"Well, I've seen the footage of this game, Meng's performance is very good, you know, he's only 19 years old this year, and his future is limitless."

"Will he be the second Larry Bird? Again, every player in the NBA is unique. ”

"What advice and advice do I have for him? I hope he doesn't stay on the perimeter and gets a little closer to the basket so that he can be more intimidating and dominant. I think he could consider going to this year's All-Star 3-point contest. ”

"What do you think of Celtic this season? The results for the Celtics were really dismal and Anthony Walker was disappointing, and it was clear that he hadn't learned how to be a good leader. ”

After the game between the Spurs and the Celtics, there were reporters who didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, and they ran to interview Larry Bird as soon as possible. ”

"I believe in Larry's vision, Meng will be one of the best rookies this year, his outside shooting is great, like Larry said, his scoring means are too one-dimensional, which is not a good sign, he has to learn to score in more ways." went to the Pacers for an interview, naturally he couldn't leave the Pacers' boss Reggie Miller behind, but fortunately, as an old-timer, Reggie Miller did not show his dissatisfaction with Meng Xu between the lines.

"Greg, are you still thinking about that deal?" On the night of January 19, when the game between the Spurs and the Trail Blazers was being inseparable, Spurs head coach Popovich still had a sad face.

"yes, I thought about it all night, and I couldn't think of how much potential Meng had to pay for the Celtics." Because just after the Spurs rejected the Celtics' trade request, the Celtics sent a fax again today, this time adding the Celtics' sixth man, Culbert Channey, an important backup for the Celtics, who averaged 25 minutes per game last season, contributing 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.2 steals. If Popovich agrees to this trade, then all the shortcomings of the Spurs will be filled, so this trade is also very tangled in Popovich.

Meng Xu has excellent defense and a good 3-point ability, but due to the influence of physical talent, his ceiling is not high, and he will never be a superstar like David and Thiem. But the more this happened, the more entangled Popovich became, it must be that he didn't find out what was so good about Meng, otherwise how could the cardinal spend so much money to trade him?

In the end, the Spurs lost 95-105 to the Trail Blazers at home, and after losing this game, the Spurs also fell from the second place in the league to the third, after this game, the Spurs and the Trail Blazers had the same record of 29 wins and 10 losses, but the Spurs lost all three meetings between the two teams this season.

The Trail Blazers are also a very strange team, relying on an owner who is not bad for money, the Trail Blazers are also piling up a group of All-Star players, starting 5 Rasheed Wallace, Arvidas Sabonis, Damon Stoudemire, Scottie Pippen, Steve Smith are all All-Stars, and there are Detreve Schramf on the bench, Jermaine O'Neal, Bunch Wells These strong benches, if you only look at the lineup on paper, the championship should be the Trail Blazers every year, I don't know if it's the league's suppression, Still unlucky, the Trail Blazers are so bad every season.

In this game in the confrontation with Scottie Pippen, Meng Xu also suffered a lot, in the previous game, Meng Xu was still a nobody, and has not attracted the attention of Scottie Pippen, in the recent period after the media hype, Scottie Pippen also gave birth to the idea of "educating the junior", so in this game Scottie Pippen completely gave up the offense, and entangled Meng Xu on the defensive end, although he is old, he has 1 A-level defensive skills, Scottie Pippen, who has 2 B-level defensive skills, is also very scary once he gets serious, and in the end, Meng Xu only shot 1 of 6 in this game, relying on a dribble in the fourth quarter, he scored 3 points, 3 points and 4 rebounds in the whole game, and it was also Meng Xu's worst game this season.

Different from the Spurs, there are as many as 6 players in the Trail Blazers team who have the ability to score 20+ points in a single game, even if Scottie Pippen can't score a point, the Trail Blazers will not have a scoring drought, and the Spurs are different, after resting the two main players in rotation, Tim Duncan is also very difficult under the sandwich of Avidas Sabonis and Rasheed Wallace, and the Spurs lost the game as expected when Meng Xu was completely frozen by Scottie Pippen.

After the game against the Trail Blazers, the Spurs set off for the East again to start a new round of road trips, and the first opponent on this road trip was the Pacers, who are currently ranked first in the East.

The game has not yet started, the atmosphere of the Pacers' home court Conseco Arena is also unusually hot, the Pacers after two years of sinking, after Larry Bird took over, once again became the league's powerhouse, the team achieved the best record in team history in the 9798 season with 58 wins and 24 losses, and finally reached the Eastern Conference Finals that year, losing to the Bulls led by Jordan in 7 games. In the 9899 season, they reached the Eastern Conference Finals again, losing 4-2 to the New York Knicks, entering the division finals for two consecutive years, and also equalizing the best record in Pacers history created by Larry Brown.

The Pacers moved into the team's new home arena last year, Nov. 6, 1999, and after two consecutive years of finals, this year's Pacers are also ambitious to win the championship. The current Pacers also have a 27-15 record, ranking 4th in the league and 1st in the East.

After the Pacers took over by Larry Bird, the lineup is also very stable, and the team currently has Reggie Miller, Jalen Rose, Chris Mullin, Rick Schmitz and many other All-Stars, and the lineup on paper is second only to a team like the Trail Blazers.

"Hello everyone, we meet again." The game between the Spurs and the Pacers is another game that will be broadcast live in the United States, and it is said that this game will be broadcast live on CCTV via satellite, which is also the first time CCTV has broadcast a regular season game, and the commentary of this game is not surprising Michaels.

"Hey, El, this game Meng will play against one of the best backcourt combinations in the league, whether it is Jalen Rose or Reggie Miller, both are All-Star players, I don't know what Larry's successor will be." Michaels' partner in this game, Mike Brand, looked at Michaels with a smile.

"Of course, Meng is one of the best rookies of the year。。。。。"

"Oh, El, put away your rhetoric, you hold this Chinese in high esteem, didn't you watch the game the day before yesterday, Meng was embarrassed by Scottie Pippen's defense, in front of Scotty, Meng is like a child." Before Michaels could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Brand.