Chapter 34
Staples Arena is lit up at night, and tonight this is the home court of the Clippers, the final of their three consecutive home games, and tomorrow they will be on the road again. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Before the start of the game, players from both sides were preparing and warming up on the pitch. Tiger's eyes were always on the direction of the Nuggets, Jason finished the warm-up, simply shot 2 baskets, and sat on the chair, his eyes wandering, not knowing what he was thinking, and there was no one around.
"What are you looking at? Oh! Watch Jason Green? Although I don't know much about it, but that kid obviously has something on his mind, didn't he agree to your invitation to come to our clipper? Need to consider? Rodman asked as he suddenly appeared beside Tiger.
Rodman's words made Tiger retract his gaze. "When did I invite Jason? Today is just a simple brotherly gathering, and you don't want to associate everything. ”
"Isn't it? But when I arrived today, our manager and Jason were alone in the living room, are you sure they won't say that? Rodman didn't believe Andy would sit in the living room with Jason and stare dryly, their new manager of the Clippers, despite his young age, was very powerful.
Tiger looked at no one around him, lowered his voice and said to Rodman: "Andy is Jason's agent, and there will be no situation between them at all. Jason has some problems today, so that's why I'm always paying attention to his situation. Tiger trusts Rodman, when he invited Rodman, Rodman originally refused, in his eyes, the NBA bosses only have money in their eyes, and it is not good for him to go to the turbulent Clippers, and then Tiger told him the truth, and Rodman agreed to come to the Clippers.
"That's it! Wait a minute, I'll try the Nuggets' reactions. However, the current situation of the Nuggets is estimated to be that Exel is unwilling to be suppressed by a rookie and wants to come out. The current Nuggets, if there is a problem, are earning the boss to grab the ball. These are common in every team, and it's not something you can help you solve, it's up to the kid to deal with it himself. After thinking about it, Rodman gave the most conventional explanation.
"As long as you can win, what does it matter who is the boss? Isn't our team very good? "Tiger doesn't really feel much in those areas.
Rodman gave Tiger a roll of his eyes and left without saying anything. If the Clippers hadn't been for Rodman in the locker room, Tiger would have had a problem. Only Tiger can't see that the various situations inside, just Xiao Ao's thorn, will not be so quiet, Rodman feels that talking to Tiger about this is a complete waste of time.
The game started quickly, and the Clippers returned to the regular starting lineup today, how could they play the Nuggets without Billups? Billups, who had a break, was fully in shape at the beginning and took the lead in attacking the Nuggets. I don't know the Nuggets coach Dan who is sitting on the sidelines. Issel, to see if such Billups regrets his decision.
Rodman said before the game that he wanted to try the Nuggets' reaction, but he didn't have to try at all, Jason couldn't get too many passes at all, his own defense and rebounding on the inside line didn't play well, the whole was not in the state of the game at all, and he was sleepwalking, and after the first quarter, the Clippers switched to a rotation lineup, and Rodman and Tiger sat together again.
"Don't look at it, the Nuggets do have problems, but the problems are with your friends. Jason Green is clearly out of the game, the trust of other players in him is starting to wane, and Exel's offensive core has been recognized by the Nuggets coach and team. Rodman told Tiger what he saw.
"Are you saying Jason himself had a problem and the Nuggets replaced the offensive core?" Tiger asked, surprised.
"Boy, Jason Green is obviously not in shape, he is like a log during the game, and this situation should have been for a while, otherwise the Nuggets coach will not let Jason Green not get the pass, you have to know that a team's ball possession ultimately depends on the coach's arrangement." Rodman's familiarity with the NBA makes it clear at a glance that there are many problems.
Tiger found himself looking to be thinking simply, and he turned his gaze to the Nuggets' bench and looked at Jason, who was sitting on a stool in a daze, which seemed strange to him. Unsure, he asked, "Dennis, why did he become like this?" ”
"How would I know? There are so many possibilities, some players get rich overnight, can't control themselves, and it's normal to get some bad things. 'Fame and fortune' can be devastating for many young players. "How many geniuses, after entering the NBA, slowly disappear from people's sight? There are too many factors in this.
"No, no, I know Jason, he's a very simple guy, and he's been a basketball star in the United States since he was in high school, how can this problem only arise now? Maybe he just ran into the rookie wall? Yes, he must have met the rookie wall! Tiger listened to Rodman, couldn't believe it, and tried to find a reason to convince himself.
"Tiger, the rookie wall is not going to be on players like you at all, you have been baptized in the NCAA Finals for 3 consecutive years, and you have a strong body, there is no physical factor, and this year is your second season, you don't kid yourself." Rodman directly and ruthlessly shattered Tiger's illusions.
"Boy, now it's obvious that he has a problem with himself, whether he rushes out to become the next superstar in the alliance, or slowly disappears in the crowd, it depends on himself, outsiders really can't help him." Rodman looked at Tiger's pained expression, patted him on the shoulder, and finally explained.
Jason Green's sluggish state made the Nuggets, which were already slightly inferior, completely unable to resist the Clippers' offense, and could only let Billups show his strength on the court, Tiger did not play again after the first quarter, Coach Billfish also saw that there were some problems with his current state, plus Billfish's mood was very high, so he let Billups play to his heart's content on the court, this is Billfish's cleverness, he can always estimate the mood of the player.
The Clippers finally easily won again, Billups held his head high and received the best of the game, Tiger originally wanted to talk to Jason after the game, the Nuggets will stay in Los Angeles after this game, and they will have a game against the Lakers at Staples Arena tomorrow, but after the game, Jason is gone, the phone can't get through, and Tiger is going to start a new road trip with the team.