Chapter 93 [Overwhelming the champion show, collectively looking away]
The next day, major media reported on the NBA opener, focusing on Guo Xu's data, height, and draft pick.
"The rising Chinese star shines in the NBA, and his first performance is better than the top show."
"The last rookie is 30+, and the Lakers beat the Trail Blazers."
"The Most Underrated Player of the Class of 2000, Jason Guo Goal Rookie?"
Portland media reported the game that first-round rookie point guard Eric Barkley unfortunately lay down and did not play at all in the opener, but reporters did not forget him because he was a first-round rookie of 28, much taller than Guo Xu.
The Trail Blazers management became a joke, and the team's three point guards were all small men no taller than 185cm, with similar styles and overlapping positions, and Barkley was drafted in the first round to guard the water cooler. What's worse is to trade Sean Kemp and spend tens of millions of annual salaries to raise a fat man, what is this picture?
Pioneer boss Paul Allen is one of the richest people in the world, everyone who uses computers knows the software overlord Microsoft Corporation, and the chairman Bill Gates is known to all the women and children, but the credit is not Gates alone, Gates founded only 60% of Microsoft, and the rest belongs to Paul Allen.
Paul loves sports and owns the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL and the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA. Even so, his money was not blown by the wind. After reading the news, he began to suspect that his subordinates were a group of incompetent people, and if he failed to win the championship this year, he planned to change his blood internally.
The second-best rookie in the opening game was Guo Xu's friend Jason Richardson, who scored 16 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, had a wonderful fast-break tomahawk dunk, and also hit two three-pointers.
The Bulls chased Tracy McGrady in the summer, but Maddy eventually joined the Magic, and the Bulls, who were weak at shooting guard, decided to develop Richardson.
Richardson's fate changed because of Guo Xu. If he doesn't participate in the draft this year, the Bulls will sign Celtics turnaround Ron Mercer in order to strengthen the roster, and this opportunity is missed, and he can only go to the Warriors to be Jamison's younger brother next year.
The Bulls lost 82-100 to the Kings at home, and now Richardson still has to practice, and in two years he may be competitive with Elton Brand and Artest.
Morris Peterson, the third-best rookie and friend of Guo Xu, played 22 minutes off the bench with the Raptors, shooting 5-of-8, 3-of-6 from three-point range and 1-of-2 from the free-throw line to finish with 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. The Raptors lost to the Pistons 95-104.
The 23-year-old Peterson entered the NBA with excellent improvisation, able to adapt to NBA-level confrontations, and his role is the same as in college, defense and three-point shooting are what he is good at, and he easily integrates into the team.
The Michigan Fantastic Four have all been reused, and only Martin Cliffs, who joined the Pistons, has been very depressed, he came off the bench for 11 minutes, and he did not have the ball in his hand to play his breakthrough specialty, and only scored 4 points and 1 assist.
A player's ability does not mean that he can become a star, once he joins a team that does not suit his style, and encounters a coach who is not a scrap wood, it is likely to affect his entire career.
Pistons coach George Irvin would rather reuse Chaggy Atkins, a shorter guard with poor defense and poor organization and no potential at 26 years old, for Atkins to have more game experience. Rookies are really inhumane, and being famous in college isn't much use when they enter the NBA.
If Cliffs joins the Lakers and changes with Guo Xu, even if he changes from 14th in the first round to the last in the second round, he may be better mixed in the future, but unfortunately he wanted to join the Pistons before the draft, and his vision is too bad.
The Nets lost to the Cavaliers 82-86 at home, and the top pick, Kenyon Martin, shot just 4 of 16 and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 10 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, and he was also a foul machine, playing 30 minutes and leaving the court with six fouls.
The Grizzlies beat the SuperSonics 94-88 at home, and Swift played a terrible game, playing nine minutes off the bench, shooting 0-of-1 from the bench, with all the stats at zero and only grabbing one rebound.
The Clippers lost to the Jazz 94-107 on the road, and Darius Myers played 34 minutes, shooting 4-of-6 from the field and 0-of-4 from the free-throw line, finishing with 8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.
There are only a handful of rookies who score double-doubles this year, and there are not many people who even get the opportunity to play, and under the backdrop of these people, Guo Xu is even greater, and there are more fans who believe in "racial discrimination" on the Internet.
It is worth mentioning that Tyrone Lue got a lot of opportunities to play after joining the Mavericks, playing 24 minutes in the first game, cutting 9 points and 3 assists, but the Mavericks management was not happy and felt miserable by the Lakers.
"With the benefit of hindsight" Mavericks fans collectively expressed dissatisfaction, not understanding why they should exchange Guo Xu for the unknown Tyrone Lue, if he stays with him, the team will definitely be stronger this year. The Mavericks management is very wronged, they didn't try out Guo Xu at all, how do you know what level he is?
Scouts and managers from other teams are also under varying degrees of pressure, and this kind of collective blindness is too rare.
The Bucks' Michael Reed will not be reused until after Ray Allen leaves, otherwise it will be discovered that there is more than one player who has been collectively looked at this year.
Guo Xu flew back to Los Angeles that night and slept until noon, recuperating in preparation for back-to-back games against the Jazz in the evening.
This year, the Lakers started with a strong team, which was difficult for newcomers, but it was also a good opportunity to make a name for themselves.
The starting point guard of the Jazz team is the famous Stockton, or Stockton at the end of his career, in order to express his admiration for the celebrity, Guo Xu decided that as long as the two are in the same position, he will pull Stockton to the death.
He was woken up by a knock on the door, and when he opened the door, he saw Megan Fox.
Megan had a reluctant expression and said lightly: "My mother asked me to invite you to my house for dinner, she said that you came back late last night, and you must have gotten up late, and you can only eat fast food when you go out." ”
Seeing that Megan seemed to be reciting lines when she spoke, Guo Xu was happy, looked at her a few times, wearing very cartoon clothes and loose sweatpants, and couldn't help but joke: "You look like a young man today, who would think you were less than 20 years old before?" ”
"Are you coming?" Meghan glanced at him and pouted.
"No, thank you, I'm going to call Austin to ask him to have dinner together, and I made an appointment yesterday." Guo Xu said with a smile.
Megan sighed and said, "He'll come over later." ”
"Huh? All right. ”
Darrens wanted to help her build a network for her daughter's future, and during the meal, she talked about asking the two to help take care of Meghan.
When Guo Xu and Austin left, Megan said depressedly: "Mom, why do you always say let him take care of me?" You didn't let me have friends of the opposite sex at school, isn't he also a man? Do you rest assured that such people are neighbors? ”
"Of course I know that he is a man, and I know that he is much better than your classmates, this is an NBA star, if he can look at you, our family will not have to worry for the rest of our lives. You and him are ordinary friends, and it would be better for him to take you with him. ”
Megan was not convinced, but she had to admit that Guo Xu was much better than herself, and she had a good image and a sunny smile.
She shook her head vigorously, wanting to shake Guo Xu's face out of her head. "I don't like him anyway, you look at his usual appearance, he looks like a playboy."
"Does a handsome guy have to be a playboy? Does physiognomy represent character? Darrens retorted.
"Can't you?"
"You go and look in the mirror first, others will think you must be a vixen. You are also playing a willful rich girl, is our family rich? ”
"......" Meghan is out of words.
She made so much sense that I was speechless.