Heat's post-game press conference.

Woody faced the camera: "It was a good game, this guy made me feel like he could lead the team to a championship in his first year in the NCAA, his offensive skills are some of the most mature of any rookie I've ever seen, and I'm looking forward to seeing each other next time." ”

Carmelo Anthony scored several key goals in the face of him, and such a fellow student is not convinced!

Woody is not a "dead duck with a hard mouth", the other party is really good, then you have to tell the truth.

Moreover......

You know, Carmelo Anthony played so well, but the victory still belonged to the Heat. Praising him is tantamount to saying that this victory was not easy to come by.

It's tantamount to boasting about yourself in a different direction.

What does it mean to be "the calm of the winner"!

Carmelo Anthony faced the camera and also expressed his feelings for Woody.

It was his first time playing Woody.

In the past, he had only heard that this newcomer was very good, but it wasn't until this fight that he really felt how good this guy really was.

"It's not for nothing that he was able to beat LeBron James to win the Finals MVP in high school, and I'm sure this guy will be a big rival, and I'm looking forward to our next match!"

……

"Sympathetic to each other, Woody and Cameron Anthony praised each other after the game! 》

"Key rebounds and free throws, Woody let Carmelo Anthony, who had been on track for a whole game, see what is the "killer essence"! 》

"Passing timeout in the last minute, Andre Miller: He interfered with me at the last minute! 》

Early the next morning, news reports about the game and media interviews flooded the country.

It was supposed to be a "national live" game.

Needless to say, the exposure is huge.

The Heat and Nuggets, Woody and Carmelo Anthony also gave such a wonderful game together, can the reporters not blow a wave hard?

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that the last "Tianjiao Derby" did not make any splashes.

In addition, Wade has also received a lot of coverage.

He scored 19 points in tonight's game, along with four rebounds and five assists.

At the same time, his two collaborations with Woody were selected as the "NBA Top 10 Ball of the Day".

In particular, the pass assist Woody blocked Camby's goal, which ranked first in this issue of the "NBA Top Ten Goals". It caused quite a stir.

While this isn't the first time Woody has dunked opponents, he's also dunked other interior players before.

But this is Marcus Camby, the league's recognized "defensive gate", the "block master" who averages 2.6 blocks per game, and dunked one on his head, causing a bigger movement than others.

LeBron James looked at Woody's steady stream of exposure, which was called envy and jealousy.

And after seeing Woody and Cameron Anthony's evaluation of each other after the game, he was even more angry.

They wore a pair of pants!

What's going on?

Are you ready to play "NBA's version of the mountains and rivers meet bosom friends"?

He was angry.

What makes him even more angry is that the latest issue of Sports Illustrated magazine takes stock of many of the stars' iconic movements and items.

For example, when it comes to "sticking out the tongue", it will make people think of Michael Jordan, and when it comes to "ditching", it must be Allen Iverson. Speaking of "exploding heads", it has to be Ben Wallace......

This thing can't elevate its status in history, though.

But it is indeed a reflection of a player's external image and influence.

And in this inventory, Woody and Carmelo Anthony are also on the list!

Woody's signature move is naturally his "finger shake", while Cameron Anthony's signature move is his "melon" smile......

There are two players on the list of the "Big Three", but LeBron James is missing.

This is definitely a very serious sign.

This shows that Woody and Carmelo Anthony's image in the outside media has been established, and LeBron James, although he has the title of domineering "ESPN King", does lack an iconic move.

The LeBron-James team met overnight and wanted to design a domineering move for LeBron.

The first thing they thought of was......

"Why don't you LeBron do a crown gesture for yourself after every great goal?" Someone in the team proposed.

It's just that as soon as he finished speaking, LeBron James shook his head decisively: "How can anyone wear a crown for himself!" ”

You didn't do it, did you?

You're not ashamed, I'm ashamed!

The Goodman brothers also felt that it was too ostentatious to do this now.

After all, I just entered the league, and I put a crown on my head before I got any results, which is indeed a bit ...... And, don't forget where they are now, the battle of the "Big Three", they are already behind Woody and Carmelo Anthony!

At this time, doing such an action is really easy to cause ridicule.

LeBron James listened secretly, but couldn't help but say in his heart: I am indeed not qualified now, but what about the future?

Wait, one day, I'm sure I'm qualified enough to make this move.

"Or ...... Throw magnesium powder, what do you think? ”

……

"Woody, why don't you sprinkle some magnesium powder on your hands before the game? This thing is used by weightlifters for the most time, and it can increase the friction in your hands and make it easier for you to dribble better! ”

Meanwhile, Woody is reviewing footage from the last game with Spoelstra.

In the last game against the Nuggets, he played very well, and he also suppressed Carmelo Anthony in terms of statistics, with only 2 turnovers.

But one of them was a dribbling error in the fast break.

This problem doesn't happen very often, but it's not a lot, especially when some of the offensive and defensive transitions are fully brought up, and Woody's dribbling is often unstable.

But dribbling ability doesn't improve in a day or two.

So Spoelstra suggested that Woody get some "black technology".

Woody nodded.

Then give it a try!

In the next game, the Heat are still sitting at home.

Before the game, Spoelstra took the initiative to hand Woody a bottle of magnesium powder, Woody poured a little on his left and right hands, and suddenly thought of something, raised his hands, and the domineering action made the fans directly opposite him can't help but let out a rush of shouts.

The reporters on the sidelines had different expressions, some annoyed and some happy.

Fortunately, the reporter successfully captured Woody's action of throwing magnesium powder, while the annoyed reporter was because he did not succeed.

"Is this your new celebratory move?"

"Dude, this action looks awesome!"

"Can you tell me when you thought about it?"

Journalists instinctively gathered Woody in a circle, wanting to interview.

And at this time, a special "fan" came out of the fan tunnel.

A head of colorful hair, and that unusually conspicuous bull nose.

The moment the fans saw him, they couldn't help but exclaim.

One of the "Iron Triangle" of the second "triple championship" of the "Bulls Dynasty", "Top 50 Legendary Superstar" Dennis Rodman, he actually came to the Heat to watch the game.

Everyone knows who he's here for!

Because as long as you are a fan who has watched Woody's game, even if you only watch that game, you will not hesitate to think of Rodman.

Woody's "Monster Bullet Velocity" really resembles him!

Rodman ignored these stares and whispers, as far as the big scene he had seen before, the posture in front of him was really too far away.

Ignoring the fact that he walked over to his place on the sideline and sat down, he looked over to Woody.

Look at the number 95 jersey on his body, look at the number of reporters around him...... The corners of Rodman's mouth tilted, and a slightly satisfied smile appeared.

He's here tonight, not because he's not coming by himself.

Instead, he received a call from David Stern, asking him to find time to come to the home court of the Heat to cheer Woody on the court and stir up the heat.

If it was Rodman in the past, he would definitely not look at this kind of hype.

But today is different from the past, he is retired, and he really needs gimmicks to make money. And this is the first time the old man has called him, and David Stern's face still has to be given.

So, if David Stern wants a headline like "Next Rodman" to appear tomorrow, let it appear.

At this moment, look at the popularity and impact caused by Woody.

Rodman passed the hurdle anyway.

Just kidding, as the "next Rodman", let's not talk about what kind of data can be played, it must be very charismatic, and everywhere you go is the focus of the audience, this is the qualified "next big bug".

Woody also noticed Rodman at this time, and looked at each other from a distance, but he didn't come forward to say hello.

He also pays attention to the voices of the outside world, and he only has one thing to say about these people who see him as "the next Rodman" every day:

gtmd Rodman!

This "next Rodman", who loves to be who!

The Heat's opponent tonight is the Utah Jazz.

The Utah Twins suddenly disintegrated this summer, sending the team into a rebuilding phase.

The current star of the house still has a bit to do with Woody.

None other than his second template card Andrei Kirilenko!

The Russian has become more important this season, averaging 16.5 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.9 steals and 2.8 blocks per game so far this season.

It was also after seeing his stats that Woody understood why his block and steal potential had suddenly increased to 90 points.

Can you play this kind of average data without such potential?

And when the game started, Woody also felt Kirilenko's terrifying defensive ability.

With a height of 2.06 meters, combined with that terrifying arm span, and the ability to move without losing to a small player, he can appear almost anywhere in the half in an instant.

Many times the Heat's offense was intercepted by him alone.

The "one-two" that Woody had only seen with Ben Wallace before also saw it in Kirilenko this time.

Woody also did a good job of complementing the defensive end this time, but not as exaggerated as Kirilenko.

It's no wonder that this is Kirilenko's third season in the league, and Woody hasn't even finished a month of regular season play. It's normal to have gaps, but it's not normal to have gaps.

Barkley feels like he sees Kirilenko in his rookie years in Woody.

Kenny Smith felt that way, too, but what impressed Woody the most was his ability to jump consistently.

Even Rodman couldn't keep his mouth shut in surprise.

He's still a little conceited about his physical gifts.

Especially his bullet speed, he never thought that this alliance could give birth to another weird guy like him.

But looking at Woody on the field, he really felt like he was looking at another me in this world.

It's really ......

Terrible!

Originally, he came with the intention of completing the task.

But after watching Woody's performance in this game, he took the initiative to say hello to Woody after the game, and said very seriously: "Man, I didn't take advantage of my talent, I hope you don't waste what you have!" ”

He almost never regretted his life.

But on occasional nights, he always thinks that if he had been more disciplined, he would have been able to have a regular season MVP of his own.

The number of such recollections is so rare that Rodman has some deep memories.

So that at this moment, facing the same "good talent and beautiful jade" as him, no, Woody is obviously more talented than him, with this height and arm span, he is already much better than him.

These are the same words that David Stern hopes he can say to Woody!

Woody didn't expect Rodman to give him advice so seriously, nodded, and politely replied: "Thank you for that!" ”

This damn "inheritance" still appeared......

In the end, the Heat had the last laugh with 82-70, 12 points.

Kirilenko's help defense is very good, and he is almost alone in the defense of the other four teammates of the Jazz.

But no matter how much he can make up for it, he is alone!

In addition, his defense is really good, but his performance on the offensive end is much inferior, not to mention that he has to defend and attack now, and there will always be times when he can't make it hard.

The Heat didn't win this game smoothly, but they didn't have much of a problem, and basically pressed the Jazz all the way to the end. It's just that most of the time the score difference is in suspense.

Woody's offensive performance in this game was not good, only 11 shots, and only hit 5 of them, but he relied on the second offense after grabbing rebounds, got 4 free throw opportunities, and hit all of them, improving his personal score to 15 points.

A guy like Kirilenko, who has excellent defensive ability, can also be regarded as his nemesis!

But tonight Woody grabbed 16 rebounds, along with two assists and three blocks and one steal.

Defensively, too, he did a very good job.

If Kirilenko's help and running tactics can be counted as statistics, then his contribution tonight will be even better.

What a pity!

There are too many contributions that can't be counted on the basketball court.

If you just look at the stats, it was a beautiful night for Wade, with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Kirilenko took care of one or the other, allowing him to play the best game of his career.

His sharp breakthrough impressed all the fans tonight.

A reporter from the Jazz team commented on Wade: "If Dwyane can keep playing like this every night, then he definitely has a chance to become the next top scoring guard like Michael Jordan, even if he is 5 centimeters shorter!" ”

The second day of the game broke out with a lot of hot spots.

The first is naturally the "inheritance" of Rodman and Woody.

In this era full of "Michael Jordan successors", a "Rodman II generation" suddenly appeared, which caused a lot of discussion.

Well, it's too much in line with Woody, the "second generation of Rodman", whether it is the way to grab the board on the court or the romance off the court, it is the same as Rodman back then.

Everyone is looking forward to what kind of career this "Rodman" of the 00s will end up playing.

In addition, his action of throwing magnesium powder before the game caused heated discussions.

"Bleachers" bluntly said: "This action will definitely cause a trend of imitation." ”

As a sports media distributed in the United States, the evaluation of "The Bleachers" directly embarrassed LeBron James and his team.

Because......

The move they designed for LeBron James is exactly the same as Woody's!

No......

How can it be so coincidental!

As soon as they devised the move, Woody did it right away.

They suspect that there is a traitor in their team!

This matter must be strictly investigated!

LeBron James is once again keenly aware that Woody is definitely the biggest stumbling block of his career.

If you think about it, since he met Woody, his basketball path has never been as smooth as it used to be, and there have been many more potholes for no reason.

not only competed with him for the MVP of the finals, but now he is actually competing with him for celebrations.

Wait, Woody, I'll be the one with the last laugh!

It's no wonder that he is so angry, it's really this action of throwing magnesium powder, he likes it too much......

The Heat didn't have a perfect November finale.

On November 30, they challenged the Jazz away from home, and finally fell to the "Devil's Home Court", allowing the Jazz to successfully complete their revenge.

Including the game at the end of October, the Heat have a total of 13 wins and 3 losses in a total of 16 games.

In second place in the East.

This record exceeded all media expectations before the start of the season, and can be said to be the "biggest dark horse" of the NBA this year.

Since this team is still a team with a large number of newcomers, Woody, Wade, and Haslem are all players who have just entered the league's first season, and Gerald Wallace has played two or three seasons with the Kings, but as the main player, it has to be counted from this season to get stable playing time.

And Caron Butler, another core player on the bench, is also just a sophomore rookie.

This "storm of youth" is really more and more fierce the more you analyze!

However, the Heat coaching staff is only basically satisfied with this result.

Well, in the first month, they didn't meet many strong teams.

When it comes to playing at all, the Spurs and Pistons, as well as others such as the Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers and Jazz, are only teams at the end of the playoffs, and there is a big difference between them and the Heat.

As things stand, it's normal for the Heat to win against them......

But from December onwards, their schedule will get tougher.

Let's not talk about the following schedule, let's just say that the first game in December is a "highlight".

The Heat at home will face the Pacers.

Because of Artest's previous remarks, the outside world paid great attention to this game.

This can be regarded as Woody's "unjustified disaster".

You must know that it was not he who took the lead in stirring up trouble, but the media in Miami. But the account was counted on his head.

However, Woody is unlikely to admit that even if Artest is the best outside defender in the league at the moment, or even one of them, then he has to play to know who the "Player of the Week Award" should belong to.

The day before the game, Woody was seriously engaged in intensive training on projection.

After studying Artest's footage, he already had a rough idea of how to target Artest.

It's just that this way, he has to use mid-range projection, which he is not good at.

Woody has never let go of the shooting training, from the summer to the present, as long as he practices, then there must be mid-range projection in the project. It's just that his mid-range projection potential value is too low, only 74 points, so no matter how hard he works, the speed of progress is still not fast, and it is only 68 points now.

That is, the top level of the NBA water cooler players.

At this level, there is nothing wrong with throwing a large vacancy, but if you want to throw against the opponent, it will be a bit whimsical.

So from the new season to now, he has not used this weapon as a regular season weapon.

He averaged less than 3 mid-range shots per game, and he basically used mid-range finishing shots in large openings.

But against Artest, he has to show that he can open up space!

Now he hopes that tomorrow's game, his hand can be warmer!

Woody practiced until about 8 p.m. before leaving the arena, practicing two hours longer than usual. He didn't leave the gym until he was able to make 30 mid-range throws in a row.

Tomorrow......

As long as there is such a feel, he is satisfied!

When he arrived at the locker room, he saw Odom waiting for him with a guilty face.

Woody:???

This tap says Odom should be already high!

How is it here?

Is this too high, so delirious that you ran to the stadium to train?

Odom said, "Woody, I'm sorry, I tried my best, I thought about Yoron having a drink with you and shaking hands, but this guy didn't answer my phone at all, I'm sorry!" ”

Woody remembered it in hindsight, it seemed that Odom had said before that he had a good relationship with Artest, and wanted to help him settle Artest.

He just wanted to say "It's okay, you have to earn your own face on the court", but unexpectedly, Odom spoke again: "Man, I've already decided, tomorrow the task of defending Ron on the defensive end will be handed over to me, I'll carry him, you can help me make up for it, let's work together, give this damn guy a little color!" ”

These words made Woody's eyes light up.

Artest weighs 111kg, an absolute "heavy tank", and the way he is best at is to break through with tonnage and strength, and hit the basket in the confrontation.

Woody can still find a way to deal with Artest on the offensive end. But on the defensive end, he is only 98kg, and it is impossible for him to withstand Artest's confrontation.

He's worried about it!

Unexpectedly, Odom actually took the initiative to ask Ying and wanted to share the pressure for him.

Really......

Didn't sleep so many nights in one room in vain!

"Good brother!"

"Do you need to talk about that?"

In fact, even if there is no failure to have a drinking date with Artest, if it is replaced by another person, Odom will take the initiative to share the pressure for Woody.

He is just a player, every day from morning to night, except for competitions and training, the rest of the time is either in the nightclub or on the way to the nightclub. But his performance this season is getting better and better, in addition to training to get him back in shape, but also because Woody will always help him study the alignment when he is studying the opponent's information. Then before the game starts, look for an opportunity to say a few words to him.

Woody, in Odom's opinion, is really a pity not to be a videographer!

Look at people, that's called a quasi!

Especially when it comes to looking at the shortcomings of others, it is even more ......

Break off!

Woody usually takes care of him like this, and it's time for him to take care of Woody.

Dec. 2, the day the Heat played the Pacers.

The league's announcement added another fire to the game.

They announced the NBA's "Player of the Month" award for November and "Rookie of the Month" award in the morning!

The unsurprising award was the "Rookie of the Month" award in the West.

Carmelo Anthony, who averaged 20.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3 assists per game in November.

Although this year is a big year for the draft, among the top 10 picks, only the Nuggets, who hold the No. 3 pick in the first round, are ranked in the West.

The newcomers selected by the other 9 signatures are all in the east!

The rookie competition in the West is not fierce, not to mention Carmelo Anthony, who is still one of the "Three Talents" in the West, just looking at his data, even if the name is erased, it is already an All-Star level data.

So long before the award was announced, most of the media had already guessed that the first "Rookie of the Month" award in the West this season was Carmelo Anthony's.

In addition to this award, the attribution of several other awards, more or less, is a bit surprising.

First up is the "Player of the Month" award in the West.

Belong to the Kings Peja Stojakovic!

Averaged 23.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, shooting 52.3% from the field, 42.4% from three-point range, and 91.7% from the free throw line.

After looking at his efficiency value, and then watching him win this award, there is absolutely no problem at all.

But before the start of the new season, let the media predict who will win the first "Player of the Month Award" in the West in the new season, then count two hands with your fingers, I'm afraid there will be no name for this guy!

And if the "Player of the Month" in the first month of the new season in the West is only dozens of players, and they can't be ranked with this name, then the "Player of the Month Award" in the East, even if you count your toes, I'm afraid you can't count the name of this guy.

It's no one else......

It was Woody, the fifth-pick pick in the first round of '03 who averaged 16.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 3.25 blocks, 2.75 assists and 0.75 steals per game!

With a 13-3 record of the Heat's "dark horse" momentum, Woody directly beat all Eastern stars and won the first Eastern "Player of the Month Award" in the new season after missing N "Player of the Week Awards"!

The force has risen a step directly!

This is also the first rookie in the history of the Heat team to win the "Player of the Month" award in his rookie season.

Woody has just entered the NBA in his first month, and he has left a strong mark in the history of the Heat.

The Eastern "Stars" were all defeated by him, not to mention his good brother "Ah King" in Cleveland.

won the "Player of the Month Award" in the East, and Woody deservedly won the "Rookie of the Month Award" in the East.

LeBron James, who averaged 18.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block per game in November and shot 35.8% from the field, was selected for the final "Rookie of the Month" list in the East, but he was only a candidate.

Also on the shortlist is Dwyane Wade!

At the same level as LeBron, Wade is very happy.

The first paragraph of the "summary" of the "Three Heavenly Pride", it seems that Woody's momentum is the strongest, the data is also the most gorgeous, and the team's record is far ahead; Carmelo Anthony followed closely behind, playing All-Star level statistics, and the team is also in the playoff rankings, not to mention that the Nuggets are still in the West, which is a plus, indicating that his statistics and team record are very valuable......

Only LeBron James.

Speaking of personal data, there is no advantage to personal data; When it comes to team results, it's even more of a mess and unsightly.

"Cleveland, do you regret it?"

"Without Woody, could the Cavaliers be another Trail Blazer in the '84 draft? No, they might be even more embarrassed, and don't forget, they're holding the 'champion lot'! ”

"The King wasn't the right choice, Woody was? At the end of the NBA in November, Woody took the lead, leading all his peers, and this Chinese rookie is a little crazy! ”

……

won the "Player of the Month Award" and the "Rookie of the Month Award", Woody's current situation can be described in one sentence:

03 The "Golden Generation" can't accommodate him anymore!

Such a strong momentum has caused the management of those teams who held the top four picks in the first round this summer to be questioned and ridiculed.

Cavaliers general manager Jimmy Paxson insisted, "We just followed the scouting report at the time and made what we thought was the right choice!" Even now, we don't think we made the wrong choice! ”

Blame our scouts for not having a proper understanding of Woody!

Raptors general manager Barbercock also stuck to what he said at the time: "We need a more mature player, and Chris Bosh, who was a freshman at the time, was definitely a better choice than Woody!" ”

Nuggets management is the least questioned.

After all, judging from Woody's style of play, it is true that Carmelo Anthony is more suitable for this Nuggets.

And the most ridiculed, of course, is the management of the Pistons.

Joe Dumas directly threw the "pot" to Larry Brown, and Larry Brown once again reiterated to the media: "My choice is absolutely not wrong, wait and see, you will soon know what a good player Darko is!" ”

Then wait for the interview to end, continue to pull Milicic to the training ground, all kinds of humiliation.

What he didn't notice was that Milicic's fist was getting tighter and tighter!

(End of chapter)