Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 532 - 176: Just watch if I dare to keep bluffing! (Single-day 10,000-character update, begging for subscription and monthly votes!) _3
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Fisher didn’t expect the cunning Qin Yue to turn around and crown him with an even loftier title.
Moreover, when Fisher tried to recruit LeBron James to join him in the labor negotiations scheduled for February next year, James pulled the same trick on him as Qin Yue did.
"Derek, you know, I’m still a young player," James said to Fisher. "You’ve experienced the lockout in 1998, and I think no one is more suitable than you to lead us to win this war."
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With Qin Yue and James, the duo of Hidden Dragon and Phoenix Chick, Fisher’s dream of passing the buck and then emerging to take the credit is nothing but wishful thinking.
Although Qin Yue cannot predict the outcome of the upcoming labor negotiations...
First of all, if even the president of the players’ union is only interested in passing the buck, then what do the players have to defend their interests?
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In December, the Warriors, who were on a winning streak, faced the challenge of the Supersonic in the Christmas battle.
This summer, after undergoing surgery to completely resolve the hidden dangers of a foot injury, Yao Ming’s changes in the new season have been astonishing.
So far, in the 28 games the Supersonic have played, Yao Ming has attempted a total of 70 three-point shots, hitting 28 of them, with a three-point shooting percentage of 40%.
Although Yao Ming’s signature three-pointer from the top of the arc is not his regular offensive means, you can’t help but marvel when the 226 cm giant occasionally drops one on the court...
"How can he have such a soft touch?" Qin Yue complained angrily during the pregame warm-up, having narrowly lost the three-point contest to Yao Ming at the top of the arc. "He only started practicing threes on a large scale this year, but I’ve trained for this for six whole years!"
Upon hearing this, Brown voluntarily consoled Qin Yue, saying, "A single contest doesn’t mean anything. ’Big-Yao’s’ three-point output can’t compare to yours."
Brown was right. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
No matter how high Yao Ming’s spot-up three-point shooting percentage is, he can’t execute a large number of perimeter three-pointers by forcing opponents to use a sagging defense like Qin Yue can.
This season, Qin Yue averaged nearly 7 three-point attempts per game, hitting 2.5 of them on average.
The optimization of shot structure not only allowed Qin Yue to maintain an extremely high offensive efficiency under "Qin Yue’s Law" but also gave him more energy to fully commit on both ends of the court.
As of the start of the Christmas battle, Qin Yue could average 33.8 points, 14.6 rebounds, 10.4 assists, 4.4 blocks, and 1.6 steals per game for the Warriors this season.
Barring any surprises, Qin Yue would become the Warriors’ all-time blocks leader this season and officially achieve his career regular-season 10,000-point milestone in the second half of the regular season.
Of course, Brown didn’t know...
The reason Qin Yue was unwilling to lose to Yao Ming in the three-point contest was that he knew better than anyone that given the favorable shooting environment he currently enjoyed on the perimeter...
Apart from those nights when his touch was particularly good, his performance in three-point shooting could only be described as resembling a late-career James.
This left Qin Yue very frustrated.
Because in his mind, he has always viewed himself as a legendary shooter.
Not to mention, even if Qin Yue currently ranked highly on the league’s three-point shooting leaderboard, would he dare to sign up for the three-point contest?
At Oracle Arena, after the warm-up ended, the starters from both teams gradually made their way to the court.
The Supersonic sent out the same lineup: Yao Ming, Garnett, Posey, Ray Allen, and Bi Bi.
Meanwhile, the Warriors fielded their strongest lineup: Brown, Qin Yue, Wallace, Bell, and Nash.
At the center of the court, during the tip-off, the increasingly aggressive Brown used his sexy little hands to secure the Warriors’ possession.
In the opening attack, seeing Garnett intentionally giving him some space, Qin Yue felt that ’Qin Yue’s Law’ had already spoiled the group of players tasked with guarding him on the court.
While considering Garnett’s age, adopting a sagging defense is more conducive to the Old Wolf King saving energy.
But as soon as he thought about how it was precisely because his three-pointers in the NBA were not as precise as in FIBA, leading to the introduction of ’Qin Yue’s Law’ which caused the players tasked with guarding him to constantly leave him open for threes, an indignant Qin Yue immediately made up his mind.
Alright, since you all like to leave me open, don’t blame me if I take advantage of my good shooting touch one day and break that damned NBA single-game three-point record.
Anyway, future fans won’t care that the defensive intensity I faced on the perimeter was not comparable to that faced by other contemporary sharpshooters. They will only care if I’ve achieved a big name in the record books!
On the right side of the court, Qin Yue actively called for the ball from Nash, and upon receiving it, he immediately executed a pull-up shot.
At that moment, Garnett, who noticed Qin Yue exerting too much force, initially wanted to turn and shout, "Protect the rebound."
But unexpectedly, Qin Yue’s forty-five-degree bank shot, after a fortunate collision with the backboard, bounced directly into the net.
"He got lucky on that?"
Garnett thought to himself.
Returning to the Supersonic’s offensive turn, knowing that Yao Ming had developed the top-of-the-arc shooting skill, Qin Yue intentionally expanded his defensive area.
Seeing this, Bi Bi, noticing only Brown was in the Warriors’ paint area, accelerated decisively, finishing with a floater after outpacing Nash.
The offensive capabilities of a modern center who can shoot threes were perfectly demonstrated in that moment by Yao Ming.
Returning to the Warriors’ offense.
Noticing Garnett still using a sagging defense, Qin Yue didn’t hesitate, moving to the left side of the court and launching another forty-five-degree bank shot.
Then, Garnett was dumbfounded.
Because Qin Yue, still exerting too much force, hit another banked three-pointer.
On the court, unable to hold back any longer, Garnett blurted out, "How can he just bank in two threes in a row?"
Upon hearing this, with the unintentional words of the speaker and attentive ears of the listener, Qin Yue decisively shouted back at Garnett: "If you’ve got the guts, keep sagging off! Let’s see if I dare to keep banking them in!"
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