You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 670
Waking up from the dream, Wei Xia recalled the game he played with Maravich and the skills he learned from the opponent. It is really hard to believe that he was a player in the 70s.

Even if he is the most technically accomplished player in the past 10 years, it is really incredible that he is still not behind after 40 years.

The farther a player is from modern basketball, the more technically flawed he is.The Lord of the Rings and the Big Dipper are both typical examples of dominating the world with rough skills and relying on their bodies. Just look at their shooting movements, the funny amateur shooting posture with one hand without assistance, and the footsteps under the basket that were still developing at that time.These flaws are themselves limitations of the times, no wonder they are.Dr. J, who has led the trend, is also a rough forward in modern times. Skyhook Kareem's left hand is far less threatening than his right hand. Only Maravich has no such problems.

Before Maravich, the ancient superstar who surprised Wesha the most was "Pearl" Earl Monroe. His back-turning and playing modern is also a big killer move, difficult to defend, and it was also an epoch-making existence at the time.Together with Maravich, he ushered in a revolution in perimeter facing-to-the-basket offense.But Monroe's technologies are not new in modern times.

In the game last night, Wei Xia was fascinated by the fake cut ball and fake throw pass made by Maravich.

Before today's training started, Wei Xia went to inquire about Maravich's information.

The first Wikipedia entry is the frustrating "June 22, 1947 – January 5, 1988", and then Wesha knows why he doesn't know anything about Maravich.

His popular college days were in the late 60s, and his 10-year NBA career was not very successful, and he was far from fulfilling people's expectations of him before he entered the election.After retiring, he also worked as a commentator and made some basic teaching videos for beginners, but he died of a heart attack in 1988.

Anyone who has seen him play is no longer active.

After reading his Wikipedia, Wei Xia had a general understanding of him, and went to find some articles about his life story.Wei Xia got to know him better.

A natural golfer, his father said that he would be able to handle the pass from birth. In college, the head coach of LSU was Maravich's father, so his possession of the ball in the team was also controversial.Maravich's father said LSU couldn't win a game without giving him so many shots.

It may be exaggerated to say so, but the data can support it.

Maravich led the team to 22 wins in his last season at LSU. After he graduated, LSU only got 14 wins in the new season, and then 10 wins. Maravich's father was fired that year. LSU enters the Dale Brown era.As a famous NCAA coach, he took root in LSU and coached for 25 years. He brought out the top ten superstars in history like Shaq O'Neal. However, at the beginning of his business, he struggled repeatedly for six years in the mess he took over from Maravich and his son.

It can be seen that although Maravich's father is domineering, there is nothing wrong with giving Maravich unlimited firepower.When the team's talents are scarce and no one can take on heavy responsibilities, letting superstars fire unlimitedly is the only way out. LSU was unlucky, and ran into Kentucky, who had no solution in the division at the time, and that was all.

Before the start of the 1970-71 season, Maravich expressed in an interview that he hoped that the Hawks could build a veritable championship team around him.

It's a pity that the Eagles' management only wants to use Maravich to drive the ball market to sell tickets. Sometimes there must be a championship.Therefore, after they signed Maravich with a sky-high contract, they did not maintain the team's lineup. The team's general Joe Caldwell (Joe Caldwell SF/SG) led the team to jump ship and went to the ABA.It doesn't matter if you go by yourself, and you took away the four main players for rotation in one breath.

Wesha also discovered that the teammates who jumped ship with Caldwell were all black.Then this may not be a simple economic issue, but also involves the opposition between black and white in the 70s. Race conflict in the 70s was different than it was in the 60s. Blacks in the 60s wanted human rights, but blacks in the 70s were much more complicated.

After the start of the season, new coach Ricky Galen deliberately let Maravich start all seven preseason games, and then let him sit on the bench for two consecutive games after the start of the regular season.

In general, Maravich's rookie season was not good, not because his skills did not adapt to the intensity of the NBA. On the contrary, it took him less than a month to adapt, but because of his poor mentality and life.The daily rift with teammates and conflicts with the management are the biggest factors for his "pain and happiness", and it lasted throughout his Eagles period.

The Eagles were the prelude to an unsatisfactory career, then went to the Jazz, and joined the Celtics in his later years, all the same.

As for his life and growth environment, it can also be called harsh.His mother suffered from depression, and his father was a mediocre head coach who often moved because of changing team coaches. In order to escape reality, Maravich became obsessed with alcohol. In addition to injuries, this was the key to his plummeting state in the mid-to-late 70s.

Wesha spent an hour getting to know Maravich and missed breakfast.

After reading his profile, he saw the curse-like prophecy on him.

There are rumors that he chose to retire at the age of 33 because he did not want to die of a heart attack on the court. As a result, he really fell on the court due to a heart problem at the age of 41.

The numbers he left in the NCAA make people imagine Lianpo, and his difficult NBA career is embarrassing. If he is in modern times, he may play better.

In the 1980 season when the three-point line first appeared, Maravich made 15 of 10 shots, a very high shooting percentage.

He's definitely the type of player who would benefit from the three-point line.

Maravich's life made Wei Xia panic, and when he walked to the restaurant for breakfast, he thought about it.

The superstars who debuted in the 70s, this group of Beat Generations are really few who can be called role models for players. They either have bad lives, or have serious self-harm behaviors, or have mental problems. The only perfect Dr. J entered the NBA and dropped two levels. It is really a magical era.

"Wish, did you sleep well last night?"

Wesha ran into Lamar Odom at the restaurant.

"Thank you for your concern, I had a sweet dream." Wei Xia smiled.

He found that there are tragic people everywhere, and Odom almost encountered tragedy.In other words, the summer of 2006 should have been one of the darkest summers in his life.

"How is Jayden?" Wei Xia took the initiative to mention the child.

Odom said happily: "Okay, ask me about you every day, that kid is too naughty!"

If Jaden had an accident that night, Odom would have serious psychological problems.If he hadn't been traded and stayed in Los Angeles, which is intoxicating and easy to lose himself, his life would have major changes.Wei Xia doesn't know whether Odom, who has psychological problems, can cope with that kind of life.

Now, he is 34 years old, and he can still get a contract in the NBA. He is an important part of all the signings of the 76ers this summer. With money, rings, and statistics, his NBA career is almost complete.

He's a good guy who can be the joy of the team wherever he goes.

Wei Xia believes that in the past few years, the 76ers have been lacking such characters.

Now, it seems that all the missing links have been filled.In addition to being slightly worse at the one position-if Nash can't stay healthy in the new season.

For Odom, Wei Xia can have no regrets. The dream with revelation made him predict some future in advance.

Wei Xia prevented the tragedy that happened to Odom, but he did not prevent the plight that happened to him.

Suddenly, many things flashed through Wei Xia's mind.

His injuries, the Lakers photo without him, and Kobe Bryant down — Kobe Bryant down!
Thinking of Kobe's Achilles tendon, Wei Xia broke into a cold sweat.

So, is it this?
He had foreseen this scene many years in advance, but he could not prevent it from happening, since he left the Lakers.

However, this is not all.

And one more thing, the smoking plane.

A smoking plane, an accident?Air crash?Who did it happen to?
His face became ugly.

"Did someone rob you of your money?" Odom asked with a smile.

"Didn't you just suddenly think of something bad?" Wei Xia asked, "What do you think of private jets?"

The plane that had an accident in Wei Xia's dream was an obvious black helicopter with a number on it. Wei Xia remembered that it was a combination of English and numbers, but he only remembered that the number was "72".

"Do you think I have the money to buy a private jet? Oh my God, you think highly of me!" Odom's cry spread throughout the restaurant, "I'm not Kobe, Philadelphia is not Los Angeles, the traffic is very good, not to mention, I'm afraid of heights, don't you know?"

Wei Xia was taken aback.

"What does this have to do with Kobe?" For some reason, his heart beat faster.

"You don't know? Kobe bought a helicopter last year!" Odom shook his head and said, "Good guy, it's a few million. I can't afford such a luxury!"

It all seemed clear and clear.

But Wei Xia still needs to confirm.

He finished his breakfast and texted Kobe.

"I heard that you have changed the means of transportation, how do you feel?"

"Efficient and convenient that you can't imagine."

"Well, it's a bit dangerous. Guess what the probability of surviving the air crash is?"

Kobe held back for half a minute to reply to such a message.

"You are 10 times more likely to be hit by a car on the way to the airport than to be killed by an air crash! Nicolas Cage's face-changing expression pack#"

(End of this chapter)