NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

Next, Zhao Niannian, Zi Qiuli and others immediately started talking about the new idea of ​​commemorative sneakers. The best sneakers of the month, best rookie sneakers, all-star sneakers, and playoff sneakers can all be started. The first step is the design.

Anyway, Tai Chi has a background in shoes, and it is easy to make a few new color "bows". You can make a few pairs of sample shoes first. As for whether it will be launched, it can be determined according to the scale of public attention.

The NBA single-game three-pointer records this point, because the previous attention is very high, it is definitely worth sending a pair.

Zhao Niannian had contacted Tai Chi's domestic designers for the first time, and Zi Chunlin also said that he would contact the marketing company the next day to prepare new promotional copywriting and advertising ideas.

Naturally, the sales scale cannot be higher than the 10000 pairs of the main model of the bow.

Everyone discussed it, and finally Zhang Jinshui decided to produce 5000 pairs, but the sales scale was set at 3000 pairs.

As a person who experienced the wave of sneaker craze in his previous life, Zhang Jinshui understood that whether sneakers are a buyer's market or a seller's market, it all depends on the circulation.

As long as the circulation is not high, fans and those so-called fashionistas and street pioneers will rush to buy them at a higher price. Although the quantity is not large, it seems that they cannot make money, but they can be reproduced in the future.

Just like the most classic AJ1 color matching "Chicago", it is precisely because the circulation of the 85 edition is not large that it has been hyped as a god shoe by many sneaker lovers.

Later, Hook was reproduced on a large scale three times in 1994, 2013 and 2015 respectively. There was also a Spider-Man version, an old version and an off-white special joint edition. He made a lot of money, and he also fattened up a group of speculators.

The marketing idea behind this living example is definitely worth learning from Zhang Jinshui, and other people, now convinced by Zhang Jinshui, will naturally not question it.

Chatting about Taiji Zijin, Zhang Jinshui suddenly realized that, before he knew it, not only the dishes he had ordered had been served, but they had already eaten enough, and the time had already reached 12 o'clock in the morning.

It turns out that talking about a career, especially a career that looks promising, can make people so invested.

At two o'clock tomorrow afternoon, Zhang Jinshui will also participate in the training of the Rockets. Naturally, he can't delay too long in the restaurant, so he took the initiative to end the topic.

Before leaving the table, everyone raised their glasses together with wine, drinks and water in their hands, which was regarded as an advance cheer for the opening of Tai Chi Zijin on the 26th.

Then, Zhang Jinshui and the others left Yao Restaurant together.

On the way home, Zhang Jinshui sat in the co-pilot and saw Zi Chunlin in the back row with a disturbed expression on his face. He probably guessed that Zi Chunlin was also afraid that Zi Qiuli would reveal the relationship between the two children to his parents in advance. Knot.

Zhang Jinshui couldn't help but think of Zi Chunlin who was alone at the time and brought him to the United States to participate in joint training with private money. It is the character design of a heroine of an urban movie.

Who would have thought that this leading heroine would show such a lovely and uneasy look when faced with a situation involving her lover and family.

The more Zhang Jinshui looked at it, the softer his heart became, and he took the initiative to ask loudly: "Zi Qiuli, Zi Chunlin and I will see your parents in a few days, before that, can you not tell them about us. Of course, if you have any quid pro quo, you can bring it up now."

When talking about exchanging conditions, Zhang Jinshui emphasized the accent, in fact, he was also reminding Zi Qiuli not to beat the snake and climb along the pole.

Before Zi Qiuli used his sister's happiness to threaten him to ask for Scarlett Johansson's phone number, it was not an open and honest thing.

Zi Qiuli parked the car in front of Zhang Jinshui's house, looked at Zhang Jinshui with a menacing look on his face, then turned his head to look at Zi Chunlin with an earnest look on his face, and sighed helplessly: "Whether this is a combination of soft and hard, alas, You two are really a perfect match, I'm afraid of you, don't worry, I'm still my biological brother no matter what, I didn't pick it up."

After finishing speaking, Zi Qiuli unlocked the car window insurance, and said dissatisfiedly: "I have seen my older sister since I was a child, and my elbows will turn outward in the future. It makes me uncomfortable to think about it. Get out, get out, don't hinder me from going. Get drunk."

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At 11 o'clock in the afternoon the next day, Zhang Jinshui, who had slept for [-] hours, was driven by Zi Chunlin to the Rockets' training base after eating brunch, and appeared on the training ground on time.

Tomorrow night is the game against the Nuggets, so Van Gundy did not arrange physical training today, but directly entered the tactical run-in for the Nuggets' style of play.

At first glance, the paper strength of the Nuggets is quite luxurious, especially the little melo Anthony, who has evolved into an offensive kaleidoscope averaging 27 points per game this season, plus Andre Miller, Kenyon Martin and Ma Cuscambe's three star players are no exaggeration to say that they are contenders for the Western Conference Final Four.

However, the lineup configuration of the Nuggets, if you chew carefully, you can still see a lot of incongruities.

Especially Kenyon Martin, when he was in the Nets, he looked heavenly and omnipotent, but in fact it was mainly due to Jason Kidd's top passing ability, without Jason Kidd, Kenyon Martin's self-help offensive ability Not trustworthy at all.

Although the Nuggets also deployed Andre Miller, who once won the league's assist leader, Andre Miller belongs to the type that relies on his personal offensive ability to extend assists, and his control of the offensive rhythm is actually not very good. Strong, unable to support Kenyon Martin's finishing ability.

This season, Ken Yang averaged only a little over 10 points per game, which is the best proof.

However, Kenyon Martin's presence on the defensive end is still very strong, after all, his athletic ability is there.

Coupled with Marcus Camby, a big center with the league's top defensive ability, the Nuggets' inside defense will be their biggest reliance on the defensive end.

Van Gundy has obviously done his homework. On the offensive end, he focused on letting the players practice some offensive moves around Zhang Jinshui's open three-pointer, allowing Sean Battier to resolutely find open opportunities in the two bottom corners, and re- Arranged some breakthrough points and pick-and-roll shooting tactics with McGrady and Sprewell as the engine.

On the defensive end, Van Gundy didn't practice much.

However, at the end of the training, he spent 20 minutes gathering all the Rockets players together, analyzed some commonly used offensive tactics of the Nuggets, and finally gave a conclusion:

The Nuggets have two main threats on the offensive end. One is the personal offense of the little melon Anthony, and the other is Andre Miller. His organizational offense is based on breaking through the ball and singles first, and then creating points after attracting the defense. and assist opportunities.

The offensive style of these two people is doomed that the Nuggets will not have a very threatening system offense.

So what the Rockets have to do on the defensive end is for Sean Battier and Zhang Jinshui to limit the performance of Melo Anthony and Andre Miller in one-on-one.

After finishing speaking, Van Gundy looked at Zhang Jinshui and said: "Zhang Jinshui, we still need your off-ball running on the offensive end, so it will be a big physical challenge to take care of the defensive end at the same time. Let’s try it out first, and it doesn’t matter if you’re too tired, I can let the madman guard against Andre Miller on the defensive end.”

I have to say that as a head coach, although Van Gundy lacks some unconstrained ideas, he has a rigorous style and always takes care of some details in advance. He is definitely a diligent and good coach.

Zhang Jinshui nodded, and said loudly: "Understood, coach, let me try it first. If I find that my physical strength encounters a bottleneck, I will take the initiative to speak out."

Van Gundy nodded in relief, obviously satisfied with Zhang Jinshui's attitude of handling the game in a professional way without deliberately showing off.

Subsequently, Van Gundy announced the starting lineup for the game:

Point guard Zhang Jinshui, shooting guard McGrady, small forward Shane Battier, power forward Howard, center Yao Ming.

Compared with the past, the biggest adjustment to the starting lineup this time is to replace Chuck Hayes with Uncle Huo, who has gradually faded out of the rotation during this period of time.

In fact, Van Gundy has already tried to put Huo Ershu and Yao Ming together in the offensive training just now. The intention of this lineup arrangement is actually very obvious. It is to use Huo Ershu's mid-range shooting ability to try to help Yao Ming open up some inside singles. space.

After all, both Chuck Hayes and Birdman Anderson lack the ability to attack long distances inside.

When Yao Ming is playing singles with the ball, Kenyon Martin can let them go and use his athletic ability to quickly rush to Yao Ming's side to interfere with Yao Ming.

But if Uncle Huo is on the court, if Kenyon Martin does this, Yao Ming can give the ball to Uncle Huo, and let the latter punish the opponent with a mid-range shot.

After hearing Van Gundy announce his name, Second Uncle Huo, who had been quietly sitting aside, immediately showed an excited smile. His lips trembled and wanted to say something, but after holding back for a long time, he only said "Thank you coach "Four words.

It can be seen that this veteran who was famous in the United States as the Michigan Five Tigers in college, and later played in the NBA for more than ten years, and even won a contract worth [-] million yuan. The pride and persistence of an NBA fighter who has always been eager to play something on this team.

And Van Gundy let him start again in this important game against the Nuggets before Christmas, which is undoubtedly the greatest affirmation that he still has this role, which is why Uncle Huo is so excited.

Zhang Jinshui felt emotional in his heart, and walked forward with Uncle Yao Ming and Mai Dimu, fist bumping with Uncle Huo to celebrate.

Finally, McGrady and Yao Ming raised their right hands, gathered all the Rockets players together, and shouted: "For Uncle Huo, for Christmas, and for the fans of the Rockets, come on, we must win the Nuggets tomorrow!"

"Come on! Take the Nuggets!" Zhang Jinshui shouted along with other players.

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At 6:[-] the next night, Zhang Jinshui and other Rockets soldiers who were ready to go, led by Yao Ming, rushed out of the player tunnel of the Toyota Center.

The entire Toyota Center is already a sea of ​​Christmas with rocket red as the main color.

Rocket Bear put on a Christmas costume today, holding the Rockets team flag, is galloping around the field at the Toyota Center.

Zi Chunlin and Zhang Xiaoman, who were sitting on the sidelines, also put on dresses in the color matching of Santa Claus costumes.

In the stands, there were also many fans dressed up as Santa Claus wearing Rockets jerseys, and more people held signs to ask the Rockets players for Christmas gifts-the victory of this game.

Obviously, because there is no Christmas game scheduled, Rockets fans and staff will treat this game as their own Christmas party.

Before the warm-up began, the Rockets officially held a simple 5-minute ceremony, inviting a local Houston hip-hop female singer to present a Christmas song to all the audience, bringing the atmosphere to a new climax.

Of course, whether these atmospheres can be continued depends on the performance of the Rockets players in this game.

At 7:[-] p.m. local time in Houston, as the referee threw the basketball into the air, the Rockets' last game before Christmas, a home game against the Nuggets in the Western Conference, officially began.

Marcus Camby, who has the bullet speed advantage, first helped the Nuggets grab the ball.

After Andre Miller got the ball, he took the ball into the frontcourt, and immediately handed the ball to Anthony, who ran to the right at a 45-degree angle.

With his back to Sean Battier, Anthony dribbled the ball directly, pouted his buttocks and arched Sean Battier to the inside.

When Anthony approached the three-second zone and Zhang Jinshui, who was the closest, tried to interfere, Anthony made a turnaround jumper and hit two points steadily, helping the Nuggets get off to a 2-0 start.

Watching Anthony's skillful singles play this time, Zhang Jinshui felt unreal like a dream.

In fact, in the last life, Anthony was considered one of Zhang Jinshui's favorite offensive players in the NBA.

Even now, Zhang Jinshui still remembers Anthony's amazing performance in the New York Knicks away game against the Heat on April 13, 4.

Before that game, the Heat had already reported that the two core LeBron James and Dern Wade would miss the game due to physical reasons.

As a result, Heat fans challenged Anthony on social media, claiming that in such a game where the strengths were not equal at all, even if Anthony won, it would be dishonorable.

And the arrogant Anthony responded to the provocation directly on his social account, asking the other party: If I am in this game and don't enter the Heat's restricted area for the entire game, can I still help the Knicks take the victory?