Looking at this back with a little loneliness and gloom, Li Zhi inexplicably felt a little empathy.

Isn't that what you were like in your previous life? Ten years of chasing dreams, once an injury ruined everything.

It's just that Roy is more indignant now than in his previous life, and he can't understand why he can't be an All-Star.

Just this year, when people talk about the Portland Trail Blazers, there's always a certain idea about the future — almost everyone thinks it's only a matter of time before the team makes it to the Finals or wins a championship.

Even though they've had weird injuries for years on end, no one has any doubts: the injuries will heal, and when they're all healed, that's when they've stepped through the league.

Everyone is waiting for the day when Oden will be the league's No. 1 interior gatekeeper, Aldridge will be an All-Star, and Brandon Roy will eventually be the No. 1 scoring guard in the West. Yes, a few years ago, it was a matter of time before all this happened, but Li Zhi understood,

This day, after all, did not come.

Ten years later, Brandon Roy will be forgotten in the dust of history, and only those who have watched his games will know why almost all NBA fans sigh at him — including the Rockets fans who were ruthlessly killed by him.

His style of play and emotional intelligence are reminiscent of Tim Duncan in his youth, and his innocent expression with wide-eyed eyes is the same as Duncan's. He has long been known as the "No. 2 scoring guard in the West" and "The Yellow Mamba."

His old spiciness, his calmness, his determination, and his heartbreaking moments of the king's return - these will all be drowned in the traces of time, and his glorious moments will be quietly hidden in the corner, gradually forgotten.

New fans won't know from the stories and highlights how he's different from Jim Jackson or Queen Bee Mashburn. Vince Carter will become a legend because of a slam dunk contest, and Maravich will be talked about because of "not flashy, not basketball". And if Tim Duncan didn't have a championship in his career, who would remember him after all those years?

Li Zhi has always had this idea, God is actually fair, and simple and firm people are often closer to the championship.

It's just that this fairness didn't happen to Roy, and Roy was quite flat when he left, and then the Trailblazers were discussing whether to pardon him, and when he was emotionally entangled, Roy resolutely announced his retirement - leading the knife into a fast one, living up to the boy's head.

The first two home games of the 2011 playoffs were Roy's last two games in the Rose Garden, and in those two games, he led his team to victory over the championship — even the Heat, but only won two games against the Mavericks.

And he almost saved the best performance he could in these two games, including the 18-point game in the fourth quarter, a four-point game in the final minute, and an eight-point comeback in a row to reverse the Mavericks. With this kind of performance, he really has no regrets for this stadium.

Of course, most of the best teams are made by a combination of stars, but that's not a sufficiency for success.

In the most talented period on paper, Portland didn't win back the championship, and in the era of Brandon Roy, they didn't win a single series, and not even the "almost eliminated opponent" situation when Maddy led the team to face the Pistons and Mavericks.

Later, due to injury, he became less and less influential in the team's tactical system. So, those occasional tough guy moments aside, and those clichés praising the fighters, Prophet Rhoge can't comment on Roy and the Trail Blazers' decision to build a team around him.

Huang Baman is not Black Baman, in the history of the NBA, with a good but not the best wing player as the core, let him lead the entire system, in fact, fell into the same fate.

Inglish, George Gervin, Dantley, Chris Mullin, Richmond, Hardaway, Grant Hill, Sprewell "Madman", Alan Houston, Jason Starkerhouse, Vince Carter, T-MAC, Michael Finley, Dr. J in front of the thigh of the giant, "Glider" Dreckchens, Pierce, Ray Allen, Peja who sent Webb away, Michael Reid, Joe Johnson "The Eagle King", Anthony "Melon" ...... If you list all the names and deeds of the losers, it is enough to cheat thousands of manuscript fees.

And we all know that even with the perfect knee, Roy doesn't have the ability to stand out from this lengthy list and jump into Jordan, Kobe, and James.

Perhaps without Rich, Brandon Roy would have been the second-best point guard in the West for years to come, and would have been consistent and precocious, unsmiling or smiling like a guard's version of Tim Duncan.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi couldn't help but feel irritable in his heart, his arrival changed many people and changed a lot of things.

A mistake on the part of Richter made a mistake and the basketball was stealed by Brandon Roy, and then the man galloped to the basket to add two more points to the second grade.

16：20

After a first-year timeout, Li Zhi walked up to Kobe Bryant and asked for a replacement.

Bryant frowned, then nodded.

Off the field, Kobe Bryant walked up to Li Zhi and looked at this slightly immature little guy with a puzzled expression.

"Why don't you want to fight? Are you my trump card? ”

Li Zhi raised his head and said, "Have you ever been confused, such as what route to take in the future?" ”

Kobe Bryant was stunned, but he didn't expect Li Zhi to ask this kind of question at this time.

Glancing at the situation on the court, Kobe Bryant showed a trademark smile: "Yes, when I first entered the league, I was worried about being Jordan or Pippen all day long. ”

"And now?"

"Jordan."

Kobe Bryant replied firmly.

Whether self-confidence makes greatness, or greatness brings self-confidence, is an unanswered question, but in Kobe's world, there has never been such a question.

Even if he teamed up with O'Neal to win three consecutive championships, Kobe Bryant was still extremely sure that he wanted to be Jordan.

"You'll make it!" Li Zhi also answered Kobe Bryant. Kobe Bryant smiled slightly, he thought that Li Zhi was talking about the time year, and Li Zhi was talking about this year later.

The game restarted, Li Zhi, who came back from the pause, was already unstoppable, Conley controlled the rhythm and organized the offense, Li Zhi and Durant waited for the opportunity to move outside, Yi Jianlian had a calm and mature style of play, and was willing to be a blue-collar worker in such an exhibition game, coupled with Durant and Li Zhi, who frequently broke into the interior, the anxious score was pulled away in 5 minutes.

At the end of the first quarter, the first-year had a 10-point lead at 39-29, and the first-year's performance won the hearts of the fans in the audience.

Li Zhi had 15 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and Durant had 10 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, and the two led a wave of climaxes in the second half of the quarter.