Chapter 139: Facing the Eagle (Part I)

After Christmas, the 76ers' game is back on again.

"It's a nice Christmas." Aaron asked Luke.

"Not bad, I ate turkey and went out for a late-night snack." Luke remembered that he was drooling a little when he remembered the Chinese food he had eaten in Los Angeles, but Philadelphia also had Chinatown and many Chinese restaurants, so he swallowed his saliva.

"You know how to eat." Alan said disdainfully, "Isn't there anything else going on?" ”

"What do you mean by anything else?" Luke asked.

"Didn't you have something interesting with Alyssa?" Aaron reminded.

"What can happen?" Luke then asked.

"Luke, you're too simple." Aaron said sympathetically, "No wonder you're still a virgin now!" It's so helpless, brother, I'll teach you a few tricks. ”

Aaron said to Luke, "You should ...... like this"

"Ahem." A voice rang in Luke's ear.

"Coach, you're here." Luke said, getting up.

"You're not going to be ready to talk about something here!" Larry squirted directly at Luke and Aaron.

"I was wrong, Coach." Luke said.

"Okay, now I won't hold you accountable, if you don't perform well later, you will know twice as much yourself when you train next time?" Larry said. "Yes, Coach."

"Okay, now everybody's around." Larry said. "It's been a whole Christmas break, and I want you guys to focus on the game and not on the other lace news." He looked at Luke and Aaron before adding, "These are extraordinary times, and I want each of you to do well and play at your level." ”

"Today we were against the Atlanta Hawks. Although they are not a strong team, especially now, with only 12 wins, their squad is still not to be underestimated, especially on the inside, they have the "African Mountain" Dikembe Mutombo in charge. Mutombo was once again named to the All-Star team and, for the first time, topped the rebounding charts, ranking second in both blocks and shooting percentage. It is enough to show his current strength, and he should be careful on the inside this time. But he is known to have almost zero attacking ability, so don't cover it when you defend and just block the pass between him and the others.

Their coach is Lenny Wilkens. I'm very familiar with him, and hypersound is what he tweaks. So it's very characteristic, it's just that the backcourt is very crazy. Be so careful. So today we tried to focus on their backfield.

Steve Smith is a very good backcourt scorer, and he knows everything a shooting guard should have, especially with his jump shot, which is more important than defending. Jim Jackson also has to focus on defense, and this task is handed over to you Luke.

Finally, there's a note about their rookie player last year, Jason Terry, who did pretty well. ”

"Of course I know this, 'jet', such a powerful super sixth man everyone knows about it." Luke muttered.

"Okay, let's get ready to play, I'm sure the fans can't wait." "Finally, if you try to conserve your strength in this game, you know it's going to be a tough game." Alright, go up. ”

"Hey, Aaron, wait a minute." Luke stopped Aaron.

"What's the matter?" Aaron asked.

"What an important time this is, I see that everyone is nervous." Luke asked.

"You really don't know?" "Hmm." "Well, I'll tell you about it." Aaron said.

"Do you know what the NBA league's trade deadline is?" Aaron asked.

"It probably seems to be February, but I don't remember exactly what it is." Luke said, touching his head.

"February 20th, you don't know this, hey, you're hopeless." Aaron said, covering his head.

"Does it matter?" "Of course it has a lot to do with it!" Aaron said excitedly, "Do you know what that means? Luke shook his head.

"This means that every team in the NBA league can be traded before that, and then it can only be strengthened." Aaron said.

"Isn't that the same?" Luke asked.

"Of course it's different." Allen replied, "A trade is when a player can be traded for another team, and the only reinforcement after the trade deadline is to sign players who don't have a job. ”

"I know why they're so nervous now." Luke came to his senses.

"Yes, there are only two months left, and time is running out, if you don't want to go, you can only play your best. Especially now that Larry wants to trade for a super power forward, everybody wants a big contract, even transfers. So today Larry specifically pulled you back to small forward. Let some people show that there is value in owning the transaction. Aaron said.

"Isn't it weak when I come down and attack inside?" Luke said.

"You really don't know what's going on on the team, Luke." Allen shook his head and said, "Do you really think that our power forward is not strong enough?" In addition to you and Tyrone, we have a power forward. ”

"Who is it, why don't I know?" Luke asked.

"Oh, that's him." Aaron pointed to a black man.

That black man is about 2.08, and he weighs enough tonnage, so he should be a good insider.

"Who's that?" Luke sniffed.

"You really don't know him?" Aaron was a little surprised. Luke shook his head.

"Well, his name is Nazr Mohammed. The player who was drafted by the Utah Jazz in the 1998 NBA Draft was immediately traded by Larry. Although there were not many chances, the performance was still quite good. is a qualified blue-collar player. It is estimated that Larry will give him more opportunities today. Aaron said.

"Okay......"

"You can rest assured, we will never be traded, you don't have to worry too much." Aaron patted Luke and said.

"Alright, Aaron on the pitch. But I warn you, don't get blown up by the 'jet' across from you, it's going to be ugly! Luke said with a smile.

"Who's the Jet?" Aaron asked.

"It's Jason Terry, don't you know?" Luke asked.

"Okay...... But how could it be possible to be blown up by him. You'd better take care of yourself, Jim Jackson isn't that easy to deal with. Aaron said.

"Got it, got it. Let's go, let's play. Luke urged.

"Let's go."

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