swing striker

Chapter 22 James White

"A very characteristic player."

In the end, Popovich couldn't think of a suitable word to evaluate Shi Lei and his performance in all preseason games.It sucks, it sucks, but sometimes there will be eye-catching performances. For example, in the game against the Rockets, Popovich had to admit in the end that the game was similar to inside skills, which provided the team with Certainly helped, though the game was still lost.

At this time, the NBA preseason is over, and all the teams are making final lineup adjustments to determine the final list of players for the regular season of the new season.

"He'd be a good backup if he scored better, or he was higher."

Chip Engelland looked through the statistics of the players in this game, and responded to Popovich's words with a little regret.

"That way he'd stay in Boston instead of coming to San Antonio."

"Perhaps, then you decide to keep him? Yes, sir."

Chip Engelland put down the materials in his hand, looked up and asked Popovich.

"What do you think? Need some?"

Popovich asked, holding up the red wine he was opening.Popovich likes red wine, just like he was an agent, he has long been known by everyone in the NBA.

"Okay. But who are we going to cut? Jared Renner? Ricky Meltzer? Jamal Smith?"

Popovich shook his head: "They will not help us, we may have better options."

"A better option? Now? You mean trade?"

Chip Engelland doesn't think it's a good choice to choose to trade at this time, although he agrees with Popovich's standard of seeing people.

"Trade? No, no, no, I'm not going to pay the luxury tax. We just need one or two players who may sit there (on the bench) all season. There is no need to trade. There are many people who have been cut by the team. , isn't it?"

Popovich took a sip of red wine and slowly shook the remaining red liquid in the glass.

"Then I know your choice, sir."

"You can tell me my choice."

"James White!"

"Exactly. That's him, Washington's 'ultimate slam dunk king', we'll need him, and occasionally our fans need violent dunks."

James William White IV, the No. 2006 rookie in the second round of 31, was considered a better player than LeBron James in high school, participated in the draft before 2001, and is the most powerful contender for the title of "No. 30" One, after completing his college studies, he participated in the draft but fell to the last position. After playing the preseason, he was swept away by the Trail Blazers who selected him. In the end, he did not make a name for himself.As for the reason, maybe only God knows. A [-]-year-old who participated in the NBA slam dunk contest for the first time and can complete the "free throw line dunk" is an inhuman existence. God walked back and made him lose something, such as his head.

On November 11, the day before the start of the new season, the Spurs announced that they would lay off Jared Reiner, Rich Melzer, and Jamal Smith, and sign James White. 2-man roster.

"Hey, how are you guys?"

From Indiana, James White rushed to Texas at the fastest speed. It is hard to imagine this guy's talkativeness. On the first day of the new team, he greeted almost everyone in the arena. .

"Hello."

Shi Lei, who was waiting for the coach and teammates to arrive in the arena, also responded with a friendly smile when he heard the words, and waved his hand to express his welcome to James White. .Well, we should understand a person's wariness against those who rob him of his job, who told White to be a small forward.

"I know you, Rocket Yao's compatriot."

Uh... Shi Lei has already lost the strength to vomit, this is a very powerful sentence, because it can be said to a quarter of the population on the earth.

"Exactly, man, we're from the same place."

This was Shi Lei's first communication with his new teammate White, because the team was about to board the plane.Yes, just go to the game. The NBA's regular season is about to begin. The Spurs' first opponent in the new season is another mighty Dallas Mavericks from Texas. They are also their opponents who fought with them in the Western Conference semifinals in the season that just passed.

"I don't know if I can get playing time?"

Sitting on the plane, Shi Lei didn't know what to do, thinking like this boredly.That's how people are. Two days ago, he just wanted to stay in the Spurs, but now, he is looking forward to getting a chance to play.But the process of history depends on the dissatisfaction of human beings with their own environment, doesn’t it?
"I don't know how many points you can get in regular season games?"

Thinking of this, Shi Lei opened the personal information in the already familiar basketball tattoo.

Character: Shi Lei.

Height: 2.03 meters.

Weight: 85 kg.

Speed: 11.33 seconds per [-] meters.

Bounce: 0.67 meters.

Strength: 135 kg.

Current points: 536.

Character evaluation: D, a field wanderer, average mid-range shot, fair dribbling, slightly poor breakthrough, fair sense of rebounding, certain post-up ability, good face-up ability, good field vision, fair defensive ability, physical fitness passable.

The first template: Joan Jackson.

Matching evaluation: The height difference is 0.02 meters, the weight difference is 12 kilograms, the overall score is 91, the template fit is 91, the hidden quality can get 0.91 from the original character, and the evaluation is four stars.

The second template: Mike Tucker.

Matching evaluation: The height difference is 0.01 meters, the weight difference is 31 kilograms, the overall score is 77, the template fit is 77, the hidden quality can get 0.77 from the original character, and the evaluation is five stars.

Third template opening experience: 536/5000.

"It would be great if we could open the third template."

With his current situation, Shi Lei is extremely eager to open the third template, but he also knows that it may not be a matter of a day or two.A fringe player like him basically depends on luck to play. If he can't play, he won't have points. Without points, he can't open the third template, and then there is no playing time!

This is a vicious circle, but Shi Lei has no ability to change, he can only wait, wait for the opportunity to come, and then catch him.

However, in the first match of the new season, Shi Lei didn't get any chances.

Compared with last season in the past, there is a small change in the starting lineup of both teams.In this game, the Spurs' starting center was Argentine Oberto, while the Mavericks changed a guard, and Buckner, who was new after the season, started the game.

Well, these two extras have very little impact on the normal game, and the situation on the field seems to be a continuation of the seventh game between the two sides.

Nowitzki is still the Mavericks' main scorer, scoring 8 points in less than half of the first quarter.However, Duncan, who was facing him, did not enter the state of the game, and his performance was very sluggish.The entire first half of the Spurs, the main Parker and Manu Ginobili duo.For a while, it was evenly matched, and the two teams fought 8-8.Throughout the first quarter, the scores of both sides were very tight. Until the end, the point difference was only one point, and the Mavericks led 27-26.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two teams started to substitute substitutes at the same time. Although he knew it was impossible, Shi Lei couldn't help being excited for a moment.In an instant, the substitute came on the stage. Shi Lei was still sitting on the bench, and beside him was his new teammate James White.

This is not a good spectator. It seems that White is not easy to calm down. When Shi Lei is quietly observing the situation on the field, intending to perform well when he gets the chance to play, White always uses some inexplicable topics from time to time. Try to communicate with Shi Lei.

"Shi, that big guy is amazing. He has great touch like Yao. What do you think?"

“Yes, they are all great”

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