Chapter 141: "Emotional Intelligence"

A billion project?
Nash was confused by Sun Hao.
Of course, Sun Hao was joking.
He just wanted Nash to listen to him.
"I mean for our friendship, for the team, for our respective careers, and even for the 100 million that we may earn in the future, we need a dialogue."
Sun Hao continued.
Nash thought for a while and nodded.
In fact, when Nowitzki approached him, he realized that he and Sun Hao needed a conversation.
Just like Sun Hao said.
It's just that he didn't know how to speak before.
...
After the training, Sun Hao and Nash went to a nearby coffee shop.
Don't ask why you always talk about things in a coffee shop, there is no better place in the United States than a coffee shop!
"I think we should suggest to the coach that when we are on the court at the same time, you hold the ball more and I play more without the ball."
Sun Hao went straight to the subject as soon as he came up.
This is also a decision he made after thinking about it again and again.
There are many reasons for this decision. This can solve the current tactical status problem between him and Nash, which can help the team get back on track and so on.
But in fact, the more important reason than these is that he is being targeted now, and he also needs to change his style of play more.
People always consider themselves first.
Of course, there is one more point, he learned from previous games with the Lakers.
O'Neal can take the initiative to give in to a weird man like Kobe, why can't he?
He learned the lesson of "Emotional Intelligence."
What's more, he only gave up the right to hold the ball, and the right to shot might not be reduced.
After listening to what Sun Hao said, Nash was stunned for a while before reacting.
Sun Hao actually offered to give up the ball!
This is not something ordinary people can do.
After he reacted, he was moved first, then ashamed.
He didn't even want to communicate with Sun Hao privately before.
And two days ago, because Cuban only helped Nowitzki and Sun Hao in the show, he didn't help him speak, he felt that he was not taken seriously, so he didn't even invite Sun Hao to have a barbecue!
Compared with Sun Hao's current attitude, he really...has an idea of ​​looking for a hole to get in.
And now that Sun Hao said that, he was so ashamed that he didn't know how to speak.
Sun Hao didn't know what was thinking in Nash's heart, and when he saw that he hadn't spoken, he added.
"I think the coach's arrangement was very good. I played more off the ball when I started, and I got off early, and then came back in the second quarter with a substitute lineup."
He has already considered all the details!
"Sorry, Sun, the attitude I used to do..."
Nash spoke at last, but was halfway through.
"Don't talk about it before, I understand, I will do that if I change myself."
Sun Hao continued. He felt that besides being jealous, Nash was a bit arrogant.
Nash nodded, and Sun Hao had already said this, and it didn't make sense to entangle the things before.
And after the chat, he was no longer as restrained as before.
"Sun, how about staying and practicing after we train?"
And while chatting, he also took the initiative to propose to Sun Hao.
"No problem at all. You pass the ball and I shoot. Training is the foundation."
Sun Hao wouldn't say that I want to improve my friendship with you so that you can be my caddy.
Nash certainly didn't know what Sun Hao thought, he smiled and nodded.
That feeling is like finally finding a way to make up for the previous attitude.
The two hit it off, and the next thing came to pass.
And after the chat, Sun Hao discovered the favorability in the system, and Nash jumped from 58 to 69!
Not only is back, but also up!
This is pretty Nash!
The next day, Sun Hao and Nash found old Nelson together.
Old Nelson readily accepted the two proposals.
There are ups and downs in the team's performance, and he needs to change.
Sun Hao was willing to make concessions to embody "The Pattern", which he admired with admiration.
That night, the Mavericks played at home against the Phoenix Suns.
The Suns made it to the Western Conference semifinals last season, and their strength was impressive.
Although "Penny" Hardaway was reimbursed after playing only four games this season due to injury, sophomore Sean Marion filled his vacancy well.
In addition, Clifford Robinson, Tony Delk, Rodney Rogers and other powerful players.
Of course, the most important thing is to have Nash's lifelong enemy Jason Kidd, the Suns are still powerful in the Western Conference.
In fact, open the sky, this season in history, the West is a real separatist rule.
The first Spurs had 58 wins and the eighth Timberwolves had 47 wins, only 11 wins away.
This shows that the strength gap between the teams, especially the strong teams is very small.
In this game, the Mavericks finally lost 93 to 104, swallowing a three-game losing streak.
Kidd had a triple-double with 16 points, 11 rebounds and 15 assists.
But a good sign is that Nash's state has finally recovered.
In the face of his lifelong enemy, he surrendered 15 points and 7 assists.
And it is worth mentioning that 3 of his 7 assists were given to Sun Hao.
Thanks to Nash's assists, Sun Hao scored another 18 points and his state was obviously warming up.
Everyone can feel that there is some chemical reaction between the two, although it will take some time.
After a day's rest, the Mavericks ushered in the last back-to-back game of this difficult schedule, and also their last two games in December.
Facing the immortal "Utah Shuangsha", the Mavericks played a wonderful game.
Sun Hao continued to improve, scoring a team-high 25 points, and Nash also scored 16 points and 11 assists in a double-double.
The chemical reaction between the two has entered a new stage.
However, Nowitzki had a mediocre performance in the face of Malone, only scoring 11 points and 7 rebounds, and the final lore shot missed the basket.
The Mavericks eventually lost their opponents 91-93 and suffered a four-game losing streak.
For a time, the public opinion that was just returned by Kuban once again swarmed towards the Mavericks.
For gloaters and those who have fallen into trouble, we will appear on the stage after you sing.
But this time, these did not affect the Mavericks too much.
Because the team, from the management to the coaching staff, and even the players, can feel the improvement of the team's state and a certain chemical reaction that is taking place.
This also includes Sun Hao.
Because in the past few days, the increase in goodwill between Nash and him can be described as "sitting on a mosaic".
Originally, it is difficult to increase the degree of goodwill, and this can be felt from Harris and Nowitzki.
However, Nash was surprised for less than a week. He went from 69 to 80 directly!
[Courtyard Fetters] Just unlock it, so Sun Hao can unlock Caddy Nash in the system!
This looks incredible and even magical.
But to understand Nash's character, it may not be so strange.
There is no lack of such people in life. They usually seem jealous, small-minded, and even easily jealous of others.
So their circle is actually relatively small, maybe just a few people.
But once you enter this circle, your position in his heart will rise rapidly.
To describe it in one word, Tsundere.
Although Sun Hao's relationship with Nash before was OK, it was at best a fringe test, but this time he entered directly.
So he has enough reasons to believe that winning, perhaps in the next game!
On December 29, the Mavericks played back to back against the Timberwolves at home, the last game of December.
This past summer, the luckiest team was the Orlando Magic. They harvested McGrady and Hill at one time, but the most unlucky was the Timberwolves.
They were confiscated for the first round of the next five years because of a "yin and yang contract." The team owner Glen Taylor and the vice president of basketball operations Kevin McHale left for one year. The protagonist of the contract was the 1995 champion. Joe Smith's contract with the team was also declared invalid.
Although McHale claimed afterwards that such a contract was very common in the NBA at the time.
"8~10 teams have been doing this, they are good at it, and we were caught."
But a violation is a violation, and there is nothing wrong with the Timberwolves being punished like this.
The problem is that the team's core Kevin Garnett is suffering. Without Smith, this inside partner, the future of the team is gone.
But even so, Garnett is after all Garnett, one of the greatest power forwards of the 20th century, he still took the Timberwolves into the playoffs.
The Mavericks' current record is 15 wins and 10 losses, seventh in the West.
The Timberwolves' record is 14 wins and 11 losses, eighth in the West.
Although the two teams are in different divisions, they are now in direct competition.
And like the Mavericks, the Timberwolves have performed just as well in the past week, losing to the Spurs, Lakers and Trail Blazers one after another, and suffered a wave of three-game losing streak.
This game is very important to both sides and can even be regarded as a game that changes the trend of the season.
The two teams also paid special attention to this game and both came to the arena to warm up early.
Sun Hao also met Garnett "Wolf King" for the first time.
At this time, Garnett had a big bald head as in his impression, but he hadn't grown a beard yet, and he looked slightly green.
But in fact, this is his fifth year in the league, one more year than Nash.
And besides Garnett, he also accidentally saw a very familiar person.
Chauncey Billups, he did not expect he was also playing in the Timberwolves at this time.
In addition to the two people he saw, someone from the Timberwolves came to greet him.
Wally Szebiak, the No. 6 show last year, comes from Madrid, Spain.
Sun Hao had heard his name in the training camp when he was participating in joint training in Europe before, and now he has seen him directly.
Handsome is really handsome.
Szebiak is a shooter, his nickname is "handsome guy", plus that tall man, really fits well.
At the end of the warm-up, Garnett continued an interview with reporters on the sidelines.
"What do you think of tonight's game? We know that the team's performance in the past week was not very good."
In Dallas, reporters naturally tried every means to blow opponent morale before the game.
"No, we didn't perform badly. We lost 3 to 5 points in every game. That means we didn't play badly."
"Then what do you think of the game tonight?"
"We will win the game. We know that the game will be difficult, and maybe we will reach the fourth quarter again, but we are united with each other and we will win the game."
"What do you think of Dirk?"
"Dirk, Dirk is a very good young player, but he still needs to learn to grow. It will be very interesting to match him, and I will enjoy the process."
Garnett is a "professional trash talker" on the court, and he is not much better off the court.
After the warm-up was over, the scene entered the opening ceremony, and the two teams started to come out one after another.
For the Timberwolves, outside Trier Brandon and Billups, striker Szebiak and Garnett, center Rasou Nestorovic.
The Mavericks are still the starting lineups of Nash, Sun Hao, Finley, Nowitzki and Lightner.
Lightner returned the ball to the Mavericks halftime, officially kicking off the game.
In the first round, Sun Hao started running without the ball.
In fact, another important reason why he is willing to play without the ball is that his height has grown to 1.87 meters, this height is close to 1.9 meters in shoes, which is not short in dual guards.
And the biggest help that height brings when playing off the ball is the field of vision.
Coupled with his gold basketball IQ, playing off the ball is completely enough.
Nash and Nowitzki made a false move of passing in after a pick and roll, and then a pass with a lead to Sun Hao.
This ball is very deceptive, Sun Hao has already thrown away Brandon's quick push after receiving the ball.
Like the great white bears Sun Hao had encountered in Europe, Nestorovic couldn't keep up.
The ball spun towards the basket.
"Uh!"
There was a crunch.
Sun Hao's first three-pointer, hit!
This is not only a bonus to a series of badges for pick-and-roll masters, catcher scorers, and long-range sharpshooters, but also the training results of him and Nash both inside and outside the system in the past period of time.
Chemical reaction, invisible but tangible!
The Mavericks, go first.
Garnett's organization with the ball high in the front court.
There has been such a comment to describe Garnett's style of play.
If a player can average 22 points per game, you will think that this person is a good scorer.
But if you add 11 rebounds per game, you will think this guy is a strong insider.
But if you add 6 assists per game, you will find it impossible. Such a player does not exist.
If you add 1.5 steals and 2 blocks, you will think this is a joke.
Garnett is such a player, a player who can really play from the first position to the fifth position.
The word omnipotence was synonymous with him for a long time in the early 20th century.
A beautiful pass to Brandon, who cut in, also scored the first two points for the Timberwolves tonight.
The Mavericks continued their frontcourt tactics, and Nash passed the ball to Nowitzki after this pick and roll.
Nowitzki flew to the basket.
But Garnett strode back to the three-second zone, chasing him and gave Nowitzki a big hat.
Top defensive talent!
There was a stir at the scene.
After blocking the game, Garnett kept beating his chest at the sidelines and issued the iconic wolf-like roar ~EbookFREE.me~ When he turned around, he passed the false move from the free throw line to the face frame and broke through Nowitzki. One-handed dunk that hit the long arm of the inside line.
The ball was smashed into the basket.
4 to 3!
Timberwolves take the lead!
Garnett glared at Nowitzki after dunking.
In the past attack and defense, he completely suppressed Nowitzki.
As he said in an elder tone before the game, Nowitzki has a lot to learn!
His eyes are full of confidence.
It's just that he didn't expect that this would be the only time the Timberwolves led tonight.
And this game will be an unforgettable game in his life.