Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 110 Another "good buddy"

"Don't be too stressed, just follow the path you originally thought!"

This is what Yao Ming told Woody when he greeted Yao Ming after the game.

He could understand what it meant.

This is obviously talking about entering the national team.

Woody himself knew that if the matter of refusal was disclosed by the media, it would certainly not be fruitful for him.

Domestic fans will have some bad opinions about him.

But Woody felt that there was nothing wrong with his approach.

Make yourself a better player before joining the national team.

Not only can he get more attention, but he can also be more proactive when dealing with the relationship within the team.

So this summer, Woody still focuses on improving himself...

On January 1, the Miami Heat continued their road trip. In the next game, their opponent was the New Orleans Hornets.

On the morning of arriving in New Orleans, the league announced the results of the first phase of the NBA All-Star starting voting.

The two players on the back line in the west are Kobe Bryant and Francis, and the two forwards are Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett. In the only center position, Yao Ming once again overwhelmed Shaquille O’Neal , sitting in the first position.

This list is completely indistinguishable from last year.

The final result of last year's Western All-Star Weekend starting list was the above five people.

The only difference is that this year Kobe Bryant only ranks second in guards, while last year he was the number one voter.

The "Eagle County Incident" had a great impact on his popularity.

In other words, in the eyes of David Stern, his popularity still has a great impact!
In addition, Shaq O'Neal just increased his canvassing efforts, and did not have too many violent reactions to this matter as he did last season.

The entire outside world no longer reacts so much to this matter.

In addition to being shocked last season, they will not be too surprised when the same thing happens again. Another reason is that Yao Ming's performance in the Rockets this season is not out of sync with Shaquille O'Neal's performance in the Lakers. style gap...

To put it more simply:
Yao Ming narrowed the distance between himself and Shaquille O'Neal.

East side.

McGrady and Allen Iverson are on the back line, Ben Wallace is at the center, Vince Carter is the first at the forward position, second...

It's Woody!
Whether it's O'Neal or Artest, or Paul Pierce...

All the veteran strikers were under the pressure of Woody!
This result is actually not that surprising.

Still the same sentence, Dayao proved the power of Huaxia, coupled with Woody's outstanding performance in his rookie season, Miami is another big city, with a population of more than 5 million, even if only one tenth of the people give Woody There were also 50 votes in the voting, and after a little domestic vote counting, after 4 rounds, there were more than 2 million votes, which is already close to the level of the All-Star vote king... Experts predicted this before the game.

And Woody's 56 votes in the first round seem to show that this time the experts are not talking nonsense, nor are they making up random things.

To say that the competition for the Eastern Conference strikers this year is quite fierce. After all, there is an unshakable Vince Carter, which means that other Eastern Conference strikers are vying for another forward position.

Of course, if you really want to say it, the guard line in the East is even more terrifying. McGrady and Allen Iverson really directly blocked the starting positions of other guards in the All-Stars.

For example, after the opening of the All-Star starting voting channel, the LeBron James team worked hard to solicit votes for themselves.

After working hard for a long time, we finally ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference. The gap with the third place is not that big, but the gap with the No. [-] Allen Iverson and No. [-] Tracy McGrady is very obvious.

So much so that the Goodman brothers are already considering whether to let LeBron James be the third at the beginning of next season...

How can you be a "magician" when there are two "popular bugs" on the defense line in the East!

There is another person who is more sad...

Scottie Pippen.

He returned to the Bulls last year, and also explained to the outside world that this will be the last game of his career.

As Michael Jordan's biggest helper in the 90s, holder of six championships, and the greatest second-in-command in NBA history, the team didn't give him playing time, and even the league didn't say anything.

Forget it, the fans have chosen to subconsciously forget.

The results of the All-Star voting in the first stage, he ranked No.15 in the Eastern Conference forward...

Think about how Michael Jordan was treated last year, and look at how he is treated now...

How else can we say that the "second leader of the team" is not as good as a dog!
When Odom saw this list, he yelled for Woody to treat him and take him to see some good ones.

Woody wasn't very happy...

Although he has become the "All-Star starter", so far, most of the public opinion in the media believes that it is not a big deal for him to appear as the No. .

It is indeed a bit of a back.

There aren't any great forwards in the East.

If it is in the West, whether it is against Kevin Garnett or Tim Duncan, it will definitely cause a lot of controversy!
The voice of controversy has come, but will the voice of provocation be far behind?
How is it like now!
Frustrated, no players stood up to challenge him, saying that he was not qualified to stand in such a high position!

This……

You guys have to provoke me!

Woody is already thinking, should he take the initiative to pull the hatred...

Men, as long as you continue to stimulate, you will get hard!
On January 1, the game against the Hornets started.

For the Heat, this is a "battle of revenge".

Especially for Wade.

His last matchup with Baron Davis directly caused the latter to be a little confused.

That was the first time he realized that there was a clear gap between himself and NBA stars.

And this game will prove his progress during this time!

result……

The Heat did win.

However, Wade's performance was very sluggish. Although he sent out 6 assists, in terms of personal offense, he never opened up the situation from beginning to end.

Fortunately, this game Woody continued the mid-range shooting feel of the previous game, and hit 3 mid-range shots as soon as he came up!
You know, even the No. 3 Pacers in the Eastern Conference can only lose if Woody makes [-] consecutive mid-range shots at the beginning, let alone the Hornets who are fifth in the Eastern Conference!
This game once again proved that "Woody is booming, Heat is booming!"

As for Wade, he's just playing around with the situation.

But Woody, who scored 18 points and 15 rebounds, was not very happy.

If it goes on like this, how can anyone dare to take the initiative to provoke it!

It seems that he has to be a little more arrogant in front of the media...

It's all about achievement points!

Wade was originally a little "blue and thin" because of his poor performance, and he could only comfort himself, "Who can have no natural enemies in the league, and it's not shameful to lose just one hand to Baron Davis"...

It was hard to comfort myself so that I felt a little better.

Looking at Woody, who was frowning slightly, he immediately broke his defense.

Looking at Woody with a constipated look on his face: "Dude, be a human being?"

Woody:? ? ?
ha?
Yesterday, the league announced the voting results of the first phase of the NBA All-Star starters.

When Wade saw Woody's name written on it.

Although many media have predicted this result, he is also mentally prepared, ready to accept the guy who entered the league with him, who is so much younger than him, and stands on the dazzling All-Star stage ahead of time.

But when this happened, his mood suddenly became complicated.

At this moment, he felt the huge gap between himself and Woody.

However, Wade is an honest man, and he took care of this gap very well, especially when he saw Woody for the first time, he came up with a hug, congratulated Woody, and sincerely hoped that he could go all the way. Leading to the end, becoming the first guy in the history of the Heat to be selected as a rookie in the All-Star starter...

It was only just now that he cleared up his mood, and Wade immediately felt that the gap between him and Woody was getting bigger and bigger.

The Hornets' inside line is not weak, and center Jamal Magloire is a hot candidate for the All-Star starter at the center position in the East, ranking third in the first stage.

Many media are saying that even if he can't compete with Ben Wallace, Magloire can finally enter the All-Star bench...

This season, the Hornets can continue to rank fifth in the East, which is somewhat inseparable from his average performance of 13 plus 10 per game.

But even in the face of such a cutting-edge insider, Woody's performance did not lag behind.

On the other hand, he faced Baron Davis, the final 13 plus 6 plus 5, seems to also explain why Woody is also a rookie, the momentum is getting more and more fierce, but he is gradually covered by Woody...

These……

He endured it all!

Yes!

Wade picked up his mood again!
Otherwise, what is an "honest person"?

That's how you can comfort yourself!
But when he saw Woody frowning tightly, his mentality really collapsed.

no……

You have played such a performance!

Are you still dissatisfied with yourself?

What the hell do you want?

Will you win the regular season MVP in the first season?
Give ordinary people like us a way out!

Woody was distressed because he was worried that his performance was too good and no players dared to question his starting position, but Wade mistakenly thought that he was not satisfied with himself...

A beautiful misunderstanding caused Wade, who returned to Miami that night, to get out of bed at dawn the next day and head to the American Airlines Arena.If he didn't try harder, he was afraid that he would almost look down on Woody's taillights.

It's just that his luck is really unlucky.

Halfway through the car, the tire blew out!
He could only drive the car to the side of the road, told his agent where the car was, and then ran towards the arena.

However, watching the sun rise, he was in a surprisingly good mood.

He felt it would be a story worth telling.

Starting today, Woody has "Miami at 4am" and he has "a flat tire at 5:[-]am and running to the arena by himself"!
On January 1, the results of the second stage of the All-Star starting voting were announced...

It was still the 10 players who were ranked in the starting lineup of the East and West in the first stage.

Woody's votes are not far behind Vince Carter.

This has caused some voices in the outside world, because Vince Carter is the "total vote king" after the end of the second stage, that is to say...

Woody's total number of votes is higher than some of the first votes in other positions!
Bill Simmons posted a report at this time:
"The All-Stars Overwhelmed by "Huaxia Fans" First Voting! "

In this report, Bill Simmons, as always, talked about the data, and very "objectively" combined Yao Ming's game performance when he became the All-Star starter, and Woody's performance in the voting stage at the moment, and specially used The word "dominance".

Trying to muddy the "water" through the data of these aspects, it shows that the popularity of Woody and Yao Ming in the voting session is entirely due to their status as Chinese players.

If this report had been issued last year, it would definitely have aroused unanimous approval.

But now that Woody's strength is still in sight, Magloire's performance is a bit behind him, but he is a favorable contender for the Eastern All-Star bench lineup.

Woody's current situation is one of...

Has the strength of the All-Star bench, but firmly occupies the All-Star starting seat!

But is that really such a big deal?

The origin of the All-Star starting voting is the fans, and naturally the fans speak!
But Bill Simmons has been in the circle for so many years and has his own traffic, so this report still caused some voices.

He deliberately wrote such a report at this time purely for the sake of traffic. In fact, he is also very clear that his report will not have one-sided approval.However, as a reporter, sometimes the report must be "Do you want traffic or not?" Otherwise, how can you keep the popularity?

Woody has always looked down on this product.

But this time, after reading his report, I felt that I would be promoted to level 3 in the future, and this must be credited for it.

Thanks for the controversy sent by b!

Of course, the head work must be LeBron James.

His "good brother" really puts his future in C!

Driven by these voices, Kenyon Martin "jumped back". When asked by media reporters what he thought of the current starting voting results for the Eastern Conference forwards, he said: "If Woody is a black player, then he It will be average, I think Richard should be ranked ahead of him, and so should I!"

He dared to say this with confidence.

So far in the new season, the Nets have had a confrontation with the Heat, and the Nets had the last laugh in this game.

Winners look like this!

Woody received the task of the system at the same time.

"Ding, let Kenyon Martin see the demeanor of an All-Star starter!"

"Reward 3 achievement points for successful mission!"

Hearing the familiar "ding" sound, Woody was very excited, but when he heard the achievement points rewarded by the system...

Come on, no matter how small a fly is, it's still meat!

Can earn 3 is 3!
and……

Woody quickly thought again, if he gave some tough replies, would he be able to activate some tasks?

He decided to give it a try!
To tell the truth, if it is normal, he will agree to Yang Martin's coffee position, and he will definitely not talk to this guy.

Just kidding, what is an "All-Star starter"?

If it's a personal provocation, he will reply, so should he force it?
Indifference is the best answer.

But who made Kenyon Martin's activation task too difficult?
"I hope Kenyon Martin cherishes the days when he's called the beast because those days are numbered!"

Facing the reporter, Woody fought back forcefully, making the game between the Nets and the Heat instantly become the focus of attention of the entire league.

On January 1, the game day between the Nets and the Heat arrived.

In this game, the Heat are at home.

Kenyon Martin responded to Woody's trash talk again before the game.

This is the third time he's responded to Woody's words in a while.

It can be seen that Woody's words can be regarded as "steady, accurate and ruthless", which is equivalent to "flat A", directly asking Kenyon Martin to hand over all the "big moves".

In fact, Woody and Kenyon Martin are really the same type of players.

They are all players who rely on their physical talents to make a living.

Woody's physical fitness exploded, and this Kenyon Martin also didn't eat dry rice.

Although 00 is a small year...

But Kenyon Martin gave other rookies a leg before the draft, and still overwhelmed everyone and became the final "No. [-] pick"!
You know, injuries before the draft are the most affecting the market.

Is it really because of his age that Wade fell to the sixth pick in the first round?

Isn't he missing a meniscus?
Being able to still not affect the market despite being injured is enough to show Kenyon Martin's talent!
Woody's words are easy to understand, doesn't it mean that he will play a more explosive court performance than Kenyon Martin?
Then check it out!
Who is more "beast"!
If one is pinned on his head, I wonder if he dares to say such a thing again!

He kept fighting back, but Kenyon Martin still refused to let Woody go.

No way, this is the only label he has always been proud of. Woody actually wants to tear this label off for him. Using "mortal enemy" to describe Woody's current shape in Kenyon Martin's eyes is a bit true Can't be overemphasized.

He wants to make Woody look good in this game!
"Ding, Kenyon-Martin's desire to isolate the host keeps rising. Faced with such a situation, how should the host deal with it?"

"Mission [-]: Dare to detain me? Of course he slammed it back!"

"Task [-]: Dare to detain me? I will detain you first!"

"The host please choose by himself!"

The requirement of mission [-] is to block Kenyon Martin's shot in the game, the more times, the more achievement points will be rewarded;

The requirement of task 5000 is to block Kenyon Martin before Kenyon Martin blocks him. If the task is completed, [-] achievement points can be rewarded!
Judging from the rewards of these two missions, the upper limit of mission one should be a bit higher. The last "St. Mary's Civil War" with LeBron James was similar to the mission content. There is no upper limit for the rewards. He earned a lot More than 3 achievement points!

Can……

Children make choices!

"I want it all!"

"Ding!"

There was another system beep, and then Woody saw two tasks lying quietly on his system panel.

return……

Can you really choose this way?

Woody didn't expect, he wanted everything, and this system really gave it all!

No, after a while, Woody suddenly discovered a point: It seems that when the system issued tasks before, he didn't make a choice, did he?
This is the first time the system specifically allows him to choose a mission...

If he chooses mission [-] or mission [-], does it mean that he has lost a chance to gain achievement points in vain?
Good guy!
This system actually wants to cheat me?

No, why?

Just because I took advantage of the loopholes in the system when I played Artest's mission last time, so dig a hole for me?
naughty!

Don't do this anymore!
Woody closed the system panel happily.

There is a task.

Put a long line to catch big fish, and there are also tasks for deep activation!
After completing these three tasks, Woody is short of [-] achievement points, so it should be completed...

It's hard work, Ken Yang Martin, this "good buddy" will have to suffer a little bit tonight!
What he has to face is "Full Firepower Di"!
Before the game, Woody and Kenyon Martin met on the field. The moment their eyes met, the onlookers felt as if there was a flash of lightning.

In the hands of the reporters on the sidelines, the sound of "click, click" kept ringing.

Based on the expressions of these two people tonight, they had a hunch that this would be a very bloody match!

The game is about to start, and the two sides will start their positions.

For the Nets, the starting five are Jason Kidd, Corey Kidders, Richard Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, and Jason Collins.

Jason Kidd is naturally the trump card of this team.

Back then when he came to the Nets from the Suns, no one expected that the team would be able to complete a direct transformation under his leadership, reaching the stage of the finals for two consecutive seasons and creating the history of the Nets. best score.

From the tactical level, this can be regarded as a representative player of "single-core leadership".

But when it comes to "single-core leadership", few people mention his name.

So the lack of scoring ability is really not taken seriously.

It always feels like a "propeller", and it is a short head when placed with other "cores" known for scoring.

Not to mention others, in terms of leading the team, Jason Kidd is definitely better than Allen Iverson.

But Allen Iverson has won the regular season MVP, and he is a "basketball spiritual leader" who has influenced a generation of fans, while Jason Kidd is still the one who only blows kisses to the basketball before free throws. Baldhead".

Speaking of which, Woody is quite touched by this.

Because he is going through the same thing.

As far as his personal performance and data are concerned, he should have had a greater momentum. Needless to say, other teams include the Cavaliers management and the Nuggets who chose LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony. The general manager of the team has already beat his chest and stamped his feet, regretting it endlessly!

But in fact, although the management of these two teams have found a way out for themselves, they still think that their current choices are not wrong.

What is the reason?

Isn't it because his scoring ability is very rough!
Just wait, there will be a day you regret it!
Woody and Kenyon Martin got off to a good start.

The two are not just the jump ball representatives of both sides. In this game, Woody is still playing the fourth position.

Stan Van Gundy looked at both sides of the court preparing to jump the ball, and his thoughts went back to yesterday after the daily practice...

"Man, are you sure you want to play number four tomorrow?"

As soon as the training was over, Woody took the initiative to find him and applied to him to play the fourth position tomorrow.

In fact, after this period of time, Woody is more familiar with playing the third position, and in terms of his characteristics, he is also more suitable for the third position.

In the 4th position, his height of 2 meters is really a bit short...

Although Kenyon Martin is only 2 meters, his weight is a real 06kg!

It is 8kg heavier than Woody!

In his opinion, Woody should use his strengths to avoid weaknesses and avoid a head-on confrontation with Kenyon Martin.

Woody said very confidently: "Stan, believe me, I will definitely perform well!"

For this game, he specifically studied Kenyon Martin's game video, and analyzed his personality characteristics from it.

Kenyon Martin's playing style is very obvious "bullying the weak and fearing the strong". When facing such a guy, you must be tougher than him. Once you back down, he will play harder and harder.

But if you play a tough side, then he will become weak instead!

So Woody wanted to show Kenyon Martin how tough he was right from the start...

There is another reason...

Kenyon Martin took the lead to grab the first strike.

To be called a "beast", this physical quality is indeed wild enough!

Jason Kidd faced Wade in front of the scene, slowly waiting for his teammates to settle down, while observing Wade's position.

Seeing that this guy was about two steps away from him, no matter how he teased him, he didn't intend to come up, so he simply attacked forcibly, trying to force the Heat to shrink.

But Wade's lateral movement is not slower than him at all, and he has enough buffer distance to prevent his breakthrough well.He has been standing in front of him, making him unable to form an effective threat to the basket.

The frequency of Kenyon Martin's left and right swings under the basket accelerated, but Woody's entanglement was very neat. As Kenyon Martin's footsteps changed, he didn't lose his position at all.Martin tried hard for a while, but couldn't get rid of Woody.

He has no chance to catch the ball, and Kidd glances at Richard on the flank.

This is the "scoring champion" of the Nets this season.

Averaged 17.8 points per game!
Relying on his excellent physical fitness to attack the basket after receiving the ball is his signature scoring method.

But Gerald Wallace's physical fitness is not worse than him at all, and he followed closely, giving him no chance to catch the ball and make an empty cut.

Martin and Richard passed one after another, and Kidd himself had no chance to attack the basket.

His expression gradually became more impatient.

That's why Woody plays the four.

If he played the third position and let Odom follow Kenyon Martin, Odom's concentration would have been shaken out of the open position long ago.

And if he plays the [-]th position, Wallace can be placed in the [-]rd position.

His physical fitness is not inferior to that of Richard on the opposite side, and he can contain his ball attack very well.

The Heat lost to the Nets in the last game because they failed to limit Kidd's cooperation with Richard and Martin.

This is the "troika" of the Nets.

The ball was eventually given to Corey Kidders, the No. 96 pick in the first round of 8 at No. [-].

This is a shooter who is shooting 35.6 percent from three-point range per game.

However, he is facing the "former All-Defensive Team", now a transition pitcher, Eddie Jones, who has his own experience with defensive pitchers.

He failed to grasp the catch and shoot.

The intensity of the confrontation between Kenyon Martin and Woody under the basket suddenly increased the moment the ball flew out.

The two fought each other, neither willing to give in.

The explosive physical fitness is also reflected at this moment.

This instant power is simple!

At the moment when the ball flew to the basket, Woody pretended to give way, allowing Kenyon Martin to occupy the position under the basket, but suddenly exerted force and jumped towards the backboard in advance.

The blow broke Martin's rhythm.

All he could see was Woody now.

As soon as Woody jumped, he jumped up without thinking too much.

But the whole time the ball just hit the rim and popped out.

Pounced empty.

He didn't dare to delay, as soon as his feet hit the ground, he bent his knees slightly and jumped up immediately.

If it is said that he just showed his physical fitness a little bit, then this "second take-off" showed his entire jumping ability and explosive power.

It's a pity that he still has to bend his knees to complete the "second take-off" with sufficient jump height.

The Woody he faced was different, he almost omitted the process of kneeling, jumped high, and took the ball into his hands.

Won!

The moment Woody grabbed the rebound, Jason Collins, the fifth position of the Nets next to him, was dumbfounded.

He rarely sees someone who can suppress Kenyon Martin in the matter of "second take-off".Especially tonight, he knew exactly how engrossed Kenyon Martin was. Last night, in order to be in a good state today, he didn't even drink with him!
Ok?
Is it because he didn't drink?

Kenyon Martin was also a little dazed.

He had just been disrupted by Woody, and he jumped up, but when he jumped in the air, he reacted. Woody wanted to spell "second take-off", but he really didn't pay attention.I want to teach Woody what it means to be "someone beyond others".

Do you know how my buddy got the "No. 00 Scholar" in [-]?

result……

But he was frightened by Woody's even more astonishing "second take-off" speed.

But it’s okay, he wasn’t good at rebounding at first, and he averaged only 7.6 rebounds per game. Losing in this aspect may not necessarily be due to his jumping ability, but also has a lot to do with his consciousness. Didn’t he just get upset by Woody? Has the rhythm of grabbing the board been lost?
Kenyon - Martin is not so easy to throw in the towel!
(End of this chapter)