Chapter 21: The Gimmick
In the past few months, people have gradually forgotten the name Wang Xiao.
But the NBA is still suffering turmoil because of Wang Xiao's actions.
The first is the Trail Blazers, who have tried to trade Durant.
The outside line already has Brandon. With Roy at the core, the Trail Blazers would prefer quality interior players over outside players.
Although Durant's height is a standard interior player, his style of play is the same as that of an outside player, and the Trail Blazers already have Aldridge with a similar style, which makes the Trail Blazers' management very unhappy.
However, the sale of Durant was not successful, the main reason was that there was no suitable buyer, and the teams that made the offer were basically in the mentality of taking advantage of the fire, and the players who were willing to sell were not good goods.
No matter what Durant says, he is signed with the champion, and it is too wasteful to change any kind of Mao and a dog.
Helplessly, the Trail Blazers could only dispel the idea of peddling Durant.
On the other hand, the SuperSonics, who were lucky enough to pick Oden with the second pick, were not too proud.
In the summer, Greg Oden suffered knee pain while on vacation, and during an examination, it was found that the cartilage was damaged, and surgery was the only option. On September 15, 2007, Oden underwent minimally invasive surgery on his right knee and needed to recuperate for 6-12 months, and was determined to miss the entire 07-08 season, which had not yet begun.
The SuperSonics were very optimistic about Oden's unexpected injury, and at the press conference, they believed that Oden would be able to become the core of the team when he returned next season.
And Kevin, the general manager of the Trailblazers, couldn't help but chuckle in his heart while gloating after learning the news.
For some reason, his mind recalled what Wang Xiao had said at the beginning.
"Oden is a piece of shit, he simply can't adapt to the intensity of the NBA."
Should...... Just a coincidence, right?
Shaking his head in disbelief, Kevin felt that it would be amazing if Wang Xiao could have predicted Oden's injury in advance.
But the truth is so amazing, Wang Xiao traveled back from 2019, he just knew that Oden had been injured since he entered the NBA, and he had never played a serious season.
Now this matter is not so important to Wang Xiao, after all, it is not interesting to laugh at the stupidity of these people from the perspective of a traverser.
On the contrary, because of this incident, he was defeated by Heat head coach Pat Brown. Riley's assault on life made him even more resentful.
His goal now is simple, which is to lead Harvard University to the NCAA Championship, and to make it through March Madness, and to win the championship at its best, and not to win the championship can also attract a lot of attention, which will help him return to the NBA.
And for now, this goal is still achievable.
Kidd's growth template continues to play a role, and Jeremy Lin is growing at a visible rate every day, not only in terms of offensive and defensive skills, but also in terms of basketball IQ.
Jeremy Lin himself is not qualified as a point guard, and after he joined the Lakers, Lakers head coach Byron Scott once said of him: "Jeremy Lin lacks some of the instincts that a point guard should have, such as controlling and managing offensive time, organizing offense, and rotating defense. ”
Of course, there is a suspicion that Scott is throwing the blame for the team's loss, but it is also true.
Jeremy Lin averaged 12 points and 4.5 assists per game throughout his career, but had 2.4 turnovers, and the assist-to-turnover ratio of nearly half of them is really ugly, which also shows Lin's shortcomings.
Now this shortcoming has been perfectly compensated for with the help of Kidd Growth Template Cards.
Who is Kidd? That's the second-highest all-time assists player in his career, with a total of 12,091 assists in his career.
The basketball IQ of such a player is far from comparable to that of an ordinary player.
Jeremy Lin is also moving in the direction of Kidd.
He has always been able to find his position on the court with ease, delivering extremely accurate assists, and the entire team's current offense is basically supported by Jeremy Lin alone.
If Jeremy Lin is not on the court, the team's offensive efficiency will immediately be much weaker.
To be honest, this is also a problem for the team, the attack point is too single.
But it's hard for a coincidence woman to cook without rice, and on the defensive end there is Plain who uses Battier's template card to help, and on the offensive end, he really can't find a player who can assist Jeremy Lin, after all, these players at Harvard University are really not very talented.
Wang Xiao thought that if his character exploded in the next few months and he won a growth template card, then all the problems would be solved.
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Harvard's iron-clad defense has been soaring and invincible in the entire Ivy League, and even halfway through the season, someone at Harvard University has already shouted the slogan of winning the championship and making history.
Harvard has never won a trophy since the establishment of the men's varsity basketball team.
And now, the school team, which has a proud record of 8 wins and 0 losses in the league, finally has the opportunity to win the honor that it has never had!
As the head coach of Harvard University, after being discovered by the media, Wang Xiao became popular again.
This is good material, the former NBA head coach, after being fired, came to the NCAA to coach, and led Harvard University, which had never won the championship, to win the Ivy League championship!
Even those tournament champions don't have this gimmick!
For a while, countless reporters flocked to interview Wang Xiao.
Wang Xiao did not refuse this, but accepted it all.
He is well aware of the power of the media and what he is missing.
First, fame. Second, qualifications.
Seniority is something that has to be built up over time, and there's nothing else you can do about it.
But fame is different.
If you guide the media to portray yourself as a ghost coach of the month, I believe that as you win more and more, there will always be NBA teams attracted to you.
Similarly, as the hero of the selection of Wang Xiao as the coach, Pat, the president of the Harvard University Athletic Association, was also interviewed by many media.
He answered every reporter's interview with a smile.
"Yes, when I saw Wang, I knew he was going to be the head coach of the Harvard vard team."
"He's a very confident guy, that confidence comes from the inside out, and I still remember what he said to me when I first met him......"
"People think he's a stupid guy, but I think he's the kind of guy who has a lot of vision, and he came to the team and immediately picked Jeremy Lin as the absolute core of the team, Lin, you know? That's right, it's Harvard's current ace, a super guard who averages 26.4 points and 11 assists per game in the league! ”