Xu Yong's understanding of Harden before his rebirth was relatively limited, but he still knew some about Rose.

Not because of anything else, just because Ross was really popular back then.

Don't ask, ask is the most representative of the popularity of sneaker sales, Ross sold more than 40 million pairs a year that year;

The question is to lead the team to press the Heat Big Three under him for two consecutive years, and he is the youngest MVP with a gorgeous style of play.

Windy City Roses, both on and off the court, are very popular with fans.

So in this scene, Xu Yong also heard a little.

And the most well-known is naturally Rose and his brothers.

Born in the gangster capital of Chicago, Rose had a worse experience as a child than Harden.

Harden can still have a court to practice, but Rose is risking eating peanuts in order to have a court to practice.

Later he showed athletic talent, and his older brothers chose to join the gang in order to provide him with a safe training environment.

While these two things may sound like little of a connection, it might work when you're in a city where gangs and police outnumbers are 10 to 1.

The facts also quickly proved that Xu Yong's judgment was correct.

Because the next day, the police, who had helped him check for a week without any progress, called him.

His case was solved.

The thief who had entered his house and stolen from him had turned himself in at the police station, and had returned all the things he had stolen, including the watch.

"There won't be any more thieves going to your house." And the police also gave him a warrant.

Just highlight a [outrageous].

However, after experiencing such an incident, Xu Yong can basically be sure that the things he hears should be true.

And in a city like Chicago, knowing a little gangster is like knowing some friends in the system in China, and you can solve a lot of troubles that can't be solved through normal channels.

Of course, this is just a small episode in Xu Yong's life.

As the season progresses, for him, or for the Bulls, they're now more focused on what's going on with the team.

Because after three consecutive wins in the opening season, they lost to the Magic, Celtics and Nuggets one after another, and suffered a wave of three consecutive defeats.

There is a certain schedule in this, like the Magic and Celtics are both championship-level teams.

But beyond that, there are problems with their form.

It's not that there is a problem with the rookies, Johnson and Gibson have performed remarkably, and Xu Yong has continued his "not new" rookie characteristics and is the most consistent player for the Bulls during this time.

It was Ross who went wrong.

Rose averaged 16.8 points and 6.3 assists on 14.9 shots per game last season with Ben Gordon and Salmons on the team.

With Gordon leaving as a free agent this season and Salmons being sent away in a trade for Seo, Rose's shots surged to 18 per game.

However, his scoring is even lower than last season, averaging only 15 points per game and shooting below 40 percent.

It can be said that except for the opening game, he played well, and he performed poorly in the following games, whether he won or lost.

It's not because of his ability, it's because of his ankle injury.

Rose is a player who relies heavily on breakouts, and the ankles and knees are the two areas that have the biggest impact on breakouts.

As Brin's commentary on the opener said, it will take a long time to recover from an ankle injury, and Rose's comeback still seems rushed.

Such a performance naturally attracted a lot of doubts from the outside world.

On Nov. 10, the Bulls hosted the Heat, and the game was very intense.

Xu Yong played well, scoring a team-high and career-high 26 points on 10-of-21 shooting from the field, but the Bulls still lost to the Heat 87-95.

Deng contributed 17 points, and Noah also had 10 points and 7 boards, but Rose shot 4-of-15 from the field and didn't make a single free throw, scoring only 8 points, 5 boards and 5 assists.

After the game, the outside world's doubts about Rose finally began to erupt.

At the post-game press conference, because Rose was not present, the local media in Chicago couldn't help but question it.

"Is it selfish that Rose should give more of his shots to Xu and keep shooting when he's not in shape?"

"When will Rose develop a consistent shot? It's terrible that you can't hit a shot when your opponent just needs to prevent you from breaking through! ”

"If Rose's ankle injury hasn't healed, shouldn't the team consider resting him? Playing with an injury like this not only won't help the team, but it will hurt the team! ”

……

These questions are thrown at De Nagro.

Faced with these questions, De Nagro could not answer them well for a while.

Because these questions are all legitimate questions.

Especially when asked that Ross should rest, he was straight to the point.

At this time, Xu Yong, who had been silent before, picked up the microphone in front of the table at this time.

'I don't think Derrick's absence will help us with our results, he's given his best on the pitch, the stats don't tell what he's done, and it's not the responsibility of one player to lose, it's the responsibility of the whole team.

Xu Yong's words are not much, but every sentence is on point.

It's true that Rose has been affected by injuries and is not in good shape, but can they win and lose these opponents by taking Rose?

The answer is clearly no.

No matter how bad Ross is, it will bring better effect than Hinrich.

Because he is on the court, the opponent has to watch out for his breakthrough, which is the effect of the offensive end.

If Ross doesn't play, the defensive pressure on Xu Yong will only increase.

Of course, it is appropriate to be questioned by the media for playing poorly, just like Yao Ming said, if you play poorly, no one is allowed to say it?

But the reason why Xu Yong said this tonight is because the person who questioned it was the local media in Chicago, which was equivalent to his own people.

Forget if others question it, your own people will follow and coax here, except for the team mentality, it will not play any substantive role.

Xu Yong spoke, and the reporter also shut up in amusement.

Because Xu Yong is the hardest working and the best performer in the team tonight.

'I'm sure Derrick can get back into shape, just like I'm sure we'll win games again soon.' Xu Yong finally added.

After the press conference, Xu Yong went to the training hall to practice.

Although he is the least to blame for the team's loss tonight, a loss is a loss.

No matter how beautiful the data of the loss is, it is just a pearl in Puyi's crown, which looks good, but it has no practical significance.

All he can do is keep improving himself and do what he says he can do and help the team win the next game.

Their next game is against the Lakers.

The defending champions are not having a good time now, losing to the no-mic Rockets in the opening game, and Gasol has no timetable for his comeback, and he is only 4-3 so far.

The outside world is now also questioning them very loudly, such as "Kobe Bryant is old", "winning the championship last season was just luck and meeting the Magic, if it is against the Celtics or the Cavaliers, it will definitely lose".

So it's not easy to win this game, but they don't necessarily have no chances.

And if they can win the defending champions once, just like they did against the Cavaliers in their opener, it will also be a huge morale boost.

The next morning, Xu Yong came to the stadium as usual.

The team has one more day of training today and will not be flying to Los Angeles until tomorrow.

He was in the locker room and was changing, and Rose came at this time.

Once he had changed into his training clothes, Rose got up and walked over to him, then reached out to him, held it together as he had done before, and bumped it on the shoulder.

There were no words in the process, but Xu Yong could feel that Ross was thanking him for the words he said last night.

Even, he could feel that his [disguised non-slowing down] strategy had increased his progress by at least 30% at this moment.

Rose's injury was a real thing that happened at the beginning of the 2009~2010 season, and he started the season with a very sluggish state of injury trouble, averaging only 13.5 points per game in the first 7 games, and it was not until December that his condition began to gradually improve.

(End of chapter)