I'm not a basketball bully

Chapter 428

Su Ye also smiled and shook his head.

During team training, everyone helped Stephenson improve.

But no one knows where he got his confidence.

However, today's game is relatively simple. Except for Su Ye and Randolph, the Knicks did not play, and everyone else came on to make adjustments in advance.

Delong is responsible for leading the team.

The starting lineup is.

Deron, Dragic, Stephenson, Wilson Chandler, DeAndre Jordan.

The substitutes were Beverley and some Knicks secondary league players.

The Pacers side is even simpler.

Today the focus is on Hibbert, Dunleavy, and Paul George.

As key factors in the Pacers' reconstruction, the performance of these three individuals determines the performance of the Pacers team this season.

Coupled with the fact that the team is led by Granger, the Pacers' lower limit this year is not low and the upper limit is very high.

Everyone is looking forward to the Pacers' performance.

As for the Knicks, outside media have analyzed it in advance this season.

It is said that the Knicks' current state has reached the edge of reconstruction.

Without Hayes, the Knicks are not mature enough inside, and it is difficult for Randolph to carry the banner.

Without Ray Allen, the Knicks lack firepower from the outside, and Deron is unable to shoulder the heavy responsibility.

If it weren't for the Knicks and Su Ye, in the eyes of this group of unscrupulous media, they wouldn't even have the right to breathe in the Eastern Conference.

It can be said that no one thought how the Knicks could perform tonight.

They believe even more that this year's rookie small forward Paul George can show everyone different abilities.

Soon the game was ready to begin.

As a spectator, Su Ye sat on the bench and looked at the lineups on both sides.

He shouldn't be too familiar with the Pacers.

Hibbert, Gao Yuanyuan.

Super tall and extremely athletic, he is called the Black Yao Ming.

But his golf quotient is extremely low.

He was later called Gao Yuanyuan by the fans because this guy had 0 points, 0 rebounds and 0 assists in one game.

In addition to his tall height, he was nicknamed Gao Yuanyuan to commemorate his outrageous moment.

The second Dunleavy.

The big shooter, coupled with the Pacers, performed pretty well.

He was also leading the team today.

The third Paul George.

There is a lot to say about this guy.

But when it comes to talking about it, this guy's talent is indeed one of the best.

An all-around small forward who has developed in many aspects, his shooting is still a little bit behind now, but his finishing ability is definitely unique among this group of rookies.

Sure enough, after the opening 3 minutes.

A fast break opportunity, Paul George seized the opportunity and completed a dunk directly.

The fans cheered loudly.

And Stephenson, who was facing him tonight, was particularly jealous.

Soon it was the Knicks' turn for a fast break.

Stephenson led the way.

While running in front, he yelled at Delong behind him.

"Give me the ball, give it to me! Give it to me!"

Deron rolled his eyes at him.

After dribbling the ball halfway through the court and waiting for Jordan to get into position, he directly cooperated with an aerial shot and let Jordan complete the alley-oop.

As soon as the ball passed, Stephenson hurried to Deron.

"Why not give it to me."

"Shut your stupid mouth, rookie."

Deron did not give Stephenson any face at all, and cursed him in front of everyone.

"You are just a rookie, what qualifications do you have to ask for the ball from me."

"If you want the ball, weigh yourself."

"If you dare to say one more thing, go find Su Ye and ask him to pass the ball to you."

Stephenson was instantly frightened.

He shrank his neck to apologize to Delong.

He didn't even think that he would make Deron angry with just one word.

And Delong was not the only one who was angry.

There are also coaches with dark faces off the court.

In the fast break tactics just now, Stephenson seized Deron's position, otherwise this ball could have scored three points.

The coach sighed helplessly.

The surrounding analysts also had a headache.

Su Ye also noticed this scene.

After the first quarter, he called Stephenson in front of him.

Looking at Su Ye who was leaning on the chair with his legs crossed in front of him, Stephenson was not at all happy about doing things in front of him, lowering his head and muttering in a low voice.

"I could have scored points on a fast break just now."

Su Ye raised his eyebrows and asked him a question.

"Do you want individual performance or do you want the team to win."

"Of course the team won, otherwise I..."

Stephenson's voice grew quieter.

At this moment, he also discovered that in the last quarter of the game, he was eager to express himself, which affected Deron's rhythm.

Stephenson scratched the back of his head.

When Su Ye saw this guy reacting, he smiled and comforted him.

"We don't need your scores."

"We just need you to do whatever you can do."

"understand?"

Stephenson nodded sharply.

The second quarter begins.

The Pacers also felt something was wrong with Stephenson.

"what's going on?"

"Su Ye seemed to have lectured him just now."

"Teaching? What's the use of that?"

"Whatever, it's still a colored pen anyway."

No one in the Pacers thinks highly of Stephenson.

Because his performance in the first quarter has already let everyone know that this guy has not adapted to the NBA's game rhythm at all.

In the first half of the game, the two sides clashed constantly.

Basically, it relies on normal scoring based on running tactics.

Without Stephenson causing trouble, Deron gradually began to show his abilities.

The score between the two sides gradually became closer.

Just in an offensive round, Deron found an opportunity to shoot from the outside.

He adjusted his body and faced the basket and shot directly without hesitation.

But after taking action, Deron's expression became a little strange.

The ball went wide.

There is no doubt that the ball obviously deviated from its normal trajectory.

"Fake!"

Delon complained in annoyance.

If this ball hits, they can pull the point difference to 6 points.

If they miss, they are likely to be beaten by their opponents by double digits in the second quarter.

Everyone in the Pacers was smiling, and everyone was ready to accept the missed basketball.

But just when the basketball bounced outside the penalty area.

A figure jumped high and grabbed the rebound.

Stephenson greeted Deron with a smile.

"Brother Delong!"

"ball!"

Deron didn't expect that this guy actually picked up a rebound from this group of NBA players.

After receiving the ball, Deron quickly adjusted and hit a three-pointer, allowing the team to successfully narrow the point difference to 6 points.

No one around the Pacers thought that Stephenson had rebounding ability.

Soon Stephenson gave everyone another surprise.

In an offensive round, Paul George mainly defended Deron, and Hibbert withstood Jordan.

Only Stephenson is holding the ball at 45 degrees, playing a Pacers substitute.

Facing this substitute, Stephenson was just a triple threat and easily passed with the first step.

Excellent ball sense and strong ability to connect others with the ball.

Facing Hibbert who was covering up defense at the basket, Stephenson made a fake pass, causing the opponent to turn around and look at Jordan.

When Hibbert realized it was not Jordan, Stephenson easily picked the basket in front of him and scored the first goal of his NBA career.

After this goal, the faces of the Pacers coaching staff looked a little ugly.

If the front rebound is luck.

So this single goal is purely personal ability.

In just a few minutes, Stephenson showed his current abilities to this group of professionals.

Rebounding, breakthrough, organization.

Although Stephenson's offense is a bit immature now, if he is trained a little, he will definitely have no problem being the second or third player in the team.

And this was the person that the Pacers should have picked up with their second-round pick, but now he was picked up by the Knicks with their only first-round pick.

The opponent picked up his leak.

The Pacers must feel uncomfortable.

But on the Knicks side.

Su Ye is very satisfied with Stephenson's current performance.

Although there is still a gap between him and normal NBA players, he is now far more than twice as strong as when he first started trial training.

This was just less than a month.

And there is still a whole year of games this year, which is enough for Stephenson to catch up with the normal NBA level in a short period of time.

And by that time, he can also be regarded as a fighting force of the Knicks.

In the subsequent games, it is a bit difficult to say.

Because of Stephenson's poor performance in the first quarter, the Knicks were chasing points.

At the end of the game, the Knicks were still 7 points behind the Pacers.

Deron scored 25 points in the team, which could not conceal the team's failure.

DeAndre Jordan, the starting center in the new season, can also contribute 17 points and 12 rebounds to the team after slight adjustments.

As for Stephenson.

What kind of scoring can you expect from a guy who is going to be a second-round pick?

Total 9 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

It can be said that his performance in this game was far from enough for an NBA player.

But for a rookie, this is already a very outstanding result.

On the opposite side, the Pacers' performance was shocking.

Three people lead the team.

Dunleavy had 19 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Hibbert had 12 points, 14 rebounds and 0 assists.

The main one is Paul George.

As a rookie small forward that attracts attention this time.

In his first preseason game, he brought the team excellent statistics of 22 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

And this data is close to Deron tonight.

However, the difference between the two is that while Deron scored 25 points, he also had 11 assists. He was really dragging the whole team by himself.

If nothing else, the headline news tonight will definitely be about Paul George.

But if nothing else, there was an accident.

Stephenson, who had a mediocre performance tonight, was hand-picked by Su Ye due to the popularity of the summer league finale and the media breaking the news.

This puts Stephenson firmly in the headlines.

And the headlines are pretty interesting.

"The Knicks rookie showed all-round performance with 9 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, narrowly losing to the Pacers. 》

For those who have not watched the game, they would have thought that the fierce battle tonight was such that Stephenson contributed several key goals.

And in the locker room before the game the next day.

Stephenson looked at the latest newspaper in the morning and was moved to tears.

"I won, I finally won."

Delong came over to take a look at the newspaper and asked confused.

"What a win."

Stephenson wiped his tears, turned to Deron and shouted excitedly.

"I finally beat Paul George."

These words really confused the entire locker room.

It’s not like everyone didn’t see the game last night.

Paul George showed his talent on the court, and Stephenson didn't remember how to play until halfway through the game.

The performance of the two people is completely different.

Where did he win?

But Deron soon came to his senses.

He rolled his eyes at Stephenson and catered to him very perfunctorily.

"exactly."

"Won."

"I'll be the one tonight, you work hard and win another round."

Stephenson nodded sharply.

While waiting to play, Randolph, who was also going to play tonight, couldn't help but ask Deron.

"He didn't win."

Delong pointed at the newspaper with disdain.

"look by youself."

"He's the one on the headlines, and Paul George is the one at the bottom."

"Otherwise, why do you think he won?"

When he heard that he had won the game in the newspaper, Randolph finally couldn't stand it anymore and laughed loudly in the stadium.

The surrounding Knicks players who heard Deron's explanation also laughed one after another.

They still have difficulty understanding Stephenson's brain circuitry.

But with such a living treasure in the team, it is indeed a joy to compete every day.

. . . . .

within the upcoming preseason schedule.

Stephenson's performance was high and low, perfectly demonstrating his neurotic attributes.

Sometimes he can suddenly go berserk.

Helping the team score 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Sometimes it can make teammates wonder if this guy is pretending to be a professional player.

He hits 10 out of every 1 shots he takes, and he doesn't even know where to move.

But with the last game of the schedule, Su Ye returned to warm up.

Stephenson finally found his form.

Before the game, Su Ye reminded the coach not to give Stephenson too heavy a task, otherwise the guy's CPU could burn out.

The coach tried it several times and got a clear understanding.

Su Ye is right!

In the last preseason game, the Knicks led their opponents by 20 points and won, and the highlight was about to begin.

Regular season opener.

. . . . .

The 2010~2011 season is undoubtedly a highly anticipated season for the NBA.

During the offseason, the major teams changed players and made trades. It can be said that every team faced this season with a brand new face.

And in terms of the first battle.

The first match between Su Ye and the others was disappointing.

As the last champion, the Knicks made their debut. In their first game, they played an east-west swap match. Their opponent was the Nuggets, who had just formed the Big Three.

Also on the team is Su Ye's old teammate, Allen Iverson.

Madison Square Garden is packed with people today.

As the first show of the new season, the Knicks must complete the tradition of major championship teams.

The championship flag is raised and championship rings are awarded.

The championship rings had been handed out a long time ago, just as a formality to give the fans a stronger impression.

During the ceremony, Su Ye led the whole team to stand in the center of the court.

Ray Allen and Hayes, who had previously transferred, also arrived at the scene without a schedule.

In front of everyone's eyes, a "09-10 Season" pennant belonging to the Knicks was raised high and hung in the sky above Madison Square Garden.

Especially when Su Ye stood on the stage and took the initiative to shake hands with NBA President David Stern, preparing to complete the ring handover ceremony.

The whole audience burst into applause.

"mvp!"

"mvp!"

"mvp!"

Off the court, Stephenson, who is new to the team, has eyes full of envy.

But he didn't know that not far away on the Nuggets bench, another group of people were looking at Su Ye with envy.

Iverson held the basketball and looked at the championship ring on his finger that he and Su Ye cut off together.

The scene of the last championship is still vivid in my mind.

Back then, he was also very high-spirited and completed the ceremony together with Su Ye.

But now Su Ye has got three rings, and he only has one.

This makes Iverson very complicated.

A ring is not enough to prove yourself! ! !

And Billups shares the same sentiment with him.

Billups stood there, looking up at Su Ye who was receiving cheers from the audience.

He himself almost forgot what it was like when he last won the championship.

Many years have passed since then, and he has never enjoyed such an atmosphere again.

Now I am standing on the sidelines watching, and my heart is even more distraught.

He also urgently needs a ring to prove himself again.

But Melo Anthony, who is on the same team as them, is even more envious.

The Big Three were formed, and both of them had championship rings to prove themselves, but he had nothing.

This year is their best chance.

. . . . . .

After all the rituals are completed.

Su Ye and the others also reminisced about old times with Ray Allen and Hayes, who were wearing casual clothes.

Ray Allen looked at Stephenson in the distance.

"That's the kid?"

Su Ye was slightly startled, smiled and nodded.

"There's no one left, he can still make do."

Ray Allen looked at Stephenson with doubts in his eyes.

He even doubted whether this guy would let Su Ye achieve the worst performance in his career.

What no one expected was that Hayes and Stephenson were very close friends.

Both of them are funny.

After a while, the two people were side by side, calling themselves brothers, and began to liven up the atmosphere within the Knicks team.

Everyone was also made to laugh by these two people, without any sense of nervousness at the first show of the new season.

But off the court, the Knicks' starting lineup has emerged.

Point guard, Deron Williams.

Points, Su Ye.

Small forward, Wilson Chandler.

Power forward, Zach Randolph.

Center, DeAndre Jordan.

This list just came out, and it immediately caused an uproar among NBA fans.

"What? Did I read that right? Su Ye is in the scoring position?"

"What's going on? When did he transform?"

"No, don't you look at the data of the new NBA season? Su Ye has changed from sf/pf to sf/sg."

"I looked at it, and I thought he was the swingman at the second and third positions."

"No, isn't the first position still small forward? Why is he suddenly playing the shooting position?"

"Holy shit, I'm a long-time fan of Su Ye. This is the first time in his playing career that he has played in different positions!"

"Damn it! Do you think I have witnessed history!"

"He really fulfilled his previous promise, he really became a shooting guard!"

"Yes, I have witnessed history! Brother!"

Fans are buzzing.

Even the opponent Nuggets, Iverson and the others did not expect that Su Ye would start at the point tonight.

On the court, Su Ye looked at his old teammate Iverson and enthusiastically hugged him.

In tonight's game, Iverson is the starting point guard for the Nuggets.

Former teammates, now rivals.

Tonight the two will compete in points.

And Iverson even laughed and teased Su Ye.

"Damn, what's going on with the Knicks tonight."

"Let me hit a rookie."

As he said that, he gave Su Ye a bad smile.

Su Ye also replied not to be outdone.

"ai, your trash talk is too vulgar."