1111. Special Card: Jimmy Butler's Madness
"Happy New Year to Big Brother Ace, Happy New Year to Uncle and Auntie, Happy New Year to Sister Levia and Sister Alexia, Happy New Year to Dinah...... Today my dad has something to do and can't come, so I'll come instead of him. Little Jimmy politely took a bunch of gifts for everyone, including two little babies.
His most proud disciple is Chinese, and Coach Kruger also knows a lot about Chinese culture, knowing that Chinese are going to visit the door for the New Year, so he sent out little Jimmy at home, and the coaching staff still has to prepare for the team meeting at noon and simple training in the afternoon, as well as tactics to deal with emergencies.
"Come on, what kind of gifts?" Liu Mang's mother saw that a guest came to visit the door on the first day of the New Year, and both of them were very happy and hurriedly beckoned the coach's children to sit down.
Little Jimmy heard this Chinese English, can also understand it, just listen to Americans speak Chinese with Chinese, as long as the words can be understood, you can probably guess what it means, but little Jimmy is not as comfortable as Maddie and others, feels weird, and sits down.
Little Jimmy is different from him in the original time and space, this time and space has received a better education, reading is very important, and he may not learn much about what he will use to work and make money in the future, but reading is not intended to make people learn how to make money.
Little Jimmy, who had eaten breakfast, followed up with another breakfast.
Liu Mang saw that little Jimmy had something on his mind, so he didn't talk much, and after eating breakfast, he took little Jimmy to the open-air court behind the villa.
Little Jimmy was sullen yesterday, and Liu Mang always wanted to talk to Little Jimmy.
It's not just because little Jimmy is sullen, the Southern California high school league should be in the middle of the season now, as the school's star player, how can little Jimmy have time to come to the party?
This made Liu Mang feel very puzzled.
"Tell me, what's the matter today?" Liu Mang asked.
"Brother Ace, I'...... There was a fight at school. Little Jimmy said depressedly.
"Fighting? Did you beat the opponent? It doesn't matter, it's a man's sport, and it's normal to have a conflict and fight. Liu Mang thought that what was the matter, he had fought in the NBA, if it weren't for the Pacers who did a real Auburn Hills palace incident, he and his teammates would still be scolded for the poor version of the Auburn Hills palace incident.
Liu Mang is grateful for the selfless dedication of the Pacers Sanda team, and let the group brawl with as many as nine people banned for as many as a few people be forgotten.
"No...... It's not ......" Jimmy Jr.'s expression was embarrassed, "I hit my teammates ......"
The player who threw Liu Mang shook and threw a Los Angeles-style hollow outside the basket.
"Beat up a teammate?" Liu Mang was choked enough!
Liu Mang didn't pay much attention to the news of high school students, because the NBA has now disqualified high school students from running for election, and the media has reported a lot less on high school students, Liu Mang now knows that this kid has done such a big thing!
In high school, there was a black history of brawls with teammates, and if they were dug up during the draft...... It will definitely be dug up, and it will affect the draft market very much!
Liu Mang naturally hopes that little Jimmy can be selected in a high order, after all, in this time and space, little Jimmy received professional basketball training earlier, and there is a better living environment, the key is to work so hard, he should be selected in a higher order.
Liu Mang didn't think about how low the order to pick him up or something, there were more low-order beads that could be picked up, his own little brother, of course Liu Mang hoped that he could be as high as he could.
Moreover, it is now a crucial two years for little Jimmy, who will turn 17 years old in September and is about to enter the important senior year of high school, and the summer of 2007 is the time when little Jimmy chooses college.
Jimmy Jr., who was ranked ninth in the nation last summer, has a very good prospect, and fighting with his teammates is bound to affect the perception of college coaches who are more team-oriented than in the NBA.
"Tell me, how can you fight with your teammates?" Liu Mang was depressed, "How many times have I told you, if you have to endure, you are better than them, it is normal for them to envy you and envy you, they are just children, and they will definitely not be as good as you in the future, you don't have to be as knowledgeable as them!" β
"Big Brother Ace, I'm not because of this, here's how it goes......" Little Jimmy began to talk about his experience of fighting.
Liu Mang listened, from anger to speechlessness.
Liu Mang appreciates little Jimmy's efforts the most, but what got little Jimmy into trouble was actually because of his efforts!
ββ¦β¦ That Bales, it's so annoying, he runs as fast as me and jumps higher than me, but he just doesn't train hard, his shooting is so poor, the last game we played Torrey Pines High School, he was just one point away, he couldn't get a layup, he couldn't do anything except dunk......" Little Jimmy said and turned into a complaint.
Liu Mang now understands very clearly, little Jimmy himself is very hard-working, so he feels that others should work as hard as him, and then when he sees people with good talent but not hard work, he can't get used to it, and finally after a regrettable loss against a strong opponent, he broke out, fought with his teammate named Bells Chandler in the locker room, and injured the other party, was banned from team activities by the team, and was not expelled from the school team, all for the sake of Coach Kruger's face, and now he has returned to Atlanta to prepare for a transfer.
Liu Mang didn't know what to say for a while.
After little Jimmy finished complaining, he said, "Brother Ace, do you think he is very hateful!" He can jump better than me, he's not worse than me, and he's a waste of talent, we could have won more games. β
When Liu Mang heard this, his first feeling was indeed speechless.
Liu Mang thought about it, organized the language, looked at the little Jimmy who was talking and talking about the anger that had come up, and asked: "Little Jimmy, what is your ranking in the United States?" β
Little Jimmy waited for Liu Mang to scold that teammate with him, and suddenly heard such a question, a little strange, but still replied: "In the summer, after Conley and Oden and Westbrook entered the university, I was promoted to ninth, and in November I have been promoted to eighth, and in the summer, after Mayo and Rose entered the university, I hope to enter the top three!" β
Little Jimmy is still very proud of this.
"And the guy named Bells Chandler, what is his rank?" Liu Mang continued to ask.
"He? He couldn't even make it into the top 50 in California. "Little Jimmy was despised.
"yes, he can't even make it to the top 50 in California, he doesn't have the possibility of becoming a professional footballer, it's stupid for you to fight him." Liu Mang said lightly, by the way, he turned on the FΓΌhrer mode, and he had never heard of who this Bells Chandler was.
"He's so talented!" Little Jimmy cares about that.
"No, I am willing to work hard, and there is progress after hard work, which is also a talent," Liu Mang stared at little Jimmy and said, "In my opinion, he has no talent, even if he has good physical fitness, he is not talented, a really talented person, either train hard like you to make yourself in the top ten in the United States, or even if you don't work hard, you should be like Kwame and Josh, you can become the best in the state in high school, or even the top few in the country, can your teammate do it?" β
Hearing Liu Mang's very demagogic words, little Jimmy thought about it, it is indeed true, his teammate, even if he is talented, is far from Josh Smith and Kwame Brown.
"Brother Ace, are you telling me to leave my teammates alone? But you said you were going to teach me to take on leadership responsibilities......" Little Jimmy felt a little wavering inside.
"No, you should take on the responsibility of a leader," Liu Mang continued, "but you have to learn to see your teammates clearly, whether he is suitable to work with you towards your goals, so many high schools in the United States, so many people who seem to have good talents, how many can enter the NCAA Division I League?" With so many players in the NCAA Division I League, how many of them can end up in the NBA? Up to 50 people a year, you're going to meet a lot of teammates going on, but they're not like you, you're aiming for the NBA, they're not.
Maybe one day you go to the NBA and you find that there are players in the NBA who are more talented, terrifying than you can imagine, but they don't play as well as you, and that's normal.
There are many, many more talented players in the NBA than me, but I'm the MVP.
How high the heart is, how sassy people are...... No, how high the heart is, how big the sky is, you can remind your teammates to work hard, but if he is not the person who can succeed in the first place, he is not the same world as you at all, you don't have to pay attention to him. β
When Liu Mang finished speaking, the sun covered by the white clouds was revealed, and the sun was sprinkled just above Liu Mang's back, and little Jimmy looked at the dazzling light on Liu Mang's body.
He...... Believe!
"Big Brother Ace! I understand! Little Jimmy nodded in agreement.
Liu Mang started to practice shooting, and he had to go to the arena for a while, and there was a team meeting before lunch.
Little Jimmy thought about it for a while, seemed to really understand something, said goodbye to Liu Mang and left Liu Mang's house.
Just after little Jimmy left, Liu Mang received a system prompt.
"Ding...... Congratulations to the host for getting a special card: The Madness of Jimmy Butler. β
"Jimmy Butler's Madness: 2018-2019 Fourth Quarter Version Jimmy Butler Three-Point Special Card, One-on-One Heads-Up Three-Point Shot, Two Successful Three-Point Shots Must Have One Three-Point Hit."
"Huh?" Liu Mang didn't expect that he would get a special card after a few blind instructions to Little Jimmy!
Liu Mang remembered that little Jimmy was also the kind of person who was "jealous of talent" in the NBA, and he was unhappy when he saw people with better talent than him but without his efforts, and had a lot of conflicts with his teammates, causing chaos in the team, but he was stunned that the team was so chaotic, and when he only had a 32 percent shooting rate in the first seven years of his career, he shot more than 50 percent of his three-point shooting rate, especially in the fourth quarter, the three-point shooting rate was as high as 60 percent! At one point, he became the toughest fourth-quarter three-point killer that season.
And before that, little Jimmy's three points were empty by the opponent!
As soon as his thoughts opened, Liu Mang remembered that after little Jimmy became famous by "hard work", he revealed that he had transferred schools in college and high school, and there were conflicts within the team! The point is that this kid is the one who caused the conflict!
After a comprehensive discussion, Liu Mang realized that this kid had been so careless since he was a child!
But...... What's in his mind, in Liu Mang's opinion, a little brother with character is also very good, in the future, when he enters the NBA, his own team can press him, and other teams can also stumble on other teams...... If you play well in other teams, you have a good opponent...... Liu Mang felt excited when he thought about it!