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After finishing the schedule one month before the start of the game, fans from all walks of life suddenly discovered that this year's Pacers are a bit strong.

Strong completely exceeded people's expectations.

It is completely acceptable for the rookies to be strong, because many rookies selected by Li Xun before have good fighting power.

But it's really unbelievable that junior brother can be so strong this year.

In the one-month schedule, the younger brother played 10 games, and the remaining five games were rested.

In these 10 games, he even averaged 20.2 points per game.

In addition, he averaged 47% of his field goals, 40.2% of his three-pointers and 85% of his free throws.

Although he did not enter the 180 club, the shooting rate is extremely amazing.

In terms of purely offensive efficiency, there are really not many shooting guards in this league who are better than juniors.

Right now, the junior's offensive efficiency is almost at the level of Clay.

Think about it, before Li Xun's side, what level was the junior brother?He is almost out of work in the NBA.

As a result, he directly became the top shooting guard in the league today, comparable to Clay.

The key point is that he is not the kind of player like Michael Reed who can only attack. He is also a defensive junior, and his strength is also quite good.

Can't make the best defensive team, but the gap is not too big.

It can be said that the younger brother has once again achieved his worth in just one month.

Byrd was dumbfounded, and now he began to wonder if he had delayed the growth of his junior.

It's been four seasons since the Suns were traded to the Pacers.

If he hadn't delayed the growth of the younger brother, the younger brother might have become a first-tier star now.

At the same time, Bird admires Li Xun even more. He feels that Li Xun has a special magical power, which can always surprise people.

Li Xun's template generator can indeed be regarded as some kind of magic.

Because this thing can really change a player's life against the sky.

However, the Pacers are strong and strong, but they have not reached the point of winning 100%.

The five small lineups they played this year are a double-edged sword.

If the hand feels good, winning is very simple, and the opponent is often blown out in three quarters.

But once the hand feels bad, it will be very difficult to play, and you can only rely on Li Xun to fill in the holes.

If the hole is really too big, Li Xun may not fill it.

Instead of playing for 48 minutes, it would be better to give up this game, anyway, it is only a regular season, there is really no need to work hard.

After all, your body is your own, and if you get injured, it's really not worth it.

As the schedule progressed, the Pacers received more and more attention.

In addition to the younger brother, the reborn player, Doncic is currently in the limelight.

Since playing Li Xun, it has been many years since I have seen such a surprising newcomer as Dongcic.

On December 12, just after the Pacers' game, Li Xun received a call from Bird.

Said that the Thunder wanted to trade with the Pacers.

Use Anthony to trade juniors.

Li Xun was speechless, the Thunder management really thought a little too much.

Now that Anthony's strength has shrunk extremely severely, and the contract amount is so large, it is impossible for any team to agree to this kind of transaction.

It's a good deal for the younger brother, with a salary of only 400 million, but he can play at the level of the league's first-line shooting guard.

Only fools would trade with Thunder.

"I heard that Anthony asked for a trade on his own initiative. It seems that there is internal strife within the team."

Bird told Li Xun what he had heard.

Of course, it is impossible for him to agree to this kind of transaction, but because Anthony won the championship once with Li Xun, he told Li Xun about the matter, and then let Li Xun decide.

"Oh? Infighting?"

"It's not unexpected."

Li Xun said with a smile.

In fact, under normal circumstances, Anthony played very hard in the Thunder.

Because there are Westbrook and Pickle beside him, according to Anthony himself, these two occupy [-]% of the team's possession of the ball.

The coach even asked Anthony to play off the ball at one point.

I even thought about putting Anthony on the bench later.

After Anthony retired, he bluntly said that the Thunder period was the period he regretted the most in his entire career. If he hadn't joined the Thunder, he might not have fallen so quickly.

There is actually nothing wrong with this statement, Anthony can't play off the ball at all.

He has to have the ball in his hands before he can play his best three-threat from the perimeter.

Although he is known as an offensive kaleidoscope, his most efficient offensive end is the triple threat.

If it weren't for the Thunder, Anthony's data would definitely not shrink in a team with him as the absolute core, and the peak period could be maintained for at least three more years.

Now that Pickled Pepper is replaced by Middleton, the effect is actually the same. Anthony is still very dissatisfied with his situation.

What he is most dissatisfied with is that he has less possession of the ball than Middleton.

In this case, he directly applied for a trade with the team. No matter which team he went to, he just didn't want to stay in the Thunder anyway.

The Thunder management immediately thought of Li Xun.

Recently, the performance of the younger brother is so overwhelming, and the salary is also very low, so there is a lot of room for manipulation.

If the younger brother can be exchanged, then Lei Ting's strength will definitely skyrocket.

It's a pity that they still overestimated the value of Anthony, and now Anthony has almost no transaction value.

"Then I will reject them."

"These guys really think too much and treat us like fools."

The deal fell through, and the Thunder would definitely look for other buyers.

But it is difficult for them to sell Anthony for a good price.

Those underdogs want to rebuild, why do they buy Anthony?Anthony can no longer be expected to be the core of the reconstruction.

For a strong team, there must be a big player in the team who has the right to eat the ball. Buying Anthony, who is not cost-effective, will definitely not have any effect.

So Anthony will definitely rot in the Thunder's hands.

The Pacers' next game is against the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Philadelphia 76ers did a big thing this offseason. They won the battle for Embiid.

In the end, the Mavericks chose Antetokounmpo and Embiid.

Embiid became a free agent and entered the free agent market.

Each team must have given Embiid a maximum salary, but Embiid finally chose the Philadelphia 76ers.

The main reason is that the current lineup configuration of the 76ers is quite good.

In addition to Giba, who has been playing for the 76ers, there is also a 16-year champion Simmons.

Simmons didn't play in his rookie season, but after he played last season, the statistics were a bit gorgeous.

In his rookie season, he averaged 16 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists per game, which is quite amazing.

The scoring may not be many, but the assists and rebounds are definitely historical levels.

In addition, his defense is also quite strong, and he can produce up to five points of defensive victory contribution in his rookie season.

The defensive efficiency value is also 102 points, which is already the efficiency value of the best defensive team level.

In terms of shortcomings, it is not without.

That is, Simmons' basket is bad, or even non-existent.

But this shortcoming, not many people care about it right now.

After all, Simmons is still so young, and he can practice sooner or later.

When James first entered the league, the basket was not good, but he did not practice it later.

Embiid chose the 76ers because he took a fancy to the potential of the 76ers. With veteran Giba and super point guard Simmons, the 76ers definitely have a promising future.

Who would have thought that this guy Simmons has never been able to practice his basket. He definitely spends more time picking up girls than shooting.

"Boss, long time no see."

"I really didn't expect you Pacers to be so strong this season."

After Jiba saw Li Xun again, he said with a wry smile.

Li Xun just joined the Pacers, and immediately raised the Pacers' combat power by several levels.

"But our season is not bad, I even think we may be able to beat you Pacers."

Jiba is not blindly confident, but really has such confidence.

After playing the schedule for more than a month in the first part of this season, they ranked third in the Eastern Conference.

Second only to the Pacers and Raptors.

Simmons' performance this season is better than his rookie season, but there is still no basket.

Embiid is in full shape now.

Coupled with the seasoned Jiba, their Big Three lineup played quite well.

In addition, the role players in the team are also good.

While the two were chatting, Embiid came over.

When he was in the Mavericks, he and Li Xun did not play many games together, but the two also played against each other in team training games. Embiid also knows how terrifying Li Xun's dominance at the basket is.

Not long after, the referee blew his whistle and the game officially started.

In tonight's game, the Pacers are on the rookie lineup again.

Li Xun's words are to sit at the basket and face Embiid.

As soon as the game started, the Pacers fans at the scene were happy.

Because Embiid can't stand up at the basket at all.

Being crowded by Li Xun, he was in a state of disarray, not to mention attacking and rebounding in this state, it would be good if he could guarantee his position.

In recent years, there have been some good centers.

However, once these center forwards faced Li Xun, they immediately turned into softies.

Such as Towns, such as Embiid and this year's rookie Ayton.

All three of them looked tall and big, at least a lot taller than Li Xun.

But once they face off against Li Xun, the three of them are like children being bullied by adults, completely overwhelmed.

The only one who can break the wrist with Li Xun a little bit is the fat Jokic. He relies on his huge tonnage and has the power to fight.

Seeing that he couldn't get out of the basket at all, Embiid simply didn't stay in the basket and pulled out of the penalty area.

At least in this way, Li Xun can be pulled out together, creating space for teammates to break through the basket.

There is no doubt that this idea is very good.

In the next few offensive rounds, Simmons got a lot of opportunities to rush to the basket and dunk.

In the middle of the second quarter, Li Xun defended Embiid on the outside.

As a result, Embiid made a long pass and passed the ball to Simmons.

Simmons rushed towards the basket with the ball, taking advantage of his height, arm length and physical fitness, and directly completed a dunk on Doncic's forehead.

After the dunk, Simmons beat his chest excitedly and roared at Doncic.

There was also some sarcastic trash talking in his mouth.

If there is only one time, that's fine, but this is the umpteenth time Simmons has mocked Doncic in this game.

After all, Doncic has only played in the NBA for more than a month, and Simmons entered the league in 16 years, and he has been in the league for the third year.

Originally, Simmons was 208 cm tall and had a burst of physical fitness. It was completely normal to crush Doncic in the confrontation.

It may also be that recently all parties in the league have a very, very high evaluation of Doncic, which made Simmons, the champion, very dissatisfied.

In his opinion, he is the most versatile among the rookies in recent years.

Seeing Simmons' crazy appearance, Jiba quickly asked him to calm down.

In the alliance for so many years, there is one thing he regards as the truth, that is, don't make Li Xun unhappy when you are full.

Just play on the court, don't mess with those moths that will irritate Li Xun.

But Simmons is in high spirits now, how can he listen to Jiba's words.

And he doesn't think much of Jiba, in his opinion, his future achievements will definitely be much higher than Jiba.

Compared with Dongcic, I am more like Li Xun's successor.

Li Xun looked gloomy, glanced at Simmons, and then called a timeout to the technical table.

A moment later, the Pacers began to make substitutions.

Howard and Turner were replaced, and Li Xun went directly to the No. [-] position.

That's right, Li Xun is going to start facing Simmons.

"Child, sometimes being too arrogant is not a good thing."

"For the next halftime, I said you won't score a single point, believe it or not?"

Li Xun's tone was low and his expression was cold.

This expression and tone almost scared Simmons to pee.

But Li Xun's words still aroused the anger in his heart.

Can't get a point?What a joke.

The game continues.

Simmons held the ball on the outside, and Li Xun lowered his center of gravity and defended tightly.

The other players on the Pacers side also opened up space, and it seemed that they wanted to give Simmons a chance to break through the basket.

Simmons was very nervous, but now that the arrow was on the string, he had to shoot, he couldn't really be frightened by Li Xun.

There was no one under the basket, and Simmons moved directly.

Ready to hit the basket with the ball.

Although he is not good at the basket, it doesn't mean that he has to shoot under the basket.

His one-handed throws and picks are still somewhat accurate. As long as he gets himself deep into the free throw line, he feels that he can score no matter what.

Even if you only get one point, you can still hit Li Xun in the face.

Unfortunately, he still underestimated Li Xun's defense.

He just started a step, he only felt that his hands were empty, and the basketball was cut off by Li Xun.

Then Li Xun passed the ball straight to Doncic.

"Son, is this your ability?"

"It's not a good habit to ridicule a rookie who has just played for more than a month."

After all, Li Xun shook his head at Simmons disdainfully.

In the following game time, Simmons really experienced the fear of being dominated.

He found that he really didn't seem to get a point.

First of all, you don't have to think about scoring at the basket.

Not to mention whether I can rush to the basket under Li Xun's defense, even if I rush to the basket, if I dare to make a shot, what is waiting for me must be Li Xun's big hat.

And if you pick the basket, it's even worse.

The reason why picking the basket cannot become a regular offensive method for professional players is that the shooting point is too low and it is too easy to be blocked.