On the morning of December 2, the day when the game between Oklahoma State University and the University of Texas began, Wayne was on his way to class when he noticed that there were many broadcast trucks at the entrance of Gallagher-Elba Arena.

Although the past ten games have been broadcast live on television, this is the first time Wayne has seen such a large live broadcast lineup.

It seems that the TV stations have indeed increased the scope of broadcasting this focus battle.

Moreover, a few days ago, Director Zhang also said that he would make a special trip to do interviews for this game, which shows how much attention this game has received.

It is indeed a preview of the Big 12 Conference finals, and the layout is exaggerated.

In such a competition, even if there is no reward of double growth points, Wayne must seize the opportunity to perform well.

Because this is the best springboard to become famous.

Being able to have the opportunity to play a large-scale broadcast game is something that even NBA players look forward to.

The "Big Dog" Glenn Robinson, the No. 1 pick in the NBA in 1994, was unwilling to play in the preseason because there was no live broadcast.

The University of Texas Longhorns, as one of the final four last season, and as a team that reached the final with Anthony's Syracuse University, are still very popular.

What the Cowboys have to do today is to steal the attention!

After class in the afternoon, Wayne threw the book directly to Teddy and rushed to the arena alone.

Wayne can't wait to start shooting warm-ups to see how he feels today.

As a result, when I went on the court and shot, it was 10-10!

"It's done!" Wayne looked at his hands, ecstatic.

Not only was there no problem with his hand today, it actually seemed to be a little warmer than usual.

By the time Tony Allen and others arrived at the arena, Wayne was already sweating profusely from shooting.

"I said, you don't need to be so nervous, right? You came to warm up so early?" Tony Allen looked at Wayne, thinking that this guy was too nervous before the battle.

After all, when the Cowboys and Longhorns played against each other last season, Wayne was mentally scarred.

Facing the breakthroughs of Roy Ivey and T.J. Ford, the penalty area guarded by rookie Wayne simply became a "send zone".

Of course, Tony Allen believes that this situation will not happen again this year. His good friend is now the league's shot blocking leader!

"You don't have to be nervous, Wayne. Today, Roy Ivey's breakthrough will never be so smooth. First of all, I can't let him get past me easily." Teacher Tony put on the posture of a senior,

Patted Wayne on the shoulder.

He originally wanted to kill him by touching his head, but...

Wayne is too tall and difficult to touch!

Some people really think they are 1.96 meters tall when they are playing.

"I'm not nervous, Tony. By the way, can you pass a few more balls to me today?" Wayne pressed teacher Tony's head and smiled sideways.

"Ah? What do you mean?"

"I feel like I have a good shooting touch today, and I will definitely score high points! How about it? Didn't those people who make draft predictions say that you have poor organizational skills? I'll give you a chance to get assists today!"

"Tch, even if you don't say anything, I will pass the ball to you. Today, you have a height advantage against P.J. Tucker. However, that guy guarded Carmelo Anthony so hard in high school, you

Are you so confident?"

Facing Teacher Tony's "soul torture", Wayne spread his hands.

"I'll let that rookie know that college and high school are completely different."

Because Tucker is a freshman, strictly speaking, Wayne is considered a veteran in front of Tucker.

It turns out that being a senior feels so enjoyable.

It turns out that teaching a newbie how to behave is so exciting.

An hour before the game started, everyone on the Cowboys team gathered in the locker room, and Sutton began to make final arrangements for everyone.

When Old Sutton introduced P.J. Tucker, Wayne was so confused that he even doubted whether the Tucker in this world and the Tucker in the previous life were the same person.

"Tucker has excellent strength and athleticism and is a very competitive player.

He can beat defenders with tremendous physical strength and plays very tough and aggressively."

"At the same time, he also has enough strength to complete the offense in the interior. He has strong one-on-one ability, is good at breaking through and attacking the frame, and has the ability to create shooting opportunities for himself. He is an excellent defender.

For someone of his height, his rebounding ability is also very strong."

At first, these few sentences of introduction were quite normal, quite in line with the characteristics of P.J. Tucker.

But after that, Sutton's Tucker became magical.

"Most of his scoring comes from the basket, and his shots lack three-point range and range.

His passing ability needs to be improved, and he lacks the ability to find teammates when holding the ball. Sometimes he is a little selfish and only looks for opportunities for himself."

Can't shoot, focuses on attacking the basket, a little selfish... Are you talking about Tucker?

Tucker will be able to prosper in the NBA in the future because he is an extremely high-quality team-oriented 3D player.

Since he is a 3D player, three-point shooting is naturally an indispensable skill.

And as a role player, most of the time there is no singles opportunity.

However, Sutton now says that Tucker is not good at shooting, but he is also good at breakthroughs?

"Wait..." As a die-hard fan in his previous life, Wayne remembered that Tucker really didn't seem to be able to shoot three-pointers at first.

This guy went to other leagues to practice for several years before returning to the league with his three-point sight and being reborn.

Therefore, the Tucker at this time is indeed very different from the Tucker who will become famous in the NBA in the future, and his playing style is completely different.

Now, in summary, he is a short and stocky insider who likes to rely on his strength advantage to attack the basket!

No wonder Tucker's future draft picks are so low. A forward who is less than 2 meters tall, has no shooting ability, and is not a top-notch impact player is indeed not very popular.

"Wei, although Tucker can attack with the ball from outside the three-point line, today you can use a shrinking defense to contain him. You can let him shoot, but don't let him break through. Do you understand?" After introducing the basic situation,

, Sutton also reminded Wayne.

Whether Wayne can handle this super rookie of the Horns will be the key to winning the game.

From a few months on, Sutton began to worry about Tucker.

Now, it's finally time to verify the effect.

"I'll take care of it, coach." Wayne made an "OK" gesture to Sutton.

Isn't this the way to deal with Lao Zhan in the future?

It’s basically at your fingertips!

At that time, the fans didn’t know whether to give up shots or not.

This time, Wayne's confidence doubled.

Today, on both ends of the offense and defense, he had the opportunity to beat Tucker!

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Larry Bird returned home after attending the regular meeting of the team management and leaned on the sofa tiredly.

The meeting should have been held long ago, but Carlisle was unable to attend due to training, so Bird simply postponed the meeting.

On Bird's team, he gave head coach Rick Carlisle a high status.

It is not difficult to see this from the fact that this meeting alone postponed the time for Carlisle.

Strictly speaking, the head coach is also a part-time employee and is not a member of the management team. The head coach will not participate in such meetings.

But Bird insisted that Carlisle attend the meeting on the grounds that: "As the head coach, he is qualified to participate in all aspects of team building."

Bird's trust in Carlisle was not groundless; their friendship and cooperation had lasted for many years.

Not to mention the player days, Carlisle and Bird have always had a good relationship.

After his coaching career started, Carlisle also gave up the opportunity to be a head coach of other teams and followed Bird as his chief assistant.

It was during the three years that the two coached together that they raised the Pacers to a new level.

Bird knows and trusts Carlisle's coaching level very well.

In fact, when he resigned in 2000, Bird wanted Carlisle to take over his position, but Donnie Walsh chose the more famous "Smiling Assassin".

After Bird truly took charge this year, he immediately corrected Carlisle and fired Thomas with almost ruthless toughness.

This shows how much Bird attaches importance to Carlisle.

Bird was lying down when his cell phone suddenly rang.

He picked it up and saw that it was a text message from Carlisle.

"Did you watch TV? I heard that tonight's game will be exciting."

"Game? TV?" Bird scratched his head, remembering the scouting report that he threw on the table yesterday and never picked up again.

Yes, the Chinese students’ game seems to be played tonight.

Having nothing to do, Bird turned on the TV and tuned to the channel that broadcast the game.
To be continued...