rpbooks Chapter 164 Who Moved My Starter
Chapter 164 Who Moved My Starter
Chapter 164 Who Moved My Starter
The Air Canada Arena located in the urban area of Toronto, Canada is the home arena of the Toronto Raptors. It is a relatively young arena.However, the visiting team's locker room in this arena does not look so young, but looks dilapidated and old.This is especially the case in the head coach's office in the visiting team's locker room. There is only a small desk and a chair in the office, and the paint on the desk seems to have begun to peel off.Only the door of the office is relatively complete, but it is also gray, and it seems that no one has cleaned it for many years.Right in front of this door, Xu Nuo stretched out his right hand and gently knocked on the door with a feeling of uneasiness.
"Come in." An old voice came from the room, which was the voice of Coach Larry Brown.
Xu Nuo exhaled lightly, calmed down his mood, let his heartbeat become more stable, then Xu Nuo opened the door and walked in.
"Coach Brown, you called me?" Xu Nuo said to the old coach sitting behind the desk.
Coach Larry Brown with silver hair raised his head from a piece of paper on the table and looked at Xu Xu. "Come on, boy," said Coach Larry Brown in his old voice.
Xu Nuo closed the office door behind him, walked in front of coach Larry Brown's desk, lowered his head, and looked at his head coach with awe.Although the game between the Indiana Pacers and the Toronto Raptors is approaching now, and the world outside the office is full of voices, this small office is very quiet, and it seems that it is not in harmony with the hustle and bustle outside. The human voice is in the same world.In this unusually quiet environment, Xu Nuo couldn't help becoming nervous again.
Coach Larry Brown seemed to see Xu Nuo's nervous mood at this time, and a relieved smile appeared on his face.
"Take it easy, my boy," Coach Larry Brown said with a smile.
"I know, Coach Brown." Xu Nuo smiled unnaturally and said.
Coach Larry Brown stood up from his chair and walked to promise.
"Perhaps you'll be surprised that I called you into the office at this hour," Coach Larry Brown said again, this time with a serious expression on his face, "but right now I do have some Something to tell you, and this matter should be very important to you."
Xu Nuo couldn't help frowning when he heard it. What is the important thing that coach Larry Brown should call him to the office and tell him himself?
While Xu Nuo was thinking wildly, Coach Larry Brown smiled again. Coach Larry Brown's smile this time made Xu Nuo even more uncertain.Xu Nuo swallowed nervously and looked at Coach Larry Brown.
"We have to admit that you did play very well during this period of time as the team's starting point guard." Coach Larry Brown said seriously, and began to cut to the point, "Although you played very well after the game There have been ups and downs in the performance, but this is very normal. No player can maintain a good level in 82 games in a season. So we must say that your performance is indeed impressive. It's bright."
Xu Nuo stood there and listened without moving. He seemed to understand a little bit what Coach Larry Brown said.
"But our coaching staff has also noticed that you have been in a very bad state recently." Coach Larry Brown continued, "If we guessed correctly, now you have hit the so-called The rookie wall, which means you're going through a really tough time right now."
Xu Nuo nodded slightly, and now Xu Nuo fully understood what Coach Brown would say to him next.
"After consideration, our coaching staff thinks that you are not suitable to continue to be the team's starting point guard." Coach Larry Brown said seriously, "After all, our team needs a stable state. It can bring better results to the team. It has been a while since Darren Collison returned from injury, and his condition has returned to a relatively good level. Now Darren Collison is in charge of the team Starting point guard is a better fit for our team."
"Yes." Xu Nuo nodded and said in a low voice.
"We didn't bring you back to the bench because we didn't trust you," coach Larry Brown continued. The best. But we as a member of the Indiana Pacers, we have to think about the team, everything from the interests of the team, so that we can be called a team, a team !"
"I understand, Coach Brown." Xu Nuo said, "I know that I have not been in a good state recently, which has dragged down the team to a certain extent. If you let me return to the bench, I will obey you Arranged! You once said that you must play the right way, you must be doing the right thing. And I was only a rookie player myself, and there is nothing wrong with being a substitute."
"It's not because you're a rookie that we put you back on the bench!" Coach Larry Brown sat down in a chair and looked at the promise. The team's starting position, your outstanding performance has once again proved my point! If you can find your best form and can kill all directions on the court, I will put you back in the starting lineup!"
"I got it, Coach Brown!" Xu Nuo said in a firm tone, "I will definitely get through this difficult period, find my best form, and help the team win more games!"
"Good!" Coach Larry Brown nodded and said, "You really look more and more like a real NBA player."
At this time, there was another knock on the door, and a team member pushed the door and walked in, "Coach Larry Brown, the players are about to leave the field, and it's time for you to go to the locker room." said the staff.
"I see, John." Coach Larry Brown said to the team official, "I'll be right there."
After the staff member named John exited the room, Xu Nuo also left Coach Larry Brown's office.It wasn't long before Coach Larry Brown appeared in the players' locker room.After coach Larry Brown explained the tactics, the team began to enter the field.
After the host in the Air Canada Arena finished broadcasting the starting lineups of the two teams, Paul George, who was also on the bench, turned his head and looked at Xu Nuo.
"Hey, promise, why didn't you start tonight?" Paul George asked promise.
"Yeah, I didn't start." Xu Nuo shrugged and spread his hands to Paul George.
"That Darren guy has become the team's starting point guard again. I guess he must be very proud now." Paul George looked at Darren Collison and said.
"Hey, Paul, don't say that." Xu Nuo whispered to Paul George.
"But I really wonder why Coach Larry Brown wants to remove you from the team's starting list!" Paul George said, as if to complain about the promise.
"It's because I've been in a bad state recently, you know." Xu Nuo said hastily.
"But it's normal for a player to have ups and downs," Paul George continued. "Coach Larry Brown can't remove you from the team's starting list just because of this. No, I will definitely have time. Go ask Coach Larry Brown!"
Hearing what Paul George said, Xu Nuo hurriedly gestured to Paul George with a lower voice, "You are crazy," Xu Nuo said to Paul George, "If you do this, Coach Larry Brown will definitely shut you down Confinement! It’s not bad to be a substitute player, aren’t you also a substitute player, maybe one day we can all enter the team’s starting roster!”
"Okay, man." Paul George looked at the promise and said, "I look forward to the day when we will enter the team's starting roster together."
Although the opponent of the Indiana Pacers tonight, the Toronto Raptors, is not too strong, and their record is only in the lower reaches of the Eastern Conference, which is not the same as the Indiana Pacers, but the Toronto Raptors' star Andre Under the leadership of Bargnani and the Indiana Pacers launched a difficult tug-of-war.Until the end of the game, the two teams still drew 84:84.With Danny Granger missing a long three-pointer before the whistle, the two teams had to enter overtime.
The Indiana Pacers, who played away in overtime, did not give the Toronto Raptors another chance. Although Andre Bargnani worked very hard, he could not prevent the team from losing.In the end, the Indiana Pacers defeated the Toronto Raptors at home 94:89 in overtime, raising the team's record to 26 wins and 6 losses.Promise played [-] minutes in this game, scored [-] points, [-] assists and [-] steals, and his performance was still efficient.
"Perhaps Xu Nuo is best suited to play as the team's sixth man." After the game, coach Larry Brown said to himself while thinking, "This may also help Xu Nuo to get the best sixth man." Where's the trophy for the six?"
(End of this chapter)