Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 41 Bringing humiliation to oneself
Brown was also looking at Hansen with fondness in his eyes.

It is hard not to be moved by Hansen's calm performance when facing Wallace's backup defense.

You should know that although Hansen participated in the draft after his junior year, he actually only played in the NCAA for one year.

This level of maturity made him wonder if there was a soul far beyond his age living in this young man's body.

Of course, the most important thing is that this type of player is really suitable for James.

The biggest problem the Cavaliers encountered last season was that James broke through and passed the ball, and the outside players were unable to make shots.

This allows opponents to double-team James or force him to shoot from mid-range or long-range.

Not to mention Han Sen's defensive experience which is also not in line with his age.

Well, the people James picked are indeed strong!

He smiled and turned to look at James, only to notice that James was frowning.

He couldn't help but sigh.

Han Sen is good in every way except that he is unruly and difficult to tame, and for some unknown reason he doesn't get along well with James.

It seems that he, as the head coach, has to use his expertise to do more to reconcile the situation.

While Brown was letting his imagination run wild, Hansen and O'Neal were creating intense sparks on the court.

Parker is an excellent 3D player. He clearly carries out the tasks assigned by the coach on the court, just like a machine part, and rarely makes mistakes.

But compared to Hansen, he lacks a little spirituality.

This is especially obvious when two people are put on the court at the same time.

In contrast, Parker can open up space, but Hansen can create space.

To keep an eye on Parker, the Bobcats only need their opponent to follow him, but to keep an eye on Hansen, Henderson alone is not enough.

For example, in the last round, Hansen received the ball and made a fake shot to shake off Henderson, then suddenly rushed to the basket with the ball, faced with Chandler's defense, he threw the ball into the air, and performed an alley-oop dunk with O'Neal.

For example, in an earlier round, after seeing that the Bobcats were going to double-team O'Neal in advance, Hansen moved to the weak-side high post to set up a screen for Williams, and after the screen he quickly moved to the top of the arc and the three-point line, disrupting the Bobcats' defensive formation and allowing O'Neal to get a one-on-one opportunity under the basket to score.

Led by O'Neal and Hansen, the Cavaliers gradually narrowed the Bobcats' lead and eventually overtook them.

Brown touched his chin again. It seemed like a good choice to put Hansen and O'Neal on the court together.

At the end of the first half, the Cavaliers led the Bobcats 43-33.

韩森上半场出战15分钟，贡献8分2板2助攻2抢断1失误2犯规。

Preseason games are usually played only half a time, and in the second half both teams usually test the team's marginal rotations.

So the Cavaliers finally saved their face tonight.

O'Neal played for only 16 minutes, contributing 12 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, and performed an alley-oop dunk, showing his continued dominance in the interior.

韩森最终打了26分钟，贡献16分4板2助攻4抢断1盖帽2失误3犯规，三分球7投4中。

Thanks to his outstanding performance, Hansen was qualified to attend the press conference after the game, and O'Neal also attended with him.

Although it was a preseason game, many reporters were present because it was the first game of the season.

However, after the press conference started, the first question the reporters asked was about James.

Why didn't James play tonight? Is he injured? Can he play in the regular season opener?
O'Neal looked visibly displeased.

Hansen was also a little speechless. It was obviously him and O'Neal who saved the Cavaliers' reputation, but the media was most concerned about the person who didn't play for some unknown reason.

But when he saw the press card hanging on the other person's chest, he felt relieved.

Because this reporter named Windhorst is from ESPN, he obviously came with a mission.

After James finished asking his questions, it was finally their turn.

The reporter asked O'Neal first.

"If you underestimate the Big Shark just because he's old, he'll tear you to pieces!" When asked about his performance tonight, O'Neal showed a fierce expression to the camera.

"Don't forget, I was a third-team center last season. I didn't even sweat tonight." Then he said with a smile.

This guy is really funny.

Then, the microphone came to Han Sen.

Similar to O'Neal's question, it also asked him to evaluate his performance tonight.

"Out of 10, how would you rate your performance tonight?"

The reporter seemed to have known about Han Sen's "glorious deeds" beforehand, and limited the question directly.

"10 points," Han Sen said without hesitation. The reporter wiped his sweat subconsciously. It seemed that he had underestimated Han Sen.

However, Han Sen's next words surprised everyone present.

"But I will give half of the points to Shaq. It was his dominance in the paint that gave me such a good shot from the outside."

O'Neal's face immediately flushed.

This is not just a question of flattery or not, but Han Sen is trying to make him feel important.

The reason why he, at his old age, still makes that fierce expression to reporters that he only made when he was young is actually to make himself feel more present.

After all, if the reporters of the games I work for act like this, what will happen during the regular season?

Then, came the commercial hype.

"Man, you know Kobe missed three three-pointers in a row as a rookie, but this guy can hit a three-pointer against Gerald Wallace. He's a 'terminator.'"

Wow, this is just a nickname.

But this is very consistent with O'Neal's usual style. Truth, Flash, Big Basic, these NBA nicknames all came from him, and he has given himself more than a dozen nicknames.

Just the Terminator?
He seemed to remember someone's nickname was the same?

I can't remember it for the moment.

However, there are also players in the NBA with the same nickname. The nickname "Flying Man" was first used by "Dr. J" Irving, then Jordan, and then Carter.

The nickname "King" was originally used by Chamberlain, which is why domestic news calls James the "Little Emperor".

There is no such thing as first come first served when it comes to nicknames. The key is who is more famous.

After the press conference, O'Neal put his arm around Hansen's shoulder and returned to the locker room, saying that he would take him to a nightclub to have fun later.

Han Sen's move of striking while the iron was hot brought the two closer together.

Han Sen had just finished taking a shower and changed his clothes.

"Rookie, go buy us some fried chicken." Suddenly a commanding voice appeared in his ears.

He turned around and saw the wretched face that made him extremely disgusted.

There is an unwritten rule in the NBA that rookies entering the league need to do things for the old players, or the old players will deliberately make things difficult for the rookies, which is the so-called "rookie prank."

A common practice is stuffing popcorn into the car and asking rookies to carry pink backpacks. This usually only happens once, and many NBA stars have suffered from it.

Of course, there are other relatively simpler things, such as helping old players carry their bags and buy food...Ricky Davis asking James to carry his shoes belongs to this category.

However, the frequency of this kind of thing is not certain. Sun Yue once bought Kobe a season's worth of hamburgers.

It was obvious that after being scolded by Hansen on the court, Valanciunas took this opportunity to retaliate against Hansen.

"I refuse." Han Sen didn't even think about it.

"You refuse?" Vallejo laughed.

He actually guessed that Han Sen would refuse, but this was an unwritten rule, and refusing would mean that he had broken the rules and would be isolated by his teammates.

In fact, after Han Sen refused, the way other people in the locker room looked at him did become a little different.

O'Neal also hesitated to speak.

"I would go if anyone else asked me to go today, but not you." Han Sen looked straight at Vallejo without changing his expression.
"Because you don't deserve it."

Varejao is red and warm.

Han Sen skipped all the pulling steps and went straight to the face!

He wanted to take action, but when he recalled the loss he suffered the last time he confronted Han Sen, his body was honest.

At this moment, Ilgauskas coughed twice, stood up, and walked between the two of them.

"Han, let's talk it over nicely." Ilgauskas said as he glanced at Han Sen. They had agreed on this last time.

"Okay, I'll give Big Z face. As long as you can make a mid-range shot on the court, I'll do what I should do. Otherwise, you'd better shut up, because I don't want to buy things for a guy who can't even shoot on the court. That's disgusting."

Ilgauskas was relieved when he heard the first part, but felt helpless when he heard the second part.

Han Sen really gave him face, he didn't even say a bad word.

But this is a real humiliation.

In a sense, it was completely self-humiliating for Varejao to retaliate in this way after playing a bad game.

(End of this chapter)