NBA: Crazy Little Giant

Chapter 29

The next day!

Early in the morning!

All the players of the Oklahoma City Thunder boarded the team's special plane and headed to Salt Lake City to play against the Utah Jazz.

That evening they would compete with the Jazz.......

Meanwhile, in

Philadelphia, inside a mansion

"hateful"

"All the news is about that guy again."

A tall black man said with a face full of indignation.

Last night, the Philadelphia 76ers faced the Detroit Pistons. Joel Embiid efficiently scored 26 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks in a limited 25 minutes of playing time.

In this game, Embiid told the fans in Philadelphia that he was not a fake and that your three years of waiting were not wasted.

At the same time, Embiid believed that his performance would definitely be written about by many media.

However, when he woke up the next day, Embiid found that the focus of media reports was still the giant from the East.

There were almost no reports about himself except for the local media in Philadelphia.

Moreover, what made Embiid most depressed was that even the Philadelphia media always bundled"Chen Cheng" when reporting on him, for fear that without the keyword Chen Cheng, fans would not read it.

He played a wonderful performance and got excellent data, but still no one cared about it, which made Embiid feel very frustrated.

Since there is Yu, why is there Liang!

This also made many Embiid fans in China feel helpless........

Joel Embiid is not the only talented inside player who has been suppressed by Chen Cheng.

Last year's No. 1 pick, the Timberwolves' inside core 'Karl-Anthony Towns', also scored 30 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists in last night's game, although he lost to the San Antonio Spurs.

But as a 211cm tall player, Towns made 4 of 5 three-pointers under the opponent's key defense, showing top shooting ability among active big players.

However, his game exposure is worse than Joel Embiid.

If Joel Embiid was overshadowed by Chen Cheng's brilliance.

Then Towns was completely covered by Chen Cheng.

"I am looking forward to playing against Chen Cheng as soon as possible, to see if he is as strong as the media say."Towns, who has outstanding athletic ability and soft touch, said with a sigh of relief when he was interviewed by the media.......

In recent years, many big men with extraordinary potential have emerged in the league.

But even Karl-Anthony Towns, who made Philadelphia fans wait for three years and showed his super-giant potential last season, was ruthlessly suppressed by Chen Cheng. The only one who can escape Chen Cheng's edge is Porzingis, the darling of the Big Apple City, a city that can be thought of as heaven or hell.

And Rudy Gobert, the defensive gate of the Jazz and the one who supports the defensive system, was ignored by the media.

Before the game, the media interviewed Gobert.

Among them, the most asked questions were all related to Chen Cheng.

This made Gobert look very ugly.

In the first three games of this season, Gobert was able to get 15 points, 13 rebounds, and 2.6 blocks.

The Utah Jazz gave Gobert a chance to compete.‘DPOY’Build momentum.

Let's be honest.

He is 216cm tall, weighs 110kg, has a wingspan of 235cm, and his standing reach is a terrifying 292cm.

You should know that Chen Cheng, who is 226cm tall and has a wingspan of 230cm, can only reach 292cm, exactly the same as Gobert.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the two men's body shapes.

Gobert is tall and thin with a slender figure.

But Chen Cheng has broad shoulders and a big butt. Even a strong and muscular player like Adams looks smaller in front of Chen Cheng.

His broad shoulders make Chen Cheng's standing reach not so exaggerated.......

"Rudy, has the Jazz figured out how to limit Chen's rebounding tonight?"

"Rudy, who do you think is better at defense, you or Chen?"

"Rudy, what kind of tactics will you use when facing the visiting Oklahoma City team?"

The reporter asked Rudy Gobert a series of questions.

Gobert's face became uglier and uglier.

He was furious!

Gobert had seen the news reports about Chen Cheng recently.

This damn rookie has attracted everyone's attention since he entered the league.

He performed so well on the court last season, but he didn't even make the All-Star team. Even this year, the media also ignored him.

"Chen Chen..."

"The opponent is just a rookie who has played 3 games in the league."

"Let us adapt to him? Please, he is not qualified yet."

"I know he is very famous now, and your media are reporting on him."

"But what is the truth? Everyone knows that it is nothing more than his skin color."

Gobert said with great impatience and contempt.

This is not Gobert's angry words, but he really thinks that a big fool like Chen Cheng can't compare with him at all. The reason why Chen Cheng has such high popularity and such terrifying exposure is due to his skin color.

Just like Lin Madness in the past......

Gobert's words made the reporters very happy because this was the answer they wanted most.

Sure enough, this big man's EQ is not high.

"So, Rudy, how many points do you think Chen can score in front of you tonight? How many rebounds can he grab?"A reporter who was trying to stir up trouble asked again.

Although Gobert was a little arrogant and his emotional intelligence was not high, he was not a fool.

"He is not a scorer. In this game, under my defense, he will not score more than 8 points."

"As for rebounds..."

When he said this, Gobert thought for a moment. Although he was unhappy that the media was promoting Chen Cheng, this rookie was still quite good at rebounding.

If he didn't say it well and got slapped in the face, it would be embarrassing.

"7!"

"If he is lucky, he can only get 7 at most.��"

Gobert wanted to say '5', but after thinking about it, he gave him 2.

The reporters wrote down Gobert's words again in their notebooks, exaggerated the matter and made it a news gimmick.......

On the other hand,

Chen Cheng and others all came to Salt Lake City, Utah.

Since there was a game in the evening, and today was a back-to-back game, there was no training.

After getting off the plane, the players went to the hotel designated by the team.

"Ha ha"

"List"

"Some people said you could only get 7 rebounds tonight."