NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 390. Chapter 391. Gratitude and Resentment

April 12

After three consecutive days of rest, the Bobcats also ushered in the last game before the Christmas game.

To be able to rest for three consecutive days in another season is a luxury for any team, and it is a very happy thing.

Coupled with the fact that the Bobcats are generally composed of young players, the three days allowed these young people to fully recover their physical strength.

In the long season, the distribution of physical strength is very important for a team, which is one of the main reasons why every team should try to improve its lineup rotation.

Only when the physical strength of the players reaches the average level, can the players' ability to operate on both offensive and defensive ends of the field be increased while avoiding injuries as much as possible.

There are too many players in the history of the NBA who don't have any talent, and they can play well on the defensive end, relying on the mad dog-like entanglement and physical strength that runs through the audience.

This kind of player abounds in the small ball era from ancient times to later generations.

Although their role on the court is relatively simple, any team hopes to have such a player.

Apart from the cheap salary, it is indeed able to perform at a level far beyond people's imagination.

So today, the Bobcats are also sitting at home to welcome the challenge of the Toronto Raptors.

After the Raptors sent Vince Carter away last season, the team's management and players performed abnormally in the early days.

Because Carter's departure left the Raptors without a leader.

New and old players are waiting to see the position of the star of the team, because once sitting in this position, it means having more shots, and having more shots can have better statistics.

This also caused the team to fall into a state of chaos in the middle of the season.

As the Raptors reshuffled their players during the offseason, the current philosophy of this team is very clear.

It is to rebuild with Chris Bosh as the absolute core.

Other players acted as powerful assistants by Bosh's side, helping Bosh grow, but also trying to make the Raptors' record better.

So in this state, Chris Bosh also ushered in a turning point in his career this season

So far this season, Bosh has averaged 39.3 minutes per game, contributing 22.6 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists.

Although they still haven't been able to bring the Raptors into the playoffs, the Raptors are already on the rise, and they are only three games away from the 76ers who are eighth in the Eastern Conference.

In addition to Chris Bosh, the Raptors' perimeter defender Mike James also made a lot of effort.

Mike James has played so far, averaging 20.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game.

But when the Bobcats and Raptors face off, none of that matters.

Because the media focused most of their attention on a rookie of the Raptors, this rookie is called Arauyo!
Last season, Liu Rui had some ties with Raptors coach Mitchell, and in the end this matter involved rookie Arauyo.

At that time, Liu Rui, who had just entered the league and had no reputation, staged an iron-clad career in front of the media, asserting that the rookie center Arauyo, who was selected by the Raptors with a high pick, would find it difficult to achieve his due worth.

And he also shifted this responsibility to the head coach Mitchell, thinking that it was his poor use of talent that caused Arauyo to fail to fulfill his talent in his career.

Faced with Liu Rui's doubts, the head coach of the Raptors, Mitchell, of course responded, and also sneered at Liu Rui.

At the same time, Arauyo was given a lot of playing time.

But after one season, even though Mitchell gave him a lot of attention, in the end Arauyo used an average of 4.3 points and 3.2 rebounds per game to strongly prove to the outside media that "he is a parallel importer"...

This incident also completely ended the relationship between Mitchell and Liu Rui.

And in the face of the media, Mitchell has never brought Arauyo to a press conference, and the three words Arauyo have become a name that others cannot mention in front of him.

Arauyo's playing time has basically been deprived this season, which is the best proof.

In fact, Araujo should thank Liu Rui for this matter.

Because if there is no appearance of Liu Rui, then his normal trajectory will only be more miserable, playing time is basically single digits, and he disappeared in the league after two seasons.

However, facing an average of nearly 20 minutes of playing time per game last season, Arauyo still failed to seize the opportunity. In this case, he naturally cannot blame others.

Arauyo is dissatisfied with the climate of the NBA, and it seems that it is not just playing time that can be changed.

This result also caused a sentence to appear in Liu Rui's mind inexplicably.

"I'm standing right in front of you, you see how much I look like before!!"

Before the game, the players of the two teams were doing their own warm-up training, and the head coach of the Raptors, Mitchell, naturally didn't come up to say hello to Liu Rui.

At this moment, with a dark face and arms crossed, he stood on the sidelines and watched the players practice shooting.

If you just look at this face, if you don't know how much money is owed to him, you may think that you don't have much ability, and this airs are not small.

Seeing Mitchell standing on the sidelines with a serious face, Liu Rui also shrugged helplessly.

There are too many people who appreciate themselves in this league, and there are many legendary coaches like Wilkens among them. But while some people appreciate themselves, naturally a large part of them hate themselves.

No one is perfect in this world, no matter how good a person is, there will inevitably be some people who hate him.

After all, no one is money, and it is impossible to like everyone.

There are even some people who simply don't like the good of others. People with this kind of jealousy, when he sees a person being praised by everyone, he has to go up and slander him, as if to make others think he is different.

And this kind of behavior will of course attract abuse from others, because when everyone thinks it is good, and you think it is bad, then you are too dazzling in this area.

But in the face of so many people's abuse, not only will this person not feel that he has done something wrong, but he will even feel a sense of transformation.

Because in this case, everyone's attention will be focused on him, because this is a state that he can't have in real life.

This is the true meaning of the existence of the Internet keyboard man. In reality, he is submissive, but on the Internet he strikes hard.

Besides Mitchell, who has a black line on his face, Van Gundy of the Rockets is probably the person who hates Liu Rui the most at the moment, definitely not one of them.

Because Liu Rui's advice to Yao Ming also caused Van Gundy to completely lose control of Yao Ming.

What Liu Rui told Yao Ming was more about how to protect himself.

If a player can't even overcome his injuries, then his final result can only be lost to everyone, let alone chasing the so-called dream.

At most, while being liked by the fans, I would like to add another sentence, if it is not for injuries...

But in Van Gundy's view, Liu Rui was sowing discord, which also made Van Gundy's coaching in the Rockets more and more difficult.

Coupled with the fact that Yao Ming fell down due to injury not long after his comeback, the calls for Van Gundy to dismiss get out of class throughout the entire league...

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