Chapter 372: Ripening Little O'Neill
"Jermaine, you have to play a little more resolutely, just these salted fish on the inside of the Celtics, what's the difference between beating them and scoring points for nothingγγγγγγγ" In the interval between the official timeout of the first quarter of the game between the Pacers and the Celtics, Meng Xu, who was sitting on the bench, wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel, and at the same time shouted to Jermaine O'Neal next to him with a little sternness. Originally, Meng Xu wanted to be more serious and louder, but he was afraid of hurting Jermaine O'Neal's self-esteem, so Meng Xu swallowed the second half of the sentence into his stomach, and then looked up at Larry Bird, raised his eyebrows, I finished singing with a white face, it's time for you to sing with a red face.
"I see, Meng." Jermaine O'Neal nodded, but his eyes kept dodging Meng Xu, in the first half of the first quarter, because Meng Xu was frantically wrapped by the Celtics, Jermaine O'Neal got a lot of opportunities. But in the process of consecutive singles against Antoine Walker, but was taken by Tony Barty, who assisted in the defense, Jermaine O'Neal became more and more outside on the offensive end, and even in the next few minutes, he kept floating near the free throw line to shoot, not only Meng Xu and Larry Bird were not satisfied with him, in fact, even he was dissatisfied with his performance.
"Jermaine, in the previous game, you did a good job on the defensive end, but your performance on the offensive end can only be described as shit, worse than the fat guy opposite you." After Meng Xu finished speaking, Larry Bird walked in front of Jermaine O'Neal with a tactical board, as a person who is equally good as a player and coach, Larry Bird's IQ and EQ are very high, so Larry Bird has always been very clear about Jermaine O'Neal's little ninety-nine, because he once had the same experience, although Larry Bird does not think that Jermaine O'Neal can have the courage and ability of his own year, and can seize the right and status of the leader from Meng Xu. But in Larry Bird's heart, Jermaine O'Neal is also very important to the Pacers, and Jermaine O'Neal, and Jermaine O'Neal, is the only thing Larry Bird feels his predecessor Isaiah Thomas did right when he coached the Pacers. After a pause, Larry Bird smiled and said: "Jermaine, we won't make any changes in the next games, you will get more chances than in the previous games, so, the time has come to prove you, haven't you always wanted to be a great player like Shaq and Thiem?" Go on the field and make your dreams come true! Larry Bird slapped Jermaine O'Neal on the shoulder as he finished speaking.
Looking at Larry Bird, who had a warm face but a stern tone, and Meng Xu, who nodded at him on the side, Jermaine O'Neal pulled off the towel covering his head, nodded fiercely, and responded to the two.
After yelling a few times to cheer himself on, Jermaine O'Neal stepped onto the court with a resolute face, while Meng Xu, who stayed on the sidelines, turned his head and rushed to look at Larry Bird, looking at each other, and the two showed a weird smile at the same time. Although at the beginning of the season, Meng Xu shouted the slogan of the championship, but at that time, no one would take it seriously, and he used this as a joke to satirize Meng Xu, and as the regular season deepened, not only Meng Xu, who had been shouting slogans, but even Larry Bird was thinking about the championship.
But when he thinks of the Lakers and the Spurs, Larry Bird feels unsteady, O'Neal and Duncan's dominance on the inside is too strong, fortunately both are in the West, if one is in the East, the Pacers don't have any illusions about the championship. But at the end of the day, when the Pacers really have the strength to dominate the East, anyone will fantasize about the Finals and the final championship. When Al Harrington with great potential was traded for Lorenzen White, Larry Bird was already preparing for the playoffs, but if only Lorenten White was relied upon, the Pacers' interior line would be beaten to scum by the Spurs and Lakers, and a better interior Larry Bird could not get it, so Jermaine O'Neal became Larry Bird's only remaining hope.
Fortunately, Meng Xu is also very supportive of his ideas, since the All-Star Game, Meng Xu has divided part of the right to shoot Jermaine O'Neal, and at the same time, Meng Xu also pulled Jermaine O'Neal into his own system through blocking and dismantling, so after the All-Star Game, Jermaine O'Neal's data directly skyrocketed a lot, and won the most improved player this season, and also entered the best team this season, and has shown the potential to become a superstar.
Compared with Larry Bird's feeling and observation, the data obtained by Meng Xu through the system is more detailed and clear, the current Pacers, several major starters and rotation players, the strongest is undoubtedly Meng Xu, who has now reached 97, one of the three strongest superstars in the entire league, followed by Jermaine O'Neal's 89, after Jermaine O'Neal, Reggie Miller, Jamal Tinsley, James Posey, the strength of all three has reached 86, But Reggie Miller is a veteran, and his strength has been in a state of decline, and Jamal Tinsley, due to the existence of Meng Xu, his strength has now exceeded the upper limit of his own ability value, and now he has reached his peak state, and it is estimated that he will not improve much in the future, thank God for being able to maintain his current state, and James Posey is similar, although according to the potential standard given by the system, Posey's strength is hopeful to exceed 90, but the probability is very small, And it's also a long way from 90 at the moment, after which it's Lorenten White's 84, Jeff Foster's 78, and Bobby Simmons' 77.
There are 6 players on the team who have reached more than 80 strength, and in the entire league, except for the Kings and Mavericks, there are only the Pacers, and even the Lakers and Spurs do not have such a luxurious lineup. But the Lakers have two supergiants with a strength of more than 95, Kobe Bryant 96 and O'Neal 98. Although the Spurs are a little inferior, they also have Duncan at 97 and David Robinson at 91, while the Kings and Mavericks have three 90+ players at the same time.
Therefore, in order to have a glimmer of hope of winning after entering the finals, Meng Xu must now mature Jermaine O'Neal in advance, as long as Jermaine O'Neal can complete a breakthrough in his own ability before entering the finals and have 90+ strength, then the Pacers' interior line will have more or less room for resistance when facing the Lakers and Spurs, unlike now, they can only be hung up by O'Neal and Duncan.
What makes Meng Xu and Larry Bird feel relieved is that after returning to the court, Jermaine O'Neal really began to chisel hard under the basket, although Antoine Walker has good weight and strength, but after all, he is a small forward, and there is still a big gap between him and the orthodox interior line like Jermaine O'Neal, and at the same time, after Lorenzen White strengthened his containment of Tony Barty, Jermaine O'Neal also began to show his power, after being interfered with by Tony Barty under the first strong basket, Jermaine O'Neal was not discouraged in the slightest, not once, twice.
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