Stephen Jackson pursed his lips and said aggrievedly: "Coach, the Magic's interior line is too high, and it's already good that I can snatch seven rebounds from them." ”

Li Weidao: "John is as tall as you, and he is still playing against other centers, but his number of rebounds is only one and twice as many as yours!" ”

Stephen Jackson snorted his neck and said: "He's just lucky, what's the big deal about picking up two more rebounds, if I have his tactical position, I can get fifty points!" ”

"No, you can take sixty points!" Li Wei smiled lightly, and then said sternly: "But in the summer league, even if you can score a hundred points, what's the use?" I told you, what we're missing is a role player who can do the hard work, you have to work hard defensively, try to grab the boards, try to make up for every mistake in the team, and as for scoring, that's not something you should think about, you can't take the ball with anyone, you know? ”

Stephen Jackson exclaimed, "I can score, I'm no worse than anybody!" ”

Li Weidao: "It seems that you still don't understand, you don't have to go to the next game, just sit on the bench and think about it." ”

Stephen Jackson kept his head down and didn't speak.

In this game, he played according to the coach's requirements, and he was already very aggrieved. According to his thoughts, it should be his turn to get John Wallace's tactical position in the next game, and then play better than John, and from then on become the team's key training object and go to the peak of his life......

But Li Wei not only did not mean to give him the core position, but also asked him to continue to be a green leaf!

This is the summer league, he has always been known for his genius, can't he show himself well in the summer league?

Bruce Bowen saw Stephen Jackson's ugly face, walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and whispered: "You just listen to what the coach says, don't talk back." ”

Stephen Jackson said very dissatisfied: "I'm the kind of person who has one thing to say, and I'm going to say what I have to say!" ”

"Ugh." Bowen sighed.

He understands this nineteen-year-old child very well, and believes that in high school and college, this child is the absolute core of the team and has never played the role of green leaf.

Once upon a time, he was such a person, but unfortunately those days are long gone.

Then again, there are more than 300 schools under the NCAA Division I League, and the students who come out of these schools, who can join the NBA, which one is not one in a hundred, and which one is not the absolute main force in the team?

If you can't give up the glory of the past, see the reality clearly, and start at the end of the bench, then you will soon be eliminated from the league!

If you can't play here, you can sit on the bench and wave a towel and watch the water dispenser, all of them are geniuses!

Bowen has seen the reality clearly, and now he is twenty-six years old, which is not young.

Athletes generally start to decline after the age of 27, and they are veterans over 30. He is still working hard for a base salary contract, and it is unimaginable that he will get older and slow down in two years.

Bowen won't steal the ball with anyone, giving up on his dream of becoming a superstar earlier, just asking for a contract that can support his family. But that kind of contract is also an unattainable dream for him.

"Bruce!" Li Wei beckoned.

Bruce Bowen hurriedly leaned over and said a little embarrassedly, "Coach! ”

There was a lot of joy and some sadness, John Wallace was the star of the night, and Bowen was a little bleak.

In this game, he made zero of seven shots from beyond the three-point line and scored only one point from the free throw line!

If it weren't for John Wallace being caught in the second quarter, the Knicks would have won more!

Li Wei was also very helpless when he saw Uncle Bao's appearance.

In his impression, the third uncle's bottom corner three points are still quite accurate, why is he so iron today?

It's really giving you a chance that you're useless, and you can't find a reason to praise you!

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Wei still said: "Bruce, your performance on the defensive end today is good, but I think you still have room to improve, continue to work hard." In addition, on the offensive side, I don't expect you to have a brilliant performance, but you have to find time to practice hard for these two empty three-point positions in the bottom corner, you can't be so iron! ”

Bowen hurriedly nodded and said, "Coach, you're right, I'm going to practice three points today." ”

Li Wei waved his hand and said, "Forget it tonight, we have a lot of games these days." But this summer, you can't be idle! ”

"Yes!" Bowen continued to nod.

On the Magic side, Don Cheney refused to be interviewed and finally left the arena under the siege of reporters.

was abused by a rookie coach from Italy for more than 30 points, he really had no face to be interviewed, and he didn't know what to say.

In an interview with reporters, Li Wei said lightly: "The Magic team is an excellent team, and Don Cheney is also an excellent coach, and the reason why they will lose is only because they met a better Mike." Sooner or later, Mike D'Antoni's name will be written into league history, inducted into the Hall of Fame, and even retired by many teams. ”

When D'Antoni saw that Li Wei had blown him to the sky, he could only modestly say: "I am just an assistant coach, and there is still a big gap between my coaching level and a real head coach like Coach Li, and I want to continue to learn from Coach Li in order to grow into a real NBA-level coach." ”

D'Antoni was not complimenting Li Yi, his words were completely heartfelt.

At first, he felt that his running and bombing style was a little whimsical, but Li Wei criticized him for not being open-minded enough. Let the 2.03-meter small forward play the center, and the other small forward play the big forward, completely ignoring the opposite twin towers, this kind of arrangement is too bold, and he still has palpitations when he thinks about it now.

But with such a lineup, who would have thought that it could win by more than 30 points?

Li Wei is really an immortal genius!

Washington, Wizards' General Manager's Office.

Wes Unseld casually flipped through today's summer league report and was slightly stunned.

John Wallace of the Knicks actually scored 40 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 steal?

That's an amazing performance!

Thinking that he had rejected a deal from the Knicks, he suddenly felt a little pity.

The No. 18 rookie in a super draft year definitely has strength, at least better than Ben Wallace. If it weren't for the team's coach who felt that Ben's attitude was good enough to drive the atmosphere in the locker room, he might have made a deal a long time ago.

Or restart negotiations?

After thinking for a while, Wes Unselde still shook his head and said, "That's it, who doesn't eat a turkey for Christmas?" This kind of explosive game will be encountered by every athlete, not to mention, the gold content of the summer league is not high at all. ”

Putting aside the Knicks' report against the Magic, Wes Unseld focused on his team.

A day later, the Knicks took on the Hawks. Stephen Jackson didn't play, and Li Wei asked him to sit at the end of the bench and reflect.

This nineteen-year-old child's heart must be sharpened. If he feels that he is a green leaf, it is a sacrifice, and everyone is sorry for him, then it is better to play out of the team as soon as possible. In the next eighty-two regular season games, he will be a green leaf.

The Knicks, even if they have fewer benches, can't ask for this kind of locker room explosives.

Replacing Stephen Jackson is the undrafted pick Darvin Hamm, who is 2.01 meters tall and has a decent speed, and the Knicks' running style has not changed.

It's a pity that Ham was completely blown up on the defensive end by the Hawks' second-round pick this year, 2.06 meters white power forward Chris Crawford - encountered such a short and soft inside, people are really sorry for not eating dumplings, sorry for the sky, sorry for the ground, sorry for the air in the middle!

32 points + 18 rebounds, this is Crawford's report card, and the Hawks also won under him!

On the Knicks' side, John Wallace, who dominated both offensive and defensive ends on the court, was also beaten by the No. 28 rookie in the first round in 96, 2.24 meters tall center Priest Lauderdale.

No way, the height difference between the two is too big, this is a full twenty centimeters. You can imagine what it would be like for a person with a height of 1.8 meters to fight a person with a height of 1.6 meters in a single. John Wallace is not a stranger like Ben Wallace, so he can only become an ATM.

Luckily, Lauderdale couldn't keep John Wallace on the defensive end either. At 2.24 meters, he was too tall and too slow, so he could only stand in the penalty area and not go out. John Wallace made full use of his long-range projection expertise, and it was even easier to score than in the previous game!

The Eagles led all the way, and the tactic was to put John Wallace on the outside. Anyway, he threw it, and the Eagles would be able to return one right away. And if he can't shoot, the rebound must be the Hawks.

At the end of the game, Syracuse University's hero stats were fixed at 46 points and eight rebounds, while the Knicks lost by nearly 20 points at 114-96.

Washington, Wizards' General Manager's Office.

Wes Unseld flipped through the day's summer league report and froze again.

The Knicks' John Wallace actually scored 46 points?

Six more points than the last play?

Once by chance, twice not necessarily. Although the summer league game lacks gold, the two supernatural performances in such games are enough to show that John Wallace is far better than the rest of the summer league players.

After pacing two steps in the office, Wes Unseld called a few henchmen in management, discussed it, and then called Dennis Johnson: "Didn't you ask for John Wallace + next year's second-round pick in exchange for Ben Wallace?" We agreed! ”

"They agreed?" Li Wei laughed when he heard the trade request from Washington.

If you want to make a deal in the NBA without losing money, you really have to rip it off.

Ten days and a half months, if both sides are still interested, then of course another ten days and a half months. If it keeps pulling and still hasn't yellowed, then there is almost hope that it will be achieved.

As a billionaire with a net worth of tens of billions, Li Wei is really not interested in grinding his teeth with others for this little profit. However, thinking that Xia Cuirong was sitting in the president's seat, he still decided to make an exception.

"Cuirong, you let Dennis tell them that there are several teams asking for John right now, and if they want to trade, we won't give them a second-round pick!"