Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 151 Cleveland’s “Big Job”

Shaquille O'Neal's light was so dazzling that no one in Miami cared about the departures of Odom and Grant.

Although these two are the main players that the Heat could reach the Eastern Conference finals last season.

But compared with the extremely bright future of the Heat next season, it is simply nothing.

To put it bluntly, the NBA is a brothel.

I always only hear the new ones laughing, not the old ones crying!
But Odom isn't too concerned about what the outside world thinks. He's excited about returning to Los Angeles.

Miami is a great place, but he's still more used to girls in Los Angeles.

Especially this time, he is a "shotgun for a cannon". He changed from the Clippers to the "Purple and Gold Giants". The number of fans is larger, and the quality of his "hey hey hey" is naturally higher!
If you think about it this way, it will be beneficial without any harm!
in particular……

With Pat Riley in charge, he can't just play around.

Now leaving this general manager who is known as a "training maniac", Odom can only feel relaxed about "fishing back to the sea".

This deal is really great!

He really didn't feel betrayed at all...

"Man, I really feel for you!"

This is what Odom said while holding Woody's hand before leaving Miami. His tone was full of regret. It was as if Woody, a phenomenal rookie with unlimited fame, seemed to be suffering every day in his eyes!
Well, this is everyone's own way of living.

Anyway, let Odom work as hard as Woody, he would rather not take the basketball path!
What is basketball?
Basketball is just a tool for his coolness!

Since you can get tens of millions of dollars in contracts in this league just by relying on talent, why do you have to work hard?

To put it bluntly, players like Woody did not enter the league purely because of their love for basketball. They are everywhere in the NBA, especially players who are more than 2 meters tall. Not to mention there are many of them. [-]% of players choose basketball because they have basketball skills. Their talents can allow them to earn enough money for them to squander Mane!

This is why so many players in the league quickly fell into decline after receiving big contracts...

Odom is one of them.

But his talent is indeed top-notch, so much so that even when he was caught for dating, there were still schools willing to provide him with a college scholarship... thus he became famous and successfully entered the league.

Also, without such talent, how could one be called a "left-handed magician"?

Odom just walked away gracefully.

Woody then attended a party. ——Shaquille O’Neal’s “Moving Party.”

In this meeting, compared to the last time, Shaquille O'Neal was obviously a little more cordial: "Let's do something big, man!"

It can be felt that Shaquille O'Neal did not say this casually.

Think about it, in the end he got the maximum salary contract as he wished, but he was not with the Lakers, but was traded to the Heat.

Taking a closer look at the past history of the NBA, there is only one "historical superstar" like him who led the team to win "three consecutive championships" and is still at his peak. He is treated in this way.

After being treated with such humiliation, how could this guy who has booked the "President Hill" in NBA history not want to slap his "old club" Lakers in the face!

As for the way to slap in the face...

Of course it’s a championship!
He chose the Heat because of this consideration.

Woody plus Wade, this is already a strong team in the Eastern Conference.

Plus he...

If you can reach the finals in your first season with the Heat...

Shaquille O'Neal couldn't hide his excitement.

That was definitely a slap in the face to the Lakers, and of course his former little brother Kobe!

"Kobe was nothing without me, and now I'm kicking his ass..."

He has already thought of such a sentence and will definitely add it to his lyrics in the future.

However, he also knows that this will definitely be a very difficult road, so: "Woody, I will have surgery in the summer. I hope to train with you after the surgery and we will make progress together!"

After winning the "three consecutive championships", Shaquille O'Neal actually has no motivation.

In addition, his body gradually exposed many problems with age, which made him gradually "lie down".

The surgery he was talking about was surgery on his toe.

The first serious problem with his toe occurred in the 03 playoffs. The Lakers were eventually eliminated in the game against the Spurs, which had a lot to do with the sudden aggravation of his toe injury.But in the summer of 03, he did not choose surgery, but chose conservative treatment.

This is also one of the major reasons why his relationship with Kobe has further deteriorated:

Kobe believes that by doing this, he is only focusing on having fun in the summer, dragging down the entire team and laying hidden dangers for the team's future.

Such a person still wants to continue to be the boss of the team?

See if I do it or not and you're done!

At this moment, Shaquille O'Neal suddenly said this, and Woody could immediately feel the sincerity in his heart!

Such Shaquille O'Neal is definitely a strong support...

This incident also reached the ears of Pat Riley.

Pat Riley had no worries at all when he chose to bring in Shaquille O'Neal.Because he knows very well that the Lakers' approach will definitely arouse Shaquille O'Neal's self-esteem as a "superstar".

This self-esteem will revive him.

However, he originally thought that he needed special guidance, but he didn't expect that the fire in Shaquille O'Neal's heart burned more fiercely than he thought, and he didn't need to push it at all.

In this case, the five-year contract extension with Shaquille O'Neal is not a problem at all!

After all, the reinvigorated Shaquille O'Neal can definitely perform very well in the next two seasons.

That means that even if the Heat don't have the chemical reaction to create a "championship lineup" in the future, it won't be too difficult to get rid of him!
What is a "divine fortune teller"!

Pat Riley calmed down and started looking for a No. [-] player willing to join the Heat.

After Steve Nash signed with the Suns, the only biggest point guard left in the free market is Brent Barry, who "can fly even if he is white".Known for his passing ability in college, he can play either the first or second position.

Last season, he averaged 10.8 points, 5.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game, with a shooting percentage of 50.4%!Just looking at the data, you can see that it is fully functional and very suitable for the "championship puzzle" of the multi-core team of the Heat.

But Pat Riley silently closed the "dialogue window" after asking about the price.

The SuperSonics offered him an annual salary of 7 million, a price that Pat Riley could not get his hands on.

Although he received the "rookie contract" bonuses from Woody and Wade.

But the contract salary of Shaquille O'Neal and Eddie Jones has exceeded 3 million.

At this time, the team's annual salary cap is only about 5300 million.

In addition, Pat Riley has to leave a considerable amount of money so that he can keep Gerald Wallace, the "king's legacy" next year.

Therefore, let alone an annual salary of 7 million, even if it is 5 million, Pat Riley cannot afford it.

He had no choice but to comfort himself: "Dwyane is actually very good at the second position. UCLA's running system can make up for his lack of organization and passing ability anyway!"

What's more, in the substitute lineup, there is also the number one position of Alston available!

Pat Riley is a master at hypnotizing others, and he is also a master at hypnotizing himself.

The "big shark" transfer dust has settled, and there are not many "big fish" left in the free market, and most of the "big fish" prefer to stay with their home teams, but they are still pulling contracts. No other surprises.

For example, Rasheed Wallace, and Manu Ginobili.

Even though it’s only late July this summer, if nothing else, the free market is already not too turbulent.Much of the media has turned its attention elsewhere.But at this time, Cleveland's management seemed to think they had too few shots this summer, so they quietly implemented a "big job":
The cause of the matter is that Boozer, who has improved his statistics this season, conveyed his idea to the Cavaliers general manager through his agent team. He wanted to jump out of the three-year rookie contract he currently signed and sign a new one in advance. multi-year contract.

No one with any brains would agree to this request.

After all, the rookie's "child labor contract" is a very important asset for the team's recruitment.

A guy like Boozer, who has a contract worth 200 million, but can perform with an annual salary of close to [-] million, is even more of a "best contract"!Ordinarily, at this time, we should use this "price difference" to sign another strong player to enrich the lineup!

But the Cavaliers general manager seems to want to work with Boozer for a long time and leave a better impression.He chose to agree.

In this way, Boozer successfully jumped out of the contract, but the next moment the Cavaliers general manager prepared a new contract for him, he turned around and accepted a 6-year, 6800 million contract from Utah!
This time the Cavaliers were completely dumbfounded.

Due to the limitations of Bird's clause, they had no way to match such a contract and could only watch Boozer go to the Jazz.

This is the Cavaliers' first appearance of the summer...

With the three "big fish" competing in the free market missing, they just let go of a strong player in the Cavaliers' lineup.

After LeBron James learned about this incident, he also had the urge to terminate his contract with the Cavaliers management.

Damn it, can such a thing happen?

Look at the Heat's management, and then look at their "pig teammates"...

LeBron James just felt like his chest was congested!

The new season hasn't started yet, but he feels like he's already gone.

He is getting more and more depressed, but Woody has good news one after another.

Time came to August, and Woody's weight gain was very smooth. He had reached 8kg, which was still 103kg short of the target of 105kg.

In just two months, Woody has gained 5kg in weight. He thinks he will be able to achieve his goal before September comes.

In fact, it was not difficult to gain 6kg in two months, but Grover wanted to be on the safe side and wanted to see if Woody could adapt to such a tonnage, so he slowed down the weight gain and even stopped it. He started the "weight gain plan" and let Woody get used to it in the past few days.

Woody has been competing with the big iron block all this time.

Gaining weight is only the first stage, building muscle is the ultimate goal.

But gaining muscle is not that simple. As the weight increases, even though Woody has been following Grover’s training plan and performing high-intensity training during this period, his body fat rate is still 11.4%. about.

However, during this period of training, the growth in all aspects of the body was still very significant.

"Physical attributes:
上肢力量：90（95）；下肢力量：90（97）；核心力量：91（97）；协调性：91（95）；速度：92（93）；横移脚步：89（90）；爆发力：92（95）；弹跳：92（95）；体能：91（95）；伤病抗性：95（95）；”

It can be seen from the physical fitness panel that except for lateral movement, all other aspects have reached more than 90 points.

And the lateral movement is just a little short!

This kind of physical fitness is definitely at the top of the league.

Now, all we need to do is increase the weight to 105kg...

In addition to completing the planned plan for this summer, several conditions for activating the "Big Butt" badge are also met!

On August 8, Woody drove to the airport to pick him up.

When a middle-aged man with a shiny head, a greasy face, and a prominent sausage-mouth grin appeared in his field of vision, he immediately greeted him with a smile.

The person who came was none other than Charles Barkley.

He came to Miami on a business trip and was going to stay here for a while. Woody happened to have made an appointment with him before and asked him to teach him the "post-up" technique.

In fact, there are many insiders in the league who are very good at holding the ball.

Especially the "Dream Steps" of "Big Dream" Olajuwon, which is a magical skill comparable to Michael Jordan's "facade jumper" technique.

But with Woody's current height and the template he has now, no matter how he looks at it, he feels that it is more appropriate to learn ball-holding skills from the template himself...

Is there a better teacher for him to play to his strengths than Charles Barkley?
Woody hasn't been seen outside for two months. When Charles saw him this time, he was somewhat surprised: "Man, it looks like you've gained a lot of weight?"

"Well...this is also for better singles with the ball!" Woody nodded.

"Hmm..." Buckley also nodded.

He is actually not surprised that Woody will improve his ball-handling ability this summer.

Not to mention the Eastern Conference Finals, he exposed his shortcomings in this area.

Even for the sake of his own development, Woody will have to improve his ball-holding ability sooner or later from a long-term perspective.

In the "long river of super giants" in the NBA, there are very few "super giants" without the ability to hold the ball. If you calculate carefully, there may only be one Karl Malone.And he is also the "super giant" who concedes the most goals at critical moments.

This shows how fatal a problem the lack of ball-holding ability is!
Buckley is excited to be Woody's "teacher"!
(End of this chapter)