Chapter 93 [Forcing the top pick, collectively looking away]
The next day, major media reported on the NBA opening game, focusing on Guo Xu's data, height, and draft picks.
"The Chinese star shines in the NBA and outperforms the No. 1 pick in the first game."
"The last rookie is 30+, the Lakers beat the Trail Blazers."
"The most underrated player in the 2000th class, Jason Guo is targeting the best rookie?"
Portland media reported the game, first-round rookie point guard Eric Barkley unfortunately fell into the spotlight. He did not play in the opening game at all, but the reporter did not forget him because he was the 28th rookie in the first round, much taller than Guo Xu.
The Trail Blazers management became a joke. The three point guards in the team were all small men with a height of no more than 185cm, with similar styles and overlapping positions. Barkley chose to guard the water dispenser in the first round. What's worse is that the deal comes to Sean Kemp, spending tens of millions of yuan to raise a fat man. What is this?
The pioneer boss Paul Allen is one of the richest people in the world. Everyone who uses computers knows that the software overlord Microsoft Corporation is the name of Chairman Bill Gates. However, the credit is not Gates alone. Gates founded only 60% of Microsoft, and the others belong to Paul Allen.
Paul likes sports, the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL and the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA. Even so, his money was not blown by the strong wind. After reading the news, he began to suspect that he was a group of incompetent people. If he failed to win the championship this year, he planned to make a major internal change.
The second best rookie in the first game was Guo Xu's friend Jason Richardson. He scored 16 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, had a wonderful fast attack tomahawk dunk, and made two three-pointers.
The Bulls chased Tracy McGrady in the summer, but McGrady eventually joined the Magic. The Bulls, who had a weak shooting guard position, decided to train Richardson.
Richardson's fate has changed because of Guo Xu. If he does not participate in the draft this year, the Bulls will sign the Celtics abandoned player Ron Mersell to strengthen the lineup. This opportunity has been missed. He can only go to the Warriors to be his younger brother to Jamison next year.
The Bulls lost to the Kings at home 82-100. Richardson still has to practice now. In two years, the combination of him and Elton Brand and Artest may have some competitiveness in the East.
The third-best rookie and Guo Xu's friend, Morris Peterson, played for 22 minutes on the Raptors' substitute, made 5 of 8 shots, 3 of 6 three-pointers, 1 of 2 free throws, and scored 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. The Raptors lost to the Pistons 95-104.
Peterson, 23, entered the NBA with excellent combat power and was able to adapt to NBA-level confrontation. His role was like in college, defense and three-point shooting are things he was good at, and he easily integrated into the team.
Michigan Fantastic Four have been reused. Only Martin Cliffs, who joined the Pistons, has lived a very depressed life. He came on as a substitute for 11 minutes, and did not play his strength in the ball, and could not play his skills in breaking through. He only scored 4 points and 1 assist.
A player's ability does not mean he can become a star. Once he joins a team that does not suit his style, he will encounter a useless coach and may affect his entire career.
Pistons coach George Earwin would rather use the poor defense and the poor organization. The short guard Chucky Atkins who had no potential to dig at the age of 26 was just for Atkins to have more experience in playing. Rookies are really unmanned, and it would be useless to enter the NBA with fame in college.
If Cliffs joins the Lakers and changes with Guo Xu, even if he goes from 14th place in the first round to the last place in the second round, he may have a better future. Unfortunately, he wanted to join the Pistons before the draft, and his vision was too bad.
The Nets lost to the Cavaliers 82-86 at home. No. 1 pick Kenyon Martin made only 4 of 16 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, scored 10 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. He was still a foul machine and left the court after playing for 30 minutes.
The Grizzlies beat the SuperSonics 94-88 at home. Swift, the second-tier player, performed very poorly. He played for 9 minutes on the bench and made 0 of 1 shots. All the data were zero, and he only grabbed one rebound.
The Clippers lost to the Jazz 94-107 away. Tanhua Dalius Myers played for 34 minutes, made 4 of 6 shots, 0 of 4 free throws, scored 8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.
There are only a handful of rookies who scored in double digits this year, and not even many people have the opportunity to play. Against the backdrop of these people, Guo Xu is even more powerful, and there are more fans who believe in "racism theory" online.
It is worth mentioning that after joining the Mavericks, Tyrone Lu got a lot of opportunities to play. He played 24 minutes in the first game and scored 9 points and 3 assists, but the Mavericks' management was not happy and felt that he was cheated by the Lakers.
The Mavericks fans who "hindsight" expressed their dissatisfaction and did not understand why Guo Xu was exchanged for the unknown Tyrone Lu. If he was left behind, the team would definitely be stronger this year. The Mavericks' management was very unfair. They didn't try out Guo Xu at all. How could they know what level he is?
Scouts and managers of other teams are also under varying degrees of pressure. It is rare to see this collectively misleading.
Michael Reed of the Bucks can only be reused after Ray Allen leaves the team, otherwise people will find that more than one player has been missed collectively this year.
Guo Xu flew back to Los Angeles that night and slept until noon, resting his energy to prepare for the back-to-back match against the Jazz at night.
This year, the Lakers met strong teams in a row at the beginning, which was very difficult for the newcomers, but it was also a good opportunity to become famous.
The Jazz's starting point guard was the famous Stockton or Stockton at the end of his career. In order to express his admiration for the legendary people, Guo Xu decided that as long as the two of them faced each other, he would grab Stockton and fight to the death.
He was woken up by a knock on the door and opened the door and saw Megan Fox.
Megan looked reluctant and said lightly: "My mother asked me to invite you to my house for dinner. She said you came back late last night and must have gotten up too late. You can only eat fast food when you go out."
Seeing Megan speaking as if he was memorizing lines, Guo Xu was happy, looked at her a few times, wearing very cartoon clothes and loose sweatpants, and couldn't help but tease: "You look like a young man today. Who would have thought you were less than 20 years old before?"
"Are you here?" Megan glanced at him and pouted.
"No, thank you. I'm going to call Austin and ask him to have dinner together. I made an appointment yesterday." Guo Xu said with a smile.
Megan sighed and said, "He will come here in a while."
"Ha? OK."
Darrens wanted to help her build a network of relationships for her daughter's future. When she chatted while having dinner, she mentioned asking the two to help take care of Meghan.
When Guo Xu and Austin left, Megan said depressedly: "Mom, why do you always say that you let him take care of me? You don't let me make friends with the opposite sex in school. Isn't he a man too? Don't you feel at ease with such a person as a neighbor?"
"Of course I know he is a man, and I also know that he is much better than your classmates. This is an NBA star. If he can look down on you, our family will never have to worry about you. You are ordinary friends with him and let him take you with you."
Meghan was not convinced, but had to admit that Guo Xu was doing much better than himself, and had a good image and a sunny smile.
She shook her head vigorously, trying to shake Guo Xu's face out of her mind. "I don't like him anyway. Look at his usual appearance, he looks like a playboy."
"Does handsome guys have to be playboys? Can appearance represent personality?" Darrens retorted.
"Can't you?"
"You go and look in the mirror first. When others see you, you will think you must be a vixen. You are also playing the willful rich girl. Is our family rich?"
“…” Megan lost his words.
Chapter completed!