Back in 84, he became Jordan’s lifelong enemy!

Chapter 60 So, he is the core!

Su Wen never minded others provoking him and treating himself as an imaginary enemy, provided that you had the strength.

Otherwise, you are just asking for trouble.

With disdain in his heart, he changed direction and passed El Wood.

The speed was so fast that even if the latter reacted, he still couldn't keep up. In an instant, Su Wen was able to get to the basket alone.

Frank Brickkowski, the substitute's No. [-] player, rushed to cover up the defense. Seeing this, Su Wen originally wanted to avoid it and slipped into the basket.

But when he thought about it, he changed his mind and hit him head-on, jumping in mid-air.

At the same time, his hands were not idle, he grabbed the basketball and threw it towards the basket.

After bumping into the opponent, his posture in mid-air was very awkward and not beautiful at all, like a crab.

But it doesn't matter, he already feels stable.

Sure enough, with his soft touch, the basketball hit the board and went into the basket.

However, Brickkowski lost his balance due to the impact and had to hold his hands on the floor to stabilize his body when he landed.

Oh my god, it felt like I had been hit by a speeding sports car.

Brickkowski exclaimed inwardly, looking at Su Wen with eyes filled with disbelief.

Su Wen ignored him. When he turned around, he glanced at El Wood and said lightly: "You can't guard against me."

"I'll take 30 points on your head."

"what?"

The latter was confused by his sudden and incomprehensible words.

"Just 20 minutes." Su Wen stretched out two fingers at him without explaining.

To get 30 points on my head, just use 20 minutes?

El Wood finally came to his senses and became furious.

Who are you looking down on, boy?
Unfortunately, Su Wen didn't see his angry eyes because he had already left first.

Back on the offensive end, Al Wood didn't have much possession of the ball. The basketball was passed out as soon as he passed it, because Su Wen defended very tightly and didn't give him any space to control the ball.

But it doesn't stop him from swaying left and right, trying to penetrate inside without the ball to look for opportunities.

Unfortunately, Su Wen followed too hard and never let him find an opening.

"boom!"

Brickkowski missed the shot and Tom Chambers grabbed the rebound.

He raised his head and looked ahead, and found that Su Wen was almost down and almost to the center line, so he threw the ball over without hesitation.

Then Su Wen completed a one-stop layup.

Because the transition between offense and defense was so fast, Al Wood, who was completely restrained, didn't even come back to defend. Su Wen had already rushed through the frontcourt and was unable to catch up.

"Four points, man!"

After Su Wen succeeded, he looked at him coldly, "There are still 26 points."

"!!!"

El Wood was a little angry, turned around and shot Su Wen directly on the head from a long distance.

"boom!"

The shot reluctantly failed to enter the frame, and Chambers grabbed the rebound again.

However, El Wood learned the lesson this time. When he missed the shot, he immediately looked for Su Wen to defend and no longer gave him a chance to counterattack on the fast break.

Chambers could only pass to point guard Brad Davis.

The latter advanced with the ball, and just after passing the center line, he suddenly passed the ball, aiming directly at the top of the basket.

"what?"

The substitute point guard Gerald Henderson was stunned. When he turned around, he realized that Su Wen had cut into the basket without the ball at some point, jumped high towards the ball, and caught the ball with both hands in the air. Smashed hard into the basket.

"frame!"

The basket groaned loudly, making Lenny Wilkens wet with his arms folded on the sidelines.

What a great speed!

What a terrible offensive consciousness!

His fast break participation is too high.

Did you develop this at Auburn University?
Wilkens was deeply shocked by the scene where Su Wen quickly completed the offense one after another, which reminded him of the opponent's performance in the Auburn University game.

He just watched Su Wen's performance throughout the NCAA tournament, so he didn't firmly veto Les Haberger's trade of two All-Star players for a fourth overall pick.

The Su Wen he knew not only had excellent personal scoring ability, but also had a high sense of teamwork and was good at cooperating with his teammates' movements.

Otherwise, Su Wen would not be able to average more than 5 assists per game.

It doesn't seem to be high, after all, he is not the main control, but the team's offensive participation is extremely high.

Excellent running awareness, Qiuqiu can always be one step ahead and react quickly, making it difficult for defenders to guard against him.

As a coach who focuses on team basketball, Wilkens appreciates this aspect of Suvin.

"6 points!"

After Su Wen scored two more points, he stretched out two fingers at El Wood again and sarcastically said: "It may not take 20 minutes, but I can score 30 points on your head."

"You are too good!"

Fuck!

After being ridiculed continuously, El Wood's mentality was about to explode, but he was helpless.

He had just reacted very quickly defensively and had been running with the opponent, but he couldn't catch up.

He felt the speed of Suwen in a gorgeous way!

On the next ball, Su Wen came again, this time relying on him, and made a quick turn jump shot.

"Shh!"

Although his connection movements are fast and urgent, he still hits the target.

El Wood continued to defend poorly, and his mentality became more and more impatient. In the next few leading defenses, his movements inevitably increased.

Even so, Su Wen often broke through him and put the ball into the basket time and time again.

When Su Wen scored 10 points in just 20 minutes, Su Wen shook his finger at him and said, "You really can't do it."

El Wood stared at him breathlessly, very unconvinced.

Su Wen didn't care at all and continued: "I know what you are thinking about?"

"Are you worried that my arrival will replace you?"

As he spoke, he looked amused and said, "Stop joking."

"You are just a substitute, how can I replace you?"

"Your understanding of yourself is very biased!"

"So, if I don't blow you up, you won't realize clearly that we are not on the same level."

Murder will be punished!
This is Su Wen's favorite thing to do.

Knowing clearly why the other party was so interested in him these days, it was impossible for him not to do something.

Do you like competing with me?
Do you have that ability?
El Wood was so angry that he almost fainted, and had to take a few deep breaths to regain his composure.

But at this time, Su Wen had already left and returned to the backcourt.

When he got closer, Su Wen suddenly said in a disinterested tone: "It's boring!"

"The opponent is too weak and cannot lift his spirits at all."

"If I score 20 points on your head in 30 minutes, just think of it as farts."

Ahhhhh!
The anger that Wood had finally suppressed suddenly came out in an instant. His chest kept rising and falling, and his fists were clenched, as if he would swing them at Su Wen the next second.

Su Wen didn't give him this chance, and took a few steps back to distance himself.

Facing such a slippery guy, Wood was so angry that he could only hold it back.

Now, he is somewhat doubtful that he will really be unable to control the opponent's next trash talk and burst out, punching him.

If that's the case, a situation that is already disadvantageous to oneself will become even worse.

By then, it's probably not that Su Wen will replace him, but that he will never return to the main position and sit directly on the bench.

No head coach likes someone punching a teammate.

Fortunately, Su Wen also became quiet in the following time, as if he really felt that he was too weak and unchallenging, and was too lazy to talk more.

At the same time, he did not see Su Wen continue to focus on his own personal offense. Instead, he integrated into the collective and began to pass the ball, share the ball, and participate in the system.

At the end of the group confrontation, El Wood decided to stay away from Su Wen as much as possible in the future when he saw that his side actually lost by a full 30 points and suffered a disastrous defeat after only playing for half an hour.

What that guy said was too damaging!

Every word can make his mentality explode!
"The results are good, Lanny!" After the players from both sides dispersed and began to move freely, the chief assistant Dave Harshman walked up to Wilkens with a smile, "This Su Wen performed very well. It seems that Rice's Done the right deal, we really need a tough guy like this.”

"Ah."

Wilkens nodded and said calmly: "He is still a little immature."

"I saw earlier that he only knew about personal offensive scoring. When he was very alone, my blood pressure rose. Fortunately, this kid knew the existence of his teammates and knew how to cooperate."

"Haha." Harshman said disapprovingly: "Why do I feel like he did it on purpose?"

"It seems like you want to prove yourself in front of your competitors?"

"Oh?"

Wilkens asked in surprise: "Why do you say that?"

"Didn't you see that kid kept chattering to Al?" Harshman laughed: "I was standing aside and saw Al's face turn green several times."

"Al was furious with him."

"is it?"

Wilkens shook his head and laughed secretly: This kid!

Damn!

Damn!

Damn Chinese kid!
After the training, Al Wood walked back to the players' apartment with Tom Chambers. He was angry all the way, as if someone owed him 80 million and hadn't paid back.

When I walked to the intersection of the apartment building, I saw a shriveled can lying quietly on the ground, and I kicked it hard.

The can instantly flew straight to the trash can more than ten meters away.

"Al, I think you should go to the NFL instead of the NBA. Your footwork is very suitable for it." His kick shocked the silent Chambers beside him, and he couldn't help but complain.

But this didn't stop Wood from shutting up. The latter roared angrily: "Damn Chinese!"

Are you still angry?

Seeing him and a kid holding a grudge for not being able to buy a lollipop, Chambers smiled and said, "Al, what are you doing to provoke that kid?"

"I'm not convinced."

Wood folded his arms fiercely, raised his head high and snorted: "That kid is really annoying."

"Everything he said made me want to punch him in the face."

"Who told you to always provoke him when you have nothing to do?" Chambers smiled even more happily, and seemed to be gloating. He said: "That kid is the future core appointed by the management. If you go against him, you will not get support. "

The NBA league is a microcosm of real society.

In society, people like to have relationships, like to stick together, and like strong people, and the same is true in the NBA.

The average player here who is great is surrounded by a bunch of people who are flattering him.

There are also people here who specialize in interpersonal relationships and go through the back door. There are also people here who like to stick together and fight for trouble. There are more old guys here who like to bully the weak and PUA newcomers.

However, if you are a PUA newcomer who has connections and is valued by the management, then you will not get a sense of accomplishment. What awaits you may still be a trade, or you may be benched.

Su Wen is the person who is valued by the management and immediately wants to support him as the core.

He was brought back by the management in exchange for two All-Stars. Those two former All-Star teammates were the internal and external core of the team last season.

After they left, there were no seniors in the team who were qualified to be more suitable for the core. Except for him, Chambers, they were all substitutes.

Su Wen, who is so highly valued, is obviously the core of the future!

If the coaching staff and management want to establish a core as soon as possible, the brother next to him, Al Wood, will definitely be regarded as a model who kills chickens to scare monkeys and establish Su Wen's authority.

If you don't deal with Su Wen, aren't you asking for trouble?
Chambers felt a little funny about his irrational teammates, but in his heart he still didn't want his teammates to be targeted by the coaching staff or senior management.

He thought he had to do something to help him.

Since the coaching staff arranged group confrontation training, the pre-season training for the new season has been on the right track.

The veteran players who returned from vacation gradually adapted to the intensity of training after nearly half a month of training and returned to their game state.

At this time, the coaching staff began to create a new tactical system around each player.

Pick-and-rolls, screens, off-the-ball movements, and pick-and-roll screens for defending opponents, everything that is beneficial to the team's tactical offensive and defensive system will be directed to each player's head one by one under Wilkens' instructions, allowing They must execute and make it as perfect as possible.

This seems to be just a pick-and-roll tactic, no different from the future Utah Jazz during the Jerry Sloan era, but this is Wilkens' current coaching philosophy.

Everything starts with the team!

Helping teammates and cooperating with teammates is equivalent to helping yourself and liberating yourself!
Do what you do best by cooperating with the entire team!

After this series of tactical drills, Su Wen's personal independent offense was curbed to a certain extent, but he was able to get more ball rights and shot opportunities through the players' screens and pick-and-rolls and his own off-the-ball movement.

Through such cumbersome pick-and-roll tactics, which are as precise as the gears in a machine chain, Su Wen was better released on the offensive end, making it more difficult for others to restrict him.

At the same time, he also learned a lot about pick-and-rolls and movement.

Wilkens is not only famous, he is also an extremely unique coach personally, and he is also the first coach with 96 wins in NBA history. This was accomplished when she coached the Hawks in [-].

He is also the first person who can surpass all head coaches in winning and losing games.

He also achieved great success as a player. He is one of the representative figures of left-handed superstars in the league and one of the top ten best point guards in history.

He is also the only four people in the league to enter the Naismith Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach.

The other three are Bill Sharman, Tom Heinsohn and John Wooden, all three of whom are famous figures in history.

This is something even pretentious Larry Bird can't do.

Of course, this has to do with Bird's short coaching time, rather than the coaching level.

But he achieved the incredible league's only all-glory Grand Slam: Rookie of the Year, Regular Season MVP, All-Star Game MVP, FMVP, Coach of the Year and General Manager of the Year.

He is simply a super hexagonal warrior!

Thinking about it this way, Jordan's partiality is very serious.

Although he is called the God of Basketball and has won all the honors he could win as a player, he has made no achievements in the management and boss positions.

Suvin benefited greatly from Lenny Wilkens' tactical system.

Now, in addition to being the core arrow on the offensive end of the team, he is also the center of ball control, doing more work than point guard Brad Davis.

He not only needs to score points, but also pay attention to coordinate with his teammates' movements and then pass the ball.

Among them, Tom Chambers received the most passes from him.

When Chambers repeatedly appeared on the offensive line that he was good at, Su Wen's passes were always on call, and he was sent four, five or six times in almost every drill and group match.

This made Chambers himself very difficult to handle, and he felt deeply guilty about his friend El Wood.

I really want to help you target him, but he... really makes me cry to death!

You really dote on me so much!

Tom Chambers is actually a typical superstar who was submerged in the brilliance of superstars in the 90s.

He has extraordinary strength, outstanding talent, strong inside impact, and a strong tendency to dunk. He will perform violent dunks whenever he gets the chance, and is nicknamed the 'White Bomber'.

He has a strong tendency to charge for dunks and is also good at rushing for rebounds.

To Su Wen, he looked like a white version of Barkley who was 10 centimeters taller.

At the same time, he was one of the 'white men can fly' versions, much earlier than Brent Barry.

He once participated in the 1988 Slam Dunk Contest, but unfortunately he encountered Jordan and failed to win the championship.

But he also has the shortcomings common to those talented jumping men, that is, his shooting is unstable. His sweet spot is in the three-second zone, where he can dunk at any time.

At his peak, he was a scoring powerhouse averaging 25+ and 27+ per game. He was selected to the All-Stars four consecutive times and entered the All-NBA Team twice in a row.

However, there were too many super giants in the league at this time, and they were too shining. Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan and the like, and even the lesser Karl Malone and Charles Barkley were more famous than him.

Coupled with his lack of publicity and outstanding personality, he was completely submerged in this group of super giants.

But this guy is the favorite of the coaching staff.

He has a strong scoring ability, is willing to obey arrangements, and is not rebellious.

His teammates also like him, because his passes may be immediately converted into assists in his hands, adding to the statistics.

Su Wen is like this, he loves to look for him.

He has become one of the core figures in Su Wen's data collection.

The entire Seattle SuperSonics, after a series of trainings, as time came to October 10, it also ushered in the opening day of the new NBA season, and it was the first game of the regular season of the new season.

It was also Su Wen’s NBA career debut!

Before the 90s, the NBA had no preseason games.

Players who come back from vacation will directly face the official regular season after returning to the team.

Therefore, there is no warm-up match to test tactics and train troops.

On this day of the opening game, there are a total of six games, namely: Washington Bullets vs. Chicago Bulls;
Boston Celtics vs. Detroit Pistons;
Phoenix Suns vs. Golden State Warriors;

Atlanta Hawks vs New Jersey Nets;

and Utah Jazz vs Seattle SuperSonics.

(End of this chapter)