The rest is just noise

Why did fans in the United States scold the Trail Blazers after the U.S. team lost to the Soviet team, which was dominated by Lithuanians?

Because Sabonis received treatment from a doctor sent by the Trail Blazers before competing in the Olympics.

Sabonis has been subjected to unscientific high-intensity training for a long time. It is difficult for a 2-meter-2 giant to stay healthy. The environment he is in makes him more likely to be injured.

The Trail Blazers have always wanted Sabonis to land in the NBA, but now, he still needs to play for the Soviet Union. Once he plays in the NBA, it means that he cannot represent the Soviet Union in the Olympics, which was extremely sensitive at the time.

Except for Song Tao, who exploited loopholes in the rules through Louis' internal operations, the top players of other national teams will not come to the United States even if they have the ability to play in the NBA.

The Trail Blazers knew their chances of acquiring Sabonis were slim, but they still treated them as if they were their own players.

When Sabonis encounters any injury overseas, the Trail Blazers often show more concern than his old team, and will often bring the person to the United States for treatment, while using the colorful world of capitalist society to corrode his mind so that he can

He fully understood that there was no point in continuing to serve the Soviet Union. America was the beacon of humanity.

The Trail Blazers have maintained contact with Sabonis for a long time, but this time it was more sensitive.

Sabonis plays on a par with future superstar David Robinson, and everyone sees his strength. If he can land in the NBA, the Trail Blazers' last shortcoming will be gone.

However, there is no doubt that Sabonis is Lithuania's little Guan Yu. Even though Portland worships money and awards, he just refuses to go to the United States before the Olympics lifts restrictions on professional players.

The Blazers were scolded when they were scolded, and Louis himself didn't take it seriously.

This game refreshed his understanding of Sabonis.

He had never seen Sabonis play before, and his impression of him was that he was a big point forward like Jokic.

As a result, this game told him that that impression was a misunderstanding.

Just like when everyone thinks of Bowen, they think he is very dirty, but in the bloody playoffs, he has never hurt anyone. If the concept of "dirty" is measured by hurting the opponent, then the Greek monster

The degree of dirtiness is definitely higher than that of Bowen.

Before tonight, Louis regarded Sabonis as almost a support center. When he was mentioned, people would involuntarily link him with Jokic, a white center who is also good at organizing offense. However, the styles of these two people are very different.

In fact, support is only one of Sabonis's strengths. He is almost a perfect inside line, with height and strength. And in terms of speed, he is second only to Sampson among all the 2-meter-2 inside lines Louis has seen.

, Porzingis and Bradley.

Sabonis also has shooting ability and famous support ability. He is proficient in almost everything. However, due to injuries, his athletic ability has declined. Some other skills such as fast break and ball-holding breakthrough have begun to be less lethal, which makes him

Gradually shift the focus of the offensive end to supporting teammates and coordinating the team's offense.

His support is different from Jokic's.

Sabonis's support is very traditional. There are two main types. One is to catch the ball with his back, attract the defense through offensive threats, and then pass the ball to a point on the outside that has the ability to handle the ball, and then let this player handle the ball.

Pass the ball to the attacking threat point.

Another situation is that Sabonis receives the ball at the top of the arc. At this time, his function is to be a spatial insider who pulls out the big man on the opposite side, a passer with good vision, and a wall with high quality cover.

He will run around him and play hand-off tactics, or he will pass the ball to his teammates who are cutting to the basket.

Unlike Sabonis, who is accustomed to dealing cards from the top of the arc and playing with his back to the ball, Jokic gets a lot of assists by dribbling like a defender, grabbing defensive rebounds and then advancing on fast breaks to attract the defense.

This was initiated by teacher Yue and those traditional support insiders, which are different from Sabonis.

The only similarities between Jokic and the inside are his weight and height. In most cases, his organization method is more like a core defender.

He is also a center who is good at organizing offense. What Sabonis can do when organizing offense, Jokic can also do it.

Modern basketball games require polarization on the inside. You must either protect the basket, pick-and-roll, pick-and-roll, pull-out and use unlimited speed to switch defenses, or you must be proficient in all techniques and be able to launch offense according to the standards of the outside ball-holding core. This is what Sabonis believes.

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In terms of style, the two have something in common at certain moments, but in fact, they don't have much in common, and their overall styles are obviously different.

This solved one of Louis' confusions.

That is, in the modern basketball system, Sabonis will not play like Jokic. The reason why he became an organizational center in the NBA later was because he suffered from injuries and chose to transform. The game against the United States in the Seoul Olympics,

Let Louis see Sabonis in healthy form.

He really looks like Yao Huang.

He knows all the low-post skills, hooks, turn-over jump shots, step-back jump shots after feints, and has a coping ability that Yao Huang has never mastered.

Just like many people have said.

If he can land in the NBA when healthy, there is no doubt that the legend of the top four centers in the NBA will become the top five centers.

I heard that Sabonis would not come to the United States until FIBA ​​lifted the ban on professional players participating in international competitions. This made Louis sweat.

It's only been a few years at the earliest.

Little did Louis know that in his previous life, Sabonis did not come to the United States until the summer of 1995 with legs that could receive a disability certificate.

What he didn't even know was that because of his presence, the Trail Blazers had Jordan, and many things had changed beyond recognition.

Therefore, anything can happen.

After the United States men's basketball team violently beat Australia, the mad dog it had unleashed overseas, it ended its Olympic journey with a bronze medal.

Americans have seen progress in foreign countries, especially in basketball.

They used to be able to sweep the world by sending out a team of college students, but now they no longer have the same advantage.

Seoul's defeat is not the first time, nor will it be the last.

For the U.S. men's basketball team, which has a lot of flaws, their idea is to send professional players to win glory for the country, instead of accusing Thompson of incompetence and reflecting on "Is there something wrong with giving coaches such great selection rights?"

Interestingly, John Thompson's failure actually prompted the birth of the Dream Team.

After the Olympics, Americans began to negotiate with FIBA ​​to abolish the rule prohibiting professional players from participating.

This planted the seeds for an unparalleled summer that followed. The birth of the Dream Team was a major event in the history of basketball. It was also the tipping point of international basketball and the first heyday of American basketball. It forced other countries to start catching up with the United States.

, like Germany, Spain, Argentina, Lithuania and many, many places, countless fledgling young people were inspired, which led to a series of humiliating failures of American basketball in the early 21st century.

The source of all this is that fool John Thompson lost the 1988 gold medal.

Watching the American team get beaten up by the Soviet Union was naturally an interesting event in Louis' life.

Apart from basketball games, Louis only cares about gossip and scandals. In addition, women's pole vaulting and women's diving are his repertoire.

At the end of August, the Olympic Games are basically over.

Louis is still on vacation and all activities are limited to New York State.

He gradually discovered that being Monica Bellucci's husband was very stressful.

Because he has gained weight in recent years and is not as handsome as he used to be. Although he is still a handsome man, he has the flaw of a small belly.

The most insulting sentence he had ever heard was "You have such a belly, how did Monica fall in love with you?"

Just because of this, he decided to lose weight.

First set a small goal to stay away from cola for a month.

In the days after leaving Coke, Louis became more irritable and impatient than usual. The doctor said that this was Coke dependence. The more he had this reaction, the more he should relieve his dependence on Coke. Louis believed in the doctor's judgment, but he gradually discovered that losing weight and

Whether you want to quit coke or not is another matter.

For example, he quit drinking Coca-Cola for half a month and finally broke the habit. However, because he felt guilty and felt that his willpower was too weak, he blamed himself so much that he couldn't even eat. As a result, he successfully lost one and a half pounds the next day.

"Maybe it's because I fell off the scale or drank Coke." Louis said optimistically.

Lorraine asked worriedly: "What did the doctor say?"

"He didn't say anything, he just sighed."

⑴Damn Zaun culture, now that I see the two words "sending horses" together, a "fragrant wind" naturally blows in my mind.