I am Really an Insider

Vol 2 Chapter 81: Do pigeons play ball? My almighty king

   In the summer of 2004, people's eyes were concentrated in Athens.

   The slogan of this Olympic Games is very simple: "Welcome home".

   The Olympic Games has returned to its birthplace.

   At this time, with the Olympic fever radiating all over the world, no one cares about the ongoing basketball game in a small basketball stadium in the Rocky Mountain area of ​​Salt Lake City.

   But for a small group of people, this game is more attractive than the Olympics.

   On July 17, the Rocky Mountain Summer League opener, the Utah Jazz played against the Indiana Pacers.

   When the Jazz's 14th pick, Chris Humphries, appeared on the field, he found that the reaction of the fans was not too enthusiastic.

   And dozens of seconds later, when Wayne of the Pacers came out, the fans at the scene were agitated.

   Humphries curled his lips. After all, the Jazz can be considered a home game...

   The popularity was overwhelmed by Wayne!

   As a semifinal MOP, Wayne's fan base in the United States is indeed stronger than when Chairman Yao first came.

   Well, it's better than most rookies in the same class.

   Although Humphries is this year's lottery goalkeeper, few Salt Lake City fans have seen him play before.

   Instead, it is Wayne. He has already made a name for himself in the two games of the semi-finals broadcast nationwide.

   I haven't seen Wayne leaning back on Okafor and hitting the key ball. I am ashamed to say that he is a real fan.

   Besides, watching the summer league, fans look at the players, not the team.

   Therefore, although most of the people present were Salt Lake City locals, they still favor Wayne more.

   "I really envy you, Wei." Behind Wayne, a losing center named John Edwards looked at the restless crowd around him with emotion.

   "It's nothing, a small scene." Wayne shrugged, just this small gymnasium, just the thousand people, can't make Wayne's heart a little bit of trouble.

  Think about when I was playing elite in Minnesota...

   ahem, exaggerated, it was just two months ago.

   Wayne felt very relaxed after playing. In addition to the fact that the scene was not too big, it was also because Wayne had already prepared for the summer league!

   After finalizing the shoe contract with Nike, Wayne went into training.

   Mancias, who was recruited by Wayne, has also been implementing Wayne's weight gain plan.

   A few days ago, Wayne did not forget to bring Mancias with him when he went to Salt Lake City to practice with the team.

   Well, the others jealous at that.

   At a young age, there is a personal trainer!

   Of course, most people are more jealous of Wayne's $28 million sneaker contract.

   As the media said, 90% of these summer league players will not make so much money in their lives.

   There is no doubt that Wayne is the biggest player in this game.

   At this time, the Pacers assistant coach and also the head coach of this summer league, Mike Brown, is the person who will be the babysitter for Mousse in Cleveland in the future.

   It looks like his painting is very complicated, but in fact he just said: "If you can't open the situation, give the ball to Wayne."

   As for how to give the ball to Wayne, and how Wayne plays after getting the ball, it doesn't matter to him.

   Well, don't doubt, the offensive tactics of Mike Brown, the defensive coach, are so simple and rude, which are similar to the future coach Lu.

   Give the ball to the strongest person, it's not shabby!

   And the summer league is really not too particular about tactics.

   Just look at the rules of the summer league.

   A player will not leave the field until he receives 10 fouls, just to make the player perform as much as possible.

   Of course, this also means that the summer league will be quite rough.

   The cost of fouling has been reduced, and no one will be polite.

   In this way, Wayne officially entered the NBA Summer League.

   Strictly speaking, this is not an NBA game. Because at this time, the Rocky Mountain Summer League is not officially recognized by the NBA.

  Although there are 11 teams participating, it can only be regarded as a training game organized by these teams themselves.

   It was not until 2007 that the NBA introduced the Las Vegas Summer League, and the Summer League was truly one of the official NBA events.

   And in terms of player strength, this game is also far from the NBA.

   Lost drafts and marginal players fill most positions, and the level is not very high.

   So after playing, Wayne was extremely calm.

   I imagined nervousness, excitement, not at all. .

   He doesn't know most of the people on the field anyway, and he doesn't have to cooperate with or engage with summer league teammates.

   Wayne's purpose is very simple-just try to play his own ball.

   Wayne, wearing the No. 99 jersey, akimbo, looking at Humphries opposite.

   The young man still has a green face and looks promising in the future.

   Hey, you said a good young man, why do you have to get Kardashian?

   As for Wayne's number 99, it doesn't really have any special meaning, it just looks like a maverick.

   At the beginning, Wayne thought about wearing his father's number back then. Later, Tony proposed to exchange college numbers with Wayne.

   Wayne thought about it, and finally chose 99 which he liked.

  99, how easy to remember, I am not afraid of "collision" with others, and I can become one of my special symbols in the future.

   If Wayne was forced to give an explanation for the number, then it was this number that turned 6.

   Besides, George McCann, the first-generation superstar of the NBA, doesn't he also wear No. 99.

   In this era when everyone loves the 23rd, Wayne I emulate is such an ancient behemoth.

   This is not the same at the moment when the B box is not following the trend.

   After the referee threw the ball into the air, John Edwards, 2.13 meters away from the Pacers, fought for the ball.

   Wayne hurried forward, but stopped when he was outside the three-point line. He didn't mean to go inside to get a position.

   In addition to playing this way, Wayne really likes to be outside the three-point line, there are also Pacers' requirements for Wayne.

   After discussing with Bird, Carlisle decided to develop Wayne's ability to play the third position from the summer league.

   So they told Mike Brown to let Wayendo attack from beyond the three-point line.

   Mike Brown also faithfully conveyed this idea to Wayne yesterday.

   Wayne is so happy, now he can just make a three-pointer to get points!

   But in the first round, Wayne did not receive the ball.

   Because the point guard on the Pacers' side is an unknown head iron baby.

   During the training session yesterday, he had the team's highest record of losing 3 over 10 minutes by Wayne.

   Today, he still doesn't believe in evil, and continues to make breakthroughs.

   As a result, the Jazz's No. 16 rookie Kirk Snyder ushered in the first gift of the game.

   A big risk completed the defense.

   "Hey, are all the point guards swollen now." Mike Brown sighed, the ball was played so hard to see.

   So, in the summer league, how to balance individual performance and team performance is also an art.

  Sometimes, being too humble and unable to express oneself, but being too alone will lower one's worth.

   The Jazz immediately counterattacked, they are about to find home advantage.

   As a result, when the Jazz guard was about to layup, the basketball in his hand was ruthlessly fanned from behind.

   Suddenly, the small arena exploded, and the fans came to watch Wayne perform!

   "Wocao, this is actually caught up!" Watching Wayne's desperate pursuit succeeded, Mike Brown called Wardfa.

   This movement speed, how is it like a serious power forward!

   He seemed to see Artest chasing someone else on the court.

   Wayne chased the ball very actively, so that after landing, because of too much inertia, he fell directly into the audience.

   really fight!

   Since having the "Steel Body" badge, Wayne is now not afraid of falling.

   As long as he can get it risky, he can ignore whether it is safe to land.

   rush hard and it's over!

   In just one round, many people on the Jazz were completely ashamed.

   is so high, it can still chase and defend so fast.

   Is this guy Garnett?

   Garnett in the summer league? This game can't be played yet!

   Is it interesting to come to Xinshou Village for the full rank?

   interesting, but too interesting!

   Wayne was so happy.

   He got up from the crowd and returned to the court casually.

   The Jazz guards are all stupid. He swears that as long as Wayne is on the court, he won't be killed in the three-second zone!

   After the Jazz sent out a throw-in, Kirk Snyder hit the iron with a three-pointer, and Wayne took the rebound and completed a beautiful defense.

   Snyder is similar to Mr. Tony, with excellent defense, shooting hips and falling into the category of crooked skill trees.

   For the first time today, Snyder played the game from the NBA's three-point line, and Snyder was even more inaccurate.

   After Wayne won the basketball, the head Tiewa relied on himself as a point guard, not Bilian's raise of hands for the ball.

   But Wayne didn’t have him this time, he chose...

   own the ball over half the time!

   Don't tell me, when Wayne has the ball over half the time, his actions are very similar.

   While dribbling the ball, he gestured to command.

   Actually, where does Wayne command an offense now, and the Pacers’ offense is not tactical at all.

   He gestured, just to let everyone pull away.

   Then, people saw that a power forward with a tall and long arm, like a point guard, held the ball by himself for half the time, facing off against another power forward one-on-one from three points...

   Mike Brown’s brain hurts, your style of play is so novel, it’s hard for me to accept it!

   Humphries was waiting, he knew that the MOP standing in front of him was not easy to mess with.

   The hot man in front of him, but he can explode with Okafor on the offensive end, and he can even fall back in front of Okafor and make a shot.

   Humphries will underestimate the enemy unless his brain is sick.

   In reality, there are not so many routines of forcibly underestimating the enemy and being beaten in the face.

   Humphries retreated to the three-point line and he was more afraid of Wayne's breakthrough than shooting.

   After all, this is the NBA's three-point line, Wayne, no matter how accurate he is...

"brush!"

   "Huh?" Humphries' inner little theater hadn't finished, he heard the sound of the Nets rolling behind him.

   Looking back, Wayne scored.

   Facts have proved that Wayne and the NBA three-point line can be almost seamlessly connected.

   "This...doesn't make sense!" Humphries' face was full of black lines. I'm also a lottery goalkeeper anyway, so I can give some face.

   In the next round, he took Wayne again after being *.

   Wayne is too shameful.

   "I'm going, the height and arm span are too different, this is a risk." Watching Humphries beat Wayne to be bloodied, Mike Brown really felt that he could go back to the hotel to rest first.

   Does the coaching bench make any difference?

   Humphries were the biggest threat from the Jazz, but from this round, he didn't even have a chance.

   Humphries is a low offensive insider, and he hasn't shot yet.

   was blocked by Wayne in the low post, he was basically useless. He couldn't play, and the Jazz had no chance of winning.

   Wayne got the basketball and once again held the ball for half the court.

  The assistant coaches all teased: "Replace everyone else. Wayne is enough."

   Humphries started to steal the ball, but Wayne flexibly moved past Humphries with a change of hands.

   Wayne didn't expect that he would swing Humphries away so easily, so he suddenly accelerated and went straight to the basket.

   Wayne's speed is very fast, and the early acceleration is his strong point.

   so that when he hit the three-second zone, the Jazz center did not react.

   Why did this big tall guy come in?

   What about the Humphries?

   Just like that, Wayne dunks with both hands.

   After blocking the shot, he dribbled the ball and broke through the dunk, and the reputation of Indy Garnett officially started!

   Mike Brown wiped the sweat from his forehead. At first, when Carlisle said he wanted to train Wayne to play the third position, Mike Brown was not optimistic.

   But now, he has changed.

   Don't look at Wayne 2.11 meters, but compared to power forwards, this product seems to be more suitable for small forwards!

   After all, Wayne’s low post skills are very general, UU reading www. uukanshu.com is also a bit thinner, and the inside line is afraid that it will not be able to carry it.

   But the breakthrough, acceleration and shooting are indeed up to the standards of small forwards.

   Peja, who is only 3 centimeters shorter than Wayne on the Kings next door, shines in the third position. He was fourth in the MVP ranking last season!

   Arrange the position according to the height, sometimes it is not necessarily the best choice.

  Think about it, if you push the piston's big money to the second or third position, the picture is simply...

   Mike Brown began to feel that Wayne's plasticity might be beyond imagination.

   In this game, Wayne finally took the ball and played Humphries with a small forward.

   In the end, the score was fixed at 108 to 92, and the Pacers won the Rocky Mountain Summer League under the leadership of Wayne.

   Among them, Wayne alone scored 25 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks in a double-double, and he made 4 of 5 3-pointers.

   Few rookies can hit this kind of shooting percentage when they first touch the NBA three-point line.

   In the first game of the summer league, Wayne performed perfectly.

   Whether Wayne and Nike signed a 28 million contract is a myth, it is still unknown.

   But at least it will not be a joke.

   After the game, Mike Brown pushed his glasses, and then made a call to Carlisle.

   "We got rich and we got rich this time!"

   Well, Wayne’s performance made the Indian assistant coach completely forget Al Harrington.

   Little did he know that Mike Brown had a lot of complaints when Harrington had just left.

   Men, they love the new and dislike the old.

  

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