You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 790 I am not the best

"After you won the championship last season, some people began to think that you are the best player in the history of the Philadelphia 76ers. What do you think of this point of view?"

Halfway through the training camp, the 76ers ushered in the media day as usual.

Wearing the home jersey of the new season, Wei Xia posed countless POSS to the camera, and then came to the reporter for an interview with a professional smile.

He knew that the reporter's question would be fierce, but he didn't expect it to be this fierce.

However, if you want to be more serious, look at the statistics and honors. Indeed, even if the 76ers have shining stars in history, even if they have those familiar superstars, none of them can say that they can stabilize Weixia.

The only player with an advantage is Wilt Chamberlain.

Although he only played four seasons with the 76ers, he left 3 scoring champions, 3 rebounding champions, 1 assist champion, three consecutive MVPs and a championship.

Others, like Dr. J, Moses Malone, and Iverson—they all had glorious periods, but no one has been able to suppress Wei Xia, who has won four scoring titles, two DPOY titles, and two MVP+ championships in the past five years.

The 76ers have a long history, and there are super giants in every era. Therefore, a fat guy like Barkley who has no MVP and no championship is not even eligible to be included in the discussion. Get out and eat your donuts.

At present, Weixia still cannot be regarded as the best team history of the 76ers.Chamberlain is above him, Dr. J and Malone can use their qualifications to overwhelm. Although Iverson has only one MVP and overall runner-up leadership experience, his 10-year dedication cannot be surpassed by Wei Xia's 5-year highlights.

The success of last season can only be said to have qualified Wei Xia to keep pace with these people.

To go beyond, to fulfill what he said when he joined the 76ers-to become the best in team history-at least one championship is needed.

So, Wei Xia heard the reporter ask this today.

His heart is not as happy as when he heard others say that he has surpassed Kobe.

"When we witness the success of contemporary superstars, we always think that 'he is the best' because we don't know the achievements of the predecessors and their specific performance." Wei Xia said, "This is a self-righteous judgment. I don't think I can reach this level. Maybe in the future, but not now. I hope that there will be less praise for the newcomer crowned by the predecessors, the better."

Wei Xia rarely gave such a direct and formal answer.

Then the reporter asked about the goals for the new season.

"I want to break the curse of defending in the history of the 76ers." Wei Xia said.

Except for last season, the 76ers have won the championship twice in history.But none of them defended their title. In 1968, the 76ers who were in full swing were beaten by the Green Cay to make the first major reversal of 1 to 3 in NBA history; in 1984, the legendary "FO-FO-FO" 76ers had no personnel changes. S was eliminated in the first round.

The 1984ers in 76 have many similarities with today's 76ers.

The championship season is full of dominance, can the new season be maintained?
The reporter will naturally ask Wei Xia: "Will you learn from the lessons of your predecessors?"

"I really want to learn from them." Wei Xia teased, "But I was still sleeping in a crib when they were eliminated. I have no idea what happened, so I can only say that we will learn from history."

The interview day is generally relaxed. Since Weixia and below, most of the 76ers players have exclusive interviews.

Wesha and Cousins ​​have the longest interviews.

Cousins ​​took the initiative to talk about his experience in the Dream Team: "That's cool. After winning the championship, my vision has been broadened. I know what I can do."

Last season, Cousins ​​still had emotional problems, and he would get on top after being beaten by Duncan, burning the CPU and arguing with the referee to get himself out of the game.

Perhaps the 76ers were never forced to die last season, and Cousins' temper never endangered them.

So everyone will feel that he has grown up.

Including Cousins ​​himself thinks so.

Apart from daily training, Wei Xia and his teammates are now waiting for the opening of the season, even the preseason, they can't wait.

Another plane, John Havlicek still needs patience.

He has just survived the most difficult two embarrassing seasons where he could not make the playoffs, and resisted the temptation of the ABA to let the Celtics offer him a six-figure annual salary that is worthy of his worth.

Wei Xia clearly knows who this year belongs to.

When he joined the Lakers, someone introduced the team history of the Lakers to him.For any team with a long history and championship glory, the first step for a rookie who just joined the team is to take a history lesson.Let them have an understanding of this team, a sense of pride, and realize that "as a Laker, I should be proud", and then instill in them the poisonous chicken soup that only works under certain circumstances.

In 1972, the Lakers won the first championship in team history.

This was the beginning of the Lakers' glory, the end of Elgin Baylor's tragic career, and the sweetness of Jerry West's dream come true. Unfortunately, because they didn't beat the Celtics in the finals, this championship was somewhat unsatisfactory.

But I still have to say that in 1972, the Lakers were so strong that they couldn’t find an opponent. Chamberlain finally became what everyone thought.

This is the year of the Lakers.

Wei Xia, a traveler, knows it, so he basically doesn't expect Havlicek's living conditions to change much. The Celtics are still in a state of accumulation.

After training every day, Wei Xia will keep in touch with the superstars he met as Havlicek.

The person Wei Xia contacted most frequently was Maravich.

His situation is very bad. Although he was looking forward to like the chosen one before entering the league, the fairy tales that are punctured are often not good.

Maravich, who has a bad relationship with his father and doesn't want to bring his troubles to his younger brothers, seems to be the only one who can confide in Weisha/Havlicek.

Listening to his complaints, Wei Xia suddenly interrupted him: "Stop crying, if you are not happy, change the environment, do you know how greedy Boston fans are for you?"

Then, Wei Xia was woken up by his alarm clock.

Sometimes, he doesn't know what he's doing.

Change history?If Maravich had really listened to him and joined the Celtics at the end of his rookie contract, how would NBA history have changed?
To be sure, Maravich will have a wonderful spark with that Celtic team.

The most underrated on-court factor of Havlicek's career: Never working with a great passer for long.will also be broken.

Although Maravich's organizational attributes are not comparable to a master point guard like Bob Cousy, his vision and passing skills are what he wants.Maravich has the same problem as Kobe.It's not a question of ability, but a question of desire, whether you want to pass the ball or not.

Wei Xia doesn't want to care about how history will develop, this is his way of repaying Havlicek.

Without Havlicek, he probably wouldn't be anywhere right now.The other party changed his destiny, and he must find a way to change the other party's fate.

Waking up from the apartment arranged for him by the team, Wei Xia rubbed his eyes and walked to the bathroom.

Brush your teeth and wash your face quickly, and go out for breakfast.

The training camp is closed, he has no other place to go, the only advantage of getting up early is that he can start training earlier.

He is used to when to practice.

But he was never the hardest working one.

Today, the hardest working man is DeMarcus Cousins.

At the time of the draft, Cousins ​​was still a little baby fat. Scouts were not only worried about his psychological maturity, but also his emotions, and even more worried that he, like Sean Kemp, could not control his weight.

Even last season, when he was selected as a first-team center, he still looked a little fat in his body.

Now, there is no trace of obesity.

You can tell whether you have worked hard during the holidays.

"Boge, is it this early?"

Wei Xia walked into the field.

Cousins ​​grabbed the ball with one hand and greeted Wei Xia, "Boss, what is the skyhook?"

He made a few skyhook moves, but it was obvious that his movements were not that interesting.

Wei Xia didn't have the idea of ​​hiding tricks, and many of the movements were natural, and he didn't know how to say it. There is no secret to this thing.

"Think about it slowly." Wei Xia couldn't teach like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The sky hook is something that has been integrated into Kareem's blood. It is estimated that he will remember it in his next life. Wei Xia only uses it in actual combat, and it is far from being able to preach and accept karma to solve doubts.

⑴As Qiao Mi, I don’t shy away from the fact that the reason why the Bulls were able to hit 1996, 98, and 72 consecutive regular season records during the 69-62 period was because of the low competitiveness of the NBA in those years.The expansion of the league is too fast, and talents are diluted again and again. It is a new century for a large number of international players to enter the NBA.At that time, it was tantamount to relying on an American talent pool to support 29 teams, which would produce many uncompetitive teams to give the strong teams a record.So the Bulls were as fierce as tigers in the regular season in those years. Of course, their competitors' records were also as fierce as tigers.What I want to emphasize is that it was even more so in the early 1970s, when the league expanded extremely fast, and the ABA grabbed many superstars, the older generation was old or retired-the Bucks, Celtics, and Lakers all played the longest winning streak in history and the best record in team history during that time.The same era of low competitiveness still exists from 2013 to 2017 (but during this period of time, there are a few artificial traces of low competitiveness).All low-competitive and weak eras have a characteristic: the strong team's winning streak is exaggerated, the regular season record is sturdy, and the playoffs depend on those teams.

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