(End of this chapter)