Chapter 22: The False Core of Summer League

However, letting the opponent easily break through to the basket did not make Chamberlain's evaluation inferior, and the assistant coach on the sidelines still gave a pertinent and even commendatory comment: "Comparable to Bruce Bowen's defensive anticipation ability and defensive enthusiasm!" ”

Coming off the basket, Josh also looked at Chamberlain twice. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Such repeated "shows of love" made Chamberlain no longer indifferent, he glared at a pair of bewitching phoenix eyes, and "fiercely" reciprocated Josh.

It seemed to be electrocuted by Chamberlain's beautiful "electric eye", and Josh cracked his mouth: "The defense is very good." You're the center of the pit bulls, aren't you? ”

Chamberlain: "......"

"If you say you want to go out, you will be slapped in the face by your opponent, and then pretend to be counterattacked?"

"Yes, it's me. I remember you too, the heart of Wake Forest! ”

The scene suddenly became "love", but the confrontation of the game did not decrease because of this.

Four years of college experience made Josh one of the most capable rookies this year, and the Mavericks quickly managed to take the lead over the Spurs.

Chamberlain, who has never dared to relax in the slightest without a guarantee contract, rarely accurately stuck out the position under the basket, and stretched out his hand to the opponent loudly: "Ball!" ”

However, the point guard hesitated for a few seconds under the temptation of individual offense, until Josh's defense hindered his offense, and then passed the basketball to Chamberlain, which made Chamberlain lose his position to get out of the card.

"Too skinny!"

The Spurs' assistant coach shook his head and sighed like Mark Foyu.

"It's a shameful young man who has a great future if he has a good body." The Spurs coach couldn't help but think so.

But in the arms of the center whose Mavericks were more than a lap fatter than him, Chamberlain still jumped up with difficulty.

Chamberlain's body leaned back slightly, and the pressure of the opponent's body did not make his shooting posture deformed in the slightest.

Seeing that Chamberlain's arm holding the ball was a lot higher than his own center, Josh rushed to the basket with a lunge and covered the basketball in Chamberlain's hand.

Josh's oblique side closure embarrassed Chamberlain to the extreme.

"What?"

The Spurs' coach suddenly widened his eyes.

The left side of the body is the rebound, the right side is blocked by Josh's block, in front of him is the center of the Mavericks, Chamberlain, who has almost no choice, the raised wrist is suddenly retracted, and the next second it goes around behind him, in Josh's stunned eyes, the basketball is thrown out from behind Chamberlain, grazing Josh's back, and is passed to the Spurs' power forward.

The Spurs' power forward looked blankly at the basketball that suddenly appeared in his hand...... He was then tackled by the opposing point guard.

The coach of the Spurs didn't come up in one breath, and sat on the chair with a red face: "What a waste this horse is, even such a season's top ten passes can be wasted!" ”

Chamberlain also looked at his palm in disbelief: "I actually made such a powerful pass?" ”

It was Chamberlain's first time playing in actual combat after completing the passing training camp and he was deeply impressed by his passing ability. Belch...... In fact, it was only under the slam of the "training camp" that his reflex arc was relatively short, forgive this ignorant teenager.

Josh also tilted his head to look at Chamberlain: "Man, you should be playing in college for a year!" ”

"Thanks, but that choice won't be a hindrance for me, will it?"

My family knows my own business. Still, Chamberlain smiled kindly at the well-meaning Josh.

Josh shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything more, but he knew that the beginning of man, most of the time, determines the end of man. Of course, there are some characters who have changed their lives, and the hardships they have gone through have only made their experiences more legendary, but there are very few such people.

"Pause!"

The Spurs coach could no longer stand the botched performance of his motley army, and he also wanted to see how much of Chamberlain's ability to be overlooked, and he called a timeout after the Mavericks' offense was complete.

"Pass! I don't want to say it a second time, I just want to tell you that Spurs never welcome guys who don't follow the tactical discipline, and if you still want to play and fight for your career, you better listen to what I have to say! ”

The Spurs coach has been with Popovich for many years, and he knows how to get along with these guys, and the reason why he didn't say it before was because he wanted to see their all-round individual ability without being constrained by tactics, but now he is not interested in that, he just wants to see what kind of performance Chamberlain will have.

"Point guard, you have to understand your role, you're not a shooting guard, you're not a small forward, and more importantly, you're not Allen Iverson!"

The meanness of the coach makes the point guards bow their heads, they have to endure such "insults", there is no human right to fight the streets, most of the time!

"And you, you know? You're not an obstacle, you want to get a chance here, you have to understand that first! ”

As soon as the coach's "poisonous tongue" skill was activated, Chamberlain couldn't help but think of his "devil training camp", but finally it was his turn, he hurriedly held his breath and listened to the other party's reprimand. Very "poisonous tongue", but very targeted, Chamberlain thought he needed such guidance.

But......

"You have to understand, Zhang, you are the core of the team now, you have to tell them how to play, not passively wait for the opportunity! Show me what you're capable of, all! This is important to you! ”

The word "core" thrilled Chamberlain, even though he was just a "fake core"!

Chamberlain nodded firmly, he was hungry for a chance, any chance!

At the end of the timeout, the point guard honestly passed the basketball to Chamberlain, who was stuck out of position on the inside, after half court.

It was still a little slow, but knowing that the point guard's ability was there, Chamberlain caught the basketball and quickly stepped back and left the Mavericks' center's defensive range.

Compared to Chamberlain, his opponent moved too slowly, and he could move inside and out, and Josh, who was "up to the hall and down to the kitchen", immediately made up for it.

In the previous two defenses, Chamberlain's passing made a deep impression on Josh, and his supplementary defense this time focused on blocking Chamberlain's passing route, but no one's defense was truly comprehensive, and Josh was not the Mavericks defensive leader later.

Chamberlain's waist twist tore through Josh's shooting blockade against him.

The shooting ability that he has developed under high pressure, although the shooting percentage is not good enough, has allowed Chamberlain to keep his hand correct and comfortable most of the time.

"Brush".

Flying out of Chamberlain's palm, the basketball landed cleanly into the hoop.