The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 289 Against the Old Club Pistons

"Boss, long time no see."

"Are you still used to being in Mavericks?"

After Curry came on stage, he greeted Li Xun.

Li Xun nodded with a smile, "Adapted, of course."

"Look at the starting lineup of the Mavericks. Except for Dirk, they are all my teammates in the Pistons."

"Is there anything wrong with it?"

Curry was dumbfounded. If Li Xun didn't say it, he wouldn't have noticed it yet.

The five starting players of the Mavericks on the field, except for Nowitzki, the other four are all past players of the Pistons.

"It's really unexpected that Gers can make that kind of deal."

"Clay's departure is a great loss to us."

Curry said regretfully.

He has been partnering with Clay last season and has formed a very good tacit understanding.

Now that Clay is gone, he is quite uncomfortable.

"Li, I knew that after you went to the Mavericks, their record would definitely skyrocket."

"Last season was last in the league, and this season may even be the first in the league."

After seeing Li Xun, Howard came forward to say hello with a smile on his face.

This happy big boy seems to have never had any troubles.

In his entire career, the transgender scandal made him unhappy once.

Speaking of transgender people, Li Xun actually doesn't understand why so many players in the league like to play transgender people.

Howard counts as one, and Magic Johnson is also a man and woman.

Later, the villain Dillon Brooks who came out of the Grizzlies was also good at this, having fun with more than one transgender person.

To say that Dillon is a villain is not very appropriate. I am afraid that this guy should be described as miscellaneous.

It's not just because he fouled maliciously on the court, aiming at ruining his career, but his private life is really embarrassing.

Although Howard spends money playing, he can pay as much as the child support should be paid.

But this Ti Lung was so angry with his daughter that he didn't even want to recognize her. Under the pressure of public opinion, he went to meet her and left within half an hour after seeing her.

The presents for my daughter are just some cheap goods.

It's all right if you don't have money, the worth of tens of millions is really incomprehensible.

A guy like Dillon is almost a typical black dad.

"Dwight, I'm in charge of playing against you tonight, are you surprised?"

"It seems like we haven't matched up for a long time, right?"

Li Xun said with a smile.

Howard scratched his head directly in distress.

It's true that they haven't matched up directly in a few years.

The last direct matchup was Li Xun's rookie season, and after Yao Ming came, there was no need for Li Xun to play center forward.

Then Howard came to the Pistons.

"Li, actually I wanted to pretend to be injured and give up tonight's game."

"Unfortunately, Rudy disagrees."

"I really don't want to confront you, you must exercise restraint, and don't make me too ugly."

Howard still knew how to measure, and deliberately lowered his voice when he said this.

But even if the voice was small, it was still heard by Curry next to him.

Curry sighed, Howard is good everywhere, but he has no desire to win, which is really fatal.

It is precisely because of this that many top players will have negative emotions towards him.

"Boss, long time no see."

Leonard trotted all the way, leaned over, grinned with that extremely weird smile, and greeted Li Xun.

"Kawaii, long time no see."

"Looking at your recent defense, it seems to have become stronger again."

Li Xun praised sincerely.

I have already won three DPOYs in a row, and this year the judges may award this DPOY to others.

After all, the league doesn't want a player to occupy a certain honor for a long time.

If Li Xun can't get the DPOY this year, then there is at least a [-]% probability that this award will be won by Leonard.

His defensive rating this year has been fantastic.

If Leonard's forward defense is not too strong, otherwise, with the ability of the two rookies of the Pistons, coupled with the absence of Curry, it is estimated that the situation of the Pistons will be even uglier now.

"It is indeed a good thing to defend well, but it takes more shots."

"Kawaii, you can shoot some balls as soon as you can, don't think about passing the ball."

Curry vaguely reminded Leonard from the side, asking him to increase his shots.

Don't always think of yourself as a blue-collar player.

Li Xun didn't say a word. After all, this is a matter within the Pistons' own team. It is inappropriate for him to say this in his current status.

The Pistons' starting lineup tonight is Howard, Cousins, Gilchrist, Leonard and Curry.

Because of the need to vigorously cultivate the second place, Leonard was even forced to the second position.

Although everyone now knows that this second place is a parallel import, it is absolutely impossible for the Pistons to just admit it.

He should continue to train and train, what if he just didn't adapt to the rhythm of the NBA at the beginning?
If you don't train and admit it, then this second pick is completely wasted.

If you continue to train, maybe there will be a turning point.

Now Gers is holding this idea, so he is asked to put him in the starting lineup.

"Dudududu!"

As the referee's whistle sounded, the players on both sides began to jump the ball.

The Pistons got the ball and the game officially started.

Curry advanced from the backcourt with the ball, and Thomas Jr. immediately stepped forward and pressed the audience.

It's a pity that Curry is not the old Nash after all, and it is impossible for Thomas Jr. to succeed easily.

After arriving in the frontcourt, the toolman Leonard actively stepped forward to do the pick-and-roll, helping Curry hit the first three-pointer of the game.

Li Xun shook his head and smiled wryly.

After all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even if the piston hurts its muscles and bones, its combat power should not be underestimated.

Howard laughed suddenly, "Li, you are finished."

"I think you know better than I do what a terrifying thing it would be when Stephen felt hot."

When it came to the Mavericks' offensive round, this time Thomas Jr. quickly disguised himself and rushed towards the basket.

Li Xun quickly withstood Howard and gave Thomas Jr. a shot.

"Snapped!"

There was only a crisp sound, and when Thomas Jr. made a move, a black shadow rushed out and gave Thomas Jr. a big hat.

It wasn't Leonard, but Gilchrist, the second place in the parallel import list.

"Roar!"

After successfully blocking the block, Gilchrist beat his chest excitedly and roared, feeling as if he had done a great thing.

Some players are really passionate about playing. Even Li Xun can't help but roar loudly after hitting a good shot.

But this kind of roar is not so pleasing in the eyes of the opponent.

Little Thomas glanced at Gilchrist with dissatisfaction, but he had no choice but to wait for the next step to find his place again.

Gilchrist also saw Thomas Jr.'s gaze, and couldn't help but become even more excited.

One is the No. [-] outside player, and the other is the bottom of the draft and the outside player who almost lost the draft. The status of these two players when they entered the league can be said to be very different.

Too bad it's now completely reversed.

Gilchrist was mocked all over the world.

And Thomas Jr. is regarded as a model of inspiration.

It would be impossible to say that Gilchrist was not distressed.

Now that he has hated little Thomas well, he has a lot of resentment in his heart.

He even had a feeling, could this be the turning point of his bad career, starting from this block, his career ushered in a turning point?

It seemed that there was indeed a turning point, because he was being targeted by Li Xun.

Li Xun is extremely defensive.

The short-term protection has reached a somewhat morbid level.

There are many brothers and friends of Li Xun in the Pistons, but this Gilchrist is not.

Thomas Jr. is a player who was single-handedly selected and trained by himself. What kind of attitude is Gilchrist now?

Covered a cap, and then provoked Thomas Jr.?

He was afraid that he drank too much fake wine.

Seeing Li Xun's expression, Howard knew that Li Xun was unhappy.

After all, he has been an opponent and teammate for four years, and Howard still knows Li Xun quite well.

He was happy again.

As long as Li Xun doesn't bother himself, as for tormenting Gilchrist, that has nothing to do with him.

The Pistons still have the ball.

This time Nowitzki served from the outside, and then the ball still reached Thomas Jr.'s hands.

After some conduction, Nowitzki finally hit a mid-range shot.

Next came the Pistons' possession of the ball.

Gilchrist rushed to the basket with the ball.

Howard grinned, and he had always suspected that this newcomer had something serious.

Because the basket is not good, I always hold the ball and rush to the inside line, so forget it.

But what is the situation today?Facing Li Xun guarding the restricted area, how dare he play like this?

"Snapped!"

Sure enough, before Howard had time to remind him, Li Xun had already slammed the ball down from mid-air with a shocking blow.

The force was so amazing that the ball was fanned back to the backcourt.

Thomas Jr. was so fast that he ran to pick up the basketball, hit an empty basket, and scored 2 points for nothing.

Of course, Li Xun can't yell like Gilchrist when he blocks a block. If he really wants to do this, he averaged four or five blocks per game in the past few seasons, and his voice is probably full of splits now.

And now Li Xun also has a huge reserve, usually it is not a special case, and it will not make Li Xun excited.

"Young man, train harder."

Li Xun smiled at Gilchrist and said.

He found that it is good to be a veteran, to be able to educate young people in the tone of someone who has experienced it.

But when Li Xun was a rookie, not many veterans used this tone to educate him.

The main reason is that Li Xun beat them all up, and after being beaten up by others, it is really unreasonable to educate them.

The stunned head and the second in the list are a little unconvinced.

After all, he was once the proud son of heaven, so it is normal for him to be arrogant.

It was another offensive round for the Pistons, this time Curry and Leonard still played pick and roll.

It's a pity that Clay's supplementary defense was in place this time, and the two of them didn't have a comfortable shot.

Leonard received another pass from Curry, and there was only Thomas Jr. in front of him. He could actually play singles on this ball.

However, he didn't play singles either, but passed the ball to the second place in the empty cut parallel imports.

Li Xun sighed helplessly.

A player like Leonard is a robot.

If you don't give him a clear order, such as telling him that he is the boss of the team, or telling him that he has unlimited firepower, otherwise he will regard himself as a blue-collar.

But this is not a bad thing for Mavericks and Li Xun.

"Snapped!"

Li Xun got another block.

The block fan was so loud that it even slapped the ball directly into Thomas Jr.'s hands.

Li Xun shrugged at Gilchrist, "Son, I think you'd better practice your shooting."

This is really too embarrassing.

However, Li Xun's words are actually not nonsense, because Gilchrist really needs to practice his shooting.

There must be a reason for becoming a parallel importer.

For example, Kwame Brown, on the one hand, the reason is that Jordan's oppression is too strong, which suppressed his self-confidence.

On the other hand, his hands are small and prone to butter.

The reasons why Gilchrist became a parallel importer are too diverse.

First of all, he has the height and build of a small forward, but he always does power forward things.

This style of play is still effective in the NCAA. After all, there are so many NCAA schools, not every school can have a strong seven-footer.

But it's over in the NBA.

Want to play number four?Either have a height of at least 206 cm.

206 is actually considered short now, and the height of the fourth position now starts at 208 cm.

Either you have to have a strong physique, you are not tall enough, and you have to use your muscles to make up for it. For example, the short fours like Big Ben, Big Mom, Big Chong, and Flying Pig are all extremely strong.

However, he has no height and no strength.

If he has a basket, he can actually be a quiet outside shooter.

It's a pity that he doesn't have a basket yet, so he can only rush towards the basket with a dull head.

It doesn't matter if you don't rush, then you have to endure his terrible shooting rate.

Looking at it this way, it would be unreasonable for this guy not to fall into the water.

After being blocked twice in a row, Curry's face was already a little dissatisfied.

Not dissatisfied with Gilchrist, but dissatisfied with the team's arrangements.

It's normal to be poor in strength. There are many poor players in the NBA, and it's not their fault.

Not everyone has the talent of Li Xun, and Curry knows this very well.

But in the case of poor strength, it is very abnormal to still use it like this. This is the team's fault.

Obviously knowing that he is not good, but still insisting on putting him on the field, isn't this harmful?

Thomas Jr. just received a block. He didn't have a chance to make a fast break this time, so he simply advanced slowly and waited for Li Xun to settle down in the frontcourt.

In this offensive round, Li Xun squeezed Howard away from the basket, then hit a rebound and scored two points.

Curry made a three-pointer in the opening game, which was very exciting.

It's a pity that he was capped twice in a row because of parallel imports, and the situation is already a bit unfavorable for the Pistons.

6:3 score.

Tang Shuai also had a headache.

If not Gilchrist, who could it be?
At that time, Gers made his own claim and bet on the second place.

The starting shooting guard Clay and the backup Giba were sold directly, which led to a very embarrassing situation. If Gilchrist was not used, Tang Shuai would not have suitable players in the second and third positions.

It's possible to play Dragic and Curry's backcourt partner, but this partner's defense is really too eye-catching.

(End of this chapter)