Chapter 298: Staples, I'm back

Magic Johnson noticed John Stockton, but old Stockton didn't notice Magic. Magic Johnson sat in the crowd, his tall figure curled up in a narrow chair.

The Timberwolves are aiming for the 2012 draft pick this season. Their current leader is Kevin Love, a white center born and raised in Los Angeles.

It is not difficult to see from the cheers of the fans when he appeared that this guy has some prestige in Los Angeles. Kevin Love is Westbrook's college classmate, a brother in the upper and lower bunks. They played for the UCLA Bruins together and helped the UCLA Bruins achieve good results. Los Angeles fans missed him and hoped that they could stay and play for the two Los Angeles teams when he was drafted.

About two months ago, Fan Xi thought about trading Griffin for Kevin Love.

Although Kevin Love's value is not as good as Griffin's, the Timberwolves' draft picks are valuable. Griffin and Kevin Love exchanged, at least three to four first-round picks could be plundered from the Timberwolves. Although Kevin Love played many super double-doubles this season, proving that he has a chance to enter the All-Star.

But Griffin's market value and physical talent are incomparable to Kevin Love's.

The Clippers finally didn't conduct substantive negotiations with the Timberwolves because of Kevin Love's defense, and... in the case of being able to get Nowitzki, Kevin Love, this space-type power forward, is indeed a bit small.

Before the game started, Fan Xi had been communicating with Stockton.

Stockton carefully guided Fan Xi.

In the first ball, Fan Xi completed the pick-and-roll under Stockton's guidance. Nowitzki stepped up to cover him. Fan Xi quickly killed into the free throw line. When the Timberwolves' defense shrank inward, he quickly passed the basketball to Leonard who was cutting in on the other side.

Leonard held the ball and killed into the paint, and was pressed down from the air by Wesley Matthews and Love.

Stockton scratched the back of his head.

He didn't know what to say.

This was a decisive pass, and Leonard was also open.

But if he were on the court, he would definitely not pass to Leonard, but would pause slightly and pass the ball back to the arc top, because Hamilton was quickly passing behind Nowitzki, and he would be an excellent offensive position.

But how can this be taught?

If he could, Stockton really wanted to stuff the knowledge and judgment in his brain into Fan Xi's brain, so that he could 'understand directly' without words.

"Not bad, come on!"

Stockton encouraged Fan Xi.

The game continued.

Kevin Love played pick-and-roll with the point guard at the arc top of the three-point line, caught the guard's pass, and hit a 3-pointer.

The Timberwolves are now playing pick-and-roll, and Kevin Love is the main attack.

Kevin Love has good cover quality, and his shooting range covers the three-point line. He is a very typical pick-and-roll power forward.

Fighting again, Fan Xi and Nowitzki played pick-and-roll. Fan Xi divided the ball to Nowitzki. Nowitzki faked a shot, cheated Love, and shot a golden rooster independent jump shot... bang!

The basketball missed, and DeAndre Jordan filled the basketball into the basket in the paint.

Stockton frowned.

He felt that he should have hung the basketball into the paint just now, letting DeAndre Jordan complete the alley-oop directly.

However, how can this be taught.

Many things on the court rely on intuition.

Jack is now doing things he is not good at.

Jack is a superstar. It is much more convenient for him to kill into the restricted area with the ball. Why does he want to use pick-and-roll to connect all teammates?

Stockton began to reflect on this problem.

He reflected on this problem because he felt that Fan Xi might indeed have no talent in point guard. This talent is a kind of intuition.

He suggested that Fan Xi should play in his own way, and he doesn't need to reach the top in every aspect. It's not that he wants to become a basketball god. You are already the limit of yellow people, why be so tired.

You and Nowitzki playing in your own way also have a certain chance to touch the Grand Champion trophy.

Nowitzki doesn't have to play run-and-gun either.

Stockton thought of many such words in his mind.

The game is also verifying his guess.

When Fan Xi and Nowitzki executed the pick-and-roll, the Clippers' offense was like lacking a main line of thought. Fan Xi had not yet controlled the court. And when they returned to their familiar way, the Clippers' attack was extremely aggressive. When Nowitzki played singles, Fan Xi could wander on the weak side. When Fan Xi didn't hold the ball, his transfer of the ball even had some spirituality that made Stockton admire.

And when Fan Xi played singles with the ball, Nowitzki stood in any position and could pull out defensive threats.

Isn't this good?

Stockton thought.

Fan Xi and Nowitzki could contain each other's defense, and although other players would become spectators at certain times, once Fan Xi and Nowitzki attracted double-teams, they could get easy shooting opportunities.

Stockton didn't understand Fan Xi's thoughts the more he thought about it.

He felt that the Clippers could take another path.

However, he didn't say his thoughts.

He suggested that Stephen Nash lead the team in the second quarter, and Fan Xi play the shooting guard position.

As soon as Nash went on the court, he immediately showed his spirituality and precision in the point guard position.

In the first ball of the second quarter, after Nash played pick-and-roll with Nowitzki, he directly pierced the half-court and passed directly to Fan Xi who was deep in the wing. Fan Xi rushed into the paint with the ball. The Timberwolves' loose defense was not ready, and Fan Xi flew up and smashed the basketball directly into the basket.

After Fan Xi landed, he looked very excited.

When he high-fived Nash, he said excitedly: "This is the effect I want, this is the effect I want."

Fan Xi wanted to act as this role of Stephen Nash.

Fan Xi's strength is unquestionable now. He can use many ways to help teammates play easily, but what he wants most is to use the simplest moves to drive the whole team in the most timely manner.

Moreover, Fan Xi wants to become a true hexagonal warrior.

He knows that he still has a long way to go. Nash is old, and the combination of Nowitzki and himself is also limited. In the future, Fan Xi will face more complex forms and must be prepared for a rainy day. Not to mention anything else, he will go to London to play the Olympic Games this summer. At that time, his teammates will not be as strong as these brothers in the Clippers.

By then, what is needed? It is the simplest and most effective move. Nothing is simpler than a pick-and-roll.

Moreover, Stockton has an idea that is very correct. Fan Xi has a big picture. He wants to surpass Jordan. A superstar is by no means his goal. He doesn't want his entire career to stay in the top 15 or top 10 of the league. He not only wants to be the first in active service, but also the first in history.

The game continued.

Both sides played back and forth.

The Timberwolves originally had no chance to play back and forth with the Clippers.

After Nash played for 6 minutes, Fan Xi started to take charge of everything again.

Magic watched with fear in the stands, although Fan Xi's passing intuition was not good enough in his opinion. Fan Xi is the kind of player who can assist the big boss to handle the ball rights well when he is the second boss, but when he dominates everything, he seems to be a little bit short, especially when he has a superstar as the second boss.

Magic was very worried that Fan Xi would break through this layer of window paper.

In his view, once Fan Xi breaks through this layer of window paper, Fan Xi's personal strength and the Clippers' overall strength will be raised to a new realm.

By that time, when the Lakers play the Clippers, it might not be 8-2, but 6-4.

If it were someone else, Magic wouldn't be so worried. After all, the window paper at the talent intuition level is not so easy to break through.

But he is Fan Xi.

At this time, Stockton reached out and held his forehead. He was thinking about what kind of words he could use to tell Fan Xi without hurting him.

The first half ended quickly.

Then the third quarter, the fourth quarter.

The Clippers and Timberwolves played to the last 1 minute.

The Timberwolves lost their armor and armor in the last 1 minute.

Because at this time, Fan Xi no longer passed the ball, no longer played run-and-gun, he rushed into the Timberwolves' restricted area like a tiger down the mountain. His shooting percentage in the depths of the restricted area was very high, scoring 2 goals in a row, and creating 1 foul.

Fan Xi locked the victory with 5 points scored in a row.

The Clippers won with no danger. Their record now rushed to third in the West, pulling down the Spurs, and the gap with the Thunder is only four and a half games.

However, from the media's point of view, the Clippers seem to be rushing to the lottery area immediately.

Who let them 'meet the weak and not strong' during this period, and they could play to the last minute with the Timberwolves.

How can the media be optimistic.

Now Magic is quite pessimistic, and what he sees is completely different from what the media says.

He tasted the dangerous breath from the last minute, and he realized that Fan Xi's ability at critical moments was stronger, and his killing heart was heavier. Nowitzki stood by, and he was full of confidence. Nowitzki could help him attract defense.

"Why did we trade him in the first place? Jean Bas is achieving him."

Magic Johnson's heart was full of pessimistic emotions. He now feels particularly ironic. Jean Bas wanted to suppress Fan Xi, but Fan Xi's growth rate in the Clippers was faster than in the Lakers. Jean Bas wanted to mess up the Clippers, but the Clippers boss was driven out of the league, and Fan Xi became the new boss directly.

Jean Bas earned Fan Xi at least 1 billion with her influence, and this number will continue to increase in the future.

Magic Johnson felt that Jean Bas was Fan Xi's great benefactor.

The grace of saving life is nothing more than this.

These abdominal slanders have been muttering in Magic's heart for a long time.

He is thinking now, if Sterling knew that these things were done by Jean Bas behind his back, would he feel black humor? But blood pressure would definitely soar, right.

Stockton said to Fan Xi after the game that he was going home. He finally didn't say the sentence that Fan Xi had no talent.

He just told Fan Xi: "You are a bit too tense. Try playing in your own way in the next game. Maybe there will be unexpected results."

Fan Xi nodded, and he kept this sentence in his heart.

This period of time was too tight, and it really needed to relax.

The Clippers' next opponent is the Dallas Mavericks.

Nowitzki's mother team, this is the first meeting after the two sides traded.

After Dallas completed the trade, the ranking dropped slightly, now sixth in the West, but they stabilized. Blake Griffin bridged the gap left by Nowitzki very well. After becoming the core of the whole team, he played 25+10 data.

With the help of Jason Kidd, he completed 3.5 dunks per game. Jason Kidd also praised Griffin as the best power forward he has ever worked with.

The reason why the Mavericks' strength did not drop significantly, besides Griffin, Deng Liwei also performed well in Dallas. His shooting is still accurate, and he can provide a steady stream of support on the wing.

Another thing that people didn't expect is Lamar Odom. Lamar Odom's performance in the past few games swept away the previous depression, and he performed more and more vigorously.

After Griffin arrived, he was like a different person. Mark Cuban expressed to Fan Xi on the phone many times that this was too magical.

Cuban originally planned to buy out Odom's contract.

The relationship between Griffin and Odom is well known, and Cuban didn't want Griffin to be unhappy.

However, another thing that is confusing also happened.

Lamar Odom and Blake Griffin chatted at some strange opportunity after competing for about ten days.

At that time, they finished the game in Milwaukee, and they all went to take a shower. As everyone knows, the environment of the Milwaukee stadium is very poor, and the shower room is almost open-air.

These two people in the same way met frankly in such a situation.

Griffin was shocked after looking at Odom a few times. He said: Yours is about the same as mine?

Odom was very inexplicable. He proudly raised his chin. He said to Griffin: This is still in the case of thermal expansion and contraction. If it is in the warm weather of Miami, it has more vitality.

Griffin seemed to understand something. He said, it seems she lied.

She told me before, she said it was all brand new inside...

Griffin's muttering was heard by Odom, and Odom had also heard the same words. They soon communicated and they treated each other frankly.

Two people in the same way chatted like this, and suddenly chatted out some information.

They became more intimate after chatting, and both multi-millionaires realized that they were idiots and were played.

"She is simply full of lies."

They reached a consensus.

Their relationship went a step further.

After continuous communication for two or three days, they changed from mutual repulsion to mutual appreciation, and later even felt that they were both fallen people at the end of the world.

Griffin broke up with Khloe on the phone three days later, and Lamar Odom also swung his sword to cut off love.

Then, they were photographed appearing together in a well-known nightclub in Los Angeles, each holding a money machine, throwing money at the dance floor.

This is the standard arrogant style of NBA players.

Fan Xi saw this news.

And after this news, he saw Griffin's interview, although the two news superimposed together is a bit black humor.

"Jack, you know, I am very grateful to you. If it weren't for you, maybe I would be traded to some small market. Dallas is too suitable for me. I found the meaning of life and career here, and I flew high here."

"However, I will not show mercy to you in the next game. You have always said that the greatest respect for an opponent is to take down the opponent."

"Staples, I'm back." ===== CHAPTER 299 =====