Chapter 351: Super rookie

Time: 21:00 on the evening of January 25, 1998.
Location: TD North Shore Garden Arena, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Background: Mo Mengchen played with Tim Duncan for the first time in his career.
The Celtics, the biggest winner of the 1997 draft. In the winter of a year and a half ago, Boston and Dallas swapped the draft picks of the summer of 1996 in order to get Montrose (less than two teams in four years. Homeless), the Mavericks gave the Celtics an additional first-round draft pick in 1997.
The two first-round draft picks, with a 36% chance of winning the first pick, drew Duncan and Chauncey Billups.
The Cardinals and others left the face to make a big picture, and finally cheapened Rick Pitino. After winning Duncan and Billups, he actively used his knowledge of college basketball to search for available talents. .
Pitino comes with a college player's search and search attributes. The outstanding students in recent years are such as several family treasures, Tyres Knight, the 7-foot ace center of the University of Connecticut. The Bulls were selected at the 29th round in the first round last year. During O'Neal's injury, the Lakers signed with him and got some opportunities to enter the All-Star rookie game. After O'Neill's comeback, the Lakers gathered inside players. Knight, who averaged 4.8 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, was not in the plan. Pitino threw a 7-year contract for him.
Pitino began to operate drastically.
Successively won Walter McCarty, Dante Jones, John Thomas...
What these players have in common is not the University of Kentucky’s heirs or the University’s strong rivals. Pitino traded for the last time before the game, replacing 6-year-old 7.6 million newly signed dwarf center Tony Massenberg with 208 cm. Roy Rogers.
Of course, this guy has some kind of connection with Pitino. That’s right. Roy Rogers was the 22nd overall pick in the 1996 round. He came from the University of Alabama and is in the SEC division of the University of Kentucky.
With the exception of Duncan and Billups, the Celtics have almost become Pitino's private army.
He moved the University of Kentucky to the NBA. -"Boston Philatelic News" commented.
The game was also broadcast live across the United States, and TNT TV was in charge of the live broadcast because they held a Celtic relay contract.
Tonight, TNT sent veteran narrator Bob Neal and former NBA player Reggie Toez.
Toez was active in the 1980s, was selected to the All-Star twice, and averaged 20+ points in four seasons. Even a player who has achieved good results in his career, it is like a meteor in the NBA, except for the old fans. Several have an impression on him.
Now he is also a narrator of TNT TV station.
"Reggie, this game tonight can be said to have been long awaited by the outside world. Tim Duncan, Chauncey Billups and Antoine Walker against Grant Hill and Dor.Mo, what do you think of this Game?" Neal asked.
Toez's style is no different from that of most commentators, this one is exaggerated, that one is praised.
But he showed a greater affection for Duncan tonight: "If I were to choose, I would support Boston."
"They have Tim Duncan. Even if it is just a rookie, he also has the top five stadium influence in the league. He is a rookie of the Larry Bird and Magic Johnson level."
For a player who was active in the 1980s, I'm afraid I can't say a better exaggeration than this.
This is the first side of Mo Mengchen and Duncan.
This is Mo Mengchen's third year, this is Duncan's first year, this is the end of February 1998.
The wheel of fortune turns at this moment.
Mo Mengchen knows Duncan quite well. When he was a college student, Bird praised him many times.
What kind of person is Bird? The talented wizards such as Kevin McHale were vomited by him on both sides for three days.
But he gave Duncan an extremely high rating, Mo Mengchen had to pay attention to Duncan.
Duncan's later career trajectory also confirmed Bird's words, which is indeed a phenomenal historical supergiant.
Mo Mengchen and Duncan didn't say much else, they just shook hands, hugged, and the rest used the game to talk.
It's Antoine Walker's madness: "This year is the year of Boston. Wait for us to run in, you will wait for me to die!"
Mo Mengchen and Hill walked back with a smile.
"If I were you, I would hit his shit." Mo Mengchen said.
"I'm not as violent as you." Hill said, "I just want him to shut up, that's enough."
This is really a requirement that is not low.
After that, the Celtics starter came on stage.
Billups, Greg Miner, Antoine Walker, Duncan, Tyres Knight.
This starter has both strengths and weaknesses. No wonder they haven't kept up with Duncan's record.
Pitino has become enchanted in the NBA to implement his tight-court strategy. He madly searches for defensive fighters who can be close to the audience, and does not pay attention to the rationality of the lineup. Duncan has repeatedly accommodated this group of people.
At this time, the referee threw the ball into the sky.
Ratliff didn't accidentally lose the jump ball.
Billups wanted to push the fast break, but basketball Bobby Dumas broke out of bounds.
Mo Mengchen on the sidelines said, "If we let Grant and the opponent jump the ball, we won't win anyway."
Dumas said: "Don't say that, Theo will be sad."
"Sad?" Mo Mengchen snorted. "If I were him, I would be ashamed!"
No one can jump, but there is no one, I really do not know what is wrong with this.
He is not a short center like Wallace in the early two meters. The wingspan is not short, the speed is fast, or there will not be so many blocks, but he can’t win the jump ball, which has become a A vicious circle.
In order to give Knight a better space under the basket, Duncan pulled out of the free throw line.
He almost stood on the three-point line.
The following pass showed some of Billups' whimsy. He smashed the ball on the rebound and the basketball rebounded into Knight's hand.
But expecting Knight to force Rattle in that position is delusional.
Ratliff can't jump the ball. It's a very good way to block this kind of defensiveness. Two hundred and five is a set. He jumped up and toughed down Knight's shot.
Jackson grabbed the rebound and passed it to Hill.
Duncan wanted to stop it. It was too late. Hill ran as a thunder across the court.
"The first ball in the garden tonight, a flying dunk from the Duke Devil!"
2 to 0
Duncan carried Buckley inside, and with his height, it should be very easy to push Buckley.
The result is not the case. Buckley's 123 kg weight is not a decoration, violent force, Duncan is not easy, it is not easy to get the ball under such a ballless defense.
"Pass, Chauncey!"
Pitino shouted.
It is in this environment that it is difficult for Billups to reproduce his style in college, and chose to hang the ball to Duncan, under the circumstances that he could not firmly hold the position.
Duncan stepped on his feet gently and his ball was knocked out by Buckley.
"This is the legendary super rookie?" Dumas looked dumbfounded.
It was the piston's counterattack again.
Jackson's counterattack blew a whirlwind in Boston's frontcourt, a horseback archery jumper, and a cricket shot.
4 to 0
Pollard saw Duncan like this and snapped his legs: "I feel like I can prevent that super rookie!"
Why are people now so impetuous? Only two rounds.
Still playing Duncan.
This time Duncan changed to the left paint area to take the ball, Barkley guarded carefully. Although his pace was not fast, it was compared with the outside, because when he was young, he always started from the outside, and the defender was often outside. , The footsteps naturally cannot compare with them.
If compared with the inside, his pace will be very fast.
The bare-foot height of less than two meters gives him an advantage in defense. As long as he is willing to defend seriously, it can indeed have a good effect.
Duncan's start failed to get rid of Buckley, he posted it, but No. 21 from Wake Forest University still did not retreat, he carried Buckley, all by virtue of the high advantage, pressed the flying pig into the basket, wrist one Shake, get 2 points.
He played very easily, every ball.
"You can hardly feel a little bit of reluctance, and his score is so reasonable." Tois praised, "This is the super star that made Bill Shaman give up No. 21!"
Duncan wears No. 21, a player who has been retired by the Celtics. His former owner is the veteran of the ancient Celtic dynasty, Bill Sharman.
The moment the Celtics picked Duncan, the Celtics star immediately expressed willingness to give up No. 21.
"He needs a great successor, and TD is a good fit."
Sharman indirectly boasted, and Duncan accepted it with a smile after modesty.
Then, Houston cut out a jumper, not into.
Duncan easily grabbed the rebound and passed Billups.
Billups made a quick stop in the frontcourt, and Byford flew Bobby Jackson, scoring the rim and scoring with ease.
"Pretty long pass~EbookFREE.me~ This guy's consciousness is really amazing!" This became a special event for Duncan, and Toez completely entered the role.
The harder he played, the more fans on the scene liked him.
At this point, Dumas and Pollard looked embarrassed.
Mo Mengchen asked in disgust: "JD, what did you just say?"
"Just kidding, do you really think I am such a superficial person? How could it be possible to evaluate a player with two rounds?" Dumas forcibly explained.
Yes, you are such a superficial person, otherwise why would you pick a waste like Milicic with the top spot?
That's the second pick in 2003. I shouldn't have chosen such a disability when I closed my eyes?
Then, he looked at the hair style Deborah again: "What did you just say? What can you prevent?"
"Who the is rumoring? I swear to God, I haven't said anything!" Pollard stepped on the ground and swallowed back the words he spoke without hesitation.