Chapter Thirty-Seven: Big Ben's Words and Deeds
Big Ben is thirty-six years old this year, has won countless honors, won championships, signed big contracts, and is at the end of his career Big Ben is no longer like when he was young.
Big Ben participated in the 1996 NBA draft, but two rounds passed, no team pronounced their names, in their opinion, this rough young man on the court except to grab rebounds, nothing can do, and his height is only 206 cm, want to grab rebounds in the NBA, it is quite difficult, young Big Ben went to Italy to play, after the season was over, he wanted to rely on good performance overseas to get the favor of NBA teams, but he hit a wall again, No team was willing to give him a chance, and Big Ben fell into a situation where he had no ball to play, and just when Big Ben was cornered, he met the first noble man of life - Weiss Unseld, who was the general manager of the Washington Bullets at the time, he talked to Big Ben on the phone, and gave Big Ben a contract for pre-game training camp, which was not even a ten-day short contract in the NBA, but Big Ben was still grateful, because it was Unseld who made Big Ben step on the NBA floor for the first time.
Big Ben's second noble man is Rick Carlisle, the head coach of the Pistons in the 2002-2003 season, it was he who determined the defensive tactics with Big Ben as the team's interior pillar, and built the Pistons into a defensive division with steel strength, Carlisle is a very enterprising and delicate head coach who pays attention to perfection in everything, since he takes Big Ben as the core, he does not allow Big Ben to return even a little mistake at least on the defensive end of the game in the game, he patiently guides Big Ben in every technical link, Even every subtle action, grabbing rebounds, card positions, top defense, supplementary defense, interference, going around, blocking, standing, etc., etc., this is the dirty work that others are unwilling to do, but under the guidance of Carlisle, Big Ben has done these things to the extreme, under the guidance of Carlisle, Big Ben has brought his already strong to impeccable defense and rebounding ability to the peak, that year, Big Ben is averaging 15.4 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game, and when it comes to choosing Defensive Player of the Year, Big Ben beats Mutombo to win the crown.
Big Ben saw Bai Xiaofei on the court, and his eyes seemed to be the same self back then, and the people who were about to leave had the same feeling in their hearts, that is, inheritance, a veteran at this age, compared to playing ten and eight minutes in the team and finally winning the championship with the team, it is more rewarding to train an outstanding disciple.
Big Ben patted Bai Xiaofei's ass and said, "Young man, do you want to learn?" ”
Bai Xiaofei nodded heavily.
The corners of Big Ben's mouth smiled slightly, and he said, "Young man, it's not impossible for me to teach you, but you have to fulfill one of my wishes." ”
"Anyway, do you want to go to China? No problem, what I went to report my name to make sure I didn't know anyone......"
Big Ben shook his head and said with a smile, "Do you know how long it's been since I've scored twenty points in a game?" I'm going to want 20 points tonight, can you grant me that? ”
"Uh......" Bai Xiaofei turned his head and said, "What you taught me, I will definitely not be able to digest in a short period of time, so let's give me a discount, you teach me first...... A quarter, I can let you get ...... A quarter of twenty, well, you can get five. ”
Big Ben laughed.
Big Ben also likes this humble and humorous young man, although this kind of humor is called "poor" in China, in China, young people of Bai Xiaofei's age are a little "poor", and Bai Xiaofei is naturally no exception.
"You listen up young man," Big Ben said, "Rebounding does rely on excellent physical fitness, but it's not absolute, and another important skill is to judge where the rebound lands." ”
"Where did the rebound land?" Bai Xiaofei said, "I know that I need to judge the landing point of the rebounding ball, and every time the basketball smashes into the basket, I will judge the landing point of the rebounding ball." ”
"NONO," BIG BEN SAID, SHAKING HIS FINGER, "IN THAT CASE, YOU'LL BE TOO LATE, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT ON THE COURT, OPPORTUNITIES ARE FLEETING, AND IF YOU CAN'T CATCH THEM, IT'S LIKELY THAT YOUR OPPONENT WILL BENEFIT." ”
Bai Xiaofei nodded.
"It's not when the basketball is smashed in the basket that you judge the point of the rebound, but when they shoot, for example, a three-point shot, when the basketball is out of their hands, you should judge whether his shot is a hit or an iron from the angle of his shot, the height of the shot, the amount of power used, and the shooting habits, if it is the latter, then where the basketball will be smashed, and where the rebound will fall, from the beginning of their shots, There should be an arc of basketball flying in your eyes, that is, judging the landing point of the rebound ball starts with the player's shot! ”
"Judge where the rebound will land from the player's shot! This ......" Bai Xiaofei shook his head lightly, "This is too difficult, there are a thousand ways to shoot for a thousand people, and there are many ways to miss a shot, which depends on judging the landing point of the rebound as soon as the player makes a shot......"
"There's nothing to fuss about!" Big Ben looked at Prince's three-point shot from the outside, and suddenly said, "His shot this time, the basketball will be smashed on the left side of the basket, the shooting power is relatively large, and the rebound will fall to the other side!" Yes, there is! ”
Big Ben ran to the right side of the basket and stuck Bai Xiaofei behind him!
"Dang!"
Prince's shot hit the left side of the basket and bounced to the other side of the rebound, and Ben, who was already stuck in position a second earlier, easily accepted the defensive rebound.
After Daben's analysis, Bai Xiaofei finally knew why he couldn't jump high, couldn't run fast, was not tall, was not outstanding, and even a little short Ben would receive so many rebounds in his career, but it was easy to say, it was really rare to do, Daben's success relied on different talents and acquired research and efforts for rebounding, Bai Xiaofei compared to Daben, except for being young, there was no capital to show off.
Hornets Paul borrowed West's blocking and dismantling to shoot from a mid-range, Big Ben suddenly took the lead and stuck in front of Bai Xiaofei's eyes, and said at the same time, "His shot will hit the rebound, and then smash it in front of the rebound, there is a possibility of scoring and a rebound, if it is the latter, then the rebound will fall under the basket!" ”
It's been hit by Daben again!
The basketball was like Big Ben's design, smashed on the rebounding frame, then smashed on the rebounding brim, and finally didn't go in, it fell, and Big Ben grabbed a frontcourt rebound again, passed to the follow-up Hamilton, who scored two points on a jumper.
Bai Xiaofei stood behind Big Ben and watched as Big Ben took the rebound in his arms and then delivered cannonballs to Hamilton.
"Rebounding! White! You can even be grabbed by him with such a rebound! ”
Williams' big-mouthed boss shows two rows of shiny front teeth!
"Time is limited, I can only tell you so much for now, I hope it will help you!"
Outside Starkey makes another three-point shot! Big Ben reacted right away and ran to the left of the basket! Bai Xiaofei has completely understood at this time, even if he can't judge the landing point of the rebound, as long as he runs with Big Ben! In general, compared with Daben, Bai Xiaofei's weight of more than 120 kilograms can still occupy an advantage.
After all, Bai Xiaofei has a considerable age advantage, at the moment when Big Ben started, Bai Xiaofei took three steps and made two steps in front of Big Ben, and stuck Big Ben behind him, his eyes looked at the basketball that was still spinning in the air, and secretly said in his heart, "This rebound must be mine!" ”
Who knew that Big Ben suddenly put down Bai Xiaofei and ran to the other side of the rebound, grinning behind his ears with a laughing mouth, "Hey, young man, the rebounding ball is here!" ”
Starkey's shot hit the neck of the basket and bounced to the right, and Big Ben again easily picked up the defensive rebound and passed it to Prince, who passed to Hamilton, who hit another mid-range shot to score two points.
"Boy, you're still tender." Big Ben laughed again.
Bai Xiaofei's face was flushed.
Williams shook his head helplessly.
After three consecutive rounds, Bai Xiaofei's statistics on rebounding are still zero, which is almost humiliating for a big man with a height of 210 cm.
In the forty-eight minutes of the game, Williams shouted at Bai Xiaofei on the sidelines for 40 minutes to "grab rebounds", and finally stopped shouting, and sat quietly on the bench off the court, not shouting hoarsely but completely disappointed in Bai Xiaofei.
The game between the Pistons and the Hornets was like Big Ben and Bai Xiaofei full of overwhelming advantages, 88:69 before the end of the third quarter, the Pistons led by nearly 20 points, Big Ben played 28 minutes and grabbed a season-high 22 rebounds, including nine frontcourt rebounds, and Bai Xiaofei scored no points except for three goals in the opening game, and what was even more dazzling was Bai Xiaofei's rebounding data - zero.
A minute before the end of the third quarter, the Pistons replaced the players, Monroe stood in front of the technology, ready to replace Big Ben, the Hornets attacked, Paul burst into the basket, Hamilton assisted in defense, Paul distributed the ball to Ariza who was ambushed on the bottom line, Ariza received the ball, and shot outside the three-point line!
The basketball flew in mid-air, and at this moment, Bai Xiaofei suddenly shouted, "Rashid Wallace and Billups are here!" ”
Rasheed Wallace, Billups, Prince, Hamilton, Ben Wallace, five people are the starters of the Pistons' 2004 championship, several of them are not only good teammates, but also brothers and sisters, this game, Billups, who was traded to the Nuggets, and Rasheed Wallace, who has retired, watched from the sidelines, Big Ben couldn't help but glance off the court.
No!
There are some reporters outside the venue, how can there be the shadow of those two brothers!
Looking at Bai Xiaofei again, he ran towards the right side of the basket with a smile, and at the same time was ready to grab the rebound, Big Ben immediately understood, what brother watched the game live! It's all a trick of the little white fat man in front of you!
Big Ben hurriedly rushed towards Bai Xiaofei! At the same time, he stretched out his hand, Da Ben, who was born with divine power, directly pushed Bai Xiaofei away two meters away, who knew that Bai Xiaofei did not fall in love, but with the power of Da Ben, he ran straight to the left side of the basket, the basketball smashed on the left eaves of the basket, Bai Xiaofei jumped up and grabbed the rebound ball in the air into his arms!
This is Bai Xiaofei's first and only rebound in this game!
As a person who came over, Da Ben understood in his heart that the rebound that Bai Xiaofei grabbed was far more meaningful than the 22 rebounds he snatched!