Chapter 443: Rookie, Welcome to the NBA
"Jermaine actually lost?" When the referee on duty in this game threw the basketball in his hand into the air, almost all the Pacers players, after seeing the result of the jump ball, had an incredible expression, Jermaine O'Neal actually lost to Stoudemire when he jumped the ball, and Jermaine O'Neal, who consciously made a mistake, also rubbed his already slightly rough face with his hands, trying to cover up his embarrassment at the moment.
But fortunately, the name of the Indiana track and field team is not blown out, Teylon-Nesby has not yet dribbled the ball through the halfway, the Pacers have quickly retreated in place, Teylon-Nesby did not hesitate, and handed the basketball directly to Anfernee Hardaway on the left, after Marbury was sent away, in the current Suns team, Anfernee Hardaway's organizational ability is the best in the team, so it is most appropriate to hand over the ball to Hardaway to deal with.
The team's boss and tactical core were sent away, so that there is no tactical thing to speak of now that has begun to rebuild, whether it is Sean Marion, Stoudemire, Joe Johnson, or the injured Anfernee Hardaway, they are currently unable to take on the responsibility of the tactical core. Although Anfernee Hardaway is not as good as before in terms of technique and physical fitness due to injury, Hardaway's consciousness is still there after all, so when no one is available, Hardaway can only take on the responsibility of organizing the team and do his best to sort out the Suns' offense.
Although the two sympathize with each other, but on the court, whether it is Meng Xu or Hardaway, there will be no softness, and Hardaway, who knows that he can't get rid of Meng Xu's defense, called Stoudemire's blocking and dismantling at the first time, hoping to open up the situation through blocking and dismantling.
After the blocking and dismantling of Hardaway and Stoudemire was completed, Meng Xu, who was supposed to defend Hardaway, was already entangled with Stoudemire at this moment, and Jermaine O'Neal appeared in front of Hardaway.
"Anferne, give me the ball." Just when Hardaway was still thinking about whether to go down or pass the ball next, Stoudemire, who was standing at the top of the arc, reached out to Hardaway to ask for the ball, observed the running position of his teammates around him, and found that there was no good opportunity, Hardaway handed the basketball to Stoudemire.
"Meng, today I will defeat you and make you regret what you have done this summer." In the first round, he got a one-on-one opportunity with Meng Xu, so Stoudemire is also very excited at the moment, it is obvious that Stoudemire not only has a great grudge against the Pacers and Larry Bird, but also very unhappy with the current boss of the Pacers, Meng Xu, in Stoudemire's opinion, if Meng Xu does not nod, he will not be traded to a fish belly like the Suns, although the general manager of the Suns, Jerry Colangelo, has promised himself that he will be the core of the Suns' rebuild, up to two seasons, The Suns could be back in the playoffs, but compared to the illusory promises and repeated struggles on the brink of the playoffs, Stoudemire wants to join a team that can compete for a championship right now.
"Come on, then, let me see if you have the strength to make us regret it." Because of the system task, Meng Xu attaches great importance to today's game and Stoudemier, so Meng Xu also deliberately found Jermaine O'Neal to be his sparring partner in the two-day training session.
"Hmph, I'll let you know!" After trying to break through unsuccessfully, Stoudemire slapped the basketball on the spot and jumped up directly in front of Meng Xu. Before entering the draft, Stoudemire had a variety of problems, such as a single offensive approach, average mid-range shooting, and a lack of back, which were all important reasons for the outside world to question his career prospects. But after joining the Suns, Jerry Colangelo immediately formulated a series of training plans for him, and it was not in vain that Jerry Colangelo paid a huge price in order to get him, after a summer of training, Stoudemire's mid-range shooting ability has improved greatly, in the game with the SuperSonics, Stoudemire's mid-range shooting after blocking and dismantling was 6 of 11, not only that, Stoudemire has now developed a certain back-to-back singles ability, just one summer, there has been such a big improvement, From this point of view alone, Stoudemire is truly talented.
It's just that when Stoudemire completed his shooting posture in the air and was about to throw the basketball in his hand, he found that Meng Xu had already blocked in front of him, and directly slapped the basketball in his hand with a palm, and after feeling a sore pain in his wrist, the basketball in Stoudemire's hand had already come out of his hand. Flying towards the sideline, Stoudemire, who began to fall from the air, was directly stunned, he would never have imagined that his first shot after the opening was actually covered by Meng Xu.
"Rookie, welcome to the NBA!" Meng Xu, who fell to the ground after Stoudemire, looked at Stoudemire who was still in a daze, and said with a smile. But as soon as the words came out, Meng Xu felt a little weird, this sentence is usually said by villains, right? Am I now a villain before I know it?
"It must be a coincidence, it must be a coincidence." Looking at Meng Xu, who turned to leave, Stoudemire, who had recovered from his state of distraction, stared at Meng Xu's back and said fiercely.
"Very beautiful cover, Meng's bounce and bounce speed are too fast, Amare is nearly 10 centimeters taller than Meng Xu, but Meng Xu's height in the air is not lower than him at all."
"Amare is really careless, he is facing the strongest blocking ability of the outside player in the entire league, this kind of jump shot with low bounce height is easy to be blocked by Meng Xu."
"Amare, don't be nervous, be focused, the Walker is not supersonic." Stoudemire's first shot in this game was blocked by Meng Xu, so Hardaway, as the big brother, also took the initiative to walk to Stoudemire's side, comforting her while quietly explaining the next strategy to him.
Marion's sideline ball went directly to Hardaway, and Hardaway handed the ball to Stoudemire again, wanting him to continue playing singles, so that Meng Xu could find the court.
"This time, I'm going to have to hit it in your head." After learning the lesson last time, Stoudemire chose to face Meng Xu sideways this time, ready to teach Meng Xu a lesson with a back-to-back single.
Although Meng Xu's strength is very strong, Stoudemire is an inside player who weighs more than 240 pounds after all, so for the Sun players on the court, Stoudemire singled Meng Xu with his back, even if the success rate is not high, he will definitely not fail, but what they didn't expect was that when Stoudemire pushed Meng Xu's back for the first time, Meng Xu didn't move at all.
"Amare, your strength is so weak that even I can't stand it, how can you blow up Dibakon and Jermaine." With the continuous reinforcement of Stoudemire, Meng Xu could clearly feel that the force borne by his body was getting stronger and stronger, just when Stoudemire was about to use his greatest strength to lean on Meng Xu, at the moment when Stoudemire exerted his strength, Meng Xu immediately took half a step back, and then when Stoudemire retracted his strength and prepared for the next time, he directly hit it from behind, and Stoudemire, who could not react, was directly hit by Meng Xu and stumbled, and the basketball in his hand came out again.
"Rookie, you still have a long way to go."