Chapter 125: Popovich's tirade

After the game. Press conference.

"Dear Popovich, we Spurs fans are very concerned about Duncan's injury, can you give us a look at his current situation?" A reporter from San Antonio asked first.

With a heavy expression on his face, the white-haired old man Popovich said in a sad tone:

'Tim's injury is not optimistic. He has been transferred to the emergency room of the downtown Minneapolis hospital, but he remains in a coma, and according to a CT scan, the main cause of his coma was a concussion caused by a heavy blow to the brain from a camera. It was also his most serious injury. He also had multiple wounds, including a severe contusion on his back and a shock injury caused by overexertion in both arms while blocking Li Qiang's impact. However, the others were minor injuries, and the internal organs were not damaged, which was also a great blessing in misfortune. Tim is the heart of our team and I am very saddened by his unexpected injury. We Spurs need him. We also hope that he can get better as soon as possible and not let this injury affect his performance in the future. ”

After a pause, Bobo, stimulated by Duncan's injury, began to analyze:

'Regarding Thiem's injury, I think there are two that shouldn't be. First of all, reporters shouldn't be so close to the basketball hoop, and many reporters were already standing near the basketball line when the dunk was made. This caused Duncan's brain to crash directly into a large video camera. If the reporter had kept a distance from the sideline near the basketball hoop, we could have avoided this tragedy. ”

Bobo took a sip and continued:

"Having reporters stand near the touchline seriously affects the safety of the players on the pitch. It's not just today's injury, but a lot of times when a player saves the ball and falls into the press box, which can cause huge damage to the player. For example, Mr. LeBron James, who is now out for one game due to a back injury. In my opinion, journalists should stay at least one metre away from the sidelines of the pitch. In the vicinity of a battered basketball hoop, I think a distance of at least three meters is enough to provide a safe guarantee. ”

Bobo looked around, and many reporters began to nod silently to show an expression of agreement, but some reporters were dismissive of this: "Let us reporters be so far away, how can we capture wonderful shots!" ”

So Bobo changed his tone and continued: "On the second point, I want to say that the league should ban the extremely dangerous game of jumping and dunking from beyond the three-point line. ”

As soon as he said that, the reporters in the audience were in an uproar. However, after listening for a while, the reporters also began to show suddenly realized and thoughtful expressions.

Bobo put it this way: "A dunk from beyond the three-point line looks very exciting, but it is actually very dangerous. There is no doubt that Li Qiang is the only person in the entire alliance who can make this move. But Li Qiang has only made this move twice. The first game with the Lakers was the first time. Today is the second time. The second time resulted in the injury of two people. First of all, for defenders, the impact of jumping to the basket from outside the three-point line has exceeded the limit of what the average person can bear. As long as it is a defensive action, it will inevitably hurt. In the long run, as long as Li Qiang plays, no one dares to stay under the basket, which is undoubtedly very detrimental to the development and fairness of basketball.

Secondly, for Li Qiang, the only offensive player in this action, it is also unknown whether he can do this action every time he does it without injury. There's no doubt that Li Qiang is a great player who has surpassed Jordan in many ways to take basketball to the next level, there's no doubt about that.

Before Jordan, if someone said that a dunk could jump from outside the free throw line, someone must have thought of him as a fool's dream. But Jordan changed people's perception and made them realize that basketball could be played this way.

Similarly, Li Qiang changed people's perceptions. Before he came along, no one could have imagined what a jumping dunk from beyond the three-point line would look like. But Li Qiang did it, and now as long as we mention Li Qiang, everyone can think of the figure who jumped outside the three-point line and slowly unfolded in the air.

But whether a jump dunk from beyond the three-point line is really necessary must be questioned.

For this great player, although the selfishness of being the head coach of the Spurs is not willing for him to stop the Spurs' championship dream for a long time, the entire league certainly does not want to see such a once-in-a-century talent ruined by injury. And I think if Li Qiang continues to dunk from beyond the three-point line, he will soon be devastating by injury.

It's not just jumping off the three-point line that makes a dunk so dangerous. Similarly, a dunk that jumps off the free-throw line can cause huge damage to both sides. Therefore, I propose that all jumping dunks more than four meters away from the basket be banned in official matches. The free-throw line jump and three-point line jump can be preserved and displayed in the slam dunk contest. “

The audience fell into deep thought. It seems that Bobo really has a talent for speech!

After a few moments, reporters seemed to finally remember that Timberwolves head coach Saunders hadn't asked questions yet. Sanders had a black line on his face: "I became a soy sauce just now." Finally it was my turn. ”

"Hello Dear Mr. Sanders, how is Li Qiang's injury?"

Hearing this question, Sanders smiled on his face: "According to the judgment of our team doctor, Li Qiang's injury this time is not very serious, mainly because his chest is compressed and his internal organs are a little uncomfortable, and he is expected to end up... Sanders suddenly found that he had said too much, and quickly changed his words: "It is expected that whether he can play in the next few games depends on his physical condition." ”

"And what about Polles' injury?"

"His injury is the same as our team doctor had judged before, and it will take at least a month of recuperation for his ankle to recover."