From his first visit to Miami, Johnson and Woody emphasized that Pat Riley was very demanding in training.

The amount of training is not at all something that ordinary players can complete with quality and quantity.

This kind of training can indeed make a player better, but at the same time, it is also squeezing the player's physical functions, and it is extremely easy to leave hidden dangers.

Especially for 18-year-old Woody, his training should be gradual, not overnight!

So at that time, Woody was already thinking about how to ensure his training freedom if he came to Miami. He didn't think about being lazy, but he didn't think about improving by squeezing and depleting his body.

At least for now, what he needs more is scientific training.

One day, by chance, he saw an article called "Boiling Eagles".

Then came the plan for now.

The plan is also simple:

First of all, let Pat Riley know that he is a "training freak"! Create a character that Riley Giegie likes, you know, a lover's eye in his eyes. For the person you like, you often have a good impression of it, and you have a filter in your eyes.

Then it's about having Pat Riley go "crazy" with him.

At half past four in the morning, no matter how good the old man is, he can't bear it!

But it makes sense for him to do so......

Who made him play for only a year!

The foundation in all aspects is still very weak, and a professional person is needed to help him grow!

In short......

Not human, no, perfect!

No, Pat Riley, who was hiding in the corner, received a phone call, and on the way showed a relieved smile:

You can teach!

***

Over the next few days, Woody's days began to become regular.

Every day, the stadium and home are two o'clock and one line.

Every day, I call Riley around 4:50~5 o'clock to make a "phone porridge". Pat Riley's enthusiasm was beyond Woody's expectations, and he even came to demonstrate it himself!

This "eagle" is not the "eagle" of 2-16, it is so fierce!

Johnson had also arranged for him to do business, but Woody refused.

The reason is ......

Charlotte's summer league is just around the corner, and a few days ago, LeBron James' team officially announced that they will play in this year's Orlando Summer League.

Woody is likely to meet LeBron James on this stage.

He hasn't forgotten how LeBron James looked in front of him after he got the "champion", and he didn't forget that he still has a task to complete with the "Best Rookie" award, which is 20,000 achievement points!

If you want the "Rookie of the Year", LeBron James is definitely his biggest opponent.

Can't you start suppressing him from summer league?

These days, he's also trying to adjust to his condition.

After loading Kirilenko's template at the end of April, another two months have passed now, and Woody, who was busy with tryouts during this time, has grown a lot, as can be seen from his system panel:

"Host: Woody;

Level: Level 2;

Age: 18 years and 57 days;

Height: 204.88cm;

Arm span: 220.04cm;

Weight: 92.2kg;"

The height is close to 2.05m, and even if the rate of increase in height has slowed down recently, it should not be a problem to break 2.05m before the start of the new season.

Weight gain is also natural, but Woody has also communicated with Pat Riley during training recently, and he definitely needs to gain weight. The good news is that Woody's skeleton is really good, and according to the trainer's experience, the process of building muscle is not slow, so Pat Riley is not in a hurry and decided to let Woody finish the summer league first.

Random weight gain is likely to lead to injuries, especially since the intensity of Woody's upcoming summer league is much higher than his high school league.

Let's take our time!

Although Pat Riley is a training maniac, he still knows a little bit about the "basic laws".

"Physical attributes:

Upper limb strength: 73 (91); Lower Extremity Strength: 73 (93); Core strength: 78 (97); Coordination: 84 (95); Speed: 79 (93); Traverse Footsteps: 78 (90); Explosiveness: 80 (95); Bounce: 81 (95); Fitness: 80 (90); Injury Resistance: 95 (95); ”

"Offensive attributes:

Field of view: 70 (85); Ball control: 60 (77); Passing: 68 (85); Breakthrough: 50 (75); Layup: 50 (82); Dunk: 80 (80); Under Basket: 65 (88); Close-up: 56 (80); CIC : 61 (74); Three-pointers: 23 (74); Free throws: 67 (80); Back: 10 (49); Runs without the ball: 55 (83) Cuts: 60 (88); ”

"Defensive attributes:

Defensive rebounds: 76 (95); Offensive rebounds: 76 (95); Interior defense: 67 (85); Outside Defense: 70 (95); Off the ball single defense: 65 (90); Assistance: 68 (97); Interference: 66 (95); Steals: 55 (90); Caps: 56 (94); Anti-blocking awareness: 61 (91)"

The most obvious improvement is in his physical fitness.

The huge potential as Woody reaches the fastest-growing age, "poofing" up and down, and it can't be stopped at all.

There are some players whose physical fitness looked mediocre in high school, but when they arrived in college, they immediately changed dramatically, and this is also the reason.

Even the "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan, when he was in high school, was only 1.75 meters, but in the summer vacation when he was 18~19 years old, he suddenly grew nearly 20 cm taller, and at the same time, his physical fitness also changed dramatically.

Woody has reason to believe that he also got a system......

In other aspects, due to the previous shortcomings, even if the potential is huge, the speed of cashing out still cannot keep up with the speed of Woody's leapfrogging class.

From the high school league directly to the NBA, this span is really a bit big, so that his increase is not bad, but it still looks reluctant.

On average, the attributes on the offensive end can probably be overturned in the NCAA, but when it comes to the NBA, it may be at the level of the NBA water cooler. Luckily, the Summer League is almost all about players at this level.

The defensive end is a lot better, but it's just the level of the NBA rotation players.

I don't know how much I can grow before the rookie season, in case these aspects are not satisfactory......

His gaze returned to the physical attributes.

can only follow his old teammates first, and go to the physical fitness flow!

What?

You say it's like Woody High School, and the league isn't going to be a physical fitness stream?

Just kidding, go out and ask, what is "from a dozen to five"!

Without any technology, can you have this nickname?

On July 1, the NBA free agency opened.

It's the busiest time of the summer, and a lot of the big NBA trades are done on this day.

This year is an exception, and every household is basically focusing on maintaining stability.

It was the news that Carl Malone was leaving, but not many people believed it, thinking that it was a gimmick that had no news in the summer.

On July 7, the Heat's summer league team assembled and officially set off for Orlando.

Pat Riley stood at the window of his office and watched the bus go to the airport.

A burst of relief for no apparent reason.

Woody is finally gone!

He can finally get a good night's sleep!

During this time, this guy went to the stadium to train at 4 o'clock in the morning every day, which is called hard work and diligence.

The only downside is ......

This girl is calling too often!

At first, Pat Riley was also enthusiastic, but his body gradually felt exhausted, and he slowly retreated a little.

It reminded him of how he changed his mind about it when he was in his 30s and 40s......

It can't be said that it is exactly the same, only that it is exactly similar!

Of course, Pat Riley also knows that it's not Woody's fault, but his high school head coach if it's to blame, can't he say that Woody plays basketball earlier?

Isn't that the foundation solid?

Where do you need me to "read" there every day like I am now!

But Pat Riley didn't want to dampen Woody's motivation.

It's rare to see a good boy who is so talented and so diligent!

It's still to blame me for being too old!

I can't stand it at all!

Pat Riley blames himself for the mistake.

He even believes that if Woody does not become a "supergiant" in the future, then the responsibility is entirely on him, and it is that he does not have enough energy to grow with Woody.

He knows how important a manager is to his players.

Or......

Looking for another head coach?

Pat Riley, who felt that his energy was limited, suddenly had this thought in his head.

This idea certainly doesn't come to mind now.

He had this idea since the rebuilding last season, and now Woody's diligence makes him feel even more powerless, unable to meet Woody's needs, and needs a younger and more capable head coach to guide Woody!

He's really afraid of delaying Woody!

Passed on, Woody gave Pat Riley a retreat.

Can......

This head coach is not a random one, he must find one that matches his philosophy, otherwise Woody's path is easy to deviate.

Thinking of this, a round fat face suddenly came to his mind.

***

Every year from June to September, the NBA is the offseason.

Most NBA players are enjoying life during this time.

But NBA players are also different from NBA players.

Some of the league's water cooler players and some rookies who have just entered the league need some games to prove or work on their abilities, and the team also needs some on-court performances to look at the players they like.

Thus was born the Summer League.

It is also because there are few "familiar faces", the level of competition is low, and there are not many players participating. Like the Orlando Summer League that the Heat participated in this time, plus they only have a total of 6 teams, so the attention has not been high.

As a result, summer league arenas tend to be small arenas at colleges and universities, with only a few hundred seats on the sidelines.

Don't look at the lack of seats, the key is that it is still not satisfied, which can be seen from this, how low the exposure of this summer league is!

However, this year is different, because of the arrival of LeBron James and Woody, two super popular newcomers, this Orlando Summer League has directly attracted attention.

Not only did the arena be chosen in the University of Orlando Gymnasium, which can accommodate thousands of people. The team of these two people also has a match ticket of more than 30 dollars. Tickets for the Cavaliers' game against the Heat are as high as $55.

Any idea what this concept is?

Last season, the 10 US dollar tickets for the quick loan stadium were also given away and the ice was wide, and they couldn't be sold. It can be seen that the traffic of these two people.

This has to talk about the sneaker brand behind the two people, Nike and Adi have given pictures to the two people on their own media channels during this time, which belongs to "the legend of not seeing the person, but there are still two people on the rivers and lakes".

Proper "star" treatment.

Spend dozens of dollars to watch the stars play, which fan doesn't do this?

Not to mention the fans, some stars and retired stars have done it!

Let's talk about the Heat's first Summer League game!

In addition to the big man "Magic" Johnson, there is also one of Woody's templates, Scottie Pippen. The Cavaliers scouts' template for Woody was so much buzz in the media that he was a little curious about Woody, a rookie in China.

Woody is also taking a closer look at Michael Jordan's "second."

This talent, who has praised himself as a representative of the "high-energy base salary", is quite explosive even in the entire history of the NBA.

In addition, Eddie Jones, the core representative of the Heat team last season, also appeared on the sidelines, warmly greeting Woody and Wade, and it can be seen that he has a very good personality.

Also, if the character is not good, he will not be on the training ground, and in the face of the aggressiveness of his junior Kobe, Shaq O'Neal has to come forward.

He also made a special trip to this game.

Meet the two newcomers, Woody and Wade, in advance, to promote the relationship and enhance the friendship.

The Heat's first game in the summer league was against the Bucks.

The core player of the Bucks' summer league is T.J. Ford, the 8th pick in the first round this year.

A man who is in the "field of speed" that even Allen Iverson is ashamed of.

If he hadn't suffered spinal stenosis, he would have had a higher draft pick.

But even so, his draft projection at the time was a little higher than Wade's, which shows how serious the injury is that ruined the meniscus. You can't help but admire Pat Riley's guts.

On the first round, T.J. Ford tore through Wade's defense with his speed, but fortunately Wade still had Woody behind him.

The excellent lateral move allowed Woody to get a foothold before Ford crossed the free throw line, and he was one step ahead of the reasonable collision zone, but Ford had no choice but to distribute the ball to his teammates, and he was not sure that he could complete a big change of direction in front of Woody and still get rid of his interference.

In addition to Ford's speed like Allen Iverson, his style of play is no different from Allen Iverson, both of whom use speed to complete shots, but Ford's scoring explosiveness is not as good as Allen Iverson's, and his passing stability is a little better, and he is more of a traditional No. 1 position than Allen Iverson in this regard.

It's just that the teammate who gets the ball doesn't intend to cooperate with his teammates, so he takes the ball and rushes to the basket.

This is also one of the great features of the Summer League:

Without cooperation, without teammates, taking the ball is blind Gil to play!

After all, they are all running for a stable contract, and if you want to get a contract, you naturally have to play good data first.

Moreover, out of this team, who knows whom!

The ball was fanned, and it was the Bucks player who got the ball, and this guy rushed to the basket just like the previous guy.

Woody stood on his heels and waited until the other side started jumping, and then he jumped up.

At present, his jumping is at the upper middle level in the NBA, plus this long 220cm arm span. The player on the opposite side of the Bucks seems to be playing in the No. 3 position, but his height is only 1.95 meters, barely the height of the No. 2 position.

Woody straightened his arm and gave him a feeling, just two words:

It's so long!

"Smack!"

Another big hat!

In fact, Woody's blocking ability is not high, only 55 points.

It is also the first-class level of NCAA in the United States......

But who made him tall, arm span, and body explosiveness here?

Besides, the cap is an accumulation of experience and judgment.

I didn't see that after Woody blocked again, his experience bar moved!

Two big hats in a row, it was still the Bucks player who got the ball, he hesitated slightly, but still gritted his teeth and rushed inside.

This time Woody was a little anxious.

Paid a foul.

But Spoelstra on the sidelines applauded:

“nice，nice！”

Woody's ability to protect the box has left him satisfied. Woody himself didn't care, and only 10 fouls in a summer league game were sent off. His eyes were full of excitement!

The Bucks just hit the basket three times, and the whole process took only 10 seconds......

Is this the NBA's Summer League?

The rhythm and frequency of confrontations, as well as the ruthless state of the players, are all things that Woody has never experienced in the high school league, which makes him full of excitement at the moment.

This game is delicious enough!

Today's first update.

(End of chapter)