In the second half of the Timberwolves' team practice match, the game took a turn that surprised everyone.
The substitutes originally thought that the white team, which played with high school students, would be cleanly cleaned up by the green team led by Ryder and Garnett.
But what everyone didn't expect was that the sophomore who came for the tryout actually beat Ryder on both offense and defense.
Early in the second half, Budao created a solo opportunity for himself through tough and successful defense. After scoring several goals in a row, his teammates established initial trust in him.
And after scoring consecutive goals against Leder's defense, he established his position in the team in this practice match.
There is no doubt that Budo, who scored in double figures in just a few minutes, has become the white team's top scorer.
After realizing the explosive rise of martial arts, several teammates were not stingy at all and began to focus on martial arts and frequently support martial arts.
At this time, someone may want to ask, there are two second-round picks in the white team this year. Are they willing to succumb to Budao, a high school student, and play for Budao without performing themselves?
The answer is willingness.
Because a practice match is a practice match after all, and after all, Wu Dao is just a sophomore in high school, and does not pose any threat to players like them who have already entered the NBA team.
And for them, it is a good thing to use the hands of a high school student, Martial Arts, to ravage Ryder.
NBA games are a fixed number every year. There are 82 games in the regular season. If they do not enter the playoffs, these games are the only stage for players to express themselves.
If there is no way to get a chance to play on the NBA stage, then what they will face may be to be transferred to the secondary league, and then what awaits them is either a trade or layoffs.
But how can it be so easy to get on the field and play? They are all second-round picks, and the coach will not treat them like Garnett, ensuring their playing time.
For rookies like them, the most they can do is come on the court and feel the atmosphere of the game when the game enters garbage time.
Although Leder was beaten by martial arts, he is still an indispensable starting player for the Timberwolves.
If rookies at the same position want to play, they can only hope that Ryder will be beaten to the ground by martial arts, and the first substitute had better suffer a serious injury.
By then, these rookies may be able to get a chance to play. If he is strong enough, he can take this opportunity to establish his position in the team and become a starter.
Although this is the most ideal situation, it does not prevent the rookies from looking forward to this happening.
Therefore, they do their best to help martial arts!
It was enough for Wu Dao that his teammates were willing to pass the ball. Now they also took the initiative to help with the pick-and-roll, and Wu Dao did not refuse.
He has proven that his ability is superior to Leder. Of course he will not refuse his teammates' pick-and-roll. If he can play with less effort, why not make good use of it?
Christian Laettner is a balanced center. Although his pick-and-roll ability is not great, it is sufficient.
With his high-post pick-and-roll, Wu Dao can play more freely. He can use the pick-and-roll to make some fake moves or use the ball to break through, and he plays smoothly.
After the third quarter, Wu Dao's personal score had risen to 24 points. The mid-range hit rate of Martial Arts, which has unlimited fire power, is also quite high.
Some players on the sidelines silently recorded the number of shots taken by Wu Dao, and found that Wu Dao has made 7 of 9 shots and 1 of 1 three-pointers so far.
Coupled with some free throws, Wu Dao's scoring data is several times higher than others.
Ryder felt very powerless when facing Wu Dao. His defensive moves were very large and his aggression was very strong. However, Wu Dao was not affected by his defense at all, and his offensive efficiency remained at a terrifying level.
Ryder kept making little moves on defense, but the high school student was full of fighting spirit and his little moves were not wasted on the offensive end. Ryder could clearly feel that the opponent was not only wary of stepping on his feet, but also used his body to push against his other little moves without any fear.
Others were afraid of the elbow attack, but Martial Arts didn't take it seriously at all. The power of Ryder's little moves only caused some pain in the martial arts when it fell on him.
The martial arts in the stadium are unstoppable.
Garnett obviously felt that Leder was no match for Budo. He understood this type of player better than Leder, because he himself was somewhat similar to Budo's playing style.
With such a huge gap in height, wingspan, and jumping, it is impossible for Ryder's level of defense to guard against martial arts.
Garnett has confidence in himself. He feels that only someone like him can fight against a player like Wu Dao.
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Leder is now a bit superior and will never give up his right to defend martial arts.
Based on this situation, Garnett can only try to make up for it on the offensive end, but his thinking is still too simple. In Garnett's mind, as long as the team gives him the ball as much as possible, he can help The team got the ball rolling.
The offensive efficiency of their green team will definitely not be bad.
Of course, his teammates did exactly that, trying their best to avoid giving Leder this point when attacking.
But Leder can't always stop catching the ball. When he can't get the ball, he will even steal his teammates to attack himself.
The result is, of course, very unsatisfactory
The white team soon took an absolute advantage.
In a single quarter, they took crazy shots and scored 24 points. At the end of the quarter, Wu Dao still maintained an efficient offense and scored 21 points in a single quarter.
Led the team to defeat the green team 95:77 and won the game.
After a game, everyone on the sidelines looked at Wu Dao in a different way. Young Mark Davis and Jerome Allen enthusiastically surrounded Wu Dao and said while walking towards the end of the court. with words of praise.
The defeated Green Team and others stood on the field, seemingly unable to accept the fact that they were beaten up by a high school student.
Garnett stood in the middle of the court, breathing heavily, his body wet with sweat, but there was no sign of fatigue on his face.
Seeing Wu Dao being surrounded and walking up to manager Phillip Saunders and happily communicating with him, his eyes showed mixed emotions.
In this game, he entered the Timberwolves with the fifth overall pick in the first round after graduating from high school. He scored 17 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks.
But in front of Martial Arts' 45 points in the half, the light dimmed.
No one who can enter the NBA is a fool. After seeing Wu Dao's performance today, everyone realizes that this player will definitely become a superstar player in the future.
You know, the opponent Wu Dao faces is not a cat or a dog, but the best position player on their team, Ryder.
Most people still recognize Leder's ability on the defensive end. There are certainly people in the entire NBA who can completely beat him, but there are really no one who can beat him like Wu Dao.
"Martial Arts, you performed very well in today's game. In the next few days, you can also practice with the team."
"Playing in a practice match of this level is a rare experience for you."
On the side of the court, Phillip Sanders patted Wu Dao's shoulder affectionately and said with a smile. He was also surprised now. Although he was very optimistic about martial arts during the training camp, martial arts did not show such a terrifying ability to score points during the training camp.
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The martial arts in the training camp were obviously very reserved, as if to leave a "team" impression to other coaches. The martial arts did not blindly play by themselves when it came to handling some balls.
But in today's practice match, Wu Dao seemed determined to beat Ryder. After the basketball was given to him, he would not pass it around at all.
The whole person has entered the lone wolf mode of throwing wildly, and many of the offensive options for the ball are very reluctant in Flip Saunders' view.
But this small flaw can no longer be called a flaw given the terrifying 45-point half-time score of Martial Arts.
If Flip Saunders only regarded Wu Dao as a player with potential and talent during the training camp.
So after today's practice match, Flip Saunders confirmed that martial arts will definitely cause an earthquake after entering the NBA.
The player in front of him has real superstar potential.
Phillip Saunders is very satisfied with Wu Dao's performance today. Of course, at the same time, he is also full of worries about whether he will be able to obtain Wu Dao in the future.
It's good to be excellent in martial arts, but such excellence will definitely attract the attention of other teams.
Wu Dao is already at the top of the list of high school students in the United States compiled by ESPN. Although due to some well-known relationships, Wu Dao has not won awards such as "Best 5 in America" and "Mr. Basketball", but Philip Sanders knows that, If the martial arts high school senior maintains this momentum, he will definitely attract people's attention.
Looking at Wu Dao in front of him, Phillip Sanders couldn't help but rub his hands. After chatting with Wu Dao for a few words, he hurriedly left the arena.
Of course, the Timberwolves' training will not end with a practice match. For the players, it is just the beginning.
After letting the players rest for a while, Coach Bill began to arrange other training projects.
But at this time, Ryder made a mistake. He did not participate in the team's subsequent training, left the gym without saying a word, and skipped training directly.
Although several of Leder's better players tried to hold Leder back, it had no effect and Leder still left the gym.
Wu Dao just glanced at Leder who was leaving, turned his head and completely forgot about this man.
There is no need to remember the names of the defeated generals!
After the practice match, Budao participated in the Timberwolves' team training. Although the Timberwolves are the weakest among the NBA, the team's training is still an eye-opener for martial arts.
After the group running practice, the assistant coaches on the sidelines entered the court one after another and began to provide so-called "individual guidance" to the players. Of course, those who receive these benefits are the backbone of the team, including Garnett.
As for the new second-round picks who joined the team this year, the coaches just assigned training tasks and went to Garnett and others to provide one-on-one targeted guidance.
Wu Dao was also fortunate to have a "physical fitness class". After watching Wu Dao's performance on the court, the trainer felt that Wu Dao's talent conditions were really excellent and he had been training well. The suggestion to Wu Dao was to let him train a little bit. muscle groups to enhance body control.
Regarding the muscle gain mentioned by Martial Arts, the Timberwolves trainer's suggestion is to let Martial Arts control the entire person's weight within 105kg and maintain the current weight.
In this regard, the advice they gave to martial arts was completely different from the advice given by the trainers at the ABCD training camp some time ago.
The trainer at ABCD training camp recommends martial arts to build muscle and strengthen dominance in the low position.
The Timberwolves' trainer believes that building muscle will increase the risk of injury and allow martial arts to be maintained.
Different trainers gave completely different suggestions, which made Wu Dao hesitate. He didn't know who to listen to for a while.
After expressing his doubts, the trainer of the Timberwolves obviously looked stunned. After thinking for a long time, he still suggested that Martial Arts should let him maintain the status quo.
In fact, the Timberwolves' trainer has more things to consider.
If Budo was a black player, then he would not hesitate to suggest that Budo gain muscle. With the physique and ability of black players to gain weight, and according to Budo's current height conditions, it would be best to control the weight within the range of 105~110kg. of.
There are even some talented players, such as Ah Tan, who is 206cm tall and controls his weight around 115kg, and can still maintain a considerable level of athletic ability.
As for Fat Tiger, that is out of the scope of the discussion, because his injuries mean that his physical talent is not enough to support him with so much meat.
Compared to Fat Tiger, Big Shark is the one with extraordinary talent.
He maintained excellent athletic ability while hanging meat, and it didn't hurt.
For players, weight directly affects athletic ability and injury risk. It is very important to choose a balance point among them.
For example, Dayao's weight gain in order to enhance his dominance is considered a failure in martial arts. Putting aside the risk of injury, Dayao was actually very dominant before he gained weight, and his low post power could not compete with O'Neal. In fact, it cannot be regarded as a shortcoming at all.
In fact, as long as Houston provides Yao with a meat-shield power forward who can catch the ball and dunk, and O'Neal is disgusting on the sidelines, it will be fine.
With Yao Ming's coordination ability, passing ability and mid-range shooting ability, he can pull O'Neal out of military training.
On the defensive end, as long as the meat-shield power forward goes up and commits two fouls when O'Neal is playing most comfortably to interrupt the rhythm.
What you have to do to defend O'Neal is not how to guard him when he gets the ball in the low post, but how to prevent him from getting the ball in the low post. Even if he gets the ball, he won't be able to play comfortably. This is the most important thing.
Going head-to-head with the opponent in the area where the opponent is good at, playing one-on-one in a low position, is really stupid from the point of view of martial arts.
Just like Ryder in this game, he is obviously in a position, but he wants to save face and stares at the martial arts that is a head higher than his own. Isn't this just asking for trouble?
After thinking about it for a while, Wu Dao decided to listen to the Timberwolves trainer's advice for the time being and control his weight around 105kg.
He is still young, there is still a long way to go, and there is still time to gain muscle, but if he is injured, his career will be GG.
For the current stage of martial arts, it is better to play it safe.
The next day, before the start of training, the Timberwolves were preparing for another simple practice match.
Leder was absent from today's training, but the Timberwolves' "real" brother, forward Tom Gugliotta, joined the training.
The distribution of players was the same as yesterday. Wu Dao, a high school student, was fortunate enough to be able to join training at the beginning of the game today.
In the green team, the vacancy left by Leder became Tom Gugliotta. It's just that he didn't face off against Wu Dao, but went inside to act as a power forward. Wu Dao's opponent was replaced by Garnett.
"Hello, martial arts classmate."
"My name is Kevin Garnett."
"I just graduated from high school this year, so I'm still a high school student."
"Today, I will be your opponent."
