You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 44 Who pissed him off?

In the first ten games of the new season, Villanueva University only played one league civil war.The opponent is Connecticut, the overlord of the Big East.

Of course, they lost that game.

This year, UConn claims to have ten players with NBA prospects, not only the overlord of the Big East, but also the favorite for the national championship.

In addition to UConn, Villanova lost only one of the other nine games.

Wei Xia's good days are over, and the impact of protective masks has exceeded expectations.

His defense is still there, and the offense just doesn't feel right.Moreover, when the body is sweating, the mask used to protect the nose becomes a burden, as if there are thousands of small bugs crawling on the face but cannot be scratched.

Performance declined, and draft picks followed suit.

With Villanueva suffering a three-game losing streak, Weixia's draft price slipped to the second round.

Some scouts believe that the mask affected his performance, but what really made him decline was his physical fitness.

Wei Xia's athletic ability is amazing, but athletic ability is not the whole part of physical fitness.

In the era of John Havlicek, the physical fitness of players was generally poor, and there were not many modern forwards flying into the sky. Therefore, the problem of his lack of explosive power was not obvious in the early days.

The same problem is worth exploring in modern times.

Wei Xia is positioned as a combo guard, but combo guards also rely on physical fitness. His mid-range and long-range shots are unstable, and he played well in college games. Can he still be like this in the NBA?
Scouts think he can play in the NBA, but think his ceiling is just a role player.

Therefore, his market is at the end of the first round and the beginning of the second round.

Wei Xia didn't pay much attention to the evaluation given to him by scouts, he just wanted to recover as soon as possible.Jay Wright let him recover from his injury, because no matter how anxious he was, the injury on his nose couldn't be just fine.

Wei Xia was not defeated by injuries. The more injured he was, the harder he trained.

The worse he played during the game, the more he sweated on the training ground, and in order to adapt to the existence of the mask, he even wore it to sleep.

Wednesday, November 2004, 1.

Wei Xia is dreaming.

In other words, it was not a dream.

It was on the way to the old days.

He was used to the feeling of traveling through time and space. At first, it was like riding a roller coaster. He was worried that he would fall to pieces after the sudden stop.

For several years, he has come here every night, so naturally he won't be frightened again.

At this time, Havlicek in the old days, his game progress is much faster.

In reality, Wei Xia is plagued by injuries, and Havlicek in the old days-it was 1960. Except for Havlicek, the other four starters at Ohio State University all had the strength to average double figures per game.

It was at that time that Wei Xia learned why Havlicek chose to start defensively.

It's about teammates.

Because his teammates scored well, he majored in defense.

His future life will be like this.It was the push from the outside that made him push himself to be better.

Joining the Celtics in 1962, he used his athletic ability just as he did at Ohio State, catching the "floor magician" passes of the farewell season Bob Cousy to launch the famous Boston fast break.

After the Celtic dynasty got old, he began to play the main role again.

Bill Russell retired in 1969, and the Celtics, who had lost their pivot, needed another engine.Then he and Rick Barry, who cultivated himself from the ABA and didn't learn to speak human language but could already do personnel affairs, became the earliest point forwards in history.

He's always being pushed.

Wei Xia wanted to change his life many times, but every time he made a change, the next time he entered the old time, he always returned to before the change happened.

The more successful Havlicek was in the old days, the harder Wei Xia trained in reality.

In his sophomore season, Havlicek has led the team to sweep the NCAA, and he is in a better era. There is no prohibition clause for freshmen, and he should do better.

He shuttles back and forth between old time and reality.

In the old days, Havlicek became a defensive expert at Ohio State University. Even though he was often the team's last offensive option, he was always the first player to return to defense when the offense and defense transitioned.

Meanwhile, Ohio State's best player that year wasn't Havlicek, but future Hall of Fame center Jerry Lucas.

This person is a white man, only the height of James, and he was the highly anticipated white insider hope at that time. Since his rookie season, he has averaged a minimum of 17 points and 17 rebounds per game. He has averaged 20 points and 20 rebounds per game for two consecutive seasons and two consecutive 20 points and 19 rebounds.

Under the leadership of Lucas, Havlicek became Robin next to Batman. He won the Big 13 league championship with 1 wins and 10 loss in his sophomore season, and defeated Western Kentucky, Georgia Tech, and New York University all the way in the NCAA March Championship.

Wei Xia has personally experienced this crazy game.

While Havlicek led the team to championships in the old days, Villanova struggled.

In the middle of the season, Jason Fraser suffered an injury, and the Optimus Prime of the Wildcats was cut off.

In mid-February, Villanova welcomed back Jason Frazier.

At that time, there were nine games left in the regular season of the Big East Championship. Villanova ranked fourth in the league.

In this case, the first round of the playoffs only needs to be played against the fourth-ranked team. Although it does not have much advantage, the difference in strength between No.3 and No.4 is not that big. Whoever wins and who loses depends on their own abilities.

Frazier returns for his debut, with Villanova taking on Georgetown.

Georgetown University was at its peak in the last century. Since the legendary coach John Thompson retired, the team's record has plummeted. Not to mention the reappearance of the national championship regulars in the 80s, they can't even play in the Big East.

Before the start of this battle, Wright suddenly announced that Wei Xia would serve as the starting No. [-] temporarily.

And, for the first time, he told Wei Xia what to do.

"I don't care how many rebounds you can grab. I don't care whether you can defend successfully. I just want you to run and kill your opponent." Wright knew that there would be many problems before he made Wei Xia a power forward. Therefore, he needed Wei Xia to relax. The problems he encountered were inevitable.

If a guard suddenly goes against a power forward and can do it with ease, that would be too monstrous.

Wei Xia took Wright's words as lowering his demands.

If Wright originally had this idea, he should have made it clear from the very beginning.After so many games, Wei Xia did struggle, so he lowered his requirements. After all, it is indeed difficult for a player who has transferred to a guard to be a power forward.

What Wright didn't know was that his low requirements were more unbearable for Wei Xia than not letting him start.

He hasn't disappointed since he stepped into the old days.

He believes that he can complete all the instructions given by the coach.

Even let him play power forward across positions.

He appeared on the stage calmly, and at first glance, he looked the same as usual.But his pupils flickered, and his body ignited a strong fighting spirit. He was far inferior to Georgetown University's starting power forward Brandon Bowman, but the opponent was not an offensive insider.

Bowman's scoring methods mainly rely on pick-and-roll cuts and second offenses.

While Weixia was dead headed, he used the experience inherited from Havlicek to fight for every out-of-control ball.

He didn't win against Bowman, but he surprised the Wildcats coaching staff with his control of the long rebound and his anticipation of the offensive rebound.

With the anger of wanting to prove himself, Wei Xia seems to have become the 14-year-old kid who came to Havlicek to play the retirement game. He scored a new NCAA career scoring/rebounding high against Georgetown University-22 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

Coach Wright, who lit the fire, looked to the left and right: "Who messed with him? Well done!"

(End of this chapter)