Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Controversy

After the battle between the Timberwolves and the Kings ended, the next morning, the media across the United States published the game, and the first news on their respective sports pages was hung up.

"The Key to Victory for Chinese Kids"

Who will be the best player in the 09 class? 》

The New Wolf King? 》

Since the summer of 07, after the Wolves Garnett left Boston, the Timberwolves have fallen into a state of slump, Minnesota is a small city, without the economic and cultural influence of Los Angeles and other big cities, after Garnett's departure, this young team has encountered difficulties.

Even if they traded Wolves King Garnett for players from half of the Boston Celtics' team, it still can't change the fact that the league is a weak team.

Wolf King Garnett, the most versatile power forward in the history of the league, what he gave to the Timberwolves was not only powerful, but also a kind of backbone, a kind of wolf unruliness.

Take a look at this year's Celtics, their roster is a year older than last year, this season they have been exchanged for Rashid Wallace, the reinforced interior is starting to show chemistry, and the defensive end is starting to be better than last season, especially the interior, which is playing extra tough.

Everyone understands that this is inseparable from the efforts of Wolves King Garnett, and it is this thin and tall interior player who forged the Celtics' iron-blooded spirit and allowed the Green Shirts to dream back to those glory days.

At the beginning of the new season, everyone was speculating whether the Timberwolves were going to sink again, and after selecting three point guards in the summer, they finally gave up the golden boys Rubio and Tylawon, and instead chose the Chinese kid as the core of the team.

This decision made many experts and media people in the basketball field laugh, secretly wondering if the management of the Timberwolves was stupid again and became as demented as the Trail Blazers.

But after the start of this season, the Timberwolves did not slump as originally predicted, but jumped into the eyes of the public like a colorful dark horse. From last year's bottom record, it has soared all the way to now ranking seventh in the West, which is full of strong teams, which shows the surprise of this team.

And the factors that brought these changes to this team seem to be just the Chinese kid who was drafted by the Timberwolves with the fifth pick this summer.

The Chinese-American rookie seemed to be grossly underrated from the start, and the six-overtime victory in the NCAA seemed to be more than just luck, with a tough character and a rare big heart.

This season, as soon as he arrived at the Timberwolves, he injected a new life into the rebuilding team, and the team began to flow offensively and the defense began to become tough. Whether it is positional warfare, fast attack and counterattack, under the organization of the Chinese kid, the Timberwolves can complete it well.

Even when facing top teams such as the Celtics and Lakers, the Timberwolves seem a little immature, but everyone has seen the team's progress, and whether the opponent is strong or weak, the young Timberwolves always seem to be able to learn something from their opponents.

This new wolf pack seems to have found a new leader, the Chinese kid Bruce Lee is growing and improving under a trend, his leadership temperament is getting stronger and stronger, he can get along well with the players in the team, he makes the team's chemistry better, and all the signs are faintly proving that a new wolf king is about to be born!

After the game, fans in the United States had a heated discussion about the Chinese kid Bruce Lee and Tyrek Evans, who stubbornly argued over who was stronger and who had the future.

Compared with Li Shihao's basketball career, a clear progress curve can be clearly integrated, and this Chinese kid is accumulating and growing up little by little.

This process is not achieved overnight, but rather through setbacks and difficulties.

The Chinese kid's freshman year was the most difficult and dark year, with no consistent playing time, and he had just transitioned from a point guard to a point guard, falling into a strange circle, unable to master his own rhythm of play, and always hesitating too much in offense and passing, causing many good game opportunities to slip out of his hands.

Moreover, at that time, his physical fitness was not outstanding, and the defensive end was frequently exploded, and I still remember that year when Syracuse University played against the University of Memphis at home, the opponent felt cold all over the court, and fell behind by fifteen points after three quarters of the game, so Jim, the head coach of Syracuse University, put this still immature Chinese rookie in garbage time.

The tragic result happened, the Chinese kid was blown up by the star point guard Derrick Rose at the University of Memphis, singles, hard eating, ****, strong bursts, how to come. In the end, Syracuse University was reversed by the University of Memphis at home, and it was bitter!

At that time, all the Syracuse fans were booing the Chinese kid because the yellow-skinned youth, who was reversed by the University of Memphis on his home court, became the laughing stock of the whole country.

According to the order of plot development, the Chinese kid may be sinking, and it seems that he should withdraw from the court after suffering a huge blow and say goodbye to this stage that is not suitable for him.

But the story doesn't end there!

The following year, the Chinese kid completed his metamorphosis, and he worked hard to gain the trust of head coach Jim, and in the first few home games, Syracuse fans were hostile to their "undercover" player.

Unfazed, the Chinese kid seemed to have adapted to the NCAA arena, and against North Carolina University's Tylawson, the young man was not at all timid, firmly controlling his own pace, leading the team to eat away at the opponent step by step, and finally won the victory.

One, two, three...... Later, no matter how stubborn Syracuse University fans are, they have to sigh at the reliability of the Chinese kid, who has proven with his performance that he is the team's starting point guard, and he is becoming the most reliable point among the five players on the field at Syracuse University!

In his junior season, the Chinese-American kid Bruce Lee has given people more surprises, he has grown into a star point guard in the NCAA, and his statistics are not much worse than Stephen Curry's first-class college players.

Stable and efficient, is synonymous with him!

Finally, his NBA rookie season, excellent team record, excellent personal data, leading the power ranking list of this rookie.

When we look back at Terek Evans, what do we find?

Mediocre!

Yes, it's mediocrity, he used to be the undisputed No. 1 high school student in the United States, two years have passed, and he has not made the slightest progress, but is still complacent in the same place!

A re-examination of his player reports from previous years reveals that two years ago he was a solid lottery pick, and the team that favored him was rated as an excellent breakthrough scorer.

But what is his draft evaluation this year? Or an excellent breakthrough scorer!

Will it break through badly?

Of course!

For a player, especially a player who is about to step into the NBA, it is a blessing to have a skill, because for the 30 teams in the league, you have value!

But as a potential rookie, especially a player who may be the core of the team, it is a big weakness to only break through, and it will continue to develop, and it may even evolve into a fatal point that affects the entire career!

Look at Evans' physical fitness, as an outside player, less than two meters tall is normal, he does not have Durant's BUG-like projection conditions, his advantage is in his physical fitness, he is like a heavy tank on the outside, many fans even think he is LeBron James in the second position.

However, LeBron James is not only breaking through now, his mid-range shooting is also reliable, and he also has an excellent overall view, and his passing is also extremely sharp.

But Evans didn't develop these advantages!

As an outside scorer, he broke too much into the inside to play strongly, and his projection ability was almost equal to nothing, and there were not a few shots in a game with him. What's more, he's not yet a player who knows how to share the ball, and when too many breaks get caught in the bag, he doesn't realise that passing is his powerful weapon.

It's often after he's struggling on the offensive end that he thinks of his teammates!

It might be good to look at his assist stats, but if you compare the number of times he's broken through games, those assist stats are pitifully low.

What did people say about LeBron James when he first entered the league? Strong physical fitness, but what about technology? No!

But now, his organizational skills are excellent, his bulldozer-like breakthrough is unstoppable, and his mid-range shooting is not bad, much higher than the league average.

And what about Evans? Addicted to the thrill of assault on the inside line, he was drunk by the candy dreams woven by the media, and two years later, he still has not made any obvious progress, let alone developed any eye-catching new weapons!

Take a look at his scoring stats this season, shooting 1100+, 700+ of them in the restricted area, can you imagine? It's an outside player to do!

He's not an interior player, and the effect of his doing so will only make the interior player a tool for rebounding, and it will only make his teammates get used to watching him attack.

In the long run, it will undoubtedly destroy the team's chemistry, and one day, the Kings' management will not be able to stand the way he plays, and the trade may become a very real problem.

Two years is not a small time for a basketball player, and perhaps compared with other players, two years without change is not an unacceptable thing, but compared with the Chinese kid who is also the core of the team, Evans' undoubtedly enterprising spirit and potential have undoubtedly been questioned more!

Everyone has shortcomings, and what matters is how you make up for or improve them!

Leaders are not so easy to be, and a lot of shots not only means more attacking opportunities, but also means that you have to take on the responsibility of the team's rise!

Outside players are no better than inside players, and there are talented guards in the United States every year, and the competition is too fierce, and if you don't keep working hard, elimination will only be inevitable.

The team will tolerate the slow growth of an interior player because his future can bring more and it is worth the wait!

But is it possible for an outside player?

No way!

The controversy between the two has not stopped on social networking sites in the United States, and even many experts have jumped out and expressed their opinions, and finally there seems to be an answer to the outcome between the two.

If Evans still maintains this professional attitude, the Chinese kid will become the object of his admiration in the future!