622. NBAs Big Five: Giraffes are coming
If there were really people on Mars who could play basketball and challenge people on Earth to play basketball, the candidates on Earth would undoubtedly be selected from the NBA.
If the NBA wants to form a lineup to play basketball games with the Martians and promote friendly communication between the Earth and the Martians, it must first satisfy the Martians' appearance preferences. Then Chris Bosh will definitely be selected for this roster.
A frustrated netizen started a post like this on the Internet, and then from more than 400 active players in the NBA, they formed a "Five Ugly" group that can be regarded as having a chance to compete for the championship in the NBA.
Marques Daniels and Josh Howard of the Dallas Mavericks; Sam Cassell of the Minnesota Timberwolves; Shawn Marion of the Phoenix Suns; and Chris Bosh of the Pistons. Five people were selected to the NBA.
Star group.
And these five people have all played very well this season, so they have come into the attention of fans.
The five people were nicknamed the Alien Group by a post that popped up on the Internet, and the two in Dallas were directly nicknamed the Dallas Double Ugly.
In just a few hours, this post took the basketball world by storm.
In the past, we used to evaluate who is handsome in the NBA, who plays domineeringly, and whose moves are picturesque, or by forcibly comparing two players from different eras who have basically never played against each other in their prime, and then a group of opposing fans would argue.
Stop, most of the online posts and topics are just gossip.
But this time the topic came out, it was like a breath of fresh air in the fan circle!
In the past, fans loved to compete for the first place for their favorite stars, but this time, everyone was very humble, and the replies to the posts were harmonious, with no competitive thoughts at all.
At first, the fans were just teasing, but later on, players such as Garnett, James, Antoine Walker, etc., who had scary expressions, looked a little anxious, or had weird looks, were all included in the discussion by the fans.
Even the fans of these players are trying their best to criticize them. Never before have they been so happy to criticize their own stars.
"Giggle...Uncle! You are so bad! You actually harmed others like this. If they knew it was the post made by the uncle, they would definitely want to beat him up!" The little Lolita sat in Liu Mang's arms and covered her mouth while laughing.
stop.
"Shh...! Keep your voice down! We have a lot of big mouths on our team!" Liu Mang pinched Dinah's face and looked around. There was almost no one around. There is no airtight wall in the NBA. One person knew it was him.
You did it, and the whole world knows it!
"Uncle, don't worry! Dinah is not the eighth mother-in-law!" the little Loli said solemnly.
"...What kind of Hong Kong drama are children watching! Don't say this word in the future!" Liu Mang was so tired, and the little Loli learned it badly!
Yes, the initiator of all this is Mr. Liu who is currently browsing the forum while holding a little lolita and eating tofu.
On Christmas Day, the Eagles trained in the morning. After the team meeting, everyone had a nutritious meal together. There was no training in the afternoon. The game was about to start at 2:30. Some Eagles players were watching the video, and some
While playing games, some took a nap directly. Every player has his or her own way to relieve stress before the game.
Liu Mang has strong confidence in beating the Pistons. A team that he has swept for two consecutive years, he seriously despises the opponent strategically. As the team's scoring leader, Liu Mang must first show his confidence to his teammates.
, let your teammates also feel their own confidence, so that they can play the game better, especially when playing against a strong team like the Pistons, you must first have confidence.
Moreover, for the Pistons game yesterday and this morning, Zunlian and the pre-game meeting were fully prepared. The game is about to start. There should be no more than an hour or two before doing research. After all, it is only the regular season. Although it is
The Christmas game, but for the entire season, it is just an ordinary regular season. If you win, you win. Just try hard not to lose.
As for the Christmas game, the Hawks are playing at home and are much luckier than the Pistons. The families and friends of each player can spend the holidays together and come to the home court to watch the game.
Fortunately, it was the first game between the Eagles and the Pistons. The Pistons had already booked their evening flight tickets. After the game, they had to fly back for the holidays. Although it was a bit troublesome, at least they were able to spend Christmas Eve with their families.
, maybe we can catch up with the Christmas game between the Nets and the Lakers. Americans have become accustomed to watching the Christmas game on Christmas Eve.
Dinah, Alexia, and Levia must come to watch this game. The two beauties went shopping and came in just before the game started. Liu Mang had nothing to do here, so he took the little Loli with him.
I was browsing the forum and saw that the post I posted when I got up in the morning had tens of thousands of replies. I was quite surprised and a little proud.
Liu Mang has always been skeptical about Bosh's height. His neck is too long! When he was watching the Pistons video in the morning, he discovered that the shoulder heights of Bosh and Ben Wallace were not much different!
The more he looked at Bosh's appearance, the more Liu Mang felt that the Raptors were the team most suitable for Bosh. Unfortunately, Bosh was already a member of the Pistons.
So, Liu Mang quietly used his trumpet to post about this in the largest forum among NBA fans in the morning, and then found four other players with weirder looks than Bosh, forming the Five Ugly NBA players!
Dallas' ugly forward duo of Marquis Daniels and Josh Howard, one late in the first round and the other undrafted, actually both averaged double figures in points per game and became the top five and seventh picks in the 2003 draft.
Besides, he is the only two rookies to average double figures in points per game.
Cassel, who was originally nicknamed the Alien, has played as one of the top six guards in the league this year. Shawn Marion is already a super power forward averaging 20 points per game.
The Hawks are about to face their opponent, the No. 2 pick of the Pistons, Chris Bosh, who also showed very good strength. In a Pistons team that lacks scorers, he uses his speed to shoot.
Two strong points were played very well.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In 2003, perhaps from a comprehensive perspective, this rookie class cannot compare with the 84 generation and the 96 generation. In addition to the core level of the team building, the 84 generation and the 96 generation
There are superstars and mainstay stars, and there are also many ordinary, high-quality role players.
But the top five picks of the 2003 generation are really talented.
Compared with Milicic's fragile mind, Bosh is obviously more mature. Before playing brother basketball, he played tough and loved to cut inside. As the second of the legendary Garnett, of course he has excellent mid-range shooting ability and can even shoot.
Shoot a three-pointer!
As an absolute core player, Bosh may not be able to bring the team's record to such a good level, but if he is regarded as the second in charge and the third in charge, and does not need to weaken his inside role to shoot from the outside, he will become a top team in the league.
Playing basketball, Bosh's career started better than Liu Mang imagined!
Although the defensive end is far inferior to Rasheed Wallace, his offensive ability gives Larry Brown a different choice, and he has good physical fitness and a good blocking threat at the basket. In his rookie year,
So far, he is averaging 16 points, 8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.5 blocks per game. Playing on a strong team with few scorers, Bosh's performance is even better than his original performance with the turbulent Raptors!
This surprised Liu Mang, who was paying attention to the Pistons because they were about to play!
In the eyes of others, the Pistons just made the right choice by selecting a center with athleticism comparable to Garnett and better shooting range. When the Pistons lacked scorers, Bosh seized the opportunity.
He got the opportunity and fit perfectly with Ben Wallace, a player who can only defend but not attack.
In Liu Mang's view, taking Rasheed Wallace away from his side actually contributed to a win-win situation between the Pistons and Raptors!
Liu Mang knows that Bosh is obviously not the type to be trained as the core of the championship. It is not that he is not good enough, but that his playing style is not suitable. He has almost no single defense ability and can only assist in defense. This is destined that he cannot cover the sky with one hand like Duncan.
, the organization of offense is also mediocre, and even Garnett does not have the ability to become the favorite to win the championship with two quasi-All-Stars.
But assisting in defense and scoring is perfect for the Pistons. Bosh is almost the same as when Rasheed Wallace joined the Pistons. He and Ben Wallace cooperated tacitly from the beginning, although there is no
Rasheed Wallace's single defense ability, but under Larry Brown, he was very active in assisting defense, and he was able to score. Bosh didn't need several years to develop like Milicic, and he had a lot of talent from the beginning.
The excellent immediate combat ability makes the Pistons' inside combination very scary.
As for Milicic, he happened to go to the Raptors who are willing to cultivate traditional centers for a long time, so he can slowly tap into his potential.
Liu Mang didn't expect that the Pistons and Raptors would have a win-win situation in this draft. He thought Bosh would be crippled by Larry Brown!
This made Liu Mang very curious. While watching the little Loli close the website and open a Q-version 2D game called Theme Hospital, he asked the system in his heart: "System boss, Bosh and Milicic."
Are people a balanced and matched combination that has changed their career trajectory?”
"Ding... Darko Milicic is a match for Kwame Brown. Chris Bosh just played his original ability. He became better than the host remembered, just because of the Pistons' system.
.”
"Is that so..." Liu Mang looked at the Pistons' lineup and felt that this opponent was a bit tricky!
Billups, Ben Wallace, two masters of court control, and Hamilton, a running shooter, plus Bosh and Stephen Jackson, the defense is definitely much worse than the original Pistons' five tigers, but it is
Becomes very variable!
But regardless of the variables, Liu Mang is confident that his side is better than the Pistons!
Liu Mang was surprised because the alliance as a whole seemed to have become better because of his appearance!
This year's Rookie of the Year has become confusing. Unlike the original competition between Anthony and James, this time the top five picks are all the favorites for the Rookie of the Year!
The emergence of a strong player can often put pressure on other players, forcing them to make themselves better. Just like the Magic Bird and Jordan, they respectively promoted the overall strength of the NBA in the 1980s and 1990s.
There has been qualitative development.
Liu Mang does not yet have the consciousness to be a strong player in promoting the development of the NBA's overall strength, but his appearance has slowly begun to promote changes in the NBA.
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Christmas is the biggest holiday in the United States. Most people have a long holiday. For example, Dinah, which lasts from December 18th to January 5th, is a full 19-day holiday. Except for the service industry, police industry and sales industry,
Many people have a 15-day holiday, from December 22nd to January 5th. Of course, these people who have holidays only account for less than 10% of the working people in the United States, because the service industry and sales industry are basically
It occupies 90% of the working industries except students.
But the 10% of people who have vacations are basically rich people.
The Hawks participated in the Christmas game for the second consecutive year. Atlanta fans were very excited and the tickets were sold out early.
Atlanta is a big city, but the Hawks have always been a small-market team. As a small-market team, the Hawks have never had the experience of playing Christmas games for two consecutive years, just like Cleveland in the future, which is a small city.
But like the top five ball markets in the NBA, a Superman star is too important to a team, whether it is the owner or the fans. Fans have a sense of belonging to their favorite team. The Eagles
It started to get popular, and the fans were proud of it.
Liu Mang's appearance has attracted attention to the Eagles. Coupled with Liu Mang's explosive performance this year, he has completely conquered Atlanta and become Atlanta's most popular athlete, once again suppressing the Falcons.
In the few games after scoring 65 points, Liu Mang's performance was not particularly outstanding. Of course, compared with the terrifying performance against the Spurs when he scored 65 points, he always scored more than 20 points or 30 points, which was not particularly outstanding.
But people found that Liu Mang's scoring average hovered around 28 and 29 points per game. Without any significant improvement, the scoring averages of Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady, who ranked first in the scoring list, were actually getting closer and closer!
Liu Mang averaged 28.7 points per game, and Tracy McGrady's average points per game has dropped to 30.3 points, a difference of only 1.6 points!
This gave Eagles fans an exciting but terrifying thought! But this thought cannot be suppressed at all!
When Liu Mang entered the stadium to start the final preparations before the game, he could see what the fans were thinking at a glance.
Because the fans are too high-profile!
Many fans held signs that read: Ace, we want the scoring champion!
Or: No. 1 in scoring, Ace Liu.
Each fan may express it in different words, but the meaning is basically the same.
The scoring champion in the third grade!
After the NBA entered modern basketball, only Dominique Wilkins, Jordan, Iverson, and O'Neal were able to win the scoring title in the third year of their careers. The other scoring titles, such as David Robinson, were all defeated.
Many years later, of course, it might be some big hooligan who won 10 scoring titles and suppressed all the scorers in the league...
Seeing the fans being so high-profile, Liu Mang was a little excited, but suddenly he had an ominous premonition.
Chapter completed!