Legend of Tomorrow

? Coach Rivers chatted with Guo Xu for a few words, and after asking about his identity and background, he allowed him to participate in the Magic's training session.

Guo Xu was talking about the self before his rebirth in his memory, who had always stayed in East Lansing. Even if it was different, the deviation would not be very big.

The Magic had a game in the evening, so the training intensity was not very intense. After the players warmed up, they ran a few tactics and then started to compete in groups.

Guo Xu was assigned to the substitute white team, with Bogans, Kirisek, Pat Garrity, and Zaza Pachulia as his teammates.

The opponent's blue team has an extremely luxurious lineup, including Bibby, Adrian Griffin, Tracy McGrady, Malone, and O'Neal.

Since the Magic have three high-paid stars, O'Neal's annual salary has reached more than 20 million, and other positions can only be composed of basic-salary players and rookies.

Even so, the Magic's lineup is still very deep, because they are a championship contending team. O'Neal's thick legs have attracted many people. Players in the free market who are willing to cut their salary to compete for the championship will give priority to the Magic. If the Magic don't want them, they will consider other options. Team.

Malone scored 20+ points last season, Griffin is an excellent blue-collar swingman, but his offense is too poor to sign a big contract. Garrity is a power forward who can be pulled out to shoot three-pointers, and Bogans was traded from the Bucks. A second-round pick, a blue-collar shooting guard.

Unintentional interference is a very suitable word to describe the Magic. Although the general manager is an idiot, the team's salary space exploded after O'Neal was re-signed with a high salary in 1996, leaving the management with no chance to make mistakes.

Even so, manager Gabriel had thought of drafting Grant Hill back then, but everyone else in the management meeting objected, so he signed McGrady instead. The Magic almost fell into a huge pit. Hill stayed with the Pistons and suffered serious injuries again and again. As a result, the Pistons lost the opportunity to rise and are now just an ordinary playoff team.

Hill's tragedy was not an accident. It was caused by his style of play. A sudden change of direction while running at full speed caused great damage to his knees. Later, Wade and Derrick Rose, who had a similar style of play to Hill, also suffered injuries. , the state declined early. In his previous life, Hill didn't switch to a jump-shooting offense in the Suns until he was old, and since then his attendance rate has been guaranteed.

Rivers made this arrangement to test Guo Xu's organizational ability and see whether he can lead the bench to attack. If he has the height of a point guard, the style of a shooting guard, and no matter how good his skills are, he can only be a sixth man, and his upper limit will not be too high.

The tactic he arranged for the white team was a pick-and-roll attack, with Guo Xu having absolute possession of the ball.

The blue team supports the inside and adds a triangle offense. Bibby and Malone play pick-and-rolls in the middle, choosing to break through, make emergency jump shots, or pass to Malone in the middle for singles; Malone supports the pass without shooting, passing to Tracy McGrady who is moving on the wing, or passing to key players. O'Neal is positioned under the basket; McGrady can catch the ball and play in singles.

You can also attract the defense and then lob the ball to O'Neal in the low post.

After two seasons of running-in, the Magic's core offensive team has a tacit understanding. Without the Pistons, a strong team in the Eastern Conference, the Magic have a very high chance of defending their title even without Guo Xu.

Precisely because they are so strong, Magic starters O'Neal, Malone and others will not take the bench team seriously.

Except for Bibby, he doesn't want to face Guo Xu anymore, and he will definitely be abused by amateur players again. There weren't many people there just now, but now it's in full view.

If it were the regular season, Bibby would tell his inside teammates to be more active in switching defenses. But with Guo Xu's status...he really couldn't ask for help from his inside teammates, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.

The white team attacks first and Guo Xu controls the ball.

Bibby already knew that he was fast and had sharp breakthroughs. He didn't dare to press close to him anymore, and concentrated on keeping a distance to prevent breakthroughs.

Guo Xu brought it to the frontcourt and waved to Pachulia to find a cover. Zaza pulled out and blocked Bibby in the middle.

Zaza is not the scumbag who will step in the future. He is a heavy insider with a height of 211cm and a weight of 125kg. He is an ambitious young man who is about to realize his ideals in his rookie season.

Because of his excessive weight and slow movement, Zaza was selected by the Magic with the 13th pick in the second round and became O'Neal's substitute. Rivers believes that there must be a meat shield center on the field to protect the penalty area. Zaza is good at resisting people and has advantages on the offensive end. His huge body can help create opportunities for defenders.

Guo Xu chose to dribble the ball to the weak side, quickly moved sideways to receive the ball, stepped back and shot a three-pointer.

As he expected, O'Neal did not guard against him and was waiting for him to break through near the penalty area. The Lakers' three-time champion doesn't like guarding the pick-and-roll. How can the five-time champion O'Brien go all out on defense in training?

Malone followed the three-point power forward Garrity in the right corner. There was only McGrady on this side. The main defender Kirisek was in the left corner. The distance was too far to help defend.

Guo Xu took the shot easily and the basketball hit the net hollowly. 3 to 0.

When the blue team attacked, Bibby and Malone played a pick-and-roll. Guo Xu was very fast in pursuit. Bibby only took one step and he completed the close-up. Bibby passed the ball to Malone, who passed it to O'Neal who moved to the center.

It's not that you can guard O'Neal just because you have weight. Zaza is a pure floor player who can only resist interference and has poor shot-blocking ability. O'Neal took two hits and turned and threw to the right, overwhelming Zaza and scoring the ball. 3 to 2.

The white team attacked and repeated the tactics just now. O'Neal still did not change defense. Guo Xu moved laterally and made an emergency stop jumper, and then hit a three-pointer. 6 to 2.

After entering the time loop, Guo Xu's mentality of playing was completely relaxed. For him, anything he does in the loop is play.

It is easier for a player to guarantee a hit rate in this state. He has no pressure, so what if he can't shoot accurately?

Even if he made 17 of 47 shots today, it wouldn't be a shame because no one would remember it. If it weren't for the time loop, it would be bad for him to hit 30 irons like crazy, and he would be mentioned repeatedly by the dark sunspot in his heart.

The blue team attacked, and McGrady caught the ball and made a pull-up jumper from Kirisek. 6 to 4.

The white team attacks, Guo Xu plays pick-and-roll again, and Malone switches defense.

He brought it to the left and turned 45 degrees to face the frame, putting some distance between him and Malone. He dribbled the ball to his right hand from his hip and suddenly changed direction to the left.

Malone saw that Bibby was about to catch up and was about to go back to defend Zha. Guo Xu used his speed to get rid of Bibby, passed by Malone, entered the penalty area and attracted O'Neal to cover, jumped outside the baseline and passed the ball to the right. Side bottom corner.

Garrity got an open shot opportunity. His main focus is mid-to-long-range shooting, rarely playing in the low post, and hitting three-pointers on catch-and-shoot jumpers. 9 to 4.

The Magic coaching staff were stunned on the sidelines. Trainers Eddie and Bibby said that Guo Xu was very strong. They thought he was just a young player with convulsions. Bibby unexpectedly took advantage of him in a one-on-one challenge. The two of them fought again. You may not win.

This is just like Garnett being beaten by a rookie if he is not careful in a one-on-one challenge. It does not mean that the rookie is stronger than the Wolf King. In fact, not only is he not good at playing, he is also bad at fighting. Garnett can send him to death with one punch. Hospital stitches.

But Guo Xu's performance now is too outrageous. He is a star no matter how you look at it. His three offensive choices are perfect.

Usually when amateur players see the league's top 50 superstars like Malone and O'Neal, their first reaction is to go up and ask for autographs. How could they do it casually like Guo Xu with a smile on his face? He didn't seem nervous at all, he was just having fun.

Bibby made a mistake. He failed to protect the basketball during the pick-and-roll, and his dribbling changed direction and was directly intercepted by Guo Xu.

Guo Xu went on a fast break alone, accelerated in a straight line and completely got rid of Bibby, jumped up with all his strength at the right time, and dunked the basketball with both hands. He pulled the basket around half a circle, almost throwing his legs on the backboard, and then landed gracefully. 11 to 4.

Rivers’ jaw dropped too…