Pick Westbrook

Chapter 394 is still very fierce
The Pelicans locker room.

Nongmei packed up his clothes and bath towels and was about to go to the bathroom to freshen up. Of course, he didn't forget to look around and look around in advance.

If that bastard Jimmy Butler was around, Thick Eyebrow wouldn't even take a shower.

While sizing up with thick eyebrows, Oden walked in with a silly smile on his face.

When he smiles, the gap between the front teeth is always exposed, which looks a little naive and cute.

"Greg, do you want to take a shower now?"

"Let's say it first, if the soap falls on the ground, pick it up yourself."

Oden took off his sneakers and grinned, "I'm not Carter's old glass, and I'm not as playful as Jimmy."

"I have a fire hydrant."

Hearing this, the thick eyebrows were relieved, but they saw Oden's ankles and knees after taking off his sneakers and socks.

Thick eyebrows frowned slightly and said, "Greg, your feet"

Oden glanced at the five scars on his feet, with a casual expression on his face, he immediately raised his hands and smiled.

"This scar on my right wrist was in Indianapolis in June of 2006 when I had surgery to recover from a torn ligament I suffered playing basketball as a senior."

"The scar on my right knee was in September 2007. The team doctor found signs of cartilage damage in my knee, which was very serious. For this reason, I missed my rookie season and didn't play for the entire season."

"In October 08, I finally came back. I performed well, but because of my left knee injury, I still couldn't play at my true level. The average of 10 points and 9 rebounds per game is quite satisfactory."

"But it was because of this indulgence that I was forced to play with injuries, which caused me to be injured by Brooks in the game against the Rockets. The injury aggravated the left patella fracture and was reimbursed for the season."

"In the 10-11 season, I underwent an MRI examination at the beginning of the season, and it turned out that the articular cartilage in my left knee needed surgical treatment. This small eye was left by the minimally invasive knee surgery at that time."

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"In the middle of the 11-12 season, I was abandoned by the team, and the league was unclaimed. At that time, my agent and I believed that I would retire, and then the coach found me."

Auden raised his head slightly when he said this, his expression was full of happiness.

Thick eyebrows can hardly imagine that a player who has been recovering from injuries for 6 out of 5 seasons in his career would be so calm when describing his suffering, as if he was talking about other people.

"Um"

The thick-browed voice wanted to enlighten Oden, but he couldn't organize the words.

He also suffered frequent injuries in college, but fortunately they were not serious injuries, but even such injuries made Nong Mei sit on the bench for a short time, watching his teammates being beaten by others, he felt very uncomfortable.

What's more, at that time, Oden sat on the bench in almost every game. Thick eyebrows had never experienced that feeling, but he knew it must be uncomfortable.

Oden suddenly said, "AD, I'm also the No. 07 pick. In [-], I beat Durant, the No. [-] college student in the United States."

"He now has a nickname called KD, which is very similar to yours."

Thick eyebrows remembered the buzzing trade news in the offseason. Kevin Durant teamed up with Curry to join the Warriors. Because of the opponent's status as the scoring champion, this deal caused an uproar in the trading market.

And now sitting in front of thick eyebrows is a champion who overwhelmed Durant in college.

Thick eyebrows already realized what Auden wanted to say.

Oden continued without hiding: "The coach said a word when he signed me."

"He said the Blazers veterinarians ruined my career."

"I think he has a good point because I never healed from my injuries in the five years I was there."

"When it came to the Pelicans, the coach immediately took me to Phoenix to find the doctor who worked for the space agency. He brought me a lot of help and advice, so that I haven't suffered another serious injury until now."

"Of course, the coach also played a big role in my strict playing time management and training management."

Thick eyebrows remembered what the coach said and did to him before the start of the regular season.

He was sure that the other party had been worried about his injury, and even the thick eyebrows felt that he was making a big deal out of a molehill.

And in tonight's game, Nong Mei sprained his ankle on the court, and Li Lai immediately replaced him, without giving him any chance to aggravate the injury.

Thinking of this, thick eyebrows suddenly warmed up.

Thick eyebrows know Oden's current playing state. The opponent hardly flies on the court, and Paul rarely passes the alley-oop to Oden. catch.

All because of Oden's injuries.

Thick eyebrows don't know what Oden looked like in the draft that year, whether he overwhelmed several talented players like himself and became the well-deserved No. [-] pick.

What he knew was that Oden's dynamic talent and static talent must have been no worse than his own at that time.

Oden suddenly took out a pair of sneakers from behind and said, "The coach said that you will become O'Neal in the future. These are his sneakers."

"When I was young, I also hoped that I could grow into a superstar like O'Neal, but now I have no such opportunities and possibilities. If I can see the day when you become O'Neal, I think I will be equally happy."

Thick eyebrows took Oden's sneakers, but he didn't speak.

Auden smiled helplessly, just like the old lady smiled when she spouted trash talk and would blow him up.

"Greg."

Oden turned around.

Nong Mei hugged the sneakers and said: "I will wear these sneakers, with your dreams."

Auden turned his head back, no one could see his emotions at this moment, he tried his best to stretch out his right hand and waved it back vigorously.

The competition ends in November.

The Pelicans rank first in the Western Conference with 15 wins and 3 losses, and they are also the first in the league.

紧随其后的是15胜4负的热火队，14胜4负的尼克斯队和13胜5负的勇士队，以及12胜6负的马刺队。

The defending champion Heat team is gaining momentum, and both commentators and fans have already expected this.

The entire Heat team, including the management and coaching staff, are all focused on defending the title. This kind of energy can't help but remind people of the OK combination of the Bucks and Lakers.

The Knicks' melon Anthony is still in a truce. He had already returned from injury, but the team's record far exceeded last season's performance, and the limelight is in full swing.

The management and coaching staff of the Knicks believed that Anthony did not need to rush to pay at all. Instead, they used a series of safe comeback modes such as 1-on-1 training, 3VS3 training, and team confrontation with 5 people in groups, which made Anthony completely adjusted. Only when you are in your physical state and confrontation state can you play the game.

Anthony's comeback is also very close.

Of course, the reason why the Knicks played such an outstanding record is that apart from the fact that they only have the Lakers as their championship opponent in the previous schedule, there is also Jeremy Lin's crazy performance.

There has been a Lin storm in the Big Apple, and the New York Times even used words like Lin crazy to describe Jeremy Lin this season.

So far this season, Jeremy Lin has averaged 20 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists per game, shooting 46% from the field and 37% from three-pointers.

Although Jeremy Lin's statistics have declined compared to the first few games of the season, Jeremy Lin is still able to perform so stably, which fully proves his strength.

And under the coach Mike D'Antoni's system, Jeremy Lin's ball possession rate and style of play are completely different from those of Nash.

Compared with the Knicks with the largest market value, the Lakers with the second largest market value in the league seem a little embarrassed.

After suffering a 7-game losing streak in the preseason, the Lakers immediately suffered a 7-game losing streak in the regular season. It was not until the Timberwolves in the 8th game that they struggled to win a game through overtime.

But after the game, Nash announced that the ankle injury had recurred and he would be out for at least a week.

After the news was confirmed by the official website of the Lakers, the fans in Los Angeles immediately burst into extremely warm applause.

Many fans bluntly stated on Twitter that the 38-year-old Nash simply does not have the strength of the MVP of the year, and his injury will give the Lakers a wave of winning streak.

Then the Lakers lost 4 games in a row.

Nash returned from an emergency injury and helped the Lakers beat the Cavaliers with difficulty.

It’s just that after this hard-won game, Howard publicly expressed his dissatisfaction in the post-match interview, criticizing the team for having too many individual singles and lacking offensive tactics. Big question.

Because of the Lakers' poor record of 5 wins and 13 losses, Howard's public criticism immediately aroused the response of countless fans, accompanied by the sound of Mike Brown's dismissal.

"Because Mike Brown is a defensive coach, it is difficult for him to help the team perform better on the offensive end, so it is not uncommon for the Lakers to fire coach Mike Brown."

"Considering the current record and state of the Lakers, if they can't reverse the decline as soon as possible, they will most likely miss the playoffs."

"The biggest favorite before the season missed the playoffs. It's funny to think about it."

Barkley bluntly mocked the Lakers on his show, and Magic Johnson on the side couldn't bring up any rebuttal emotions at all.

No way, that's the way it is.

Reggie Miller said: "The problem that the Lakers need to solve most now is how to combine Kobe, Howard, Nash, and Gasol together."

"Currently, Kobe's average per game is 21 of 9 shots per game, 27 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game. This is still an MVP-level performance."

“霍华德的场均数据为10投6中，场均17分13篮板1助攻1抢断2盖帽，他的防守效率值排名湖人队内的第一位。”

“纳什的场均数据为12分2篮板6助攻，值得注意的是，6个助攻是纳什自00-01赛季以来的最低助攻数据，上个赛季的纳什仍然能场均贡献11记助攻。”

"Pau Gasol's data has declined even more seriously, averaging 13 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game, which is an overall decline compared to last season's Pau Gasol's data."

Hearing this, the few people in front of him knew what Reggie Miller wanted to express.

Barkley and Magic Johnson, who are also players, saw at a glance that the Lakers' way of playing on the court lacked passing money and trust among teammates.

In terms of team assists for the Lakers team, they only averaged 18 times per game, but now the average number of assists for all teams in the league has reached 22 times.

Teams like the Pelicans and Warriors averaged 25 and 24 per game. Even the Heat, which is dominated by singles, averaged 21 team assists per game.

This is the main reason why the Lakers have directly overturned from the Galacticos F4 at the beginning of the season to become the penultimate team in the Western Conference this season.

Big Apple.

The Pelicans are actively preparing for tonight's game, and Li Lai saw Taylor Swift sitting next to him.

He said: "The position next to me is not easy to buy, and this is the New York Knicks, even if you want to buy this position, it may not be easy."

Taylor was wearing a speckled brown dress tonight, her blond hair was pulled over her left shoulder, and she poked her chin with her slender hand and said: "For tonight's game, I bought tickets a month in advance."

Li Lai asked curiously: "Then did you buy the wrong one? You should sit on the Knicks side, you are a loyal fan of them."

Taylor smiled evilly: "In the 365 days of the year, I am not a Knicks fan for two days. One of them is today, and the other day is the Knicks game in New Orleans."

Li Lai nodded and said, "Then you are not the most loyal fan of the Pelicans, otherwise you should not be a fan of the Knicks for 42 days a year."

"41 of those days should be Pelicans home games."

Taylor tilted her head and didn't speak until Li Lai was called over by his assistant coach, and she whispered, "You think I'm really here to see the Pelicans?"

The coach of the Pelicans.

Du Feng said a little nervously: "The Knicks have confirmed the entry list for tonight, and Melo Anthony is officially coming back tonight!"

"And it's going to come out as a starter."

Stevens reminded: "Anthony's singles ability is very strong. We have to find a way to limit him. Otherwise, with the state of the Knicks this season, it will not be easy for us to win tonight's game."

Li Lai remembered the defense he had arranged for Anthony when he was coaching the Bucks.

At that time, Beast Artest was almost used to single-handedly defending the opponent, but Anthony's singles skills were extremely effective against players shorter than himself.

So even Artest, who is known for his defense, can't take advantage of defending the opponent.

If nothing else, Leonard and Jimmy Butler are probably defending Anthony tonight.

Leonard is 201cm tall. Even with his excellent wingspan, he is still a little short of the 203cm Anthony.

Jimmy Butler is 201cm tall. Considering his wingspan, Anthony is more than a little behind.

In addition, Anthony's body is very strong, and the opponent still has a lot of low-post singles tactics, which will put the two at a disadvantage when defending each other.

This is why Du Feng and Stevens are both worried about how the Pelicans will defend Anthony tonight.

"Anthony in this period is still very aggressive."

The big screen at the scene quickly displayed the starting lineups of the two teams.

Pelicans starting lineup: Paul, Leonard, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Davis and DeAndre Jordan.

The Knicks starting lineup: point guard Jeremy Lin, shooting guard Iman Shumpert, small forward Carmelo Anthony, power forward Stoudemire and center Tyson Chandler.

(End of this chapter)