Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 178 War Magic

Woody once again won the "Player of the Month Award" in the first month of the new season. The Miami media immediately celebrated Woody's second win of the "Player of the Month Award" with "noisy gongs, drums, and firecrackers." Best Player Award".

Major media outlets immediately followed the announcement.

Interestingly, ESPN, which has always deliberately "ignored" Woody, also reported the matter immediately this time.

As LeBron James's "sub-media", their abnormal signals make LeBron James very embarrassed.

Of course, his embarrassment is not just ESPN's backstabbing behavior.

When the major media mentions Woody's award, they will cue LeBron James very tacitly, as if if they don't mention LeBron, their reports will be very imperfect.

This made LeBron James shout:
These people must have a unhappy life!

The No. 03 pick in 04 was embarrassing, and the No. [-] pick in [-] was equally embarrassing.

The "Rookie Player of the Month Award" for the first month of the new season is also officially announced:

The "Rookie of the Month" in the Western Conference belongs to Jr. Smith, the 04th pick in the 18 debut of the New Orleans Hornets.

He averaged 10.3 points per game off the bench, the highest score among many rookies in the Western Conference.

Speaking of which, this year's rookie class is quite similar to last year's.

There are many talented high school students, such as the first overall pick Howard, the fourth overall pick Shaun Livingston, and Jr. Smith who won the "Rookie of the Month" in the first month of the Western Conference. These are all based on Players entering the draft as high school students.

At the same time, many of this year's strong rookies are on the Eastern Conference teams just like last year, while there are very few Western Conference teams.

This is naturally evidence of the alliance’s pattern of “weak in the east and strong in the west”:
After all, the team with the worse record is more likely to get a high pick. Last season's No. 13 pick in the Eastern Conference may be ranked ahead of No. [-] in the Western Conference.

Therefore, the competition for rookies in the Western Conference this year is not fierce, and Jr. Smith is already "outstanding".

The competition in the East is obviously much more intense. Howard averaged 13 plus 8 per game, but lost to Okafor, the second pick in the first round of 04, who played in his first month with the Bobcats. Both can get "double-double" data of 15 points and 10 rebounds.

The number of double-doubles so far ranks among the top among many players in the league.

This is related to the fact that he is an "older rookie", but honors never depend on age. As long as you are a rookie and as long as you perform well, then the award that should be yours is yours.

As the "number one pick", Howard could only watch Okafor win the "Rookie of the Month Trophy" in the first month of the new season on the first day of December.

This made the already unhappy first day of December even more unhappy for him.

The Magic's new season schedule, the first game in December, their opponent is...

Miami Heat!

Howard, who expressed his disdain for Woody on the night of the draft, will face Woody for the first time in his career tonight.

Ever since he said those words, he's been hot all summer long.

Of course, all this popularity was brought to him by Woody, because whenever he appeared in front of the media, reporters' questions were all related to Woody and his remarks.

Including tonight is the same.

Howard, who was laughing and joking, appeared in front of the reporter. The reporter's question successfully solidified the smile on his face:
"What do you think you can do in front of Woody tonight?"

"Do you think you can dunk in front of Woody?"

"Do you think you can limit Woody's scoring?"

"What do you want to say about Woody winning the Player of the Month award for the first time in the new season?"

"Do you regret not winning the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month award?"

……

Even with just these questions, it was obvious that these reporters were not optimistic about his performance tonight.

Howard, who was already upset because he didn't win the "Rookie of the Month Award", is even more upset now, but his agent has been telling him to be cautious in his words and actions since that draft, including today, when he was given I made n phone calls to ask him not to be impulsive:

"Man, you should know that you are still a long way from your full body shape, so forget about reporters and the media making things difficult for you, you will live in Woody's shadow for a long time, but... days It’s still growing! Believe in the Lord, and the Lord will give you a perfect result!”

Amen!

Howard muttered silently in his heart, and then showed his mindless smile again.

According to what his agent said, he did not show a tough attitude.

Most reporters saw this in their eyes, and in their opinion, Howard was cowardly.

This……

It’s so boring!
A few reporters tried to fan the flames, but the effect was not obvious. Howard refused to take the bait. Instead, they almost became "wary".

Are you really scared?
They can understand, who made Woody make such obvious progress this season?
Such progress has already qualified him to stand opposite Tim Duncan, let alone a little Howard?

Even if this guy is the "number one"...

But what happened to the "number one"?
This is not the only "number one" pick that Woody has taken care of!

LeBron James, the "proud man of heaven", is now also shrouded in Woody's shadow!
A reporter informed Woody of Howard's changed attitude.

Woody's expression remained unchanged.

I don’t care if he is a coward or not!

I have to fuck him today!

If you don't do it, where will your achievements come from?
How can I level up without achievement points?
Since loading the third template, this task has become increasingly rare.

So, this is not a matter of Howard's attitude, whatever his attitude is, just do it!
The Magic made a big deal this summer and sent away the team's "scoring leader" Tracy McGrady.However, they got "Old Cat" Mobley and Francis in this deal.In addition, Grant Hill, the "fastest first step" in the 90s, is determined to return in the new season after two consecutive serious injuries. He still has strength on paper.

Therefore, before the start of the new season, many media ranked this team among the top 8 in the Eastern Conference.

At the end of the entire November game, the Magic had 11 wins and 7 losses, barely ranking tenth in the Eastern Conference.From this result, it seems that the energy generated by this team's paper strength is somewhat lower than expected.

First of all, the defensive problems of the combination of "Old Cat" Mobley and Francis have been infinitely magnified.

Then Grant Hill was away from the battlefield for a long time and lost the immediate combat power he had at his peak, which was also a problem.

Most importantly, Howard's performance was too "high school student"!

Although everyone knows that he participated in the draft as a "senior graduate".

But the problem is that the combat effectiveness of the two high school students of the 03 generation was a bit terrible in their rookie seasons. So after this summer's draft, Howard's immediate combat effectiveness was unconsciously brought to the level of the "Proud of Heaven" of the 03 generation. .But the final facts proved that this "Heaven's Proud One" is "Heaven's Proud One". Even if a high school rookie and a high school rookie have very good talents, there is still a big gap.

In addition, Howard, a newbie, is suspected of fraud!

In his high school highlights, he played various moves from the first to the fifth position, but after arriving in the NBA, he immediately degenerated into an ordinary blue-collar fourth position.On the offensive end, they can only "eat the cake". Dribbling, passing, and "Little Garnett" all no longer exist.

Woody was in a similar situation last year, but when pushing for counterattacks, he could actually control the ball twice, including passing the ball in fast breaks. He could also do a good job.It is said that the abilities in these aspects have only been weakened and cannot reach the level of a defender, but the level of a forward is real.

Howard is not even up to the level of a striker...

This is not a scam, what is this?
In fact, another reason why Howard seemed to give up was that after he entered the NBA and actually played on this court, he realized how great Woody's performance was on this court.

This is equivalent to an 18-year-old playing at the level of a 21-year-old!

Although this change will not make him immediately change his mind and want to become "the next Woody", it is enough for him to listen to his agent and keep his mouth shut. Even if he has something to say, he will just complain in his heart.

Of course, while he was complaining in his heart, he was also secretly looking forward to giving Woody a big blow tonight.

He discovered very early that playing basketball is actually the same thing as rescuing a girl who has fallen off her feet. When she is in good condition, she can save eighty or ninety, but when she is in bad condition, she can only save two or three.

Maybe tonight is the night when he is in extremely good condition?

And he also heard good news this afternoon:

Shaquille O'Neal and Wade seemed to have eaten something bad yesterday and will miss tonight's game.

The Miami Heat's "3c" suddenly lost two, and this game can't be played!

tui!

tui!

Howard spat twice and was gearing up, looking forward to tonight's game.

In the away locker room, Stan Van Gundy took one last look at Shaq and Wade who were sitting in front of the lockers in their respective locker rooms, and asked suspiciously: "Are you feeling better? Are you sure you don't need to call the team doctor for another check?"

Before Wade could think of what to say, Shaquille O'Neal just said it: "Of course, coach, we are actually much better, but we still feel sweating, so we just want to take a rest...right?" , Dwyane!”

Wade, who was poked by him, nodded blankly and cooperated with his performance.

What kind of monster are you doing? This is!
Stan Van Gundy was now completely sure that the two people were pretending to be sick, but he did not criticize these two people. He simply laid out the tactics for tonight and left the locker room.

"Woody, the stage is freed for you tonight, teach this guy a lesson!" Sure enough, as soon as he left, Shaquille O'Neal immediately stopped pretending and patted Woody next to him with a look of anticipation on his face.

Woody, who was tying his shoes, shook his head speechlessly. Only Shaquille O'Neal could think of these things.

But this really suits his heart, and he can let his hands and feet go wild!

Even without Shaquille O'Neal and Wade, Haslem and Gerald Wallace, the Heat still have depth in their lineup.

It's just that these players have some overlap in functionality, so that sometimes, the effect of 1 plus 1 is greater than 3 cannot be produced.Resting Shaquille O'Neal and Wade will definitely affect the Heat's combat effectiveness, but this does not include tonight's game against the Magic.

That's how it looks to Woody anyway.

There were many fans coming to the Magic tonight.

The basketball atmosphere in this city is still good.

But when many Heat players came on the field, loud boos immediately erupted from the scene.

Wade watched for a long time and finally realized that these boos seemed to be directed at Shaquille O'Neal.At this time, he just remembered that Shaq left the Magic and went to the Lakers.

Ordinarily, he should also want to play tonight's game, right?
Woody also realized Shaquille O'Neal's loyalty at this time.

He also had a deep relationship with the Magic, but in the end, the stage was given to him first.

Let him free his hands and feet and give Howard a good meal.

In this case, I will pretend to be sick next time!

The Heat have three games with the Magic this season, two of which are at the Magic's home court.

David Stern obviously did this on purpose!
It’s a gimmick and I don’t want to let it go!
The big screen at the scene gave the starting lineups of both sides at this time:
"Magic team: No. [-] Francis, No. [-] Mobley, No. [-] Grant Hill, No. [-] Howard, No. [-] Tony Barty;

Heat: No. [-] Alston, No. [-] Jones, No. [-] Gerald Wallace, No. [-] Woody, No. [-] Udonis Haslem;"

Judging from the lineup, the Magic are not bad. Howard is the only rookie, and there are two starters who have been in the All-Star Weekend. One of them even became the "All-Star vote leader" as soon as he entered the league.

his name:

Grant Hill!

He is also the only man in NBA history to receive a congratulatory call from the president on the night of the draft.

The word "gentleman" can be perfectly reflected in him.

And the style on the court, that one is gorgeous!

David Stern once regarded him as the face of the "post-Michael Jordan era".

It's a pity that God did not favor this young man with great talent and character.

Starting in 00, two serious injuries caused him to miss two or three seasons in a row.Now that he is back, apart from the vicissitudes of time left on his face, his performance is not as good as before.But that trademark smile still hangs on his face.

The game then officially arrived.

When the referee informed the players on both sides to take the field, Howard's expression suddenly lit up, his eyes were bright and full of desire. Everyone knew what this guy wanted to do.

The one who came up to jump the ball with him was the Woody he was expecting.

Must grab, must grab!

Howard wanted to strike first, but it turned out that Woody's take-off speed and height were superior, and he successfully grabbed the first attack for the team.

"You must be disappointed, right? It's going to stay like this tonight!"

Woody's voice sounded, and only then did Howard realize that the eyes of the man opposite were also burning like flames!

he thinks……

Break me? ! !
(End of this chapter)