In the life-and-death battle between North Control and Tianjin, Rochester, who has Montenegrin nationality, hit 11 three-pointers and slashed 37 points to dominate the game. Montenegrin centre-forward Todorovic of the North Control team did not score a single point and became a spectator.
In this game, The starting foreign aid of North Control is Lanz Borg. Todorovic, who came off the bench in the first quarter, played three minutes without a single point. After being substituted again, he was beaten into the cold palace by Marbury and never appeared again in the game.
Todorovic's negative performance is no longer a two-game, the past two games against Beijing Shougang and Guangdong, he has only scored 3 points.
For the past two seasons, Todorovic has played in Tianjin. Last season, he averaged 29.7 points, 11.4 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, and was the backbone of Tianjin's inner line. At the end of the season, Todorovic returned to La Liga.
At the end of last year, Todorovic became a free agent after sacking his contract. Since Tianjin did not use the right of first refusal to renew the contract, the free-standing Todorović became a fragrant feast. It was rumored that he was once close to Beijing Shougang, but in the end, Beijing Control laughed to the end in the competition and signed the Montenegrin center.
After joining the team in the second phase of the regular season, Todorovic scored two double-doubles in two consecutive games before falling into a slump, scoring only 20 points in four games.
After the offseason, the third phase began, with Todorovic being the starting foreign player for North Control, averaging 18.7 points per game in the first three games. Despite scoring well, he did not perform aggressively on the court, often looked defensively and lacked responsibility. Marbury also tolerated him repeatedly. Several games were long overdue for Haas, but Marbury repeatedly hoped that Todorovic would perform, and finally waited for repeated disappointments.
The lack of ability is forgivable, but It is clear that Todorovic is not a problem with ability, but with a problem with the attitude of the game. This season, Montenegrin centers have averaged just 9.6 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, less than a third of last season.00
In the life-and-death battle with Tianjin, Marbury finally couldn't bear it, and after giving Todorovic three minutes of opportunity, he directly decided to give up. It is not known whether Todorovic has developed emotions due to the limitation of playing time, and can only say that he has behaved quite unprofessionally on the field. Haas, another big foreign assistant of North Control, has not been in the competition list before, and there are times when he cannot enter the list. On the sidelines, Haas will cheer up his teammates, and as soon as he plays, he will show full energy, as the third foreign aid of the team, the performance is remarkable.
In Marbury's first season in charge, "Beast" Delgado was cut by North Control only because of his unsatisfactory performance in pre-season and Shougang matches, and a formal game was not played. Last season, Tunisian star Salah Megeri only played two games after coming to North Control before being cut by the team due to his sluggish state. This time, Marbury's attitude towards Todorovich was obviously much more tolerant, and ultimately paid the price for obsession.