Chapter 31 - Unlimited Right to Fire
High-quality matchups are certainly fascinating.
But compared to the excited audience at the scene, there is a group of people who are also applauded by the wonderful game, but they are quickly recording something in their notebooks in their free time, these people are of course NBA scouts, not to mention Li Yao's draft market has soared, it is Joe. Alexander also single-handedly upset Duke University in the last round of 32 and also improved his draft pick.
In the records of the scouts, the evaluation of Li Yao can already be compared with the top favorite Derek. Rose is on par, and although the draft picks have not yet been decided, it does not delay the scouts from observing the players, after all, even if they cannot be drafted by their own team, they can have a better understanding of the opponent.
Of course, Li Ya, who was on the pitch, did not know that many scouts had already put themselves with Derek. Ross is on a par, otherwise I don't know how happy he would be.
Not to mention the rapid record of the scouts here, the game on the field is still going on.
The game time passed in the non-stop offensive and defensive exchange between the two sides, and in the 7th minute of the game, Li Yao, who was the starting point guard of Stanford, was actually replaced by Coach Trent Johnson in advance, which immediately made the fans on the scene dissatisfied, after all, such a wonderful offensive battle is rare in the NCAA, and now you replace the offensive core Li Yao, what kind of thing is this.
“Excuse me? Oh my God, it's only been the seventh minute, and Coach Trent Johnson actually replaced Lee? I haven't heard of any injuries to Lee, and since Lee was perfect in the opening game, why did he replace him at this time? Kenny on the commentary stage. Smith was surprised, you must know that this is the NCAA, not the NBA, 20 minutes of the first half, the main team of the average team is about 12-13 minutes even if they rest, and now Li Yao's sudden departure makes him confused.
"Kenny, I have to say what is called superstar vision here, you think about it, Stanford after Li Yao went off the court, relying on the Lopez brothers' pair of interior twin towers and Jackson, the outside defensive leader, do you think West Virginia is relying on Joe. Will Alexander's efforts alone be able to close or even overtake Lee in the time he is off? Barkley, who was also puzzled, did not have any unpleasantness with the coach after seeing Li Yao go off the field, and even the two looked at each other and smiled, it was this smile that made Barkley suddenly understand something, and then teased his partner.
"Okay, our superstar Sir Fliggy, although what you said is reasonable, but it still doesn't explain the reason why Lee was replaced early, and the great superstar Sir Fliggy, although I don't have super giant vision, I have two championship rings." Kenny. Although Smith agreed with Barkley's remarks, he was dissatisfied with Barkley's inability to explain the reason, and once again sacrificed his big weapon against Barkley - the championship ring.
"Since West Virginia can't overtake Lee in the time he's off, what do you think West Virginia will rely on to stop Lee when he rotates with the bench and starters on the court again?" Because Kenny was heard again. Smith said something about the championship ring, and Barkley said with a dissatisfied face. Of course, all this is the effect of the show, after all, it has been so many years, and although Barkley still can't let go of his superstar basketball career, he has not had a championship to decorate, but he has let go a lot.
"Wow, unbelievable, who would have thought that Coach Trent Johnson would actually play such a hand in the Sweet Round of 16, playing the sixth man with his own core star, originally even without Lee's existence, Stanford's starters were better and steadily suppressed West Virginia, but when Lee brought a bunch of substitute players on the court to play the opponent's bench, this kind of picture was so beautiful, I can't imagine it." Kenny. Smith also understood Coach Trent Johnson's intentions at once after Barkley's guidance, and kept shaking his head with emotion.
"That is, West Virginia's single-core team, and it is obviously behind Stanford University in starting strength, so Coach Trent Johnson can make such a decision, after all, relatively speaking, Stanford University's bench lineup is indeed too far from their starting strength, and there is a big gap with the benches of most NCAA teams, which can be seen from the fact that as long as it is a substitute from the round of 64, Stanford has been leading the score will be closer." Barkley also admires Coach Trent Johnson's decision to maximize Stanford's offensive efficiency.
"And with Lee's transfer, I believe that Stanford's bench lineup can also go further, so that Stanford wants to kill the opponent in the fastest time." Kenny. Smith also saw Coach Trent Johnson's intentions.
As the two cross talk actors said, even during Stanford's absence from Li Yao, Stanford University still did not let West Virginia close the score. Alexander relied on his personal strength to shoot inside and out, but the score remained at about 10 points.
In the 12th minute of the first half, Stanford University entered the rotation lineup, and Li Yao appeared again.
In front of the mall, Coach Trent Johnson stopped Lee, "Lee, like we said before, I'm giving you unlimited firing rights, all you have to do is to pull the score away for me in the shortest possible time." ”
Li Yao nodded in understanding.
This tactic was developed in training matches later after Lee's tardiness, after Coach Trent Johnson noticed that Lee's offensive ability seemed to have strengthened.
Since their bench strength at Stanford University lags behind other teams, and the starting strength is generally far superior to other teams, why not improve the bench strength without affecting the starting force to suppress the opponent? As the core brain of the team, Li Yao is the best choice, and Li Yao was more inclined to assist the team before, but since Coach Trent Johnson found that Li Yao's offensive ability is improving, he has such a bold idea.
And in order to avoid dissatisfaction with letting Li Yao play the "sixth man", and considering the offensive firepower of the team's bench lineup, Coach Trent Johnson actually said that he would give Li Yao unlimited firing rights when he found Li Yao to explain his tactics.
How surprised Li Yao was when he heard the unlimited firing right, you must know that although he gave himself this right when facing Oj. Mayo, Coach Trent Johnson gave him this right, but it was forced by the situation on the scene, and he was also angry before he dared to ask the head coach for this right, but now Coach Trent Johnson actually gave himself unlimited firing right because he was afraid that he would be dissatisfied with playing the "sixth man"?
"What do you think? It's not because our bench is too poor in attack, but I've found that your offensive ability is getting stronger and stronger, so my goal is to start ahead of the opponent, and when you lead the bench on the field, give me as much as possible to widen the difference, and in the second half you start again to kill the game. Looking at Li Yao's shocked eyes, Coach Trent Johnson knew that this guy was frightened by the unlimited firing power, after all, this thing didn't even have Jordan, the god of basketball, in college, but he wanted to maintain the strength of a coach, so he could only explain one of the meanings to him.
Li Yao, who heard Coach Trent Johnson's explanation, also breathed a sigh of relief, and then assured Coach Trent Johnson with a serious face that he would definitely complete the task, in fact, his heart was already happy.
"You kid just steal the fun, you have to complete the task, but do you know why you were given this unlimited right to fire? It's not just because of the poor offense off the bench, it's not that you're about to enter the NBA, but you've always shown your own mobilization team and basketball IQ, although the coach likes such a player very much, but it's not the team's uniform group favorite, and although the draft pick has improved for you, it doesn't help much to be honest. So, Lee, show yourself in the next games and let the uniforms be amazed by what you're capable of. Stanford University is indeed not comparable to Duke, Kansas, and North Carolina in terms of basketball, but I hope that Lee can enter the NBA with a higher pick, and then play yourself in the NBA and become the banner of our Stanford. Coach Trent Johnson thought about it and told himself, a Chinese disciple, what he thought in his heart.
Originally, Li Yao was very happy because he had the unlimited right to fire, but after Coach Trent Johnson's remarks, Li Yao found that the burden on his body was really not ordinarily light, Coach Trent Johnson actually wanted to build himself into a banner of Stanford basketball, and in the face of this pressure, he needed to put in more effort.
And then Li Yao thought of his homeland, since Coach Trent Johnson is confident that he will become the banner figure of Stanford University basketball, then why can't he put himself in the banner of Chinese basketball? Although if you want to achieve such a goal, you need to put in much more effort than becoming the banner of Stanford University, and although you are famous in the NCAA and even in the United States, the gap between you and the current Chinese basketball banner Da Yao can be described as a world of difference, but what is the difference between a person without a dream and a salted fish?
Therefore, Li Yao said that the pressure and motivation, and now the pressure he is carrying is the driving force for him to move towards his goal, and Li Yao will do his best to complete this goal, after all, this is also the first big goal on the road of his "legendary life".