I’m Really Playing Basketball

After training with the Chinese national team in the United States, Chen Xiao returned to the Charlotte Bobcats.

The last stop of the Chinese team's training in the United States was Miami. This was a temporary stop added to congratulate Dayao for winning the championship and FMVP again.

Of course, in addition to Dayao, the Heat also have two other Chinese players, the King who has returned to the Heat after a round of circles, and rookie Sun Yue.

And these three are now also players on the Chinese team preparing for the Olympics.

Not to mention Yao and Wang, Sun Yue has performed very well in the Heat this season, especially his defense. Although he cannot threaten Hua Tsai's starting lineup, his defense is also a very useful supplement to the Chinese team.

Because he once again won the championship and FMVP, Yao is now very popular in the United States. Not only are Chinese reporters very fond of him, but even the American media are also very fond of him.

For a time, the atmosphere of public opinion once again brought Dayao back to the time when he won the championship for the first time and won the FMVP for the first time.

After Chen Xiao congratulated Dayao in Miami, he mainly spent time with Wade.

Chen Xiao knows that his good friend is a person who doesn't care about personal honors, but it is still a pity for Wade that he did not win the FMVP for two championships in a row.

In fact, Dayao has taken the initiative to give up in this year's finals. Dayao actually didn't take that many shots in this finals. Wade was not efficient under the desperate defense of Ron Howard and other Spurs players, but he was still beaten by Dayao. Support more shots.

It has to be said that it is really rare to get FMVP like Dayao in the finals. It can only be said that, like Wade, Dayao is also a very selfless player.

It's a pity that Dayao's matchup advantage over Howard is too great, and his advantage over the Spurs is too great. If the Heat want to win, they need Dayao's performance.

Those judges are not fools. Although Wade performed well on both offense and defense, most of the judges still voted for Dayao as FMVP.

Therefore, Wade really has no complaints about Dayao, his teammate.

Just like Dayao said, having a teammate like Wade in his NBA career was a blessing he had earned in ten lifetimes.

For Wade, he is also lucky to have a teammate like Yao Ming in his NBA career.

"Without Yao, I would not have been able to win the MVP and the championship in my six-year career. Yao never owed me anything, and this is what I have always told him."

Hearing what Wade said, Chen Xiao could only say, my big cheeks are so open-minded!

Although Wade was so open-minded and did not show his regret to Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao did feel sorry for him.

Of course, Wade, as the boss of the Heat, although he did not have FMVP in his two championships, this does not affect his greatness.

After the Heat won the championship, ESPN made a new historical ranking of each position very aggressively. Wade has already ranked behind Jordan, Chen Xiao, and Kobe in the position, surpassing Iverson and Jerry Way Stern ranked fourth.

The lack of FMVP does not affect his greatness.

Indeed, no matter what, he is the boss of the Heat after all, and these two championships are his boss championships.

In ESPN's ranking, Yao Ming ranks sixth among NBA history centers.

Behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Russell, Chamberlain, O'Neal, and Olajuwon.

Although ESPN's ranking may not be so authoritative, but looking back at how they entered the NBA together six years ago, to be honest, none of them thought that they could leave their own legends in the history of the NBA so quickly.

For an NBA player, he must first ensure his survival in the NBA. After he has no worries about his survival in the NBA, he needs to consider his status in the team. After ensuring the status of the team, he must impact his status in the entire NBA. Status, after ensuring that he is already a superstar recognized by the entire NBA, he will pursue his position in the entire NBA history.

For the more than 400 players in the entire NBA, there are only a handful of players who are qualified to pursue their place in NBA history.

Chen Xiao and the others occupied three places.

I have to say that the three of them performed really well in the NBA.

So much so that ESPN said that the past six years have been the era of the 2002 rookie class and the era of Marquette University.

Over the past six years, the 2002 class has led five championships.

In the past six years, seven of the 12 teams in the finals have been led by Marquette University.

So much so that even ESPN is lamenting.

"In the history of the NBA, there has never been a rookie of that class or an NCAA team that has such an incredible influence."

According to ESPN, the 2002 rookie class is already having the strongest draft year in NBA history.

Marquette University is now impacting the most influential university in the NBA.

Of course, the most influential universities in the NBA now are definitely UCLA and North Carolina.

However, players from Marquette University have dominated five NBA championships (Chen Xiao 3 times, Wade 2 times), in fact, it is not that far away compared to UCLA and North Carolina.

After the NBA Finals every year, American public opinion will take stock of something crazy.

After this finals, congratulations to Wade and Yao Ming for joining the same inventory gift package as Chen Xiao, which has become the traffic password of various media in the United States.

After bidding farewell to the national team, Dayao and Wade, Chen Xiao returned to Charlotte and was captured by Boss Qiao. They discussed the draft and the team's strategy for next season with Boss Qiao.

As soon as Boss Qiao opened his mouth when he saw Chen Xiao, he was shocked by this year's finals.

I was also shocked by the strength of the Heat.

"Chen, I think if the Heat stop, they can even sweep the Spurs in this finals!"

"..."

Chen Xiao would not think that Boss Qiao was out of his mind.

In fact, if Yao hadn't supported Wade to win the FMVP and supported Wade's crazy efforts, the Heat would definitely not have allowed this series to reach the sixth game.

Wade's condition was indeed not that good in this year's finals.

Because Wade is also a very strong person, you always tell him about FMVP, and Dayao also did it so obviously in the game, although he will not have any objection to Dayao, nor will he collapse because of discussions by the media and fans. The mentality has changed, but it is unrealistic to say that it has no impact on Wade at all.

Coupled with the fact that the Spurs' perimeter defense is so strong, Wade's condition has indeed never improved throughout the finals.

"Chen Yao has now reached an incredible level in the center position. When Wade can ensure that he has sufficient physical strength, he is even invincible and scary!"

"..."

Jordan was shocked, but Chen Xiao still didn't speak.

However, Chen Xiao complained slightly to Boss Qiao in his heart, Boss, have you just discovered that Dayao is invincible now?

Let's put it this way, in this time and space, Dayao has learned from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Olajuwon, and his ball handling has been improved by Chen Xiao. Dayao now really has no weaknesses except physical strength.

Wade can make up for his physical weakness. Wade can use his crazy breakthroughs to give Yao Ming enough rest time. As long as Yao Ming comes up, the Heat will be invincible.

This team was built so perfectly by Carlisle.

"To defeat such a Heat, we need to use Ben and Duncan to grind Yao like the Magic did last season. As long as Yao's physical strength collapses, the Heat's sky will also collapse, but..."

What Boss Joe said is very obvious, that is, it is not that easy to hoard two defensive centers of the level of Ben and Duncan in the Bobcats!

And it’s even more difficult for centers like Ben and Duncan who are so strong and willing to do dirty work.

At least, their own Bynum thinks about not doing the dirty work all day long and brushing up the data decently.

Jordan was very excited after watching the Heat and Spurs Finals game.

This is actually understandable, because the Heat are an Eastern Conference team. If they cannot defeat the Heat, the Bobcats will not be able to enter the finals.

If they can't beat the Heat, it's impossible for the Bobcats to compete for the championship.

In fact, not only the Bobcats, but all teams in the Eastern Conference now have this problem.

Among the seven super teams in the East, the only two teams that can not be restrained by the Heat are the Magic and the Bucks.

The Magic use big players to control big players. Big Ben and Duncan beat Yao Ming, and Prince and Hamilton beat Wade.

The Bucks, on the other hand, use their small players to control the big players, and use their five small players to expand their capabilities.

The Bobcats can't expect the Heat to be blocked by these two teams in the playoffs.

Especially Joe, who is determined to build a dynasty in Charlotte, does not want to copy a lucky championship.

What he wants is the third company that relies on strength.

If the Heat cannot be solved, it will be difficult for the Bobcats to rely on their strength to win three games in a row.

After all, Wade and Yao Ming are not very young. Yao Ming is 28 and Wade is 26. The next three years will be their peak.

So, how to solve the Heat?

This is the question that Boss Qiao asked Chen Xiao and the old Curry and Cole next to him.

Chen Xiao knows that Jordan said so much in the hope that everyone can clarify the future route of the Bobcats.

"One is to take the route of the Magic to restrain the Heat, and the other is to take the route of the Bucks to restrain the Heat. If I were given a choice, I would choose the Bucks' five-small route."

As a loyal fan of the Bucks' five small teams, Cole once again expressed his appreciation for the Bucks' route.

And this time, the old Curry, who always liked to go against him, did not go against Cole immediately.

Because compared with the Magic's route, the Bucks' route is more suitable for the Heat. This is a fact.

In this era, it is too difficult to find two insiders like Ben and Duncan on the team. It can be said that it is even harder than reaching the sky. The Magic can put together a combination like Ben and Duncan. , this is a miracle in history.

And as the two of them get older, if they want to use the Magic model to defeat the Heat, maybe even the Magic themselves can't do it.

Although the Bucks' five young players are also difficult, the Bobcats are not without a chance to copy them.

The Bucks' five forwards can restrain the Heat, but the Nets' five forwards are restrained by the Heat. Why is this?

Mainly because the Bucks' three-pointers are very good, while the Nets' five forwards are inconsistent in their three-pointers.

The Heat cannot be defeated by just playing with a small lineup. At the same time, you also need to have enough offensive space to stretch the defense of Yao Ming and the Heat.

And the Bobcats also have three points!

Chen Xiao's three-pointers are now second only to Ray Allen in the entire league.

In addition, the Bobcats' newly emerging point guard Daniel Gibson in this year's playoffs is also very strong in three-pointers, as well as Battier, Roy, and Granger, their three-pointers are all above the standard.

The Bobcats wanted to find a reliable center back last season, but they couldn't find it all summer. Now they are looking for two centers at the level of Big Ben and Duncan. This is a rhythm that they will never find in a lifetime.

And if we go directly to play against the Bucks' fifth team, the Bobcats actually don't have that many personnel shortages, so they can operate.

"Perhaps, in this year's draft, we need to select a point guard who is good at three-pointers."

Although the old Curry did not agree with Cole's words, there is basically no difference between saying this and agreeing with Cole's words.

But when Old Curry said this, Jordan and Chen Xiao frowned at the same time.

Old Curry didn't seem to see the expressions of Chen Xiao and Jordan, but continued.

"Michael, Chen, this training camp, Russell Westbrook's performance is very impressive, this sophomore point guard, in the last three games of this year's NCAA National Championships, the three-point shooting rate has reached an amazing 50 percent, and as a freshman, he's already shot 40 percent from 3-point range all season at UCLA, and his 3-point talent is pretty impressive, and, Michael, I think, You should feel it, he has an offensive heart!

Michael Chen, a point guard with an offensive mind, excellent three-point talent, and extremely fast advancement, is right in front of us! "

Westbrook performed very well in this Bobcats draft training camp.

In fact, after playing the NCAA, Westbrook's body seems to have developed a second time, and he has performed very well in various trials. Otherwise, a point guard who averaged 12.7 points, 4.3 assists and 3.9 rebounds in the NCAA It's hard to predict that the draft will get higher and higher, surpassing his boss Love.

Of course, Westbrook, Chen Xiao and Jordan are no strangers. He is indeed a very eye-catching one in this training camp.

"Is Russell Westbrook the future of the Bobcats playing five small point guards?"

The strength of the Heat will inevitably lead to targeted arrangements by the strong teams in the league. This is inevitable. Who makes them the championship, and it is not an ordinary championship.

If it weren't for the Heat's bad luck and encounter with the Magic last season, the Heat would have actually completed a three-peat dynasty.

Who can not pay attention to such a team?

Compared with other strong teams, the Bobcats are lucky. Because of the departure of Xiao Cannon and Randolph, they have the bargaining chip to change their tactical style. Even if other teams want to play the fifth minor, they are not qualified. There is no bargaining chip to choose the players you need.

However, even with so many chips, the Bobcats can only choose between Rose and Westbrook.

Rose is the most powerful rookie this year, but his three-point shooting is very average and does not match the tactical style of the five small teams.

Westbrook is not as powerful as Rose, but he advances quickly, regardless of his speed, and dares to shoot three-pointers. He also has a heart of steel that makes people look at him, which perfectly fits the future of the five small point guards.

So, Westbrook or Rose, who should you choose?

On June 27, 2008, the draft arrived as scheduled.