What Martial Arts can see, experienced managers Flip Saunders and Coach Bill Blair can certainly see too.
Don't underestimate Flip Saunders, the team manager. Before he came to the Timberwolves as manager, he was a coach in the Continental Basketball Association, that is, the CBA, and he has been coaching for a long time.
Of course, the CBA here is not our CBA, and the level of competition is different.
And Phillip Sanders was originally a player. He was a star player in Cleveland in high school. In college, he was also a top player in the NCAA league.
His vision will only be more cunning than martial arts, but not inferior to martial arts.
Leder, like many veterans in NBA teams, was not able to position himself immediately after Garnett entered the team.
He thought that Garnett, a young man, came to the Timberwolves to assist him.
And Leder is a defensive player who can hold the ball, and Garnett is also an all-around power forward with strong adaptability. If Leder is that kind of super point guard, Garnett can really do it. Be his Pippen.
In the 1994-95 season, Leder averaged 35 minutes per game and averaged 20.4 points per game. There is no doubt that he is the current leading scorer of the Timberwolves.
In today's era, Leder can average 20+ points per game, which is enough to illustrate his strong strength. It is worth mentioning that Leder's physical talent is also quite explosive.
The 1994 slam dunk contest champion was this guard.
Therefore, it is normal for Leder to have the mentality of "Garnett is here to assist him."
After all, no one would think that Garnett, a newcomer, would become the absolute core of the team in the future!
Of course, Flip Saunders is not sure that Garnett will be able to play in the NBA. After all, he has personally experienced the cruelty of professional basketball. In a place like the NBA, there are countless talented players who have failed to achieve results.
On the contrary, those players who were not optimistic at the beginning eventually achieved good career results.
Now Flip Saunders just wants to create a good training environment for Garnett. When Garnett really shows his talent, it will not be too late to build a team around him.
In fact, the Timberwolves have always done this.
After the start of this year's new season, Garnett was unable to adapt to the intensity of the NBA. However, as the game progressed, Garnett began to slowly get used to it.
Garnett averaged 28 minutes per game during his rookie season and contributed 10.4 points per game.
Of course, the Timberwolves also failed to make the playoffs this year.
Garnett's outstanding performance in the second half of the regular season allowed the management to see the young man's future.
Later, during the 1995-96 season, he made up his mind to change the team and got Marbury for Garnett.
With the help of "big boss" Tom Gugliotta, Garnett and Marbury, as well as a group of "tool men", the Timberwolves successfully entered the playoffs.
Although they were swept 3-0 and eliminated in the first round, they at least entered the playoffs, right?
But this is all a story later. Now, on the court, Garnett, who has just completed the transition from high school student to NBA player, is not very adaptable.
As the first half ended, Garnett scored "gorgeous statistics" of 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 block.
As the halftime whistle sounded, the players returned to the rest area one after another.
In the first half, Garnett and his team led their opponents by 6 points 47:41. Ryder scored 13 points in the first half. "Outstanding contribution". He was very happy to take the lead and directed at Christian ·Laettner spouted trash.
"Hey, idiot, can you be of some use?"
"Can you guard against me?"
"I've already scored several balls on your head. Did your mother make you so tall just to watch? Are you stupid?"
Leder was very talkative, just like most black players of this era, even in the dugout.
In addition to tough basketball, the hallmark of the NBA in the 1990s was trash-talking basketball.
Representative - Michael Jordan.
The reason why the old gangster is called the old gangster is also because of his mouth.
The team fell behind in the first half, which made Christian Leitner unable to find a good entry point to retaliate when faced with Leder's mouth.
Faced with such intra-team problems, neither the coach nor the team manager interfered.
Coach Bill Blair just walked up to a few valued players with a tactical board and briefly talked to them about the problems on the court. He didn't even criticize Leder.
On the contrary, when Leder was tired of scolding him, he walked to Leder's side, first praised him for being in good condition, and then hinted that he would take care of the new guy and pass the ball to Garnett as if it was a suggestion. ball.
Ryder pretended not to hear his coach's hints, shook his head, and chatted with his closest friends.
At the same time, Leder also noticed Wu Dao who was chatting with manager Phillip Saunders.
The first time he saw martial arts, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"Yellow-skinned monkey?"
"Hey, Coach Bill, who is that boy who coaches with Manager Phillip?"
"A player the team traded?"
"Are there any players still joining the team at this time?"
Hearing his words, several nearby Timberwolves players turned their heads and looked towards Martial Arts. For them, it is a strange thing to see a player with yellow skin and black hair in the center of the target.
"He's a high school student. Manager Phillip Sanders came to visit him for a tryout. I heard he's a talented player at Oak Hill High School. He's now a sophomore in high school."
After hearing Bill's brief introduction, several players in the dugout immediately booed.
Ryder seemed to have heard something funny and laughed:
"Second year of high school??"
"A talented player?"
"Which one of us here wasn't a genius in high school?"
"This little boy who doesn't have all his hair should go home to nurse, right?"
"We are an NBA team. We are just a sophomore in high school. We are just visiting, but we are also trying out?"
Ryder did not deliberately lower his voice when he spoke. When he said these words, his voice was very loud. He also turned his head and looked at his surrounding partners, hoping to get more approval.
However, the other people's personalities were not as "wild" as Ryder. They did not respond and just chuckled.
Although Wu Dao was chatting with Phillip Sanders, how could he not hear what Ryder deliberately shouted to him.
He turned his head slightly and looked at Ryder, Wu Dao's eyes were full of calm.
Sensing Wu Dao's gaze, Ryder raised his chin, then pursed his lips, making a sucking gesture, and then he couldn't help it, and burst into laughter.
"Locker room bomb."
Wu Dao glanced at Ryder for a few times and secretly made a comment to the opponent in his heart. If he was the head coach, he would be the first to cut him off.
"Martial arts, why don't you go up and feel the second half of the game?"
"Although the Timberwolves did not perform well last year, no matter what, this is an NBA team."
"The level is different from the high school league."
"I know you tried out at Duke University before, but I can also tell you clearly that college basketball is different from the NBA!"
Phillip Sanders saw the martial artist chatting with him looking distractedly at Ryder, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
Players, especially good players, have their own temperaments.
If it were him, he would never be able to endure Ryder's provocation.
Now it seems that the high school student in front of me can't stand it either. Facing NBA-level star players, Flip Saunders didn't see any fear in Wu Dao's eyes.
Because of this, Phillip Saunders suggested to Martial Arts that he should be allowed to play.
Originally, he asked Wu Dao to come to visit the trial training, but it was obvious that Wu Dao might not have a good impression of Ryder.
But it doesn't matter, just play the game.
Players, after all, let the ball speak. Phillip Saunders planned to comfort Wu Dao after his defeat at the hands of Leder. Then, with the help of Leder, they can show off their coaching ability of the Timberwolves!
"Want to play? Okay!"
"I join the white team."
Wu Dao heard this and said with a smile.
The white team is Christian Laettner's team, and their opponents, Ryder and Garnett, are both the green team.
"Team White, hehe, I'll go talk to you and you can warm up."
Phillip Sanders patted Wu Dao on the shoulder, then stood up and walked towards Coach Bill. After hearing this, Wu Dao also took out his sneakers and jersey from his backpack and started to change clothes.
When Ryder and others saw Martial Arts beginning to change his clothes, everyone was startled. Then Ryder yelled angrily:
"Changing clothes?"
"High school kids aren't going to want to go out there and play with us, are they?"
"Are some people trying to teach me a lesson on the court?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
At the end of the sentence, Ryder laughed happily. He found that there was no point in trash-talking the big idiot Kristen Lightner, and the other party didn't react at all to his trash talk.
That yellow high school student is interesting, at least he reacts, right?
Wu Dao ignored Ryder's weirdness, walked to the sidelines, picked up a basketball, and started dribbling to warm up.
The speed of martial arts dribbling is very slow. It just increases the range of movement to the maximum extent to achieve a certain stretching effect.
While dribbling and stretching, Budo began to slowly increase the speed of dribbling.
Wu Dao's dribbling was very smooth. When several defenders on the sidelines saw Wu Dao's dribbling, they also restrained their contempt a little bit.
It’s really just a little bit.
After all, it can be said that any guard who can play in the NBA without a basic foundation is very poor. Not everyone can dribble like Ah Tan. The level of martial arts currently displayed is not enough for people to take a high look.
When the players saw Wu Dao's dribbling warm-up, they just felt that Wu Dao was not a pure rookie.
That's all.
Seeing the white jersey worn by Wu Dao, Ryder realized something, and said with a smile to his friends: "I'll guard that kid later, don't fight with me!"
While Leder was asserting his "sovereignty," Garnett was also sitting in the rest area watching the martial arts warm-up. Unlike Ryder, Garnett looks at martial arts in a slightly different way.
He just graduated from high school this year. He had seen this player Wu Dao in magazines.
A five-star high school student, he ranks at the top of the national high school rankings released by ESPN. What is even more frightening is that this player often scores 40+ or even 50+ or even higher in high school games.
Before participating in this year's draft, Garnett had just been selected as the USA Today's All-American High School Player and was also selected to the All-American High School First Team.
It's strange that I didn't see the name of martial arts in "The United States".
But Garnett has always been concerned about this yellow man.
Because the opponent's scoring data was so terrifying that he always thought it was fake news.
Flip Saunders easily gave Budo a chance to play. Coach Bill had no objection at all, and Christian Laettner heard that a high school student wanted to join his team and immediately said Agreed.
The first half was already behind those scores.
Bringing high school students to play, Christian Laettner still has an angle to respond to Leder's trash talk.
Christian Lightner has already thought about it in his mind. He will play ball for this high school student and take care of the young people who come to visit. This is what he should do!
The halftime break in the training game passed quickly. The training game used a standard NBA game system.
At the beginning of the third quarter, there is still a jump ball.
The two players involved in the jump ball were Christian Laettner and Garnett. Although Garnett plays the power forward position, he has to be involved in all work during training.
"Beep!"
After the whistle blew, the basketball was thrown directly into the air.
Garnett's explosive power is quite powerful, and his height of 211cm is not inferior to that of his opponents. He points to the basketball first and returns the ball to the backcourt.
As soon as the backline player got the basketball, he immediately took the ball across the center line, and then gave the ball to Leder at the top of the key.
Leder held the ball and approached the top of the arc for a three-pointer. Budao slowly walked in front of Leder. No other player on the white team stepped forward.
These players seemed to have the same tacit understanding, leaving the task of defending Ryder to Martial Arts.
Ryder straightened his back and slowly dribbled the ball on the spot. Looking at the serious martial artist in front of him, he couldn't help but sneer:
"Did you really come to defend me?"
"Boy, you are not qualified to play against NBA players."
"I will knock you down soon. I hope you don't lose your confidence in playing basketball then!"
Leder was in no rush to attack, talking trash and smiling broadly.
"What are you barking at?"
"Come up quickly!"
Wu Dao arrogantly raised his fingers towards Ryder and said.
Upon hearing Wu Dao's words, Ryder glared, quickly dropped the ball, and pushed his body directly towards Wu Dao.
Leder's breakthrough movement is very wild, the first step is very fast, and he is very fast and explosive.
At 196cm and 98kg, he starts like a bull. Ordinary defenders really can't withstand his "charge".
Faced with such a sudden advance, Wu Dao subconsciously stepped out diagonally, and his body directly collided with Ryder's body.
"Bang!!!!"
After a muffled sound, Wu Dao actually felt some pain in his chest. He had not felt such a feeling for a long time.
At the same time, Leder's body stagnated from the impact, and the basketball in his hand fell off.
"?!"
The next moment, Wu Dao had already adjusted his posture, and with a dive, he directly grabbed the dropped basketball in his hands and rushed forward.
Until the martial arts passed Ryder, he was still a little confused and hadn't fully reacted yet.
Being held back?
Or was he held up by a high school student?
He was so pushed that he couldn't even hold the ball? !
By the time Leder came to his senses, Budo had already crossed the three-point line with the basketball, took the lead into the opponent's half, grabbed the ball with both hands, and dunked the ball into the basket.
The terrifying force made the entire basketball stand creak.
People watching the game on the sidelines let out a low cry when they saw Wu Dao steal and dunk a dragon.
Even Coach Bill glanced at Martial Arts in surprise.
The team manager, Phillip Saunders, also opened his mouth in astonishment at this moment. He did not expect that Wu Dao could fight so "ferociously".
