Healing Basketball

Chapter 52

After the game against the Warriors, the Blazers returned to Portland and got two days off.

Liu Xiu looked forward to it for two days. On October 10, the Trail Blazers played against the Warriors again, this time at home.

Little General Avery Johnson and Crazy Van Exel saw Liu Xiu's expectant expression, and they really wanted to hit someone!

However, this guy in front of him, even O'Neill dared to hug him, and he could really hug him!

Not to mention anything else, the two of them thought of the feeling of being hit on the back by Liu Xiu, the feeling that they couldn't hold back...

And this rookie is a thug, he just doesn't back up when he hits others. The Warriors substituted someone to defend the rookie, and the rookie would just sort out the offense honestly. Well... they will always go back to defend Liu Xiu, and then they will be beaten while sitting!
Liu Xiu played 26 minutes tonight and scored 16 points, and another 10 points were scored on the heads of Avery Johnson and Van Exel.

Other times, most of the time he takes shots purely to see if there is a chance, and if he has to throw it, but against these two, if it is not restricted by the rules, he really wants to hit the basket from outside the three-point line...

With 16 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Liu Xiu performed well personally, and his assists were not bad. He helped the Trail Blazers beat the Warriors again 104-90, improving their preseason record to 5 wins and 1 loss. There is still one game left. Played, the day after tomorrow, October 10, against the Nuggets at home.

……

On the night when they defeated the Warriors again at home, the Rose Garden Arena was brightly lit, and the coaches were still working overtime in the early morning. Because of Portland's security environment after the Internet bubble, the coaches had already made plans for the whole night.

There is also a lounge for them to sleep in. The air conditioner is on, so they are not afraid of the cold.

Maurice Cheeks was quite serious about his work at this time, and it was impossible to connect him with his usual appearance without looking at his unshaven face.

Maurice Cheeks flipped through the documents in front of him and asked, "Kevin, are there any training camp contract players who can stay?"

Kevin Pritchar shook his head.

The players who are really fancy, they are willing to come to the training camp, the Trail Blazers directly gave a partial guarantee contract, and they can get a basic salary level salary for a few or more than a dozen games even if they are laid off.

The real training camp contract players are really scratching the lottery.

And it was a lottery ticket after two waves of scratches after going through the draft and the summer league.

It's normal to not be able to pick out who you want to stay.

In this way, it means that they currently only have 14 players with contracts, of which 12 have guaranteed contracts and 2 have partially guaranteed contracts.

There is no shortage of people. There are only 12 players on the active list, that is, only 12 players can play in a game.

This topic was skipped, and Kevin Pritchar began to report on behalf of the assistant coaches the preseason performance of the 14 players they summarized, and others filled in.

Just like last season, most of their players worked hard in the summer, and the young people made some progress. The improvement seen in the training camp stage was actually even greater. In the preseason stage, some people's progress failed to show. It may be due to personality reasons, or inappropriate tactics, or the relationship with teammates... and other factors lead to its not so good performance.

The players of their Trail Blazers are definitely very good, otherwise they would not be able to win 49 wins and 50 wins respectively in the past two years when the conflicts within the team continued to intensify.

Randolph is too lazy to die in the summer, he has some training, but it is definitely not hard work, and he works harder than Liu Xiu...

Randolph has improved, in line with expectations, but not a surprise.

Rasheed Wallace, the veteran star, is still the same, very good, but there are no surprises.

As a veteran in his 30s, Dale Davis can slow down the decline, which is not bad...

Every old player is the same, good, but no one shines.

There are only three rookies left.

"Travis, he is a very gentle person. He is in good physical condition, works hard, and is willing to learn, but his learning ability is mediocre, and it takes a long time to cultivate. He has just turned 19 years old, and his combat power is not outstanding..."

Kevin Pritchar said a little helplessly.

The preseason gave Travis Outlaw an average of 20 minutes per game, but his performance did not meet expectations, but the physical talent and willingness to work hard are what a coach likes.

The combination of these conditions made Kevin Pritchar really feel helpless.

Matt Carroll, an undrafted rookie, was rated quite high.

Lost in the draft, the contract is partially guaranteed, if it doesn’t work, just cut it off. I can’t say that I don’t have high expectations. I’m thankful that he can go up and score two goals when no one is using him. Under normal circumstances, there is no need for coaches to hope. Appears when a partially guaranteed contract player is used.

There is the last rookie left, Kevin Prittcha is at the end, and just after taking out his information, his face is full of helplessness.

Maurice Cheeks was overjoyed when he saw this, and said with a smile: "Go on, Kevin."

Kevin Pritchar rolled his eyes and said, "This preseason, our players, who impressed me the most, are Jess."

Maurice Cheeks nodded. Even though he had great expectations for Liu Xiu, he never expected that the player who impressed them the most in the preseason would be this rookie.

They did pay some attention to Liu Xiu, but it wasn't Liu Xiu who paid the most attention.

In the summer league, they definitely valued Liu Xiu, the rookie with the [-]th pick in the first round, but when it came to training camp and preseason, Liu Xiu was just one of them, and the pick was in the middle.

"He's very smart, he won't do things he's not good at, and he will calmly respond to his opponent's provocations, and he's very good at provoking others..."

As soon as Kevin Pritcha said this, all the coaches present nodded in unison.

Not to mention the opponents, everyone in his own team, including the coach, felt that this rookie was too weak to play.

"He has very good court selection, great leadership, very suitable for our team, if the teammates are not good enough, he may just be an ordinary functional player, but in our team, he can enter the anxious stage of the game. Time to be that cool leader on the pitch."

"The best thing about Jayce is not his talent, his leadership, his calmness, but his super adaptability brought about by his strong body.

He is absolutely worthy against any point guard, can have excellent confrontation at the shooting guard position, and can even compete with many small forwards..."

The height of most NBA point guards is between 183 and 191 centimeters, and most of the weight is between 80 and 88 kilograms.

Most shooting guards are between 191 cm and 200 cm in height, and most of them weigh between 90 and 95 kg.

Most small forwards are between 196 and 203 centimeters in height, and most of them weigh between 95 and 105 kilograms.

Based on Liu Xiu's height and weight ratio, plus the actual situation in the game, Kevin Pritcha came to this conclusion.

Morris Cheeks listened for a long time, good guy, it turns out that the rookie he picked has so many advantages!

Although Liu Xiu was the player who left the deepest impression on him in this preseason game... this impression is not about how good his performance is or how good his statistics are. The player with the best statistics is Damon Stoudemire. The average score was 20 points, but Liu Xiu left the deepest impression on him among the things seen from the coach's perspective, but he didn't expect to have so many advantages.

After continuing to talk about some advantages, Kevin Pritchar changed the subject: "Compared to these advantages, Jess has many fatal flaws. The first one is his effort. He has nothing to do with the word "effort." A little bit of relationship, too lazy!"

As he spoke, Kevin Pritchar slapped the table with a 'bang', which startled his colleagues!
Maurice Cheeks knew why Kevin Pritchar lost control of his emotions-they had seen Liu Xiu's learning speed with their own eyes, such a brutal learning ability, and they didn't train!

Seeing Kevin Prittcha blowing his hair, Maurice Cheeks hurriedly said: "Recently, Jess has been actively participating in basic skills and defensive training. You should know that, right? He will find Derry almost every morning. He learns the basic skills, and every afternoon he learns defense from Dell..."

"Is he going to learn defense? He's going to drink with Dell! I didn't see what he learned this month!"

Liu Xiu, who has exploded in learning talent but is too lazy to die, has made her team's chief assistant coach feel emotionally broken in the past month's day and night together...

Seeing his best friend and most compatible partner being furious, Maurice Chexford said with a heart: "I think he will give us a surprise next, I saw him in the preseason game. Although he did a poor job of supplementary defense and defensive assistance, he started to do it, and I thought he could do it...how about we make a bet?"

"Just bet, I think he went to drink with Dell and didn't do anything serious, or he didn't have the talent to learn defense. Yes, that was an accident! He has no talent!" Kevin Prietchayue said Angrily, he said something that he didn't believe.

But people, I can't stop at this point: "Give him a month, no, two months, if he can develop a passable point guard defense before Christmas, I will... I will..."

Seeing the top of his friend, Morris Cheeks resolutely urged: "What are you doing? Everyone listen, if you say you are going to die, you want to be a cow, a horse, and an animal..."

Kevin Pritchar said decisively: "Then I'll give him my antique Porsche!"

That vintage Porsche!Maurice Cheeks immediately perked up... Wait, Maurice Cheeks asked, "Send him?"

"Why? Is it possible to send you off? Why?"

"Uh...it's nothing, but you are really willing, everyone is listening."

"Hey, two months, don't say he doesn't necessarily have talent in this area, even if he does, can he learn defense in two months? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

……

……

At 7 o'clock in the morning, Liu Xiu woke up on time.

“已执行30分钟综合协防补防防守模拟训练、30分钟投篮基本功模拟训练、30分钟控球基本功模拟训练、22分钟传球基本功模拟训练……累积需3633治愈值提取模拟训练成果，是否提取？剩余治愈值3931。”

Of course, you have to extract it. Tomorrow, you will play against Anthony, so you have to surprise the opponent...

But maybe the other party will not be surprised, Anthony has always had a high evaluation of him.

On the 23rd, after spending half a month, Liu Xiu finally learned all the training methods that Derek Anderson and Dale Davis needed to learn!

At first, he felt that Derek Anderson's 3000 healing was worth it.

As a result, I learned the training method of supplementary defense and some defensive concepts that can be understood by professors from Davis, a thug who can be selected as an All-Star at his peak purely on defense... a total of 8000 healing points were spent.

This is just supplementary defense, not all of Dale Davis' defensive knowledge.

Fortunately, he only needs this at this stage, and he has finally learned it!

During this period of time, he has collected all the healing points he could find...'Fortunately, he played against the Warriors in two consecutive games, and the healing points increased by a wave, otherwise it would not be enough!It wasn't enough before I played against the Warriors yesterday... I offended the little general and Madman Fan to death...but it doesn't matter...'

Liu Xiu chose not to extract it first, so he had to be prepared. Anyway, if the healing value is sufficient, he can extract it at any time.

This system prompt was hidden, and another system prompt came.

“2003-2004赛季季前赛已进入尾声，系统将根据NBA各球员在季前赛中的实际表现结合训练营能力展现重新计算并判定球员探测报告，将与2003年10月26号0点更新……”

Seeing this prompt, Liu Xiu was not surprised.

"Sure enough, as I thought, there is definitely a part of the difference between the ability displayed in the training camp and the ability in the real game..."

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(End of this chapter)