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Chapter 44: Beat the "Dog"! (New book, please collect monthly tickets and recommend tickets!)

With an expectant heart, on December 12, when Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak stepped into the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, he soon found a group of colleagues with the same goal as him.
Sitting right below Kupchak's seat was Chris Mullin, general manager of the Golden State Warriors.

Since the start of the new NBA season, the Warriors have achieved a record of 3 wins and 11 losses, so even if Kupchak is an idiot, he can guess why Mullin came tonight.

"After spending three precious years on Jason Richardson, even the cat at Oracle Arena knows that Jason is not the player who can help the Warriors out of this mess."

Yes, it's no secret that the Warriors need to rebuild.

Mullin delivered a detailed reconstruction plan to the team management at a time when the Warriors needed him the most.
Therefore, this summer, the Warriors management, who hit it off with God's Left Hand, said to Mullin without hesitation:

"You can be our general manager, Chris."

Historically, after Mullin became the general manager of the Warriors, he successfully made several good trades and invited back Nelson Sr., allowing the fans at the Oracle Arena to enjoy a happy time for a while.

That happy time was called the Golden State Gangsters.

Because in the first few trades for the Warriors, Mullin brought back Baron Davis, the future core of the Golden State Gang.

Although a handsome guy named Stephen Curry will make the new generation of Warriors fans gradually forget the passionate years of the Golden State Gang, for Warriors fans who have not felt the atmosphere of the playoffs for thirteen years,
The Golden State Gang was undoubtedly the ray of light that ended their suffering.

In the stands, Mullin noticed Kupchak and nodded and smiled at him, then immediately focused his attention on the information about Qin Yue in his hand.

"If Qin can continue his college career performance in the NBA, he will undoubtedly be the one we have been waiting for." Mu Lin, who has been observing Qin Yue for some time, thought to himself.

Then, Mullin continued to work.

As his eyes swept around, one familiar name after another came into his sight.

Sitting not far to his left was Magic general manager John Weisbrod.

Sitting in the row below and to his right was Hornets general manager Alan Bristow.

There are also Hawks general manager Billy Knight and Bucks general manager Larry Harris.
At this moment, Kupchak felt that the NBA general managers gathered tonight were...
We are here to attend a big awards ceremony together.

If only some award shows could come in such good company.

"Mitch, I knew you would come. I thought you must have watched Qin's performance in the opening game on video.
Unfortunately, the video recording cannot give you the same direct experience of the visual shock that Qin brings to you as watching the game live."

In the stands, just as Kupchak looked around, the voice of an old friend soon reached his ears.

Sonny Vaccaro.

This business legend, who has been helping Lynn Merritt push Qin Yue to the top of the NBA draft in the past month, has already become Qin Yue's fanatical fan.

Vaccaro is well aware that there are many players over 208 cm tall in the NBA.

But there are only a few players who can sprint at the speed of a Ferrari supercar like Qin Yue and send the basketball into the hoop with a 180-pound weight hanging on his body.

What's more, since the start of the NCAA, Qin Yue has proved through game after game that the opening game was no accident?

Of course, Vaccaro is well aware that the main reason why tonight's game attracted so many general managers from NBA teams is because Qin Yue will face the challenge from Bogut in this game.

"Larry Brown said this summer that Andrew Bogut is the best center in college basketball today." After chatting with Kupchak for a while, Vaccaro suddenly changed the subject.

Hearing this, Kupchak nodded and said, “So, this game can also be seen as a competition for the top pick next year?
Since May this year, Lynn Merritt has been using his personal connections to hype up Qin's future.
Although after the start of the new NCAA season, people did find Qin to be a rare talent.
But this still can't stop people from being curious about the battle for the top pick after Andrew Bogut officially challenged Qin. "

Vaccaro nodded and said, "That's it."

Then, after some more small talk with Vaccaro, Kupchak, noticing Wake Forest's starting lineup tonight, suddenly frowned.

"Wake Forest plans to arrange Qin to play center tonight?"

In the center of the field, the players from the University of Utah were actually quite shocked when they noticed that the starting center for the Demon Deacons tonight was Qin Yue.

"He wants to go head-to-head with Andrew Bogut?"

In the stands and on television, almost all the fans watching this NCAA highlight game thought the same thing.

And near the middle circle.
Looking at Bogut who was about to jump ball with him, Qin Yue, who already wanted to beat him up, said to him before the game started: "I heard that you plan to tear off my mask in this game?

I have also carefully prepared a pair of shackles for you. I hope that these shackles can remind you of how your ancestors managed to survive step by step."

At this moment, Bogut, who was almost exploded by Qin Yue's slight provocation, was like an angry bull, "I will definitely tear your shackles off with my own hands and strangle you to death with them."

On the side, seeing that the core players of both sides had already entered into a fighting state before the game even started, the referee hurriedly stepped forward to pull the two apart.

But before being pulled apart by the referee, Qin Yue still won the trash talk war, "I hope your mouth is not the only part of your body that can be hard. After all, I'm not interested in a wimp who can't get hard."

Can't get hard?
Softie?

On the court, Bogut, knowing what Qin Yue had just meant, was completely furious.

Next, during the jump ball, it would be more accurate to say that the two of them were wrestling rather than Bogut jumping the ball with Qin Yue.

boom--!
Unfortunately, Bogut was unable to save his face in this wrestling match which was not stopped in time by the referee.

Because Qin Yue exerted force suddenly and Bogut was knocked to the ground.

Before entering the NBA, Bogut weighed about 120 kilograms.

With shoes on, he is 7 feet tall.

But compared with Qin Yue, who also weighs about 120 kilograms, Bogut is clearly at a disadvantage in this wrestling match in terms of strength and muscle.

"It's so soft, why don't you try to cut that thing off and play women's basketball?" Qin Yue said jokingly, looking down at Bogut lying on the floor.

After getting up from the floor, Bogut wanted to get back on track, but he didn't expect that he would immediately receive a warning from the referee.

"He was the one who threw me down first!" Bogut growled at the referee with a puzzled look on his face.

"But, you were the one who pulled him first." The referee said, looking at Bogut.

Then, after a pause, the referee said to Bogut: "You can fight as much as you want after the game starts, but if you pull someone's hair like you did just now, I will no longer just warn you like I did now."

As a league that has always encouraged physical confrontation, the NCAA of this era has never been averse to so-called iron-blooded and brutality.

Can.
Bogut's action of pulling Qin Yue's hair during the jump ball just now was obviously not allowed.

"He likes to pull other people's hair with his hands even when wrestling. Could he really be a eunuch?" On the court, next to Qin Yue, Evans, who got the starting chance at center tonight because Qin Yue was out of town, took the opportunity to make up the difference.

Seeing this, Bogut, who was angry and embarrassed, temporarily suppressed the anger in his chest.

In the center of the court, after the jump ball, Wake Forest attacked first.

In this jump ball battle where the action has already crossed the line.
Qin Yue's big elbow, which even Karl Malone would call his brother, successfully helped him suppress Bogut.

Bogut was very angry, but there was nothing he could do.

Because his bullet speed is not as fast as Qin Yue's.

However, no matter how anxious Bogut is at this moment.
Next, in this offensive round of Wake Forest, Qin Yue would use his performance on the court to tell him:

——Don’t be in a hurry.

At the top of the arc, looking at Maxson who was facing him, Qin Yue took the initiative to use a pick-and-roll to move Bogut in front of him.

Because Qin Yue's first step speed combined with his strength gives him an overwhelming advantage in college basketball, even if Levi's pick-and-roll quality is average, Bogut still has to switch defense with his teammates.

After all, this season, Qin Yue's 40.8% three-point shooting percentage in previous games was no joke.

Boom, boom.

On the court, looking at Bogut who was ready for battle, Qin Yue quickly launched his attack.

After that incredible display of flexibility and coordination, Qin Yue dribbled past Bogut with a huge crossover.

This is the future Kevin Durant's signature move.

But at this moment, it was named "Qin style change of direction".

On the court, after passing Bogut, Qin Yue quickly chased into the University of Utah's basket, and then, above the head of the University of Utah forward Maxon, he, possessed by the power of a domineering king, slammed the ball towards the University of Utah's basket hoop with a powerful dunk that could shatter mountains and rivers.

Bang-dang——!
In the stands, Kupchak, who witnessed this scene with his own eyes, almost instantly understood why Vaccaro had told him before that only by watching Qin Yue's game live could one feel Qin Yue's talent most intuitively.

"Lamar's skills may be one of the few big men in the NBA who can compete with Qin in terms of flexibility, but..."

After swallowing, Kupchak continued to think: "But Lamar doesn't have the impact of Qin."

Back to the University of Utah offense.

Amid the harsh boos all around, Bogut retaliated by sitting in the low post, vowing to regain face from Qin Yue with a back-to-the-basket single.

On the side, the referee did not make any penalty for Bogut's pushing actions when he was squeezed.

Obviously, the three referees tonight followed their promise before the game to allow Qin Yue and Bogut to compete as much as they wanted. However, after receiving the ball, when Bogut wanted to continue to squeeze in, he encountered the same embarrassment as Qin Yue's memory of him backing up Yao Ming in the future.
That is, when he was unable to use brute force to squeeze out of the opponent's position, Bogut's so-called basic skills that were comparable to Duncan's were immediately exposed.

NBA fans familiar with Bogut will not be unfamiliar with this scene.

Because the basic skills that Bogut demonstrated in college basketball were based on his physical confrontation that far exceeded his peers.

Once Bogut's three tricks fail to work in the game, from an objective point of view, he will immediately become a high-level blue-collar worker.

In the future, it will be the Golden State Warriors who use his passing and pick-and-roll to find the most correct way for him to open up in the NBA.

But tonight, as Utah's leading scorer
How could Bogut, who publicly handed over a challenge to Qin Yue before the game, choose to show his blue-collar skills to the world?
At this moment, he just wanted to break Qin Yue's way and use a fierce back-to-the-basket single to tear off the mask of Qin Yue that was held up by Ira Berko and a group of reporters with Nike backgrounds.

Then, because he was suppressed by Qin Yue, he was unable to fully exert his strength when turning around.
He was like a sponge that suddenly went soft, and in the next second he gave Qin Yue a "friendly" block shot.

Snapped--!
"You are so soft. Does your girlfriend usually rely on others to enjoy life?" Looking at Bogut who was in a mess after being blocked by him, Qin Yue stabbed him in the chest again without any psychological burden.

Yes, for someone like Bogut, even the dirtiest and most obscene trash talk he used was not excessive in Qin Yue's eyes.

After all, if you don't curse Bogut, are you going to wait for him to curse you behind your back using those extremely racist words?
Regardless of past or present life, Qin Yue has no habit of being scolded.

At the same time, he doesn't like kneeling.

Because he has a congenital kneeling disorder, he can't kneel down.

On the court, Evans, who was guarding the second point, hurriedly passed the basketball to Paul.

Under the basket, after using a piece of trash talk that completely broke Bogut's defense and left him in a mess, Qin Yue quickly followed up, received a wonderful pass from Paul in a fast break, and made an alley-oop dunk.

"Chris and Qin have turned Winston-Salem into a city in the sky this year!"

It has to be said that Paul's alley-oop pass is indeed his unique skill.

When throwing the ball, Paul's movements are extremely concealed. In addition, the height and position of the ball after throwing it always allow the receiver to automatically find the most comfortable angle.

On the court, Bogut, who was defeated twice by Qin Yue, was on the verge of insanity.

After Utah University's white guard Dristom dribbled across half court, he even ignored his position and directly asked the opponent for the ball.

Dristom originally wanted to do a pick-and-roll with Bogut, but facing the opponent's constant requests for the ball, how could Dristom, who usually has little influence in the team, dare to neglect it?

At a 45-degree angle on the left, looking at Bogut receiving the ball near the three-point line, Qin Yue lazily made a please to the other party and simply gave up the low post to Bogut.

That action, that expression, was telling Bogut:
Come on, show me how soft you are.

Seeing this, Bogut, who had never suffered such a humiliation, immediately rushed towards the basket with the ball like crazy.

At this moment, Bogut once again exposed one of his major weaknesses to the world.

That is.
His extremely emotional state of mind.

In Qin Yue's memory.
In the future Chinese derby between the Bucks and the Rockets, in order to steal the leading role from Yi Jianlian, Bogut, who was on top, tried to back down Yao Ming three times in a row, and then gave Yao Ming three blocks.

In addition, in Bogut's future career, he will often clash with opposing players due to verbal disputes.

Generally speaking, there is nothing wrong with verbal conflicts during basketball games.

Some players will even take the initiative to provoke verbal conflicts to disrupt the other players' mentality.

But in most of the time.
Bogut is always the first one to lose his temper when he has an argument with his opponent.

Just like at this moment, he blindly rushed into the basket with the ball, and gave Qin Yue a slam dunk to show his defensive toughness.

In the Demon Deacons' penalty area, this block was like a bolt from the blue, hitting Bogut's head directly.

On the court, Paul controlled the second landing point and launched another fast break.

But this time, the person who completed the fast break was Gray.

Under the basket, Qin Yue, who blocked Bogut for the second time, did not choose to follow up with a fast break.

Because the completely crazy Bogut actually fought with him after being blocked.

The referees stepped in to stop the farce immediately after Gray made a fast break layup.

at this moment.
Holding Qin Yue's arm with his hands
Bogut, who kept exerting force to try to break his arm, once again became a clown.

Because no matter how hard he tried, Qin Yue did not waver at all.

Even when he noticed that the referee was trying to separate him and Bogut, Qin Yue was very considerate and directly put him down to the floor.

"Watch your movements, No. 4."

Looking at Bogut lying on the ground, the referee warned Bogut again.

Because during the struggle just now, Qin Yue clearly let the referees see how Bogut tried to twist his arm, so the referees almost instantly caught the criminal who tried to maliciously injure people on the court.

In this regard, Bogut, who had been warned twice tonight, was very angry.

But he could only choose to swallow his anger at this moment.
Seeing this, Qin Yue, who felt that he had to add fuel to the fire, walked towards Bogut with an indifferent look on his face, and deliberately lowered his voice and taunted: "You are indeed the descendant of a criminal.
Why were your ancestors exiled to Australia? Murder, robbery, arson or attempted rape?"

On the court, Bogut, whose blood was boiling again, rushed towards Qin Yue again regardless of everything after the game resumed.

However, during the crowding and blocking process under the basket.
Tonight, Qin Yue also had the absolute upper hand.

Because Qin Yue would always hit Bogut with his elbow from time to time at an angle where the referee couldn't see.

So, Bogut, who was completely crazy, was completely irrational.
He challenged Qin Yue for the third time in a row.

Then, not surprisingly
He had lost his mind and Qin Yue easily saw through his move.

However, unlike before, this time, Qin Yue directly caught Bogut's turnaround shot with both hands in the air.

After landing, Qin Yue immediately threw the ball to the front court.

Because after the two encounters at the beginning, Paul, who had absolute confidence in Qin Yue, was almost gone.

In the stands, Sonny Vaccaro commented: "It took Qin only a few rounds to show people the gap between him and the challenger Andrew Bogut.

He is calm, composed and uses his strengths to his advantage.”

Kupchak commented, "After this game, Andrew Bogut's draft stock next year is likely to plummet, because in the confrontation with Qin, he fully proved that he is not capable of displaying his skills in front of NBA-level players."

There is no doubt that Andrew Bogut destroyed himself on this night.

Although before the game started, scouts wrote many advantages in Bogut's scouting report.

But under Qin Yue's inspection, when the general managers of NBA teams discovered Bogut's shortcomings several years in advance, and in a sense, these shortcomings were artificially magnified by Bogut himself,
The water content of this "White Duncan" was immediately revealed to the world.

In front of Qin Yue, he was slow and dull.

His low-post offensive techniques look clumsy and reckless, and even fans who haven't watched the game for a long time can guess how he plans to play on the court.

Before the game, Bogut, who wanted to tear off Qin Yue's mask with his own hands, never thought that the person whose mask would be torn off would be himself.

On the field, amid the cheers of the home crowd.
越战越勇的秦岳在半场战罢时向那些专程而来的NBA总经理交出了20分、11个篮板、3次助攻、5记封盖、1次抢断的统治级数据。

And what about Bogut?
In those crazy self-destructions, he made 7 of 0 shots in the first half, 2 of 0 free throws, and got a total of 0 points, 7 rebounds, and 1 assist. He couldn't even plot against Qin Yue in the game.

Bogut had thought about using some dirty tricks to make Qin Yue shut up completely.

But this summer, after changing the jump shot's takeoff
Facing the force of Qin Yue's feet stomping down when he shot the ball, he jumped vertically, balanced vertically, and landed vertically.
Where does Bogut get the courage to try?

If you clamp your arms, Qin Yue will hug you and throw you to the ground.

I don't have the courage to step on it.

If you occasionally use small tricks on Qin Yue, you will be punished by Qin Yue's righteous iron elbow.

The first half of tonight's game was undoubtedly the most frustrating half in Bogut's life.

What is even more frustrating than being frustrated is...
Bogut had to endure such a half again after the halftime break.

"Tonight, the death knell tolls for Andrew Bogut.

Qin knocked out Andrew Bogut in the first half of the game against Utah with overwhelming advantage and threw him into the trash can where no one cared." - ESPN Game News Express

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