"When Jimmy was born, his father abandoned him and his mother, and at the age of 13, his mother kicked him out of the house because of the long-term pressure of life and Jimmy's appearance, and he became a homeless teenager."

The first words Xu Yong said successfully attracted Forman's attention.

Abandoning one's wife and children is common among black people, but it is rare to become a homeless teenager and get an NCAA scholarship.

When you have a problem eating, you can still know the goal of struggle and persist in fighting, which is a very valuable quality.

Xu Yong went on to tell that after 13-year-old Butler was kicked out of his home, he had to seek refuge with his relatives, but the poor people's relatives were poor, and even if they could accept him, they would have to drive him away in a few days.

So at that time, little Jimmy was like a hot ball being kicked back and forth.

Gradually, Butler developed a habit of being cheeky to stay with relatives for a few days and then leave on his own initiative.

Sometimes, when there are really no relatives who want to accept him, he is like a real homeless man, going to the trash can to rummage through some food.

It was in this environment, like many other black people, that he pinned his hopes on basketball and began to train like crazy.

Without a coach to teach him, he practiced the basics frantically by himself.

In high school, he was technically rough, but his tenacious style of play made him a regular on the team.

In his junior year of high school, he met the most important person in his life, Jordan Leslie, who transferred to another school.

Leslie challenged him, and the two were evenly matched.

Leslie later invited him to his home, and Butler agreed, but consciously left before the meal.

This was the case every time he visited Leslie's house afterwards.

Eventually, Leslie's mother, Michelle, noticed this and stopped him.

After asking about Butler's childhood experiences, Michelle couldn't help but redden.

Despite having six children and not being wealthy, Michelle eventually decided to adopt Butler.

It was a turning point in Butler's life, as he finally had a new home, he didn't have to go hungry, his fitness began to improve, and he quickly became the team's number one star.

In his final year of high school, he averaged 19 points and 8 rebounds per game and won the team's MVP.

But that didn't earn him a scholarship to any NCAA team.

His high school was too ordinary, and his static talent was too ordinary.

In the end, he was forced to choose a junior college, Taylor Junior College in Texas.

There, Butler was like a madman.

Hungry for success, hungry for scholarships, he does his best every night to destroy each and every one of his opponents.

With 18.1 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists, the team's scoring champion, and the best team in the United States, this is his achievement as a freshman.

With this performance, with Michelle's help, he was offered a tryout at Marquette University, where he managed to impress the other party and win himself a coveted scholarship.

Entering the NCAA Division I was a fresh start for Butler, who was exposed to real basketball skills and basketball tactics.

It's crazy, knowing that he was a sophomore at the time.

But it was also at this time that Butler showed a talent for basketball that he could not see: basketball IQ.

He can quickly absorb and understand those techniques and tactics, and then improve himself through crazy training, he is like a sponge, and he improves rapidly.

The rest of the story is that he was poached by Sandek to Arizonada State University, and then to his present.

Foreman looked surprised several times, as a scout has been exposed to too many players, but Butler's experience is still unique.

But in the end, he asks the question: "You know that when a person is in trouble, he has the most primitive desire to live, but when everything around him starts to get better, that desire disappears. ”

Foreman raised his concerns that Butler wouldn't be fighting as hard as he is now after he entered the NBA.

"Yes, I'm sure a lot of people do, but not Jimmy." Xu Yong shook his head and said.

"Are you so sure?" Foreman looked at Xu Yong, Xu Yong's words were really recommending Butler's junior.

"Last season, Arizonada State University missed the tournament because of Poundexter's defeat, and Jimmy approached a photographer and printed the shot into a poster and pasted it behind the dorm door, just to keep himself motivated."

Xu Yong's words made Foreman stunned.

Today, he came to scout the players, so he naturally did some homework, knowing that Butler didn't play last season because he was on the spot.

This kind of spirit really shows that Butler is a special case.

At that moment, Butler blocked Joseph's layup after a tough confrontation on the court, and Arizona State once again played a defensive counterattack, and with Butler's follow-up layup, they had tied the score.

……

In the end, Arizonada State University once again completed the next gram, defeating Syracuse University 66-62 and successfully reaching the Sweet 16.

Butler played another game with a personal label, with 13 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals.

The stats are still not very impressive, but his tenacious style of play and his impact on the game are clearly visible.

After the game, Xu Yong and the others went down to the field to congratulate Butler and them.

"If you have any questions about participating in the draft, you can always ask me." Xu Yong, a senior, is very caring.

Butler is a senior and will be drafted after the tournament.

Butler nodded gratefully, and when he arrived at Arizonada State University, Xu Yong was like his guiding light.

After leaving the stadium, Xu Yong and the three of them took a car to the airport together, and they were also ready to go back to their respective homes and fight for the rest of the season.

While waiting for the plane at the airport, a few people chatted, and Ailes talked about his intuitive feeling of staying with the Heat for a while.

"They were divided into two camps."

Ailes' description instantly caught the interest of Xu Yong and Harden.

"DW is a camp, Chris Bosh, Haslem, and Moneymos are all members, and LeBron is a camp, Mike Miller, James Jones, Ilgoskas, and Arroyo are members."

Xu Yong nodded subconsciously, because this sounded like that.

The Big Three of the Heat are essentially Wade's Heat faction, and James came with a group of younger brothers.

It's just that I didn't expect Arroyo, a Heat veteran, to be on James's side.

And now Arroyo is gradually losing his position with the Heat, which means that Riley has chosen to side with Wade.

This Heat team doesn't look calm on the surface, but there is an undercurrent surging underneath.

Xu Yong then looked at Ayres, and he suddenly felt that Ayers' going to the Heat didn't seem to be all bad, just like when he was in the Cavaliers before, he could know a lot of inside news.

If you look at it this way, how do you feel that Ayers has the smell of a spy behind enemy lines?

……

After the NBA trade deadline, another important time node is the buyout deadline.

In normal years, there are no valuable players in the buyout market, after all, if you can really play, you will not fall to the point of buyout.

But there are quite a few valuable buyouts in the market this year.

For example, Corey Brewer, who went to the Timberwolves in a three-way trade before, is the "cavalry company commander" that Xu Yong is familiar with;

Another example is Peja Stojakovic, who has been plagued by injuries since the beginning of the season and was bought out after being traded to the Raptors by the Hornets;

and Mike Bibby, who was traded to the Wizards and bought out;

In addition, Leon Bowie, who won the championship with the Celtics, Al Thornton, an older rookie who averaged 16.8 points per game in the Clippers, Jason Williams, who returned after retirement and played well with the Magic, and so on.

The Bulls, while gaining in the free trade market, are also active in the buyout market, targeting one of Brewer and Peja.

But in the end, neither of them chose the Bulls, but joined the Mavericks one after another.

The reasons for both are basically the same, the Bulls' current rotation is basically fixed, and they don't have many opportunities to play when they come.

On the Mavericks' side, they are short of small forwards and shooting guards because of Caron Butler's season reimbursement.

The Bulls didn't make much of a difference, but the Heat made a lot of noise.

Riley opted to cut Arroyo before the buyout deadline in order to sign Mike Bibby.

This move seems a bit unbelievable to outsiders, because after trading for Ayers, they have the option to cut players like Dampier or Pittman, who are on the fringes of the team.

Even if Bibby is signed, Arroyo can be used as the team's backup point guard.

After all, there is no guarantee that Bibby will fit in when he arrives with the Heat, and Bibby is terrible defensively.

In fact, this decision also drew strong dissatisfaction from James, who openly expressed this sentiment in front of the media.

'We hated losing Carlos, he played very hard and at the start of the season he was our starting playmaker. Even if the coach took away his chance, Carlos still had a positive attitude and we hated losing a brother. ”

However, shortly after James made his opinion, Riley responded in front of the media.

"Both personally and professionally, I recognise Arroyo as a quality player. But we have a bigger picture, so I can only say goodbye to him and wish him good luck in the future. ”

It looks very strange that the team's core players and the team's president are expressing their opinions to each other in front of the media.

However, people like Xu Yong who know the inside story will not be surprised, and the Heat's open and secret battles are escalating.

Or to put it another way, this incident validates Ayers' previous remarks that the Heat are not united internally right now.

This is obviously good news for the Bulls.

……

The final month of the regular season was the happiest time for Bulls fans and the easiest time for head coach Thibodeau.

In many games, the Bulls decided the game in the third quarter, and then Thibodeau went into escrow mode.

After most of the season's run-in and trades, the Bulls found their most suitable lineup.

Even in order to reduce the consumption of veterans, Thibodeau began to reduce the playing time of veterans such as Yao Ming, O'Neill and O'Neal Jr. at this stage, and even found excuses to rest them.

Low ankle sprains, calf cramps, groin injuries, which are injuries that can generally be decided whether or not to play depending on the severity of the game, are starting to appear in the Bulls' players.

Although Thibodeau is still lacking in experience in this area, it is at least much more reliable than the hip tension of Popovich next door.

Time flashed to the middle of April, and after more than five months of competition, the curtain fell on the NBA2010~2011 season.

In the West, the Spurs surprisingly topped the West with a record of 61 wins.

Their squad is largely unchanged from last season, but the team hasn't suffered the same injuries as last season.

The Lakers are second in the West with 58 wins, and Kobe Bryant averages 25.3 points per game, the lowest score since the 03~04 season.

The Mavericks are third in the West with 57 wins, and Nowitzki's average of 23 points per game is also the lowest since the 03~04 season, but his 51.7% shooting percentage is the highest in his career.

It is worth mentioning that this is also the 11th consecutive year that the Mavericks have recorded more than 50 wins, which is second only to the Spurs' 12 times.

And the reason why the Mavericks feel weak this season is because the team is older and Caron Butler's season is reimbursed.

The Thunder are fourth in the West with 55 wins, Westbrook has scored more than 20 points for the first time in his career, and with Jeff Green being traded, Harden has also averaged 15.6 points per game in his rookie year, and getting Perkins has made them a big step more competitive in the West.

The Nuggets, Trail Blazers, Hornets and Grizzlies are ranked 5~8.

After the Rockets traded Battier, the team's record declined and ended up missing the playoffs by one win.

Alexander was reluctant to accept the luxury tax, and in the end he also begged for a hammer.

The history of the Western Conference first-round matches and Xu Yong's knowledge has not changed, Spurs vs. Grizzlies, Lakers vs. Hornets, Mavericks vs. Trail Blazers, Thunder vs. Nuggets.

In the East, the Bulls had some ups and downs in the final stages due to the rotation, but their record was still fixed at 64 wins.

This record not only made them ranked first in the East, but also became the first in the league!

In terms of the team's core statistics, Rose averaged 25.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 8.5 assists per game, shooting 47.5% from the field and 34.2% from three-point range, a career high;

Xu Yong averaged 23.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.5 blocks per game, shooting 49.5% from the field and 41.2% from three-point range;

It is worth mentioning that Rose's points per game rank 3rd in the league, Xu Yong's points per game rank 10th in the league, and the Bulls' backcourt double-gun firepower can be seen.

Yao Ming averaged 18.7 points, 9.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2 blocks per game, shooting 58.8%;

Artest averaged 8.5 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2.1 steals per game while shooting 44.3% from the field and 36.2% from three-point range.

O'Neal averaged 8.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1 block per game while shooting 61.2% from the field.

(End of chapter)