Reborn NBA's Strongest Talent

Chapter 139
After three games, the Thunder once again entered the media's attention.

The success of the summer signings allowed the Thunder to directly skip the reconstruction process that Durant's departure may lead to.

This is of course also because Westbrook's crazy performance last season impressed the team's executives.

Taking advantage of Westbrook's peak, he will spare no effort to build the team into a championship level and bring the team its first championship after changing its name.

This is the good wish of Thunder executives.

But the quality of the team can only be verified by competitions. As far as these three games are concerned, they are successful.

But someone will always have a different opinion.

LaShawn Merritt, the well-known commentator, reappeared on his regular guest TV show on Oct. 10, the day after the Thunder's three-game winning streak.

The show host and Merritt had a good chat, and when it came to Irving leaving James, everything was not so sharp.

"Owen made a stupid decision!" Merritt's conclusion made the host tremble a little.

If you directly criticize a certain superstar on this kind of TV program with not low ratings, it will either become popular in the sky, or be sprayed by fans into autism.

"James can make up for all of Irving's shortcomings. He is not calm and conceited. Irving is not an excellent organizer, and it is so difficult for him to find another organizer to help him." Merritt can see that he is a little angry.

Merritt punched the big table in front of him, and it shook for a while, making the host worry about how to cover up his embarrassment of not wearing trousers if the table was smashed, oh no, how to change a table.

"Merritt, I don't know if your fist hurts, but this year's defending champion Warriors started with a lot of pain. Let's talk about the Warriors." The host broke the topic and praised himself inwardly. He has great adaptability on the spot.

In addition to losing to the Rockets in the first three games of the Warriors, they also lost in the game against the Grizzlies the day before yesterday.

With one win and two losses at the start, it doesn't look like the defending champion.

Although the responsibility is not on Curry Durant and other stars, but Green only scored 3 points and Iguodala scored zero, but a loss is a loss.

"Green is a pseudo-giant!" Merritt's anger remained undiminished. "In the first three games, he averaged 6.6 points per game, and his shooting percentage was less than 30%. No, maybe I made a mistake. It should be less than 25%!"

"Could this be the stats of a player called a giant?"

The host thought for a while, "Green is very important in the Warriors' system. His organization makes it difficult for opponents to defend. Curry, Thompson, Durant and the three can score at will. Just like Rodman next to Jordan back then, the man who averaged only 7 points per game is called a giant."

"Rodman doesn't attack, but his shooting percentage is not so low. In addition, anyone who can pass the ball with Curry Thompson Durant can also get assists at will, just like Shaquille's grandma and Jordan can also win the championship!"

If the logic of O'Neal's words is correct, the logic of Merritt's words is also correct. With three super scorers as teammates, you can be a blue-collar player with peace of mind and no one else will hack you. If you want to steal the limelight, you really have to show your skills.

"Does this have anything to do with the Warriors' loss?" Merritt answered some irrelevant questions, and the host had to ask again.

"Green's role was irreplaceable before Durant joined the Warriors, but now he has become dispensable, and he is still unable to score and play a role. With his character, the Warriors' locker room will definitely not be peaceful. This is the reason for the loss." Merritt said firmly, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

This topic has touched other people's locker rooms again, and it's still speculation, and the host is starting to have a headache again. Now that there are so many Warriors fans, saying this is digging a hole for his own show.

The subject must be changed again.

"On the contrary, it's the Thunder. After Durant left, Westbrook won the MVP. This year, he won the first three consecutive victories. With the addition of Paul George this year, the Thunder's strength is expected to return to the peak."

"Westbrook and George are both unstable players, and they can't make up for each other. This year's strength has improved to a certain extent, but it is not enough to return to the peak." Merritt gave a slight "tss".

Too many people make a lot of assertions after just watching a few games, which in the eyes of professional commentators is simply nonsense.

"Stable players include Richard, and his shooting percentage has always been controlled above 50%."

"Richard can only score, but can't kill the game! Now Richard's scoring is mainly focused on shooting. He can't rush into the enemy's lineup to cause damage. He won't destroy the opponent's defense, let alone create opportunities for his teammates."

"Strictly speaking, Richard's scoring ability is based on the fact that the team has two other stars. Once Westbrook and George are out of order at the same time, Richard will not be able to lead the team to victory."

The host rarely agreed with Merritt's point of view, and nodded subconsciously, "Recently, I heard that in China, Richard's popularity has skyrocketed, even surpassing Yao Ming's time in the NBA."

Richard's scoring ability is obvious to all, but he has never led a team, and as Merritt said, Richard rarely involves defense and creates opportunities for his teammates.

The basics of rebounds, assists, steals and blocks have not improved significantly. To anyone, he is a role player who can only score.

This kind of player can act as a killer at a critical moment, but it is beyond the scope of his ability to change the trend of a game by himself.

It's just how these people would know that in the Kobe training camp, Richard led the team to victory by himself.

Now the existence of Westbrook and George does not become the basis of Richard, but covers up Richard's ability, because there is no need to show it.

"When it comes to China's popularity, it's meaningless to the player's strength. As long as there is a yellow face, they will like it without distinction. It doesn't matter whether the player is really strong or not."

"Remember Jimmy Lin? Back then, he was also called Lin Crazy, but in fact, Lin's statistics at the time were just an above-qualified point guard in the league, not even a superstar in the league, just because he also had a yellow face."

"However, this is still very useful for commercial income, and it may receive a lot of advertisements." Merritt smiled shamelessly, and seemed very satisfied with his joke.

The host also laughed. He and Merritt finally found a common topic to talk about. It will not affect the ratings of the show, and it may not be possible to increase the ratings.

I don't know if the ratings have increased, but Richard, who was watching the show, curled his lips in anger.

The main reason was that there was another person who was so angry that he was mad. Luo Xi was already holding the remote control and was about to smash the TV, but Richard hugged him by the waist, and he didn't break free and didn't smash the TV.

In other words, Richard did not control Luo Xi's hand, and Luo Xi did not throw the remote control to smash the TV.

"Li Cha, let me go! I'm going to clean up these two bastards!" Luo Xi's hands and feet were kicking and beating in the air, and his hair was messed up, flying to Richard's eyes, nose and mouth.

"Ah!" Richard sneezed when his nose was scratched by Roxi's hair.

Luo Xi stopped, turned his head and stared blankly at Richard.

How dare you sneeze when you're so serious?What's the meaning?what idea?
Richard rubbed his nose, how can this be explained?Just don't explain it, just take it as a wake-up call that you want to speak.

"If you do this, you will only smash our TV, and you have to spend money to buy a new one. We haven't received the advertisement yet, so there is no money to waste." Richard told a joke in a serious manner.

The corner of Luo Xi's mouth twitched a few times, "I know you're telling a joke, but I can't laugh at all. Aren't you angry?"

Richard sighed slightly, "This is already a light word. Didn't I just say that Owen and Green are more serious? If they want to clean up, they will take the lead. If they don't show up, I can't touch each other."

Richard's calm and composed remarks made Rosie nod his head almost unbelievably.

"Westbrook set an example for me last year. When faced with doubts, the best way is to defeat him with strength and performance instead of giving the opponent more loopholes to exploit."

Luo Xi lowered his head slowly, "Then are you going to train now?"

"The team finally has a day off. Do you want me to go to training so much? Wouldn't it be good to stay with you at home?" Richard laughed and coaxed Luo Xi, worried that Luo Xi would feel lonely because he didn't have time to accompany her.

"You went to the Kobe training camp for so many days and I came here by myself, do you care about your day and a half?" Luo Xi turned his face away.

Richard also turned his face away, following Luo Xi's current expression, so that he could know how to coax him.

If you are angry, then firmly stand by Roxi's side, not to mention training, and don't even touch the ball.

If you are tsundere, then praise her and pet her so that Luo Xi can feel that she loves her more than basketball.

Unexpectedly, Luo Xi was snickering.

No wonder you have to turn your face away!

"Are you acting out because you're afraid that I'll be angry?" Richard was worried for a long time in vain, but in the end he was acted, and his face turned serious.

"Who knows that your mentality is better than I imagined, which prevented my acting skills at the level of an Oscar-winning actress. Sigh..." Luo Xi shook his head with a sigh.

Seeing Richard, he couldn't help laughing again, and stuck out his tongue to make a face.

Such a naughty and lovely girlfriend, how could Richard get angry, he could only helplessly lift his stern face, and look at Luo Xi dotingly.

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