NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The first time I saw him was when he was about to leave.

Chapter 165 Melon’s lifelong enemy

Denver!

Nuggets training hall.

“Boss, I need more playing time in the second half of the season. Please believe me, I’m still young and physical strength is not a problem for me.”

Carmelo Anthony, with a sincere face, was standing in front of the Nuggets coach, expressing his demands.

Jeff Buzdelik frowned.

This is the third, fourth… or Nth time that Anthony has taken the initiative to find him this season. This Syracuse University’s proud son seems to have not yet adapted to the identity change of the star forward after entering the NBA, and always longs for the so-called unlimited firing rights.

Of course, Anthony’s talent on the offensive end is unquestionable, and has helped him gain a foothold in this rebuilding Nuggets team. Even Andre Miller took the initiative to give him a chance.

But this college star is like a bottomless pit. Under the tactical inclination of the Nuggets coaching staff, he has the most shots in the team, but he still expresses dissatisfaction.

It is precisely this reaction that makes Jeff Bzdelik doubt Anthony’s true intention, whether it is to help the Nuggets achieve better results or just to satisfy his own selfish desires.

You must know that this season’s Nuggets, although they have climbed out of the quagmire of the last season in the Western Conference, are actually still struggling on the edge of the playoffs.

Anthony, like the Banana Boat Brothers in the East, is swinging between 8th and 10th in the rankings.

The key factor is the influence of the star player. Anthony seems to have not adapted to the change of identity and is still obsessed with playing those superstar balls, which makes his offensive efficiency drop from the first echelon when he first entered the league to the level of ordinary starters.

NBA opponents are not like opponents in the NCAA college league. They have obvious shortcomings that allow Anthony to have whatever he wants, especially Anthony’s physical advantages, which are directly diluted in the NBA.

After joining the professional arena, Anthony enjoys superstar treatment in the matchup. This season, he averaged 21 points, 6 rebounds and 2.8 assists with a hit rate of 42.8%. This data panel can be said to reflect his personal characteristics to the extreme.

Maverick!

He can’t fit into the Denver system.

What Jeff Buzdelik can’t accept the most is the self-righteous defensive attitude of this “NCAA star player”, thinking that he can do whatever he wants on the defensive end as long as he doesn’t fall behind on offense.

In other words, Buzdelik, the new Nuggets coach, is not experienced. Otherwise, if he encounters those iron-fisted coaches in the league, within three games, even if Anthony was traded for the third pick, he will not give him a bit of face.

He woke up after sitting on the bench for a week!

“Cameron, it’s not that the coach doesn’t believe in you, but you have to consider that you are a newcomer. You have been recognized by the management and coaching team for your current position in the Nuggets, but you have to know…”

At this point, Buzdelik glanced at the other players in the training ground: “Teammate is not very satisfied with your recent stubborn play.”

Buzdelik left Anthony with a meaningful look, which was his last respect for the latter.

Recently, the Nuggets coaching team has received complaints from several teammates: Anthony has not played Jordan’s performance but has put on Jordan’s status, and even Jordan has rarely been as “independent” as Anthony when he does not have a traditional guard organization on the court.

This alarm bell made it difficult for Buzdelik to ignore this issue.

So when Anthony came to give his opinion, he rejected the other party without saying a word.

After hearing the coach’s reply, although Anthony had expected it, he was still a little disappointed.

The reason why he wanted more ball possession so urgently was also very simple: after that All-Star Game, his mentality began to change slightly when he returned to Denver.

He was the most dazzling player when he was selected, the NCAA’s favorite, but now one player after another has surpassed him.

Let’s not talk about Wang Song!

After witnessing that guy’s performance in the All-Star Game, Anthony found from the bottom of his heart that there was an insurmountable gap between him and him.

Starting from the Eastern Conference Finals of Syracuse University, Wang Song’s progress was like a rocket, and he could adapt to the environment in time no matter what level the opponent played.

Rather than adapting to the environment, it is better to say that the environment adapts to him.

Now the players who can compete with Asian boys are no longer limited to this group of 03 rookies. Three years ago, or even five years ago, there were many other players who could compete with Asian boys.

The best superstars in the league, or in other words, the best superstars in the league.

Those best superstars in each session are the strong competitors of Wang Song.

What really makes Anthony feel unbearable is that, in addition to Wang Song, Miami’s Dwyane Wade and his good brother LeBron James are both ahead of him in terms of topic this season.

Anthony, who originally thought that it didn’t matter if he lost the competitiveness in the best rookie award, wanted to regard the world of fame and fortune as a passing cloud, but he still couldn’t accept the gap that he was the most eye-catching college player during the draft.

This is also the reason why Anthony made many appeals in the first half of the season and needed more playing time.

Unfortunately, the young Anthony has not yet realized that personal data is not the foundation of becoming a superstar.

The championship is the highest pursuit of players.

This guy with gangster experience took it for granted after entering the NBA, which also caused him to suffer losses until the end of his career without winning a championship.

However, after this conversation with the coach, Anthony did lead the Nuggets to win two consecutive victories and stabilized the eighth place in the West.

But for a team whose morale is still to be determined, three consecutive wins are destined to be a luxury.

In the third game, they met the New York Knicks who had regrouped, the Asian man unilaterally identified by Anthony as his lifelong enemy.

In this game, the Knicks still did not have all their players on the court. Nash, who had rested for two games, made a comeback, and then Houston returned to the bench to rest.

D’Antoni has never fought such a rich battle.

In the absence of the Knicks’ first scoring point last season, the Knicks easily won the Denver trip with the current lineup.

Melon’s “lifelong enemy” played for 20 minutes and easily got a super double-double of 28 points and 18 rebounds. He almost completed the 30+20 feat, but the reason for not completing it was that the Nuggets’ resistance only lasted until the third quarter.

The 25-point difference in the final quarter made Bzdelik completely unable to resist, but at the strong request of the star player, Anthony still played the whole game.

Including the 40 minutes of playing time in the final quarter, he scored 28 points, the same as Wang Song. However, it is a bit sad that his number of shots was twice as many as Wang Song’s 18 shots.

This method of mental victory once isolated Anthony in the Nuggets’ locker room.

(End of this chapter)