You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 1019 He is still far behind

After the NBA preseason game in China, the Pistons returned to the United States.

In the US, three more preseason games await them.

This trip has gained a lot. Mo Mengchen got to know Zhong Guican. When he learned that the opponent was originally a volleyball player, he changed to basketball because he liked him. At one point, he had the idea of ​​bringing him to the Pistons through the draft.

This is not an idea that popped up casually, Zhong Guican's talent is astonishing.

His wingspan can be said to be an unrivaled talent among people of the yellow race.

Although there are countless problems, it is indeed a rough jade worth polishing.

Then, he asked someone to investigate Zhong Guican, but he got a depressing result.

Zhong Guican's official age is 19, but his actual age may not be the same.

Changing his age is a common case in the Chinese sports world, and Zhong Guican is one of them. This is not his fault. The general environment is such that if he does not change his age, then when he is 16 years old, he will have to compete with a group of 18-year-olds or even The 20-year-old "peer" confrontation.

Who can stand this kind of cross-level battle?
Therefore, Zhong Guican was affected by this and had to change his age.

According to the information obtained by Mo Mengchen, Zhong Guican may be 4 years younger, that is to say, his real age should be around 23 years old.

If he was 19 years old, Mo Mengchen might really bring him to the Pistons.

But changed to 4 years old, the actual age is 23 years old?
Good luck to him.

If Space Yi was given his student card before the draft, letting the NBA know his real age, then even if he can be selected, it will only be at the end of the second round, and it is impossible to enter the lottery.

The official age is 19 years old, Kong Tianyi participated in the draft, and his resume is a brilliant Asian Youth Championship champion, the best team of the World Youth Championship, CBA champion and so on.

As a 19-year-old prodigy, with such gems as Yao Huang in front of him, even if there are many problems, they are not problems.

But if the NBA knew he was 22 at the time, that's a different concept.

The age of 19 to 22 is a rapidly rising age. Those problems have existed for so many years, but there is still no improvement. It is very likely that they will always exist. Only those who are tenacious can still keep improving step by step after the age of 25. .

Mo Mengchen believes that Zhong Guican is not an ordinary person, but he doesn't have much energy to help another rookie with problems.

So, good luck to him.

If he is really a special person, even without the help of others, even if his actual age is 4 years older than the official age, it will not prevent him from succeeding.

The Pistons are back in the United States, and they still have three preseason games to play.

In these three preseason games, the Pistons achieved a record of two wins and one loss.

After the pre-season ended, Frauses talked with Gerrard for the first time and told him that he would play as a starting four in the future.

Hearing that he could start, Gerrard was very excited. He thought he would always play as a substitute like Jerome and Magloire.

Because the small forward position of the Pistons had been held by Hill before, and later he chose Anthony with the No. [-] pick.Even if Hill gets old, Anthony will take over as his successor.

Frouseth suddenly found him and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. Gerald felt like a dream, and could hardly believe it was real.

He readily agreed.

He has been playing power forward in the past few preseason games, averaging 12 points and 6 rebounds per game, and he seems to be able to adapt to his new role.

Mo Mengchen believes that there will be many problems during the season.

Gerrard wants to play power forward, the existing weight is definitely not enough.He has been playing small forward before, and has become a fearsome defender by virtue of his tonnage and athletic ability. Playing power forward is another level of test.

At this time, it was 2005. The heyday of power forwards at the beginning of the century has passed, but many star power forwards are still at their peak. Every team has good starting power forwards. To fight against them, Gerrard can only rely on Physically, and it is very likely that he will suffer a lot because he can't stand up inside.

At that time, the only person who can wipe his ass is Curry.

In the NBA opener of the new season, the Pistons' opponent is the New Orleans Hornets.

The Hornets are the second biggest winner of the offseason.

Through the trade, they got Tracy McGrady, who fell out with the old club Kings.

In the past two years, McGrady, just like his fate, has been plagued by injuries and has always been unable to reach his best form. Coupled with the team's poor record, as a head star, he has naturally been criticized by the media.

When he hung up the exemption card, Nowitzki, who had just entered the peak, led the Kings to an excellent record.

The media's accusations made McGrady do all kinds of incredible things off the court.

In the beginning, it was just a matter between McGrady and the media, and later even the management of the Kings was involved. In the end, the two sides fell out and McGrady was traded.

In the Hornets, McGrady can freely play the two position, because the one position has Chauncey Billups.

The opening game started in New Orleans, and the Pistons started the first game of the season with an away game.

"For the first time in seven years, the Pistons don't have Rasheed Wallace in their starting lineup."

"For the first time in 11 years, the Pistons don't have Grant Hill in their starting lineup."

If possible, Mo Mengchen would like to get close to these people and remind them that Rashid has worked hard in the past seven years, but he has been suspended many times due to accumulated technical fouls. Why is it "not the first time"?
As for Hill, his first MVP season was because the guy was injured and missed a month or two. How come "not for the first time"?
With this incident, Mo Mengchen found out that these media people are really talking nonsense.

Their words have little impact on this game. The Hornets sitting on McGrady and Billups are just ordinary strong teams in the West. Whether they can make the playoffs depends on the health of the former. As for the playoffs Prospects - there is a high probability that they will not pass the first round.

At the beginning of the game, Mo Mengchen sat on Billups three times in a row.

The scene was stunned.

These three times, one was a turnaround jumper; the other was a backhand hit after turning around and entering the basket;

Not surprisingly, they all hit, and Mo Mengchen stunned Billups when he came up.

The coach of the Hornets, former Lakers star Byron Scott is a good player in training guards, but McGrady is a finished product and does not need his training. He really does not know how to make this versatile swingman difficult to use. Unleash your full energy.

The coach has nothing to do, and McGrady can't figure out the team's system. He can only dissociate from the system and fight alone.

The man who defends McGrady is Anthony.

If a second traveler saw how Anthony defended McGrady, he would be seriously frightened.

Because Anthony who works so hard on the defensive end has never appeared.

Anthony gave birth to the "bad defense" data, which is closely related to the number of shots Anthony made. As an offensive player, in order to keep the right to shoot, he naturally has to defend with all his strength.

A superstar like Tracy McGrady cannot be defended by him with all his strength or not.

Tonight happens to be Maddie's opening night.

When McGrady hit a three-pointer above Anthony's head for two consecutive rounds, Melo couldn't stand it anymore.

The triangle offense followed, and Anthony got stuck in the low post.

He just wanted to attack, but Mo Mengchen easily ran into the unguarded penalty area with Curry's off-ball screen.

Seeing a good opportunity, passing has become Anthony's instinct.

This is how Anthony gets more shots for himself.

There are punishment regulations, and naturally there are reward regulations.

As long as Anthony sends an assist, his shot count will increase by one.

At the beginning, Anthony assisted for more shots. After two seasons, the practice of shooting the ball when he saw an open space has entered his game awareness and become an instinct similar to the defensive sense of smell.

Assisting Mo Mengchen to score, there was neither sadness nor joy on his face, and Mo Mengchen never praised him.

The two returned to defense blankly.

McGrady continued to use his fiery touch to shoot Anthony's defense from any position on the field.

It is difficult for McGrady to defeat the Pistons alone.

The Pistons' triangle offense is still in its infancy, and while they've had a championship season with this system, they've had to start over with the loss of two starters.

In the first quarter, the two sides still had exchanges.

In the second quarter, McGrady took a 4-minute break, and then the second team of the Pistons, led by Ginobili, Prince and Kevin Martin, combined running and bombing with Princeton to play an amazing 14 than 0.

After the expansion draft, the depth of the Pistons' lineup was hit hard. Last season, eight players played. Now, Martin and Tony Allen, who were drafted in the past two years, have formed immediate combat capabilities, and the amazing lineup depth advantage has reappeared.

After the score was drawn, the Hornets had nothing to sing.

In the second half, McGrady lost his fiery touch, and Mo Mengchen and Anthony kept playing the routine of calling pick-and-rolls to cut shots from the left and right sides.

Ginobili and Curry, the two stand in the high position and the top of the arc, as long as the ball is sent out, they can be exchanged for assists.

After this wave of offense, the Hornets are 28 points behind the Pistons.

The game enters garbage time.

In the first game of the season, Mo Mengchen played 31 minutes and scored 34 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. Anthony was not inferior. The defensive end faced McGrady. 21 assists.

Anthony appears to be able to take Hill's gun.

At least tonight, he gave the world that feeling.

"For the Pistons, the test is yet to come."

"This is not the best of him." Mo Mengchen's harshness towards Anthony surprised the media, "He can do better."

In his previous life, Anthony averaged 27 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists per game in the third grade, and then he stopped there. A similar performance continued throughout his career, from the Nuggets to the Knicks, and it never changed.

This season will be key if Momo is aiming to revamp Anthony.

He's willing to pass now, he's willing to defend now, and he has to be willing to take on core responsibilities and really take Hill's place, play like a core, and play like the true successor to Dor.Mo and Devil Hills.

"At present, he is still far behind." Mo Mengchen said in surprise.

(End of this chapter)