Chapter 61: The Starting Point That Rodman's Template Can't Bear
Carmelo Anthony joins the "battle for the top spot"!
And in terms of momentum, it has surpassed LeBron James and Woody.
That's the benefit of playing in the NCAA, and it's always more convincing to perform in the higher leagues.
What's more, his talent is also top-notch.
The LeBron James team has ramped up their publicity efforts during this time.
There are frequent rumors that they are about to sign a sky-high contract with Adidas.
To say, this year is worthy of being a "draft year", in previous years, they waited for rookies to play well, and sneaker manufacturers would start to "grab people". And before this year's draft has even begun, the "grabbing" of these sneaker manufacturers has already begun.
LeBron James is very close to Adidas on this side, and on the other side, Michael Jordan ran up to Nike's head office and said directly: Carmelo Anthony is mine, you are not allowed to rob it!
Nike was helpless, but who let this master be Michael Jordan, his sub-brand AJ, or Nike took the initiative to send it.
In addition to these two "giants" of sneakers, Converse was also not to be outdone, making two shots, successively winning Georgia Tech's freshman Chris Bosh and Marquette University junior "veteran" Dwyane Wade!
Both men have publicly announced their participation in this year's draft, and both are hot seeds.
Chris Bosh, like Woody, is the top five favorites, Dwyane Wade's market is worse, but the general media believes that he will be selected in the lottery, and there is no problem with his instant combat ability, but his lack of meniscus has become his "fatal injury", and his age is a little older, Kobe Bryant has already won the championship when he is 21 years old!
But the Chicago media has gossiped that the Bulls management's desire to acquire Wade is getting stronger, and they are only in 12th place in the East this season and are hopeful of getting a top-10 pick.
Woody is also on the "grab list" of these sneaker manufacturers, and is very sought-after, including Nike, Adi and Reebok, all of whom have sent him offer contracts.
Except for Michael Jordan.
Private remarks from the people next to him, he was not interested in Woody.
"Magic" Johnson admires Michael Jordan very much, but as far as he holds the "top pick" in the 01 draft and wins the eyes of Kwame Brown among many new stars, Johnson feels that it is not a bad thing not to be favored by Jordan.
It's just that Nike still has an offer contract from Adidas, and Johnson is not very satisfied, the former gave a 3-year 30 million, and the latter gave a 3-year 25 million. - Well, this is also the old tradition of Adi, as if to prove that his name is more attractive than Nike, and no matter who they are to, they will always offer 5 million less than Nike.
Actually, it's not low.
Converse gave Wade and Chris Bosh a sneaker contract, which is only 10 million a year.
This is still a premium contract for Converse to grab people.
Nike and Adidas are both higher than Converse, and there is no premium contract for the sake of grabbing people.
But Johnson didn't even tell Woody, and directly rejected these contracts: "Take it back, I know the offer contract you gave LeBron James!" ”
"Do you think St. Mary's High School's scoring and rebounding champions don't get that much money?"
"Do you want me to throw this year's Ohio Finals MVP trophy in your face?"
"You should call Alexander and ask him how much Yao Ming made him, damn it, God bless you assholes! I'll give you one more chance to get the real quote contract! ”
It's no wonder that Johnson is so angry, as far as he knows, Adidas gave LeBron James 70 million for 10 years, and Nike is much higher, they gave LeBron 87 million for 7 years.
Of course, the most outrageous is the president of Reebok, who gave LeBron James a contract of 115 million, but LeBron refused.
It is also because of this that when Johnson received a call from the president of Reebok again, he directly refused.
Just kidding, LeBron doesn't want a "cold meal", can he want it?
As a former NBA "superstar", even if he retires at his peak, he is still a man who planted the flag on "President Hill", Johnson has lost his temperament, but he knows very well that his compulsion as a super genius must be stabilized!
Didn't you see that he always only bragged Jordan and Bird?
Woody's current momentum is against LeBron James, so he must not lose in terms of pressing.
However, he also has to admit that as a "supernova", Woody's momentum this season is indeed ferocious, but it is still a little worse than LeBron James.
But this is normal, if it can overshadow LeBron James so quickly, then the "pride of the sky" will not be praised in the past two years, LeBron James's talent is undoubted.
The good news is that Woody's talent is also one in a million!
After the last two or three weeks of rush training, Woody's physical coordination, as well as strength and bounce have improved a lot, which is why he dares to talk to the representatives of the sneaker manufacturers.
With the upcoming McDonald's All-Star Weekend, Woody will definitely blind the gang again. When the time comes, I will definitely obediently offer a big contract.
Woody has a system, so he has a more intuitive understanding of his physical growth during this time:
"Physical attributes:
Upper limb strength: 71 (91); Lower Extremity Strength: 71 (93); Core strength: 75 (97); Coordination: 83 (95); Speed: 74 (88); Traverse footsteps: 74 (90); Explosiveness: 78 (95); Bounce: 79 (95); Fitness: 76 (90); Injury Resistance: 95 (95); ”
All stats have reached 70 points or more.
It's not like progress in two or three weeks.
Otherwise, the speed of the increase would be too scary.
Since November last year, Woody's development has entered a stage of rapid growth, not only in terms of height, but also in all aspects of physical fitness.
Woody's training during this period seems to have added a booster to this increase, and the increase has become more obvious.
It's just that although the improvement on the physical end is obvious, the ability in all aspects of the offensive end has reached a bottleneck.
In the past two or three weeks, in addition to the increase in passes, close shots and free throws, which have continued to improve steadily, in other aspects, Woody's progress speed is not much faster, not much faster.
Johnson believes that his training is too mixed, and that he has been training for too short a period of time, so he has not made significant progress.
Woody knows that Johnson is blinded by his physical growth, but he knows very well that it is the lack of potential on the offensive end that allows him to realize his potential much faster.
Now he is desperate for a few more tasks in the system, so that his achievement points will reach 20,000 points, and he can upgrade the system and add a template!
If you can stack a template of players with offensive talent, then all this problem will be solved!
The good news is that Woody's rebounding ability has continued to improve during this time, whether it is offensive rebounds or defensive rebounds, both breaking through 75 points, which is already a rebounding ability that can only be possessed by interior players above the second tier of the NBA!
Now he has no problem in the NBA.
But his starting point is a bit high now, and a Rodman template alone really can't carry his starting point so high......
However, Woody didn't bother with this matter, since the system didn't release tasks, he can't upgrade the system level and get a new template now, so there's nothing to say.
Talent is not enough to work hard!
That's it!
On April 15, the NBA playoffs officially began, and at the same time, Woody left for New York for this year's McDonald's All-Star Weekend.
As in previous years, this year's best "America's Strongest High School Student" gathered, including LeBron James, who was also invited to the event.
The organizers are also really capable of doing things, they put Woody and LeBron in different camps, and want the former "Saint Mary Twins" to play as opponents before entering the NBA.
When the media reporters at the scene learned about this, their eyes lit up, and they seized the vantage point on the sidelines in order to take the best shots.
Woody's eyes also lit up, because at the beginning of the game, the moment he walked onto the court, his mind sounded with the long-lost mission prompt:
"Ding!"
"Supernovae are different from supernovae!"
"This is the first time that the host has competed with LeBron James as an opponent, please lead your team to defeat LeBron James and win!"
"Task 1: Win the victory and reward 5,000 achievement points;
Task 2: Limit LeBron James' score to 20 points and reward 5,000 achievement points; ”