James can be said to have pathological paranoia about the nickname KING, which is no joke, and JR Smith must know this deeply.

JR, who just arrived in fact, was directly snubbed by James for several days because he directly called James's name instead of KING, which is by no means apocryphal.

On a normal person, how can there be such a bullshit thing, even the most difficult Kobe Bryant will not be mad because his teammates didn't call him a nickname......

It's even worse for a player with a living personality like O'Neal, you can call him anything......

Anyway, throughout the history of the NBA, JR Smith is unique, and I have never heard of other stars throwing face at their teammates because of their nicknames.

Maybe JR Smith's 4.7-second soul in the sky was pretended? Maybe it's just to get revenge, who knows......

If Richard doesn't know about JR, then it is estimated that James will shout KING, a nickname, not everyone is so accidental.

But now that he knows, it is impossible for him to call this nickname if he kills Richard.

……

The game on the field has officially started, and Richard is sitting on the sidelines watching the game without a trace of pressure.

Although the Cavaliers have a good lineup at the moment, James is too easy to target, and it is easy for the Pistons to win the Cavaliers.

In the first offensive round, Nash faced James, and in terms of physical fitness, the two Nash were tied together and were not James' opponents, and he chose to pass very wisely.

A high lob ball was passed to the inside line, and after Yao Ming received it, the sky hooked his hand, and the basketball was on the head of Big Z, crossing a wonderful parabola, and directly hollowing into the net.

The Pistons fans at the scene applauded, and Big Z is also the center in the East, judging from the historical matchup, he is far from Yao Ming's opponent.

Comparing goods has to be thrown, and people have to die more than people.

Although Big Z can definitely rank in the top ten of the league's center in today's league, and even the top seven and top eight can be squeezed in, but in the face of Yao Ming's historical dominance, he has been pressed and beaten several times.

Not to mention that Yao Ming has a ruthless character like Clark by his side.

However, tonight Clark is obviously difficult to help Yao Ming on the inside, and he has to be responsible for going to Harrington against the Cavaliers.

In the first offensive round, the Pistons hit easily.

It was the Cavaliers' turn to attack and James controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.

James, who has just entered the league, plays the point guard position, and the Cavaliers' arrangement can actually be said to be quite exquisite.

There is no doubt that among the five positions on the court, the position that can best exercise skills is the No. 1 position, and it is undoubtedly quite wise for the Cavaliers to put it in the No. 1 position according to James's characteristics.

Nash is a little sore in the face, facing the tall James, even if he binds the mad dog lingering prop, it is just as difficult to fight.

It's really too big a gap in physical fitness, and he can't even start defending Byron Davis alone, let alone James, who has a historical level of physical fitness.

In this ball, James squeezed Nash's defense and rushed to the inside, but what made him helpless was that Yao Ming had already fallen into position, and he decisively divided the ball and passed it to Big Z, who shot out of the penalty area and hit two points.

"Doot toot!" To everyone's surprise, the Pistons called a timeout at the beginning.

This can be said to be quite rare in Richard's coaching career.

Richard's coaching philosophy is more similar to that of the old K coach, who doesn't like to take the initiative to call a timeout, unless it is a last resort, otherwise, the things on the field are generally left to the players to solve according to the situation.

But tonight was obviously quite special, and Richard called a timeout just after the game began.

After this timeout, the Pistons' lineup on the court was surprising, with Richard taking on Nash and replacing Prince with the high-profile Prince.

Prince has a certain passing ability, and in this kind of half-court positional battle, the organizational effect is certainly not as good as Nash's, but it will not be particularly different......

After returning to the court, Gerald Wallace directly faced James, and the current James body must not have grown to his peak, and there is basically no pressure on the deadlift defense.

The main reason is that James's technical shortcomings are too obvious, and he has played a few games in the league, as long as he has long eyes, he can see that this champion has no basket......

Why did Simmons, the champion of the Philadelphia 76ers, nickname James Jr., basically this reason be the same, they are all the same physical fitness, they are all the same starting point guards, they are all the same no baskets, not what James Jr. is.

James who doesn't have a basket, the deadlift only needs to block his breakthrough path, and it is naturally not too much pressure to defend.

Even if James is really capable of overcoming deadlifts, there is still Yao Ming as a defensive gate on the inside.

Judging by the performance of several offensive and defensive rounds, the deadlift is now clearly enough to clean up James.

……

Richard sat on the sidelines and watched the game with a smile on his face, and after a few offensive and defensive rounds, James didn't score a point at the moment, but mixed in a few assists.

After all, you play point guard, the ball is in your own hands, and even if you don't have the offensive space, you can still divide the ball.

In the previous games played by the Cavaliers, James averaged about seven or eight assists per game, which is roughly how it came about.

In the first two games of his career, James scored 20+ points in two consecutive games, but as the shortcomings of the basket were discovered, his next two games scored quite miserably, one was seven points, one was eight points, and the shooting rate did not exceed 30%.

After a few games, naturally all parties have figured out a rule, that is, when James faces a strong outside defender or an interior defensive gate in the team, the scoring efficiency will be quite embarrassing.

At the moment, the Pistons really don't lack these two things, and Gerrard, a strong defensive player on the outside, is definitely one, and even looking at the entire league, the only one who can compare with him is probably Artest.

As for the interior defensive gate, the Pistons are not lacking, which has always been the foundation of Richard's team.

Therefore, if James wants to cut high scoring data on the Pistons' head, it is better to dream about it.

……

The first quarter was already halfway through, James still didn't score a point, and then looked at Richard's smile on the sidelines, which made James, who boasted of being the pride of the sky, quite crazy.

It is very appropriate to describe James as a "spoiled child", he has always been labeled as a proud son of the sky, and he needs the environment around him to revolve completely around him.

But in a few games in a row, he was suppressed, especially by Richard's restraint tonight, which made him feel that the situation was a little out of control.

This feeling of being unable to control the situation stimulated James a little crazy.

was originally a rational point of sharing, but at the moment it is completely non-scored, and all kinds of strong Pistons inside.

He even used the projection that he was not good at, because if he didn't use it, he couldn't push through the strong Gerrard defense.

The result is naturally as you can guess with your big toe, and the situation of falling behind by six points at half-time has gradually become miserable.

Harrington, who was running frantically on the outside, was a little anxious.

The team is going to build a team with James as the cornerstone, and he must know this, but in this situation, even if you are the cornerstone, you can't just mess around......

Harrington has his own pride, he is a member of the Sirafayette, although he recognizes James's status, but the current behavior of James is displeased with him.

"Pass!" Harrington ran out of the open space and beckoned James to pass the ball, but James ignored it and continued to shoot hard.

Now that the score was out of control, Harrington couldn't take it anymore and called a timeout at the technical desk.

FIBA players can't call a timeout, but NBA players have the right to call a timeout.

However, this right is generally not used by players without permission, except as a last resort......

At the moment, Harrington felt that it had reached a last resort, and this pause was not called no.

……

As the game went to a timeout, Harrington yelled at James.

How could James's temperament tolerate it, and immediately shouted back at Harrington.

Cavaliers veteran coach Paul Silas now feels like he's hit his head several times.

Why is there infighting between the two cores of the team?!

James's performance tonight is quite weird, although the first two games have also been restrained, but it is not as frizzy as tonight, and the ball that should be passed is still passed.

Silas is quite optimistic about James, otherwise, he would not have risked being punished by the league and invited James to participate in the Cavaliers' training camp in advance.

Seeing James and Harrington arguing right now, he felt suffocated......

The biggest concern for any manager is not the loss of the team, but the infighting in the team.

Once a team is infighting, then the team is not far from collapsing.

"Could it be that James's aberration is because of Richard?" Silas glanced at Richard, who was smiling across from him, and thought with a frown.

Richard didn't look at the smile on his face now, but his heart was beating a drum.

He never expected that Harrington would have friction with James, which was definitely not a good thing......

Harrington's strength is good, but the results of his and Big Z's team have shown that he is not a qualified leader.

At present, there is a high probability that the Cavaliers will abandon Harrington to protect James......

It can't even be said that it is very likely, but 100%.

Richard was worried, Ricky Davis's matter wouldn't be repeated in Harrington, right?

Absolutely not!

Richard quickly made up his mind that he had to explain this matter to Harrington in advance, so as to save Harrington from making jokes and making a career black spot.

Every West Lafayette player is regarded by Richard as his family, and the reason why these players love Richard so much is actually because they feel Richard's affection for them.

Now that Harrington is about to have an embarrassing situation, Richard naturally will not sit idly by, and will definitely give a reminder.

……

Paul Silas directly pressed Harrington and James to the bench and didn't give them a chance to continue playing.

In the current situation, whoever is put on the stage, the other person must have an opinion, and both of them are put on the field, so it is estimated that there may be a fight.

As a veteran coach, Silas has plenty of experience to solve the current situation, so he simply pressed both of them to the bench.

Win or lose the game? Silas didn't care at all, acting as if the two of them could win the game with the Cavaliers......

Silas' coaching career is much longer than Richard's, and he took charge of the San Diego Clippers as head coach in the 80-81 season......

However, his coaching ability is not particularly good, otherwise, he would not have become the first head coach to be sacrificed on the road to James's "coach nemesis".

……

Richard smiled and replaced the team's main lineup with a pure bench lineup, but even if it is a pure bench lineup, it is enough for the Cavaliers, and the point difference is getting bigger and bigger, and this game will definitely be a massacre in the end.

James sat on the sidelines, watching the calm Richard grit his teeth.

When Harrington introduced James to Richard, there was a saying that James was really a fan of Richard.

The West Lafayette Gang is already a nationally known super-competitive group with a wealth of talent, not to mention that this network alone is enough to make countless players salivate.

Iverson is more independent and doesn't like to engage in gangs.

Big Ben is more boring and likes to pay silently......

These two are the big brothers of the West Lafayette Gang, if they are not this kind of character, raise their arms and shout, two-thirds of the league's All-Stars respond, they are the most influential stars in the league.

James naturally wants to enter West Lafayette, the reason is very simple, he feels that as long as his strength enters the West Lafayette gang, he will definitely become the most dazzling star of West Lafayette by relying on his own strength in the future.

By the time Iverson and Big Ben grow old, he will be the transcendent leader of the West Lafayette gang.

At that time, he will be the real pride of this alliance, the real son of heaven.

But his slightly immature plan was directly stillborn, and there was no possibility of it happening at all.

Because looking at Richard's posture, he is not much of a proud son of the sky, and Richard does not let go of his mouth, even if he James has three hundred heads and six hundred arms, it is absolutely impossible to enter the West Lafayette.

……

His dream of Silafayette was completely shattered.

There is still a challenge ahead of him, and that is the dissatisfaction of veteran Harrington.

However, he didn't really care about this challenge, Harrington was good, but he felt that the Cavaliers management was certainly not stupid, and they should know how to make the right choice.

PS: Just came back from Wuhan and can start a lot of updates.