unfinished glory

Chapter 54: End of December

After killing their biggest competitor, the Spurs played another back-to-back. On the 30th and 31st, they defeated the Trail Blazers and Clippers respectively, extending the winning streak to 10 games.

They ranked first in the league and achieved a record of 27 wins and 4 losses. Some media began to discuss the possibility of the Bulls' record of 72 wins and 10 losses being broken.

In the single month of December, the Spurs achieved a record of 12 wins and 14 losses. Especially in direct dialogue, the Suns were helpless, which allowed Popovich to be the best coach in December.

The best players of the month in the East and West are Dwyane Wade of the Heat and Dirk Nowitzki of the Mavericks.

The Spurs and Suns have better records, but Duncan and Nash's personal data is not as good as the Germans.

The East's Rookie of the Month is still Okafor, who averaged 18.1 points and 13.3 rebounds last month.

Among the rookies in the West, there are still no strong opponents. With 11.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists, Li Chongxiao won the best rookie of the month in the West.

Experts no longer doubt whether Li Chongxiao has the ability to establish a foothold in the NBA, and truly admit the fact that he should be a lottery pick.

Now everyone is waiting for Li Chongxiao's performance in the next two or three months to see if he will hit the rookie wall.But as a defensive player, he won't be bad no matter what, at least he still has a defensive back.

Li Chongxiao's outstanding performance has also attracted the attention of other teams in the league.

Some teams are dealing with the Spurs, so pay attention to their rotation in order to open a gap.For example, the Suns, in the last game against the Spurs, all the coaches could tell that the lineup in the third quarter completely defeated the Suns' core lineup.

D'Antoni is still having a headache now. The height of the striker is not flexible enough; the speed is not enough, but the height is not enough.And for both lineups, the Spurs have ways to deal with them.

Another kind of concern about Li Chongxiao is to see if he can be traded and cultivated.The Spurs have no shortage of offensive players, and it is impossible for them to break the team's construction gradient all at once.Then it may take several seasons to really guarantee Li Chongxiao's time and status.

Moreover, the Spurs are a strong team. Their task every season is to compete for the championship, that is, their combat power has a greater effect on them than their potential.

In addition to the previous trade with the Raptors, the Pistons and the Suns exchanged two first-round picks for Li Chongxiao, all with the idea of ​​weakening their opponents. How could the Spurs agree.

The funniest thing is that the Rockets actually want to use Spanoulis' signing rights and this year's undrafted player Andre Barrett to exchange for Li Chongxiao. It seems that the Rockets' owner Alexander can't wait for the European market.

After winning the best rookie in the Western Conference in November, the trade message never left Li Chongxiao, and he was a little used to it.

After winning the second best rookie, his potential was recognized by everyone, and his trade value increased.And after passing the game between the Pistons and the Suns, the Spurs are cautious about trading Li Chongxiao.

Since the trade is for the championship, it is only natural to retain players who are useful to the championship.

Gradually, other teams also knew the attitude of the Spurs, and the trade was fine, so don't talk about ordinary chips.But high-quality chips, who is willing to use them on a defensive player?
The news of the transaction also spread back to the country early in the morning, and the fans were divided into two factions regarding Li Chongxiao's future.

One faction believes that they should stay, because the Spurs have a better platform and Popovich is better at cultivating people.Besides, the situation of the Spurs is very good this year, Li Chongxiao may be able to get a ring if he follows.

According to Li Chongxiao's position in the Spurs, this time he won't be like a bus, he won't be able to make the playoff roster, and he will be mixed into the ring.

The other faction believes that Li Chongxiao should go to the weak team.In the Spurs, he can only be a substitute and engineer, and he can only exercise his offensive ability when he goes to a weak team.

His teammates at Duke University, Luol Deng and Du Hong, whose statistics are not as good as his, have already started.Li Chongxiao will definitely be able to start in the same environment.

What's more, he believes that as long as the team intends to cultivate, Li Chongxiao is the next McGrady.

Originally, the two factions were evenly matched, but after Li Chongxiao was not selected for the All-Star candidate list, more and more fans believed that he needed a new platform to improve his status.

Li Chongxiao has also been using the "Uncle Li is watching you" vest.He occasionally goes to the forum to read the comments of sand sculpture netizens, and he usually laughs at the flattery.

For some netizens who think that he can even become the core of a team like James, Li Chongxiao is self-aware.

In the past two years, he has been training defense. His offensive method is mainly open shots. His ability to attack independently is very poor, and he does not have the ability to play singles.This level of offense is easy to be strangled, and it is impossible to be the core of a team.

He can score around 10 points per game because of his accurate positioning.There are offensive players like Duncan and Ginobili in the team, who can easily attract the opponent's defense. He only needs to throw the ball passed by his teammates.

And shooting has always been his strongest personal talent since he was a child.After systematic training, he won the three flavors of "fast, accurate and ruthless".

This move is called "Xiao Li Fei Dao" in China.He himself also got a nickname called "Little Li Tanhua".It's just that other people's probing is counting up, but he is counting backwards.

Of course, where there is white, there is black, and there are also some "fans", such as Dongduhuakai, Yao Ming is not satisfied after being black, and he targets Li Chongxiao again.

Thinking that he was just lucky, a player who didn't even play college basketball very well, can average nearly 10 points per game, this is definitely not the real level, it is Huaxia fans who blow him up.

He attributed the reason to the fact that the Spurs were too strong, and the game was wasted at halftime. Li Chongxiao scored points in garbage time, which could be done by any player.

Li Chongxiao scoffed at the statement that he belittled him and believed that he could not reach the minimum level of an NBA player.

After playing at the highest level of professional competition for two months, he does not underestimate himself.

If he can gain a foothold in a championship-level team like the Spurs, then he can play in any team in the NBA.Even in some teams, the status will only be high but not low.

But he still wants to stay with the Spurs.The Spurs drafted him and gave him a chance in a desperate time, and Li Chongxiao wanted to give something back.

Furthermore, Li Chongxiao wanted to fully learn a capital to settle down. In order to be selected, he first chose to defend.

He doesn't have a system, and he can't learn a skill without a teacher in a short time. So is there a better platform than the Spurs, and a better teacher than Bowen?
As for the attack, he didn't want to understand it for the time being.

He is only 18 and a half years old, so he has plenty of time, so why bother to pursue some unrealistic things prematurely, and make himself look different.

Drexler didn't start until he was 21, and he was three years too early, so why worry, don't worry!
(End of this chapter)