NBA short legend

St. Martin's Cafe is only a hundred meters away from Ouyang Tiao's residence, and it is a holy place for him to communicate with Bruce privately.

Bruce arrived as promised.

"Tiao! What's the good news?" Bruce shouted as soon as he entered the door. At this juncture, he didn't want Ouyang Tiao to bring him any negative news.

"Is my playing time determined?"

"Huh?!" Bruce was a little surprised, it was the first time he saw Ouyang Tiao look so serious.

He sat down and took a sip of the coffee that Ouyang Tiao had already ordered."They haven't given an answer yet," he said.

"I need a definitive answer from them, before pre-season starts."

"Tiao, you have to understand that after Toronto defeated Golden State that year, the number of transactions in the league created NBA history. The entire league is in chaos. They need time, this is just the beginning, we need to wait." Bruce lowered his voice, serious warned.

Ouyang Tiao looked at Bruce, and pushed the white sugar next to him in front of Bruce: "Add some sugar, it will taste better."

"Thank you."

I will never sit still, no matter where, no one can manipulate my fate.

This is what Ouyang Tiao wanted to say to Bruce, but he didn't say it after all.

In this business-oriented league, players are traded in and out as commodities.This is nothing more than normal.

"Hey! Son, listen to me. I promise! They won't push you on the bench, okay?" Bruce seemed very worried about Ouyang Tiao's state, and reminded again.

"I know, I know" Ouyang Tiao responded casually.

Bruce: "I'm sorry about what happened with Brion."

"Me too."

The last day of summer league, for the Spurs, is like this.

After losing to the Thunder on the road, they officially announced their farewell to the summer league.

After that, the little player from country Z, Ouyang Tiao and his agent, carried out a series of operations.

Bruce has used the country Z market behind Ouyang Tiao as a bargaining chip in exchange for Ouyang Tiao's stable playing time.Bruce's toughness and somewhat connected background forced the Spurs to give up the idea of ​​using Ouyang Tiao as a mascot.

2021-22 season, before the start of the regular season.

The San Antonio Spurs and Coach Popovich made what didn't look like an easy decision at the time.

—— Pull Ouyang Tiao into the normal rotation lineup and serve as the third team point guard.

Looking back now, this moment became a turning point in the career development of this young man.Its influence is far-reaching, not limited to his current position on the team, and can even allow him to stand firmly in the cruel competition of the NBA in the next few years.

"For us at the time, this decision was a bit unacceptable to us." Spurs wing Will Barton commented.

"In the preseason games, Ouyang Tiao played an unexpected effect. He almost liberated everyone. Let us play our due style and walk on the road to victory."

It should be easy for Ouyang Tiao two months later to look at the decisions made by the San Antonio Spurs and coach Popovich in hindsight.

Through these preseason games, the Spurs and San Antonio, and even fans all over the world.From Ouyang Tiao's body, they all saw that the fighting power was not inferior to Xiao Chong and Tu Tuo.

Since Ouyang Tiao may be the best little man in the history of the league.So wouldn't it be logical to let him enter the rotation and become the engine of offense?

You must know the commercial value of Ouyang Tiao itself.In just a few months, just one Spur has brought a lot of money.

During this period, the only key person-Isiah Thomas!
In fact, Ouyang Tiao had never met Isiah Thomas before the start of the preseason.

Isiah Thomas basically disappeared in the NBA a few years ago and is directly in a semi-retired state.Ouyang Tiao vaguely remembered that with the relapse of that guy's old injury, no team wanted him at all.

I don't know what's going on, but after several years of silence, the Spurs actually signed the once strongest 175 on the surface.

And the story between Ouyang Tiao and Isiah Thomas also began to come into people's eyes.

As a former league favorite, Isiah Thomas has always been controversial.

Isaiah Thomas was born on February 1989, 2 in Tacoma, Washington, M, and is only 7CM tall.Although everyone is not optimistic about him, but with his own efforts, he was still selected by the Sacramento Kings with the 175th overall pick in the second round.

Although he was the last one, he finally made it.

He became the shortest player in the current NBA until Ouyang Tiao appeared.

As the player with the closest height, Ouyang Tiao knows him very well.

Isiah Thomas is the second player whose style of play is exactly the same as his own.

Because of his height, he resembled himself more than Brion.

Before the start of the preseason, Ouyang Tiao had already collected the data of Isiah Thomas according to his own habits.

Isiah Thomas is a short and fast pick-and-roll guard with a tough style of play and can break through.Has three-point range and prefers scoring over passing.

Defensively, fearless confrontation.However, the height is seriously at a disadvantage! !
As a veteran, Isiah Thomas naturally played more time than Ouyang Tiao.

However, the current Ouyang Tiao was different from ordinary rookies.

His ambition, or self-protection, completely exploded after Brion left!

And as Isiah Thomas, who is close in height, in the same position, and in the same style of play, he has become his main target of competition.

Anyone who has watched the NBA knows the character of Isiah Thomas. He has a bad mouth and a cancer in the locker room.

The ball sticking rate on the court reached 60%, and he played very uniquely.

In an interview during the preseason, Efreya asked Ouyang Tiao what she thought of Isiah Thomas.

And Ouyang Tiao's answer at the time was: "Isiah Thomas has a personal charm that can be contagious to others. He has a magnetic ability that attracts players and people to him. He is in the lineup and can bring to the team. energy."

Bruce, who was standing behind at the time, was also shocked. He vaguely felt that the original Ouyang Tiao was gradually disappearing.
beep~~~~~~
Preseason, start!
First round

San Antonio Spurs vs. Orlando Magic!
When entering the arena, Ouyang Tiao happened to meet Isiah Thomas.

The two looked at each other without speaking.

Because of Ouyang Tiao's crazy performance, Isiah Thomas' time was greatly reduced.

If it wasn't for him being 3cm taller than Ouyang Tiao, he might have been put on the shelf before the season.

"That person is."

Ouyang Tiao, who was halfway there, was taken aback.

"Stone Buddha Duncan!"

Because it was only the summer league before, many people on the team never showed up.

Tim Duncan!

A true pillar of the Spurs! !