Chapter 153: Personal Experience (Part 1)
At this time, just behind the position where Min Congda was sitting, the PR5 audience area, a position with a very good line of sight.
Here you can watch the live game from the sideline, the height and angle are just right, and the TV station machine is in this direction.
The Los Angeles Clippers have arranged two seats for Siakam and his son to watch the NBA game in action.
After arriving in Los Angeles in the morning, Riccelle took the father and son to the Clippers' training center to experience the state-of-the-art training equipment and excellent field settings.
Next, treat them to a good meal in the cafeteria of the training center.
During the meal, Riccelle also said that according to common sense, our general manager, Mr. Smart, should have come here for dinner.
But lately he seems to be busy and hasn't been in the training center.
At that time, Min Congda was still at home and didn't wake up.
In the afternoon, Riccelle took the father and son to the Clippers headquarters to have a look.
All departments were visited, except for the general manager's office.
Because at that time, Min Congda was closing the door and arranging the black material of the Clippers.
He specifically instructed the staff not to disturb him if he was fine.
Everyone didn't dare to disobey Min Congda's instructions, so naturally they didn't dare to knock on the door.
In the evening, Siakam and his son finally made it to Staples Center to watch the Clippers and Cleveland play.
Before the game, they were invited to the Clippers locker room to meet and take photos with the Clippers players.
Of course, all the process was recorded by the camera, starting with getting off the plane.
If you don't record these things, you don't do them, and Riccelle will never allow them.
And what he saw and heard in just half a day was also deeply recorded in the memory of little Siakam.
He was amazed by the bustle of Los Angeles, and he felt as if he was in another world, a world even more wonderful than the Bible.
Cameroon's children play football in the open field, with nine out of ten playing soccer and one playing basketball.
The training hall alone is more luxurious and beautiful than any building in my hometown.
And after coming to the Staples Center, he sighed even more, what kind of stadium is this, this is a palace at all.
An immensely grand palace with everything here, where thousands of people gathered.
Even Cameroon's grandest church can't hold so many worshippers.
Thousands of basketball believers gather here to have their own worship – to watch a basketball game.
Wouldn't it be a hundred times cooler to be able to stand on the court and play than to be a priest and worship with dozens of faithful?
"That's cool..."
Before the game began, this thought flowed through Siakam Jr.'s mind.
When the game actually started, he felt even more suffocated, and the live game was completely different from what he watched on TV.
Nearly 20,000 people cheered, shouted, and applauded in the noisy field, and the center of the stadium was like a Colosseum.
One team in particular was the Cleveland Cavaliers, and James' explosive performance in the first quarter made Siakam uncontrollable.
At the age of 14, he trembled and cheered for every slam dunk from James.
“Wooh! It's so handsome! That's great! ”
Siakam raised his hands in the air, and James's body was as majestic as a god.
Tall stature, muscular limbs, cheetah-like speed, lion-like strength.
Watching James fly off the court, during the break in the second quarter, Siakam couldn't help but say to his father: "I will play like him in the future!" ”
Chamo Siakam smiled and said, "If you play hard and get into the NBA in the future, you can definitely play with LeBron James." ”
Siakam Jr. is 14 years old, and if he has enough talent, he can be in the sights of the NBA draft in another five or six years.
After all, Siakam Jr. is not an ordinary fan, his father is a professional athlete, and the three brothers in the family have been trained by their father to develop in the direction of professional athletes, and their genetic talent is enough.
Chamer-Siakam knows that in a poor African country like Cameroon, a career in professional sports in Europe and the United States is a good way for them to change their lives.
Of the three brothers, Pascal Siakam is the most talented, but the most rebellious.
Whatever Daddy asks him to do, he doesn't want to, he has to follow his own ideas.
Let him play basketball well, he won't do it, what is he going to do, what is the priest, give people confession.
In desperation, Chamo Siakam tried to write letters to NBA teams.
Unexpectedly, when the blind cat met the dead mouse, the Clippers really replied and invited them to watch the game very warmly.
Of course, Chammo knew it was a commercial exercise, but out of 30 NBA teams, only the Clippers were willing to pay for it, and he thought it was a great team.
It's a pity that I didn't meet the legendary general manager Smart, and it is said that under his leadership, the Clippers have flourished and become human.
During the tour of the Clippers' headquarters, everyone gave a thumbs up when it came to Smart, the general manager.
Now looking at his son Siakam Jr., not to mention that he really likes basketball.
Originally, with his talent, he fought casually, but he killed all sides in Cameroon, and no one was an opponent.
Playing seriously, send him to the United States to go to college in the future, and the road to the NBA will no longer be a dream.
Sure enough, the best education is not to let the children experience it for themselves.
At this point, the second quarter of the game between the Clippers and Cavaliers began, and James rested off the court.
The second lineups of both sides were overly on the court, and the Cavaliers were not only not close to the score, but were pulled away.
And it was none other than someone else who helped the Clippers open the score, it was their former boss, the person James wanted to assist.
Ricky Davis.
Ricky Davis came off the bench and was the main firepower in the second squad in Baron Davies' absence due to injury.
Recently, Davis has been playing more and more towards 3-and-D players, defending seriously and shooting good corner three-pointers.
His three-point shooting percentage has gradually improved from 38 percent at the start of the season to 41 percent.
And his three-point shooting percentage has increased from 1.3 to 2.8 per game, and his shooting percentage has increased as the number of shots has increased.
This is a very big improvement.
On the one hand, of course, it is because he trains harder on weekdays, and he has to practice three-point shooting after daily training every day.
On the other hand, the shooting choice has changed, in the past, you used to shoot hard with the ball, and you are not Kobe, can you have a high shooting rate?
Now he is squatting in the bottom corner, and he doesn't have a good chance to shoot easily, and the hit rate naturally rises.
After coming out in the second quarter, Ricky Davis seized two corner opportunities and hit consecutive three-point shots!
Helped the Clippers open up the score gap.
The Cavaliers' lack of height on perimeter defenders remains unresolved.
The substitutes Delonte West and Gibson are all small defenders with thin stature.
With such a small defender, it is already very fatal for a team to have one.
For Curry's example, the defensive end is a problem.
You have two or three of them in the main rotation of a team, how do you defend from the outside?
No matter how strong James is, he can only be one person, and he can't give a little to another.
Of course, there's also a big enough outside lineman on the Cavaliers bench, Danny Green.
This year's second-round pick, it's a pity that his current ability can't make it into Mike Brown's rotation.
(End of chapter)