You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 590 A moody and uninhibited person
Larry Johnson, Derek Coleman, Michael Beasley, Zach Randolph and Rasheed Wallace during the Trail Blazers and Dennis Rodman who headed the referee and kicked the camera
If any rookie reminds you of those names, you should be careful.

Admittedly, these people are not useless.

On the contrary, their personalities are sometimes their shining point.

But few wanted to test the patience of Larry Johnson, the man who claimed on draft night that he wanted to be a model teammate, so "model" that he went toe-to-toe with the second-best player on the team.

Derek Coleman, Malone's so-called "he is the best in history with my hard work" and the infamous "if you have money, you can punish him next time" incident are representatives of wasted talent from the 90s to the early 21st century.

Beasley, Randolph. The fans of the new generation are basically familiar with it, so there is no need to say much.

Rasheed's T-eating skills, and Rodman's ability to cause trouble on and off the court.

What if there was one player who combined the flaws of these guys?Wei Xia couldn't see that Cousins ​​was a jerk of this level.

If someone can combine the advantages and disadvantages of these people, it is synonymous with the devil, but Cousins ​​​​is not so extreme in Wei Xia's eyes.

He reminded Wei Xia of his old Lakers teammate Andrew Bynum.

Talented, but childlike.

Bynum knows current affairs, and Cousins ​​is more extreme. He has stronger immediate combat power and skills than Bynum, his eyes are above the top, and he has no clear understanding of his identity.

He is a rookie and should keep a low profile.

But what he did was like saying to the management of each team, "This young master is thorny and has a bad temper. If you have the ability, don't choose me!"

It is speechless that he is so rampant that if he falls out of the top five, the Timberwolves with the sixth pick will be ecstatic to take him.

Talent, sometimes it is so unreasonable.

An angry Cousins ​​blasted the other team's favorite, Daniel Orton PF, in the contest.

Although Orton is unknown, he was a middling pick in the 2010 draft.

His draft prospects are at the end of the first round and the beginning of the second round. You must know that for these rookies who have not yet entered the league, the time when the gap between them is the smallest is before participating in the draft.

The NBA is a cruel place, and teams will position their rookies based on their potential, immediate combat power, and development prospects.

Some people, even if they are capable, can't meet the requirements of the NBA, so they have to give up their comfortable position and become one-way tool people.

Day by day, the improvement and enhancement of role players and core players are different. Soon, the new stars who are established as the core will quickly leave their peers behind.

More than half of those who can't play the core can't adapt to the position of role players, so they evaporate from the league within three years, and suddenly appear in a basketball league in a certain country in the future, which is the norm.

Orton is one such player.

But now, today, he still has a bright future. Both Cousins ​​and Cousins ​​are rookies who have not yet entered the league, and they were easily overwhelmed by the opponent.

After a match, the scouts of the 76ers saw Cousins' strength clearly.

Wei Xia wore glasses, took a notebook and a pen, and stepped forward pretending to be a reporter.

He bet five cents that no one would recognize him.

"Daniel, I'm a reporter from the "Philadelphia" newspaper, can I have an exclusive interview with you?" Wei Xia looked professionally trained.

Orton asked in confusion, "What newspaper is this?"

"No way, don't you know? We, "Philadelphia's Good Business", are the third largest newspaper after the "Philadelphia Daily News" and "Philadelphia Investigator". What's more, we are different from those two newspapers in that we don't play tricks." Wei Xia asked again, "Can I have an exclusive interview with you?"

Orton said briskly, "Of course!"

Wei Xia should be happy, he was indeed not recognized.

As a player who has just been selected for the first team, it is a good thing that a rookie who wants to join the 76ers has not been recognized, just wearing glasses to interview and come to try out?
Should it be said that he is too low-key, or that his appearance is not recognizable?The promised remake of Leehom Wang! ?
"It can be seen that you struggled against DeMarcus. How do you evaluate his performance?" Wei Xia asked.

"I'm not trying to belittle myself, but I think 'Boogie' is beyond class," Orton said. "I can say that, and I'm sure everyone in 'Boogie''s class will say that. He's the best player in our class. The problem is, he's not consistent. Sometimes he's a lion, sometimes he's like a hungry kitten.”

Wei Xia detects the element: "'Boogie'?"

Orton said, "He likes being called that."

"Then what do you think is the reason for his unstable state?"

Orton began to wonder, isn't it for his exclusive interview, why does this reporter keep asking "Boogie"?And he and Wish look alike!Are they relatives?No way? Doesn't Wish really have a relative who looks exactly like him?
"Is there anything else you want to ask other than 'Boogie'?"

Wei Xia also asked Cousins ​​the third question, and Orton got a little impatient.

"No more." Wei Xia said hurtfully, "Thank you for your cooperation."

Orton asked: "Isn't this my exclusive interview?"

"Yeah, I'll report it truthfully."

"But you keep asking about the 'Boogie'!"

"That's why we call it "Nothing Finds Things"." Wei Xia pushed his glasses, and showed the attribute of being good at fighting if he was careless. "If you find it puzzling, it means that my work is in place."

Orton was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but the other party was a reporter. If he really hit, his NBA future would be cut off.

I have long heard that Wish has a strong ability to dislike people, but I didn't expect the guy who bumped into him to be so disliked.

"All the reporters who look like Wish are like this, what will happen to Wish himself?" Orton was flustered, and immediately decided not to give the 76ers a chance.

Yes, even if the 76ers wanted to pick him, he wouldn't come.

He has to ask the team to send him away just like the space trade in 2007, otherwise he will roll all over the floor and swear not to play in the NBA.

"Boogies."Knowing Cousins' nickname is just a small gain.

According to the English translation of Chinese, it should be called Buji or Buji.

Wei Xia, a quasi-Chinese who rarely has the opportunity to use Chinese, has an even better translator.

He decided to translate "Boogie" into "uninhibited".It is elegant, fits the transliteration, and takes care of the free translation. At the same time, it is in line with Cousins' personality.

Wei Xia walked towards Cousins ​​slowly.

Through the match just now, the 76ers' first choice has changed from Favors to Cousins ​​in his heart.

Favors is good, full of energy, and a steady personality, but the ceiling is not high.

What kind of team has a high-level pick that will give up players with a higher ceiling but serious hidden dangers, and choose players with a fixed ceiling but high maturity and can be plug-and-play?

The standard answer is the 1982 Lakers.

They had the No. [-] pick that year, but they chose not to choose Dominique Wilkins, the superstar seedling "human film essence", and chose James Worthy, who was as fast as lightning but was inferior to the former in terms of play style, skill and absolute upper limit.

Worthy's subsequent performance will not make the Lakers regret it.

But looking at the careers of Worthy and Dominique, there is a gap between the personal honors of the two.Worthy made three teams twice, and Wilkins was selected to the All-NBA team seven times.

From this example, we can see that only strong teams competing for the championship will seek to select players who are more stable and more integrated into the system when they get high-level picks, instead of selecting talents with a limitless limit.

The 76ers obviously don't have the happy troubles of the Lakers.

Wei Xia has just finished his first boss season. Although he won the scoring title and a team, it is very difficult for him to lead Philadelphia to rise alone.

As strong as the peak Iverson, there is Mutombo who was elected as DPOY behind him.

Cousins ​​has the highest level of talent on paper.

Even John Wall, the lone No. [-] favorite, has a higher ceiling than him.

According to the normal draft logic of the rebuilding team, choose the best, not the most suitable, the 76ers have no reason to miss Cousins.

Wei Xia's thoughts rolled with his steps.

He walked up to Cousins, still wearing glasses, holding paper and pen: "Unruly, can I do an exclusive interview with you?"

His smile is like the spring breeze, which should be able to caress people's hearts.

Unexpectedly, Cousins, who was drinking water, opened his eyes and said, "Go to hell, I have nothing to say to people like you!"

Wei Xia's smile froze in the spray sprayed by his "unruly" brother.

"Is there some misunderstanding?"

"Whoever misunderstood you, my family has nothing to do with you!" Cousins ​​was on guard, clenched his fists tightly as if Wei Xia was about to make a move if he took another step forward.

Wei Xia didn't expect Cousins ​​to have such a big opinion on the reporter.

Even if it's a bad show, the plot has reached this level, if he retreats in the face of difficulties, it will be a waste of time.

"Let's have a chat, I'm from the Philadelphia Times"

"It's idlers like you who like to look for trouble when nothing happens. I have nothing to say, and I have nothing to talk to you about. Stay away from me!"

Wei Xia stood three meters away: "Is this far enough?"

"Not enough, go back!"

"If you withdraw from the interview, there will be no way to proceed."

"Whoever wants to do an exclusive interview with you, stay away from me!"

"DeMarcus, you are rejecting a well-intentioned reporter. If you want to change your image, you should have an open and honest chat with me." Wei Xia wanted to influence him.

"What are you talking about?" It seems that any media has been blacklisted by Cousins, "No matter what I say is wrong, I have nothing to talk to you, it is best not to appear in front of me!"

Wei Xia secretly sighed, it seemed that there was nothing he could do.

He was about to leave when Cousins ​​yelled again: "Wait a minute!"

Wei Xia looked back suspiciously.

"Has anyone ever told you that you look alike to Wish?" The look of being furious just now suddenly returned to normal, "Are you a relative of Wish? If so, I can make an exception to accept your interview"

Wei Xia smiled happily and asked, "Do you think I look as handsome as Wish?"

"Uh"

"But we're not relatives."

"It's not a relative, what did you say to me?" Cousins ​​changed like a storm again. "Get out of here!"

(End of this chapter)