Chapter 144: Summer is here
Wu Huang said that he would not watch the finals, but when the Cavaliers were eliminated by the Celtics, Wu Huang still watched the Eastern Conference Finals in a different place every day, and he wanted to see how the Celtics' Big Four cleaned up that bastard!
In the end, the biggest feeling I got was: the **** of the little singer rose from a cup to a C cup in a month.
"I'm so moved, he finally has a girl above the C cup now, although it's fake and can't be kneaded hard, but at least it's much stronger than when there's nothing, and it's great to see if you can't touch it." Wu Huang didn't notice that after he recently fell out with Taylor Swift and Emma Watson, his personality would change a little the next day, and after he turned his head and snapped with Christine again, his personality would change the next day.
Wu Huang kept a low profile during this time, and originally planned to take a good break in May and June, but after shooting some commercials for several new endorsement contracts, he found that he had nothing to do.
Brandon strictly followed his instructions, only big contracts would shoot commercials, and only one commercial a year, commercial activities could be saved, basically the same as Nowitzki, but he received many times more money than Nowitzki.
To be honest, Wu Huang is a bit of a big name in doing this, how can he collect millions of dollars a year in endorsement fees, but he only shoots one advertisement a year for others, and there are almost no commercial activities, that is to say, these companies can only use an advertisement and Wu Huang's portrait rights to promote, don't expect Wu Huang to attend any event in person.
Wu Huang himself didn't think he was playing a big name at all, he didn't want to go out all day and show his face, if it was too expensive, he could not ask him for endorsement, and he didn't use a knife to force those companies to give him money. Since these people are willing to agree to a series of demanding demands, it means that there is still something to be earned. Wu Huang still thinks it's a bit too much to shoot an advertisement a year. He now has so many endorsements, and he has to shoot at least a dozen commercials a year, and he can't wait to shoot an advertisement every two years.
Brandon quickly found him three or four villas in New Jersey that met his requirements, and Emperor Wu chose a riverside villa built on the Hudson waterfront, which was only a river away from Manhattan. He tested it himself and drove from here to the team's training gym. It's less than an hour's drive and Madison Square Garden is half an hour's drive away, and it's even closer to the team's training hall than his current apartment.
Convenient travel is one of them, the location and surrounding environment of this riverside villa is what he is most satisfied with, and the security is also very good, the only problem is that the space in the back garden is not large enough, the front and rear gardens add up to only 800 square meters, which is not enough to build a complete indoor basketball hall.
Brandon later gave him an idea. This villa has two internal garages and 6 exterior garages, he can change the external garage in the garden into part of the indoor basketball hall, anyway, he has been driving two cars, there is no habit of other stars collecting luxury cars, two indoor garages are enough.
This frees up a lot of space, and then a slight expansion of the exterior garage is enough to make a 16 x 10 meter space that can be used to build half a full NBA indoor basketball court without affecting the structure of the garden itself.
Wu Huang felt that he could consider this proposal, 16 wide x 10 meters long was enough to build half a complete NBA court. It's a little smaller, but it's enough for him to train, and it's not much use to build a bigger one.
The $8 million riverside villa covers a total of 1,180 square meters. The interior area is 900 square meters, with three floors above ground and one basement, of which the third floor has a uniquely designed wraparound large top terrace, which can see the 360-degree view, which is also one of his most satisfying places. Moreover, this villa is built on the riverside and has its own dock, and after he buys a yacht, he can rent another berth in Manhattan opposite. When the time comes, you can take a boat to Manhattan and save ten minutes by going to Madison Square Garden.
Of course, he wasn't so bored, the villa's location was too close to Manhattan for even a slow drive. However, it will take some time for the indoor basketball court to be remodeled. The house also needs to be renovated. It is conservatively estimated that he will not be able to move in until the end of September at the earliest, that is, he will not be able to move to New Jersey until next season, and during this time he will only be able to train in the team's training hall.
In June, the Lakers vs. Celtics finals began, and Wu Huang found himself with nothing to do except go on vacation.
Wayne Hall tailor-made a three-month summer training program for Wu Huang at the end of May, this guy has never seen a star who chooses to train at home without going out on vacation in the summer, especially after experiencing Maddie's laziness, this personal trainer who is good at exercising is full of energy, and must let Wu Huang improve his confrontation ability to a higher level in three months.
After half a season, Wayne has already figured out Wu Huang's physical fitness, the original Maddie is the best physical talent player he has trained, and Wu Huang's physical talent may be slightly inferior to Maddie in the comprehensive comparison. But based on his recovery ability alone, Wayne felt that Wu Huang was actually more suitable for the NBA than Maddie, and this Chinese American was the most incredible recovery ability of any player he had ever seen.
There are always rumors in the league that LeBron James's recovery ability is perverted, but Wayne feels that Wu Huang should be the most perverted one, because he can withstand the training intensity that Maddie couldn't afford when he was young, and the muscle damage after training can recover at an incredible speed, which completely cancels out the talent gap between him and Maddie.
There is no specific comparison of physical fitness, and the two are not in the same position. But based on so many years of training experience, Wayne can use the training situation to make a more intuitive evaluation of the physical talents of these players, and even rate them a score like a 2K game.
Players like Maddy, Rose, and Iverson can score 96 or 97 points in Wayne's eyes; Players like Wu Huang and Kobe Bryant will be a little lower, probably 94 or 95 points; James and Jordan are more physically gifted than Maddie and Iverson, and they can rate 98 or even 99 points.
But after only a few seasons, Wu Huang's physical fitness will surpass Maddie and Rose and others under high-load training, and the gap between him and the most talented players such as Jordan and James is not particularly large, if he can practice like this for three months every season. He is enough to train his physical fitness to the highest level with the training he has acquired.
Wu Huang officially kicked off his offseason training on June 1, a hellish high-intensity training program that will continue until September 1.
Wayne believes that the training plan he has tailored for Wu Huang cannot even be withstood by Kobe, who has trained extremely crazy in previous years.
Every morning, Wu Huang gets up at about 5 o'clock and trains on his bicycle for half an hour. This is followed by a half-hour of yoga and an hour and a half of shooting workouts, and finally a 15-minute ice sauna. This is the first part of his daily training, which is not very intense, and the main purpose is to move his body, stay in shape, and reduce off-season fat production, which Wayne calls "relaxation".
In the morning, Emperor Wu took a break and began formal strength training at about 9 o'clock. Wayne called it "Tongluo", the time is 60 minutes to 80 minutes, the whole training process is still based on exercising core strength, but the training of leg explosiveness has been strengthened, Wayne believes that Wu Huang's explosiveness and speed still have room for further improvement, and the next game is stable enough to really increase the ability to fight.
NBA players generally do strength training for half an hour to 45 minutes, which is not as simple as lifting a few dumbbells in ordinary people. The high-load strength training of NBA players is very damaging to the muscles, and few players can do strength training for up to 1 hour. Those who don't have enough recovery will only do strength training three times a week. Each session lasts only about 30 minutes, and overtraining can cause the injured muscles to not recover, with serious consequences.
Wu Huang is different, he can do such high-load strength training five times a week, which is why he will definitely be able to develop the confrontation ability that is not inferior to Ross if he persists.
After the morning strength training, Wu Huang will accept a half-hour massage from a masseur hired by himself. Helps the body recover faster from injuries and fatigue caused by training.
In the afternoon, with the help of Wayne, Wu Huang will first use the gym equipment for a one-hour stretching joint, followed by a two-hour training with the ball in the confrontation, including left-handed and left-handed dribbling, dribbling shooting and layups in the confrontation. These trainings are done in confrontation. In order to find a qualified sparring partner, Wu Huang spent $1 million to hire Bruce Bowen, who had just retired, to help him train.
Wu Huang originally wanted to find Glove Peyton, but the asking price of this item was too high, Wu Huang felt that it was not very cost-effective, he couldn't afford to pay the money, but he didn't want to be wronged, these are two different things.
Bruce Bowen only earned a salary of 30 million in his entire career, which is not enough for NBA players who have always spent money lavishly, although Uncle Bao is relatively low-key, but he also feels that the money may not be enough for his life, so Wu Huang offered a training fee of one million dollars for two months, and he quickly agreed.
The million-dollar fee required Bowen to train with Wu Huang 15 times a month, one afternoon at a time, not every day to cooperate with Wu Huang training, a total of 30 training times in two months.
At this stage, Wayne called it "martial arts", mainly to improve Wu Huang's actual combat ability, and the effect of training with Uncle Bao is not a joke, in addition to enhancing the shooting ability and one-on-one ability in the confrontation, you can also learn some small actions by the way, and even Uncle Bao's trick "stepping feet", then the money is too worth it.
The final phase is the last month of the training program, when strength training decreases and there is a relative increase in training with the ball, which Wayne calls "beating."
At this time, Wu Huang wants to join the training camp organized by the team, where he can find some active players, such as rookies and basic salary players who are ready to join, and use these guys as his own sparring partners for free to test the results of the first two months of training.
He's going to have a dry summer and to many of the players it's an ascetic life.
Most NBA players spend the offseason playing in nightclubs until dawn, drinking weeds and attending all kinds of lewd and promiscuous parties, which is their daily life.
Emperor Wu doesn't like this kind of drunken life, and he doesn't like these people, whether they are black or white, fat or thin, they don't refuse, and the ghost knows if these girls who are in the nightclub have any secret diseases, Wade is lucky to be infected with sex, and the magician's lessons have always been there. What's more, he often slanders in private, thinking that the aesthetics of many stars are really problematic, do they really only look at the size of the butt?
He wasn't so hungry. Besides, he has enough harem, and he can't cope with the shift every night, so how can he have the leisure to go to nightclubs and fool around with women who don't know how many hands he has.
So in the eyes of many people, Wu Huang is a good baby who rarely goes to nightclubs to fool around, and there are no off-the-field scandals at all, these advantages are simply a role model for players across the league. He is also the best player in David Stern's heart. Speaking of which, in addition to being a little ambiguous with a few female stars, Wu Huang really has no off-the-field trouble, which is why the president has always favored him, even if the American media has been rejecting him, but the league has at least achieved impartiality.
Some Wu Huang fans also believe that the reason why he has not had injuries is the law of his private life, in fact, "injuries" can be avoided, but many players tend to ignore this. That's rest and healing.
This kind of rest and recovery does not refer to lying down and watching TV, playing games, or sleeping with your head covered, but rather to actively care for the body. For example, do some stretching exercises, massages, ice saunas, and eat strictly according to nutritious recipes. In the NBA, the coach doesn't do everything like a babysitter, so everything can only rely on the self-discipline of the players.
It's not uncommon to see players in the league who are doing badly in big cities, but after being traded to smaller cities, their form suddenly skyrockets, and the reason for this is that the smaller cities don't have as much nightlife.
New York has one of the most nightlife cities in the world, so it's easy to fall for a while. However, these fans don't know. Wu Huang doesn't go to nightclubs, but it doesn't mean that his private life is very regular. When the business is busy, he often has to turn two games a night, and the so-called not being injured is more of a reflection of talent.
Of course, even if he turns two games a night, it is better than other players going to nightclubs all night, at least he doesn't drink grass or drink, and he won't use some tonic for continuous combat uniforms. The effects of these tonic pills on the player's body are very severe.
But then again, this seems to be another manifestation of Emperor Wu's talent, he doesn't need to use these things to control his own 28 consecutive battles, which is an even more enviable talent.
Generally speaking, injuries to NBA players come from two things – the first is the lack of moderation in play. Excessive indulgence. The second is that business activities are too frequent and the body cannot get rest.
All players know these two things, but very few players can prevent them.
The NBA is a vanity fair full of temptations, and at the same time, it is a big dye vat, but most of the players who are immersed in it will be infected with some vices. For example, going to a nightclub is one of them. According to unofficial statistics, eight out of ten NBA players are obsessed with pleasure and nightclubbing.
Also according to unofficial statistics, eight out of ten NBA players spend money, and nearly half of the players often squander their net worth in a short period of time after retiring, and eventually become ruined. So when they are at their peak, once there are commercial activities and endorsements, they basically do not refuse. And the time that was originally used for recuperation and recovery was eventually replaced by commercial activities, and it was difficult to think about not dying after the start of the new season.
So in such an era, probably only extremely self-disciplined players like Nowitzki and Nash can avoid the invasion of injuries, but the price of being cold in high places is to endure loneliness.
But there is not only one way to solve loneliness, and Emperor Wu found that building a bigger harem is the best way to eliminate loneliness. If he had been training boring, he would have been bored to death. Although Emperor Wu himself knows that these are all excuses for scumbags, he will hypnotize himself and lie to himself once a day, and he will slowly feel that he is a good person.
In June, while watching the finals and training, Wu Huang dumped his 28 at the house of several girls.
When summer arrives, the business activities of the girls gradually increase, which is good news for Wu Huang, Taylor Swift and Christine are rarely in New York at the same time, and he can move around with ease.
At the same time, since the Eastern Conference semifinals ended with the Celtics' victory, the small city of Cleveland has not been at peace, and countless eyes have focused on the city that is always rumored to go bankrupt.
The day after the Cavaliers lost the Eastern Conference semifinals, they fired the coach and changed the manager, but James still didn't answer the phone or text back. Since losing to the Celtics, the Cavaliers have lost contact with James.
Wu Huang can understand James's mood. As for who is the player who has been bombarded by the media the most this season, Wu Huang may not even be ranked in the top ten, after all, his results are there, even if the American media looks at him unpleasantly, but he will not open his eyes and say nonsense.
This season, the most popular media bombardment is the most famous LeBron James. Who told him that he still hasn't won the championship for 7 years, Jordan's seven-year itch can no longer be an excuse for him not to win the championship, the media has praised him to the same height as Jordan before, and once he can't do what Jordan did before, he will fall from the clouds with a pop.
Wu Huang is the same, now his first season has been praised to the same height as Jordan back then, or even a little higher, so when his next trajectory cannot reach Jordan's height, he will also "poof" fall into the water.
The battle between the Cavaliers and Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals was not decided until Game 6. James has been on a roller coaster ride during this period, one good, one bad, one good, one bad...... In the second, fourth and fifth games, many people felt that James had given up the game on his own, and he almost "evaporated" from the court at critical moments several times. Especially in Game 5, the Celtics slaughtered the Cavaliers by 32 points, and James didn't seem to have the ability to fight back. After the game, he also made some remarks such as "I spoiled the Cavaliers", which made him miserable after being eliminated by the American media. Think he's not worthy of MVP.
Wu Huang was quite gloating at the time, he didn't know what James thought in those games, anyway, he wisely brushed up a lot of points when he was eliminated, and the treatment after the game was completely different.
So this story teaches us that you must brush up when it's time to score, because you have to at least give the people who support you an excuse. Otherwise, how can your fans spray each other with sunspots?
That's what James suffered, he barely took a shot in Game 2, 4 and 5, and his sluggish fighting spirit was the focus of criticism from the media and fans.
Cleveland's local media outlet Cleveland Truth Tell said: "No one expects James to repeat the role of savior again, but as the MVP of the season, he should at least exceed expectations." ”
At this time. If you turn the clock back to May 12, the fourth halftime break of the Eastern Conference semifinals, outside the home team's locker room, three key members of James' team are talking to you. They are William Wesley, a well-known NBA powerhouse, Leon Rose, James' agent, and Mavrick Carter, the CEO of James' company, LRMR.
The trio was condemning then-Cavaliers coach Mike Brown less than an hour before the Cavaliers lost Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Few people know that after the Cavaliers lost Orlando a year ago, James asked the team to get rid of Mike Brown. That season, Brown led the Cavaliers to a 66-16 league-leading record in the regular season. In front of Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, general manager Danny Ferry backed up Mike Brown and eventually retained the position for Brown. But Ferry understands that the same thing is unlikely to happen again in 2010, because all decisions on this team have to go through James, at least in consultation with the latter.
This time, Cavaliers owner Gilbert is convinced that the Cavaliers must fire Mike Brown if they want to re-sign James.
On May 20, when Coach Brown was leaving class, he deliberately mentioned James' name in a statement. He knew that James had waited a long time to get rid of him, and Brown knew that there was no need for him to pretend to like and respect him anymore.
Just as Brown was leaving class, Cavaliers general manager Ferry warned Gilbert that there was no better manager on the market right now. In the end, Ferry himself lost his job. Gilbert wanted to have more control at this point, leaving James, and Ferry's stubbornness and persistence became an obstacle.
As a result, the Cavaliers staged a "coup", and Gilbert personally stepped in and did everything he could with his subordinates in the hope of impressing James.
Unfortunately, they never got feedback from James.
Gilbert called these days, but James didn't answer; Emails and texts passed, but James didn't reply. Gilbert offered Michigan coach Izzo a five-year, $30 million contract in the hope of using Izzo to persuade James to stay, but James also did not return Izzo's call.
Before the Cavaliers contacted Izzo, the latter turned down the Bulls' offer. Soon after, when James could not be reached, he turned Gilbert back.
Gilbert didn't know. Just before Izzo turned down the Cavaliers' offer, he spoke on the phone with two close friends of James in the league, who told Izzo not to expect to coach James in Cleveland. On the other hand, Gilbert's leverage to attract Izzo is precisely "coaching James," but the Michigan coach thinks. There is simply no one in the Cavaliers' management who has a really close relationship with James.
Unlike the Cavaliers, who have completely lost contact with James, the Heat now have a close grasp of James' whereabouts.
Wade is in contact with James every day, and he has long felt that James is likely to leave Cleveland, and when the Celtics eliminated the Cavaliers 4-2, he thought James would basically leave.
I still remember that during the Beijing Olympics, on the bus of the American men's basketball team, everyone could always see three people occupying the back seat of the carriage and whispering. These three are none other than James, Wade and Bosh. Their whispering conversation was tied to the crazy summer of 2010, and they wanted to seize the opportunity of a lifetime to win the championship together.
But it's too early to talk about that, and James still hasn't really made up his mind to leave Cleveland, and he'll have to wait until July to see how the league's landscape changes before he makes a final decision.
On June 2, according to the New York Daily News, a local media in New York, a number of general managers of the NBA league evaluated. If LeBron James chooses to leave the Cavaliers, it will have a huge impact on the market value of the Cavaliers. It's likely to shrink the Cavaliers' market value by $150 million.
In the United States, there are a number of professional organizations and media outlets that will evaluate the market value of NBA teams, and the market value of these teams depends largely on the overall market appeal of their team stars, as Sports Illustrated in 2009, when the market value of the Rockets was as high as $469 million. The media estimates the current market value of the Cavaliers at around $477 million, which is among the highest in the league, but once James chooses to leave the Cavaliers. That would shrink the Cavaliers' market value considerably.
In addition, the famous American basketball professional media "Hoop World" also wrote an article on June 6 to analyze the six teams that LeBron James is most likely to play next season, among the six teams, the little emperor is the most likely to stay with the Cavaliers, reaching 33%. The Knicks also became the team the little emperor plays for next season. But the probability is the second lowest among the six teams, at just 10%. The other four teams that are expected to play for the Bulls (25% probability), Heat (17% probability), Clippers (10% probability), and Nets (5% probability).
When analyzing the possibility of the Knicks seeking the signing of the little emperor, "Hoop World" pointed out: "From the perspective of the talent of the players already owned, the Knicks are probably the most suitable team for LeBron to join these six teams, because the Knicks have enough space to sign James and then sign a large number of excellent role players to assist the two emperors." At the same time, the attraction of New York's first city is not comparable to that of other teams, but the problem is that there are two emperors, and there has never been a situation in the world where two emperors govern the country together. ”
Fox Sports had a different view, and they were shocked by James' performance in Game 5, in response, Fox Sports reported: It looks like James has lost trust in his teammates, especially after Game 4. Perhaps from James' psychology, the support of his teammates does not lead to a championship. Since they can't arouse their fighting spirit, and they can't play at their best level, leaving is the best choice, and the current relationship between the Cavaliers has been reversed.
There are many things that can explain James's slump now: he doesn't believe in winning the game, he subconsciously doubts about himself, he doubts even more about whether he can get a really qualified helper, maybe he is just a tool for the team to attract money, maybe James has already packed his bags and is ready to leave.
Emperor Wu no longer cared about other people's affairs at this time, and it was his turn to use his core power.
The Cavaliers' top brass can meet all of James' requirements, and the Knicks are the same now, especially when Wu Huang chose to go to James Dolan's house to watch the Finals, head coach D'Antoni and general manager Donnie Walsh both knew their situation, and all their conspiracies were floating clouds in front of Wu Huang's strength and ability to attract money.
A year ago, if James' arrival would have increased the Knicks' market value by 10 percent, it would have put the Knicks back in the ranks of championship contenders. Then Wu Huang has already done it, and even better, and New York has no interest in competing for James in the summer at the moment.
Wu Huang euphemistically expressed his disappointment with the team's internal lineup to his boss and the direction he hoped for reinforcements.
It's natural for James Dolan to ask who he'd like to get help from, or even which player he thinks would be a good fit for the Knicks.
Wu Huang felt that D'Antoni was actually the most unsuitable for the Knicks, but this guy still had the aura of the best coach on his head. And his reputation in New York is not low, especially the gorgeous style of play he brings to New York fans is very satisfied, and the first season of the team's rebuilding has exceeded their expectations, so the mustache's reputation in New York is not small.
If he insists on leaving with a mustache, although James Dolan and the New York fans will not openly oppose it, they will definitely feel that Wu Huang is too domineering, which will have a great impact on his reputation, and Wu Huang will do it only when his brain cramps.
But if D'Antoni doesn't go, the odds will be great. Wu Huang is even more unlikely to let Dolan refuse a star insider who takes the initiative to vote, New York fans will also have opinions about him, no matter how popular Wu Huang is, doing such a willful and inappropriate thing will cause a lot of dissatisfaction, and he is not so stupid.
If Xiao Si comes, David Lee must leave, this is an inevitable result, a team cannot have two strong offensive and weak interior lines.
But on the bright side. Xiao Si is at least much better than David Lee, if Xiao Si is used to replace David Lee's position last season. Emperor Wu was actually quite satisfied in his heart. This will greatly enhance the Knicks' interior offensive ability, and even if the interior is blown up again in the future, they can at least blow it back.
As for whether Xiao Si will challenge his core position in the team after he comes, Wu Huang is not worried about this, no matter how strong Xiao Bawang is, he is also a 28-year-old player, and he was not trained by the Knicks themselves. How could he possibly be a threat to himself?
James Dolan was very happy about Wu Huang's attitude of welcoming Xiao Si, and the mustache began to lobby Stoudemire after the Suns were eliminated, and it is said that the Suns have offered him a big contract for five years and 100 million US dollars, but due to the hidden danger on Xiao Si's knees, there are additional requirements for the number of appearances in the last two years. Once Xiao Si is unable to complete the number of appearances on his contract in the last two years, he will only be able to get a partial salary.
Naturally, Stoudemire would not accept such a contract, so privately he has verbally promised D'Antoni that he will jump out of the contract when the free agent market opens.
Wu Huang also had a phone call with Xiao Si, and the two chatted quite well, and it could be seen that Stoudemire also wanted to have a good relationship with him.
This is a very normal situation, the current New York is far more attractive to free agents than the Suns, Stoudemire and Nash have worked together for so many years, and now that the peak of the Wind Sons has passed, they have never been able to win the championship, which means that staying in the Suns has basically no hope of winning the championship.
The Knicks are different, they have Wu Huang, who is known as the strongest core of all time, and Iguodala, a top outside defensive second leader who does not possess the ball, plus a number of young potential stocks and plenty of salary space, this team can become a strong championship contender immediately after getting him on board.
In this case, it is already obvious how Xiao Si will choose, not to mention that the coach of the Knicks is still his mentor, and the competitiveness of the East is not as cruel as that of the West, which can make him much easier in the regular season, and all the benefits add up, Xiao Si has long packed his baggage and waited for July 1.
On June 12, when the Lakers finally defended their title after seven games, the league officially announced the schedule of all important events in the NBA for the 2010-11 season.
June 24 - NBA Draft.
July 1 - Free Agent Market Open Negotiation Day begins.
July 6 - Free agent signing kick-off day begins.
July 10-19 - Las Vegas Summer League Camp.
September 10 - NBA Hall of Fame Ceremony.
September 28 - Report on the return of all players.
September 29 - The NBA preseason season officially begins.
October 23 - The NBA preseason season ends.
October 26 - The official roster of NBA players is announced.
October 27 - The new season begins. (To be continued.) )