At the beginning of the new year, Boss Joe received a New Year’s gift from the league:
The NBA's Eastern Conference Player of the Month for December.
Gasol also received a gift. This handsome Wizards "second in charge" once again won the NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month in December after November.
Compared with November, Boss Joe's scoring average dropped slightly in December, to 23.5 points per game.
However, his average assists per game in a single month rose to 10.8.
So much so that his old rival Stockton said in a recent interview that it was time for him to ask Michael Jordan for advice on how to pass the ball to his teammates on the court.
In addition, in the latest All-Star voting results just announced by the league, Jordan and Gasol also led the Eastern Conference forward rankings and Eastern Conference center rankings with 750,000 and 300,000 votes respectively.
Facts have proved that in competitive sports, strength and honor are king compared to so-called feelings.
Because if Wang Shuo remembers correctly, although in the original 01/02 season, Boss Qiao could rely on Qiao Mi to vote him into the All-Star starter, but next season, Boss Qiao will have to rely on his junior Carter. Give him an All-Star starting spot.
In this life, Jordan's personal statistics are beautiful and the team's record is also outstanding, so naturally there will be fans willing to pay for "feelings".
As for Gasol, he has benefited from the fact that there are currently few star players in the Eastern Conference.
Mutombo, the "Mountain of Africa" who was originally going to be the starting center for this Eastern Conference All-Star, has been beaten by Gasol twice in the regular season. In addition, Spanish fans desperately voted for Gasol. Therefore, it is not surprising to Wang Shuo that Gasol leads the latest All-Star Eastern Conference center voting list.
On the other hand, O'Neal, who currently leads Divac by three times the number of votes in the Western Conference All-Star center position voting, doesn't know what kind of nightmare is waiting for him at this moment?
On January 2, after the New Year's Day holiday, the Wizards successfully completed their revenge against the Mavericks at home.
After nearly three weeks away from the game, Hamilton, who returned wearing a mask, played an exciting performance as soon as he returned.
After more than half a year of hard work, Hamilton's unique "one- and two-stage switching shooting" has achieved some success.
In this game, Hamilton, who made Finley's wife want to find a lawyer to accuse a masked man of draining her husband, made 10 of 19 shots from the field, including 3 of 7 three-pointers. Counting free throws, the total was the Wizards' best. Scored 27 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 assist.
On the court, Hamilton's return has greatly enhanced the Wizards' outside ability.
On the other hand, in this game, under the care of Boss Joe, Artest, and Jackson, Nowitzki did not play very well.
After all, before the complete overhaul and upgrade, Nowitzki was not the German tank that would not be happy in the future and even dared to slap the emperor in the face.
Perhaps inspired by the vote of leading All-Star Eastern Conference centers, Gasol, who has always been used as a background by others, unexpectedly dunked on the court when facing Nowitzki. " Prussian anti-aircraft gun", which drew bursts of exclamations from the Wizards fans at the scene.
Seeing this scene on the sidelines, Wang Shuo hated that he didn't choose one or two spring players when he fooled Jordan into building a lineup framework for him.
Otherwise, in the upcoming All-Star Game in Philadelphia, he must use the creativity in his mind to let basketball fans in this time and space see what a slam dunk is!
Hey, wait!
Spring man?
On the Wizards' bench, looking back at Gerald Wallace who was distributing water glasses to his teammates, Wang Shuoyu suddenly had a bold idea in his mind.
"Demi-god" right?
"The Oakland Slam Dunk Contest will always be a swan song," right?
On the evening of January 2, after leading his team to defeat the Mavericks 108-97, Wang Shuo had just finished treating Wang Zhizhi, who was unable to play in the game, to a late-night snack. Then, Wang Shuo grabbed him and was about to go to the casino to find a girl. Have fun together with Boss Qiao. (Note ①)
"What are you talking about? What kind of international joke are you making? You actually want me to sign Gerrard to AJ?" Looking at Wang Shuo, Jordan, who was already horny and thirsty all over his body, always felt that Wang Shuo had gone too far recently. .
no!
Do you know how many girls are waiting for my buddy tonight?
Do you know how many fat sheep are waiting for you to slaughter tonight?
How dare you waste your buddy's precious time just to get him to sign a rookie who can't even play with the Wizards?
At this moment, in Jordan's eyes, he couldn't bear it even if Wang Shuo asked him to sign Hamilton to AJ.
But can you believe that he actually asked himself to sign Gerald Wallace?
"Believe me, Michael, this is your best and last chance, because after the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, Gerrard will definitely be famous in the United States." He looked at his mind and had already drifted to playing "Ice and Fire" later. "It's still Jordan on the "Poison Dragon Diamond", Wang Shuo said righteously.
Jordan: "..."
Damn it!
How dare you threaten me?
All right!
Who makes you my buddy’s favorite right now?
After calming down, Jordan decided to give Wang Shuo a chance to convince himself, but not today.
Because today, the great Michael Jordan will fight bloody battles on the sheets and in the casino!
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The next day, Wizards training facility.
When Jordan appeared in the training hall with a tired look on his face, as if his whole body had been hollowed out, Wang Shuo couldn't help but sigh again about the strongest press defense in the NBA. As expected, he still had to watch from the sidelines.
Because I was lucky last night, and I benefited a lot from exchanging offensive and defensive experiences with the girls...
Therefore, in the training hall, when Jordan saw Wallace clumsily dunking the basketball on the rim or dunking it in the air according to Wang Shuo's request, the "god of basketball" who always had a good vision not only did not It felt like Wang Shuo was wasting his time, but instead, he keenly discovered the terrible business opportunities hidden in Gerald Wallace, a treasure boy!
"How long do you think it will take him to practice the moves you just told him?" Jordan said as he stepped forward and put his arm around Wang Shuo's shoulders, and handed Wang Shuo a cigar.
"There will definitely be no problem before the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest starts. Then I will decide the difficulty level on the day of the competition based on his training situation." Wang Shuo said with a smile.
Jordan nodded, and then suddenly became melancholy.
"These dunks were all your thoughts?" Jordan asked.
Wang Shuo said without blushing, "Of course, I usually like to watch NBA stars dunk, so naturally I will think about some dunk actions in my mind."
Hearing this, Jordan became depressed.
Because if he had met Wang Shuo earlier, what "essence of human movies" would be worthy of being his opponent in the Jordan Slam Dunk Contest?
To be honest, even if he were three years younger, as long as he had these clever ideas, even if his opponent was Carter, Jordan would dare to fight again.
But now...
On January 4, before the start of the game between the Wizards and the Bulls, Boss Joe, who always said he would just do it, quickly ordered the staff related to AJ to reach an agreement with Gerald Wallace for a period of 5 years with a total value of 9 million US dollars. endorsement agreement.
Within the Wizards, Gerald Wallace still felt as if he was in a dream. He couldn't believe that he became the spokesperson for AJ until the moment the agreement was reached.
Moreover, it is still a "sky-high price" of US$9 million over five years!
In the locker room, looking at Wallace who wanted to go to hell for himself and Jordan at this moment, Wang Shuo suddenly felt that there were indeed many honest people in this world.
It is true that for Wallace, who has not seen the world at this moment, 9 million in five years is definitely a sky-high price.
But boy...
Do you know how much your worth will rise after you participate in the dunk contest?
Look at Michael Jordan's evil capitalist face now!
However, I don’t know if it was influenced by “even Wallace can sign AJ”. On the evening of the 4th, after leading the team to defeat the Bulls, I was already prepared that the team would lose in the Devil’s schedule in January. Wang Shuo, who had been preparing for some games, waited until January 18 for the Wizards' first loss in January.
On the evening of the 18th, in the Utah Plateau, Jordan, who had been winning money throughout January, continued his sluggish feel on the court.
Compared with November and December last year, Boss Joe's shooting percentage in January was only 40.8%.
In fact, if it weren't for the recent games, the young people in the Wizards' team are like chicken blood, one after another, the Wizards would never have been able to wait until Utah to hand over their first blood in January.
In this game, coach Sloan taught Wang Shuo a hard lesson.
Taking advantage of "Aka 47" Kirilenko's terrifying defensive coverage, Sloan successfully dismantled Wang Shuo's triangle offense.
And back again, the pick-and-roll between Malone and Stockton also caused the newcomers Arenas and Gasol to suffer a lot.
In the NBA, although Jerry Sloan has never won a championship, the veteran coach definitely deserves respect.
In the end, the score of the game was 90 to 98. In the whole game, Boss Joe made only 5 of 18 shots and scored 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists.
After the game, in an interview, Wang Shuo took the initiative to take the blame for the team's loss on himself and did not mention a word about Boss Qiao's recent off-field gossip.
On the 19th, the Wizards, who had just surrendered 1 blood in Utah, were upset again in Denver.
However, compared with the loss to the Jazz, the Wizards' loss in this game was really a crime without a fight.
Because they beat Utah and Denver at home in two plateaus...
It's so back-to-back!
Previously, Wang Shuo was so grateful to Jordan's good brother Stern for arranging the schedule for the Wizards. At this moment, he wanted to draw circles in his heart and curse Stern, an old Jewish man.
Affected by two plateau battles,
On the 22nd, the Wizards, who returned to their home court, finally gave the 76ers led by Larry Brown a good time.
That night, at the MCI Center, relying on the united defense and Iverson's extreme personal heroism in throwing 37 goals in the game, the 76ers won 81-77 on the road and successfully gave the Wizards a three-game winning streak. defeat.
In an interview after the game, Larry Brown called the game "a great victory."
But in Wang Shuo's view...
This game is purely an act of peach picking.
Because even though Iverson took a total of 37 shots in this game...
But in fact, he only hit 15 of them.
In other words, this night, the Wizards' defense did not drop its chain.
Of course, no matter how tired the Wizards players are who have just come down from the plateau of Utah and Denver, in Wang Shuo's view, Boss Joe, who has been having more fun than anyone else recently, needs to calm down.
However......
On this day, before Wang Shuo took the initiative to talk to Boss Qiao, Boss Qiao found Wang Shuo first.
"Don't worry, this month, I just want to give myself a holiday.
I have a sense of what our goals are for this season. "
For Jordan, who always pays attention to the balance between work and rest, how could he not know that the main reason for the Wizards' three-game losing streak is him?
Seeing this, Wang Shuo realized that he had been worrying too much, and felt that he should really learn from Jordan in this regard.
Because during a long and tiring NBA season...
No one's nerves can be tense all the time.
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