swing striker

Chapter 14 The Chance of the Elbow

"Shi Lei, plus there are two games left in this game, you must perform well and stay." When he entered the stage, Shi Lei clenched his fists tightly and said to himself.

He has no room to retreat, either to stay, or to leave completely, to repeat the footprints of life he has already experienced once.

You can complain if you don't get an opportunity, but who do you blame if you didn't seize the opportunity when you got it?
Shi Lei is not the only one who thinks this way, most players have such a sense of urgency in their hearts, so the offense and defense of the two teams are like a mess, full of all kinds of singles, even if they are orthodox point guards, at this time He will also choose someone with a stable shot to pass the ball in order to smoothly add an assist to his own data.

No one passed the ball, after Shi Lei ran back and forth for three rounds in vain, he had no choice but to rely on his own ability to fight for the chance to perform.Although he knew that was wrong, but had no choice, he broke into the inside line again.

"what."

Shi Lei desperately resisted the tall and thin man on the Spurs, and tried his best to grab the falling backboard with both hands.Suddenly, he felt a hand behind him pushing him, which caused his body to deviate from the direction of the rebound.

He safely landed on the floor, controlled his center of gravity, glared at the opposing center Shi Lei, and finally controlled his anger.In order to continue the next game, but also to be able to stay.

"A very desperate little man, he actually chose to go inside to catch rebounds? Didn't his coach tell him that, as a scorer, the importance of movement in offense?"

As if seeing something funny, Chip Engelland spread his palms exaggeratedly. As a coach who was born as a defender, he expressed that he couldn't understand what this young man was doing.

"That's not something we consider. The important thing is that Ian actually fouled this time. He can't control his fouls. This is a big problem."

Popovich didn't care about Shi Lei, what he cared about was Ian Mahinmi.

"So he's not on our list for this year?"

"Be patient. It is never easy to cultivate an insider. He is still young. Coming to the NBA prematurely is not a good choice."

"Hopefully he can figure it out next year!"

While the two of them were talking, Shi Lei was still working hard for his first statistic. Today he met a tough opponent. He is tall, jumps well, runs fast, and is still a bachelor, so he can't beat him. Fouling on rebounds made Shi Lei's anger a little bit stronger.

Well, in fact, the opponent didn't mean it.

"what!"

In this confrontation at the basket, Shi Lei, who was burning with anger, used an "elbow technique" that he didn't even know, causing the Spurs center to meet him with his chin very aggressively.

Ian Mahinmi proved with his fearless courage that it really hurts to be knocked on the chin!
Shi Lei is also well-behaved. He fell on the floor during the confrontation. From the corner of his eyes, he saw his opponent lying on the ground, hugging his face in pain. Get up and roll.

That cry was even more horrific than Ian Mahinmi.

"Oh!"

Popovich just felt his eyes light up.

That elbow is not Ma Long's "Utah Iron Elbow", it is not so fierce.Nor is Kobe's "LA Elbow," which is less fluid.Judging from the angle and style of this shot, it is very similar to Oakley's "New York Elbow" who has just announced his retirement from the arena.

Popovich's guess was very accurate, and this elbow was inherited from the "bad guy" Oakley.

Shi Lei's first template, Joan Jackson, once participated in Oakley's New York training camp. As the best student of that session, he was personally instructed by Oakley, including his notorious "elbow technique" .

"Oh God, he's not playing ball, he's hitting people, and he has to be punished."

Seeing Ian Mahinmi's painful appearance, Chip Engelland roared frantically from the sidelines.

Then Ian Mahinmi was called for a rebounding foul!

Seeing that his concealed "elbow technique" really played a deceptive role, Shi Lei breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh my god, what an amateur call."

After seeing the referee's penalty, he ran to the other side and stopped talking to himself. Chip Engelland had no choice but to complain to Popovich next to him.

"Okay, Chip, don't worry about it, Ian did commit a foul. What do you think of number three?"

Popovich pointed to Shi Lei and asked his assistant coach.

"That yellow-skinned kid? It's terrible. I've never seen such a player. I don't know his position on the court at all." Chip Engelland pouted, expressing his opinion to Popovich.

"But he's not without merit, is he?"

"Advantages? I didn't notice it? You said it was rebounding?"

"No, no, that's a ridiculous behavior. It just means one thing. His coach is not qualified. What I'm saying is that he has good strength. It's not bad here." Popovich pointed to his head.Obviously, Shi Lei's performance of lying down and rolling around became a bonus for Popovich.

"You mean to say you're going to give him a place?"

Chip Engelland opened his mouth in surprise.

"Why not?, I don't think the Celtics will need him."

Popovich is talking here, he always seems to be able to find hidden deep luminous points from players who others think are rubbish.

"Well, it's up to you, but I don't think it's the right choice."

"Maybe, but who knows?"

Many years later, when people saw Shi Lei's performance in this series of games again, they couldn't understand how Popovich judged the extraordinary quality of such a player. Even Shi Lei himself was ignorant. That elbow style and lying heroic posture made him a little bit of a place in the heart of a legendary coach.This made the legend of the legendary coach more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and at the same time, it also changed Shi Lei's entire life trajectory.

Five points, five rebounds, one assist and one block, and seven turnovers.

Eight points, nine rebounds, three assists, and eight turnovers.

In the last two games, Shi Lei got such stats, ending the entire summer league schedule.

"I'm sorry, Shi, the team doesn't have a place for you. Maybe you can go to another team to try. Of course, you can choose to go back to Boston with the team and decide."

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