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Although his enemy returned to the court, but because the game did not enter the garbage time, Stephen was now worried that Popovich would replace him, so Stephen waited for Humphries to start thinking about how to fight back. Actions.

Stephen is not interested in trapping himself because of revenge. He is in a period of development and improvement, and he is still in the critical period of competing for the best rookie, so he must think carefully about how to do it. Stephen continued to be on the court as he thought. active.

Stephen was distracted by this matter, coupled with Kirilenko's strict surveillance, Stephen's performance was a little quiet, but at this time Ginobili suddenly became angry, first broke through and caused Humphries to foul, Two free throws and two points to get two points, and then the Jazz Okur missed a three-pointer from the outside, the rebound was caught by Robert Horry, and it was passed directly to Ginobili to dribble through halftime, the same position, the same three-pointer , but the result is different.

There was a gap of [-] points, and Popovich, who was about to make a substitution, sat back and waited for them to play for a while, after the Jazz replaced the main force. It's an away game, and Sloan doesn't understand it. Besides, the third quarter is not over yet, so we can't surrender now.

It's not easy to score in positional battles, so let's have a sports battle. Stephen still wanted to use his strength on Humphries, so he temporarily gave up the attack at the basket and started running without the ball in a wide range. In terms of starting speed, Kirilenko is much worse, and his dexterity is not as good as Stephen. Stephen used his feet many times to bring Kirilenko to the outside line, and then he suddenly cut inside and seized the opportunity to make two dunks. It was deducted in front of Frith, and Humphries was directly knocked open and buckled in, which was considered to have recovered a little interest just now.

Through these two offenses, Stephen also got a little trick. The offense is to use his own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses. Although his own offense is still mainly at the basket, he can mobilize the opponent through his footsteps. If the opponent does not come out , then I can shoot from the outside. There is nothing wrong with shooting in an unguarded state. If the opponent comes out of the defense, I can use my foot movement or strength to get rid of the opponent and continue to hit the basket. Anyway, the task assigned to me by the coach It is also based on hitting the basket.

No one can have an advantage in all aspects. It is impossible to have attributes such as speed, strength, agility, and jumping. You only need to use your own advantages to defeat the opponent and send the ball into the basket. One layer is lighter.

This discovery made Stephen suddenly feel like the moon is blooming in the sky. Stephen began to use Kirilenko's weakness to deal with him frequently. Like delivering ammunition, he kept sending the ball to Stephen's hands.

Although Stephen didn't score all the goals, and he was blocked by Kirilenko in the middle, but compared to being restricted in the first half, it was much better. Kirilenko's defense finally could no longer limit his goals. The shackles, through the attack just now, he seemed to have broken the shackles that had plagued him for a long time. He didn't feel anything yet, but Popovich felt it quickly off the court, and a gratified smile appeared on his face.

"Is this just breaking the rookie wall?" Carlesimo saw the smile on Popovich's face and saw him staring at Stephen, combined with his own observations, he immediately judged what happened on the court. whats the matter.

"I think so, what a smart kid, he's improving so fast, let him play more in this game, alas!" Popovich nodded and admitted, watching Stephen dodge Kirilenko's attack again. After blocking the shot and making a sideways one-handed dunk, he was very surprised by Stephen's physical strength. In addition, Stephen just broke through his own offensive flaws, so he decided to let Stephen play a little longer, but at the same time he sighed involuntarily.

"Do you think that the contract period of the third year is too short, and you have to apply for him at the end of this season." Carlesimo immediately asked jokingly. At the beginning, Popovich pushed the coaching staff and management to give Stephen a year. The opinion on the basic salary insisted on giving Stephen a two-year contract that slightly exceeded the basic salary. Later, Stephen’s performance made everyone realize that Popovich’s vision was indeed stronger than all of them. I don’t think Popovich is exhaustive. If he had known that Stephen performed so well, he should have given Stephen a three-year contract, or a two-plus-one-plus-one contract like a first-round rookie. Now It seems that the two-year contract is a bit too short. Although everyone also made mistakes in judgment, they are still very happy to see that Popovich also made mistakes.

"One season can't prove anything. It's not too late to renew the contract after playing for a while in the next season. Even at the end of the next season, we also have the priority to match. What are you afraid of?" The contract that the Spurs offered Stephen at the beginning was Two-year guaranteed contract. After the two-year contract ends, the Spurs have a player option, which can be waived or renewed, or provide Stephen with a relatively low contract. If a team proposes a higher contract, the Spurs can Match, if not, Stephen must be executed in accordance with the low contract.

Since the establishment of the league, there have been many players who played high data or performed very well in contract years or early in their careers, but immediately lost their fighting spirit and motivation as soon as they signed a fat contract. This is a headache for every general manager. The thing is, if the player performs well, you must renew the contract. If you don’t renew the contract, you will train others for nothing. But if you renew the contract, you must satisfy the player’s appetite. Immediately, the performance dropped to a level, which would make the general manager want to cry.

Although in terms of personality and temperament, Stephen is not that kind of player, but there are not one or two cases of misjudgment, but dozens or even hundreds of cases. It can be said that providing every player with Those lucrative and long-term contracts are a risky gamble for the team. Once the gamble fails, the huge amount of money will be wasted, and the team may have no room to operate because the salary space is occupied. The team has been sinking for several years, Popovich doesn't want to make such a mistake.

"You are not afraid that this kid's performance will reach a new level next season. It will be troublesome to renew the contract at that time. If you wait until the season, you will have to compete with other teams. With our team's financial resources, there is no big surety." .” Carlesimo reminded Popovich, although he didn’t think the hope was great.

"What are you afraid of? The contract naturally depends on his performance." What Popovich didn't say was that if he didn't give him playing time or make effective tactical arrangements for him, his performance would be There is no big contract for performance, but this kind of thing cannot be said to Carlesimo. He has only served as the head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics and has not served as the general manager of the team. Naturally, he does not know that there is such a practice.

The coach of a team does not need to be responsible for the salary of the players, he only needs to be responsible for the record of the team. His responsibility is to make the team perform better on the basis of the current lineup. If the performance is not good, he will bear unemployment As a result, he will not deliberately suppress players in order to cooperate with the general manager's contract renewal, that is to make fun of his own work.

He can at most let a certain player play a little longer in order to cooperate with marketing or trade, and this is under the condition of guaranteeing victory, just like the general manager can make the team poor in order to win the No. He won't show off, because doing so would be sacrificing his reputation.

Unless the general manager and the head coach are in the same role, or two people are equivalent to a role, such as Popovich, this strategy can be adopted, so Popovich is not worried about this problem. If he plays less time, the data will naturally come down.

Stephen naturally didn't know that the two of them were discussing this below. He was very anxious now. The Jazz didn't surrender because of the [-]-point difference. Seeing that the third quarter was coming to an end, according to the normal rotation, the coach It's time to replace the main lineup. Even if he feels that time is running out, the substitution is a toss. He will definitely let the main lineup play for a while in the fourth quarter, so how can he retaliate.

Stephen was thinking whether to just give up, anyway, there is no good opportunity, but at this moment, Stephen suddenly saw Brent Barry's three-pointer hit the basket, and then when he was fighting for a rebound, The ball was stabbed extremely high by someone, basically higher than the height of the backboard, and flew towards Stephen.

At this time, Stephen was just running to make room, leaving Kirilenko behind, the road to the restricted area was empty, and only Humphries stood there with his back to Stephen, okay, let’s do this, Stephen's brain made a decision in an instant, and his body reacted immediately. After taking two strides, he immediately flew into the air, spread his legs apart, rode on Humphries' neck, received the ball, and waved his arms Dunk the ball into the basket.

The huge impact brought Humphries forward and bent forward. Fortunately, Stephen had dunked the ball in at this time, and turned back with strength. Otherwise, Humphries would have fallen to the ground. But Humphreys would appreciate it, and the huge sense of humiliation made his mind go blank, and it took him a long time to react.At this time, he made an astonishing move, grabbing Stephen's feet so that Stephen couldn't get away, and at the same time twisted his body suddenly, trying to throw Stephen to the ground.

"Ah!" He could clearly see his actions on the screen, and his gritted teeth showed his ferocious expression very clearly. This behavior was definitely intentional and malicious, although Stephen's buckle just now The action is also very humiliating, but his actions no longer belong to the scope of the court.

The fans at the scene, the players of both sides, the coaches of both sides, and the referee who enforced the game have not yet recovered from the shock of the buckle just now, so naturally they can't do anything to stop it. Even Robert Horry, who is beside Humphries, It's just that I just stretched out my hands to catch them, but there is still a long distance between the two sides.

Seeing that a tragedy was about to happen, Stephen suddenly moved...

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Throat hurt and spit out blood, not that serious, although my throat still hurts after a day, I only drank two sips of water and didn't eat anything, but I am very glad that the words came out, thank you for your concern.