I’m Really Playing Basketball

After Marquette University won the championship, Chen Xiao celebrated with the players and fans of this team for three days.

Because the next game between the Warriors and the Spurs has to wait until April 9, Chen Xiao has enough time to celebrate with Marquette University.

From New Orleans to Milwaukee, Marquette University led by Xiao Chen was warmly welcomed wherever he went.

Xiao Chen led Marquette University to win the championship this time, which was the team's second championship after Beasley, Curry Jr., and Jimmy Butler in 2009.

There have been a full 13 years in between.

I have to say that the Marquette University team's fifth championship came later than everyone expected.

Over the years, due to the influence of Chen Xiao and the three generations of Marquette Eagles, Marquette University has always been very attractive, and it can receive good players every year. However, in the NCAA, winning the championship is really not So easy.

Either you are lucky enough.

Either you have absolute strength.

Good enough luck, this one is too ethereal.

And absolute strength...

Let’s put it this way, Duke University, led by Coach K, is the most attractive team in the NCAA and can recruit several five-star high school students every year. However, Duke University does not win the championship every year. In the past 21 years, At that time, Duke University had only won three championships in total.

And even though he only won three championships in 2021 with the most talented lineup every year, Coach K is still a super coach in the NCAA.

It can only be said that in the NCAA, talent is not absolute strength.

For example, the MOP of Duke University's three championships are Shane Battier, Kyle Singler, and Tyrus Jones.

Except for Battier, have you seen the performance of the other two in the NBA?

Just talk about Battier, can you imagine that he is a super guy in the NCAA who averages 20 points, 7 rebounds, 2.1 steals and 2.3 blocks per game, and can hit 3.2 three-pointers with a 42% shooting rate per game?

Battier, one of the most versatile offensive and defensive superstars in the history of the NCAA, has nothing wrong with him being the Jr. Jordan of the NCAA. After all, he also won the All-American Player, Best Defensive Player, and Naismith Awards. and John Wooden Player of the Year Award.

Although Battier is at best a super role player in the NBA, in the NCAA, he is a superstar with absolute strength.

This is absolute strength.

Duke University won the championship in the other two years. In 2015, Duke University had a total of 12 players, 10 of which were among the top 100 high school students in the United States. And the lowest ranked Mason Plumlee was also in 2011. Ranked 35th among high school students in the nation by ESPN.

Except for Plumlee, the other nine are all ranked in the top 30 in the United States.

Therefore, when Plumlee was at Duke that year, even though he was already a junior, he could only serve as a water cooler keeper, averaging eight or nine minutes per game and scoring about 2 points per game.

When Plumlee arrived in the NBA, he got more opportunities than he did at Duke.

By the way, it was Ojeleye who guarded the water cooler at Duke University with Plumlee that year. After Ojeleye won the championship in 2015, he couldn't stand Duke University's involution and ran to join Duke University. In one league, SMU, another team in the ACC League, immediately transformed from a player who averaged 3 points per game to a god of war who averaged 19 points and 7 rebounds per game, shot over 53% from the field, and over 42% from the three-point range. At the same time, he was also selected as the best player of the ACC league, the league's athlete of the year and the league's first team.

What is absolute strength?

This is also called absolute strength.

When you are the water cooler manager of your team, once you enter the NBA, you will immediately become a super high-quality role player.

A player who enters another team can immediately become one of the best college players in the country.

So tell me, who can match the strength of your team?

It’s true that everyone inside is full of talents, even the ones who sweep the floors are sweeping monks, this one is really invincible.

At the very least, in college, it would definitely be invincible.

Battier's Duke and the magical Duke of 2015 are both invincible teams.

But Coach K has only created two invincible teams over the years.

Most of the rest of the time, like other teams, it's all about luck.

So, don't think that you can win the championship if you can recruit high-quality high school students. This is really a long way from winning the championship.

If you have so many high-quality high school students, you can actually only guarantee that you can reach the national championship every year.

For most NCAA teams, reaching March Madness is the highest pursuit. As for the championship, this is just the dessert on the cake. Of course it is good to have it, but it doesn't matter if it doesn't.

And this is also the biggest attraction of the NCAA.

When an invincible team appears, everyone appreciates the strength of this invincible team.

When there is no invincible team, everyone appreciates the ultimate battle between a group of players of similar strength.

Either way, it's wonderful.

It is for this reason that Jordan even wants to learn from the NCAA model and promote this competition system in the NBA.

Boss Qiao believes that the top seven teams in the Eastern and Western NBA divisions can directly advance to the playoffs based on their record, while the remaining eight teams will compete in the playoffs through a single-game decider. Get the last spot.

The play-offs can increase the intensity of competition in the NBA and truly ensure that every team has a chance to play in the playoffs. It also serves as a warm-up for the start of the NBA playoffs.

I have to say that there are quite a lot of supporters within the NBA for Boss Joe's proposal.

Therefore, even though it took 2013 to win the team's fifth NCAA championship, Coach Tom was still considered a god.

After all, he is also the only head coach in the NCAA who has won four NCAA championships or more.

In the history of the NCAA, in addition to the eternal coaching god, the godfather John Wooden won 10 NCAA championships, and the second head coach in NCAA history, the godfather of the Flyers, North Carolina's Dean Smith only won 2 NCAA championships in his career.

However, Dean Smith reached the Final Four 11 times.

In the NCAA, the number of times reaching the Final Four is also very important. Therefore, over the years, Coach Tom has been the third-leading head coach in history.

After all, although he has won three championships before and is known as the "Golden Eagle Godfather", he has only led the team to the Final Four five times. This data is not that convincing.

At the very least, he is not that convincing in surpassing Dean Smith.

But after winning the championship this year, with 4 championships, 6 Final Four appearances, and the titles of ‘Golden Eagle Godfather’ and ‘Godfather’, it’s enough to surpass Dean Smith.

In the NCAA, the greatest honor as a head coach is to be the second best.

Well, John Wooden, the NCAA coaching god, can be said to be a Cardinal-like presence in the NCAA.

It is precisely for this reason that this celebration at Marquette University is really grand.

The head coach of the team became the second in history in one fell swoop.

The team's leading player, Xiao Chen, won the NCAA single-core championship and became the most powerful player in NBA history.

These two moments collided together, and it was impossible not to think it was a grand event.

Of course, as a legendary player at Marquette University, Xiao Chen's father, and the most influential person in the American basketball world, Chen Xiao was actually the most popular person among Marquette University players during the celebration.

Although Xiao Chen has not been confirmed as the number one pick, he is basically in the top three.

But for other Marquette players, the draft picks are hard to say.

Let’s just talk about the team’s second-in-command, Justin Lewis. This championship can be said to have boosted his draft stock, but it’s not that easy to get into the first round. He, a 2.01 meter all-around power forward, is not even considered a top player in the NCAA. For someone with excellent athletic ability, it will definitely be even more uncomfortable for him to be a power forward with his height and athletic ability in the NBA.

However, he can practice passing and focus on defense to see if he can develop like Dream Green. In fact, his draft template is also Dream Green.

The team's third leader, fifth-year student Darryl Moser, is also due to his height. In the NCAA, 1.96 meters is enough to play small forward, but in the NBA, playing small forward with this height would be too disadvantageous.

Therefore, these players from Marquette University this year are in the same draft situation as Xiao Chen. Everyone has a chance, but everyone is not sure. They all want to come here to learn from Chen Xiao and let Chen Xiao guide them on what they need to improve and improve. Key areas for improvement.

After all, there is only one and a half months left before the draft training is completed. Of course, they hope to be more stable.

So Chen Xiao, who originally stayed at Marquette University for three days and then returned, stayed one more day.

After saying goodbye to Xiao Chen and Marquette University and returning to the Warriors, the news that Xiao Chen single-core led Marquette University to win is still burning.

At this time, the media had gone from simply praising Xiao Chen and Maguire University to executing the two traitors from Marquette University.

Yes, when I heard that Xiao Chen was coming to the team, one of the team's top boss and second boss, Caton and Garcia, directly participated in the draft, and the other ran away directly.

Carton, who participated in the draft, was undrafted last year.

Garcia, who moved to North Carolina, watched from the bench as the team was eliminated by the University of Kansas in the Final Four.

When they ran away, they must not have thought that Xiao Chen, the holy son, was not a cancer, but a player like his father who put the team first and teammates first. He could not only play well by himself, but also bring his teammates to the next level. A height that is not your own.

Therefore, many reporters across the United States are now madly slapping Garcia and Caton in the face. Some unscrupulous media even went to North Carolina to block Garcia when they couldn't find Caton.

Regarding these, Chen Xiao, who returned to the Warriors, was not so concerned.

The Warriors have only two games left in the regular season this season, two games are away games, one is an away game against the Spurs, and the other is an away game against the New Orleans Hornets.

On April 9, the Warriors played away against the Spurs. Before the start of the game, both teams had completed their playoff rankings.

Before the start of this game, the Warriors had 68 wins and 12 losses, ranking first in the league, while the Spurs were ranked sixth in the Western Conference behind the Warriors, Lakers, Mavericks, Thunder, and Jazz. position.

For the Spurs, they will definitely not be able to get ahead, and the Suns and Clippers below seem to be unable to catch up with them.

In this case, in this game, both teams made a lot of rotations for the playoffs.

The Warriors, who were playing away from home, didn't even let Chen Xiao play.

Chen Xiao has played a lot of rotation games this season. So far, Chen Xiao has played a total of 67 games, which is the season with the lowest attendance rate for Chen Xiao in the entire season.

The reason why he plays so little is not only that the Warriors have made a lot of rotations for the 40-year-old Chen Xiao this season, but more importantly, Chen Xiao's total score this season has reached 2,444 points.

What does this mean?

This means that Chen Xiao's total career points have now reached 49,999 points.

Yes, Chen Xiao scored a total of 49,999 points in the away game against the Lakers at the end of last month.

As long as Chen Xiao is willing, he can directly break the 50,000-point mark in that game.

However, Chen Xiao did not choose to reach his career milestone in that game.

Obviously, for Chen Xiao, 50,000 points, the first super milestone in NBA history, was not prepared for the Lakers.

It should be said that the Lakers cannot bear Chen Xiao's expectations.

If the Lakers now have Ko, who completes this milestone in front of his idol, Chen Xiao will be very happy.

But now, Kobe Bryant of the Lakers is just a coach.

Therefore, after giving up the 50,000-point milestone in that game against the Lakers, everyone knew that Chen Xiao's 50,000-point score was a gift for his son, Xiao Chen, to enter the NBA.

Just like Wade gave his last lightning breakthrough to Wade Jr., Chen Xiao also plans to give his 50,000th career point to Xiao Chen as a gift for entering the NBA.

In this case, it is naturally impossible for the Warriors to arrange for him to play again.

Therefore, after beating the Lakers, Chen Xiao basically sat on the sidelines.

Everyone knows that for Chen Xiao this season, the regular season will end after playing the Lakers at the end of March.

As for Chen Xiao, his data this season also stopped at 67 games, scoring a total of 2,444 points. His season averages were 36.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, and 11 assists per game, a triple-double of 30+ per game. .

However, although this is the case, as one of Chen Xiao's last two opponents this season, the Spurs fans and players hope that Chen Xiao can keep 50,000 points for himself.

Therefore, although Chen Xiao will not play the rest of the season, after beating the Lakers, the Warriors' remaining opponents are looking forward to the stars and the moon in every game to see whether Chen Xiao will be removed from the watch list. Take it out.

What if Chen Xiao really fights?

Finally, when the Warriors played the New Orleans Hornets away from home, the Hornets player Zhou Qi was very regretful after the game.

In the end, Chen Xiao still did not leave this honor to him.

However, this is normal. Although he is Chen Xiao's student, Xiao Chen is really different.

It can only be said that he can only sigh silently like coach Kobe Bryant, Jimmy Butler and others.

He doesn't deserve it either.

At this point, to the regret of many people, this season's regular season is over.

In the end, the Warriors' record was 70 wins and 12 losses, ranking first in the Western Conference and second in the league.

This result is definitely a perfect record for the Warriors that exceeds expectations.

At the same time, it is also a player that allows fans of Chen Xiao and the Warriors to look forward to a record in this year's playoffs.