Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

LeBron James has received mixed reviews.The Heat also welcomed their next opponents at home:
New Jersey Nets.

Last season, they reached the final Eastern Conference finals on the back of this team that had entered the finals for two consecutive years.

It also allowed New Jersey to be completely torn down and rebuilt.

However, this demolition and reconstruction is not what the Nets want to complete.

But when Kenyon Martin's rookie contract ended, the Denver Nuggets offered him a seven-year, $7 million contract. The Nets were unable to match it and had no choice but to sign and trade him away.

To say that Kenyon Martin is quite valuable, Denver finally gave three first-round picks!

This is already a worth that only an All-Star level player can possess.

The outside world generally believes that the Nets' deal is not a loss!

It is said that this is also due to changes in the league's official rules. Outside players have freed their hands, making the league's requirements for the mobility of inside players higher.

Kenyon Martin is exactly this kind of player. Coupled with his own status among players of the same type in the Eastern Conference, he is only inferior to Woody and can "sit back and watch." This has just made the Nuggets willing to play such a big player. Price, snatch him away.

After acquiring Kenyon Martin, the Nuggets formed a terrifyingly mobile inside duo of Martin and Marcus Camby.

This has to mention the Pistons' championship in June this year.

"Each generation is a generation of gods." This view is universal in any sport.

For NBA team general managers, if they want to win a championship, the shortcut they can take is to copy other people's "championship lineups."

The Pistons' "Double Wallace" lineup has become popular, making the league's value for the "high mobility" inside combination even higher.

The same goes for the Nuggets' plan to grab Kenyon Martin.

At present, it seems that the overall chemical reaction of the Nuggets is pretty good. After the first four games of the new season, they have only lost one game and are currently ranked fourth in the Western Conference.

Otherwise, why would LeBron and the Cavaliers be under so much pressure!

Fortunately, Carmelo Anthony has reached the "rebellious period". At the beginning of the new season, it was reported that he was doing some troublesome things off the court. As a result, his overall data did not change much compared with last season...

Otherwise, LeBron James would probably have to hold meetings with his team all day long.

But even so, after the game against the Bucks, there were rumors that LeBron James became dissatisfied with the Goodman brothers and was considering changing his agent team.

Together, this incident can be regarded as temporarily covering up the record of 5 win and 1 losses between LeBron James and the Cavaliers in the first five games of the new season.

The Nets completed a wave of "win-win" transactions with the Nuggets, but the team also entered a period of transformation because of the loss of Kenyon Martin.

Some people feel that they are important when they are around. Once they are gone, they feel even more important.

For the Nets, Kenyon Martin's offensive performance was originally thought to be provided by Jason Kidd, but now it seems that his ability to seize opportunities by cutting to the basket is really not something that ordinary inside players can match. comparable.

This is true on the offensive end, not to mention the defensive end.

Kenyon Martin's ability to protect the frame makes the Nuggets willing to give him a contract with an annual salary of tens of millions, which shows how powerful his defensive ability is.

Judging from the results of the entire game, the Nets mainly lost in these two aspects.

Without Kenyon Martin, there was no one inside to take advantage of the situation, and at the same time, there was no one on the outside to help check for leaks and fill the gaps. The Heat took advantage of these two points and "concentrated the attack" and easily defeated 100 to 86 with 14 points. The score difference had the last laugh.

Woody dominated the basket in this game, scoring a season-high 30 points and 15 rebounds.

In this game, facing the Nets' weak inside line, he had a great time playing in the low post!

In addition, he also sent out 8 assists.

He almost got his first "triple double" in his career.

If Wade's action tonight wasn't so outrageous!
Shaquille O'Neal only played 30 minutes tonight. He also happily scored 19 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, and then sat off the court early to rest.

He has obviously entered another stage of his career, and there is no need for statistics or anything else.

Just kidding, the big contract he just signed doesn't expire until 2010. It's only 05 now. He will be almost 38 years old at that time. No matter how hard he works, what can he be like at that time?

As a professional player, when he doesn't have to think about the next contract, his fighting spirit will be reduced by more than half.At the same time, the level of concern about data will plummet.

Plus he told Woody in the summer, this is your team.

There is even less willingness to fight!
To be honest, if he hadn't been holding his breath and arguing with Kobe, I'm afraid he would have laid down long ago.

Of course, it is for this reason that the Heat dare to ask for him!
Professional players have no spirit, which is a terrible thing.

"Heat Double C" played very happily tonight. Among others, Alston scored 2 three-pointers and scored a total of 12 points and 6 assists; Gerald Wallace scored 15 points. 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. After Woody reduced his role on the defensive end due to the offensive end, he began to take on Woody's role on the defensive end last season, and was extremely impressive; Jones came off the bench and also scored 11 points. , the fifth person on the Heat to score in double figures...

Everyone had a great time.

Except Wade!

It’s really like “people and ghosts are all showing off, only Wade is getting beaten”!
Kidd plus Jefferson...

The Nets' "double-core outsiders" kept him submissive, without any nonsense.

最终打了34分15秒的韦德，只拿到了9分4篮板3助攻。

Whenever he gets the ball, he will inevitably encounter the opponent's "double-core" outside player. Woody was able to get 8 assists in this game. A large part of the reason is that the team needs him to stand up and hold the ball.

Barkley’s explanation for this is: “When a team has two players who are destined not to be easily restricted, the coach will naturally look at the relatively important but not so troublesome players, Dehuai. Wade plays this kind of role with the Heat!"

Shaquille O'Neal is obviously not something that can be restricted easily, especially for the Nets this season.The same goes for Woody.

After all this calculation, what can the Nets do?
They are also very helpless!
Dwyane, don’t blame the “brothers”~
The Heat won 5 consecutive victories in this way, and gained a harder-working Dwyane Wade!

In fact, it's okay if you just work hard, but the problem is that there is no end to this hard work. Wade is very distressed. He can only find his life mentor Pat Riley again and ask him for advice on the recent hardships he has encountered.

Pat Riley only said: "As long as you can't practice to death, practice to death!"

Wade is enlightened!

It's not that he didn't react, Pat Riley used similar words to deal with him every time, but every time he heard Pat Riley say similar words, he would always have new insights and regain clarity. Your own way forward!

5 consecutive victories at the start!

When the Heat defeated the Nets and looked at the entire league, the only team left that had not tasted their first defeat of the new season like them was the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference.

Other teams, including the defending champion Pistons, have already suffered at least one loss.

The Heat's opponent in the next game is none other than the San Antonio Spurs, who are undefeated like them.

Whoever can become the team with the longest unbeaten time in the new season will also have a final result in this game.

Of course, there is another bigger gimmick that attracts the outside world, that is, Woody will face off against the current number one power forward Tim Duncan in this game!
In terms of statistics, there are actually two people who can catch up with Tim Duncan, such as Kevin Garnett of the Timberwolves and Dirk Nowitzki of the Mavericks. But putting all honors on the table, Then it is really difficult for the fourth position in the entire league to compare.

Not to mention active players, even among the power forwards in the entire history of the NBA, few can be compared to the current Tim Duncan.

There's nothing you can do about it, this is a tough position.

The No. 90 representatives of the [-]s were Barkley and Karl Malone. They were undoubtedly not the highest achievement, the overall runner-up, nor the highest personal honor, the regular season MVP...

And Tim Duncan not only won the regular season MVP, but also won two championships and two finals MVPs!

It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the guy who raises the ceiling for power forwards.

For this reason, many media say that even if Tim Duncan retires now, he will undoubtedly be recognized as the number one power forward in history.

You must know that Tim Duncan has only played for 98 seasons since he entered the league in 6!

He has passed the NBA power forward position in 6 seasons. The "maximum number" is so terrifying.

It was also at this time that everyone just remembered that there is a real "shuangwen male protagonist" here.

If Jordan's start is compared with Tim Duncan's, it is really weak.

However, if you really want to say it, in the first 8 years of Jordan's career, he was indeed unable to compare with many historical players in the NBA. It's just that the series that happened in the 90s was too magical and legendary.

Now, with the emergence of Woody, many media have begun to believe that a new legend will be born at the fourth position.

He also performed phenomenally in his rookie season, but Woody is 4 years younger than Tim Duncan. He is a talented high school student who entered the league at the age of 18.He even developed his ball-handling ability in his second year in the league.

A junior who is full of energy meets a legend who is already the number one power forward in his prime.

You said, just this title, this gimmick of "who is the last team to lose its first defeat in the new season" is really weak!
The league also set up this game to be broadcast live across the United States before the start of the season.

It is worth mentioning that the Heat have 35 "National Live Broadcasts" this season, making them the team with the most "National Live Broadcasts" in the entire NBA.However, with both topic and popularity, it is indeed difficult for them not to become David Stern's "favorite".

On the other hand, the Pistons, even if they won the championship last season, only had about 10 "National Live Broadcasts".

There is no way, the defense is really not good-looking!
In particular, a large number of current fans come from the 90s. In terms of personal ability, no one in this era can compare with Jordan. In terms of defensive strength, no one can compare with the melee of the 90s.

This is why David Stern listens to the opposition from the outside world and wants to free up his hands for outside players. He wants to use offense instead of defense, so that the old fans of the league can find freshness again, while cultivating new ones. fan.

The NBA is a circle anyway, and when these people get tired of watching offense, they can change the rules again to bring quality defense back to the league.

This is also the reason why this league has many rules that are not part of the international competition.

Things like the "three-second zone", to put it bluntly, are rules that can be removed in the future.

If you can add it, you can go.

This is David Stern's blueprint.

As long as you jump horizontally repeatedly, this alliance will always be full of freshness.

In fact, not only the rules of the league are a circle, but the style of the league is also a circle. The Suns that emerged this year are very powerful, right?

But in the history of the NBA, the Nuggets and Warriors were even more powerful, scoring 120 points in a single game. Didn't they just start playing positional offense in the 90s?
From the beginning, the league gave this game the title "National Broadcast". It can be seen that the league is full of expectations for the collision between Woody and Tim Duncan. They believe that the fans will like this matchup very much.

However, they probably didn't expect that Woody would change so much this season, and that so many changes would occur all at once.

After killing Kevin Garnett and Chris Webber one after another, Woody already has the right to challenge Tim Duncan. Including Nowitzki, the rankings of the top four forwards in the NBA have been surpassed by Woody. After he was born, he encountered challenges and turmoil.

It’s time to change the name and ranking!

When Popovich talked about Woody, he expressed enough importance: "Everything so far in the new season is that Woody has brought a big explosion to the league. His progress has exceeded everyone's." Imagine, no team dares not to pay attention to his defensive arrangement! This will be a wonderful game, and Tim should also see how fierce the young people in this league are!"

The last sentence caused laughter from the audience.

Everyone looked at Tim Duncan, who was sitting next to Popovich. He seemed to be thinking about where his "situational windmill" still needs improvement. He didn't hear everyone's discussion and was waiting for reporters. When he was asked to talk about Woody, he came back to his senses, thought about it seriously for a long time, and finally said only one sentence:

"The future is his!"

In fact, there was only half of this sentence, but Tim Duncan suppressed it back in his stomach. He muttered in his heart very sullenly:
But it's still mine now! (End of chapter)