You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 571
When Wesha chose to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers, his Villanova University Wildcats teammate Will Sheridan released a song to pay tribute to him-"I Wish"⑴.

⑴ This song really exists, but the author is not Sheridan.

Then, the song hit Philadelphia and could be heard everywhere.

Even Wei Xia himself can sing, and the wide spread is surprising.

In September, Wei Xia, who has not practiced with the team for more than a year, has successfully passed the recovery period.

Before training camp began, he married Elaine Trovis, and their honeymoon was less than two weeks away due to the upcoming preseason training camp.

After their honeymoon, Wesha and Elaine went straight back to Philadelphia.

Wei Xia concentrated on preparing for the training camp until today.

The opening day of the preseason training camp.

The training camp site chosen by the 76ers is Stockton College in New Jersey.

The academy is sponsored by the owner of the 76ers, and the relationship with the 76ers has always been very good. Therefore, it is an ideal choice for the 76ers to choose to carry out the training camp here.

Wei Xia set off alone with a little luggage.

No assistants, no bodyguards, nothing but himself.

During the trip, he couldn't help but think back to the practice of the past few months, and the game that fell on Larry Bird when he first arrived in Philadelphia.

History was changed by him.

Game 1987 in 4 was called the greatest game in history due to the immortal key performance of Magic Johnson and Bird.

The Lakers unyieldingly filled the gap. Bird hit a key three-pointer, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's free throw and the magician's small skyhook overtook. Two seconds before the end, Bird announced the lore to James Worthy in advance, and then he did it.

The change brought about by that game is not just the outcome of a finals, but also the outcome of the entire series.

In the fourth quarter of Game4, Magic injured his foot, which made them lose the game without any resistance in the fifth game
The Celtics pursued the victory and successfully defended the next three home games, leading the Lakers 3-2.

The Celtics, who were full of injuries, knew that if they dragged to the seventh game, the Lakers with better personnel would not give them a chance. Therefore, the sixth game wrote a new history.

Victory in 1987 put Byrd undisputedly on the Presidential Hill, occupying a higher position than Magician in historical evaluation.

It can be said that the battle that Wei Xia participated in changed everything.

After playing Game 4, Wei Xia woke up.

He doesn't know what he got.

Because he didn't feel any changes, maybe Byrd's ability was so magical that he couldn't realize why he benefited.

After training for a month, Wei Xia noticed some changes.

He began to discover the thing called touch from himself.

He didn't have this thing.

He is an offensive player who does not rely on touch, but if shooting is to become the most reliable weapon, the talent of touch is indispensable.

The most intuitive point is that his trainer frequently praised him for his better hand feeling after his comeback.

"In the past, I would only praise your hard work and hard work. Now, no matter whether you score or not, I feel that it is a good goal, because your touch is so soft."

What the trainer said to Wei Xia convinced him that he probably got Bird's most famous talent: touch.

What best illustrates Bird's strong touch is not his legends about shooting, but that before he entered the NBA, he had broken his fingers because of playing baseball, and some parts of the damage were irreversible. The Celtics team doctor even issued a disability identification.

All his achievements were made with injured hands, and his true touch has never been shown to the world.

Now, Wescha got it.

He doesn't know how to play baseball, and his hands have never been injured more seriously than broken skin since he was a child, so he can fully possess Bird's talent for touch, and maybe one day in the future, he can let the world see what a "perfect quality" Bird feels like.

It can be understood that when Wei Xia completely digests Bird's touch, his shooting ability on the court is very likely to surpass Bird.

He was worried that the torn ACL would greatly affect his athletic ability, but the new century is no better than in the 70s. He has undergone the most advanced medical technology and systematic rehabilitation, and his take-off foot is the right foot, so the impact on physical fitness is not great, but the lateral speed has degraded a bit compared to before.

Now, he has the body of Havlicek, the physicality of Skywalker, and the touch of Bird.

He doesn't know how high he can use this talent from a legendary player to reach, but from today on, he no longer has Kobe by his side, no Zen master, no Los Angeles that puts heavy pressure on him.

He joined a rebuilding team.

They won 41 wins last season, but the management quickly realized that the upper limit of the current lineup was not high, so they sent away the American Karen Mok, and then used Dalembert to change the air to free up the salary space to sign Wei Xia.

Being given up by the Lakers made Wei Xia understand a little bit.

If you want to control your own destiny, you have to be an indispensable player like Kobe.

The 76ers are destined to encounter many difficulties in the initial stage. He needs a lot of time to adapt to Bird's touch, and needs countless actual battles to sharpen his offensive skills. He may not be able to quickly get the 76ers into the championship queue, but he will definitely work towards this goal.

Wei Xia walked out of the airport, hailed a taxi, and went straight to Stockton College.

When Wei Xia arrived at the destination, Stockton College's security was in place. It is estimated that even mosquitoes would have to report to them if they wanted to go in to suck blood-it seemed that they planned to conduct a closed training camp.

There was no disturbance, and all the security guards knew Wei Xia.

The first place Wei Xia went to was the arena.

Many people were practicing, and Wei Xia saw an old white man with white hair muttering loudly to make the players concentrate.

"Am I late?" Wei Xia asked.

The old white guy looked back: "No, training camp hasn't started yet, it's just that for some guys, they have to put in the effort earlier than others, and the dumb birds fly first."

Wei Xia is sure that the other party knows him, but it is polite to introduce himself to a stranger he has never met.

"Hi, I'm Wish." Wei Xia said.

The other party nodded friendly: "I'm Jim Lynam, and I'll be supervising the training these days."

Jim Linam?Wei Xia felt the name was familiar.

He recalled it quickly.

Soon, the answer appeared.

He knew who this guy was. He had been the head coach of the 76ers in 1987, the season after Julius Erving retired.

Wei Xia, born in 84, has loved basketball since he was a child. The love and hatred between Linam and Barkley were the most popular gossip in Philadelphia sports at that time.

Neither Barkley nor he succeeded in Philadelphia. After the 1992 season, Barkley was sent to Phoenix, Linam was fired, and the last vestiges of the Dr. J era were erased. It was the end of an era.

Hearing that the stupid bird flew first, Wei Xia took the initiative to put the luggage aside and asked about the location of the locker room.

"Wish, what are you?"

Linam asked.

Wei Xia turned back, smiled lightly and said, "I'm also a stupid bird, I can't fall behind."

(End of this chapter)