211: 117.
All four point guards are petty!
211: 117.
All four point guards are petty!
Defeating the Cavaliers, the Bobcats gained a lot, they had an unprecedented unity, and their cohesion was greatly enhanced, with so players also beginning to change their ntal approach.
Like Matt Carroll, initially, he was also a youngster chasing his basketball dreams, having been the third-best high school player in Pennsylvania’s history, the first two being Kobe Bryant and Wilt Chamberlain.
His college years were glorious, and upon graduation, he was honored to have his jersey retired…
But when he went undrafted in the NBA Draft, he wandered around until he finally found his footing in the NBA last season by running and shooting off passes from Brevin Knight.
Last sumr, he received a 2-year, $2.29 million contract extension.
His attitude towards basketball had shifted from pursuing his dream to taking more shots to put up numbers and secure another contract, assimilated by Knight’s philosophy of play.
In the ga against the Cavaliers, he didn’t play much, only 14 minutes, scoring 6 points, grabbing 2 rebounds, and blocking 1 shot, but in that pre-ga dia environnt, facing the fourth-ranked team in the East, a team much stronger than theirs, he and his teammates pulled together to overco their opponents…
His long-dormant passion seed to reignite.
He suddenly realized that he was originally a catch-and-shoot player first and foremost.
Instead of growing numb from shooting just to pad stats, why not shoot for the sake of winning with his teammates?
As for lvin Ely, his change in mindset wasn’t as significant as Matt Carroll’s.
Matt Carroll is a rare asset for the Bobcats, capable of catching up and shooting threes in fast breaks.
As long as he maintains his current level, even if he takes forced shots that miss while being tightly guarded in his quest for stats, the team can’t really hold it against him.
Ely is different; he can be replaced.
He also enjoyed the pleasure of defeating the Cavaliers, but once the joy faded, his goal of striving and working hard was still to secure the next contract, to avoid becoming unemployed after his rookie contract ended.
He learned from his agent that due to his previous slacking and fish-touching with Brevin Knight, his reputation in the free market was terrible, and if the Bobcats let him go, he might really be unable to secure another contract.
Basketball fans in the Carolina region, who originally followed the Bobcats solely because it’s Jordan’s team and has North Carolina players like Zhang Yang and Felton, now developed an interest in the team itself.
As a newly established team, the Bobcats seem to be quite different from those teams that were established in the past 20 years.
Zhang Yang noticed the changes in his teammates, and while browsing local fan forums online, he understood the fans’ change of heart…
Charlotte’s Zhang San here thanks Cleveland’s LeBron!
The dia and fans are also bustling.
Those fans who dislike the dia’s excessive hype around Jas, who are annoyed by so overly arrogant Jas fans, feel this is their victory, frantically dissing Jas and those fans.
The dia have also shifted their target, extensively highlighting Jas’s 18 misses and his reluctance to take critical shots…
Even ESPN has turned its guns to criticize Jas’s performance.
However, after every news piece criticizing Jas, ESPN would always add a line in the hope that the KING will work on these deficiencies in the future.
That’s right, hope!
Jas has many flaws now, he cannot post up, unable to move even a 185 cm guard, he cannot hit threes, missing four consecutive three-point shots in the second half, passing the ball at the last mont to Damon Jones…
But he is still young!
He’s only 21 years old, he has boundless hope, his talent is visible to the naked eye, and he is the most hopeful among the new generation of basketball players to beco number one in the league.
Guided by ESPN, a less ‘perfect’ Jas, with his flaws exposed, seed more real and sparked more curiosity among fans, creating new expectations for Jas.
Actually, the strategy is similar to how people were ‘persuaded to accept the new style of layup’, focusing on age, potential, and future hope.
The hype for this ga ca quickly and soared high, but it also faded fast.
The previous fervor was stirred up because there were skeptics, there were rebuttals, then argunts ensued, attracting a lot of onlookers.
Just as Zhang Yang told Felton, those attacking and slandering their fans of Jas are just a tiny fraction of the extre among all Jas’ fans, most spectators were purely there for the spectacle.
Now that the Bobcats had won, those vehently denying that Felton had effectively guarded Jas shut up.
The group that dissed Jas and his fans had their fun for one night without a response, and lost interest.
The onlookers saw no more excitent, and the fervor quickly cooled down.
This ga, which appeared to be a fierce clash between the two teams, resulted in the rare win-win situation postga.
The Bobcats reaped significant benefits, and on Jas’ side, apart from being ridiculed for one night, there wasn’t much damage under ESPN’s manipulation.
Instead, he garnered even more attention…
The next day, March 1st, a new month arrived.
At noon, the league announced the latest monthly awards, and fans’ attention shifted there.
Gerald Wallace and Tony Parker won the Eastern and Western Conference Player of the Month awards, respectively.
Gerald Wallace played 7 gas in February, with 6 wins and 1 loss, averaging 20 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.7 steals, and 2.3 blocks per ga.
Parker played 10 gas in February, with 8 wins and 2 losses, averaging 20 points, 3 rebounds, and 6.2 assists per ga.
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