Hansen also shook his head with a smile.
In a way, Doncic’s words weren’t wrong.
Over the years, the NBA has been introducing various policies to encourage offense, including the 14-second second chance rule and the no-handcheck rule from back in the day, both leading to scoring explosions.
In contrast, European rules and FIBA are aligned, with smaller court sizes, no defensive three-second rule, and scoring is more challenging.
Of course, hearing this from a rookie makes it sound a bit pretentious.
After all, Doncic has only played a few preseason gas, let alone the playoffs, he hasn’t even gone through a regular season yet.
"But he truly is the rookie with the most diverse offensive skills I’ve seen, and he’s a bit like you, boss, the more critical the mont, the more he dares to play." Jokic then added.
"Looks like you quite like him." Hansen, picking up on the undertone in Jokic’s words, responded.
Jokic nodded with a smile, not denying it.
Although they belong to two different countries now, in essence, they’re from the sa region, speaking a similar language, sharing similar food, and even discussing a common history, so it’s easy for them to get along.
On the day of the season opener, a large number of fans gathered inside and outside the Quicken Loans Arena.
Especially around Hansen’s statue in front of the arena, there was a huge crowd taking pictures.
The statue was unveiled in the sumr, but not everyone had been there to witness it then.
There were even quite a few fans at the scene holding high KT boards supporting Hansen.
Inside Quicken Loans Arena, signs like "Welco ho, Emperor" were everywhere.
All of this narrated the glory Hansen once brought to this city, sothing that wouldn’t fade with ti.
This reached a peak when Hansen entered the arena to warm up.
The cheers from the crowd were overwhelming, just like when Hansen was still with the Cavaliers, as if nothing had changed.
Back when he was playing for the Cavaliers, Hansen would excite the crowd prega with dunks, though he gradually let Little Jones take over that part. But tonight, under the fans’ passionate gazes, he again perford a few splendid dunks during warm-up.
This thrilled the fans, so even moved to tears.
In their eyes, Hansen’s dunks looked even more effortless than before.
Thinking it was due to personal emotions, they were unaware of the changes in Hansen’s physical condition.
When there was about half an hour left before the ga, Hansen finished his warm-up and returned to the locker room.
When he re-erged, the championship ring ceremony had already been set up on-site.
Besides coming to see Hansen, fans were also here for the ceremony of the Cavaliers’ dynasty rings tonight.
This year, Gilbert went all out on the rings. According to previous dia reports, the cost of this year’s championship rings was comparable to that of the Warriors in 2015, with each ring averaging a cost in the millions.
The dazzling light under the spotlight said it all.
Before the award ceremony began, Gilbert took the microphone and gave a speech, sothing that wasn’t usually part of the awards ceremony.
However, no one felt his extra act was out of place, they even cheered for his speech.
This was mainly because he was thanking Hansen for everything he had done for Cleveland.
Even after the ceremony started, after awarding the managent and coaching staff, Hansen was still the first player to receive a ring.
The on-site DJ elongated the tone, broadcasting Hansen’s introduction with the voice most familiar to the fans.
Since there wouldn’t be an introduction for the visiting team, this was a treatnt beyond the rules.
But the Cavaliers’ players didn’t have any complaints; instead, they applauded for Hansen’s introduction.
"6 feet 7 inches, 9-ti All-Star, 6-ti Finals MVP, 3-ti MVP, 6-ti NBA Champion, from Barry University to the NBA, let’s welco, the one and only technical terminator, the architect of the Cavaliers dynasty, the true King, Han~~sen!!"
During this introduction, fireworks shot from around the LED big screen, and a tribute video for Hansen began playing.
A player’s return to the ho court after leaving the team varies, so receive massive cheers like Iverson back in the day, and so face a lot of boos like Jas.
But the treatnt Hansen received now was exactly as the DJ described it, unique.
Hansen’s eyes couldn’t help but redden.
When the spotlight was on him, he stood up, waving to the fans in greeting, and then walked to the center of the stage.
Gilbert was already waiting there, giving Hansen a huge hug and constantly expressing his gratitude.
Silva also embraced Hansen when they shook hands.
If it weren’t for Hansen, the NBA’s current attention might have irreversibly declined, but Hansen’s presence changed many things.
Hansen took the ring from Gilbert’s hand, surprised to find that his na was spelled out in Chinese using diamonds.
It was so special and predictably expensive.
It seed the pre-ga reports were accurate, and indeed, the average cost of each was due to this one ring’s value.
Mitchell, watching the scene before him, couldn’t help but recall what Sabonis had said before.
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