pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 545 You Are the Captain

Kramil is indeed a good rookie, but he didn't get a chance to display his talents in the Turkish league. The Asian Cup has greatly improved his worth.

The most important thing is that his strength has finally been recognized.

In the first season in Turkey, Kramer doubted himself more than once, whether the career path is really suitable for him?

Just when he was at a loss and helpless, it was Rutherford who highlighted Bugatti's suggestion to recruit Kramer, which gave him the opportunity to serve the country.

Although New Zealand's overall strength is not too strong, there is still a "bottom line" in the selection of the national team. After all, it is difficult for a player who averages only 2 points per game to get attention and recruit.

When Bugatti received Rutherford's suggestion, he agreed without hesitation.

Because of his absolute trust in Rutherford.

Krakal also repaid the trust of Rutherford and Bugatti with his real performance on the field.

Players who can beat Zhang Jianing in one-on-one must have reached a certain level in terms of strength, and Kramer's final pass choice shows his strong overall view, knowing how to adapt to changes on the field, rather than being reckless. Such a young man is an asset in itself.

"He no longer needs to prove his own strength, what he needs now is self-recognition." Bugatti is very clear about where Cramir's weakness lies, that is, his lack of self-confidence, lack of confidence in his own strength, even though he has become New Zealand's "second core", but he still feels eager to be recognized.

"Focus a little more." Kramir focused his eyes, carefully interpreting the offensive tactics of the Chinese team, paying attention to everyone's position and dynamics. He was born with a field interpretation ability that is different from ordinary people.

Kramer had a panoramic view of the Chinese team's tactics, and interpreted and predicted them step by step.

"45°, bottom corner, back pass, air cut." Kramer actually completely predicted the Chinese team's attack correctly, and even predicted the passing time very accurately.

"It's now!" Kramir suddenly started, and ran towards Mu Chenfeng who was in the empty seat.

Just one second after he started it, the basketball was really passed to Mu Chenfeng's direction, and Kramer had already settled down and caught the ball firmly.

"Is it a coincidence? He was able to predict our attack." Mu Chenfeng thought to himself as he looked at Kramir's back.

Kramer not only predicted the offensive tactics of the Chinese team, but also made accurate judgments on the defense. When the Chinese team was in position, there was a rare defensive loophole, but it was accurately caught by Kramer. With a through pass, the basketball successfully tore a crack in the Chinese team's defense and sent it straight to the penalty area. The teammates got the ball and easily completed dunks.

The Chinese team has been "stopped", and everyone is watching the young players who shine. If the New Zealand team has always been supported by Rutherford, they have now completed the replacement of the old and new cores. Even Rutherford himself voluntarily gave up the core position and promoted Kramer as the core of the team.

"This No. 5 is extraordinary." Li Tianlong rarely praised his opponents, but Kramer's performance was recognized by him.

Qiu Fei also praised Kramir's performance, "I didn't expect him to be able to understand our tactics, and his pass was very exciting."

At the beginning, the New Zealand team took the lead instead of Rutherford, but Kramer, which disrupted the Chinese team's pre-match deployment to some extent.

The culprit for this passive situation is Bugatti.

When arranging tactics, he asked Rutherford to liberate the core position and focus on Kramer, which made the Chinese team's targeted defense unable to be implemented. It has to be said that Bugatti's tactical change effect was very obvious, and it really caught the Chinese team by surprise.

It also brought Kramir's unique understanding of the field to the extreme. He can "see through" the opponent's tactics in a short time and make the best choice.

"It's a great job." Rutherford greatly appreciated Kramer's performance, and was gratified for his original vision. Kramer can completely succeed him as the next captain of New Zealand.

Rutherford's career in New Zealand has entered the countdown, and the team urgently needs the rapid growth of young players.

The Asian Cup is like an ability test for Kramir, and he gave a surprising answer.

This also gave Rutherford the idea of ​​"retiring". After all, he is 35 years old and his contribution to the team has long been inferior to that of his youth. It is time to leave the opportunity to the younger generation.

After Rutherford retired from the national team, he decided to hand over the captaincy to Kramer, and he will enter the team's management and continue to love basketball in another way.

The New Zealand Basketball Association has given a clear answer. They will arrange for Rutherford to enter the team management after retirement. As for the position, Rutherford will be allowed to choose.

Rutherford's status in the New Zealand national team can even be on an equal footing with Bugatti, and he gave up the opportunity to play in a higher-level league for the development of the New Zealand league.

Roughly estimated, Rutherford lost at least nearly 1 million US dollars for this.

With Rutherford's strength, he can get a salary of more than 2000 million at his peak, but he can only get 200 million a year when he plays in the New Zealand League. This is considered the lowest salary in the NBA, but in New Zealand, 200 million is considered the top salary.

Including the youth team, Rutherford has played for the national team for 20 years. During the long years, he has been conscientiously sticking to the court, and finally led New Zealand to set foot on the high-level finals in Asia. His national team career deserves everyone's respect.

Looking at Kramir, Rutherford seemed to see himself when he was young. Now he still has one thing to do, which is to help Kramir build up his self-confidence.

"Now you are the core of this team, go play at ease." Rutherford finally said that sentence to Kramer, the sentence that Kramer was most eager to hear, and now he has really become the core of the New Zealand national team and has a chance to show his strengths.

Rutherford took off the bracelet representing the captain on his wrist and passed it on to Kramir.

This was given to Rutherford by the captain of the New Zealand national team 10 years ago, and today he gave this bracelet, which symbolizes the captain, to an outstanding junior.

The meaning of the bracelet was very clear to Karamir, so he seemed very hesitant when wearing the bracelet, and asked hesitantly, "Captain, can I really do it?"

"I, Rutherford, will never make mistakes. Now you are the captain." Rutherford did not speak in an encouraging tone this time, but said very firmly.

(End of this chapter)