Chapter 128 This is for your own good (5/10)
In his first comeback, he scored a big triple-double. Xie Hou attended the press conference with Claire and was bombarded by reporters on the scene.
They have too many problems, and most of them make little sense.
The most interesting question is not even a question. The reporter just recounted the Raptors head coach's comment on Xie Hou.
After listening to the reporter's retelling, Xie Hou replied with a smile: "I think I played well, and if I don't play like this, what should Coach O'Neal say tonight?"
After all, the Raptors lost 37 points.
"Arthur, do you have any opinions on the playoffs?"
At the end of the press conference, Xiaojun and head coach Claire walked in the passage together. Claire's questions made Xie Hou hesitate.
Playoff experience? Is Claire serious about this question? He undoubtedly has a lot of playoff experience. Otherwise, how did the Russian Super League champions of CSKA Moscow come from? How did the Champions League championships come from three consecutive times?
"I'm very familiar with the playoffs." Xie Hou replied seriously, "I just haven't played in the NBA playoffs, but I think it should be similar."
Claire nodded, not objecting to this: "Indeed, regardless of the level, the intensity of the playoffs in any basketball league will be greatly enhanced, because every team that enters the playoffs has a heart to compete for the championship."
It makes sense (and then you asked me if I have any playoff experience, what does it mean?), Xie Hou nodded and looked at the head coach.
Claire seems to have twin brothers with Jim Carrey, and his kind style (a huge contrast to the violence he trains the team to defend), which really makes people feel very intimate.
"It's just that, NBA is different." Claire looked at Xiehou, "Arthur, we are in the east. This is a division that requires constant confrontation to win."
Xie Hou became a listener.
He didn't understand. Is Claire's confrontation insufficient? Or did he have to show some weak confrontation in the previous games, otherwise, why would Claire say that?
He is not afraid of confrontation, he is definitely the rookie who is most used to NBA confrontation since Duncan.
The intensity of the European League may not be as strong as the NBA, but it is definitely stronger than the NCAA composed of college students.
He has been successful in the stronger European League (and dominant performance), why did Claire doubt his confrontation?
"Coach, is my physical confrontation not good? Or do you want me to increase my physical confrontation in the game?" Xie Hou asked on his own initiative.
"You don't misunderstand it, Arthur." Claire smiled, "It's hard to find a rookie who is stronger than your ability to fight. You are definitely the rookie who is most adapted to the NBA confrontation this year. To be honest, before the start of the season, I and several other coaches were worried about this issue. We were worried that you can't adapt to the confrontation in the United States, and it turned out that we were over-thinking."
A moment of depression made Xie Hou think he was in a movie.
Claire is like a whistleblower in a big villain camp. He is about to tell the truth he knows - the absolutely shocking truth - because he speaks too slowly and does not know how to be concise. He insists on having a long silence or slowly choosing a cemetery that he thinks is safe. In short, he will definitely be killed before telling the truth, otherwise the movie will not be played for 120 minutes.
Even if he is in a movie, he is a film that is destined to be unlimited, bloodless, and sacrificed. This movie is definitely suitable for children to watch.
"I need you to be ready for the playoffs."
Xie Hou thought he was ready.
What made his head coach think he wasn't ready?
"How to prepare?" he asked.
"The playoffs are more intense, you may not be able to make those beautiful moves, I mean you have to be ready as early as possible, you may only be able to do some plain moves in the playoffs."
In fact, you can simply summarize it in one sentence: "Don't mess with me with those fancy things when you fucking the playoffs, okay?"
Xie Hou smiled bitterly, as if everyone liked his game very much, and everyone enjoyed his performance very much, but in private they would advise him to stop those crazy performances and do some movements that only normal people would do, and not bring too many surprises, just like those master-level guards who are praised (simple~the game method is simple~).
"Coach, isn't there any showtime in the Lakers in the 1980s who made the playoffs?" Xie Hou asked.
This sentence is undoubtedly arrogant.
The Magicians are not able to become the kind of gorgeous performer who always comes out of the playoffs regardless of the regular season.
It took the Magician a total of four years to become the showtime Lakers' main controller from a second to third position who took over the ball from time to time, at the cost of allowing the Lakers to sacrifice an All-Star guard who is in his year of playing and a coach who contributes to the team.
Moreover, the Magicians had played in four NBA seasons at that time and had three finals trips.
His strength has been demonstrated and has been tested in the playoffs.
Now, Xie Hou compares himself with the Showtime Lakers. Although it is reasonable and well-founded, it is too arrogant.
"As long as you really think that you can still be as calm and calm as you are in the playoffs as you are now, I will not restrict you, and you can just play." Claire never felt that some words could make Xie Hou completely change his appearance.
After all, Xie Hou is just a young and energetic player. He will never change if he doesn't suffer any losses.
Claire felt very complicated. He hoped that Xie Hou would suffer a heavy loss, so that he could grow up. He did not want anything to hurt his self-confidence.
These two things are contradictory.
There was another thing that made him feel vaguely terrible.
That is, what if even the Eastern Conference giants who entered the playoffs could not let Xie Hou put away his dazzling style of playing?
Thinking of the possibility of this, Claire pondered for a while.
Shehou and Claire no longer discuss the playoffs, because they have to play six more regular season games.
In the locker room, the atmosphere was extremely warm.
As soon as Xie Hou opened the door of the locker room, something was wrong. Artest smiled cunningly, O'Neill's eyes flashed, and the Russians quietly reminded him that there was an ambush. Papalucas, who only focused on himself no matter what happened, is now staring at him, which means something is about to happen to him. No matter what it is, look at the Greek eyes, it is definitely not a good thing. Xie Hou, who noticed the danger, just left, but Miller flashed out like the ghost that the unlucky victim could catch in a horror movie.
Xie Hou shouted, and then someone took off his shorts and stuffed them into a few large cubes of ice.
"What are you doing!!"
"Don't blame us, it's for your own good."
Xie Hou had never seen such a way of showing goodwill. He quickly poured out the ice and looked at his teammates maliciously: "Do you mind if I'm "good" for you?"
Miller, the initiator, began to show his identity and suppress others with his generation: "We just want you to calm down. After all, you have just returned from injury. It is your luck to be able to play against a weak team like the Raptors. Their defense is a mess. (Xie Hou: What is the face of an old man who was guarded to the end of the game and only scored two points in the whole game to say this?) If we don't wake you up in this way, maybe you will suffer a big loss in the next game. After all, a rookie like you has no experience at all. When you encounter a harder opponent, you may be defended like a person. This is the old man's love for you. You must be grateful instead of hatred."
Xie Hou was so uncomfortable that he held it in his hands. He didn't attack these old men who didn't know how to respect themselves.
Forget it, who told him to be tolerant? In fact, I don’t want to take revenge more seriously because of a moment of impulse. I endure it for a moment of calmness.
Seeing Xie Hou so well-behaved, as the guard of the king, Artest consciously dereliction of duty, he took the initiative to apologize: "Sorry, Arthur, if you have such a thing next time, I will tell you the truth before they attack you."
Xie Hou hoped to hear him say, "Next time there will be such a thing, I will kill them all before they take action." Even if he knew Artest did not have the courage and ability, it sounded comfortable.
"Don't say it again, Atai, I'm very disappointed with you."
Xie Hou said, as if he was very sad, he walked up to the shower room with his bath towel alone.
"Arthur, do you want to have a drink in Paradise Valley?"
Xie Hou would not answer.
"There are beautiful girls there!" said Artest.
But Xie Hou is a person with a girlfriend, although the relationship is currently undergoing a test.
“There is a good drink!”
A real man will say no to alcohol.
“And a delicious late-night snack!”
"Wait until I finish washing!"
Xie Hou's defense line was lost.
Xie Hou's low evaluation of Indianapolis is not only because it is of no use except history, but more importantly, it is all-round backward compared to big cities.
For example, if you are late-night snacks, if you are in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Miami, after the competition, you can still find some very distinctive Xinshi Deli restaurants to have late-night snacks.
Here, if you want to have a midnight snack, you have to go to the supermarket to buy fast food.
Or, venture into a low-interest restaurant—such as the Middle Earth theme restaurant that Xuewei took Xie Hou to last time.
Xie Hou likes places like Paradise Valley because places like nightclubs are very low-level entertainment places in his opinion.
Chapter completed!