If I were Yi Di in the NBA

Chapter 13 Welfare Tasks
[Rookie season benefit task: Who is the better rookie. 】

In the third game after the start of the regular season, Yi Jian cleared out the mission again.

He has already mastered the key to this welfare task, which is that the opponent's team must have this class of rookies.

The Sonics started back-to-back, and their opponents were the Nuggets and Suns, the Western powerhouses.

In the West, the Nuggets and Suns are not considered the top teams, but they are definitely much better than the rebuilt Supersonics.

The Sonics still have a chance to upset in the preseason, but the regular season is much more difficult.

Moreover, this season in the West belongs to the era of competition among heroes, and the strength of most teams in the West is not far behind.

What they have in common is that they can't beat the supersonic speed.

He lost two games in a row at the beginning, but Yi Jian performed well personally, with a much better shooting percentage than Durant.

Neither the Nuggets nor the Suns had any rookies to play, and they didn't complete any welfare tasks. They only earned a reputation.

It's better for the Clippers. The team has the No. 14 pick Al Thornton, who can help activate the task.

As an older rookie with immediate combat power, Al Thornton has not yet had a chance to start.

The Clippers' strength has been declining in the past two years, and this season continues to be unfavorable. Their core insider, Brand, was injured during training in the summer and could not play directly.

In the free market, they are just making small troubles, and they feel that their future is not great.

But at the beginning of the season, the Clippers still wanted to work hard.

Their starters are veteran Cassell, fake starter Quinton Rose, muscle man Corey Maggette, Tim Thomas who likes to float outside and shoot, and German Kaman.

The Clippers can be considered internal and external, but their strength is a bit weak, and both offense and defense are not very good.

Maggette and Kaman can be regarded as quasi-all-stars, with some strength but obvious shortcomings.

The current Yi Jian and Durant are almost at this level.

The Sonics' starting lineup has been relatively stable since the start of the regular season.

Besides Yi Jian and Durant, there are Watson, Wilkins and Wilcox.

According to his height, Yi Jian had to go to the fifth position.

But he has already communicated with the team that he can only play the fourth position, so the top five positions are Wilcox, Collison and others in turn.

Yi Jian didn't want to go to the penalty area to fight with the muscular man, and get injured because of the heavy burden on his body.

He is still starting from the offensive end first. In the future, when he becomes stronger, he may be able to make guest appearances occasionally to help the team improve their tactical flexibility.

In this way, he faces Tim Thomas, a swingman who doesn't like to defend.

Tim Thomas was also a high-ranking pick when he was young, and his physical fitness was very good, but he didn't like confrontation, he only liked to shoot outside.

Many insiders who are said to be soft in the league do not like to shoot outside as much as he does, so he has been criticized by the outside world for wasting talent and not being self-motivated.

This buddy was also born in the wrong era, and his type might be very popular in a few years.

After the game started, Yi Jian got a chance along the way and dunked again to score two points.

It feels really easy. The Clippers' defense may be slightly better than the Sonics, but it's definitely worth a bad word.

There is no doubt that this is another confrontation.

Since the start of the new Supersonic season, Yi Jian has not encountered a good defensive player, and Yi Jian has gotten used to it.

He and Durant's consecutive good statistics are directly related to the opponent's defense.

The game was away, but Yi Jian still saw Chinese fans supporting him in the Staples Center.

After entering the NBA, his fan data has greatly increased.

After all, after he came out, he represented the image of a domestic athlete, and even many fans of his former rivals began to support him because of his Chinese identity.

Now on the other side of the ocean, there are also many people watching the live broadcast.

Every time he thinks of this, Yi Jian will be more energetic on the court.

When he came back to defend, Yi Jian was also relatively relaxed.

Tim Thomas really doesn't like physical confrontation, and now that he is a little older, his physical fitness is not as strong as before.

But the opponent's shooting is indeed better than him.

By the time Al Thornton came off the bench, Yi Jian had already scored four goals.

Facing a team with poor defense, you must try to get as much data as possible, and there is nothing embarrassing about it.

Because the Clippers lack the inside line, Al Thornton, who is more of a small forward, also has to face Yi Jian.

Older rookies can still enter the lottery, and Al Thornton obviously has something.

The physical fitness is really amazing, the speed and jumping are very good.

It's just that he didn't fight for long, and Yi Jian didn't face the opponent for a few rounds.

In Al Thornton's limited minutes, Yi Jian happened to be resting most of the time.

However, the completion of the task is not a big problem.

Because there are no chances, Al Thornton can't play data at all.

Yi Jian knows that Thornton has been reused by the Clippers, but he is still sitting on the bench honestly.

This is a process that many rookies have to go through, and he and Durant skipped the process of being younger brothers.

In this respect, he was very lucky to start his career with the Sonics.

"Defend them, they're just rookies, can't you even guard rookies?" Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy yelled from the sidelines.

It's just that the effect is not great, and the Clippers players feel underpowered.

For a certain period of time, because of the performance of Yi Jian and Durant, the Supersonics really took the lead.

Only, they are not very stable.

After all, the Clippers have veterans like the alien Cassel to sort out their offense, and they also have an orthodox center, unlike the Supersonics who only rely on offensive touch.

As for the bench lineup, the Clippers with the old cat Mobley are obviously much more stable.

The Supersonics are now, if the strongest lineup is put together, it is not too bad, but the background is not as good as other teams.

Even some bad teams can't compare, they really don't score many points.

Coupled with the fact that the head coach Carlesimo has not yet determined the main rotation, plus minor injuries, it is normal for them to start losing streak.

In the end, Yi Jian and Durant are both 20+, but the victory has not yet come.

As for the contest with the opponent's rookie, Thornton only scored 4 points in the limited time, which was almost a fraction of Yi Jian's. It was indeed a welfare task.

[The game data crushed the Clippers rookie Al Thornton, rewarding speed +1, bounce +1, three-pointer +1. 】

After receiving the reward, Yi Jian was ecstatic. He didn't expect that a rookie who is not very strong can also increase three data points, which is not much worse than Durant.

He was worried that Durant would be an exception before, but now it seems that it is definitely a real benefit.

Yi Jian also said after the game, "We are playing very hard. We hope for victory more than the fans. I hope everyone can be patient. We will definitely become stronger and stronger."

Yi Jian didn't believe it. When he raised his stats, he wouldn't be able to lead the team to win a few more games.

(End of this chapter)