no shortcuts in basketball

Chapter 87

The Jazz are very strong, and they have a lot of players. For two consecutive seasons, 8 players averaged 9 points per game. Are you kidding me?

But the problem is that the Bulls played much better than expected, especially Xu Yong.

Although he can't tear apart the defense like Rose or Deron, he plays the offensive threat of a top forward and ball-handler.

No one can limit him one-on-one, and he can quickly play the ball in flanking.

Even Sloan was a little out of touch.

Kirilenko's absence has had a huge impact on the Jazz.

But this is by no means an excuse, after all, the Bulls have a greater impact without Rose.

It can only be said that as a rookie, Xu Yong is too new!
The two teams remained in a stalemate until the end. In the final decisive stage, the "home" fans cheered and cheered loudly, and the Bulls' boys were also fighting like chicken blood, and finally successfully defeated the Jazz 102 to 97.

At the end of the game, the players all rushed to the field to celebrate there.

Even Ross was extremely excited.

Although he didn't play tonight, the team won the Jazz when he didn't play, which is happier than when he played and won!
You must know that the Jazz are really playing tonight, and the main players have been playing until the end.

This is a great boost to the confidence of everyone in the Bulls.

Of course, the Jazz players were not too upset, after all, this was just a preseason game.

After the game, the two teams shook hands after the game.

During this process, Xu Yong was affirmed by many people on the Jazz team. Boozer, Deron, including Brewer, who played against Xu Yong for the whole game, all gave Xu Yong his performance. praise.

After all, when a rookie scored a team-high 23 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists in his preseason debut, it's hard not to tip his hat.

The opening game ended, and with a happy mood, the players also set off for Chicago the next day.

On the plane, everyone was talking and laughing.

One of the characteristics of young people is that they have relatively high emotional ups and downs, but they are also easy to be satisfied.

But one person sitting in the front row of the plane looked a little sullen.

诺阿全场比赛5投1中，只拿到3分9板2助攻3失误。

He is good at grabbing rebounds, but his performance in other aspects is not good.

In particular, his best defense, which is not reflected in the data, was blown out by Boozer tonight.

The plane arrived in Chicago, and the players boarded the bus back to the arena.

They'd put the game gear in the arena, have a little meeting and then go away.

There are still two days of rest before their next preseason game, and the team will only arrange some daily training in these two days.

However, as soon as the bus stopped and most of the team members hadn't got off the bus, Noah, who was the first to get off the bus, suddenly gave orders and said: "Rookies, it's time for you to serve the whole team and carry all our luggage." Go to the locker room."

After Noah finished speaking, some team members laughed.

Xu Yong has heard of rookies playing tricks in the NBA. This is a customary rule.

Carrying a bag is the most common one. In the 08 Olympic Games, Paul, as a rookie, gave the Banana Boat Brothers a shoulder bag. gif is also a classic.

Buying donuts and drinks is also very common. Sun Yue bought others for the Lakers for a whole season before.

Then it is more common to stuff popcorn in the car, or give pink schoolbags to rookies. Even Cousins ​​​​has been treated like this.jpg.

Basically, that's all. This kind of trickery is similar to a rookie ceremony. If you get tricked, you can be regarded as an official NBA player.

Of course, there are also some weird ones. For example, Nick Young likes to let rookies call him dad, and I don’t know if he didn’t play enough poker with his girlfriend.

There are even more outrageous things, such as the incident of Arenas pulling poop into Bu Laiqie's shoes, which is already out of the scope of normal pranks.

Xu Yong and the others didn't say anything. Five people (two undrafted draft picks with no guaranteed contracts) went to carry the bags of more than a dozen people, and one person can only have four at most. This is a piece of cake for their physique.

"Do you need my help?" When Xu Yonggang was about to carry it, Deng leaned over and said.

It can be clearly felt that the trip to London has shortened the distance between him and Xu Yong a lot.

After all, of the 18 points he scored, 10 of them came from Xu Yong's assists.

Xu Yong shook his head, since it is a ceremony for newcomers, it is also very meaningful to experience it.

But when he was walking towards the arena with his bag in hand, he discovered that the poster on the front of the United Center had been changed.

The old posters before their departure have been replaced with new posters, which are the core figures of the Bulls in the new season.

What he didn't expect was that he was in the C position with Rose on the left and right.

Beside them are Deng, Hinrich and Noah.

Although there are many Chinese in Chicago, there is an element of selling tickets, but under the background that the outside world is still full of doubts about him, to put up such a poster that is equivalent to silent support, to be honest, Xu Yong’s heart is still very warm of.

Of course, he may also understand why Noah went back and made such a trick for them early on.

Thinking about it in another way, the status of a rookie who has played for the team for two years is not as good as that of a rookie who has just been here for two and a half months. Whoever changes will feel a little unbalanced.

When the backpacks were put down in the locker room, the team members took back their backpacks one after another.

And what's interesting is that the people Xu Yong came to take the bag all said thank you to Xu Yong.

Xu Yong was not the only one who saw that poster, what's more, the doubts from the outside world are doubts. Is it still unclear what strength Xu Yong is in a team?
But Jordan is a rookie, who dares to point fingers at him!
Qualifications are useful in competitive sports but not many, and strength comes first.

"Rookies, go and buy us some donuts and drinks." But at this moment, Noah spoke again.

Xu Yong frowned now.

But before he could speak, Deng got up and said to Noah: "Qiaojin, everyone is exhausted from traveling and traveling. If you still have strength, why don't you buy a copy for all of us."

As soon as Deng opened his mouth, Noah shut up tactfully.

In this Bulls team, the oldest is Hinrich, who has played for the Bulls for six years, and the second oldest is Deng.

And it is precisely because Deng usually treats people friendly and is extremely educated, so he has the highest status in the team.

If Noah and Deng get together, it will really annoy everyone in the Bulls.

Xu Yong cast a thankful look at Deng, and then looked at Noah thoughtfully.

After spending time with them, he found that the Bulls are mostly good guys, and even Johnson, the boxing champion, treats people kindly.

It's hard to imagine that this is an NBA team in Chicago, known as the "City of Gangsters".

However, Noah is a special case. Even without today's incident, he usually has a relatively flamboyant personality.

Looking back on the experience of this Bulls team in history, Noah seems to have indeed played the role of the leader of the locker room.

After the small meeting dispersed, Deng found Xu Yong alone.

"Jojin is probably just depressed because he didn't perform well. I know him. He's not a bad guy in essence." Deng came to be a peacemaker.

"I'm in a bad mood to vent out on the rookies?" Xu Yong asked back.

"I didn't mean that. His character has something to do with his background." Deng explained.

Xu Yong looked puzzled, but he really didn't know Nuoah's birth carefully.

"His father Yannick Noah is a tennis star, and his mother is a Swedish beauty pageant champion. You know, being born in this kind of family will make him a little proud. Of course, if you want, I can make him apologize." Deng Still very real.

Xu Yong became interested when he heard the words.

Noah is indispensable for the Bulls to rise now, and Noah's flamboyant character is indeed what the Bulls need.

After all, if you have a good team with all the members, it is easy to be targeted in the NBA. It is obviously better for Noah to play this role than for him to do it himself.

In a sense, Noah is equivalent to the role of "Rodman".

So the question is, how did Jordan tame Rodman back then?
　Continuing from the question in the previous chapter, why do you think James in the 1.0 period would participate in the dunk contest?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)