champion heart

Chapter 15 15. The blown Tang De
The god-level performance in two consecutive games made Tang De famous overnight!
4月14主场打马刺，37分6助攻5篮板3盖帽，命中8记三分！
4月17主场打火箭，32分3助攻7篮板4盖帽，命中9记三分！
Even if this kind of performance is a historical superstar, it is difficult to get it even once in his entire career.

But as a rookie, Tang De got it, and what's even more terrifying is that it was two games in a row!
Don't forget, Tang De is only 20 years old!
Tang De's data is unique in history. It can be said that Tang De has created a historical record. In this data, he is the first in history!

Even Kobe said on social media: Don is a genius. I have never seen such a wonderful performance. I am looking forward to playing with him on the court. Take the O'Brien Cup!

Tang De himself was very surprised by Kobe's high evaluation.

For someone with Kobe's character, it is not so difficult to get his approval!
In addition to Kobe, many NBA stars have expressed their appreciation for Tang De on social media.

James: Don is still young, keep working hard, he will become a strong contender for the best small forward in the league!
Curry: In this league, the one who can make the most of the three-pointer is now one more Tang!

Harden: Don this guy is simply too cool, his defense is suffocating, and his three-pointers are killer!
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For the praise of these stars, what else can Tang De say?

He just wants to praise them one by one!
In addition to the congratulations from the major players, the biggest highlight is still on the media reporters!
They could no longer find any adjectives to praise Tang De.

At this moment, all words are not important anymore!

They just want to blow up Tang De.

ESPN was also the first to publish an article about Tang De.

The subject of this article is interesting.

"Why are players like Tang reused at the end of the regular season? If they were reused earlier, would the Lakers be far more than what they are now?"

For this article, D'Antoni is lying!
But D'Antoni didn't complain at all.

As said in the article, it was indeed his fault for Tang De's use of it!

Before that, he had never paid much attention to Tang De, and he didn't think how much energy this yellow-skinned young rookie would have!

D'Antoni feels lucky now.

He was glad that he appointed Tang De at the end of the regular season. If not, a talent like Tang De might really be buried!

In fact, this is a very normal phenomenon in the NBA.

But anyone who can enter the NBA, everyone has two brushes, otherwise they have absolutely no chance to enter.

But there are some very capable players who are often eliminated by the NBA because they don't get enough opportunities!

For example, Tang De, can you say that he is incompetent?Of course he is capable!

But if D'Antoni didn't give him a chance in the final stage, he would be at best a qualified substitute for the Lakers!

Of course, it is not ruled out that he can slowly play from the bench, but in that case, too much unnecessary time and energy will be wasted.

The day after the end of the regular season, the Lakers held a press conference.

It was called a press conference, but it was actually an opportunity for reporters to question Tang De at close range.

Obviously, through Tang De's performance in these two games, the Lakers management has been completely conquered by Tang De.

Therefore, it is still necessary to vigorously promote Tang De.

This can also be regarded as the Lakers showing their sincerity in advance and preparing for keeping Tang De in advance!

Because after all, Tang De's contract is coming to an end this summer, the problem facing the Lakers now is to provide Tang De with a suitable contract as soon as possible.

Tang De actually doesn't like such press conferences very much, because no one knows what kind of questions those reporters will ask.

For Tang De, he just wants to play. If he plays well and has good statistics, everything will fall into place.

It's just that the team specially arranged for him, who was a role player not long ago, and it would be inappropriate if he didn't participate.

Sitting next to him is the team coach D'Antoni, and there are a large group of reporters in the audience.

D'Antoni is the favorite occasion.

"Don, was your three-pointer so accurate before? I have to admit that your three-pointer is so cool!"

A male reporter wearing black-rimmed glasses was the first to ask.

"It's like this. I've been practicing three-pointers. I haven't stopped every day. As long as I have the opportunity, I want to make those damn three-pointers. Obviously, I feel good in these two games!"

Tang De answered the question more officially.

"The playoffs are about to start. How many games do you plan to win against the Spurs in the first round?"

Tang De noticed that the reporter who asked this question was not kind!
This question is obviously a bit of a spectator. Everyone knows that it is difficult for the Lakers to beat the Spurs 4 games in a series this season!
Faced with such a question, Tang De just wanted to reply!
"I think your question is meaningless. How many games do we plan to win? Everyone wants to win 4 games. Isn't your question nonsense?"

Tang De was not polite and didn't give the reporter a good look at all.

To be honest, sports reporters are actually a very annoying profession. In order to find the latest news, they often use unscrupulous means.

Questions most of the time sports reporters ask are bullshit!
So the phrase "I just play ball" can be used to answer any question!

If it weren't for the fact that the players and the team need to rely on the media reporters' propaganda, no one would pay attention to the reporters!
Back then, Kobe, Iverson and others were angry with reporters!
Because of Tang De's angry reprimand without hesitation, the atmosphere became a little bit colder!

"Listen Tang, calm down, the question he asked is only his job, and there is nothing he can do about it!"

D'Antoni spoke quickly to break the silence.

Comrade Lao De has been in the NBA for so many years, and he must have more experience in all aspects than Tang De.

Journalists can report your positive news, and they can also report your negative news.

It's better not to offend or not to offend, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble!

"Sorry, everyone, I was a little excited just now! If you have any questions, just ask, I have to go to training!" Tang De said with a smile.

D'Antoni was right, he shouldn't be too excited, these reporters can do anything, just fool them, there is no need to get angry with them.

"Tang, your defense was very good in the game. I would like to ask, how do you usually conduct targeted training?"

A female reporter with long, wavy hair asked her question.

"I think the most important thing about defense is attitude. Only if you are willing to defend seriously, can you defend well!"

Tang De answered the question quickly and briefly.

The press conference lasted about half an hour, and the reporters were still enthusiastic. They had too much news to dig on Tang De!

It's just that Tang De couldn't take it anymore, he had to go to training, and he had to prepare for the playoffs in a few days.

(End of this chapter)