Before the game began, Paul George had told Stephenson countless good words about link.
At first, Stephenson also thought that George just liked his college teammates too much, so he said that link was very strong. But if he''s really that good, will he still be in the draft?
But after today''s real fight with link, Stephenson found that this Chinese American player seems to be more powerful than George described!
In the first goal, link blocked Stephenson with a textbook defense. And in the case of speed is not fast, only with the pass to complete the fast break.
Stephenson has played for so many years that he knows which players are easy to mess with and which ones are not. Sometimes, in just one round, he can roughly estimate the strength of a player.
Unfortunately, a guy like link who can predict the next move of an attacking player is the most terrifying.
"Lance, keep up your spirits and conduct the ball more!"
Seeing Stevenson in a daze on the court, crazy ants coach Steve gancy roared in a hurry.
Although Stephenson is a thorn in the head, he is also the hope of the mad ants to win. If he becomes overwhelmed on the court, the whole attack of the mad ants will stop.
After hearing Ganxi''s cry, Stephenson recovered. He raised his hand to his own point guard to get the ball, but just after receiving the basketball, he met linck''s close pressure.
The Chinese fifth is not going to give "son of New York" any chance!
"The confrontation between the two sides is very fierce. If you want me to say, this group of matches is the competition of NBA level."
The commentator is so attentive that he can see NBA level opposition in the game of Development League, which is a rare performance.
Stephenson arched link with his head, and link just raised his arms high without any extra movement.
Although link''s personality and Grant Hill are completely different, but in the playing habits, link also inherited hill.
As we all know, hill has always been a modest gentleman, a good gentleman. His amiable personality and Iverson''s unruly are two extremes. A good man like hill plays very clean.
Without a foul, Stephenson had to find a way to break through with minimal space. He tried twice, but both were blocked by link.
The space is too small for Stephenson to be aware of anything he wants to do. And with link so close, Stephenson couldn''t play his speed advantage.
"Stephenson is in a hard fight. He can hardly move! Link''s defense today was absolutely superb, and Stephenson had to choose the pass
Stephenson passed the ball, but his pass didn''t mean much. Because this pass is not to organize the attack, but forced to pass.
After the pass, Stephenson looked down again. Where did he stand when he received the ball, where he still stood after the pass.
That is to say, when link defends him, Stephenson does not even step out, he is completely locked in place!
It''s not the first time Stevenson has been prevented from standing still since he entered the draft. But unlike today, the last time Stevenson was so embarrassed was in the NBA, because he played against Kobe.
But today... He got sucked out of a draft. After
returns from the development alliance, Stephenson must make complaints about George.
He made his former teammate a little too weak.
Larry Bird has always had a goal in his heart, that is to be a godfather of basketball like Auerbach. How important Auerbach is to Celtic, it is not necessary to elaborate too much. And what Byrd wanted to do was belong to Auerbach in Indianapolis.
Although he retired as head coach, Byrd has done well in the management of the team in recent years. Today, he has become the Pacers basketball operations chairman, he chose George and Stephenson with a first round 10th and a second round 10th, and he believes his choice will make the team better.
About Paul George, Larry Bird isn''t really worried. Although the boy is scoring less than 10 points per game, his talent on the court is visible to the naked eye.
What really worried Byrd was Stephenson, who was 10th in the second round. Buckley once said: "Stephenson is one of the most talented players in the league. He''s just cranky."
With that, Byrd agreed that if it wasn''t for the bad things off the field, Stevenson would never have fallen into the second round.
It was also because of Stephenson''s childish temper that Byrd punished him.
But recently, Byrd found that the previous punishments had been too lenient for Stephenson. So he was ruthless, and directly left Stephenson to the development alliance.
Stephenson was a beast that was hard to tame, but once tamed, Byrd would reap an iron warrior who was not afraid of the weather.It happened that the Pacers didn''t have a game today, so when he got home from work, bird turned on Indiana''s local TV station to watch the Development League game live.
At this time, the game has reached the third quarter. To Byrd''s surprise, Fort Wayne''s mad ants are 13 points behind.
"What are you doing?" Byrd frowned. With Stephenson, the mad ants were 13 points behind in three quarters? What the hell is that guy like?
In Byrd''s expectation, Stephenson should be able to dominate the development alliance on both sides of the offensive and defensive. But on the court, a Chinese American player in a No. 5 shirt used a beautiful backkick to get rid of Stephenson and then hit the ball.
The No. 5 shot was so steady that Byrd almost couldn''t help clapping.
Next, a comparison of the data between the two sides is displayed at the bottom of the TV screen.
The No. 5 Chinese American Tom Lin has scored 18 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, which is very comprehensive.
The data behind Stephenson was 6 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 mistakes...
Byrd''s iron warrior was completely destroyed by the unknown Chinese American!
At first, bird thought Stephenson was just out of order. But after watching the third quarter, Byrd gave up.
Because in terms of the performance on the court, Stephenson is not playing any disorder at all, just a simple strength is not good!
No matter in terms of shooting stability, defensive stability or personality stability, the Chinese No. 5 is better than Stephenson!
Byrd is very clear that Stephenson has a few pounds or two, a player who can blow up Stephenson''s Development League is definitely not simple!
So, bird immediately opened his laptop and searched for link''s name.
It doesn''t matter whether it''s searched or not. As soon as it''s searched, a pile of news about link''s three doubles in the last match appeared on the computer screen.
A guy who can blow up Stephenson and cut three doubles off Luke Babbitt''s head, bird doesn''t think the development alliance is his place to stay.
Byrd is determined to transform the Pacers completely, so he won''t turn down any good players.
He doesn''t care about a person''s skin color or his origin. He only cares about what the player can bring to the team.
So he picked up the phone and called his chief scout.
"I don''t care how you approach him as early as possible. I want to offer him a 10 day short contract."
Byrd''s request is clear. He wants to sign link!
"Well, I''m afraid you''re a little late, bird. As far as my network knows, the Houston Rockets have already attacked link. They are also interested in offering link a 10 day short contract
Hearing the Scout''s reply, Byrd gave a bitter smile. In the world of basketball, it is gold that always shines. And this alliance is never short of gold diggers.
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