Super Role Player

In the fifth game of the preseason, the 76ers continued to lose. They lost to the Nets who had just moved to Brooklyn.

The 76ers are still taking advantage of the preseason games to observe their training camp contract players. Although Arnett Moultrie and Eric Meno have been waived one after another, there are still as many as the 76ers’ roster. With 18 players, plus Norens Knoll who was reimbursed for the season, there are still 19 players in the roster, but the 76ers have decided to apply for an injury exception for Norens Knoll. After the application is successful, the team can get an extra spot. , Sign one more player.

So for the remaining 18 players, the 76ers can still keep 15 players and only need to lay off 3 of them.

This season’s Brooklyn Nets are considered to be the top three teams in the Eastern Conference. They completed a deal that shocked the league, using Gerald Wallace, Chris Humphries, Tony Senglia and the future Three first-round picks were traded for Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry from the Celtics. In addition, the Nets also sent out a few basic-paid players to increase their bargaining chips.

Regarding this deal, the outside world unanimously exclaimed. Bu thinks that Billy King has made a good deal. This deal made the Brooklyn Nets form a terrifying Big Five lineup. All the first five players have an annual salary of tens of millions. From the perspective of book strength, the Nets have overwhelmed the Heat and Spurs, becoming the league's first pure strength, and the new season seems to be a strong contender for the championship.

In the preseason, the Nets’ record is also very good. After beating the Knicks in a row, they have beaten the Celtics in two consecutive games. With this victory over the 76ers, the Nets are already pre-season. The game has won five straight games.

The 76ers lost the game to the Nets in Brooklyn's new home field for the Nets. Then, returning to the preseason in Philadelphia, the 76ers chose to let the main players take turns, obviously not paying much attention to the results of the game.

In the end, the Nets, who used preseason drills to practice tactics and run into the Big Five, won another victory, but the 76ers won a three-game losing streak after winning the Knicks.

However, the three-game losing streak did not bring criticism and doubts to the 76ers. It was McAway. In this game, he got a chance to start, but his performance was still bad.

2 of 9 shots, 5 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Such statistics are obviously unsatisfactory. McAway has long been questioned. This starting game put him away from the abyss of career failure. Go further.

Fierce doubts and criticisms from the outside world made McAway doubt life, and Anxi also began to worry, is Brett Brown right to let it go?

In the seventh game of the preseason, Anxi started the game and led the team to defeat the sluggish Celtics and ended the losing streak. In this game, Anxi scored 27 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists and performed the best in the game. Well, according to Brett Brown, Anxi no longer needs to prove anything.

As for McAway, this game just sat on the bench and didn't get a minute of playing time...

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After 7 preseason games, the 76ers’ preseason journey is only the last game left. The opponent is still the Celtics. This game is the last chance for the players with training camp contracts. They start to go crazy. Show yourself, and then, after everyone put out an outstanding performance, helped the team beat the Celtics again.

As a result, all eight preseason games ended, and the 76ers ended the preseason schedule with 3 wins and 5 losses. Then, the 76ers had to make the final choice...

Who will be laid off?

Many people started the discussion early, before the start of the eighth game of the preseason, McAway appeared on the list of layoffs. Of course, this is the result of the fans’ discussions on social networks. The 76ers It is impossible to cut McAway, but this has had a very big impact on McAway. Before the start of the regular season, McAway's state continued to be in a sluggish state.

This downturn gave Henry Abbott the reason to cut McAway. McAway played 7 games in the eight preseason games, shooting less than 30% from the field, assists and rebounds are not bad, but McAway There are enough turnovers in the game, averaging 5 turnovers per game in seven games. Therefore, Henry Abbott believes that McAway simply cannot adapt to the NBA. The 76ers should cut McAway the most.

After finishing the preseason journey, Anxi was also called to the office by Brett Brown after a day of training. Anxi’s layoffs were solicited. The application for special injury cases has been successful, so the 76ers need to lay off three more. Players, Anxi is still very happy about Brett Brown asking for his own opinions, so he discussed with Brett Brown and Sam Sinki in the office for a while.

Three players were finally determined to be laid off.

After the discussion, Samsinki and Brett Brown began to prepare for the press conference to be held tomorrow, while An Xi went downstairs alone, and there was a bang in the arena downstairs.

This is the sound of basketball hitting the floor, and the sound of basketball hitting iron...

"Someone has practiced..."

Anxi pushed open the door of the training hall and glanced inside.

"Michael..." Anxi recognized the number one training suit at a glance. It was McAway. "This guy works hard, maybe Brett Brown is not doing it right."

McAway will certainly not be waived, but the current public opinion environment is really unfavorable for McAway. As a person who has come over, Anxi knows how important confidence is for rookies. Anxi has always been confident. Because he has a jersey system and a firm belief, McAway’s current problem is obviously lack of confidence.

The overwhelming doubts and criticisms made McAway no longer believe in himself and he lost himself. Therefore, Anxi felt that it was incorrect to let McAway go. At least after the whole preseason, McAway did not. Find yourself.

Anxi stood outside the arena and thought for a while. He decided to help McAway find himself, or in other words, he would help McAway build self-confidence.

So Anxi turned around and opened the door decisively.

"Michael, did you stay here to practice?" An Xi pretended to know that McAway was practicing here as soon as he entered the door, and then picked up a basketball from the basket on the side.

McAway nodded, and replied absent-mindedly: "Yes, I've been practicing shooting lately."

After Anxi got the basketball, he directly scored a few three-pointers and hit them all.

McAway looked at Anxi for a few moments. He was practicing long-range shots, but Anxi shot a few three-pointers directly. It was so precise. Isn't this a blow to his self-confidence?

Although McAway was stunned for a while, he still made a few more long shots and hit the iron without surprise.

Anxi glanced at McAway, and he finally found a chance to interrupt.

"Michael, are you practicing long shot?"

McAway nodded quickly, "Yes, do you have any suggestions? Ann, I think I haven't improved at all after practicing for so long. The long shot in the game is still very bad."

Anxi smiled, and then asked McAway inexplicable question: "Michael, why do you want to shoot long in the game?"

McAway was a little confused, but when he heard Anxi's question, McAway suddenly found that he couldn't answer Anxi's question. He hesitated, after all, he didn't know what to say.

Anxi smiled again: "Michael, what do you think is your strength?"

McAway knew the answer this time, and he blurted out: "Control the rhythm, as well as passes, breakthroughs, steals and rebounds."

"Yes, it’s very important to control the rhythm. Many old NBA point guards can’t control the rhythm, but this is not your greatest strength. Your greatest strength is passing and breaking through, but you are the biggest What is his weakness?"

Anxi didn’t wait for McAway’s answer and directly said the answer: “It’s a long shot. You’re not good at long shots. So in 7 preseason games, you’ve been trying long shots. As a result, your shooting percentage is bleak. Other aspects of performance are also very poor, so, Michael, use your strengths and avoid weaknesses. You should know this term, right?"

McAway nodded, but looking at him like this, he obviously didn't understand what Anxi wanted to say.

"You should avoid your shortcomings, try not to try long shots in the game, make more breakthroughs, more possessions, more passes, and use what you are good at."

McAway was suddenly surprised, but he still hesitated.

"But, Ann, I also made a lot of mistakes..."

"Are you talking about your passing mistakes?" An Xi smiled. "In fact, those mistakes just proved your imagination. Didn’t you realize that many of your mistakes were caused by your teammates not receiving your pass? In fact, it’s not your responsibility, it’s just Because your teammates have not adapted to your passing."

"Really?" McAway was a little skeptical.

Anxi felt that his encouragement was almost the same. Next, it was time to give McAwesome real confidence.

"Of course it's true, Michael, I'm still going to let you guide my passing~www.ltnovel.com~ McAway is a little embarrassed: "This... can I? "

"Of course, your passing is much better than mine, so I think I should ask you for advice." An Xi appeared very sincere.

McAway also nodded. He didn't refuse. As an American, McAway still has that kind of careless personality, and he doesn't have so many twists and turns.

"Then I will talk about a few things to pay attention to in passing."

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Asking McAway to guide his passing is to make McAway believe in his passing skills. On the other hand, Anxi feels that he should also improve his passing. It’s not enough to score crazy points by himself. Sometimes it is necessary to pull teammates together.

On the night before the regular season, Anxi helped McAway rebuild confidence. Although I don’t know if McAway can show the performance that Anxi wants to see, Anxi knows that McAway will definitely not be depressed anymore. , At least, McAway can fill the vacancy of the 76ers' point guard... (to be continued.)