The Way of the Center

"Coach George Ricard, the team has achieved ten consecutive victories. Before the start of this season, not many people were optimistic about you. Do you think now, Did I slap those guys hard?" After the game, the reporters were not very interested in this matchup with a disparity in score. The focus of their interviews all fell on the topic of ten consecutive victories.

George Ricard's temper caused him to have a bad reputation among the media. This guy who swears at his mother when he has nothing to do always makes the reporters blush with anger, but he can't fight back. So now, this seemingly friendly reporter who actually has malicious intentions is further provoking conflicts between him and other media.

"Ten wins in a row is a good mark. I knew we could do it before the season started. I don't know if that counts as a slap in the face. Crap from guys who don't know anything , I never watch it. So I don't know how ridiculous those ridiculous remarks are. Anyway, if we lose in the next game or the next game, and the winning streak is interrupted, there will be another A group of people jumped out to say bad things about us. It is really boring to comment on this group of people, they will always buzz around you like flies. Even if you have won the championship, people who are not optimistic about you will still I don't like you." Ricard didn't say a word of swearing this time, but he belittled the media who opposed him to nothing.

An Jie on the side almost couldn't help laughing, Rickard's skills in cursing are really no worse than his own back-to-back singles.

"You just mentioned the championship, so coach, will the championship be your goal this season?"

"You must be joking with me. We have been working hard for the championship throughout the season. The reason why Anjie was willing to come to Portland to play was because he knew that we were a veritable championship team. Team! You’re only asking me now if our goal is to be a champion, so what was our previous goal? Was it to travel around the United States for free in order to gain the glory of David Stern? Or to travel around the world in a different place every day.” Ricard not only mocked the reporter, but also once again ridiculed the inhumane schedule of the nba's shrinking season. When Ricard was still in the NCAA, he was outspoken, and he was even complained by the parents of the players because of this. When it comes to the NBA, where the audience is all over the world, Ricard thought he would restrain himself a bit. Unexpectedly, the nature is hard to change.

"Bah!" Some reporters looked at Rickard with contempt. It was obviously after Anjie came that the Trail Blazers soared into the sky. It's good now, Ricard has rendered the Blazers before Anjie's arrival into a strong championship contender.

Of course Ricard knew that the team had undergone great changes because of Anjie's arrival, but facing this group of media with a more poisonous mouth than his own, Ricard was unwilling to give them good words.

Anyway, if this kind of saying is made out and there is no need to be responsible, Ricard will not worry about whether it is true or not. As long as the Trail Blazers perform badly,

Thinking about the ugly remarks in the newspaper, Ricard felt that what he said was not uncomfortable.

After winning ten consecutive victories, Anjie's signature shoes finally made progress. Now Nike has produced several pairs of prototype shoes for Anjie to try on, not to mention that these prototype shoes are really more comfortable for Anjie to wear than other shoes.

After all, this is a tailor-made sneaker for Anjie, and all the components are designed according to Anjie's height, weight and technical characteristics. These prototypes are very satisfactory, but the only drawback is that they still look like other center shoes, too bulky.

But its chief designer smiled and waved to An Jie. "These pairs of shoes are still unimproved prototypes. The main purpose is to try them on for you to see if they meet your needs on the court. In terms of styling, we will greatly improve them in the future, so you don't have to worry about that."

"Comfortable is comfortable, but I want to increase the support and stability of the sneakers. I need a good support point to protect me from being injured when I am fighting for rebounds or landing after blocking. I think this pair of sneakers is Compared with other shoes, there is no advantage in this aspect.” An Jie is getting more and more aware of the team of Nike designers, so he will make more and more bold requests.

"Hmm..." Designer Xi supported his chin, what An Jie just said seemed to be reasonable. They put the emphasis on lightness and compactness, but neglected the most important point for the center, stability.

"An, what name do you plan to name your sneakers, Anjie Generation?" Looking at these pairs of prototype shoes, Designer Xi also felt that it was time to make the next step.

"The naming of basketball shoes seems to be like this." An Jie thought for a while, isn't the name of all the signature shoes the player's name plus the algebra of the sneaker series?

"If possible..." However, An Jie found that naming the pair of sneakers after himself did not seem so appropriate. This pair of shoes not only belonged to An Jie, but also one of the few custom-made basketball shoes for the center in this era of small ball and rampant outside. He felt that he should give this pair of sneakers a greater definition.

"Mr. Landry." An Jie, who was in deep thought, suddenly turned his head and called out the name of his sneaker designer.

"Why, what do you think?" Landry looked at An Jie with interest. Although it was the first time he participated in the design of basketball shoes, many of An Jie's views were very interesting.

"How about we just call it the way of the center forward?"

"ay, of, netter? Well...it's quite novel..." Landry looked at the excellent prototype in front of him confidently, adding this novel name and Anjie Gao The popularity of the center, the law that the center must lose shoes, might be broken...

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The team won ten consecutive victories and made great progress in signing shoes. During this period of time, An Jie's life was very smooth, but all the smoothness was only short-lived. Any wins would be wiped out in a flash before the season was over. Just because you win now doesn't mean you'll win later.

Not long after they were happy, the Trail Blazers and Anjie once again put themselves into intense training.

Ricard really put a lot of effort into this day's tactical training. Their offensive routine rehearsal is the most since this season. Many people will mix up two similar tactical moves, causing the entire team to repeat an unsuccessful tactical move over and over again.

"Don't be lazy, give me honest running tactics! Let me tell you, I don't care if we have a game tomorrow, I only know that if you are not familiar with these tactics today, even if you practice until 12 o'clock in the evening You have to keep practicing!" Ricard has never paid so much attention to the drill of the Blazers' offensive tactics, because the Blazers are a defensive-oriented team. Secondly, it is because the tactical conditions created by Anjie and Aldridge are enough for them to defeat most opponents.

But tomorrow, their opponents will not be defeated so easily. A complex and changeable tactical movement plan is a necessity to deal with them!

"This is Portland. Damn it. As soon as I got off the plane, I could smell the blood in the air." The land of Portland. A dark and strong player sucked in the air of Portland. He looked at the huge poster of Anjie. This butcher made Portland a place that many NBA players would not want to come to for a second time. .

"In the past, most of the time we came here to play was relaxed and happy. Unexpectedly, the situation in the league has changed really fast. Now Portland has become the graveyard of many teams." A slightly shorter The black players walked to their teammates, and the huge poster of Anjie may have been deliberately hung at the airport by the Portland city government. In this way, as soon as other teams hit 6, they will immediately feel the pressure.

"Don't worry Tony, this place won't become our graveyard. Their offense must be able to penetrate our defense!" A tall white player patted the guy named Tony on the shoulder. He is the well-deserved core of this team, and like Anjie, he is also a center forward!

"I trust you, Mark, and I believe you can make Anjie very embarrassed. But I have to say, we'd better be careful." Tony Allen trusts his Spanish teammates, but he also knows that the Chinese The strength is no worse than Marc Gasol.

"Okay, let's go to the hotel and check in! Tomorrow's game, no one can be weak!" Lionel Hollins, the current coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, was the last to get off the plane. He loudly urged his players to leave as soon as possible. They had to hurry up and rest before they could show their fists the next day.

Yes, the Trail Blazers' next opponent is the Memphis Grizzlies, who are also out of the mainstream, relying on the inside and defense, two things that are almost abandoned by the league, to hit fourth in the West!

The duel between two teams with very similar styles and rankings is definitely enough to make the game extremely exciting!

It's no wonder that Rickard paid so much attention to the offensive running drill before the game. After all, ordinary offense cannot penetrate the defense of the Grizzlies' black and white bears.

Third in the West and fourth in the West, inside and inside, defense against defense. Of course, there is the most beautiful point, the center and the center!