Chapter 254: Japan and South Korea are brainless

On October 7, the Knicks faced the Los Angeles Clippers at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo.

Wu Huang still got an unimaginable welcome in Japan, a few days before the game, he carried out several business activities in Ginza, Tokyo, the madness of Japanese fans is not inferior to China, although this time there is no girl holding him, but at the event there are several girls who fainted with excitement, and finally saw the scene of the ambulance coming to show their faces in the camera.

This situation is mainly due to the fact that the event venue in Ginza, Tokyo is far smaller than when he was promoting in Shanghai and Beijing, but there are many Japanese fans who came to see Wu Huang, which led to a very crowded event site, and several girls who fainted were squeezed around in front, plus the people of the island country are a little shorter, it is easy to breathe poorly, and it is summer at the moment, the weather is very hot, and it is estimated that there is heat stroke, so when the sound of the scene is open, the heart of the person standing in front is easily uncomfortable, In the end, five or six female fans didn't know if they fainted because of heat stroke.

At Michael Jackson's concert, many fans often fainted, because there were too many fans on the scene and it was too crowded to breathe, and after the weather was too hot and dehydrated, they were stunned by the stereo, and these fans were indeed too excited, and it is normal for people who are not in good health to faint in this situation.

However, in the eyes of the media, there is too much hype here, especially Chinese fans and the media are the most excited, I have never heard of Chinese celebrities going to Japan to promote the situation that fans will faint with excitement, Wu Huang can be regarded as a disguised victory for the country.

The Japanese don't see it that way, they think that Emperor Wu is not a Chinese at all, at most a Chinese, to be precise, he should be Asian, or yellow. Of course, in the eyes of Koreans, it's a different story.

On the second day of the game, the Knicks seemed to be at home again, and the scene was full of Japanese fans wearing Knicks jerseys, and the numbers on the jerseys were all No. 14, and it was really difficult to find a Stoudemire or O'Neal jersey in the management. rushed to this scene, Xiao Si no longer had the idea of competing with Emperor Wu for the boss.

It is normal for Wu Huang to be popular in three cities in China, but it is also so popular in Japan, especially when there are many popular Japanese stars at the scene, Wu Huang's influence is too terrible, and Kobe Bryant, who has the most influence in Asia before, has not been so popular in Japan.

Today's opponent, the Los Angeles Clippers, has been the belly of the league for so many years, and they are the harlequins that the media will ridicule every once in a while.

Prior to this summer, there were rumors that in addition to Eastern Conference teams such as the Heat, Bulls, Nets and Knicks, the Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference were also one of LeBron James' possible next homes. This is not only because the Clippers have relatively ample salary space, but also because the small forward position is their only weak link "on paper" - with Byron Davis, Eric Gordon, Blake Griffin and Chris Carman pressing the lineup, plus James on the fire line, I am afraid that no team has a more balanced starting line.

In response to this possibility, some mainstream media have scoffed at it. An ESPN expert wrote in his personal blog: "If the above four people play for another team, James may indeed have to consider the possibility of joining; But considering that the front of their jersey is embroidered with the words 'Clippers'...... "His implication is that as the so-called "road is one foot high, the magic is one foot high", Rao is the little emperor's divine power, and it can't change the bad luck of the Clippers who have been weak for many years, so it is better to "can't provoke but can hide".

Looking at the history of the Clippers, if the team was sluggish earlier, it can be attributed to the owner Donald Sterling being too stingy, then in recent years, Sterling has reduced his involvement in the club and began to let his illegitimate children enter the management, and it is really difficult to find a reliable reason why the team is still bad, and it is probably the simplest and most direct explanation to say that it is purely "unlucky".

They were lucky to pick up the show Blake Griffin last season, who also vowed that "I don't believe in any curses, I'm here to change history". The result? Before the words fell, he was reimbursed for the season due to a leg injury, and had to run until the 2010-11 season to "continue" to compete for the Rookie of the Year.

No savvy manager would have expected Griffin to waste a season in this way. The intriguing part is not only that, Zach Randolph did not help the team much during his time with the Clippers, and the Grizzlies were once scolded by the media when they took over, but he led the Grizzlies to a winning streak in the blink of an eye, and thus hitched a ride on the All-Star Game. Randolph's performance with the Grizzlies hasn't changed much, and there should be problems with passing and defense, but he can play refreshed after leaving the Clippers.

After the forward position came and went, the hope star that the Clippers got did not come in handy, and the so-called "cancer" sent away was shining on other teams, which is something that the gods can't count. The operation of "success in the sky" did not end well, and the operation of "planning in people" was not much better - the Clippers once pinned their hopes on Elton Brand to stay and fight alongside Davis, but the former directly released the "bearded" pigeon and left. Last season, Marcus Camby played the role of surplus value and empty salary space, but later the Clippers really couldn't poach people, and no amount of money was only on paper.

In other aspects, the Clippers have good players but they are not perfect, such as Davis, whose IQ has dropped sharply in recent years, and he has become crazy about the three-point dry pull at the beginning of the second count, and Mike Dunleavy, the coach who is so angry that he likes half-court system battles, has lost half of his hair; Chris Carman has both scoring and rebounding ability, but he has too many turnovers and poor defense, which magnifies the Clippers' already inconsistent offensive weaknesses. Gordon, the only high-quality scorer, has good efficiency, but it seems that he can only score a link, and he is only suitable to be the team's striker.

These single-player players who came out with a big name but put together but didn't do that thing eventually formed the core of the Clippers' roster. As a result, they have at least three players who can score more than 20 points from time to time, but their offensive efficiency is below the middle of the league.

Data experts in the American media even asserted that with the team's poor form last season, it would be difficult for Griffin to make the playoffs even if he was not injured. Good players are not used, better players are not willing to come, what hope is there for this team?

There are also many New York fans who fall into the ground, thinking that Griffin is not unlucky, on the contrary, it is actually a good thing that he can avoid head-on competition with Wu Huang, Ross, who entered the league earlier, is not Wu Huang's opponent, and Griffin, who lost to Wu Huang in college, can only become a green leaf in the face of Wu Huang, acting as a foil.

With Griffin returning to the team for the new season, he'll be battling John Wall for the Rookie of the Year award. Griffin is now considered the most likely player to win Rookie of the Year this season.

But compared to this, how long Griffin will stay in the future is a great suspense. Ron Harper, Danny Manning, Ramar Odom, and Andre Miller have all abandoned ship early to escape, even if Brand, who was named the captain, did not have a happy walk. Even more troubling is the fact that the current management is not even as straightforward as it was under Elgin Baylor, who wants to say goodbye to the old way of operating with the sole goal of making money, but who are always unable to completely dissociate themselves from the past.

The result of this game is really not too much suspense, the beard's performance last season plummeted, and this season continues to degenerate, Wu Huang found that after improving his confrontation ability, this once high-spirited super point guard has faded from the color of the past, and is now a toothless paper tiger.

Eric Gordon's offensive efficiency is good, but he always struggles to play too well against Iguodala, and the first brother is a bit restrained by the stocky No. 2 position.

Carman has also degraded this season, and the always injured Nagging has only played a star season and has regressed significantly on both offensive and defensive ends this season.

Xiao Si and Wu Huang easily blew up their respective opposing players, and this game was EZPZ for the Knicks.

The score was 70:55 in the first half, and the Knicks easily took a big lead with a casual play.

The best performance of the Clippers team was Griffin, a mixed-race interior player known as the White Monster in college, who played an unexpected performance in the media, and Griffin was the brightest on the team in the Clippers' first few summer league games.

The industry has always considered Griffin to be Carl Malone's successor, and it makes sense. Whether it is in terms of confrontation, hand strength, basket impact, or from the judgment of rebounding, the explosiveness of initiating the first step, and the poor degree of mid-to-long-range shooting, he is very similar to Malone when he was young.

Today's Knicks' interior combination is Jr. + Monroe, and the character of defending Griffin is handed over to Monroe, both of whom are strictly first-year rookies, but the result of the battle ended in an overwhelming victory for Griffin.

In the first half, Griffin's data was 14 points and 4 rebounds, Monroe only had 4 points and 4 rebounds, and the Knicks' No. 6 show was not only compared to the data, but he was also dunked by Griffin in the game several times, one of which was a shocking dunk, which made many Japanese fans remember this big man with a violent style of play.

However, it was not Griffin who performed the best today, Wu Huang was still the focus of the game, he performed his three-point shooting in front of Japanese fans, and in just 15 minutes of playing time, Wu Huang made a total of 6 three-pointers, cutting down 25 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Xiao Si's performance is not inferior to Griffin, he played 14 minutes and scored 15 points and 3 rebounds, he scored one more point than Griffin, but he was not as good as the young Griffin in terms of scoring excitement, the little bully who had minimally invasive knee surgery is now more and more inclined to technical flow, although the impact is still in the first ranks, but fans can see that he will have more protective actions when he makes moves in the air, compared to the kind of broken boat when Griffin breaks through and impacts the basket, and the way of playing if he doesn't succeed, Xiao Si has added a lot of leeway to himself, which is also a sign of the player's more maturity, and the level of violence in the young Xiao Si is not inferior to that of Griffin now, or even surpassed.

In the second half, D'Antoni used different players to defend Griffin, but neither Reggie Evans nor Ronnie Turyaf could do much to the first-year rookie, and the Knicks' interior line was either short of height or not moving fast enough, in short, both of them had their own irreparable flaws for Griffin.

Griffin proved himself with this game, and then Xiao Si personally went to defend it was still the same, and Stoudemier's weakness of not being good at single defense could not cope with Griffin's turn and breakthrough at all, and he was almost caught by the White Monster once by the White Monster.

The Knicks' interior suffered another big loss, but the Clippers' outside line was even more embarrassing, Wu Huang almost gave Byron Davis a take, and the bearded man finally gave Wu Huang an elbow in anger, which caused the two sides to clash in the third quarter.

Wu Huang has always been in the impression of many NBA players who like to cause trouble, but he never does it himself, and he is very cunning. But this time, Emperor Wu was unusual, stepped forward and pushed Byron Davis hard, at this time, you can see how much improvement in his upper body strength, this push actually pushed the beard stronger than him back several steps.

O'Neal and Reggie Evans are on the court at this time, the Knicks' "black and hard" this year has increased several times, and it seems that the combat effectiveness of the fight has also doubled, Wu Huang is somewhat of a bully, and at the same time, he is also deliberately getting some news for himself, a star who always doesn't shoot on the court is not a good star, and the bearded man happened to be the object of his hype today.

After this conflict, Emperor Wu was replaced by D'Antoni, but Byron Davis was angry, he was almost pushed down by Emperor Wu just now, but when he wanted to go up to save face, he had no chance, Emperor Wu pretended to run away, and did not give him a chance to fight back at all.

"It's exciting!" Wu Huang was excited for a while, this feeling of taking the initiative to provoke trouble, and then running away after pretending to be forced was really cool and enjoyable.

Japanese fans kept cheering, and after seeing Wu Huang take advantage, many Japanese fans also attacked Byron Davis in English, and there is no one who can enjoy such a home advantage in Japan.

The Clippers had already given up resistance in the final quarter, and the elder Dunleavy replaced all the main forces, looking at Wu Huang from time to time.

He has always wanted to include this Chinese talent, and last year he was even willing to trade the Knicks' top pick with the list + any chips, but the New Yorkers still didn't agree in the end, although D'Antoni also hesitated for a long time, but he also needed a good point guard, and in the end he didn't let the old Dunleavy get what he wanted.

The old Dunleavy still wants to trade Wu Huang, every time the Clippers play against the Knicks, this red-nosed old man has a sense of déjà vu when he sees Wu Huang, although he knows that it is impossible to trade Wu Huang at this time, but he still makes a phone call every once in a while to harass Donnie Walsh, the general manager of the Knicks.

With a final score of 133-115, the Knicks ushered in their fourth preseason victory, and the New Yorkers are currently undefeated in the preseason.

Wu Huang played 22 minutes today, scored 33 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and still continued his high efficiency, although the preseason data can not be counted, but at least let fans know that Wu Huang has not regressed in the new season, some American media actually predicted that Wu Huang's performance this season may fall, and this prediction is about the same as Evans of the Kings.

Evans, who finished second in Rookie of the Year last year, had a noticeable drop in his first five preseason games from last season, and he didn't improve at all in his second season.

The reason why Terek Evans is mentioned at this moment is because the Knicks' next preseason game against the Sacramento Kings will be played at the Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul, South Korea.

If Wu Huang's popularity in Japan has already made Chinese fans feel very incredible, then when Wu Huang came to South Korea and almost had a stampede at the airport because of too many fans, everyone knew that Wu Huang was no less popular here than in China and Japan.

South Korean media reported: On October 9, when the plane of the Knicks landed at Gimpo International Airport, it was congested by fans in less than five minutes, causing the airport to fall for a time. What's even more tragic is that some fans did not hesitate to use their bodies to squeeze through the crowd in order to be able to get close to Hugo, causing a bloody stampede, and at least a few fans were bleeding. Later, some fans knocked down the stone statue at the entrance of the airport, causing chaos in the scene. Hugo's popularity in South Korea is to be expected, and it's not just fans who want to get up close and personal with Hugo, but also those "pseudo-fans" who have only heard about Hugo and know little about it. But when we see the bloodstains at the scene of the incident, we have to ask, "Is this worth it?"

In addition to the chaos at the airport, the occupancy rate of the Knicks' hotel also soared on the same day, because many fans wanted to stay in the same hotel with Wu Huang, resulting in a long queue outside the hotel, which is very similar to the scene on the day of the release of the iPhone 4 not long ago.

The organizer in charge of the Knicks' activities in South Korea admitted his dereliction of duty on the same day, and a staff member said in an interview with reporters: "We have been with the Knicks players since the airport, but because we failed to anticipate the frenzy of the fans who picked up the airport, there were some riots at the scene, and we as the organizers have done a good job of compensation." ”

Knicks players are now more and more envious of Wu Huang, O'Neal said sourly in the hotel: Even if he was not so popular outside of Los Angeles during the three consecutive championships, Wu Huang caused a sensation every time he appeared in Asia, causing a lot of news, and the stampede caused by crazy fans alone has happened three times, and he will do this kind of thing almost everywhere he goes, and now there are few stars who can cause such a strong fan effect.

Taylor Swift has just returned to the United States at the moment, and she has been paying attention to Wu Huang's news, and she is also sour when she sees these reports. In the past ten days, she has not been so popular in Europe, and she can only hold some small and medium-sized concerts, and she will not be satisfied with the scale even if the scale is larger, and many fans who come to listen to the concert are wearing Wu Huang's jersey, which is really unreasonable!

Wu Huang came to South Korea to still walk with Emma Roberts, but this is the last stop of Little Radish in Asia, after the Knicks and Kings game, Emma Roberts will return to the United States, and Wu Huang will follow the Knicks through the last two stops, and their remaining two games will be played in Taipei and Singapore. The Knicks won't be able to return to the U.S. until Oct. 19, when the NBA regular season starts Oct. 26 and their first game is on Oct. 27.

Before the competition, Wu Huang met with Indian Shih Tzu again, 17-year-old Agali is actually not suitable for heavy makeup, her makeup is lighter and more beautiful. But at this meeting, Emperor Wu found that Ajiali was obviously dressed too much, but it also made him guess some of the sister's intentions, and he felt that this Indian beauty was a little interesting to him.

The Kings have not made any effort to strengthen the roster this season, and they want to learn from the Thunder's team building policy, first focus on developing the young players in the team, namely Evans and Cousins, and wait until the style of play of these two geniuses is determined, and then they will start to strengthen the team purposefully. At this stage, these two have not played All-Star strength, and it is not wise to rush to recruit reinforcements, not all geniuses have such a fast growth rate as Wu Huang.

ESPN organized a survey some time ago, and it turned out that Chris Webb, Peja Stojakovic, and Vlad Divac all became the all-time best in their respective positions in the eyes of Kings fans. In addition, Mike Bibby is also the third point guard of the Kings, just behind the two prehistoric demons, Oscar Robertson and Nate Archibald. This alone is enough to reflect the fans' nostalgia for the king at the beginning of the 21st century.

But happy days were short-lived, and then Webb and Peja left one after another, and even Tim Donaghi, who officiated the key game of the Kings and Lakers Western Conference finals, was already in prison, and the Kings began a long period of rebuilding. During this period, they used famous players of all ages such as Sharif Abdul Rahim, Bunch Wells, Ron Artest, Kevin Martin and so on, but the team's hard power was not enough, and the results could only be stopped.

If there's ever been a turn for the Kings' luck, it's last season. They picked up Tyrek Evans with the fifth pick, and the latter also lived up to expectations, becoming the second only genius after Wu Huang with an average of more than "20+5+5" per game. There are very few rookies in history who can deliver this high standard, and Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan and LeBron James are all superstars who symbolize an era, and Wu Huang has also become the representative of the league's under-23 players.

Just looking at the top five picks in last year's draft, one has to admire the Kings' good luck and vision, because Hashim Thabit and Harden didn't play as expected, and Blake Griffin didn't even play. ESPN also wrote an article pointing out that Evans' future is not as good as Wu Huang, but it is obviously better than the guards Jennings, Curry and Harden in the same period, because he is very confrontational and should maintain above the level of attendance efficiency in the future.

The king may have chosen Evans with the attitude of giving it a try, but when he found that he could really be useful, it was timely to make changes that matched his strength.

They sent Martin to the Rockets before the trade deadline in exchange for Karl "The Bird" Landry. There are at least two benefits to this incident, one is to unblock the positions of Martin and Evans, so that the latter can be used as a point guard for a long time, and the other is to strengthen the relatively weak firepower in the restricted area.

How good is Landry exactly? In fact, as early as the start of the 2008-09 season, some experts suggested that the Rockets should pay attention to Landry's role. He is the most decent player in the league in terms of offensive efficiency, and is not inferior to the previous boss Kevin Martin in terms of contribution. Some foreign media even believe that Martin slipped last season compared to before, and Landry showed a steady upward trend, and it is not clear that he is the best player in that deal.

But it's a pity that Evans didn't show enough progress in the first five preseason games of the new season, and even regressed, his shooting became a hard injury, the shooting rate was miserable when he was out of the three-second zone, out of the three-point line, and the shooting rate was about to catch up with the center, and back and forth in the game was a move to change direction + European step, without Wade's accurate mid-range shot, defenders were easy to limit and target him.

That's the case for today's game, the Knicks sent out the starting lineup for the first game of the preseason this time: Wu Huang, Iguodala, Gallinari, Stoudemire, O'Neal.

D'Antoni experimented for a long time, and finally found that these interior lines are not as good as O'Neal, although this fat man will seriously drag down the team's offensive rhythm, but with him present, Wu Huang and Xiao Si have more scoring opportunities, and the backcourt and frontcourt rebounding have also been strengthened to a certain extent, in addition to the help defense will be a little problematic, the defense in the penalty area is also better.

There are pros and cons to starting O'Neal, but the pros outweigh the cons, at least the other interior players won't help the Knicks that much.

Wu Huang began to implement a new set of tactics in this game, he and O'Neal frequently blocked and dismantled, and then Xiao Si took the opportunity to cut into the basket from both sides, which made the opponent more difficult to guard against.

O'Neal must not let go, as long as he receives the basketball in the restricted area, this fat man can squeeze the opponent away to complete the layup without jumping, and his shooting percentage under the basket is ridiculously high. But if you don't let go of O'Neill, Xiao Si's cutting threat will be too great, and at the same time, Wu Huang can use O'Neill's cover to directly enter the penalty area, and his threat is greater than the previous two.

In the face of this kind of attack, any team can only use man-to-man to defend these three big troubles for the time being, but Wu Huang and Xiao Si are equally easy to score in one-on-one situations.

The Kings team was one of the first two big today, and with their defensive ability, they couldn't cope with the offense of these three people, and they couldn't think of a good way, and in the end, they didn't defend any of them.

In the course of the first half of the game, Cousins was knocked out of the baseline by O'Neal under the basket, smashed to the billboard and had to come out for treatment, and the No. 5 show encountered the same embarrassment as Monroe today.

The Kings picked up interior beast DeMarcus Cousins with the fifth pick this summer, which is considered lucky. Wesley Johnson and Derrick Favors were ahead of Cousins in the industry, and their talent was significantly inferior to Cousins, and given the fact that young big men are more popular, Cousins' growth is definitely the most remarkable in the class of 2010.

Some media believe that if Cousins plays an eye-catching game as he wishes, the Kings will be equivalent to grabbing a pair of high-quality partners with both futuristic and immediate combat power in two consecutive seasons with a non-top three pick, and the direction of team building in the next few years will also be clear.

The Knicks' Monroe is also considered an interior player with star potential, but the No. 6 pick was still very passive on the court today.

O'Neal only played seventeen or eighteen minutes a game, so Monroe still played a lot of playing time, but in the face of the experienced Dareham Porter, Monroe had no chance to perform at all, and only relied on Wu Huang and Iguodala to attract the defense and score two unguarded basket shots.

This kind of ball, there is no pressure to find a development league player to throw, and his singles and mid-range jumpers in the low post actually missed all today, Wu Huang found that his little brother was a little out of confidence, and he seemed very hesitant every time he received the ball.

Monroe's rookie wall came faster than expected, and this product was in trouble as soon as it entered the league, and if it didn't get rid of the rookie wall early, it was likely to collapse.

Wu Huang can understand the difficulties of this little brother, the exposure rate of playing in New York is too high, any shortcomings will be infinitely magnified by the media and fans, as long as the performance on the court fluctuates slightly, it will immediately be sprayed into a dog by the fans and the media, no one will give him time to grow up slowly, let alone someone will understand him, the NBA's interior line is the most difficult position to adapt to, Monroe is really difficult to adjust his mentality when he is crazy critics by Knicks fans and Wu Huang fans.

Despite Monroe's poor performance, the Knicks still led the Kings by a large score in the first half, with Smalls scoring a game-high 18 points today, O'Neal also scored 10 points in just eight minutes of playing time, and Wu Huang had six points and eight assists.

Some observant fans have noticed that Iguodala seems to be more low-key this season, and his average points per game in preseason games has dropped to 10, which is obviously underweight for an All-Star level guard, but Ichi himself doesn't care so much, and his performance on the defensive end is not inferior to last season.

In the second half, Iguodala directly kept Evans clean sheet, not allowing the core of the king to score a point in the athletic battle, but unfortunately many fans did not pay attention to his contribution in the team, because everyone habitually focused on Wu Huang, who called him the one who always held the ball.

The Knicks led the Kings by 25 points in the first three quarters, and the game ended up with another big win, and the two teams made early substitutions in the fourth quarter, sending the game into garbage time.

Wu Huang only played 20 minutes today, with 12 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists, Xiao Si 22 points and 8 rebounds, and O'Neal 12 points and 5 rebounds.

Evans, the core of the Kings, only had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and Cousins returned in the second half, but his performance was average, with only 11 points and 5 rebounds in the game.

Wu Huang also took the time to pay attention to Whiteside during the game, but this guy's brain did seem a little abnormal, and he got three fouls in the first half after playing three minutes. After coming up in the second half, he actually shot a difficult turnaround and backward shot in the low post, and finally three non-sticks.

Amid the laughter of the South Korean fans, Whiteside was replaced by the grim-faced head coach Westphal, who did not even use him again in garbage time in the final quarter. In the whole game, Whiteside only played more than five minutes, 0 points, 0 rebounds, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls, this kind of performance directly made Wu Huang too lazy to pay attention to him anymore, and he didn't see any shining points from this guy. (To be continued.) )