Add One, I Don’t Know How To Fight

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I’m not very good at typing the second part of this book, so this is the end of it.

In fact, in my conception, the task of the second part is to depict the period when Li Ang first entered the league and was still young.

In fact, not only Li Ang, this can also be regarded as a small growth history of the top five shooting guards (Kobe: Top five? Bah!).

So in this film, you can see these five young people encounter obstacles everywhere, and you can also see their transformation.

McGrady went from immature to taking charge, and Carter went from being a softie in the playoffs to scoring 50 points with AI in key battles. Thanks to Iverson's perseverance, Kobe transformed from an "inferior" small guard into the first among the top five shooting guards to win the trophy.

Of course, there is also Li Ang. From a small blue-collar team to becoming the core of the team for the first time after Carter was injured.

The theme of this volume "Once Upon a Time in the North" is growth.

This is why I chose the Raptors to start, because only in the Raptors can Li Ang interact with the four major shooting guards the most and join their growth. Only by starting with the Raptors can the protagonist reasonably leave after achieving certain results.

Now let’s talk about Li Ang’s finals and the third season. You must not have expected that I quickly passed the 2001 finals and the third season in less than 10,000 words.

Originally, according to my plan, I wanted to write in a little more detail about the finals and the third season.

After all, this is an indispensable experience in Li Ang's growth, and it is also the focus of the main contradiction, with many plots.

But there is a problem. As a web article, the finals and the third season are not "cool" enough and do not seem enjoyable enough.

Although this book does not pursue the pure pleasure of punching Jordan in his rookie season, but pursues a more reasonable pleasure.

But in the final analysis, this book still has to make everyone feel happy.

I think no one wants to see Leon and Carter lose to OK even after trying their best.

No one wants to see Leon struggling after Carter's injury or the confrontation between Leon and the management.

I can write it in detail, and I can also add other cool points to it. But in this way, it is easy to give you wrong expectations, as if the Raptors are going to win the championship. And once expectations fail, something will happen. On the other hand, it will also make the overall rhythm drag.

Therefore, I directly deleted the relevant plot and simply stopped giving you unrealistic expectations.

In the final analysis, online articles are still telling stories. If the plot is not comfortable enough, just skip it. There is no need to follow the chronological order step by step. This is not a documentary.

Here we directly use flashbacks and memories to go through the finals and the 2001-02 season, which can be regarded as a new attempt in sports literature.

In fact, the ending of "Once Upon a Time in the North" is that the Eastern Conference wins the championship. The memories of the previous chapter can already be regarded as the beginning of the third volume.

Of course, there are still many details and many things happened in the 01-02 season. For example, Li Ang’s upgrades during this period, the rewards he received, etc.

But don’t worry, these will be fully supplemented in subsequent plots.

Regarding the management issue, I can only say that this is how the Raptors were manipulated in the original history. The arrogant moves of the Raptors general manager in my article are all arrogant moves that occur in reality, so there is no such thing as a forced transfer. In reality, it is even more outrageous.

How outrageous is it? It was so outrageous that even a refined man like Carter was so angry that the management threw the head coach over his shoulder in the locker room.

There is also the 2001 Finals. Some book friends may think that if they lose in the Finals, the protagonist will not be able to challenge Danzi's status in the future. After all, Jordan won the Finals.

In fact, I also borrowed Oakley’s words in the book. It depends on which angle you interpret it. On the other hand, it can also be said that a second-year player who has never played in the finals, how can he be compared with the protagonist? Does that mean that the second graders who won’t be able to play in the finals will not be able to compete in the finals without Li Ang and Liu Bie?

Does that mean that because Jordan didn't win the championship in his rookie season, he's not as good as Magic?

In fact, winning or losing in the finals is not a hard indicator. Just imagine, if Jordan led his team to the finals in his second year but lost, and his future achievements remained unchanged, would this loss in the finals affect his status in the world?

Obviously not, people will praise him for being young and promising.

Jordan couldn't win a single game in the playoffs when he was a sophomore, and Li Ang was able to reach the finals in his sophomore year. Is Jordan any better? It doesn't make sense.

Jordan never lost in the finals, just because when he and the team were not strong enough, he couldn't even make it to the finals.

Of course you won't lose if you don't play. It's like people joking that the national football team has never lost to Ronaldo's Portugal and Messi's Argentina in the World Cup, so are they stupid?

Therefore, there is actually no need to worry too much about winning or losing in the finals. Historical status depends on the number of championships, statistics and dominance.

As a sophomore, it was no shame to reach the finals but lose. At his peak, if he played in the finals with a group of outstanding teammates and still lost, that would be considered impactful.

If the conditions of "no tiebreakers in the playoffs" and "no loss in the finals" are taken as hard targets, then as a novel, the story will lose a lot of suspense and tension, and it will be boring to watch.

After talking about "Once Upon a Time in the North", let's briefly talk about the third part.

Compared with "Once Upon a Time in the North", the overall length of the third part will be shorter, but the overall story will reach a climax.

To put it bluntly, our brother Yunlong is going to start causing trouble.

If "Once Upon a Time in the North" describes how Li Ang changes from a rookie to an all-star, then the third part will describe how he changes from an ordinary all-star to a superstar and challenges the powerful!

I am also looking forward to the third part because there are many exciting plots to be arranged.

Lao Ge doesn’t have the habit of taking a break between two films. Who makes me so conscientious (shameless)? So the next story will be with you tomorrow, so stay tuned!

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