Due to Wallace's explosive first dunk, the audience's appetite was whetted, and then Fulda, Richardson and Mason, who came on the stage, were destined to be mere runners.
Unlike Richardson and Mason.
Freddie chose to participate in this year's dunk contest not because he wanted to fulfill his dream of a dunk championship that was shattered by Carter in 2000, but simply to gain more support from fans during the All-Star voting.
Of course, unlike some future stars who shout empty slogans and may or may not participate in the dunk contest, Francis did not break their trust with the fans after the fans actually selected him as this year's All-Star starter.
On the court, Francis raised one arm high and smashed Huashan with a powerful kick to end his first dunk in the preliminaries.
This dunk can only be said to be quite average in terms of difficulty and completion, and only scored 36 points.
Immediately afterwards, Richardson came on the stage with a crotch-to-hand back dunk.
This dunk was very powerful and perfectly demonstrated Richardson's explosive physical fitness, but because it was not difficult, he only scored 44 points.
But compared to Francis and Richardson, the defending champion Mason who played in the finale tonight is really eye-opening.
On the court, Mason, who couldn't dunk no matter how hard he tried, could only make an ordinary one-handed dunk as his first dunk in the preliminaries.
At the Wachovia Center, the 76ers fans, who have always been hostile to others, immediately responded with deafening boos to Mason.
In the VIP box, Stern, who saw this scene, thought that fortunately this year, Wang Shuo and Wallace, the mentors and apprentices, came to the rescue.
Otherwise, after this year’s All-Star Weekend, the NBA Slam Dunk Contest may no longer be held.
no......
You're the defending dunk contest champion after all, is that all?
On the court, Mason, who knew that he had been humiliated at his grandma's house, secretly swore in his heart that even if he missed the chance to defend the dunk contest championship, he would definitely regain his place in the second dunk of the preliminaries!
Then......
Because according to the competition system, the second deduction in the preliminaries will be based on the results of the first deduction in the preliminaries, and the one with the worst score will go out first...
then......
Two minutes later, Mason, who completed his performance in this year's dunk contest at the speed of light, successfully nailed himself to the pillar of shame in the NBA.
Amid the boos in the audience, Mason, who would die if he dared to take one more breath, found a dark corner with extraordinary decisiveness, and acted like a shrunken bastard without saying a word and with a dull look on his face.
After getting fed up with Mason's performance that was worse than O'Neal's grandma, the 76ers fans who paid for tickets to enter the stadium tonight also began to spontaneously shout Wallace's name.
"Gerald! Gerald! Gerald!"
On the court, when Francis walked to the court with the basketball in his arms and listened to the names that the fans were chanting, even he who was used to big scenes couldn't help but blush.
In order not to end up like Mason, Francis used all his strength for the second dunk. After stretching his body into an arch shape in the air, he violently poured the basketball into the hoop.
But because this dunk action was used by Francis in the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest, the judges only gave him 40 points in the end.
In fact, compared to the future "White Jordan", what these supermen in the NBA lack is not the talent to complete difficult dunks, but...
brain.
Although, if you want to complete those imaginative dunks of "White Jordan", you also need to pay a high price...
But in terms of the average IQ of the NBA, a giant baby league...
Let’s still hope that Chris Paul can win his first career championship in the future!
Vladimir Putin scored a total of 76 points with two dunks in the preliminaries. Richardson, who played second and third in the preliminaries, gave up his plan to use his big move in the preliminaries.
After completing his two preliminaries with a crotch-toss dunk, Richardson, who scored a total of 85 points in the preliminaries, secured a spot in the finals of the slam dunk contest in advance.
On the court, Wallace, who had been waiting for a long time, also felt at this moment the super treatment that he had never dared to imagine before.
At the scene, even Kobe and McGrady ran under the backboard to wait for his dunk.
But just as Wallace was sprinting, a small accident happened on the court.
He suddenly fell to the floor, and after he got up, people suddenly discovered that it was his sneakers with a hole.
In front of the TV, if the attentive fans observe carefully, they will definitely find that when performing the second dunk in the preliminaries, the sneakers worn by Wallace are obviously different from those when he performed the first dunk.
This is an advertising script that Wang Shuo kindly provided to Boss Qiao.
On the floor, just as Wallace was "limping" to get up, Boss Joe in a suit had already quietly walked to his side.
"Can you still persist?" Boss Qiao asked.
Wallace gritted his teeth and nodded, saying: "Michael, when was the most glorious moment of your career? Was it during the Bulls dynasty?
As for me, it’s now! "
After hearing this, Jordan took a box from Wang Shuo and handed it to Wallace.
What was inside was a limited edition AJ boots with Wizards blue as the main color.
"Put it on, it will bring you good luck!" Jordan said affectionately, patting Wallace on the shoulder.
At the scene, in the VIP box, Stern immediately widened his pupils when he saw this scene.
Because he never expected that advertising placement could be so sensational!
And the most amazing thing is that when Wallace stood up, many people at the scene didn't react at all...
The Wizards are just acting.
On the court, after putting on his sneakers and starting again, Wallace took the initiative to summon the 76ers' home mascot, the Speedy Bunny.
Compared with Franklin, the future mascot of the 76ers, there is a saying...
This one wears sunglasses and looks too much like a Hip-Hop mascot. It is indeed not very popular with children in appearance.
But then, Wallace teamed up with him to blow through the dome of the Wachovia Center!
On the court, after running up, Wallace rushed all the way to the basket. After catching the basketball from the top of the speedy rabbit, he completed a handover under his hips in the air like a gymnast and dumped the ball. Into the hoop!
This is the dunk action with the lowest success rate for Wallace in his usual training. In order to successfully complete this action, Wang Shuo gave him a lot of suggestions during training.
For example, you can lend a little downward force when catching the ball.
At the same time, this is also the dunk that will make Aaron Gordon famous in the future.
Physically speaking, Wallace and Gordon are very close. Wang Shuo did not want his future disciple Gordon to be constrained by his own talents, so he decisively chose to give this idea to Amway more than ten years in advance. scholar.
Anyway, Wang Shuo has a lot of creative ideas in his mind...
As long as Gordon wants to dunk in the future, he won't believe it. In this life, Gordon can still be scored 9 points by someone.
At the scene, after Wallace's dunk landed, fans who felt that their outlook had been refreshed by Wallace took out their mobile phones and forwarded what they saw and heard to their relatives and friends.
Earlier, Kobe and McGrady, who were still standing under the backboard, rushed into the court immediately and yelled at Wallace crazily: "Look what you have done!"
On the sidelines, O'Neal, who knew that after tonight, Wallace's "Black Superman" image would be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, had an uncertain expression, and suddenly he had a "criticizing face".
In the VIP box, Stern's rising and falling chest was the best compliment to Wallace at this moment!
It turns out that the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest was not the swan song!
It turns out that besides Vince Carter, there are still people in the NBA who can fly!
As Wallace's opponent in the final, Richardson couldn't figure out why Wallace would put such an explosive dunk in the preliminaries.
So either say...
Is IQ a good thing?
Wang Shuo knew very well that after fans learned the truth afterwards, some people would definitely be dissatisfied with Jordan and Wallace's advertising placement.
Therefore, Wallace must place his most explosive dunk after that commercial placement.
Because only in this way, people will not be disgusted with that advertising placement.
People may even turn it into a topic of conversation in the future.
Wang Shuo couldn't explain this kind of marketing psychology to Richardson.
Including why Jordan and Wallace's wave of advertising placement can only be placed on the second dunk of the preliminaries.
Boss Qiao, who was holding Wang Shuo's shoulders on the sidelines and was as happy as a child at the moment, smiled and said, "You are definitely the most talented person among all the people I know."
At the Wachovia Center, the temperature in Philadelphia in February was only a few degrees, but as Wallace ignited the entire arena, before the slam dunk contest finals began, the arena seemed as hot as midsummer.
In the final, Richardson took the lead with a windmill crotch change.
This dunk poses no threat to Wallace.
Because it was also a windmill crotch change, after Wallace jumped over the 76ers home mascot, the "Black Superman" shocked the world again!
This is also a classic move created by Aaron Gordon in the future.
From the preliminaries to the finals, 50 points were deducted three times in a row!
Although before this night began, Gerald Wallace was nothing more than the Wizards' water cooler...
But tonight, he is an NBA superstar!
In the second dunk of the final, Richardson threw the ball, turned in the air, caught the ball and dunked the ball in.
At this moment, he thought he had tried his best and no longer had any illusions about winning the slam dunk contest.
But he didn't know that, looking at his explosive physical fitness, Wang Shuo was complaining crazily: "He has jumped so high, why didn't he just change hands?"
Yes!
Why doesn't he just take over?
On the side, Jordan was also puzzled.
In fact, with Richardson's physical fitness, he can definitely perform more extreme dunks.
But it’s still the same sentence.
People are stupid, and you really can't rely solely on a blunt knife.
On the court, after taking a deep breath, Wallace completed his entire performance that night with a behind-the-hip, hand-over-hand reverse dunk.
Compared with the first three dunks, Wallace's fourth dunk tonight was the least difficult.
In addition, the original owner of this dunk action, LaVine, took an elegant route, so Wallace did not perfectly restore this dunk.
But fortunately, this dunk is full of power, and Wallace's previous three dunks were enough to shock the world. So although he failed to win the championship with 4 dunks, Wallace still scored 198 points with 4 dunks, and an excellent score of 98 points in the finals. , won the slam dunk contest championship during the Philadelphia All-Star Weekend.
After the game, Wallace attributed his victory to Wang Shuo's creativity and Jordan's encouragement.
The only fly in the ointment was that when asked by reporters about the fourth dunk, Wallace said as straightforwardly as ever: "The coach told me that imperfection is life."
Hearing this, the reporters became "angry" one after another!
OK!
You, the co-author, Wang Shuo, still have some ideas, but you are deliberately trying to hide them from us, right?
no doubt.
No matter what industry he is in, Wang Shuo's "malicious and out of context" behavior will be despised.
The next day, Wallace, who became famous overnight, and Wang Shuo, who was "maliciously out of context", joined forces to massacre all major sports newspapers and magazines in the United States.
Although on the court, Wallace's strength is not comparable to that of "demigod".
But invisibly, the emergence of Wallace did indeed shake Carter's status in the world to a certain extent.
After all, there’s a huge difference between being unique and being replicable.
In addition, after the slam dunk contest, Wizards owner Pauline flew to Philadelphia overnight. Quoting what he said to Unseld, the Wizards must retain Wang Shuo at all costs.
"Is it too early to talk about renewing the contract now?" On this day, Wang Shuo asked, looking at Paulin who looked proud and his big brother Unseld who kept pouring water for him.
After hearing this, Unseld immediately said: "No sooner or later, now everyone is happy for you to continue to be in charge of the team. We very much hope that you can play for the team for a long time in the future!"
At this contract renewal discussion, which was far from being called a formal negotiation, Paulin offered Wang Shuo a sky-high contract renewal agreement for five years with a total value of US$18 million.
Regardless of Wang Shuo's opinion on Paulin, this is definitely a sincere offer.
Because in the NBA, there is absolutely no second team that would dare to offer such a contract extension to a rookie coach.
But what Paulin never expected was...
Faced with the sky-high price agreement he offered, Wang Shuo wanted more.
True.
No matter how you look at it, this offer is impressive.
But Wang Shuo knows that if he can really lead the Wizards to win the championship this year, then this offer will be far from impressive.
As a time traveler, Wang Shuo certainly has many ways to make money.
But in the NBA, coaching salary is also a symbol of your status in the NBA.
Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Wang Shuo said to Paulin: "It doesn't matter if the contract extension period is shorter. We can wait until the end of this season to talk. But I hope that during the formal negotiations, I can get A salary I’m happy with.”
After Wang Shuo left, Paulin said to Unseld: "Is his appetite a little too big?"
Unseld shook his head and said: "From what I know about the king, he is not the kind of person who regards money as everything. In addition, if he really wants the lion to open his mouth, then why doesn't he choose to be If you are dismissed early, you can get a long-term contract with a higher compensation amount, but you want a short-term contract?”
Pauline felt that Unseld was right.
Compared with those coaches who dare to ask you for a long-term contract at any time, and you dare not fire him if he does not play well and has no money. After quickly calculating the account in his mind, Pauline said to Unseld: "In this case, as long as you If he can lead the Wizards to the conference finals this season, then we will give him a contract that can match Phil Jackson’s annual salary!”
Unseld nodded.
On the morning of the 10th, in addition to meeting with the team owner and Unseld, Wang Shuo also received an interview invitation from the "Fifth Young Master".
After this year's All-Star Weekend, regardless of whether Wang Shuo has visited the dock before, sent cigarettes or bought wine, he is destined to become famous in China quickly.
After all, what does the "Famous Basketball Coach in my country" mentioned by the "Five Young Masters" have to do with whether Wang Shuo is one of his own?
In a hotel room arranged by NBA officials, Wang Shuo, who was wearing a suit and looking much more serious than usual, accepted interviews from Zhang Weiping and Sun Zhengping.
After briefly chatting about Wang Shuo's life story as usual, Coach Zhang asked Wang Shuo: "How do you make the big names in the NBA listen to you when you are coaching in a foreign country?"
After hearing this, Wang Shuo smiled and said: "Maybe it's because I usually treat people more sincerely. In fact, NBA players are also ordinary people. As long as you are willing to treat them sincerely, they will also treat you with sincerity in return."
Because it was an exclusive interview with "Five Young Masters", it was naturally impossible for Wang Shuo to reveal to Director Zhang the routines he usually used to tame players during the interview.
Positive energy must come first!
Then, after chatting about some innocuous topics, Director Zhang asked Wang Shuo his views on the future of basketball.
"I think my view on the future of basketball is the same as yours, Coach Zhang, which is to be higher, faster and more accurate." Looking at Coach Zhang, Wang Shuo smiled.
Although, before Wang Shuo traveled through time, Director Zhang had a lot of negative fans on the Internet, but as a former national player, in Wang Shuo's opinion, Director Zhang had no problem with his understanding of basketball.
"Do you have any suggestions for the current Chinese basketball?" Director Zhang, who felt more comfortable the more he chatted with Wang Shuo, asked.
"I don't have any advice, or I can't give any advice on the current Chinese basketball situation. Because I am just a head coach and can only evaluate the team's tactics and the characteristics of the players themselves," Wang Shuo replied.
Upon seeing this, Director Zhang immediately understood what Wang Shuo meant and immediately changed the topic to Yao Ming.
"Actually, as far as I know, USA Basketball has been paying attention to Yao Ming.
Of course I hope he can land in the NBA as soon as possible, because you have also seen that Gasol has only been in the NBA for more than half a year, but now, I can guarantee that his strength has far surpassed Yao Ming, who was originally on the same level as him. . "Wang Shuo said.
Upon hearing this, Director Zhang couldn't help but sigh, knowing that Wang Shuo was not being alarmist.
In Wang Shuo's previous life, he was the twin international insiders who defeated Tyson Chandler in the training camp together...
God knows how much sweat and effort Yao Ming put in behind the scenes in order to catch up with Gasol when he entered the NBA a year ahead of schedule.
"Then do you have any advice you can give to Yao Ming?" Director Zhang asked.
Wang Shuo thought for a while and said: "The competition in the NBA is far higher than that in the CBA. If he wants to adapt to the NBA quickly, Yao Ming must be prepared to gain muscle in the summer.
I don’t know if Yao Ming will have national team competition duties this summer, but if possible, I hope he can come to the United States for special training in the summer. "
Although, in the future, the issue of whether Yao Ming should gain or lose weight will be debated by Yao honeys for days and nights...
But one thing Wang Shuo is sure of.
That's the current Xiao Yao. Only by gaining muscle can he adapt to the competition in the NBA.
"What height do you think Yao Ming can reach in the future?" When talking about Yao Ming, Director Zhang couldn't hold back and continued to ask.
Wang Shuo said seriously: "Let's put it this way, if I were holding this year's No. 1 pick now, I would definitely choose Yao Ming without hesitation."
State... champion?
Looking at Wang Shuo, Director Zhang was a little surprised.
Please don’t be surprised by Director Zhang’s reaction at this moment.
Because after Wang Zhizhi could only watch the water cooler in the NBA...
In fact, it is about how high Yao Ming can reach in the NBA in the future.
Domestic basketball experts during this period had no idea what they were doing.
Wang Shuo knows that Xiao Yao will become a historical killer in the future, so he can naturally give Xiao Yao a big blow.
After the interview, Director Zhang planned to meet Xiao Yao when he returned to China and convey to Xiao Yao the suggestions Wang Shuo gave him.
"Coach Zhang, can Yao Ming really become a super center like O'Neal like Wang Shuo said?" Sun Zhengping said with excitement.
Director Zhang shook his head and said: "I don't know if he is being polite to us or if he is serious. But I believe that in terms of understanding of basketball, he is better than me and all the current domestic coaches."
A super center like O'Neal?
No bragging, no blackmail.
In this life, if Wang Shuo really has the opportunity to coach Xiao Yao, if Xiao Yao can't surpass O'Neal, then Wang Shuo is incompetent.
What's the big deal about O'Neal?
Now!
It's time for Wang Shuo, starting from this All-Star Game, to personally tear open the gap between O'Neal's unparalleled dominance for the fans of this era...
Too short and weak!
On the afternoon of the 10th.
When the members of the Eastern Stars lined up.
Wearing sunglasses and holding a cigar, Wang Shuo instantly attracted everyone's attention as soon as he appeared on the stage.
"Let me briefly talk about our tactical arrangements tonight..."
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