In the middle of the pitch, players from both sides settle in the center circle to prepare for the upcoming match. Garnett walked to Takemi's side, bowed down slightly, supported his knees with his hands, and introduced himself to Takemichi beside him.

Although the two of them had a few rounds of fighting yesterday, the two didn't say much. Garnett is not the kind of person who likes to talk, in fact, he is more reticent than Kobe in front of strangers.

However, for martial arts, Garnett still reluctantly opened his mouth and took the initiative to talk.

They are both high school students, and although Garnett has become a member of the Timberwolves, he doesn't feel good about getting along with his teammates.

His teammates don't seem to be very happy with his status as a high school player, or they don't trust him at all, and rarely give him a chance to perform when he's on the pitch.

In today's practice match, Garnett also took the initiative to ask Ying to defend the martial arts, because yesterday's martial arts performance had already impressed everyone.

For the power of martial arts on the offensive end, the Timberwolves players all recognized.

If he Garnett can block the performance of martial arts in one fell swoop, his position in the team will be stabilized in an instant.

Garnett is the kind of all-around power forward, and defense is what he's good at.

Whether the players in the power forward position can perform well on the court depends to a large extent on whether their teammates give them a chance.

If his teammates don't pass the ball to him, he really can't do anything about it.

What a power forward can do on the court, grab rebounds, score, defend, and respond.

There is no way to directly reflect the data in terms of strategy, and the scoring teammates do not give a chance, relying on themselves to grab opportunities, how many times can they have?

Grab a rebound? Of course, he can do this kind of thing, but his rebounding ability can't support him to become the star player of the team, at most he can become a qualified "tool man".

And will the most stylish and eye-catching thing on the court be grabbing rebounds?

Grabbing rebounds, will there be a scorer dazzling?

Obviously, this is not possible.

Scorers are often the most eye-catching players on the pitch, and super scorers are even more so. Even players who can defend super scorers will become interesting along with scorers.

If it weren't for Iverson, Tyronn Lue wouldn't really be known by so many fans.

Garnett's idea of coming to defend Martial Arts is also very simple, as long as this high school student is blocked, at least he can prove that his defense is far stronger than Ryder!

Relying on his defensive ability, he can establish himself in the Timberwolves and get plenty of playing time. Although Garnett is the No. 5 pick, he still needs to prove his worth to the Timberwolves and get playing time.

"My name is Martial Arts."

Wu Dao nodded slightly at Garnett and replied in a calm tone.

The star players of the NBA! If he saw Garnett in the past, he might have asked him to sign a photo or something, after all, it was a high-flying star!

But now when facing Garnett, Wu Daoxian's unusually calm is just Garnett

Garnett saw that Martial Dao's answer was very brief, and felt that Martial Dao was a little cold, so he didn't care, turned his head to look at the field, and began to concentrate.

As the players finished their positions, the referee also entered the pitch with the ball, and after a whistle, threw the ball into the air.

"Smack!"

With a soft sound, the basketball quickly flew towards the backcourt of the white team.

Kristen Leitner was better than the team's backup center, Andrew Long, who grabbed the basketball first and flicked the ball to the backcourt.

Andrew Lang is the No. 3 pick in the second round of 88, and now he happens to be 30 years old, for basketball players, the experience and skills of players at this age happen to be the peak, but the physical function is just beginning to decline.

If a player of this age has some injuries, it is impossible to adapt to the intensity of the NBA, such as Da Yao was only 31 years old when he retired.

Opposite Andrew Long is the Whites' center Kristen Leitner, the No. 3 pick in the first round in '92 and now 26.

The golden age of a player's athleticism is 24-28 years old, and generally speaking, if you can't play at this stage, you will never be able to play.

In terms of explosiveness, Andrew Long, who has already crossed the top, is not as good as Kristen Leitner, who is at the top.

The basketball fell into the hands of Jeromy Allen, and after taking the ball, he quickly held the ball and advanced, and Takemichi was already in the corner position outside the three-point line when he crossed the halfway line.

With his right hand against Garnett, who wanted to defend himself, Takeshi looked at Jeromy Allen, who was starting to approach the top of the arc, and raised the ball with his left hand.

Jeromy Allen entered the front court to take a look at Kristen Leitner who entered the interior line, and then glanced at the temporary power forward Sean Lukes in their team, and saw that the opponent was very tight by Tom Gugliotta, and also gave up the idea of passing.

Sean Lukes is the center of the Timberwolves, 208cm tall, 113kg in weight, with an annual salary of $1.2 million, and is a talented player who eats cakes, and his mid-range shooting rate is 49%, but the vast majority of shots are open, and his shot success rate near the basket is only 32%.

is a player who is very inefficient once he eats confrontation.

However, his rebounding and card level are not bad, and he was able to cut 4.2 rebounds with an average of 18 minutes per game in the 95-96 season, which is barely his forte.

Jeromy Allen had played practice matches with Sean Lukes before and had been teammates, so he roughly knew that this buddy's strong beating of Tom Gugliotta was most likely to deliver food, so he didn't think much about it, and directly gave the ball to Wu Dao, who reached out for the ball.

I'm afraid Jeromy Allen himself didn't expect that in an intra-team practice game within the Timberwolves, the most reliable person on the offensive end of their team was actually a high school student who came to tryout.

Taking a step slightly, Wu Dao's left hand directly and firmly grasped the ball in his hand, and at the same time as the basketball started, Wu Dao's right foot was a little towards the basket, his body was slightly sideways, and his eyes looked at Garnett.

At this time, Garnett stretched out his arms, his eyes looked at Martial Dao's hands, and his afterglow looked at Martial Dao's feet, which had completely entered the state.

Unlike all the outside opponents that Martial Arts has ever encountered, Garnett is 211cm tall and weighs around 110kg, and Garnett has good physical talent and strong mobility, which is a high-speed big guy that Martial Arts has never encountered before.

In the past, the players who played against him in the martial arts were the kind of players whose physical talent was much worse than him, and at this time, Garnett stood in front of him, giving him a completely different sense of defensive pressure from the opponents he had encountered before.

is even much stronger than the sense of oppression brought by Kobe!

Grab the ball with his left hand and receive it from his waist, and Wu Dao's right foot moves horizontally, and while trying to walk, he quickly holds the ball and shakes it. Garnett's spirit was highly concentrated, and as soon as there was a movement on the martial arts side, he directly moved half a step sideways.

Seeing this scene, Wu Dao quickly dropped the ball with his left hand, stepped out with his right foot directly to the left, and turned into a ball protector with his right hand and directly pressed against Garnett's body, accelerating the breakthrough.

At the moment of the martial arts breakthrough, Garnett seemed to have expected it, and a sliding step directly followed the movements of the martial arts, and his body collided directly with the sideways of the martial arts, and the powerful force made the martial arts rush stagnant.

The stalled martial arts did not have the intention of continuing to impact, a sudden stop, the basketball quickly dribbled back to pull and adjust, when the ball rebounded into the right hand of the martial arts at the same time, Garnett noticed that the martial arts feet were slightly wrong, and the basketball was temporarily suspended and stagnant in the hands of the martial arts.

didn't give Garnett any more thought than even a moment's effort, Wu Dao made a breakthrough while levitating the dribble, and Garnett just adjusted his footsteps, and the moment he shifted his center of gravity, Wu Dao directly fried the ball and moved it sideways, and at the same time, he quickly closed the ball and pulled out his hand directly in the high position.

“！！”

By the time Garnett reacted and stepped forward to block, it was too late, and the moment the basketball flew over his head, his fingertips were just about to reach the martial arts wrist.

"!!Shh

Under the gaze of everyone, the basketball thrown by Wu Dao went directly into the net, and under the basket, several players waiting to grab the rebound looked at Wu Dao who was maintaining a shooting posture at this time with some surprise.

Garnett's defense is very good, not out of position at all, although the final block failed, but this does not mean that Garnett's defense is problematic, Martial Arts's high position is back, but it proves the success of Garnett's defense, and the players present know that Garnett's defense just now must have caused some interference to Martial Arts.

In the eyes of the vast majority of people, Wu Dao's shooting options are not good, and such a ball can still be scored, which is completely a superstar.

The reason why this kind of ball is called a superstar is not that this kind of goal can only be scored by a superstar, but that this kind of ball will not be scolded by the coach and fans only when the superstar is playing.

But there is no doubt about the difficulty of this kind of ball, and the role players don't say whether they dare to play or not, and even if they dare to play, whether they can score or not is two words.

Wu Dao was able to put the ball into the basket with a flat expression, which is enough to show that this is not the first time he has played this kind of ball.

In the middle of the court, Takemichi turned around and began to defend back.

Garnett glanced at Takemi's back and followed Takemichi towards the front without saying a word.

Off the court, Coach Bill opened his mouth when he saw that Wu Dao still chose to shoot under that kind of defense, and subconsciously regarded Wu Dao as his own team member and wanted to scold, but when the "F" sound was not yet spoken, he saw the basketball enter the net.

Seeing this, Coach Beal swallowed back the swear words that came to his mouth.

Philip Saunders understands Coach Beal's mood right now, and when he first saw Takedo play in training camp, he didn't understand Takedo's sometimes shot choices.

But if you see too much, you will be immune

Yesterday's practice match was not as intuitive as today's matchup.

Because of the absolute talent gap between Ryder and Martial Arts, some of Martial Arts' attacks seem reasonable.

But today, facing a player like Garnett who is of similar height and has excellent defense, the "unreasonable" trait of Martial Arts has become particularly prominent.

"Mr. Philip Saunders, did this martial arts also play like this before?"

Coach Bill pointed to the martial arts of the defense, and couldn't help but ask Philip Saunders, who was watching the game next to him.

Hearing this, Philip Sanders did not answer immediately, but looked at a middle-aged man sitting on the other side of him at this time, and asked with a smile:

"How? This player. ”

"He will be able to land in the NBA as soon as the year after next, and I want to use all means to get him!"

At this time, the middle-aged man sitting in the seat with Coach Bill and Philip Saunders is called Glenn Taylor, who was a member of the Minnesota Congress, and he is a well-known rich man in the United States.

He has a unique affection for Minnesota and the Timberwolves, and in order for the Minnesota Timberwolves to really make a name for themselves, Glenn Taylor doesn't feel sorry for money at all.

He met Philip Sanders through Kevin McHale, a former teammate of Philip Sanders, a Minnesota-born NBA superstar who was selected to the NBA's Top 75 for 21 years.

Kevin McHale retired from the NBA in '93 and is now the executive vice president of the Timberwolves' hometown team. Today's executive chairman of the team, Jack McCoskin, is not in good health and is now rarely involved in the team's specific affairs and is about to retire.

After yesterday's practice game, Philip Saunders, who realized the value of martial arts, called his old teammate, and Kevin McHale brought his boss Glenn Taylor on when he came to watch today.

At this time, several people in the seats, whether facing Coach Beal or Philip Saunders, did not answer. The eyes are focused on the martial arts who follow the team back to defense.

After a while, Kevin McHale broke the embarrassment and said, "The game has just begun, don't worry, keep looking." ”

"We have to look at this player's ball style."

Unlike Philip Saunders, who has seen a lot of martial arts training, Kevin McHale and Glenn Taylor don't know anything about martial arts, and it's really embarrassing to let them make a conclusion based on one ball.

However, at this time, Glenn Taylor also saw that Philip Saunders attached great importance to martial arts, and he himself was also attracted by the goal just now of martial arts, and his demeanor was obviously much more solemn when he watched the training.

In the middle of the court, Tom Gogliotta broke through the young Mark Davis and scored a layup with a small pull rod under the basket.

The audience watching the game today is a "heavyweight guest" to see his recovery, and he has to perform well!

Tom Gugliotta probably didn't know that the team management who came today was not here to see him.

Attacking and defending alternately, Jeromy Allen won the ball at the back and advanced all the way to the front.

After a little attempt, seeing that the opponent was not out of position, he seemed to have no chance, so he passed the ball to Wu Dao again.

This time, Takedo broke through directly after holding the ball and clicking it with a shooting feint, and an accelerated effort had already crossed the three-point line, and when Garnett's return defense came up, Takeshi quickly stopped and half-turned.

Seeing Wu Dao's movements, Garnett was also stunned, and hurriedly blocked his right side in advance to prevent Wu Dao from turning around and passing him.

But the moment he moved, the martial arts directly accelerated, and he took another step forward.

And when Garnett followed up again, Takeshi made another sharp stop and half turned.

This time, Garnett didn't move his position.

Sure enough, after a short pause in Wu Dao's body, he dropped the ball in an arrow step, but this time, Wu Dao did not rush to the right side at all, the moment the ball fell, Wu Dao had already completed the change of direction in front of the body, and the moment the basketball turned to the left hand, Wu Dao took an oblique step to the left, and instantly opened a distance of nearly one meter with Garnetra, and then quickly closed the ball and jumped out.

The continuous stops and starts were mixed with feints, so that Garnett couldn't figure out Martial Dao's offensive intentions at all, and when he saw Martial Arts combine, it was too late, and when the block was up, the basketball had already crossed Garnett's head and fell straight towards the basket.

"Huh!"

In the soft sound, Philip Saunders on the sidelines clenched his fists and his face was full of happiness.

Wu Dao came to the Timberwolves for a tryout, which is the result of his operation, and the better Wu Dao's performance, the more he can prove his vision, which is a good thing for him.

Seeing this goal, the faces of several team management on the side of the stadium changed, whether it was the owner or the executive chairman, they all knew the ball, and they all saw the value of martial arts.

(End of chapter)