After playing the game against the Warriors, the Trail Blazers returned to Portland and got two days of rest.

Liu Xiu waited for two days. On October 24, the Trail Blazers played against the Warriors again, this time at home.

General Avery Johnson and Madman Van Exel saw Liu Xiu's expectant expression and wanted to hit him!

However, this guy in front of me dares to throw even O'Neal and can really throw him!

Not to mention anything else, the two of them thought of the feeling of being beaten on the back by Liu Xiu, the feeling of being unable to hold back...

Moreover, this rookie is a thief. He doesn't post up when attacking others. The Warriors switch players to guard this rookie, and this rookie just goes to sort out the offense. At this time, they can't guard pitchers, and they can't guard wing cuts.

Well... they will always go back to defend Liu Xiu, and then they will be beaten while sitting down!

Liu Xiu played 26 minutes tonight and scored 16 points, and another 10 points came from Avery Johnson and Van Exel.

At other times, most of the time he took shots purely to see if there was a chance and whether he had to throw it away. But when playing against these two people, if it were not restricted by the rules, he really wanted to hit it from outside the three-point line to the basket...

With 16 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Liu Xiu had a good personal performance and not bad assists. He helped the Trail Blazers defeat the Warriors again 104-90, improving the preseason record to 5 wins and 1 loss, with one game left.

Played, the day after tomorrow, October 26th, against the Nuggets at home.

…

On the night when they defeated the Warriors again at home, the lights were brightly lit in the Rose Garden Arena, and the coaches were still working overtime in the early morning. Because of Portland's post-Internet Bubble security environment, the coaches had already made plans to stay up all night.

There is also a lounge for them to sleep, and the air conditioning is on, so they are not afraid of the cold.

Maurice Cheeks was working very seriously at this time. Without looking at the unshaven face, it is impossible to connect him with his usual appearance.

Maurice Cheeks flipped through the information in front of him and asked: "Kevin, are there not any players with training camp contracts who can stay?"

Kevin Plitchar shook his head.

If the player they really like is willing to come to the training camp, the Trail Blazers will directly give them a partially guaranteed contract. If they waive the player, they can still get a minimum salary level for a few or more than a dozen games.

Players with real training camp contracts are really just lottery tickets.

And this is the lottery after going through the draft, summer league, and being scrapped twice.

It’s normal to not be able to pick one you want to stay.

This means that they currently only have 14 players with contracts, of which 12 have guaranteed contracts and 2 have partially guaranteed contracts.

There is no shortage of players. There are only 12 players on the active list, which means only 12 players can play in a game.

This topic was ignored, and Kevin Plitchar began to report on behalf of the assistant coaching staff on the preseason performance of the 14 players they summarized, while the others filled in the gaps.

Just like last season, most of their players worked hard in the summer. The young people have made some progress. The progress seen in the training camp is actually greater. In the preseason, some people's progress was not shown.

However, due to personality reasons, unsuitable tactics, or relationships with teammates... and other factors, his performance was not that good.

The players on the Trail Blazers are absolutely excellent, otherwise they would not have been able to win 49 and 50 games respectively despite the intensifying conflicts within the team in the past two years.

Randolph was lazy as hell in the summer. He did have some training, but he definitely couldn’t be called hardworking. He just worked harder than Liu Xiu...

Randolph has improved, in line with expectations, but it can't be said to be a surprise.

Rasheed Wallace, a veteran star, is still the same, very good, but there are no surprises.

As a veteran in his 30s, Dale Davis can slow down his decline, which is not bad...

Every old player is the same, very good, but no one stands out.

There are only three rookies left.

"Travis, he is a very gentle person, with good physical condition, hardworking, and willing to learn, but his learning ability is mediocre and needs a long time to develop. He has just turned 19 years old, that is, his combat ability is not outstanding..."

Kevin Plitchar said a little helplessly.

The preseason gave Travis Outlaw an average of 20 minutes of playing time per game, but his performance did not meet expectations. However, his physical talent and willingness to work hard are a coach who likes him.

The combination of these conditions made Kevin Plitcha feel helpless.

Matt Carroll, an undrafted rookie, received quite high evaluations.

He's an undrafted guy. He has a partially guaranteed contract. If he doesn't work well, he can just cut him. It can't be said that he doesn't have high expectations. Thank God if he can go up and score two goals when no one is using him. Under normal circumstances, no coach wants to need it.

Appears when players with partially guaranteed contracts are used.

There was the last rookie left, Kevin Plitcha was placed at the end. As soon as he took out his information, his face was full of helplessness.

Maurice Cheeks was happy when he saw this and said with a smile: "Go on, Kevin."

Kevin Pritchar rolled his eyes and said: "In this preseason, the one who impressed me the most among our players was Jace."

Maurice Cheeks nodded. Even though he had great expectations for Liu Xiu, he never expected that the player who impressed them the most in the preseason was actually this rookie.

They paid some attention to Liu Xiu, but the most important thing was not Liu Xiu.

In the summer league, they definitely paid the most attention to Liu Xiu, the 13th pick in the first round, but when it came to the training camp and preseason, Liu Xiu was just one of them, and he was ranked in the middle.

"He is very smart and will not do anything he is not good at. He will respond calmly to his opponents' provocations and is very good at irritating others..."

As soon as Kevin Plitcha said this, all the coaches present nodded.

Not to mention the opponent, everyone on the team, including the coach, felt that this rookie was too unbeatable.

"He has great court choices and excellent leadership skills. He is a good fit for our team. If his teammates are not good enough, he may be just an ordinary functional player, but in our team, he can make the game enter the anxious stage."

It’s time to be that calm leader on the court.”

"The best thing about Jace is not his talent, his leadership ability, or his calmness, but his super adaptability brought about by his strong body.

He is absolutely worthy of competing against any point guard, he can compete extremely well at the shooting guard position, and he can even compete with many small forwards..."

Most NBA point guards are between 183 and 191 centimeters tall and weigh between 80 and 88 kilograms.

Most shooting guards are between 191 centimeters and 200 centimeters tall, and most weigh between 90 and 95 kilograms.

Most small forwards are between 196 and 203 centimeters tall and weigh between 95 and 105 kilograms.

Through Liu Xiu's height and weight ratio, as well as the actual situation in the game, Kevin Plitchar came to this conclusion.

Maurice Cheeks listened for a long time. Oh my god, it turns out that the rookie he chose has so many advantages!

Although Liu Xiu was the player who impressed him the most in this preseason... This impressive impression is not about how good his performance is or how good his data is. The player with the best data is Damon Stoudemire.

The average score is 20 points, but from what the coach saw, Liu Xiu left the deepest impression on him, but he didn't expect that he had so many advantages.

After continuing to talk about some advantages, Kevin Pritchar changed the subject: "Compared with these advantages, Jayce has many fatal shortcomings. The first one is his level of hard work. He has nothing to do with the word hard work."

It doesn’t matter at all, you’re so lazy!”

As he said this, Kevin Pritchar slapped the table with a bang, startling his colleagues!

Maurice Cheeks knew why Kevin Plitcha lost control of his emotions - they had seen with their own eyes Liu Xiu's learning speed and his ferocious learning ability, but he didn't even train!

Seeing Kevin Pritchar getting angry, Maurice Cheeks quickly said: "Jess has been very actively involved in basic skills and defensive training recently. You should know that, right? He comes to Delhi almost every morning.

Ke learns basic skills and goes to Dell every afternoon to learn defense..."

"Is he going to learn defense? Is he going to have a drink with Dell! I don't see what he has learned in this month of study!"

Liu Xiu, who has great academic talent but is extremely lazy, has made his team's chief assistant emotionally collapse during the past month of spending time together...

Seeing his friend and best partner in despair, Maurice Cheeksford said with a heartfelt voice: "I think he will give us a surprise next. I saw him in the pre-season game and there was no one in the summer league before."

Even though he did a very poor job of supplementary defense and assisting defense, he started to do it, so I thought he could do it... How about we make a bet?"

"Let's just bet. I think he went to see Dell for a drink instead of doing business, or else he doesn't have the talent to learn defense. Yes, it was an accident that time! He has no talent!" Kevin Plitchayue said

He got angrier and said some things that he didn't even believe.

But man, he couldn't stop at this point: "Give him one month, no, two months, if he can develop a passable point guard defense before Christmas, I will... I will..."

Seeing his friend approaching, Maurice Cheeks encouraged him decisively: "What are you going to do? Everyone is listening. If you say you want to die or become an animal like a cow or a horse, that's not okay..."

Kevin Pritchar stepped forward decisively: "Then I will give him my antique Porsche!"

That antique Porsche! Morris-Cheeks immediately perked up...wait, Morris-Cheeks asked: "Send it to him?"

"What? Is it possible to give it to you? Why?"

"Uh...it's nothing, but you are really willing to do it. Everyone is listening."

"Hey, two months. Don't say he may not have the talent in this area. Even if he does, how can he learn to defend in two months? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

…

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At 7 o'clock in the morning, Liu Xiu woke up on time.

"A 30-minute simulation training of comprehensive assistance and defense, a 30-minute simulation training of basic shooting skills, a 30-minute simulation training of basic ball-handling skills, and a 22-minute simulation training of basic passing skills have been performed... A total of 3633 healing points are required to extract the simulation training results. Do you want to extract them?

?The remaining healing value is 3931."

Of course I have to extract it. I will fight Anthony tomorrow and I have to surprise him...

But maybe the other party won't be surprised, Anthony has always spoken highly of him.

On the 23rd, it took half a month for Liu Xiu to finally learn all the training methods that Derek Anderson and Dale Davis needed to learn!

At first, he felt that spending 3,000 healing from Derek Anderson was too expensive.
To be continued...