O'Neill took a sip of the drink provided by the sponsor and continued, "Taking a step back, if you insist on talking about talent, then this talent is not the talent we usually talk about. It should contain more than that. ”

"It's not just the physical talent, it's his talent for learning. Let's not talk about why he is a yellow person, why does he have such a perverted physical talent, let's talk about his invisible learning talent. ”

"His ability to understand, learn and apply a knowledge and a technology. I've heard that he once went to school at the top university in their country, and he has a really high IQ compared to the big guys in the league who barely finish his studies because of his poor grades. ”

Barkley thought thoughtfully, "You mean, Yi Feng not only has a physical fitness that is far beyond ordinary people, but also has a super learning ability that others can't imagine?" So he's not even 20 years old now, and he's already so powerful? ”

O'Neill snapped his fingers, "Bingo! ”

"There are always some people in the world who are incomprehensible to ordinary people. They can always do something that makes ordinary people bow down. Often, such people are considered geniuses. ”

O'Neill said as he pointed to himself, "Obviously, Yi Feng is just like me, both of them. ”

Barkley pouted, "Don't be ashamed! ”

Although he said so, he still agreed with it in his heart.

O'Neal is indeed very talented, and if he can be more active in his usual training and keep his physical condition good, he may be able to challenge for the position of the No. 1 center in history.

As for Yi Feng, Barkley has a certain understanding of his talent. But talent only determines the starting point, and where you can really go depends on hard work. What Yi Feng's future will be, he doesn't dare to assert. Whether it can be compared to the fat O'Neill next to him, or whether it can be compared to him, is unknown.

Time flew by, and in Kenny Smith's apprehension, the second half came as promised.

In the second half, both the Raptors and Lakers continued their starting lineups in the first half.

Because Valanciunas lost to Hibbert on a jump shot at the opening point, the Raptors kicked off first in the second and third quarters.

Before the start of the second half, Byron Scott expected the Raptors to choose the same offensive tactics in the first few minutes of the third quarter as they did in the first half of the first quarter.

And when he saw the Raptors' starting lineup in the second half being exactly the same as the first half, Scott hugged his chest and smiled on the sidelines.

Devin Casey, could it be that you're doing that?

This is the last year of Devin Casey's contract with the Raptors, and while Casey has led the Raptors to the playoffs in the previous two years, the Raptors have sadly been first-round picks for both years.

Although Casey has also won Coach of the Month in the past two years, if he can't lead the team to a breakthrough this season, then his departure may become inevitable.

Scott, who is also the head coach, knows this, and he also knows that Casey will definitely come up with something eye-catching this season in order to keep his position as the head coach of the Raptors.

But so far, he hasn't seen any difference between this season's Raptors and last season's Raptors. This is especially true when it comes to the tactical development of the manager.

However, Scott's smile quickly froze.

Although the Raptors' starting lineup in the second half was the same as it was at the beginning, the tactics they chose were different from the first offense.

While Luis Scola and Younas Valanciunas are both on the court, the Raptors' offensive starting point is Kyle Lowry on the outside.

Lowry's name as "Little Steel Cannon" is not for nothing, he is not known for his speed when he breaks through, but Clarkson, a young man with good speed and explosiveness, can't stop him.

Clarkson was able to keep up with Lowry's breakthrough, but he couldn't withstand his strength.

At this time, Clarkson's height advantage in the No. 1 position turned into a disadvantage. Lowry's height of just over six feet made his breakthrough center of gravity very low, and Clarkson was not as strong as him, and the final result was-

Like a little tank, Lowry pushes Clarkson inside!

After he hit the basket against Clarkson, he dodged Randle's help defense and hit a high throw for a layup.

At 54:58, after the Raptors' first offense in the second half was scored by Lowry, the deficit was narrowed to within 5 points.

Lowry is now the recognized leader of the Raptors, but he didn't play much in the first half. Instead, DeRozan was out of the limelight in the first half.

Many times, the Raptors can't win the ball with only one person playing. So Lowry didn't have any unhappiness in his heart after seeing his teammates play well.

But after the explosion of 13 points in a single quarter, DeRozan's state in the third quarter is bound to be a little sluggish, and at this time Lowry took the initiative to stand up and take on the responsibility of the team leader to continue the offensive vitality for the team.

Byron Scott's mood that had just risen to the top of his mind was immediately cloudy. His mind was immediately up and running, wondering what Devin Casey's intentions were.

The basketball court is not only a place for players to work hard, but also a platform for coaches to fight wits and courage off the court. Players are like soldiers, and coaches are generals, and the basketball game is like two armies facing each other, with troops arranged and full of strategies.

It stands to reason that a coach is more important than a player, but the NBA, a commercial league, holds the status of players too high, and the role of coaches, although equally important, is not reputable.

Offensive and defensive transitions.

Similar to DeRozan's situation, Yi Feng was no longer as hot in the third quarter as before after frequent ball-handling offenses in the first half. So he didn't take the initiative to ask for the ball again, but ran to the side with DeRozan and began to talk about "life".

After coming to the United States and entering the NBA, Yi Feng gradually mastered a skill - trash talk.

Trash-talk, or trash-talk in English, according to Wikipedia, is a form of language that is often heard when bragging about oneself or insulting one's opponent in competitive situations, such as sporting events and multiplayer video games.

It is often used to put pressure on opponents and can also be a spirit of humor. Trash talk is often expressed in puns or exaggerations, and while sometimes dirty words are unavoidable, they are not the same as dirty words.

Trash talk is not unique to the N.B.A., like boxing champion Ali, who mocked his opponents as ugly as bears and flaunted them at press conferences with bear-trapping devices.

Trash talk has been developed into a tactic in the NBA that provokes, angers, and makes opponents lose their minds; On the other hand, it can also give yourself courage.

In this league, it's not enough to just play the ball well, you also need to play the role of the tongue - stars with distinct personalities are easy to be remembered, and the so-called non-stop talk is endless, and trash talk is popular, becoming a unique and alternative landscape.

Hitting the opponent to the greatest extent has always been a problem for NBA athletes.

In the era of no trash talk, in addition to fierce defense, there are also some tricks that don't see the table, such as players who are born with an armpit smell anomaly deliberately do not take a shower before the game, and then irritate the opponent with the smell.

But as the NBA progressed and globalized, these tactics were gradually banned, and David Stern became the end of the NBA's fighting culture after taking over.

Although things have changed, the spirit of provoking opponents has not changed, and many players have gradually focused on the use of trash talk.

Early NBA trash talk continued the tradition of "fighting," with intimidation themes such as "I'm going to kill you on the court today" once mainstream.

The Pistons' "Bad Boy Army" is a typical example of the development of trash talk cultural history, and the leader of the regiment is, of course, the coach Chuck Daley.

In Daley's eyes, the NBA is the battlefield, and every game must not only beat you on the court, but also beat you psychologically, so that you can feel fear when you see me.

Daley's most common words in practice were: Harder, girls, harder, why did you let him shoot again?

It can be seen that what Mr. Daley is playing is not an academic tactic such as preventing the opponent and reducing the hit rate at all, but such a difficult and perverted requirement of "not letting the shot" occur.

Legend has it that Bad Boys Legion captain Joe Dumas would say the same thing to his defenders before he got on the court during the Pistons' championship years: "I'm going to knock out your teeth and get ready to eat liquid for the rest of your life!" ”

The evolution of trash talk comes from Joe Dumas's teammate "Smiling Assassin" Isaiah Thomas, who is different from the tough guy face of the previous trash talk masters, the legendary point guard Thomas always has a smile on his face - and has the heart of a gang boss.

According to acquaintances, this person has been swearing since the beginning, basically a, and the letters starting with F do not leave his mouth, but his speech is extremely contagious, and he is very good at motivating his teammates and angering opponents.

When Michael Jordan first entered the league, Thomas, who was extremely unpleasant to him, persuaded his teammates at the All-Star Game: Don't pass the ball to Jordan.

Many years later, Scott Pippen recalled: "It was really annoying him [Thomas], such a baby-faced, who was yelling at us from the beginning of the game, 'Kill them, kill them by all means.'" ”

But if trash talk had always been so violent and filthy, it would have been banned by the League long ago. And now he can still exist, and he needs to thank Jordan as a changemaker.

Magic Johnson once said, "Larry Bird, Reggie Miller and Michael Jordan are the three most swear words in basketball history, but at the same time, they are the three people who are the best at cleaning up with their actions." ”

Larry Bird, the "Big Bird" who has a lot of color in NBA history, don't look at his appearance, he talks trash without mercy.

When Rodman first entered the NBA, he was dizzy by Bird's amazing ball skills in the Eastern Conference Finals, and at the same time had to endure Bird's chatter and veritable "scolding", and he was about to lose confidence in being a man, let alone playing.

Bird's most famous trash talk came at the 1988 All-Star Weekend three-point shooting contest, the third time in NBA history, where Bird had won both previous titles.

All the players who participated in the long-range shooting competition were immersed in practice before the game, and Bird slowly walked over and threw down the sentence: "Are you here to fight for second place?" A few hours later, Bird lifted the three-point trophy again.

Reggie Miller is also known in the NBA for his big mouth, not only because of his big mouth, but also because he chatters as soon as he walks on the court.

In the 1993 playoffs, when the Pacers and Knicks met in a narrow way, Miller scored a layup after breaking through Starks and said, "See, how beautiful this ball is." He then threw in a three-pointer in front of Starks and shouted, "You know how my salary is so high, that's the gap." After that, Miller scored on a mid-range shot, "Let's go back and practice again." ”

After the game, Starks complained: "He was like a fly buzzing in my ears the whole game, it was unbearable. Even more "excessively" was that Miller jumped onto the technical table and yelled at the Knicks bench and fans, "This ball is for you-to-son." ”

From then on he became a public enemy of New York!

Michael Jordan is not only a basketball god, but also a master of language.

"Fox Sports" columnist Rush once wrote: Jordan is the king of trash talk in NBA history! At the same time, he is also a revolutionary in NBA trash talk. Before that, the NBA's trash talk was only at the level of low-level fun such as "kill you" or "greeting your old mother and wife's genitals", which was not only boring but also very uncultured, low-end uninteresting and obscene.

It's really because of a changemaker like Jordan that trash talk has escalated into a tactic on the court.

In 1991, Mutombo, the league's blocker who was still a rookie, fouled Jordan, and Jordan said to Mutombo: "I'm going to close my eyes and hit this ball." Uncle Mu, who didn't know the height of the sky at that time, replied: "You won't do that." Jordan smiled happily and responded, "You may not know, but I used to do this a lot." Look, this ball is for you. Before the words fell, Jordan closed his eyes and, as usual, made a steady shot. Before returning to defense after hitting, Jordan didn't forget to add: "Rookie, welcome to the NBA." ”

That's right, the phrase "rookie, welcome to the NBA" was the first to come out of Jordan's mouth.

Of course, looking back at the 60-year history of the NBA, trash talk masters have emerged in an endless stream, not only Bird, Miller and Jordan, but Barkley, and even Jordan's teammates Pippen, Rodman and others are also trash talk masters.

Focusing on the current players, there are quite a few trash talk masters.

Sports Illustrated magazine interviewed more than 170 NBA players who they think is the most trash-talker, and 62% of players consider Garnett to be the "trash talker" of the NBA today.

Garnett's masterpiece is the famous "Donut Incident" - Garnett teased Anthony during the game that his wife tasted like a donuts.

At that time, Melon and his wife were separated, and this sentence completely angered him. At one point after the game, he entered the Celtics' locker room and waited for Garnett near the Green Shirts' bus, hoping to solve the problem in a man's way.

And Kobe, who has always targeted Jordan, has naturally become a trash-talk master. In a Sports Illustrated survey, 7% of NBA players thought Kobe Bryant was the best trash talker.

As Kobe's successor, Yi Feng naturally learned this hand. (To be continued.) )