I’m Really Playing Basketball

Chapter 789: The new rookies

The Warriors' season opener made many NBA teams look like wolves.

They were all surprised by the tacit understanding between the big players in the Warriors team.

Originally thought that Chen Xiao, Wade, Ron Howard, and Carter would have some points to break in, but I didn't expect that these stars, who had never played together in the NBA, would cooperate with each other in their first official game. tacit understanding.

Now, the only thing holding back the Warriors' super battleship may be the physical strength of the Warriors' veterans.

And just when the whole world is watching these Warriors stars.

The two rookies of the Warriors actually completed their debuts in a low-key manner.

The Warriors' second-round pick this year, VanVleet, got 5 minutes of playing time in his debut, with no points, one assist, one turnover, 2-for-0 shooting, and his performance can only be said to be counted. generally.

After all, he is a rookie. It is indeed not easy for him to perform well. In history, even a rookie like Yao Ming can hardly perform well in his debut.

Instead, it was the Warriors' first-round pick Jaylen Brown, whose performance surprised the Warriors quite a bit.

He played 11 minutes in his debut and scored 2 of 3 and 2 of 3 free throws. He scored 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 blocks.

In fact, the score doesn't matter, his defensive performance is surprising.

Although his technique is not that good and his shooting is not that good, his athletic ability and body are indeed very good, and he plays very smart, and in his first game as a rookie, he dared to make moves on the defensive end, and he did the right moves. , This shows that he is not only smart and high in IQ, but also has a very good psychological quality.

So, after this game, the Warriors are ready to put Jaylen Brown in the team's rotation to focus on training.

The Warriors' lineup so far this season has a total of 13 players.

Chen Xiao, Nongmei, Ron Howard, Wade, Carter, Klay, Jokic, these seven are star players.

Devin Booker, Matt Barnes, Curry Jr. These three are important rotations.

Norman Powell, Jaylen Brown, VanVleet, these three are the backup.

Generally speaking, the normal game (no garbage time) of NBA teams in the regular season is basically a rotation of about 10 people.

For the Warriors, if ten players are rotated, it is basically the first ten players.

But the Warriors are the Warriors after all, and the head coach of the Warriors is Kerr, and Kerr likes to use role players very much, so generally speaking, the Warriors have a 12-person rotation in the regular season.

In addition, the Warriors have a lot of veterans this season. Carter, Wade and Roger will definitely be resting. The three of them will play 70 games in a season.

Therefore, for the Warriors, even if it is a bench, there will definitely be opportunities this season. In addition, Matt Barnes, an important rotation in the regular season, is expected to have a large number of rests. Therefore, even if it is a bench player, this season is the least. All have the opportunity to perform in more than 60 games.

But obviously, there must be a big difference in status and opportunity between substitutes and rotations.

Jaylen Brown's entry into an important rotation means that he will have the opportunity to replace Barnes in the regular season.

If he performs well in the regular season, he will also replace Barnes in the playoffs, which is a very important opportunity for Jaylen Brown.

Because of his outstanding debut performance in an opening game, Jaylen Brown, a player who was considered by scouts to be extremely gambling at the time of the draft, has the potential to soar to the sky.

On the other side, like Jaylen Brown, he is considered to have obvious advantages and disadvantages, a small green house rookie, but Dejounte Murray, who was selected by the Spurs with the 28th overall pick this year, also welcomed himself like Jaylen Brown. chance.

Because of the departure of Spurs Parker and Ginobili, the Spurs lacked a point guard. In the first game, Mills' performance proved that although he has a strong attack, he is really not suitable for starting. Therefore, Dejounte Murray also Got Popovich on.

It can only be said that these two rookies with the same characteristics and different draft fates ushered in a turning point in their lives because of a debut.

On the other side, Zhou Qi, who was selected by the New Orleans Hornets with the third overall pick, also made his NBA debut.

In history, the Hornets focused on cultivating thick eyebrows at this time, and thick eyebrows have been cultivated into superstars by them.

Zhou Qi is a type of player with thick eyebrows, and the Hornets are better at cultivating this type of player.

In Zhou Qi's debut, the Hornets let him play the team's starting small forward, but he didn't play that much, only 29 minutes, 6 of 12, 15 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

The playing time is not much, the data is still good, and the performance is still good.

As Chen Xiao's apprentice, he has been trained by Chen Xiao for so many years, and his talent is not bad. Coupled with the tempering of the World Cup and the Olympic Games, he still has very good strength.

At the time of the draft, Zhou Qi's ability, who had been encouraged and encouraged by Chen Xiao over the years, had reached B+. Regardless of whether his potential was enough to break through the B-level to reach the A-level, Chen Xiao couldn't see it, but in terms of ability, He's actually one of the most capable rookies in this class.

After all, even Wade was only A- when he was drafted.

Otherwise, the Hornets will not use the No. 3 pick to select Zhou Qi. Unless you can reach the level of the UAE, Chinese players will not have much commercial value in the NBA.

In the NBA, strength is king now.

It can only be said that the Hornets are really optimistic about Zhou Qi's strength.

It's just because Zhou Qi is not familiar with NBA games and his confrontation ability has not yet come up, so for Zhou Qi's body, the Hornets did not let Zhou Qi play at No. 4 or No. 5, but started at No. 3.

Just like in history, the Thunder cultivated Durant, and also let Durant play from the 2 position.

Because the confrontation at the No. 2 position is relatively small, if Durant plays the No. 3 position as soon as he comes up, it is estimated that Durant will have some injury problems.

Even from the No. 2 position, Durant's rookie's first half of the season was sprayed into Tie Du due to lack of confrontation, and he was rated as one of ten players who need to be thrown into the trash by Tencent.

Therefore, although the debut performance is good, Zhou Qi still has a long way to go. After Durant adapts to the confrontation, he can counterattack in the second half, and Zhou Qi, I don't know when other teams pay attention to him in the future. , Is it possible to adapt to the NBA confrontation in the rookie season, and then counterattack.

By the way, among this year's top rookies, Houston's No. 1 pick, Ben Simmons was out for the season due to injury...

It can only be said that Houston has really been unfavorable for the past few years. He finally managed to get a No. 1 lottery pick, and the top pick that was selected was reimbursed for the season.

Then, the 2017 draft right still belongs to the Bobcats, which embarrassed Houston, neither entering nor exiting.

The second-place pick Ingram's debut performance was also average. In the Nets and Irving's side, Ingram's debut performance was not as good as Zhou Qi behind him, and even the Bucks' Marr, who was the 29th overall pick in the first round of this year. Colm Brogdon is no better.

The rookie of the Bucks came off the bench and scored 8 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in his debut. His performance was very amazing.

So, after each popular rookie made their debut, the amazing thing is that Zhou Qi, this rookie from China, has actually become the most popular of the best rookies...

It can only be said that Zhou Qi was indeed lucky, and he became the focus as soon as he entered the league.

The Warriors' second opponent this season is Zhou Qi's Hornets.

As a small transparent team of Wannian, the Hornets have no traffic whether in China or the United States.

But because of Zhou Qi, the Hornets now have a good popularity both in China and the United States.

After all, on the US side, the team with the best rookie favorite can always get more attention. Besides, this best rookie is a Chinese, and the best rookie in China may be the next Yao Ming or Chen Xiao. ?

In the United States, if Zhou Qi's debut performance is not good, it will definitely be treated coldly in China.

Now that there are so many capable Chinese players in the NBA, why is it chasing a rookie who is not playing very well?

Isn't it good to chase stars like Chen Xiao and Alian?

No matter how bad it is, the eldest nephew, Hua Zai and Ding Yan Yuhang have already made their mark.

But after Zhou Qi's pretty good debut, everything changed.

This made the Chinese derby between the Warriors and the Hornets on October 28th very popular.

Whether it is China or the United States, it has attracted much attention.

The first-person game of the league's best rookie is the most popular, and this game was temporarily adjusted to be broadcast live in the United States.

In China, it must be live broadcast.

This is only one game, and it has received so much attention on both sides of China and the United States.

For Zhou Qi, luck is luck, but the pressure is also huge.

As Zhou Qi's master, Chen Xiao is very clear that Zhou Qi is not Gao Bo, Gao Bo is really not arrogant or discouraged when he wins.

But Zhou Qi...

Chen Xiao wanted to make a question mark.

In the national team, although he has honed two competitions, but the two competitions have the big brother of the United Arab Emirates, plus Chen Xiao and Yao Ming, the two off-court Optimus Primes, Zhou Qi does not need to pay attention to his performance on the field. outside the pressure.

Therefore, this game is definitely the first game for Zhou Qi to face pressure alone in his career.

Facing such a game, what level will Zhou Qi show?

Zhou Qi is 2.16 meters tall and has a wingspan of 2.33 meters. This static talent can even rank eighth in NBA history, eighth in history, not eighth in active NBA service.

Such excellent static talent, coupled with soft shooting touch and good athletic ability.

In addition, he is also Chen Xiao's apprentice, adding these conditions together, the talent is visible to the naked eye.

If it weren't for the fact that Simmons and Ingram had two equally visible talents in the 2016 draft, Zhou Qi would have a chance to win the No. 1 pick.

With a good talent, a good teacher, and a good team (an early selection for the Chinese team), it can be said that Zhou Qi's basketball career has always been smooth sailing.

So Yao Ming has said more than once that Zhou Qi has caught up with a good time and lived a good life.

Back then, how could they have an opportunity like Zhou Qi, and how could there be a master like Zhou Qi who constantly urged him to grow and led him to grow.

Therefore, Yao Ming has always been uneasy about Zhou Qi. He is not sure whether Zhou Qi can carry the banner of the future Chinese team.

And this time, Chen Xiao needs to inspect his apprentice. If he really can't do it, Chen Xiao will force him to do it even if he is forced!

New Orleans, New Orleans Arena.

In the player's channel, Zhou Qi, who was the first to appear, was already standing there nervously.

The teammates next to him looked at him with envy and expectation.

Before he came to the NBA, he never thought that his teacher, Chen Xiao, had such a great prestige in the NBA.

God of basketball!

The entire NBA, the God of basketball recognized by everyone!

As a disciple of the basketball god, he did not encounter any difficulties in the Hornets.

After all, his teacher is a **** who can play a team by himself!

And now, in this game, he will fight against such a god!

Moreover, in this game, coach Gentry told him that he would serve as the team's power forward.

Judging from the reports from major media before the game, his teacher Chen Xiao will also play a power forward in this game.

The matchup between the league's first player and the best rookie and the hottest player is a master-apprentice matchup.

The heat on both sides of China and the United States is full.

In the past two days, in such heat, some of his legs trembled.

Whether it was the frenzy of public opinion or the mountain of Chen Xiao, he shivered.

However, the coaches and teammates around him are all looking forward to it.

Zhou Qi took a deep breath and forced a smile on his face. Amid the cheers of the live DJ, he walked out to the applause of the fans.

Seeing Zhou Qi's appearance, TNT's commentator on the scene, the poisonous tongue Maizi has already started his own poisonous tongue: "Zhou looks a little nervous~www.NovelMTL.com~ The game has not started yet, he just turned around, I hope he waits. After the game starts, you can straighten your footsteps, otherwise, he will be blown up!"

"I know Chen. He will never show mercy because Zhou is his student. The more vulnerable Zhou is, the stricter Chen will be!"

And Weber next to him nodded in agreement.

He also knew Chen Xiao, if Zhou Qi was brave enough, maybe Chen Xiao would be gentle.

if……

Appearing on the stage amid the cheers of the fans in the audience, for Zhou Qi, this is definitely enough to make people die.

His head was buzzing, but now he even felt that his breathing was stagnant.

Even after his appearance, Zhou Qi didn't know how he got on the court, or how he stood beside his teacher Chen Xiao, preparing for the game.

Looking at Zhou Qi, who had no masters at this time, Chen Xiao's brows were always wrinkled tonight.

He really didn't expect Dayao to be so accurate in seeing people. Among his apprentices, there was actually a coward!

"Tonight, I'll make the cowardice into steel!"

On the field, Chen Xiao's eyes were very aggressive, so frightened that Zhou Qi's heart stopped.

On the sidelines, Hornets head coach Gentry let out a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face.

God, come on!

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