Legend of Tomorrow

DeMarcus, remember, no matter what happens tonight, no matter how many points Jason Guo scores, you must control your emotions and never conflict with him, you know?

The 58-year-old Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts gave center Cousins ​​an ideological lesson. The reason was that the guy told his teammates during training that if Guo Xu dared to hit him in pick-and-rolls again and again, he would let him go. Guo Xu couldn't eat and walked around.

Everyone felt that he could really do it, because he could not imagine the serious consequences of the conflict with Guo Xu, and he usually did not think about it before speaking and doing things. He thinks with his knees. He is very happy when he can keep up with his opponent when moving sideways on the court, but he is angry when he cannot keep up.

I understand. Cousins ​​frowned and the corners of his mouth were drooped. He looked like a naughty kid who was forbidden from throwing firecrackers into the manhole cover. He didn't understand at all that his parents' instructions were because they were afraid that something would happen to him.

You don't look like you understand... I really don't want to see you get a technical foul anymore. Stotts said with a bitter smile.

Cousins ​​was the player with the most technical fouls in the league last season. When he faced the Mavericks in November, he was ejected for two technical fouls. He wanted to rush on the court to argue with the referee, but luckily he was stopped by his teammates.

In January, when the Kings lost to the Clippers at home, Cousins ​​​​hit the ball directly on the back of the head of Paul who was running forward under the basket. Everyone who watched it felt very painful.

How much hatred is this? There must be some revenge in it!

However, the reason why Cousins ​​​​adopted the angry smash method was just because he believed that Paul was a player who liked to use small tricks such as diving, and he suffered from Paul in this regard and believed that he was bullied by Paul. !

Cousins ​​was drafted into the league in 2010. He was played by Guo Xu in the regular season for the first three seasons of his career. He always felt that Guo Xu was making things difficult for him, Cousins.

After Guo Xu retired, the two formed a bigger gap.

When Guo Xu was a guest commentator on TNT last season, he chatted with O'Neal and others about Cousins, and used the retired Yao Ming as a reference.

Barkley believes that Yao Ming's offensive ability in the low post is unsolvable, but his mobility is average. Relatively speaking, Cousins ​​has more offensive methods and stronger three-point shooting ability. He has the potential to become the number one center in the NBA. In the small ball era, Barkley believed that Cousins' ability would completely surpass Yao Ming.

O'Neal immediately retorted: You are insulting Yao Ming and me. Please don't compare the current insiders with us. They are not at the same level in terms of dominance.

Guo Xu joked: Fortunately, Yao Ming has retired, otherwise you would have kissed the donkey's ass again. Can Cousins ​​​​compare with Yao Ming? He passed the first round of the playoffs first.

Let's talk about making our field goal percentage exceed 50%.

Guo Xu's words are very weighty, and many fans immediately said that Cousins ​​​​is a swindler on the Internet. Although his statistics last season were better than those of Yao Ming at his peak, averaging 24.3 points, 12.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.7 blocks per game.

Cousins ​​was unhappy and believed that he was the true leader of the Trail Blazers. The management gave up on Aldridge and kept him as proof. In fact, he is really a scumbag. Aldridge must leave.

This incident made coach Stotts very helpless. He felt that if the team management sent Cousins ​​​​earlier, Ade might still be able to stay.

When Cousins ​​frowned and cried, Stotts didn't know whether he hated his opponent, was dissatisfied with his teammates, disgusted the audience, or disgusted himself. His eyebrows were originally quite cheerful, but when coupled with his expression, they became extremely tangled and full of energy.

If you want Cousins ​​to lead the team to win, the prerequisite is that no one messes with him. Would such an unruly person who would even hit himself when angry would be the team's treasure?

Then Stotts talked to point guard Ricky Rubio alone and emphasized the matter of defending Guo Xu.

Rubio listened very seriously on the surface, but he actually wanted to say: There is really no need to emphasize this, I will definitely not be able to guard against him.

Fans also have mixed reviews of the handsome Spanish guy. He has a good overall view, keen insight and extremely coquettish passing. But at the same time, his shooting that is so bad that he cannot bear to look at it is also a problem that Rubio has been unable to solve for many years. He was even nicknamed Lu Yizhong by Chinese fans.

He has never been able to shoot well, and the management has lost patience. If the Trail Blazers don't perform well this season, they will trade Rubio and Cousins ​​and completely rebuild.

Rubio's shooting can't be practiced. He is a weird player who is extremely precocious and has not improved.

He became famous at the 2006 U16 European Championships and was called the Golden Boy. Facing Croatia in the semifinals, he scored a super quadruple-double of 19 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists and 11 steals, leading Spain to the finals. In the final against the Russian team, he scored 51 points, 24 rebounds, 12 assists and 7 steals.

Then he has always been like this, with no shooting talent, and he seems to have no desire to win, and he is ignored by everyone.

In the game that night, the performance of these two important players was really poor. Guo Xu bullied Rubio and Cousins. The coach knew very well that the Lakers would give the ball to Guo Xu, but he couldn't guard it.

Guo Xu's performance can be described in a song.

I can only use one sentence that contains my sincerity and a poem that I chant with my heart. I beg you, cousin, please listen to me. After listening to my words, I hope you will not dislike it. In fact, I only have three words in this sentence, this sentence, this sentence, and this sentence. There are only three words in total. One, two, three, oh...I'll hit you! I push you and push you! I hit you, you, you!

Cousins ​​switched to a forward position and was passed. Without switching, Rubio was not fast enough to pursue the defense. Guo Xu directly shot a three-pointer. Guo Xu generally only scored 10 points in the first quarter, but started to explode in the second quarter, scoring 17 points in 7 minutes.

Guo Xu was even more powerful in the second half, scoring 26 points and 2 assists in the third quarter. Although he deliberately let the situation go, the score was not wide open.

In the last quarter, Guo Xu played for a while and scored 10 points. He played a total of 38 minutes and scored 63 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. He scored 60+ in two consecutive games and 50+ in three consecutive games.

Moreover, Guo Xu didn't defend well in this game. In every round, he kept Rubio two meters away and let him shoot at will. The fans felt that this was too strong.

Rubio made 10 of 17 shots, 2 of 4 three-pointers, and 6 of 7 free throws. He scored 28 points, 2 rebounds, and 14 assists with his superb performance.

It's a pity that he couldn't beat Guo Xu with this kind of data. In the end, the Lakers won by 15 points. Rubio is a tall defender with a height of 193cm and a weight of 87kg. His weakness has always been in chasing around the screen.

Guo Xu kept looking for cover and misplaced Cousins ​​​​and Meyers Leonard. Rubio had no choice. The two insiders were almost stunned by Guo Xu.

Trail Blazers backup point guard Brian Roberts is a player who is 185cm tall and weighs 78kg. If he comes on the court, Guo Xu doesn't have to find a cover and can directly attack him during the counterattack.

Cousins, who had been brutally beaten, got into trouble again in the final quarter. He only played 28 minutes and left the game with six fouls. He also received a flagrant foul because he knocked over Guo Xu while moving laterally on defense. This action seemed a bit dangerous, but luckily Guo Xu was okay.

This foul made the news headlines, and Cousins ​​was criticized for 6 billion yuan. The media also feels that this kid is basically useless. Guo Xu is recognized as the number one player in history. Other players dare not make random comments during interviews. Isn't it mentally retarded for Cousins ​​to maliciously bump into him? Does he still want to hang out?

These people didn't know that the coach had specifically told Cousins ​​to control his emotions before the game, otherwise they would be even more surprised.

Because of this foul, the Trail Blazers management is planning to trade Cousins ​​out during the season. Taking advantage of his good statistics, maybe a team that only looks at statistics is willing to take him...