Chapter Eighty-Five: I Was a Young Man
Just when the bite between the two sides was at its most intense, Spo's timeout substitution stunned the audience.
Zhu Wanhua Howard's appearance drew a round of applause from the audience.
"Wow, this guy has to be sixty this year, right? Will he still be able to run? You know, he's an inside player, and it's Zach who is directly opposite him. Alan Houston was extremely mocking.
"Come on, I wish you could shoot like your mouth." Scott Pippen interrupted him.
Yes, audience friends, you read that right, it's that Howard, almost none of the friends of the younger generation have heard of it, this guy was also an ancient beast back then.
He was the star center of the Washington Bullets that year, and he signed the league's first billion-dollar contract.
Howard quickly rose to prominence on the interior with the Bullets, averaging 22.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game in 1995-96 and being named to the All-Star Game and Third Team in the regular season.
He became a free agent in the summer of 1996, and the Washington Bullets offered Howard a seven-year, $89 million contract extension. However, the Heat offered a seven-year, $101 million contract. This is a clear code to rob people, which can make the god operator look at it, which shows that its strength is extraordinary.
Pat Riley has a lot of interest in Juwan Howard, and he wants Howard and Mourning to team up to form a terrifying interior line, with Tim Hardaway in the backcourt, and the roster structure looks good. Howard was also happy to defect to Riley, and the two sides signed a contract.
However, the Bullets then sued the Heat to the league for arbitration, arguing that the Heat would have exceeded the salary cap if they had given that contract, so the contract would be invalid. The Heat miscalculated salary space by not factoring bonuses from Tim Hardaway, P.J. Brown, or Mourning to their salary totals. The alliance finally ruled that the contract was null and void.
Riley was very dissatisfied, he originally wanted to go to court, but the league threatened to fine the Heat $5 million and ban Riley for one season, and the god operator could only admit it in the end. That's it, I won't play anymore, I can't make free throws.
Riley didn't get Howard, but it was tantamount to helping Howard raise his value. Howard finally signed a seven-year, $105 million contract extension with the Bullets, becoming the first person to get a 100 million dollar contract.
However, Howard, who became Mr. Billion, was never able to play the flashy statistics of the 1995-96 season, and his career reached an average of 20+ points per game in that season. For a long time, Howard became a representative of high salaries and low abilities. In the 2001-02 season, his team traded to the Mavericks, and then went back and forth between the Nuggets and the Magic.
Since joining the Rockets and becoming teammates with Da Yao in the 04 season, Howard's life has been recolored, and Chinese fans even affectionately call him Huo Ershu, and he has been conscientious in the three seasons of the Rockets.
It's a pity that because of age and injuries, he eventually became a homeless man in the league, and he successively traveled to teams such as the Nuggets, the Heat and even the Charlotte Bobcats......
Hey, years, a long sigh.
Sure enough, the Grizzlies' ball came to Zach Randolph on the inside again, and Howard used all his strength to stand up to him.
"I guess Zach will definitely choose to dunk this ball to finish." Alan Houston said.
Randolph dribbled vigorously and squeezed in, and just when everyone was distressed that Second Uncle Huo couldn't bear to look at it anymore, they saw him retreat, Randolph fell down in response, and the ball went out of bounds.
Withdraw the stool to defend, the old bird is still the old bird, there is always a way to cure you!!
"This ball...... Well, Zach was too careless and caught his way. "Houston is still unforgiving.
The Heat's possession, LeBron took it to the middle line to Wade, and Wade dribbled a step and then suddenly gave it to Howard in the bottom corner.
Second Uncle Huo glanced at the basket, and then at Randolph, Randolph didn't seem to mean to pull it out, only to see him smile slightly, and raise his hand is a middle distance.
"Although my brother is not in the rivers and lakes, there are still legends of my brother in the rivers and lakes!!" The shot forced Hollins to call a timeout.
Yes, the offensive end made a mistake, the defensive end was targeted again, Hollins decided to remove Randolph, Spo, aren't you replacing Howard, then I'll be on the last fast foot, I won't play with you.
There's no need to use your own first-class horse to touch the opponent's third-class horse, just let Zach come down and rest, and save the fourth quarter to play with them.
From the owner to the coach, the players have a good relationship with Howard, and it can also be said that he is a supporter, after all, Howard has worked hard for so many years, without any negative news, if it were not for the injury, his achievements would be even greater.
Of the Michigan Five Tigers that year, only he and Chris Webber were worth it, and the remaining three were also unknown.
Guy and Li Ming kept passing the ball to each other on the line, and Arthur suddenly cut to the inside and stretched out his right hand.
Guy smashed Arthur's hand, okay, it's time to start exerting force, although Arthur doesn't have Randolph's block, but the impact is full, and the continuous shaking is followed by a flowing jump shot, and the frame is not hit.
Howard also kept his leg on his waist, and he couldn't really exert his strength, so he could only dodge and throw the ball.
Guy scrambled for the rebound, and he chose to take the ball to the outside and reorganize the offense, and LeBron patted his head and started to get serious.
"Come on, Rudy, don't pass the ball, come on, head and I will split the winner." LeBron kept yelling at Guy.
However, this time Guy is smart, or maybe he has been sitting on the cold bench below for a long time, he made a fake breakthrough and gave it to Li Ming on the outside, Li Ming chose to shoot directly with three points, this ball was too fast, in order to avoid the defense, he deliberately raised the angle and deviated from the course.
The rebound was grabbed by Juwan Howard, and there were two people standing next to James, and he could only show off his own dribble, and he deftly carried the ball across the half court, yes, like a guard.
The fans at the home stadium of the Heat began to get agitated, and the scene kept shouting "Zhu Wan, Zhu Wan, Zhu Wan......"
"Go ahead, go inside and ravage them."
"Kill the Memphis with your shots."
"Zhu Wan, I'm going to give you a son...... I'm going to have a bunch of children with you, Zhu Wan" A middle-aged female fan shouted, and her heart-rending appearance was captured by the big screen at the scene.
This lady may have been a fan of his college days, the commentator said quietly.
Howard chrysanthemum tightened and gave the ball to Wade, who broke through at high speed, and when he reached the edge of the penalty area, he suddenly chose to pass the ball back to Howard, who was in a better position.
71 to 73, Howard lived up to expectations, once again won in the middle distance, and it can be seen that although he has not lost the work in his hands as he has grown older, the hand still feels as smooth as ever, just like he looked like he was twenty years old.