You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 584 Be Realistic

The opening stages of the 2009-10 season saw many teams lose focus.

Such as the Lakers and Celtics.

The Celtics' bewilderment comes from Garnett's decline. What about the Lakers' bewilderment?They seem to be the team with the least reason to be dazed.

Although Kobe is 32 years old, this is just the age when Jordan retired to play baseball. If he wants to surpass Jordan, he should not feel that he is old, but should feel that this is his time to surpass greatness.

Only Jordan has created two dynasties in history, and now, Kobe has the opportunity to do the same.

However, an abandoned general from the Philadelphia 76ers left the Lakers in a quagmire.

His name is Willie Green. When the Lakers sent Ryan Hollins to the 76ers and exchanged for Green, the fans were all satisfied.

In the 76ers, Green scored in double figures in two seasons. He is young and energetic.With him, Fisher's burden may be shared.

The Lakers fans at that time could not understand the jubilant attitude of the 76ers fans.

Regarding Green, 76ers fans specially made a term "Willie tricking" for him.Green curse, you can interpret the word any way you want; use your imagination - coaches or general managers always think he's a good basketball player, when in reality, he's really, really bad.He just has the ability to let "experts watch the excitement, and laymen watch the way".

The person who first proposed this concept was the data god Hollinger⑴. When Green entered the Lakers' starting lineup, the former admitted the existence of the "curse" unbelievably: "The coaches and management have changed, but somehow, he always plays an important role in the rotation inexplicably. Now the Lakers even use him and Derek to start the rotation."

⑴ You should know all of them, let’s briefly popularize science: he is the creator of efficiency value

The reason Hollinger admits to the curse is that Green can make Zen Master think he is a good player, so that he and Fisher will take turns to start, which destroys the team's chemistry.

A tabloid in the Los Angeles area revealed that the reason why Zen master reused Green was that Fisher and Bass Jr. were very close.

Sure enough, Buss Jr. openly accused Zen Master of "politicizing the office" in the rotation of players.It is rare for him to say this word, and the strong and powerful Lakers entered a series of complicated civil strife.

Although the Gasol brothers are the best inside starters in the league, Bynum is a dangerous restless factor. He is not satisfied with being a substitute and thinks he should be the starter, but Zen Master can't satisfy him.

The Lakers are in the worst civil unrest since 2004.

Kobe began to become the lore king of this season. Artest is not only inferior to Wish, but also inferior to himself in the DPOY period. Moreover, his character has become more and more dangerous in this chaotic team.

The chemistry of the Lakers was completely destroyed, as well as the laziness and slack that would inevitably appear in a team chasing three consecutive championships and the arrogance of "Why do you have to work hard in the regular season when you have everything?"

The Lakers, who didn't suffer any major injuries, just put themselves into the quagmire.

Then, let's shift our focus back to the 76ers.

In December, Wei Xia's condition began to pick up.

The shooting percentage rose to 41%, and the average data per game remained stable at 29 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. As for the record of the 76ers, it is still the bottom of the Eastern Conference.

The strength of the team is weak. Wei Xia, who played the core in the first year, still doesn't know how to use his own strength to drive his teammates. No one can fill the vacancy of Iguodala. There is only one core, and he is still an inexperienced rookie core. The record of the 76ers is still sinking.

But at the end of the month, when Weixia played against the Indiana Pacers, facing the top small forward in the East Danny Granger scored a triple-double of 45 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, the team star Julius Irving said with relief: "Maybe, I mean maybe, today's Philadelphia is still at a loss, but I firmly believe that tomorrow's Philadelphia will definitely make the world tremble with eagle-like posture. Wish will definitely complete here what he failed to accomplish in Los Angeles!"

In order to help the new stars, the 76ers management also went to the house of "Prophet" Moses Malone, wanting him to say a few words to encourage the young people.

Malone said in his own way: "Moses thinks the 76ers are good, and Moses also thinks that Wish can become a talent."

You thought he was crazy, but Moses Malone was just imitating George Gervin the Iceman.

Moses has a famous stutter, swallows his voice severely, and is extremely unconfident in front of the camera. Occasionally, he saw "Iceman" call himself in the third person during an interview, which was like opening a treasure, and he got rid of his stuttering.

2009 is over.

Fast forward to 2010.

Wei Xia was born in July 1984. Strictly speaking, he is only 7 years and 25 months old now, but according to Chinese calculations, he is already 5.

It seems that this year is not theirs.

Yes, not at all.

Two months have passed, and the 76ers rank second to last in the Eastern Conference and third to last in the league. If it weren't for the Nets and Timberwolves, the gods in the world, their current combat power would not be too much to be the leader of the league.

But to put it badly, none of them are as skilled as the experts in this field.

On January 1, the 1ers management held an internal meeting.

This meeting is worth mentioning because of Wechat's participation.

And, he's the only player involved.

It's not that he wants to participate, it's that the management invited him to participate. Although Wei Xia has never interfered with the management's ideas, if the management values ​​his opinions, he is willing to contribute.

Now that he has done nothing, the management invited him to an internal meeting?

Can his opinion affect the future of the 76ers?
Wei Xia's thoughts are a little naive and innocent. Based on his current performance, the 76ers' uniform team can't afford to make a fuss. There is a reason why he was invited.

At the beginning, Ed Stefanski, an executive with power under one man, talked about the record and performance of the 76ers so far this season.

Wei Xia looked at Eddie Jordan from time to time.

If he was a coach, he would definitely be angry to hear the head of the management scolding him like this.

But Jordan behaved calmly and freely.

"Although we still have the hope of reaching the playoffs, if we guarantee a winning rate of more than [-]% in the remaining four months of the regular season." Stefanski smiled wryly, "Gentlemen, let's be realistic."

Wei Xia became vigilant.

"We're not going to make the playoffs this year, that's an almost certainty."

Wei Xia nodded, and he couldn't even refute or say "never give up until the end" to support the chicken soup.

"Since we can't make the playoffs, then we should plan for the future."

Stefanski unveils his plan for a bad show.

Wei Xia now knew why he had to be there.

"From today onwards, we have to plan to lose a lot of games to ensure that in the draft at the end of June, we will have enough top picks to obtain talents!"

"Plan to lose a lot of games?" Wei Xia couldn't help but said, "Meaning, we have to lose some games that we can win?"

Stefanski's eyes flickered: "I won't say that, but you can understand it this way, Wish, what's the problem?"

Fans are often not ashamed of the team's poor performance.

A season is a year. Is the 76ers' one-year team history set in an internal meeting of the management?

If Wei Xia is allowed to choose, if he is allowed to make the decision, he will ask the team to hit the playoffs.

Now, it's not him who makes the decision, and the management asked him to come to the meeting just to prepare him mentally.

"Do I have a choice?" Wei Xia asked.

"Wish, let's take a long-term view. You may be unwilling, and I completely understand that." Stefanski may not be a brilliant decision-maker, but his words make sense. "Think about Kobe. Before you joined the Lakers, they also couldn't make the playoffs, but they were unwilling to give up, so they only got a late lottery pick. If they didn't make a deal to get your signing rights, what would happen?"

Wei Xia listened silently.

He said nothing, but knew in his heart that Stefanski was right.

Today, he is the abandoned son of the Lakers. He is no longer the college student who shouted "victory is justice" to Larry Brown in the old days. He is an adult who understands the operation rules of professional leagues.He knows that although there is nothing wrong with insisting on winning, sometimes, temporary failure is for a better future.

What's more, now he needs a lot of shots regardless of victory or defeat to temper his offensive skills.

"We can't repeat the same mistakes. It's never something to be happy about trying to prove that we are not a weak team." Stefanski said affirmatively, "Wish, it's time to calm down."

Wei Xia was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "If this is the case, I apply for more than 26 shots per game."

Stefanski laughed, "Coach, what do you think?"

Eddie Jordan, who was also sitting here, didn't even change his posture, but said in a flat tone: "36 times will do."

(End of this chapter)