Chapter 403: Reuniting with Valanda
Because the Brooklyn Nets arrived a day early. As the last opponent in the NCAA, Valanda accepted Zhang Yi's invitation to have a dinner together.
The past is gone, and now there is not so much hatred in the NBA, and all players make basketball their profession.
Go on the court and play well and try your best to play well for the team, whether it is whether you can challenge for a championship, or aim for the playoffs, or even play badly.
Everyone will try to fulfill the requirements of the coach and the team. So outside of the game, the hatred for each other is not heavy. Even if they don't like each other on the field.
When it comes to the field, the most you can do is ignore the other party, and it is no longer common to treat the opponent as an enemy in the past.
It can't be said that this is progress, after all, a confrontation that lacks the smell of gunpowder will always make the audience feel like something is missing.
But whether it was the things that hurt the players or the whole trouble, they have disappeared from the current NBA. God knows if the league reverts to that level of confrontation, the current players will not be able to accept it.
Of course, Valanda hated Zhang Yi and the others, after all, these three people teamed up to ruin his dream of a college dynasty. Either he or the rest of his teammates on the Duke Blues are likely to be in the same mood.
But the past is gone. If the NCAA opponent may be on the court, the smell of gunpowder will be stronger. Today's NBA is more of a competitive social network, because both games and conflicts stay on the court.
When they go to the venue, they will communicate like ordinary friends. And like Varanda and Zhang Yi, because they are the same rookie, they have various intersections before, and they are even closer.
"You haven't played against Sean's Hornets yet?"
Valanda said as she ate. Obviously, the Hornets and Lakers belong to the same West, but until now, it is strange that Zhang Yi and they have not played against Sean.
On the contrary, Valanda's Nets team has played both games this year with the Hornets.
"Not really. Anyway, I heard that you killed him twice this year. ”
Zhang Yi said with a smile. Because Sean, this guy is definitely the kind of person whose heart is higher than the sky and whose life is thinner than paper. Not to mention being pressed below Zhang Yi and Valanda in the draft.
Now that I have entered the NBA, I am also angry in various ways. Not only is the Hornets' record almost meaningless, but the Nets are playing just in time for a wave of injuries.
"Not to mention, when playing against us, the Hornets only have eight players in the rotation."
"What? I didn't follow them. "At that point, their interior core just couldn't play, and the point guard line wasn't replaced."
Varanda also became serious when he said this, because instead of sympathizing with Sean, he respected him. "So he played the whole game with us twice."
"Well, that's the kind of man he is. It's just that the Hornets are unwilling to make up for it and are drunk. Obviously, with Sean, and an excellent big man, he can play both inside and outside. ”
Robert also felt sorry for Sean, because this was his first season if he continued to play like this. Even if Sean adapts to this rhythm, his body may not be able to stand it.
Vali suddenly raised his glass and said to the other three, "This glass, let's salute the Wasp Warrior led by the single core - Sean!" ”
As a result, when they heard this, these people suddenly laughed.
"Hey, hey, hey, he's not already sacrificed, is it really okay for us to talk about him like this behind our backs?"
Sean, who was playing in Orlando, suddenly sneezed and wondered who was speaking ill of him behind his back.
The Nets led by Varanda are really on the verge of breaking ground right now. Because they not only defeated the New York Knicks, the boss of the East, but also stood out from the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers.
It is now in third place in the East with an 18-5 record. Keep in mind that the Nets won an unprecedented 18 games last season, and now they have equaled their total number of wins all season.
Just when people were saying that the Nets should be kicked out of the league, the appearance of Valanda was kind of a rescue. Plus the newly traded outside titan Morris. This backcourt pair has also become the hottest combination in the NBA today.
Like the Bruins, Morris was a rookie the year before, but missed the first two seasons due to injury before the overwhelmed Kings sold him to the Nets.
What he never expected was that Morris, who used to play for the Blue Devils at Duke University, saw his back Valanda, and his injury turned out to be healed again, not only came back, but he also released the pressure accumulated in the past two years.
In the past, Morris played with Valanda, so now that these two guys are together, of course, they can play a good chemistry right away.
One is a top point guard with a good big picture view, and the other is a super shooter who can play both without and with the ball. The final result is, of course, a frenzied brush assist, a brush score!
If Zhang Yi and Sean are the players with the highest points per game among this year's rookies. But we can't forget Morris, who didn't play in the previous two years.
He should now be considered a rookie by the NBA's definition. Even many of this year's rookies will be put into comparison.
It's just a pity that the quality of this year's rookies is too high, and even super scorers who can average 28 points per game are now pressed to the third place in rookie scoring.
This would never have happened in previous years, but that's the reality. The so-called diamond generation is really not called for nothing. Because in addition to the scoring list being dominated by the rookies, the assist list is also dominated by the rookie representatives led by Valanda.
If it weren't for the presence of superstars like Curry Jr. and Simpkins, the audience who didn't know would have thought that there were only rookies in the NBA.
But Zhang Yi, sooner or later, they will grow up and support the whole league. It's too early to say this, but that doesn't mean it won't happen.
In the diamond generation, Zhang Yi, Valanda and Sean have locked in the superstar position in advance. Including Robert, Vali, Felton and others are also emerging stars.
God knows how many All-Stars will emerge in their generation and who will emerge as the final victor.
But now people believe that Zhang Yi is the first of these people! He's also Curry Jr.'s successor, and no matter how much people question it, he's playing right now as the player best suited the position.
The Simpkins are certainly strong, but his performance and background are always a little bit worse. Although Zhang Yi is a yellow race, in this era, it has become an advantage.
Because in today's globalized NBA, foreign players deserve more attention, and if a league leader emerges from it, it will be a bad thing for the league.