0357: [Aggressive Thomas]
Frankly, TJ Ford is not a perverse and aggressive person.
However, he also has to live.
This is his contract year, and he's been doing well this season with the Raptors. Helping the team reach the playoffs, it's a crucial time to negotiate with the team, and he needs a little gimmick, a huge contract that can match the template listed as 'Iverson plus Jason Kidd' when he joined the league.
TJ Ford's three seasons in Milwaukee were not a success, and even more frustrating when compared to his prestigious high school and college careers.
In his high school career, T.J. Ford helped the team record 75-1 (including 62 straight wins) and won two Texas Css 5A state championships. After entering the University of Texas, despite being diagnosed with spinal stenosis, he became the first rookie in NCAA history to become the national assist champion in his freshman season, and led the team to the Sweet 16.
In the second season, he won the team's scoring title, assist king and steal leader, leading the team to the NCAA final four for the first time in history. He was named the MVP of the Southern Division, was unanimously named to the All-NBA First Team, won both the Naismith Award and the John Wooden Award, and was named Player of the Year by Sports Illustrated, Sports News, and CBS Sports Online.
That's why he was drafted with the eighth pick in the first round in 2003 at a height of 175.
However, after joining the NBA.
He didn't play as well as he should, despite finishing to the All-Rookie Second Team in his first season. But it also came with a lifelong injury, as he was fouled by the Timberwolves' Mark Madsen on a layup, causing him to suffer a spinal cord setup. Coupled with a congenital spinal stenosis, he was reimbursed halfway through his first season.
After returning the following year, he didn't fit in with the team's style. And with the team's selection of Williams in 2005, Williams' shooting ability was more favored by coaches, so he was gradually marginalized.
It wasn't until this year that he made some achievements.
It is precisely because of this that he hopes to strengthen his position.
He hopes to become a big man to be reckoned with with this season's Most Improved Player, a huge contract, and a successful All-Star Game selection.
So, he targeted Li Zhen, who was close to his style. is also a fast speed, poor shooting ability, and Li Zhen, whose personal attack power relies on stealing, rubbing, and slipping points.
Deep down, he was a little unwilling.
Why can Li Zhen, a player of the same type, be favored by thousands of people in New York and become a rising supernova, but he can only stand out from the crowd?
Is it all just bad luck?
Therefore, he has to change his life against the sky. He chattered in front of the media as the most attacking breakout defender of the new century...... And from time to time, Li Zhen comes out to consume.
The heat has been done to the extreme.
From his point of view, there are good reasons to do so.
After all, everyone lives in this world and wants to have a better life for themselves and their families, doesn't it?
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Toronto fans are actually more Buddhist, they are not as fanatical as the fans here in the United States.
But when the Knicks arrived, there was a strong sense of Canadian sarcasm on television.
There is an inexplicable arrogance in their bones.
"The only place where the New York Knicks can beat the Toronto Raptors is their salary, and the deep-pocketed New York owners like to spend money on a bunch of useless things. It would be great if this guy could still go to the Buddhist Academy. ”
The host sneered on TV: "As much as I know these guys are ambitious, the next time they're in Toronto is for a vacation." ”
This sentence was actually said by TJ Ford.
But during this time, it is becoming a buzzword in Toronto.
Because what it says couldn't be clearer, the Knicks will be swept.
Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell is the most vocal coach of the season because he actually took the Raptors to the third place in the East.
And the soon-to-be head coach of the year has no respect for the Toronto Raptors' initial partner, Isaiah Thomas (the Assassin was the Raptors' early partner, and when the Raptors first joined the NBA, he was the team's executive vice president of basketball. )。 He told reporters: "I have a lot of respect for Isaiah Thomas's achievements on the pitch, he's a superstar. But when he retired, his palmares was not ideal. And, I don't think his behavior of treating Bruce Lee as the absolute core is any different from when he drafted Damon Studmeier. ”
Damon Stoudemire, nicknamed the Flying Squirrel, is a very famous small point guard in the NBA. He is also a master of breakouts, and has the ability to shoot with a big heart.
This was the first core that Isaiah Thomas built for the Raptors, but the result was naturally a mess. Fortunately, in the back, the Raptors got Vince Carter and Tracy Maddy one after another, and finally fulfilled the playoff dream. But at that time... The Assassins had gone to Indiana.
Isaiah Thomas has a very different personality from Lee Jin, who does not engage in verbal confrontation with TJ Ford, and even refuses to respond to any cries from TJ Ford...... Including what TJ Ford said the two sides were in a 100-meter sprint race.
"The only thing that Sam Mitchell has to offer is that he always keeps his beard clean in every game. It's a shame for the NBA that such a person is a favorite for the best head coach. It's as ridiculous as awarding Michael Jordan the Best Manager. ”
The trash talk of the smiling assassin is tried-and-tested. Although he didn't leave a classic joke like Forced King Bird, the Detroit Pistons were beaten so many times and raised bench thugs, and his trash talk was indispensable.
And, judging by Thomas's response.
Counterattacking and leading the team to the playoffs, he now dares to openly argue with Michael Jordan, and even dares to publicly mock.
This is the confidence that Bruce Lee gave him, after all, Michael has been sulking in Charlotte lately. Even when Tiger Woods was on a talk show last week, he made a point of talking about an interesting story. When Michael played badly at a game of golf, he turned his anger on Ridge Joe: "If it wasn't for that guy who lost Bruce Lee, I wouldn't have played so badly."
This caused the audience to burst into laughter and set off a peak in ratings.
The competitive spirit of the basketball god is still so paranoid on the golf course.
But this time, he lost really completely.
The old enemy Isaiah Thomas dared to mock.
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[I'm working hard tonight, don't blame me if not.] I went out to work for a day during the day, and I still owe 3,000 words for the time being. 】