Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Qi Tian's NBA debut was not impressive. He only scored one rebound and 2 points, and at most he only had a somewhat impressive save.

This statistic can only be considered average for a second-round pick. After all, this is the first game of the regular season, and there are many people who did not score in their first career debut.

On the second day of the game, the Pacers did some simple training and then took the bus and boarded the plane. They were going to distant Canada to challenge the Toronto Raptors away from home.

As the only non-American professional basketball team in the NBA, the Raptors have always had no advantage in attracting stars because they are located in the far north and are very cold. After the departure of the former Dragon King Bosh, they began a new era.

Reconstruction of the wheel.

"Listen,"

On the bus, head coach Vogel vaccinated the players.

"The Raptors are also a young team. My request is to win this game!"

The Pacers' schedule since the start of the season has not been difficult. Of course, this is all relative. The shortened schedule due to the lockout has increased the team's back-to-back games. Vogel naturally hopes that there will be no mistakes.

After the head coach finished speaking, everyone got off the bus one by one and checked into the hotel.

As a rookie on the team, Qi Tian was naturally not qualified to live in a single room, so he and Stephenson were assigned a room.

This is also a matter of course. George has entered the rotation and cannot be treated as an ordinary second-year rookie.

"Seven, I'm going to take a shower first."

Stephenson walked into the bathroom first, and Qi Tian opened his backpack and packed his things, planning to take a nap to adjust to the jet lag.

"Dudududu!"

Qi Tian opened the door, and the two people outside were chief assistant coaches Brian Shaw and Paul George.

"Coach, George, what are you doing?"

Brian Xiao raised the laptop in his hand and said to Qi Tian:

"It's nothing. I have some ideas about yesterday's game and I want to come over and discuss it with you."

George smiled helplessly at Qi Tian, ​​it was obvious that he came here only after being captured.

The chief assistant coach walked into the room of Qi Tian and the two without warning, opened his laptop, and what was displayed on the screen was the clip from yesterday's game against the Pistons.

"You are rookies and there are many areas for improvement."

With that said, he clicked the play button and showed a clip of a round to George and Qi Tian who were following him.

"Paul, look at when Darren (Colison) was holding the ball and attacking, Jerebko didn't notice you at this time. You should have quickly cut inside and completed the attack."

George didn't expect that the assistant coach would really attack him at the beginning. He was a little embarrassed and defended:

"But at that time, the Pistons' inside line was standing under the basket, and I was likely to be blocked by my opponent when I went down."

Seeing that he was still stubborn, Brian Shaw immediately snorted coldly and asked:

"Then if you cut inside to attract the defense, wouldn't it be better to run out and shoot a three-pointer?"

Seeing that he was still stubborn, Brian Shaw immediately said:

"Do you think that since you have defense and interior offense, you don't need to make these shots?"

"If you still play small forward, that's fine, but now you need to play as a shooting guard. What if you can't shoot?"

George still wanted to retaliate, but when he thought about the Bulls' iron barrel formation in the interior during the playoffs, which caused the Pacers with poor shooting to suffer a big loss, he lost the confidence and did not retort.

Brian Shaw studied under Zen Master and naturally knew that the thoughts of star players on the team could greatly affect the position of head coach, so he hit a stick with a sweet date and praised George:

"Of course, the defensive ability you showed in the game is really impressive. If you can practice shooting well, you can look forward to the future."

George is also a straightforward person, but he feels embarrassed:

"I'm still far from being the boss of Danny."

After dealing with George, Brian Shaw focused on Qi Tian and continued to play the offensive and defensive rounds.

As a person involved, Qi Tian really didn't expect how clumsy he would be on the court from an outside perspective.

"Seven, you didn't find your position on the court well. You didn't participate in either offense or defense. You just stood there and couldn't help your teammates."

Qi Tian instinctively wanted to refute:

The lineup I am in is the second substitute in each position. Price, Amandasson, and Foster are all water cooler players. The only one who is stronger is Stephenson, who is full of personality. It would be surprising if he can perform well.

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But he was only a second-round pick, and he really didn't have the qualifications to refute the second person on the coaching team. He could only nod obediently and said that he would improve.

Brian Shaw did not intend to let him go, and began to play Qitian's video repeatedly.

Just when Qi Tian was so angry that he was about to fall out, Brian Shaw began to give Qi Tian some guidance:

"Did you see that if Price was advancing with the ball and you came up to block the opponent's defender, would he be able to break through more smoothly?"

"And here, Stephenson comes running over, what are you two doing standing in the corner? Give your opponent a chance to defend against two?"

"At this time, you just go around the bottom line and go to the other side!"

"In my opinion, your confusion is just like that of a beginner."

Brian Shaw has been an assistant coach for many years and has so much experience that he can point out Qitian's shortcomings at a glance and give suggestions for improvement.

This was the first time Qi Tian heard such detailed instructions. He was overjoyed and ignored Brian Xiao's overt and covert belittling. He was afraid that he would not be able to remember it, so he took out his notebook from under the pillow and began to record it item by item.

Brian Shaw shook his head and said:

"You should remember these things in your heart and turn them into your instinctive reactions. Just recording them is not very useful. Who has ever heard that you need to read the records for subconscious reactions?"

"I see."

Qi Tian's thoughts on the new assistant coach have undergone earth-shaking changes. All Brian Shaw's words are based on experience. He nodded and wrote them down in his notes.

Brian Shaw was still waiting to say more, but he saw George quietly yawning. When he turned around, he saw that the sky was already dark. When he turned around, he saw that he had been talking in Qi Tian's room for three full hours.

"I almost disturbed your rest."

Brian Shaw quickly closed his laptop and stood up.

"It's okay, it's okay. Just listening to your teaching assistant made me forget to sleep."

Qi Tian also stood up to say goodbye to the assistant coach. George quietly yawned again, nodded to Qi Tian, ​​and went back to his room to catch up on his sleep.

"omg, I'm freezing to death!"

The moment Qi Tian closed the door, the bathroom door opened, and Stephenson, wrapped in a bath towel, rushed out like a 100-meter sprint and got under the covers.

"You, stayed in the bathroom for three hours?"

Only then did Qi Tian remember that he had a roommate.

"Why don't you come out?"

Stephenson covered his already cold body with a quilt, trembling and said:

"I heard the teaching assistant preaching to you inside. I didn't want to hear it, so I held it in and didn't come out."

"You're really good at it."

Qi Tian grinned and expressed his admiration for his roommate. He felt sleepy and yawned before returning to his bed, suffering from jet lag.