Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 527 - 175: I Will Personally End His Career (5K, Please Subscribe and Vote for Monthly Tickets)
This is definitely the most serious preparation Kwame Brown has ever put in.
In response to the pre-game taunt from "Little Shark" Bynum, Brown, who outwardly didn’t seem to take it to heart, had privately added two extra days of strength training.
Qin Yue noticed that to prepare for this game against the Grizzlies, Brown even specifically asked assistant coach Hollins for the Grizzlies’ recent game footage.
Qin Yue didn’t want to discourage the hard-working Brown.
But as Brown has completely transitioned into a cleanup center...
Qin Yue was very aware that if Bynum gets too deep in the low post during the actual game, Brown is bound to be on the receiving end.
Bynum’s actual height is a solid seven feet.
As a player remembered by Qin Yue who had made an All-Star appearance, Bynum, with his naturally large frame, maintained a career peak weight of around 130 kilograms.
Putting aside Bynum’s character issues, besides Yao Ming and a few others, no ordinary center could withstand Bynum’s basic skills.
Thus...
Before the game, after discussing strategy with head coach Ma Long, Qin Yue said to Brown, "For this game against the Grizzlies, let me defend that arrogant ’Little Shark’."
Upon hearing this, Brown got anxious, "No way, after his pre-game taunts, I have to prove myself no matter what."
Qin Yue patted Brown’s shoulder, "With Steve and me passing the ball to you, you’ll have plenty of chances to prove yourself on the offensive end."
Brown dejectedly said, "But then people will surely say that I don’t dare to face him out of fear."
"Do fans really care about that?" Qin Yue smiled slightly, speaking with the tone of someone who’d been through it before, "Trust me, as long as your post-game stats are better than that pompous ’Little Shark’, they’ll only say that you crushed him."
Qin Yue knew that Brown cared a lot about this game.
Thus, he also wanted to help his sole partner prove himself on the court.
However, Brown needed to tactically avoid direct confrontation with Bynum.
Whether Brown actually matches up against Bynum on the court?
That’s not important.
Because in past games, Qin Yue didn’t defend LeBron James on every possession either.
But now, whenever fans bring up his matchups with James...
Most fans instinctively think that James is his "Star Fury," and he toys with this Chosen One however he wants.
Moreover, Qin Yue recalled that during this period, there were quite a few players whose careers were ruined by Bynum with non-basketball moves like elbow hits and neck locks.
For instance, the historical case where Bynum hit Gerald Wallace’s lung directly with an elbow, forcing an end to his career peak.
Therefore, in Qin Yue’s eyes, this "Little Shark" adept at malicious injury must be personally sanctioned by him.
To further avoid any accidents, Qin Yue even suggested to Ma Long that Wallace be rested and Matt Barnes start the game instead.
He had no choice, considering whether this season might be his only chance to challenge the Bulls’ 72-win record...
Thus, any potential threat to this Warriors team would be eradicated mercilessly by Qin Yue.
Memphis, FedExForum.
A confident Andrew Bynum is ready to prey on Kwame Brown in the upcoming game.
This period grants Bynum the right to be proud.
Although he’s been navigating the league for five years, he’s only just twenty-two this year.
Bynum believes that with the progress he’s made in recent years, he’s on the threshold of becoming a star center.
Moreover, in Bynum’s eyes, this Grizzlies team composition is quite decent.
The honest Serge Ibaka handles a lot of blue-collar work on the court, making Bynum far happier than O’Neal ever was.
Because throughout O’Neal’s life, he never had a top-tier insider like Ibaka as a teammate.
Ibaka, with a shoe height of 208 cm, is an interior player who can punish opponents with medium-to-long-range two-point shots while having impressive efficiency in eating shots under the basket.
Additionally, on the defensive end, Ibaka’s defensive coverage is massive.
His footwork is swift, capable of guarding from the three-second area to the three-point line at any time.
Simultaneously, Ibaka’s 226 cm wingspan paired with a run-up jump exceeding 90 cm makes him naturally an outstanding rim protector.
This player, whom Qin Yue remembered, had won the block king title twice, made the NBA All-Defensive First Team three times, and ranked seventh in Sports Illustrated’s 2014 list of the top fifty athletes with the strongest physiques worldwide.
In conclusion, not just Bynum, even Qin Yue envied Ibaka’s physical attributes.
Because only players genuinely playing inside can understand how delightful it is to have a teammate like Ibaka.
After warming up, the unignorable Grizzlies’ five starters stood on the court—Bynum, Ibaka, Rudy Gay, Corey Maggette, Mike Conley.
This season, Grizzlies’ head coach Dave Joerger prefers starting Maggette, swinging with Guy on the court, while using OJ Mayo as the team’s sixth man.
Despite this, Mayo, considering himself a talent not inferior to Kobe, has complained more than once in private about Joerger’s positioning, but Joerger is determined to believe that becoming Ben Gordon is Mayo’s destiny.
