Chapter 386: Why Did He Steal My Headlines?
"I heard you're going to shoot Slam Dunk 2?" Taylor Swift asked, holding a gossip magazine at home, pretending to remember something suddenly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Wu Huang wanted to remind Taylor Swift at the moment, "You even took the magazine backwards", but he was worried that the little singer would blow up when he heard it, so he couldn't help it, and then said perfunctorily: "Warner did find me, but this is not a movie for the time being, there is only one plan, you know that a big production like this will not start filming without two or three years of preparation, just like I said in Miami, they want to wait until I win a few more championships before filming, I am using this matter to hype myself." ”
Since the media broke the news that Warner was looking for him to film "Space Slam Dunk 2", several girls have been looking for opportunities to mention this matter to him long before the little singer spoke.
Of course, Emperor Wu knows the plans of these little sluts, they are eighty percent aiming at the position of the heroine and want to come up and take a bite, and even the little radish and the local tyrant girl Ajiali who are not interested in making movies want to step in, and the latter eighty percent wants to let his local tyrant father spend money to support himself as the heroine, but Warner doesn't want to find a partner at all for this kind of movie that is not worthy of making money.
Of course, these excuses of his are nonsense, this movie doesn't need to start filming in two or three years at all, Warner wants to start filming this summer, in short, the sooner the better, so that the movie will be almost finished in two years, just in time for the Knicks' three consecutive successes or failures.
But the real problem here is actually Emperor Wu, this guy opened his mouth widely, and as soon as he came up, he not only asked for a share of the box office of the movie, but also asked to cooperate with Warner, obviously wanting to bite off half of this cake in one bite, but the greedy and insufficient Holy Sect Master directly scared Warner away, and the movie was temporarily stranded.
But how cunning Wu Huang is, he couldn't help but find James or Kobe Bryant to shoot in a fit of anger, which will desperately raise the movie and give the actor of this movie a special meaning.
During this time, under the naval offensive launched by him, even neutral fans now feel that this movie cannot be made just as it is made, it must be the god of basketball of every generation to be qualified to make it, and it is enough to make one every twenty years, which is exactly the time for the change of the NBA generation of hegemons.
The "God of Basketball" is not something that runs around the streets, it will take twenty years for this kind of hegemon in a field to come out at the earliest, and it must be the king of kings who truly overwhelm all the players of the same era to be called the god of basketball.
But in fact, Wu Huang didn't like that movie at all, he felt that not only the plot was naïve, but the laughter in it was also very low, of course, the starring Jordan's acting skills were also very poor, and the global box office would be so high, all relying on the gimmick of cartoon co-starring and the name of the basketball god to attract attention.
But this does not prevent him from touting this movie vigorously outside, because it has a personal interest with him, and his purpose is to make Warner unable to find other people to play it, and he will not be able to be slashed by him when the time comes.
Wu Huang predicts that this movie will be filmed, not to mention the global box office of more than one billion US dollars, so don't think about it if you want him to relax, even if Warner doesn't bow his head and find someone else to shoot it, there will naturally be other film companies coming to Wu Huang to make a movie like "The Basketball Emperor", which is guaranteed to make Warner's loss to the bottom.
After the Knicks defeated the Heat, the major media immediately increased the probability of the defending champion winning the championship a lot, and the Knicks also dominated the top spot for the third consecutive period on ESPN's latest team power list. Since January, the Knicks have been at the top of the power rankings of various teams, and the same is true in reality, with the Knicks temporarily leading the league with a 16-3 record.
On January 29, the Knicks welcomed a not strong opponent at home but with a lot of media attention - the Houston Rockets.
The popularity of the Rockets in China in recent seasons has not decreased with the rise of Wu Huang and the Knicks, and the league has been deliberately staggering the dates and times of the two teams' games, so most domestic fans will watch the games of both teams.
Now there are only two Chinese stars in the NBA, they are too few, it is better to have ten or eight superstars in the NBA distributed to each team, and that is the happiest time in the eyes of these Chinese fans.
In the past few seasons, there are indeed more and more Chinese players in the NBA, although Sun Dasheng, Space Yi and Jeremy Lin have not played satisfactorily, but Wu Huang and Yao Ming have been very competitive, and more and more Chinese playing in the NBA also proves that the yellow race is qualified to gain a foothold here, of course, a few more starters or star players are better.
The Rockets have a more diao-silk roster this season, but they are now playing real team basketball, Yao Ming led a group of role players and a group of small guys who were not favored in advance, and even played a record that many strong teams have been eye-catching, and the Rockets have recently reached the top eight in the West.
The Rockets are currently in seventh place in the West with 11 wins and 8 losses, and fans who have been following them know that the Rockets did not play well in the opening stage, and a wave of 1-5 opening records has made many people feel that the Houstonians are leaving the playoff stage this season.
But after entering the middle of January, the Houstonians have won consecutive games, including the Spurs, the first team in the West, who have been double-killed by them, which has made many people start to pay attention to this civilian team.
Yao Ming's stats this season are slightly better than last season, this season he averaged 30 minutes per game, can contribute 19.5 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists, and Yao Ming, who entered the tenth season, also completed a Chinese record in the NBA - he is currently the only Chinese player who has played in the NBA for ten consecutive years, entered the All-Star for ten consecutive years, and has been the team's main starter for all ten years.
Although this Rockets team is not a star, they do not have any big flaws in any position, and there are two young point guards who play at a quasi-All-Star level on the point guard. On the back and up front, Martin, Battinger, Lee and the outstanding rookie Parsons. In addition to Yao Ming, there is also a gorgeous Scola and a practical Patterson, as well as the 38-year-old but still young Camby. It can be said that the personnel reserves of the Rocket team in all positions are very abundant, except for the fact that these people are not well-known, or too old and too young, the overall strength of the Rocket team is still very considerable, and they have the potential to become a dark horse.
The only thing that Chinese fans are worried about now is that Yao Ming, who has glass attributes, will have something to do in the shrinking season, and everything will be fine at that time!
Before this game, Wu Huang was a little embarrassed when he saw Yao Ming, but he didn't regret that Yao Ming didn't come to work, as far as things are concerned, Gasol's tactical role is obviously greater, and it will help Nick more.
The advantage of the little giant is that he has better attacking ability in the low post, and his direct output is higher, but if you consider that there is already Wu Huang who is not lacking at all in terms of output, it is still the combination of Gasol and David West that is more suitable for the Knicks. And both of them have a much better attendance rate than the Little Giants and are less likely to be injured, which is very important for a team aiming to defend the title.
Yao Ming didn't mention this matter again, he has now decided to live with the Rockets for the rest of his life, the contract he finally signed last year was 4 years and 68 million US dollars, which is a very sincere contract, and the Rockets also want to keep this selected champion center in Houston forever, which is also a good story in the future.
The chances of the Knicks winning this game are obviously much higher, although the Rockets have no shortcomings, but their strength is only the center position, but this is not a real advantage against the Knicks, and Pau Gasol has never been afraid of Yao Ming, whether it is in the national team or in the NBA.
Yao Ming played more hard in this game, it should be said that before Gasol joined the Lakers, the two were quite equal in the NBA, and even the little giant could have a slight advantage in team records and personal data.
This may be related to the Grizzlies' failure to provide enough support to Gasol, but since his sister-in-law arrived with the Lakers, Yao Ming's stats against Espanyol and Lakers have begun to plummet, and there are few games with more than 20+ points.
Today, Gasol is facing Yao Ming or does not care about the identity of the front defense, in this league Yao Ming is not willing to put down the body, except for those large-tonnage inside, there may be only Howard, whether it is Duncan or Gasol, they will choose to keep going around to defend Yao Ming, because everyone knows how terrifying it will be to let the little giant complete a standard set of hook moves.
But Yao Ming is difficult to have the opportunity to complete his standard moves in this game, not only Gasol's front is very troublesome, Battier, who is familiar with all his operating habits and playing style, now runs to the Knicks to play, and today his task is not to defend rookie Parsons, but to help Gasol wrap Yao Ming, which makes the latter very embarrassed.
Although the Rockets are now playing team basketball, Yao Ming's difficulty in getting the ball on the inside will still occur occasionally, and there is always this kind of situation that makes domestic fans can't help but scold today.
But it's not that the Rockets players don't want to pass the ball to Yao Ming, it's that Lowry and Dragic are not the kind of point guards who pass the ball particularly accurately, and they have to pass the ball inside around the front and in the bag, which is really difficult for them. Besides, in this case, it is true that other people should be allowed to attack, the little giant has already contained two people on the inside, who will they fight if they don't fight?
This season, Kevin McHale, a celebrity of the Green Army, replaced Adelman as the head coach of the Rockets, although he will inevitably be scolded as the coach of the Rockets, but it has to be said that the Rockets have not had a head coach for more than ten years is really bad, including the new coach McHale also has one or two of his own unique skills.
The Rockets have seen so many young players and previously unknown players emerge this season, which is a testament to McHale's knack for coaching young players and bench players. In addition, he is also an excellent coach who is very good at mastering the locker room and tapping into the potential of players, although he is not as good as Popovich in terms of technical tactics and on-court adaptability, but no one is perfect, and one or two abilities are enough to become a coach of an NBA team, and his style is suitable for the current rebuilding Rockets.
One of the more interesting things in China is that those pseudo-fans who prefer the Rockets will frantically complain about the coach of the Rockets, and then blow the mustache to the sky; And the pseudo-fans who prefer the Knicks are the opposite, who will trample the mustache to worthlessness and then frantically tout how strong the Rockets' coach is.
However, McHale is still very weak today, he can't motivate the Rockets players to beat the powerful Knicks through communication skills and motivation, first of all, they have been completely suppressed from the point guard, Lowry and Dragic are more than two levels worse than Wu Huang, these two are still trying to become a quasi-All-Star player, and there is an unbridgeable gap with the real superstar.
Wu Huang beat the short height Lowry in the first quarter, and after the latter made two fouls, Wu Huang's opponent was replaced by Dragic, who was 191cm tall, but this time the Holy Sect Master used his strength to embarrass the Slovenians, and he played this kind of player who was a little worse than the quasi-All-Star, it must be a crushing game, this is a double crushing of talent and technology, just like the Grandmaster 500 Qiang opened a trumpet and ran to the fish pond to swim, how could he lose?
In the NBA, any player who can reach the All-Star level will not be much worse than Wu Huang in at least one of the physical and technical aspects, for example, Nash is not inferior to Wu Huang in terms of technology, and the gap between the two is in physical fitness. And quasi-all-star-level players have almost been suppressed by him in all directions, such as Magic's Nelson, who is not only much worse in technique, but also physically inferior to Wu Huang, which is basically suppressed by the Holy Sect Master to the point that he can't raise his head. As for the two point guards of the Rockets, they are both a little short of the quasi-All-Star level, which is already a complete hanging.
The Knicks' advantage in the second and third positions is also large enough, and even relying on better tactics will not be able to close the gap in individual strength in the middle, not to mention that the Rockets do not have too clever tactics.
When Yao Ming is on the court, they can play the inside line, and if they can't, let the little giants create opportunities for the outside players to attract defense. And when Yao Ming was not there, the Rockets played a low-profile version of the small-ball tactics, which was barely an entry-level bombardment.
These two tactics can't be played in the face of the Knicks, and the Rockets are about to choke out after the first half, and their only interior line that has not been suppressed is also unable to contribute under the Knicks' substitution tactics, and the backcourt has basically been played to death by the Knicks, Lori and Dragic on the point guard alone have three fouls and one or two fouls, and McHale has spent the entire halftime time to regain the morale of the outside players.
The Rockets made a last-ditch effort in the first half of the third quarter, but after being easily defused by the Knicks' counterattack and continuing to widen the difference, McHale quickly replaced Yao Ming and the main team, announcing that they didn't want this away game.
This result was expected by the media, and it is difficult for teams that do not know how to retreat strategically in this shrinking season to end well, and the Knicks' lineup is too restrained by the Rockets, who do not need to spend too much energy to defeat the defending champions.
"You won me again." Yao Ming stepped forward to greet Emperor Wu after the game, and sighed after speaking.
Yao Ming knows very well in his heart that judging from the current pattern of the league, since he has made the decision to stay in the Rockets, he will basically miss the championship, and the giants in those giant teams are younger than him, where can he survive these guys.
"Take, take!" Emperor Wu could only say again and again, in the face of the little giant, he would be unlucky and obedient.
The shot of Wu Huang and Yao Ming standing together after the Space Yi Race has also been frozen by countless Chinese media, this is a picture worth repeating in the future, and it would be better if there was another Sun Dasheng or Jeremy Lin in the picture.
The Knicks beat the Rockets and have one final game against the Pistons in January.
The Knicks are at home, of course, they won't roll over to this kind of team, and D'Antoni even rested two of the team's main players in the rotation, and today he started with Monroe and Tony Allen, but still beat the Pistons at home.
The New York Times praised D'Antoni's rotation strategy after the game and encouraged him to be more daring and find an opportunity for the Holy Sect Master and the first brother to take a proper rotation. Although these two have good physical strength, when facing a team like the Pistons, it is completely possible to have more people on the roster to rest, which can also give the bench players more opportunities.
Wu Huang's stats have been reduced in January, and he will be replaced early in some games where the wins and losses have been scored, and other teams will be roughly the same. So by the end of the month, Wu Huang's personal data had become: 29.0 points, 5.1 rebounds, 9.4 assists and 3.3 steals per game. He shot 52.2 percent from the field, 42.5 percent from three-point range and 92.6 percent from the free throw line.
While this statistic has allowed him to continue to lead the scoring charts, it has been opened up by Rondo and Nash in the assists charts, with the former averaging 11.2 assists per game and the latter 10.4, both of whom are much higher than him. And not to mention the top two, Wu Huang is now almost unable to even hold the third position, and Chris Paul is also close behind with an average of 9.0 assists per game, and he may overtake him at any time.
Wu Huang also knew that his previous thoughts were a bit taken for granted, since the 80s, the previous assist kings have averaged less than double digits in assists per game and only appeared five times, and he wants to win the scoring championship only when he has a chance to win the scoring title. However, the chances of this opportunity appearing are obviously unlikely, although Nash is old, but Rondo and Paul are still young, and it is not easy for him to pick up the leak.
The New York media have already awarded the January Best of the Month award to Wu Huang before the award, he has won the best of the week three times in this month, and the final best of the month will naturally not have any suspense, and it will definitely be awarded to him in the end.
In addition, many fans have also found that the All-Star Weekend of the new season is about to start in a blink of an eye.
The results of the third All-Star election were officially released at the end of the month, and Wu Huang unsurprisingly continued to lead the league with 2.2 million votes, and he had 550,000 more votes than the second-place Kobe Bryant.
As early as 10 days after the start of the NBA season, the league had already announced the list of candidates for the All-Star Game, and this "advance amount" completely rewrote history, all because the schedule of the "shortened season" was too tight. Among them, the enthusiasm of Chinese fans to participate in voting has not been reduced by the shrinking season, and as long as there is Wu Huang, the vote king, the NBA All-Star Game will continue to drive NBA ratings in China.
According to statistics, on December 26 last year, the day of the start of the new NBA season, the NBA opener broadcast by CCTV, the focus of the Knicks vs. Mavericks at 6 o'clock in the morning, the ratings reached a terrifying 1.81%, and the viewership share was 8.13%. That's a terrifying number in the wee hours of the morning, which translates to about 50 million viewers tuning in to watch the Knicks' season opener in the morning.
Last year's Los Angeles All-Star Game in the United States set a new high in the past eight years, with the main game rating reaching 5.8%, and this year's Orlando All-Star Game with the participation of Wu Huang and Yao Ming is bound to be sought after by Chinese audiences as always, and may also reach a new high in global ratings.
But just when Wu Huang, the ticket king, once again became the focus of the outside world, the Knicks suffered a wave of three consecutive defeats in a terrifying schedule of three games in four days! However, this wave of consecutive defeats made Emperor Wu even more popular! After reaching a certain level of influence, it will not only become the focus of media attention when you are performing, but also when you are unlucky.
The Knicks first faced the Chicago Bulls at home on February 2, which was the focus of the league's first and second match, but with Anthony and Rose contributing 62 points together, the Knicks did not play last season's dominance at home, especially Anthony's 13-point crazy performance in the final quarter allowed the defending champions to swallow the first loss of the new season at home, which was the first time this year that someone beat them at Madison Garden.
Knicks fans are finally paying attention to this opponent now, and the Bulls' increasingly tacit chemistry, and the continuous improvement of young players such as Rose, Noah, and Asik, have made the Bulls stronger than last season. Referring to last season's Eastern Conference semifinals, the Bulls always died in the final quarter, but this time the Chicagoans who successfully took revenge will completely lose their psychological burden, and this team may be the biggest rival for the Knicks to win the championship.
The New York players were full of depression and ran non-stop to challenge the Celtics the next day, needless to say, they must have been beaten back, but this is not that they can't be beaten, but the schedule is too passive, and the away back-to-back is so difficult to play.
On February 5, the Knicks returned to their home court again, this time against the Nets, only to be disappointed by the Knicks fans who thought they could take the opportunity to get back in blood.
In this game, Delon used his body to interfere with Wu Huang throughout the game, which made the Holy Sect Master hit only 5 of 16 shots in the game, and only got 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in 34 minutes, which can be said to be his worst game of the season, because his opponent Delon played 44 minutes and scored a game-high 28 points and 8 assists.
But if it's just Wu Huang's poor performance, the Knicks won't lose to the Nets, the problem is that Gasol is also very soft today, with only 3-of-10 shooting in the game, and only contributed 8 points and 5 rebounds in 29 minutes. In addition, Battier's performance was also average, only David West played well in the team, scoring a team-high 20 points and 10 rebounds, but he was unable to help the team win.
The Knicks' three-game losing streak made New York fans dissatisfied, and this kind of pickiness made Wu Huang want to curse, didn't they just lose a team battle in 4 days and three games? Now that the Knicks have only temporarily dropped to second place in the league, won't they be over when they come back!
On February 7, the Knicks defeated the Utah Jazz at home, Wu Huang set a new season's highest single-game score, and he rebounded strongly in this game, staging a crazy performance of 51 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, helping the team quickly come out of the shadow of three consecutive defeats.
But even that performance didn't make Wu Huang a unique headliner, as the Mavericks beat the Denver Nuggets, who have the Devil's home court, on the road today.
That's not the point, the point is that Chinese point guard Jeremy Lin scored the most points in a single game in his career - 38 points in this game! So this issue of Sports Illustrated made headlines with Emperor Wu, and this person was Jeremy Lin, who was also yellow-skinned.
"! Although this kid's rise is sudden and amazing, what reason does he have to steal my headline of 51 points with 38 points? After Wu Huang knew that he only had half of the headlines the next day, he was reluctant to do so, because he felt that he could score a mere 38 points and that he could score it at any time if he wanted to.
However, he didn't think about it, Jeremy Lin was the lowest player in the league a month ago, and he was still a Chinese, this sudden rise is indeed worth mentioning in the media, and what people report is not how many points he scored, but the inspirational factor in it, which is not as simple as a 38-point game.
Speaking of this Jeremy Lin, his experience is truly inspiring.
After the 2011 shutdown ended, the Warriors cut Jeremy Lin, after which he was claimed by the Rockets, and half a month later on Christmas, Lin was cut again. Two days later, the Mavericks, who lacked control, became Lin's new owner. Since then, a legend has begun to play out in Dallas.
Jeremy Lin's early days with the Mavericks weren't spectacular, and he played his old club, the Warriors, in the first game. Jeremy Lin said before the game that he didn't want to do too much and just enjoyed the game. As a result, he only played one minute in garbage time, and the Mavericks also lost to the Warriors 85-98.
Jeremy Lin was relegated to the NBDL after less than a week with the Mavericks, but on January 20, he recorded a perfect triple-double of 28 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists in the Development League...... (To be continued.) )