After Wang Shuo turned his words into a sword blow and broke through his defenses, Wang Zhizhi didn't say another word until they were eating.
Looking at Wang Zhizhi who has always remained silent, Wang Shuo, who knows that the situation is easy to change and the nature is hard to change, is not naive enough to think that he can make Wang Zhizhi accept the reality with just a few words.
Wang Shuo is not a magician, let alone a psychology expert.
Tonight, the reason why he accepted Wang Zhizhi's invitation to have supper together was not because he wanted to change anything.
He came just because Wang Zhizhi invited him, it's that simple.
In Dallas, after ordering dishes at this Chinese restaurant called "Laowang Next Door", Wang Zhizhi, whose face was filled with "unwillingness", gritted his teeth and asked Wang Shuo: "Brother Shuo, in your eyes, How high can I reach in the NBA?"
At this moment, Wang Shuo did not choose to answer Wang Zhizhi's question directly, but asked him instead: "You also played ten minutes in tonight's game. King, let me ask you, if I give you the same treatment as Nowitzki, playing time, what can you do better than him?"
Wang Zhizhi shook his head and said, "No."
Wang Shuo nodded, and then continued to ask: "Now let's continue to make a hypothesis.
If I were the head coach of this Mavericks, I could provide you with about 30 minutes of playing time in every game. After one season, what kind of report card do you think you could deliver? "
Wang Zhizhi thought for a while and said, "I feel that averaging 15 points per game shouldn't be a big problem."
Wang Shuo smiled and said, "Think about it again. Think about what kind of opponents you usually face when you come on as a substitute."
Although in Wang Shuo's previous life, many Chinese fans had imagined how Wang Zhizhi's career would have changed if he could have gone abroad earlier and if he had not been expelled from the national team.
But let’s be honest...
No matter how many times history repeats itself, Wang Zhizhi is destined to never reach the heights of Yao Ming.
This has nothing to do with his character.
Because in the NBA, there are many superstars with worse personalities than the king.
This also has nothing to do with the environment in which he grew up.
Because even though Wang Zhizhi's overseas trip was delayed for a year, Nelson was absolutely kind to him after coming to Dallas.
It is no exaggeration to say that if he changes to another team, Wang Zhizhi may not be able to achieve the same effect as under Nelson.
Indeed, in the Mavericks, Wang Zhizhi's average playing time was only about 10 minutes per game.
However, in these 10 minutes or so of playing time per game, he averaged nearly 5 shots per game.
If you convert Wang Zhizhi's playing time and average shots per game into the main force level, you can understand how much Nelson took care of him during his time with the Mavericks.
In fact, there is only one reason that really determines that Wang Zhizhi cannot become a superstar like Yao Ming.
That is......
talent.
In the future, many people will only see Yao Ming's hard work and God's reward for hard work, but forget his terrible talent.
Let me ask you, in the long history of the NBA, how many giants over 220 centimeters have you seen, who can have the flexibility and balance of Yao Ming?
In Wang Shuo's previous life, many people called him "the big fool" in order to blackmail Yao Ming.
But these people don't bother to think about why in the NBA, among players over 220 centimeters tall, only Yao Ming has done it, weighing more than 140 kilograms and maintaining a certain level of athleticism.
Is Yao Ming bulky?
Certainly bulky.
But such bulkiness is only compared to those small men on the basketball court.
It is true that before going abroad, Wang Zhizhi was already the number one player in the CBA.
Whether it is his footsteps or skills, they are the ceiling of Chinese basketball insiders at the same time.
But as the game changes from CBA to NBA, can these advantages Wang Zhizhi have really be regarded as advantages?
In China, Wang Zhizhi is a famous "chasing boy".
But in the NBA, there are many insiders who can run and jump better than him.
In China, because he is the absolute core of the team's offense, Wang Zhizhi can even spread his hands on the court and leave defense to his teammates.
But in the NBA, who will spoil you?
If Wang Zhizhi had been born 20 years later, in the small ball era, his achievements might have been higher.
However, this still does not change the fact that his skills are not enough to support him in the NBA like the CBA.
In the 2008 BJ Olympics, in the classic battle between the old men's basketball team and the Spanish men's basketball team, both the Arab League and Da Zhi proved that they could not replace Yao Ming to face Spain's Pau Gasol.
On the court, every time Yao is replaced, the Spanish men's basketball team will launch a mercury-filled offense under Gasol's organization and support.
This is the difference between the level of superstars and ordinary players.
Give a simple example.
If you swap Jordan during the Bulls era with James during the Heat era, there is a high probability that Jordan can still lead the team to a dynasty.
But what about James?
Are you really sure that in that era of iron-blooded defense with HC rules, he could defeat those strong men whose historical career status was abruptly lowered because his opponent was Jordan?
Do not make jokes.
Maybe one day, Mr. Pi will be kicked out along with Phil Jackson because he refuses to take the blame, and he is still talking about a dynasty?
In the NBA, there is a level difference even between superstars and superstars, let alone superstars and ordinary players?
In Wang Shuo's view, if Wang Zhizhi can correct his mentality and actively participate in defense, then even if his defense is still empty, he can become a good rotation player in the current NBA.
But want to fight higher?
That would only be possible in a future brainless basketball article.
No idea.
Because it is not as intuitive as physical talent, many fans are destined to be unable to correctly identify the gap in technical talent between players.
It is true that Wang Zhizhi's technical talent was the ceiling for domestic insiders at the same time.
But in two years, this title should belong to Yao Ming.
On the basketball court, it doesn't mean that you are more handsome than others, it means that your skills are better than others.
In the game, most of Yao Ming's and Nowitzki's offensive moves indeed look ordinary, but in the NBA, there are a few people who can do what Yao Ming and Nowitzki do and turn these ordinary offensive moves into Turn into one point after another?
In the future, the same will be true for Teacher Yue and Doncic.
At first glance, the two of them are just a larger lump of pork belly and a smaller lump of pork belly.
But when the fight starts, you will find that you just can't guard against them.
So either we can say that basketball is the most bullying sport in the world?
In the NBA, no matter how hard you work or how diligent you are, as long as your talent can't keep up, it's all in vain.
Of course, in the NBA, in addition to talent and hard work, there is another shortcut that can change a player's destiny.
In the restaurant "Laowang Next Door".
After Wang Shuo gave himself a comprehensive analysis from a professional perspective, Wang Zhizhi, who had only just realized how naive he was until this moment, instantly recalled in his mind the scenes of his usual training in Dallas.
Indeed, he has defeated Nowitzki many times in one-on-one situations in training.
But compared to himself who had already tried his best at that time, did Nowitzki really try his best in these matches?
You know, in the NBA, when you need to rely on showmanship to defeat the opponent, and the opponent only needs to face and roll the keyboard to defeat you, you have already lost.
What is reality?
this is the truth.
What you have to give your all to do is as easy as eating and drinking in my opinion.
Although Wang Zhizhi still couldn't get out of this reality for a while, Wang Shuo's professional insights today really opened his eyes.
"Brother Shuo...if you were me, what would you choose after the contract expires next summer?" Wang Zhizhi asked.
Wang Shuo thought for a while and said: "I may also choose to change another team, because this Mavericks is really too strong. Considering that I need stable playing time to win a better contract, I I will choose a team whose style is more in line with mine and whose strength is slightly weaker."
A slightly weaker team with a more consistent style?
Wang Zhizhi made a mental note of these two key points that Wang Shuo said.
After a pause, Wang Shuo also told Wang Zhizhi the third shortcut besides talent and hard work.
“But if you really plan to consider changing teams, I suggest you think carefully about it.
Because in the NBA, sometimes choice is greater than hard work. "Looking at Wang Zhizhi, Wang Shuo said very seriously.
Unfortunately, Wang Shuo cannot use Hazard, who will be in the football circle next door, as an example for Wang Zhizhi.
Otherwise, Wang Zhizhi will definitely have a clearer understanding tonight that choice is greater than effort.
Think Harry Kane, look at Hazard...
What does it mean to be more irritating than others?
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After finishing supper with Wang Zhizhi, Wang Shuo rushed to the airport to join the team immediately.
And on the 9th and 11th...
After defeating XX and the Grizzlies in Houston and Memphis respectively, the Wizards, whose 17-game winning streak was interrupted by the Mavericks, quickly rebounded in these two games.
Although both Aerospace City and Memphis are currently preparing for the 2002/03 season, Wang Shuo's offensive adjustments to the Wizards in these two games have been unanimously praised by the Wizards coaching staff.
On the 9th, the day he arrived at Space City, Wang Shuo found Artest.
Wang Shuo knew very well that before Hamilton returned as the "Mask Man", the Wizards had to have someone step up to fill Hamilton's firepower vacancy.
In Wang Shuo's view, both Arenas and Crawford still need time to level up.
Therefore, only Artest can take on this important task.
Artest, who is in the third year of his career, is not only strong and strong, but also has a bulldozer move that can break the game at critical moments. Moreover, before degenerating into "Metta Shiping", this guy even has a stable mid-to-long-range shot. .
Perhaps he was too tough in his later years, and in the later years of his career, he could not do without a 10-centimeter bounce from the backboard, so that people have forgotten that Artest at the peak of his career was also a sharp knife on the offensive end.
However, in this exchange that should have been pleasant and relaxed...
At first, Artest was not as cooperative as Wang Shuo imagined.
Unlike Arenas, who has been tamed by Wang Shuo, and Hamilton, who has always obeyed his words, it is obvious that if it were not for Jordan's existence, Artest would have been dissatisfied with his current position in the team.
And the reason for Artest's dissatisfaction...
We have to mention the composition of player shots and player scoring ratio as the basis for building an NBA team.
What is player shot composition?
To put it simply, a team can take 80 shots in a game. Among these 80 shots, the number of shots a player can take is the number of shots that player takes in that team. constitute.
The same is true for player scoring ratio.
Perhaps, in some games, a team will change the composition of player shots due to the outbreak of a certain player, but after a season, a stable team will often change the composition of player shots. achieve their pre-designed ideal state.
Such as the Wizards this season.
Although many of the young players in the Wizards have played their masterpieces in the 20 NBA games that have been played, after these 20 games, the top four players in the Wizards' average number of shots per game are currently as follows:
Boss Joe averages about 18 shots per game.
Hamilton averages about 15 shots per game.
Gasol averages about 13 shots per game.
Arenas averages about 10 shots per game.
In the new season, thanks to the Wizards' faster pace of play, the Wizards' average team shots per game is nearly 5 more than the currently second-ranked Dallas Mavericks.
However, even if Wang Shuo makes the cake bigger, there will still only be one basketball on the court.
Well, look, after Boss Joe, Hamilton, Gasol, and Arenas have divided up 56 team shots, how can Wang Shuo have any extra shots per game to allocate to Artest?
And this is the reason for Artest's dissatisfaction.
Because in his eyes, he can obviously do more, but he keeps sacrificing for the team.
And if the number of shots per game is only lower than Gasol and Hamilton, then Artest has nothing to say.
After all, of these two brothers, one is the Wizards' first choice for outside offense, and the other is the inside command tower.
But why do Arenas and Crawford average more shots per game than him?
Yes, now that Hamilton is injured, he can give me some of his 15 shots...
But what about after he recovers?
Don’t I have to go back and make a three-point turret?
Of course, dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction.
As the best medicine to eliminate all misunderstandings between the team, because the Wizards are currently making great progress, even if Artest is dissatisfied in his heart, he will not directly challenge Wang Shuo like a fool.
After all, in the NBA, there are not many people who can be as single-minded as Kobe.
However, this does not mean that Artest has no complaints in his heart.
Fortunately, Artest is not the kind of person who likes to hide things, so after seeing through his mind at a glance, Wang Shuo smiled and said: "Ron, I know you are not willing to just do it on the court. A spot-up shooter.”
Hearing this, half of the resentment in Artest's heart actually disappeared immediately.
Because to be honest, after getting along with each other for this period of time, Artai still admires Wang Shuo.
In addition, Wang Shuo's ability to speak out so generously about his tactical neglect of himself is enough to prove that he values himself.
"I understand your desire to achieve success. But I have to be honest with you, Ron.
Considering the team's current good chemical reaction, it is impossible for me to change the team's current shot composition at once. "Wang Shuo said, looking at Artai seriously.
Seeing this, Artest didn't refute, but he couldn't help but feel aggrieved.
"I know that in your opinion, your offensive ability is obviously not weak, but in terms of shooting order, it is lower than Jamal and Gilbert.
But, have you ever thought that unlike you, Jamal and Gilbert made many of their shots themselves? Wang Shuo asked rhetorically.
In this regard, Artest also had no expression.
Because Arenas and Crawford took many shots, but they were the singles opportunities that they grabbed by themselves.
It is true that Artest can also grab such a shot.
But as Wang Shuo said, everyone has different responsibilities on the court.
If everyone on a team is Kobe, how can you still play?
Artest is not stupid.
Everyone can see this season that the Wizards have a lot to offer.
That's why he was willing to make sacrifices for the team, to win, and for Michael Jordan.
Can......
Why is it always me who is wronged?
"I can't guarantee you that after Richard comes back, you will still be able to maintain the right to fire for the next stage.
But Ron, I can guarantee you that as long as you listen to me, you will be the Scottie Pippen of this Washington Wizards. "Patting Artai's shoulder, Wang Shuo smiled.
Wang Shuo knew very well that there was no such thing in the world as wanting a horse to run away without feeding it.
Therefore, if he wants to appease Artest, he must give a reason that satisfies Artest.
At this moment, looking at Wang Shuo, young Artai suddenly became energetic.
Michael Jordan's new Pippen?
It sounds like a good idea.
After all, in this day and age, who can refuse to be Michael Jordan's second-in-command?
After taking a deep breath, Artest immediately looked at Wang Shuo with an obedient expression.
And he is very much looking forward to the "big move" that Wang Shuo will unleash on him next...
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