Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 9 The last day of the training camp, the audience is 5v5
However, after giving the thumbs up, Ben Wallace did not forget to "beat" Woody: "Congratulations, buddy, you have just defeated a star high school student in terms of confrontation at the basket. It can be said that in this respect, you are already the best group of high school students in the United States, but... basketball is not just confrontation at the basket. Count, continue to come to my room tonight and watch Haokang's game video!"

If Ben Wallace originally had some doubts about Woody being a "big guy pretending to be a rookie", then he completely dispelled this doubt in a group confrontation before the training camp.

It's no longer a question of whether Woody can do it or not, he's the rare kind...a pure rookie!

In order to improve his game feeling, Ben Wallace would pull him to watch the Pistons game video every day, and tell him some conventional tactics, and what needs to be paid attention to on the field as an inside player.

He didn't know if he could learn to play the whole court just by watching the video like this.

But Woody did show a strong adaptability in the subsequent 5v5 group confrontation.

This was another shock to Ben Wallace.

It can only be said that genius really cannot be judged by common sense, and the speed of progress is the same as riding a rocket.

Woody looked at Ben Wallace's serious appearance and laughed. He understood what Ben Wallace meant, but he could only say that he was different from the black people who were prone to arrogance: "Ben, I won't be complacent just because of this little progress, I'm still far from it!"

After the training, Woody didn't rush to Ben Wallace's room, but went to take a shower first, and took another look at his system panel when he had time.

As he expected, he has completed 95% of the task of impressing Ben Wallace, and only the last 5% is missing. On the last day of training camp, there is also a public 5v5 full-court. With a good performance in that game, this task should be completed.

He was in no hurry.

What Ben Wallace prepared for Woody today was the fifth game against the Raptors in the first round of the playoffs of the just-concluded 01-02 season.

Before the video was played, he first told Woody the reason for the game: "In the first two games of this round of the series, we won easily 2-0. The outside world is optimistic that we will complete the sweep in the first round. We also think so, but in the third and fourth games of the series, the Raptors completed a tenacious counterattack and rewritten the big score into a 2-2 tie. At the end of the regular season, we ranked No. Black Seven'..."

"We definitely don't want this to happen, they... naturally want this to happen!"

"Seriously, buddy!" Woody interjected at this time, "You will definitely be an excellent commentator in the future!" Ben Wallace's words made him look forward to the upcoming game.

This will definitely be an exciting game!
The result was not what Woody expected. The game was anxious all the way, and finally the Pistons narrowly won by 3 points.

Ben Wallace also seemed to recall the difficulties at that time. After the video ended, the lingering fear on his face disappeared after a while, and the room became silent. He pretended to be deep and asked, "Dude, what did you see in this game?"

Woody was a little uncertain: "As an insider, I have to practice free throws well?"

These words with "real injury" and "disabling blow" made Ben Wallace "silent". In this game, he made a total of 10 free throws, only scored 4, and his shooting percentage was 40%.

He blushed and explained: "This is a life-and-death battle, a critical moment..."

Then there are words like "You haven't experienced this kind of thing when you are young, you will know when you experience it", "The water of free throws is too deep, it is really difficult to grasp at that time" and other words that make people want to scream.

It wasn't until Woody showed a smirk that Ben Wallace knew that Woody was teasing him!
So you are such a Woody!
wrong……

Ben Wallace remembered that during the first training, the kid came up and asked him how tall he was. At that time, he felt that Woody did it on purpose. Seeing how he behaved now, Ben Wallace was even more convinced that the kid did it on purpose!

Seeing that Big Ben was in a hurry, Woody said: "I know, you want to tell me that under any circumstances, you must believe that you can go to the end, no matter how bad the situation is!"

Just kidding, Woody is a junior high school reading comprehension student who can figure out the subtext of those literati and poets, how can he not understand Ben Wallace's intention?

Unexpectedly, Ben Wallace said with a stern face: "No, I want to tell you that the smug person will not end well! It's like we led by 2 games, thinking that a sweep is imminent, but we were chased for 2 games in a row, so buddy, don't think you are safe at any time!"

Uh……

It can only be said that Ben Wallace wants to tell Woody too much.

Of course, Ben Wallace also knows that no matter how many reasons he tells Woody at this moment, many things must be experienced by Woody himself in order to have a personal experience.

He didn't expect Woody to understand everything now, he hoped Woody would understand in the future.

With such good intentions, Ben Wallace was so touched that he wanted to send a text message to Oakley again, but thinking about the last time he was interrupted to eat the fruit plate and was scolded, Big Ben held back this time.

After thinking about it, after Woody left, he made a few phone calls to the reporters he knew, and the unified words were: "Man, AND1 is about to hold the final 5v5 match. If you have time, come and have a look. I believe that you will be pleasantly surprised when the time comes!"

His words did arouse the interest of several reporters.

Now is the off-season, there are too few reports that can attract attention, and everyone is struggling to find gimmicks.

In this way, on July 7th, the last day of the AND27 training camp, several media that originally cooperated with AND1, plus a few reporters who were fooled by Ben Wallace, a total of more than ten media people appeared in the training hall.

As far as the number of these media is concerned, it can be seen that despite the current momentum of AND1, its influence is far behind Nike and Adidas, and it cannot be changed overnight.

If this were Nike's training camp, the number of media would have doubled several times, and there would be special staff responsible for unexpected situations on the field, such as the confiscation of videotapes after endorsement stars were dunked.

But for these students in the AND1 training camp, it can be said to be a very good exposure.

Although the Internet industry is changing with each passing day, the traditional print media and TV channels are the most important media resources. Even Outlaw and Perkins, the top players in this training camp, can only be surrounded by such media on some important game days.

So even Outlaw looked eager to try, wanting to have a good performance and gain some summer exposure for himself.

Compared to him, Perkins is a little frowning.

A week ago, Woody was already able to rub him on the ground. In this week, this guy's ability has increased a lot. Perkins is directly facing him, and he has no advantage in any aspect.

Destined to be Woody's foil, do you think he can be in a good mood?
But shrinking back is not in Perkins' character. When he said that he wanted to be the next "Ben Wallace", he really didn't say anything against his will to warm up Ben.And Ben Wallace is most praised, isn't it the "heart of steel"?

and so……

Isn't it just to let Woody "ravage" in full view?

What's the matter?

Men, you should experience something!
I'm Perkins, do it, do it, do it!
It's a good thing that Perkins didn't have to shout it out, otherwise he would have to cry.

After finally gaining the courage to play, he turned his head and saw Woody who was warming up very seriously. The collapse of adults only took a moment, and the same is true for minors. Perkins hurried over: "Brother, take it easy."

In terms of age, both Perkins and Woody are 17 years old, but Perkins is older; in terms of starlight, Woody is unknown, and Perkins is the 78th "star high school student" in the United States.

But at this moment, it is really hard to tell which of the two is older and who is more famous.

In the past week, Woody really gave Perkins a psychological shadow, so that Perkins really wanted to call Woody "brother".

Woody looked at him and patted him on the shoulder comfortingly: "Dude, you think you are too weak. In fact, I have always spent a lot of effort to get rid of you. You are a guy like a clown. Even if I get rid of you like Batman, it will not be so easy!"

"Fruit, is it true?"

This evaluation flattered Perkins, he didn't expect that he still had such a high position in Woody's heart.

He waited for Woody to give a definite answer again, and he should have looked at the domineering face full of "I don't study much, don't lie to me".

Woody was noncommittal: "If you think about it carefully, did you almost grab rebounds several times, if you grabbed those rebounds, would the relationship between us win and lose? Haven't there been changes?"

His rhetorical question caught Perkins in flashback.

don't say...

It seems to be true!

Perkins' face was a little more confident: "So, I'm not as weak as I thought?"

"Of course, buddy, warm up, I'm still waiting for a big fight with you!"

Woody responded faster than before this time. Seeing him so sure, Parkinston felt full of strength.

"See you later, buddy, let's have a good game!"

Perkins ran to warm up, Woody laughed and continued to warm up.

He just noticed that Perkins was in a timid mood. How can he play well in such a mood?How to use him as a "background board"?Of course he has to be full of confidence!
It's just that I didn't expect that this guy also said "If you dare to say it, he dares to believe it"!
It's not surprising, after all, I had the experience of rubbing Woody on the ground, so I must have some confidence in myself deep down.

But, now Perkins only has two words in front of Woody:
Toy!

As two people with the same blue-collar position, Woody's physical talent is much better than him, but Perkins can't respond in other aspects, it is really a one-sided kneading.

(End of this chapter)