After a three-game losing streak, the Nuggets returned to Denver with only one day of rest before they sit at home to take on the Spurs.

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In the game against the Celtics, Ji Liang did not perform well, with a total of 13 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds, which is comparable to Paul Pierce in the same class.

If it is a role player, this data is quite outstanding, but compared with Chi Liang's previous data, it is still a lot worse.

Because of this, many media began to pour cold water, and many experts even shouted that Chi Liang's "rookie wall" had arrived, and even thought that Chi Liang Jianglang was exhausted.

In addition to these smearing media, the Chicago Times's comments are more objective, and they do not engrave Chi Liang with a smear plan, but evaluate from the perspective of a neutral.

In an article in the Chicago Times, they said: "Ji Liang is undoubtedly a player who plays with his head, has unparalleled composure and insight on the court, is always able to pass amazing passes, and has a great three-point shot, which is undoubtedly a headache for the teams." For a rookie, Ji Liang is definitely a success, and his strength is enough to make him respected by everyone. Again, no matter how amazing he is, he's just a rookie after all, and you can't ask for more from him! ”

There are smears, there are neutrals, and naturally there are also strong media that support Chi Liang, and they also account for a lot, among which the Denver media "nugglove" is the most.

In the view of "nugglove", Chi Liang can always stand up at critical moments and save the team from fire and water, this time it is a nap, not to mention that this is a back-to-back game, and it is normal for the player's state to be affected.

At the same time, they also analyzed the advantages of Chi Liang: the playing is simple and gorgeous, the atmosphere is not lacking in delicacy, the style of play is selfless, and he has excellent projection ability. The scariest thing is that Ji Liang can always quickly lock on to his teammates in the open position, and through exquisite passes, his teammates can easily score.

Chi Liang didn't care much about the media's evaluation, but confirmed his fame from the side.

These media wrote this way just to attract the attention of readers and increase newspaper sales with the help of Chi Liang's fame. Just like stars such as Jordan and Hill in the past, whether they perform well or not, they will appear in media reports.

Although he doesn't care about the media's evaluation, Ji Liang is also worried that as the season progresses, the teams will know more about themselves, so they will have more ways to deal with him.

If it continues, Ji Liang may be like many rookies, and his efficiency in the game will also decline, and then encounter the rookie wall, which is also the law of the NBA!

The best way to avoid the rookie wall is to strengthen your own strength, and when you reach a certain level of strength or have skills that cannot be limited, even if the opponent has the intention to defend, it is still difficult to limit.

In addition to that, there are also team problems.

At the start of the season, the Nuggets didn't have much flaws in their roster, but after Lafrentz was reimbursed for the season and Van Exel was suspended, the flaws became quite apparent.

However, D'Antoni is a rookie coach, and in the case of insufficient depth in the squad, he is still ruthless in the main force, and there are always so many players on the field, who do not know how to change, which is very easy to cause fatigue of players, and then there is a possibility of injury.

Chi Liang calculated, after the absence of Lafrenz and Van Exel, D'Antoni actually insisted on a seven-man rotation, they are Chi Liang, McDyce, Fortson, Billups, Williams, Stich and Alexander.

As for Clark and Washington, they only get a chance to play once in a while, and the time is often short.

"The question is how to communicate with him?"

During this period of communication, he learned that D'Antoni was more stubborn and it was difficult to get him to change his preconceived ideas. Unless the team is in crisis, with his stubbornness, it is difficult to listen.

For players, how to communicate with coaches is also a necessary knowledge, but most of them can only be understood by themselves.

After a full day's rest, the Nuggets are on home to take on the Spurs.

When the Spurs bus was about to arrive at the arena, Duncan suddenly said, "Coach, look out the window!"

Originally, Popovich was closing his eyes to recuperate, but after hearing Duncan's words, he couldn't help but open his eyes and look out the window suspiciously.

At the entrance of the arena, several Nuggets fans were holding a banner and quietly setting it aside.

On this banner, the words read: "Popovich, we have a higher draft pick than you!" ”

Seeing this title, Popovich was immediately depressed, in last year's draft, he had the idea of choosing Chi Liang, but the Nuggets' draft picks were in front of the Spurs, and he also cut off Chi Liang.

If Chi Liang didn't play, then that's it, but Chi Liang's performance was extremely good, and it was difficult not to pay attention to it, and it was unanimously recognized by the media as the biggest pearl of this draft and the most powerful contender for the best rookie of this year.

In the previous games, Ji Liang averaged 21 points, 10.6 assists and 6.7 rebounds per game. Such excellent data is completely worthy of a champion signature.

This is only the rookie season, and Chi Liang still has a lot of potential for improvement, which also makes Popovich regret very much, at that time, if he agreed to the conditions of the Nuggets manager, the Spurs would be able to form a combination of Chi Liang, Robinson and Duncan, and it is possible to form a dynasty.

When Ji Liang tried out for the Spurs, Popovich thought that Ji Liang would become an excellent player, but he didn't expect him to be so good.

At the Pepsi Center, players from both sides stand in the players' tunnel and begin to prepare for the entrance ceremony.

"First of all, please graduated from Wake Forest University, known as the light of Denver and the king of the fourth section - Chi Liang!"

When the live DJ introduced, the atmosphere of the scene instantly reached a climax, and they cheered, almost unleashing all their enthusiasm and energy.

Unlike the King of the Fourth Quarter, the Denver Light came from Nuggets fans to express their welcome to Ji Liang.

Even McDyce didn't get such an honor.

Not far away, watching Chi Liang's shining appearance, Duncan couldn't help muttering: "This junior is very popular!"

"Tim, it's hard to imagine him being able to play like that, like you were as a rookie!" Hearing Duncan say this, Robinson was full of emotion.

"Perhaps!"

Duncan shook his head, no one knew what he really thought.

Soon, after the DJ introduced the players of both sides, the audience began to play the American national anthem, and Ji Liang stood there, watching his nose and nose, pretending to listen carefully.