(In the last chapter, I saw many friends asking why the growth cards are not used by Chinese people. Let me explain here. The main reason is that the time has not come yet. It is inevitable to use growth cards to train Chinese people. I had thought of such a plot when I originally designed this golden finger.

, but now the protagonist is just a college coach and has not yet made a name for himself. It will not do him any good to use the few training cards he has on Chinese people! Growth cards can indeed increase a person's potential to a star level.

, but growth requires a process. The level of NCAA players is much higher than that of domestic players. If you are a Chinese player who uses growth cards, you will choose someone who works very hard, but his own strength is much lower and needs more time to grow.

In short, using growth cards for Chinese people, cultivating strong domestic players and then sending them to the NBA is definitely a plot, but it is not now. If it were written now, many exciting plots would be difficult to develop.)

But everyone who watched Harvard's first game live or watched the video of the game afterwards was silent.

They don't know how to describe this game. If they have to find an adjective...

asphyxia.

Almost suffocating defense.

Last season, Harvard's defense was already very strong, but compared with this season, that kind of defense is like playing!

There is an extra big man on the Harvard team.

And this big man replaced Prine last season and guarded the inside of Harvard. His defensive ability is much better than Prine!

9 blocks in the game!

Harvard's inside line is like a no-fly zone. Any player who breaks into the inside line cannot put the basketball into the basket in front of this big man.

No one knows where Harvard found such a monster. Some discerning scouts were shocked to find that with the level of this freshman, he could be regarded as an interior defender by many NBA teams if he directly joined the NBA.

Main force!

For such a player to appear in the NCAA, or the Ivy League, which is the lowest level among the first-level leagues, is simply bullying!

What's even more bullying is Harvard's perimeter players.

The outside defense formed by Jeremy Lin and Plain is no easier than the inside line. A season of training has made these two people's defensive styles more sophisticated.

With Dunn inside and Jeremy Lin Prine outside, it only took one game for Harvard to make all the teams in the entire Ivy League almost lose their fighting spirit.

In the following games, Harvard ended the game with a big score without any suspense. There were not even a few opponents who could score more than 60 points in the game, and no team even scored 70 points!

When Harvard's invincible team swept all the Ivy League teams without any suspense, the new NBA 08-09 season also began.

NBA fans have a lot of expectations for this season.

For example, can Rose, who was selected No. 1 overall by the Bulls, lead the Bulls to revive Jordan's glorious era.

For example, this season, what level can the Trail Blazers' three young players (Roy, Durant, Aldridge) show?

For another example, what kind of strong performance will Emperor Oden, who has finally returned from injury, use to announce the coming of his era...

Well, soon, people saw it.

On October 28, the SuperSonics have changed their name to the Oklahoma City Thunder for the opening game.

Oden made his debut under the spotlight, but the Emperor who was about to dominate the league didn't seem to be used to it yet.

He made 0 of 4 shots in the opening game, and then sprained his foot while fighting for rebounds, forcing his legs to lengthen. In the end, he scored 0 points, 5 rebounds, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls in 15 minutes.

Immediately afterwards, the post-game examination report showed that Oden, who sprained his ankle, needed to rest for two weeks.

The fans were confused.

What the hell is this?

Fortunately this injury only required two weeks of rest, rather than another season.

As a result, the fans waited in anticipation for another two weeks before Emperor Oden took charge again.

This time, Oden was not injured again and scored his first career point.

Then, throughout the game, Oden played 16 minutes and scored a total of 3 points and 2 rebounds...

Fans: "???"

Unlike the fans' imagination of killing everyone, Oden seems to be completely unable to adapt to the game, and is troubled by fouls in every game.

It wasn't until mid-November that he finally had a highlight performance of 20+10, but it was accompanied by a super high number of fouls of 5 fouls, and the team still lost as always.

Throughout November, Oden averaged only about 20 minutes per game, averaging 8 points and 7 rebounds per game, which is not low in terms of efficiency alone. If extended to 30 to 35 minutes, this number would be 14 points and 12 rebounds.

But at the same time, the extremely high number of fouls averaging 4.5 fouls per game cannot be completely ignored.

This is nothing like conquering the NBA as people imagined!

What forms a bloody contrast is Durant's performance in November.

26 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2 assists!

At the beginning of the new season, Durant gave people a huge surprise!

He has become stronger!

While COSCO's shooting has become more stable, Durant's breakthrough with the ball has become even more lethal than Roy.

The huge height difference and speed that is not inferior to that of a defender make him the most difficult point to defend on the court!

In just one season, Durant's average number of shots per game surpassed Aldridge's and Roy's, ranking first on the team with 18 shots per game!

Durant averages 26 points per game, Roy averages 21 points per game, and Aldridge averages 18 points per game. The three of them can average 65 points per game!

Under the leadership of the three young men, the entire Trail Blazers are currently ranked second in the Western Conference, second only to Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers.

Such a fantastic start has left Blazers general manager Kevin on pins and needles every day.

He always felt that team owner Paul Allen looked at him obediently, which gave him a creepy feeling.

Especially when the news came that Oden was failing in each game, Kevin became even more panicked.

Everyone knows very well who deserves the real credit for the Trail Blazers' current achievements!

And that person's name will appear in everyone's ears from time to time.

Wang Xiao!

The Harvard he leads is already an invincible force in the NCAA league that can block gods and Buddhas!

Facts have proved that Wang Xiao has real materials, and his vision is probably better than many people.

And his ability is not just about seeing people.

Kevin also watched the Harvard game video, and he had to admit that Harvard's defense was very strong, very strong. It was hard to imagine that this was a team that was at the bottom of the Ivy League a year ago.

In fact, Kevin feels that he is quite unjust. The decision to fire Wang Xiao was made by the boss Paul himself. The blame does not lie with him!

However, as a team owner and one of the richest people in the world, Paul will not consider these issues.

He is an investor, not a professional basketball practitioner.

At that time, including Kevin, everyone in the team management told him that Oden was the hope for the Blazers' revival. With Oden, the Blazers would win the championship trophy sooner or later.

Only one young man said that Oden was not good and Durant should be chosen.

So now the question comes, why is it that the players that a group of you are optimistic about are not as good as the players that others are optimistic about alone?

Although this is only Oden and Durant's second season, it is far from time to evaluate their value.

But when anyone is enjoying the superiority of the Trail Blazers' second record in the Western Conference, would they forget the reason why the team is in this position?
Chapter completed!