"Don't be too stressed, just follow the path you originally thought of!"
This is what Yao Ming said to Woody when he greeted him after the game.
He understood what it meant.
This is obviously talking about joining the national team.
Woody himself also knew that if the rejection was disclosed by the media, it would definitely not be good for him.
Domestic fans will have some bad opinions about him.
But Woody felt there was nothing wrong with his approach.
Make yourself a better player first and then join the national team.
Not only can he get more attention, he can also be more proactive when dealing with relationships within the team.
So this summer, Woody still focuses on personal improvement...
On January 3, the Miami Heat continued their road trip, and their next game was against the New Orleans Hornets.
On the morning of arriving in New Orleans, the league announced the results of the first phase of NBA All-Star starting voting.
The two players on the back line in the West are Kobe Bryant and Francis, and the two forwards are Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett. For the only center position, Yao Ming once again beats Shaquille O'Neal. , sitting in the first position.
This list is completely unchanged from last year.
The final result of the starting lineup for last year's Western Conference All-Star Weekend was the above five people.
The only difference is that this year Kobe Bryant was only ranked second among guards, while last year he was the vote leader.
The "Eagle County Incident" still had a great impact on his popularity.
In other words, in the eyes of David Stern, his popularity still has a great impact!
In addition, Shaquille O'Neal only stepped up his canvassing efforts and did not have too many violent reactions to this matter like last season.
The entire outside world no longer reacts so much to this matter.
In addition to being shocked last season, they won't be too surprised if the same thing happens again. Another reason is that Yao Ming's performance with the Rockets this season is not out of sync with Shaquille O'Neal's performance with the Lakers. The difference in style...
To put it more simply:
Yao Ming has narrowed the distance between himself and Shaquille O'Neal.
East side.
On the back line are Tracy McGrady and Allen Iverson, at the center is Ben Wallace, at the forward position Vince Carter is ranked first, second...
It's Woody!
Whether it's O'Neal, Artest, or Paul Pierce...
All the veteran striker stars were suppressed by Woody!
This result is actually not that surprising.
Again, Dayao proved the power of China. Coupled with Woody's outstanding performance in his rookie season, Miami is another big city with a population of more than 5 million. Even if only one-tenth of the people give Woody There are 500,000 votes in the voting. If we count the votes in China, after 4 rounds, there are more than 2 million votes. This is almost close to the level of the All-Star vote leader... Experts predicted this before the game.
The 560,000 votes for Woody in the first round seemed to indicate that the experts were not talking nonsense this time, nor were they making it up.
To say that the competition among the forwards in the Eastern Conference this year is quite fierce. After all, there is the unbeatable Vince Carter, which means that other forwards in the Eastern Conference are competing for the position of another forward.
Of course, if you really want to say it, the Eastern Conference's defense line is even more terrifying. Tracy McGrady and Allen Iverson really directly blocked the All-Star starting positions of other guards.
For example, after the All-Star starting voting channel opened, LeBron James' team worked hard to canvass votes for themselves.
After working hard for a long time, I was still ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference. The gap with third place is not big, but the gap with Allen Iverson in first place and Tracy McGrady in second place is very obvious.
So much so that the Goodman brothers are already considering whether to let LeBron James take the third position starting next season...
How can we be "magicians" when there are two "popular bugs" on the Eastern Conference's back line?
There is also a more miserable person...
Scottie Pippen.
Last year, he returned to his roots and returned to the Bulls, and also told the outside world that this would be the last game of his career.
As Michael Jordan's biggest helper in the 1990s, a six-time championship holder, and the greatest second-choice player in NBA history, the team didn't give him playing time, and even the league didn't say anything.
Forget it, the fans chose to forget subconsciously.
As a result of the first phase of All-Star voting, he was ranked 15th among the Eastern Conference forwards...
Think about how Michael Jordan was treated last year, and then look at his current treatment...
How about saying that the "second boss of the team" is worse than a dog!
When Odom saw this list, he asked Woody to treat him and take him to see something good.
Woody is not very happy...
Although he has become an "All-Star starter", so far, most public opinion in the media believes that it is not a big deal for him to appear second in the forward position in the first stage of the All-Star starting voting. On the contrary, it is very scientific. .
It's indeed a bit of a back-up.
There are no great forwards in the East.
If it were in the Western Conference, whether it was beating Kevin Garnett or Tim Duncan, it would definitely cause a lot of controversy!
Controversy is coming, but will provocative voices be far behind?
How unlike now!
It was surprising that few players stood up to challenge him, saying that he was not qualified to stand in such a high position!
this……
You should quickly provoke me!
Woody is already thinking about whether he should take the initiative to attract hatred...
Men, as long as they are stimulated continuously, they will eventually get hard!
On January 4, the game against the Hornets started.
For the Heat, this is a "battle of revenge."
Especially for Wade.
The last time he faced off against Baron Davis, the latter was almost confused.
That was the first time he realized there was a clear gap between himself and NBA stars.
And this game will prove his progress during this period!
result……
The Heat did win.
However, Wade's performance was very sluggish. Although he sent 6 assists, his personal offense never opened up the situation from beginning to end.
Fortunately, Woody continued his mid-range shooting feel from the previous game in this game, hitting 3 mid-range shots right from the start!
You know, even the Pacers, who are ranked first in the Eastern Conference, can only lose when Woody hits three consecutive mid-range shots at the beginning, let alone the Hornets, which is fifth in the Eastern Conference!
This game once again proved that "Wu Dixing, the heat is strong!"
As for Wade, he is just taking advantage of the situation.
But Woody, who scored 18 points and 15 rebounds, was not very happy.
If this continues, no one will dare to take the initiative to provoke!
It seems that he needs to be more arrogant in front of the media...
It’s all about achievement points!
Wade was already a bit "skinny" due to his poor performance. He could only comfort himself, "Who in the league can't have a natural enemy? It's not shameful to lose to Baron Davis."...
I finally comforted myself and felt a little smoother.
Looking at Woody, who was frowning slightly, he immediately lost his guard.
He looked at Woody with a constipated look on his face: "Dude, can you be a human being?"
Woody:? ? ?
ha?
Yesterday, the league announced the results of the first phase of NBA All-Star starting voting.
When Wade saw Woody's name written on it.
Although many media predicted this result, he was also mentally prepared to accept a guy who entered the league with him and was so much younger than him to stand on the dazzling All-Star stage in advance.
But when it all came true, his mood suddenly became complicated.
At this moment, he felt the huge gap between himself and Woody.
However, Wade is an honest man, and he has dealt with this gap very well, especially when he met Woody for the first time, he came up with a hug, congratulated Woody, and sincerely hoped that he could go all the way. Leading until the end, becoming the first guy in Heat franchise history to be selected as an All-Star starter as a rookie...
Just after he regained his composure, Wade immediately felt that the gap between him and Woody was getting bigger and bigger.
The Hornets are not weak inside, and center Jamal Magloire is a favorite to start the All-Star game at center in the Eastern Conference. He was ranked third in the first stage.
Many media are saying that even if he cannot compete with Ben Wallace, Magloire will eventually be able to enter the All-Star bench...
The Hornets' ability to continue to rank fifth in the Eastern Conference this season is inseparable from his performance of 13 plus 10 per game.
But even in the face of such a new insider, Woody's performance did not fall behind at all.
On the other hand, when he faced Baron Davis, the final score of 13 plus 6 plus 5 seemed to explain why, as a rookie, Woody's momentum became more and more fierce, but he was gradually overshadowed by Woody...
These……
He endured it!
Yes!
Wade is in good spirits again!
Otherwise, how can he be an "honest person"?
This is how you can comfort yourself!
But when he saw Woody's frown, his mentality really collapsed.
no……
You have performed like this!
Are you still dissatisfied with yourself?
What do you want to do?
Will you win the regular season MVP in your first season?
Give us ordinary people a way to survive!
Woody was worried that his performance was too good and no player would dare to question his starting position, but Wade mistakenly thought that he was not satisfied with himself...
A beautiful misunderstanding caused Wade, who returned to Miami that night, to get out of bed at dawn the next day and head to the American Airlines Arena. If he didn't show some effort, he was afraid that he would lose sight of Woody's car taillights.
It's just that his luck is really unlucky.
Halfway through the car, a tire burst!
He could only drive the car to the side of the road, told his agent the location of the car, and then he ran towards the arena.
However, watching the sun rise, he was in an unexpectedly good mood.
He felt it would be a story worth telling.
Starting today, Woody has "Miami at 4 a.m." and he has "a car puncture at 5:30 a.m. and then running to the arena by myself"!
On January 14, the results of the second phase of All-Star starting voting were announced...
These are the 10 players who were ranked in the starting lineup in the East and West in the first stage.
Woody's vote tally didn't differ much from Vince Carter's.
This caused some noise in the outside world, because Vince Carter was the "total vote king" after the second stage, which means...
Woody's vote total is higher than some of the first votes at other locations!
Bill Simmons published a report at this time:
"The All-Star starting voting was invaded by "Chinese fans"! 》
In this report, Bill Simmons, as always, used data to speak, and very "objectively" combined Yao Ming's game performance when he became the All-Star starter, and Woody's performance in the voting stage at this moment, and also specifically used the word The word "dominance".
Trying to muddy the "water" through data from these aspects shows that the popularity of Woody and Yao Ming in the voting process is entirely due to their status as Chinese players.
If this report had been published last year, it would have definitely aroused unanimous approval.
But now Woody's strength is still in front of him, and Magloire's performance is somewhat behind him, but he is a strong contender for the Eastern Conference All-Star bench.
Woody's current situation belongs to...
He has the strength of the All-Star bench, but firmly occupies the All-Star starting spot!
But is that really a big deal?
The reason for voting for the All-Star starting lineup is the fans, so of course it is the fans who speak!
But Bill Simmons has been in the industry for so many years and has his own traffic, so this report still caused some noise.
He deliberately wrote such a report at this time purely for the sake of traffic. In fact, he also knew very well that his report would not have one-sided recognition. However, as a reporter, sometimes the report must be "do you want traffic or not?" Otherwise, how can you keep it popular?
Woody has always looked down upon this guy.
But this time, when I saw his report, I felt that I must take credit for this when I will be promoted to Level 3 in the future.
Thanks for this controversy!
Of course, the first prize must be LeBron James's.
His "good brother" really puts his own future at C!
Driven by these voices, Kenyon Martin "jumped". When asked by media reporters what he thought about the current voting results for the Eastern Conference forward starter, he said: "If Woody is a black player, then he It will be very ordinary, I think Richard should be ranked ahead of him, and the same is true for me!”
He has the confidence to dare to say this.
So far in the new season, the Nets have had one confrontation with the Heat, and the Nets had the last laugh in this game.
This is what all winners look like!
Woody received a task from the system at the same time.
"Ding, let Kenyon Martin see the style of an All-Star starter!"
"A successful mission will reward you with 3,000 achievement points!"
Woody was excited to hear the familiar "ding" sound, but when he heard the achievement points awarded by the system...
Okay, no matter how small a fly is, it is still meat!
Earning 3,000 is 3,000!
and……
Woody quickly thought, if he gave some tough replies, could he also activate some tasks?
He decided to give it a try!
To be honest, if it were normal, Kenyon Martin would definitely not pay attention to this guy.
Just kidding, what does "All-Star Starting" mean?
It was a personal provocation, and he responded, so does he still want to push the envelope?
Indifference is the best reply.
But who made the task of activating Kenyon Martin too difficult?
"I hope Kenyon Martin cherishes the days when people call him a beast, because there are not many of them anymore!"
Woody faced reporters and fought back forcefully, making the game between the Nets and Heat instantly attract the attention of the entire league.
On January 19th, the game day between the Nets and the Heat arrived.
In this game, the Heat are at home.
Before the game, Kenyon Martin once again responded to Woody’s trash talk.
This was the third time in a while that he had responded to Woody's words.
It can be seen that Woody's words can be regarded as "stable and ruthless", which is equivalent to "tying an A" and directly asking Kenyon Martin to hand over all his "ultimate moves".
In fact, Woody and Kenyon Martin are really the same type of players.
They are all players who rely on their physical talents to make a living.
Woody's physical fitness is explosive, and Kenyon Martin is also not a dry person.
Although 2000 is a small year...
But Kenyon Martin gave other rookies a leg up before the draft and still overcame everyone to become the final "number one pick"!
You know, injuries before the draft have the biggest impact on the market.
Is the reason why Wade fell to the sixth pick in the first round really because of his age?
Isn't it because he is missing a meniscus?
Being able to still not affect the market despite being injured shows the talent of Kenyon Martin!
Woody's words are easy to understand. Doesn't it mean that he will have a more explosive performance on the court than Kenyon Martin?
Then take a look!
Who is more "beast"!
If I slap him on the head, I wonder if he would dare to say such a thing again!
Although he kept fighting back, Kenyon Martin still refused to let go of Woody in his heart.
No way, this is the only label that he has always been proud of. Woody actually wants to tear this label off for him. Using "mortal enemy" to describe Woody's current situation in the eyes of Kenyon Martin is really a bit true. Not an exaggeration.
He wants to make Woody look good in this game!
"Ding, Kenyon Martin's desire to seize the host is constantly increasing. Faced with such a situation, how should the host deal with it?"
"Task 1: Dare you dunk me? Of course, I'll give him a hard cover!"
"Task 2: Dare you detain me? I'll detain you first!"
"Host, please make your own choice!"
The requirement of task one is to block Kenyon Martin’s shots in the game. The more times, the more achievement points will be awarded;
The requirement of task two is to dunk Kenyon Martin before Kenyon Martin dunks on him. If the task is completed, 5,000 achievement points will be awarded!
Judging from the rewards of these two tasks, the upper limit of task one should be higher. The last "St. Mary's Civil War" with LeBron James was about the same task content. There was no upper limit for the rewards. He earned enough More than 30,000 achievement points!
Can……
Only children make choices!
"I want them all!"
"Ding!"
There was another system beep, and then Woody saw two tasks lying quietly on his system panel.
return……
Is this really a choice?
Woody didn't expect that he wanted it all, but this system really gave it all!
No, after a while, Woody suddenly discovered a quirk: It seemed that when the system issued the task before, he didn't make a choice?
This is the first time that the system specifically allows him to select tasks...
If he chooses Task 1 or 2, does it mean that he has lost an opportunity to gain achievement points?
Good guy!
This system actually wants to trick me?
No, why?
Just because I took advantage of a loophole in the system during the last mission against Artest, why are you digging a hole for me?
naughty!
Don't do this again!
Woody closed the system panel happily.
The mission is there.
Play the long game to catch big fish, and deep activation tasks are also available!
After completing these three tasks, Woody's shortfall of 10,000 achievement points should be completed...
It’s hard work. Kenyon Martin, this “good buddy”, will have to suffer a little tonight!
What he has to face is "Full Firepower Caddy"!
Before the game, Woody and Kenyon Martin met on the court. The moment their eyes met, the onlookers felt as if there was a flash of lightning.
In the hands of the reporters on the sidelines, the sound of "clicking, clicking" kept ringing.
Judging from the expressions of these two people tonight, they had a hunch that this would be a very bloody game!
The game is about to begin, and the starting lineups of both teams are in place.
For the Nets, the starting five are Jason Kidd, Corey Kidders, Richard Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, and Jason Collins.
Jason Kidd is naturally the ace of this team.
When he came to the Nets from the Suns, no one expected that this team would actually complete a direct transformation under his leadership, reaching the finals for two consecutive seasons, creating Nets history. best result.
From a tactical perspective, this can be regarded as a representative player of "single-core leadership".
But when it comes to "single-core leadership", few people mention his name.
Therefore, this lack of scoring ability is indeed not taken seriously.
It always feels like he is just a "propeller", and he is shorter than other "cores" who are famous for scoring.
Let alone others, in terms of team leadership performance, Jason Kidd is definitely better than Allen Iverson.
But Allen Iverson has won the regular season MVP, and both are "basketball spiritual leaders" who have influenced a generation of fans, while Jason Kidd is still a guy who can only blow a kiss to the basketball before free throws. Bald guy".
Speaking of which, Woody was quite touched by this.
Because he was going through the same thing.
As far as his personal performance and data are concerned, he should have greater momentum. Needless to say, other teams include the Cavaliers management and the Nuggets who chose LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony. The team general manager is already beating his chest and regretting it endlessly!
But in fact, although the management of these two teams have found a way out for themselves, they still believe that their current choices are not wrong.
Why?
Isn't it just that his scoring ability is very rough!
Just wait, one day you will regret it!
The game between Woody and Kenyon Martin started off at odds.
The two people are not only the jumping ball representatives of both sides, in this game, Woody is still playing the fourth position.
Stan Van Gundy looked at the two sides on the court preparing to jump the ball, and his thoughts returned to the end of yesterday's daily training...
"Man, are you sure you want to play the four position tomorrow?"
As soon as the training was over, Woody took the initiative to find him and applied to him to play the fourth position tomorrow.
In fact, after this period of time, Woody has become more familiar with playing the third position, and based on his characteristics, he is more suitable for the third position.
At No. 4, his height of 2.06 meters is indeed a bit short...
Although Kenyon Martin is only 2.06 meters tall, his weight is a real 106kg!
It’s 8kg heavier than Woody!
In his opinion, Woody should use his strengths and avoid his weaknesses and avoid a head-on confrontation with Kenyon Martin.
Woody said very confidently: "Stan, believe me, I can definitely perform well!"
For this game, he specifically studied the game video of Kenyon Martin and analyzed his personality characteristics.
Kenyon Martin's style of play is very obvious "bullying the weak and fearing the strong". Against such a guy, you must be tougher than him. Once you back down, he will play harder and harder.
But if you play tough, he will become weak instead!
Therefore, Woody wanted to show Kenyon Martin his tough attitude right from the start...
There is another reason...
Kenyon Martin took the lead.
To be called a "beast", this physical quality is indeed wild enough!
Jason Kidd faced Wade in the frontcourt, slowly waiting for his teammates to get into position while observing Wade's position.
Seeing that this guy was about two steps away from me, no matter how provocative he was, he had no intention of coming up, so he simply attacked forcefully, trying to force the Heat to shrink.
But Wade's lateral steps are no slower than his, and he has enough buffer distance to prevent his breakthrough alone. He was always blocked in front of him, preventing him from forming an effective threat to the basket.
Kenyon Martin swung left and right under the basket faster, but Woody's entanglement was very neat. As Kenyon Martin's footsteps changed, he didn't lose his position at all. Martin tried hard for a while, but couldn't get rid of Woody.
He had no chance to catch the ball, and Kidd glanced at Richard on the wing.
This is the Nets' "scoring leader" this season.
Averaged 17.8 points per game!
Relying on his excellent physical fitness to attack the basket after receiving the ball is his signature scoring method.
But Gerald Wallace's physical fitness was no worse than his. He followed closely and gave him no chance to catch the ball and cut in the air.
Martin and Richard passed one after another, and Kidd himself had no chance to attack the basket.
His expression gradually became more impatient.
This is why Woody plays the four position.
If he had played the third position and asked Odom to follow Kenyon Martin, Odom would have been knocked out of the open position long ago due to his concentration.
And since he plays the fourth position, Wallace can be placed at the three position.
His physical fitness is not inferior to that of Richard on the opposite side at all, and he can contain his receiving attack very well.
The Heat lost to the Nets in the last game because they failed to restrict the cooperation between Kidd, Richard and Martin.
This is the "troika" of the Nets.
The ball eventually went to Corey Kidders, the 8th pick in the first round of 1996, at No. 2.
This is a shooter who averages 35.6% from three-point range per game.
However, he faced the "former best defense" Eddie Jones, who is now a pitcher and has his own experience with defensive pitchers.
He failed to grasp this catch-and-shoot shot.
The intensity of the confrontation between Kenyon Martin and Woody under the basket suddenly increased the moment the ball flew out.
The two people exerted their strength on each other and neither of them gave in.
The explosive physical fitness was also reflected at this moment.
This instant power is simply incredible!
The moment the ball flew towards the basket, Woody pretended to give in, allowing Kenyon Martin to occupy the position under the basket, but he suddenly exerted force and jumped towards the backboard in advance.
This broke Martin's rhythm.
All he could see now was Woody.
When Woody jumped, he jumped with him without thinking.
But the whole time the ball just hit the basket and popped out.
It came up empty.
He didn't dare to delay. As soon as his feet landed on the ground, he bent his knees slightly and jumped up immediately.
If he had just shown his physical fitness a little bit, then this "second takeoff" showed his entire jumping ability and explosive power.
Unfortunately, he still had to bend his knees to complete the "second takeoff" with sufficient jumping height.
The Woody he faced was different. He almost skipped the process of bending his knees, jumped high, and grabbed the ball in his hands.
Won!
The moment Woody grabbed the rebound, Nets No. 5 Jason Collins next to him was dumbfounded.
He rarely sees anyone able to suppress Kenyon Martin in the "second jump" matter. Especially tonight, he knew very well how engrossed Kenyon Martin was. Last night, in order to be in good condition today, he didn't even go drinking with him!
Um?
Is it because I didn’t drink?
Kenyon Martin was also a little dazed.
He had just been disrupted by Woody and jumped up, but when he jumped in the air, he reacted. Woody wanted to fight for a "second takeoff", but he really didn't pay attention. I want to teach Woody what it means to be "there are people outside".
Do you know how my buddy got the title of "No. 1 Scholar" in 2000?
result……
But he was shocked by Woody's even more amazing "second takeoff" speed.
But it’s okay. He is not good at grabbing rebounds, averaging only 7.6 rebounds per game. His failure in this aspect is not necessarily a problem with his jumping ability. It also has a lot to do with his consciousness. He was disrupted by Woody just now. Have you caught the rhythm of grabbing the board?
Kenyon Martin doesn’t give in so easily!
(End of chapter)
