I’m Really Playing Basketball

Seeing Xiao Zhan again this time, Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan's greetings took a bit long, and they had too much to say.

The sudden changes in the situation this season have also made both of them have too much to express, and it is okay not to express it or not.

After all, the two are the two most popular stars in the NBA. Now, although the two are still the two most popular stars, the focus of the NBA has shifted from the Bobcats and Cavaliers to the Heat and Lakers. .

Therefore, in terms of importance, the two have changed from protagonists to supporting roles.

To be fair, after so many years, since Xiao Zhan entered the NBA, this is the first time that both of them have become supporting roles.

However, judging from the exchange between Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan, neither of them was discouraged because the focus shifted to other places.

If it was Xiao Zhan in history, he must not be so practical at this time, and wants to find his own focus.

But the little Zhan now appears to be very calm.

After the focus shifted, Xiao Zhan and Chen Xiao had the same thoughts, that is, this is the best opportunity for them to solidify themselves and the strength of the team.

"Now our ears can finally be clear. Now there are finally not so many flies buzzing in our ears, asking us to do this or that, and dictating our team and teammates."

After Xiao Zhan finished talking with a relaxed smile, Chen Xiao also nodded with a smile.

Yes, because the Bobcats and Cavaliers have a lot of young people right now, and those young people need to grow up.

For example, Oden of the Cavaliers, because of Durant's heroic performance last season, Oden is not bad compared to Durant, but he is really worse. In this case, Oden's pressure is very high. After all, He used to suppress Durant as the second best in a thousand years, but now Durant has suppressed him back. Although Durant did not get carried away and ridiculed Oden, but do you think the American media will be so ethical?

For traffic, American media can do anything.

It can be said that after Durant played better and better last season, Oden's mood was a little wrong. This young man cared too much about what others said.

In fact, in history, after Oden did not play to bid farewell to the NBA and basketball due to injuries, a reporter interviewed him and asked him what the difficulty he was most concerned about in his career. Oden did not mention injuries, but said that the media always said that he The matter with Durant, especially after Durant got better and better, he was always taken out to lie down.

Oden and Durant are like Milan and Liverpool, that is, Milan has a deep foundation, otherwise his mentality will collapse if he is reviewed like that.

Oden doesn't have the background of Milan brother. Of course, he belongs to the kind of mentality that has been destroyed.

After all, regardless of the background, how can a young man in his 20s have such a strong psychological endurance? It is the time when he is high-spirited and extremely proud.

Although the Bobcats don't have a young player like Oden who has been ruined by the media.

But the Bobcats have many more young players than the Cavaliers.

As the two biggest spotlights in the NBA, Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan are under great pressure to play next to Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan.

Historically, many people laughed at Xiao Zhan for not having a real star boy next to him. This actually has a big reason for this.

In this regard, Adu was much stronger in history. Because there was less focus in the early stage, Westbrook and Deng were able to thrive beside him. Let’s put it this way, with Westbrook’s golf intelligence and playing style, if he was If you put him next to Xiao Chen and Xiao Zhan, he will definitely be useless.

Even if Westbrook is mentally strong and is not afraid of the fans and the media, if the fans and the media are so angry, the head coach will not dare to continue to reuse him.

Therefore, it is really a good thing for the Bobcats and Cavaliers to focus on the Heat and Lakers throughout the NBA this season.

Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan finished their pleasant exchange of pleasantries, and the game was about to start.

At this time, the starting rosters of the two teams for this game were also shown on the TV.

On the away side of the Cavaliers, center Oden, power forward Scola, small forward James, shooting guard Kyle Korver, point guard Conley.

The Bobcats at home, starting center Bynum, power forward Aldridge, small forward Granger, shooting guard Chen Xiao, point guard Ross.

To be honest, for a systematic man like Chen Xiao, the Bobcats' starting lineup is really strong.

All five players are All-Star players above the A-level.

From a systematic evaluation, the Bobcats' starting is invincible.

In addition to the starter, there is also an A-level Roy on the bench. There are six A-level or above players in a team, plus Chen Xiao, an S-level player. In terms of system ratings, even if he is recognized For the most powerful Lakers, it's nothing more than that.

But why do Chen Xiao and Jordan feel that the Bobcats have little chance of winning the championship this season?

For no other reason than the Bobcats are in the East, and the Heat are in the East.

The Bobcats' current inside line is too soft because Bynum lost his fighting spirit after winning the championship and became ridiculous. After having no goals, the Bobcats' inside line is too soft.

If the Bobcats' inside line is delivered to the Heat, that's what it's for.

In addition, the Heat's Wade, Tony Allen and others are also very strong in perimeter defense and have a strong inhibitory effect on the Bobcats' perimeter offensive players. As long as there are no injuries in the Heat lineup, the Bobcats cannot beat the Heat.

If the Bobcats were in the West, to be honest, Chen Xiao would feel that if he didn't lead the team to the finals, it would be his own failure.

But he and the Bobcats happen to be in the East, and the East happens to have an opponent that the Bobcats are hard to beat, the Heat.

Without getting rid of the Heat, the Bobcats have no chance of winning.

And to kill the Heat, you need to strengthen your inside line.

This is also the reason why Jordan, like many expert media, went crazy in this draft and selected four centers with completely different styles, including the Lopez brothers, DeAndre Jordan, and Roy Hibbert, to come to the Bobcats to raise their game.

Jordan hopes to use these four young centers to stimulate Bynum's fighting spirit and competitiveness.

At the same time, I also hope that one of these four people can withstand Yao Ming in the future, not all of them, as long as they can withstand 80%, even half of them are fine.

However, judging from the team's training camp this time, Jordan's plan was half paralyzed before it even started.

Why do you say that?

Because the four major centers selected by Jordan did not stimulate Bynum.

In fact, Bynum despised these four people.

I have to say that Boss Joe really thinks highly of Bynum's IQ.

This kid has no sense of urgency with the four competitors coming.

He may feel that Jordan selected these four young centers to be his little brothers.

For Bynum, there are not many centers that catch his eye in the entire NBA. Yao Ming is one, and his big brother Howard helped him win the dunk champion. He fought with him in the playoffs last season and punched him. The knocked down Milicic counts as one (he didn't look down on Milicic until he beat him with one hand), and the only one left is Oden, the future number one center in the league, standing in front of him.

Since it's a matter of interest, Bynum is also willing to show some attitude and strength in the game.

Therefore, in this jump ball, Bynum actually beat Oden, who has been a little worried recently.

However, even so, Boss Joe felt very uncomfortable and unhappy seeing Bynum like this.

If it had been when he was with the Wizards, he swore that he would definitely kill this guy and then stomp on the ground hard several times.

Not only has Bynum not been stimulated by him this season, but he is even more stupid than last season.

After Randolph and Xiao Cannon left, this season, Bynum has already claimed himself as the second head of the team.

Where does this kid have the face to think that he is the second in command of the Bobcats?

The reason why this kid has such an illusion is entirely because in his mind, Roy, the second in command, does not compete with this idiot, and Granger, Aldridge, and Rose are not bad people who like to bully mentally retarded people.

Therefore, the players with the right to speak on the team are giving way to this mentally retarded player.

And this directly led to this mentally retarded illusion.

After he felt that he was the second-in-command of the team, Bynum began to regard himself as the second-in-command. He usually either asked Rose to carry a backpack or asked the Lopez brothers to buy water, making him look like the boss of the team.

If it wasn't for his awe of Chen Xiao, this kid might really be able to regard the team as his team.

I have to say that Boss Joe is really unhappy with Bynum now.

However, unhappy is not happy, on the surface Jordan did not show it.

Even during the interview, Jordan was still fueling Bynum's arrogance, and kept saying in front of the media: "There is no doubt in my mind that the second center in the league is not Howard, not Oden, not Milicic, and certainly not O'Neal, but Andrew, he is an omnipotent center. He can shoot like Yao Ming, run like Howard, be as strong as Oden, and also has Milicic's pick-and-roll passing, and more importantly, , he is only 21 years old!

Andrew's future is a sea of ​​stars, and in Andrew, I see the shadow of a big dream. "

Everyone knows that Jordan's favorite opponent is Dream. Jordan's raising Bynum to such a height certainly fuels Bynum's arrogance.

Therefore, Bynum is really the team leader in the Bobcats now.

Of course, he is said to be the dominant player. Because of Chen Xiao's pressure, Bynum does not dare to do anything too extreme, that is, letting the rookie pour water and carry a backpack. This does not have any real harm to the team.

When a team has Chen Xiao and Jordan, no one or any ball tyrant can substantially harm the team.

But even so, Boss Joe has great opinions on Bynum.

If Boss Qiao knew how Boss Ke was tortured by Bynum, I'm afraid his psychological balance would be much better.

Fortunately, a gratifying thing for Boss Qiao is that Chen Xiao agreed to the team's trade for Bynum in the future.

And this is why Jordan praises Bynum so much this season.

Now that Chen Xiao has agreed to trade Bynum, the team must of course maximize its interests.

In fact, for the Bobcats and Jordan, Chen Xiao's trade, whether it is Randolph or Paul, or Gortat and Garcia, is a loss in the eyes of experts and fans, because considering their impact on the team Contribution, what Chen Xiao means is to let them decide where to start, which will of course result in losses.

It can be said that Bynum used his own efforts to make him the first normal trading chip after Chen Xiao came to the Bobcats.

In this Bynum transaction, his opinion will not be considered. To maximize benefits, give the bargaining chips to whomever has the highest value.

Back to the Bobcats home game against the Cavaliers.

Because of Durant and this year's Olympics, Oden has been under a lot of pressure recently. Because of Jordan's reuse and Chen Xiao's importance, and his confirmation of his team's second-in-command status, Bynum has been very motivated recently.

Oden and Bynum played against each other last season, and Oden vaguely suppressed Bynum.

But overall, the two are similar in strength.

Oden is more talented, and Bynum is just like Jordan said, more comprehensive.

But obviously, in this game, Bynum faced the worried Oden and undoubtedly suppressed him.

In this game, with the support of Chen Xiao's continuous passing, Bynum even became the most handsome boy after the game started.

Although the team's starting point guard in this game is Rose, because Rose is a rookie, Chen Xiao is the ball-handling player after the game starts.

Since the beginning of this game, Chen Xiao has been using his 100-level basketball intelligence to see the loopholes in the Cavaliers' interior defense.

Seeing the loophole, he used his passing to guide Bynum to score.

Chen Xiao's style of play has greatly slowed down the Bobcats' offensive rhythm. It takes about ten seconds to observe a loophole, no matter how short it is, right?

Moreover, no loopholes were observed and the offense had to be reorganized. This back and forth would drag down the team's offensive rhythm.

However, this doesn't matter.

The Cavaliers actually didn't play well in this game because of Oden's absent-mindedness. After all, it was the first official game of the season.

Moreover, Xiao Zhan, who was prompted by Chen Xiao in this game, actually consciously mobilized his teammates' enthusiasm for simple scoring, which was also experimental.

In short, in this game between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers, the Bobcats are experimenting with how to give Bynum data, and the Cavaliers are also experimenting with the team's new style of play and new rhythm.

The two teams played a very rough game.

109 to 96, the Bobcats defeated the Cavaliers at home.

Do you want to say that this game is exciting?

That's definitely not exciting.

But Bynum was very happy with his statistics in this game.

With Chen Xiao's support, Bynum made 8 of 18 shots and 8 of 10 free throws in this game. He scored 24 points, 12 rebounds and 2 blocks. This is the data of 30 minutes of playing, but he didn't play in the fourth quarter.

In addition, Rose, who made his NBA debut in this game, shot 3 of 9 in the game, scored 11 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 3 steals.

In this game, Rose did not attack with the ball as soon as he came up. He was very low-key and solid, and worked very hard on defense and organizing his teammates.

As a newcomer, this is actually the best.

It can be said that although Rose's debut statistics were not amazing, he won the unanimous recognition of the Bobcats team except Bynum.

As for Bynum...

Sorry, Bynum really feels like he is the second-best center in the league now.

In the first game against the Cavaliers, they faced Oden, with 24+10 in three quarters, beating Oden.

In the second game of the season against the Heat, although they lost the game 100-107, Bynum made 7 of 9 shots, 4 of 8 free throws, and scored 18 points and 13 rebounds. Whenever he had a chance to shoot, all the passes he was given were good opportunities, and his hit rate was tightly controlled.

Of course, in order to protect Bynum's shooting percentage, Chen Xiao was also quite tired. In this game, he helped Bynum score 18 points efficiently, which felt more tiring than scoring 80 points by himself.

Fortunately, the Heat don't come around often, and Yao Ming doesn't play every day.

After a tough game against the Heat, the Bobcats' three opponents in the next week are the Pistons, New York, and the Hornets. They are all weak teams, and they are weak inside.

Under Chen Xiao's control, the Bobcats won all three games, and Bynum performed extremely well.

In the first five games of the season, the Bobcats have 4 wins and 1 loss, ranking fourth in the Eastern Conference. In these five games, Bynum averaged 24.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2 blocks per game, with a shooting percentage of 55%!

With this record and this data, it doesn't seem too much to say that he is the second center in the league.

For a time, many people began to play "Andrew" along with Jordan and Chen Xiao.

And Andrew himself feels...

"I'm flying!"

Bynum himself also felt a sense of relief like a pig flying into the sky.