"I feel like LeBron James is a complement that can help me score better and I feel like we can form a bond between the two of us. Contrary to what people think, I love this kid so much, and now that I'm next to Paul Pearce, it also allows me to have more open shots. ”

December 17th.

Ricky Davis, who was just traded to the Celtics, responded to questions about the deal.

His attitude left some media reporters feeling confused.

They had expected Ricky Davis to be a little angry.

Because in previous reports about him, he was a "bad guy" who had a bad relationship with LeBron James and a bunch of absurdities off the court.

But now it seems that his attitude is still a little sad?

The Goodman brothers were also aware of Ricky Davis' latest reply, and he turned to Shay Serrano, the reporter who called him, and said, "Of course you can't report like that, man, you have to polish his words!" ”

Just kidding, they spent so much time laying the groundwork for Ricky Davis and LeBron, and his presence affected LeBron James's growth, how could the outside world doubt this?

Shay knew what he meant when he heard this.

Early the next morning, his latest story appeared in an ESPN column.

"I thought he was here to help me!" - Ricky Davis' statement after leaving the Cavaliers! 》

As soon as this article was published, it immediately caused a huge wave.

Many media outlets have stepped on Ricky Davis:

"So it's really not surprising that he's being traded!"

"Obviously, Ricky Davis doesn't recognize his position, he has no idea what LeBron James means to Cleveland!"

"Now it seems that LeBron has really been delayed, but fortunately, the Cavaliers management's remediation is quite timely!"

……

Ricky Davis was directly stunned when he saw these comments.

Is that what I mean?

I'm not saying that the two of us work together very well?

He immediately contacted his agent to explain, but unfortunately his agent replied to him half an hour later: "Sorry, we don't have such a strong public opinion force!" ”

In other words, you have set this "black pot".

A pair of eyes in Toronto watched all this, and Vince Carter has become increasingly dissatisfied with the current state of the Raptors since he was stepped on by Woody in the "Player of the Week" contest and ridiculed by the media.

But equally, Raptors management is increasingly skeptical that Vince Carter continues to be the cornerstone of the team.

But Vince Carter is the box office guarantee of "Northland", and if anyone trades him, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be liquidated later.

Need to find a reason......

The way the Cavaliers management handled Ricky Davis is something to learn from.

If Toronto fans hate Vince Carter first, then the trade is a no-brainer!

Meanwhile, Woody continues their regular-season schedule with the Heat.

After a "three-game winning streak", they ended their winning streak in Atalanta, but then another "two-game winning streak".

December 23rd, the last game before Christmas.

The Heat arrive in Cleveland, and their next opponent is none other than the Cavaliers!

Woody and LeBron James, the "Akron Twins", met for the first time in the NBA, and finally arrived.

The league gave the "All-American Live" treatment.

The major media are also all kinds of hype.

Woody and the Cavaliers arrived in Cleveland on the 22nd, and after arriving at the hotel, he went back to St. Mary's to watch the final game of St. Mary's High School before the "Christmas War".

This is the first time he and Curry have met since the "birthday party" in May, Curry should have grown a little taller, but looking at his immature face, Woody is a little unsure.

When Woody appeared on the scene, there was a huge cheer!

It's hard to put into words this year's St Mary's high school performance in the league, winning just two of the nine games they've played.

Compared to last season's "St. Mary's Invincible Division", which won the state championship without a defeat all season, there is a big gap.

It can't be helped, the original St. Mary was just a team competing in Ohio Division III, the appearance of LeBron James made them jump to League II, and then the appearance of Woody made them jump to League I.

Four years and two jumps in a row, which is unique in the history of the entire Ohio State League.

But there are only so many students in Akron, and the quality is far from meeting the standards of the first-tier leagues.

After the "Akron Four" left Woody this summer, Stephen Curry was the only main player.

But he's only a sophomore in high school!

Although Coach Drew developed a "team-wide four-man pick-and-roll" strategy, he averaged 21.4 points per game and shot 41.2% from three-point range, but it was still not enough for them to become a strong team in the Division I league.

And as the league deepens, Stephen Curry's style of play has also been seen through by the head coaches of other teams, and there are more targets.

You can't expect a sophomore to play a game in a Division I high school league.

LeBron James can't do anything like that!

Recently, St. Mary's High School has experienced a wave of "three consecutive defeats".

Woody's arrival didn't bring good luck to Stephen Curry either.

Tonight's St. Mary's High School lost 51-65 again.

Stephen Curry scored 21 points, but he could only bite his braces and lower his head.

"Woody, I miss the days we played together!" Stephen Curry begs for a hug.

Woody touched his head and comforted, "It's okay, Stephen, it's two and a half years before this is over!" ”

“！！！” Stephen Curry, who was already white-faced, failed even more miserably.

Life isn't easy, Curry sighed.

"Are you coming to watch the game tomorrow?" Woody gave Stephen Curry a sideline ticket for the Cavaliers.

It's not that LeBron James got it, but Woody bought it himself.

He doesn't know LeBron James very well.

The chat between them was still on the night of the end of the draft.

"I'm looking forward to playing against Woody, I've always been good brothers with him, we had a really memorable high school time, we lifted the state championship together, and I'm really happy to see him play so well...... Of course, I texted him a lot, and our friendship was as good as ever...... What, do you want to see what we chat? It's a very private chat, I'm afraid not! ”

So when Woody saw LeBron James facing the media in his pre-game interview, he looked confused.

Do you text a lot?

It turns out that the "good brothers" are following this path?

That's fine!

Got it, brother!

"Of course, I've been looking forward to this fight, in fact, we had an agreement as early as the night of the draft, our first meeting, whoever wins, the other party will give him 50,000 dollars, I don't know if this bet is still counted, but our friendship will not change!" Woody's interview with reporters was also "open-mouthed".

This immediately aroused the interest of the media.

It also added another gimmick to this game.

ESPN immediately posted a headline titled "50,000 Knife Battle".

A reporter asked LeBron James to confirm this matter.

He was stunned for a second, and almost burst out:

Am I crazy, right?

Make this kind of bet with him?

What rank does the Heat have?

What ranking of our Cavaliers!

This is a fake!

You guys believe it too!

Actually, at the moment, this is the situation, when the draft conference just ended, LeBron James's "chosen son", plus the Cavaliers are well-staffed, Ricky Davis plus Big Z, two All-Star level players, no matter how you look at it, they are the stronger side!

So it would not be surprising if there was such a bet at the time......

The most annoying thing is that Woody also added a sentence "I don't know if this bet will be counted"!

In this way, if LeBron James disagrees, it is easy to mistake people for thinking that he saw the fierce momentum of the Heat and Woody, and was not sure to win the game and play a better performance than Woody, so he denied the bet!

In short......

Ma Dan, I'm pitting this kid again!

When the Goodman brothers learned about this, a nameless fire suddenly arose, and they remembered Woody's "revival of the glory of St. Mary" before the state finals, and let them operate it to become his "wedding dress".

This time, they were afraid of repeating the mistakes of the past, and they didn't dare to find a gimmick on Woody.

Besides, they just got rid of Ricky Davis, so they should keep a low profile......

I didn't expect that!

They don't think about Woody, but Woody and "Magic" Johnson do.

What a ruthless "magician"......

Speaking of which, they were not surprised at all when they knew that Johnson was Woody's agent, because only such an agent could come up with such a "vicious" scheme.

Right now......

The same recipe and the same problem verified their conjecture.

The "master" behind Woody was Johnson!

LeBron, LeBron, you don't have anything to remember about your high school friendship, you have a Jill friendship with him!

"We must deny this and say that he made it up out of thin air!" According to Alan Goodman, it is absolutely impossible to agree.

If this is agreed, it will be a chance for Woody to "step on his head"!

Well......

They all think that the current Cavaliers will definitely not be able to beat the Heat, and LeBron is unlikely to get out of the encirclement from the Heat.

LeBron James has something to say......

This time, it seems that I made the first move.

"I haven't texted him in a while......"

If we say that he is "fabricated out of thin air", then it is estimated that this guy will also take out his mobile phone and say that the text messages I sent to him and him were fabricated out of thin air......

The Goodman brothers call out "good guys", dare to wait here?

The water of the war of public opinion is too deep, and they really can't grasp it!

"Listen to my advice, don't play these with Woody in the future, you really can't play with him, play with peace of mind, good!"

This kind of coaxing tone made LeBron very unhappy to hear, but he also knew that he did something wrong this time.

"And what about this time?"

"What else can I do this time! Do as they say! ”

LeBron James confirmed this in a subsequent interview: "That's one of the things that motivates us to work hard when we enter the league!" ”

Upon hearing LeBron admit this promise.

The media orgasm!

Johnson also called Woody: "Man, the second war is coming!" ”

In the opening game, all three major sneaker brands released "debut promotional videos", and Woody had the last laugh.

After that, the performance was also faintly suppressing the other two "Tianjiao".

Now this "50,000-knife covenant" is like the "Sarajevo incident", and the "three heavenly pride" controversy has opened again, before the "Three Kingdoms Scuffle", and now it is a head-to-head battle between Woody and LeBron James.

This game is already full of highlights, because this "50,000 knife covenant" has come to a height that does not belong to it!

Everybody's talking about this game.

Johnson is confident that Woody will win this game.

But he felt Woody needed to win a little prettier.

The prettier, the better!

LeBron James: Uncle Johnson, you've changed, you're not my "magician" uncle anymore!

Woody thought so too.

Not only did he think so, the system ......

I think the same way!

"Ding, St. Mary's infighting mission has been released, please check it out for yourself!"

Woody followed the prompt, opened the system panel, and found the two tasks that had just been released.

The first task is to win the game, and the reward is not much, only 3,000 achievement points.

This task is really not very difficult......

The description of the second mission is a bit more complicated, which roughly means that the better Woody plays himself, the worse he limits LeBron James' personal stats, and the more achievement points he gets.

Big deal!

This game must be played well!

On the other hand, the Goodman brothers also noticed the heat rising, and while LeBron James was still in the locker room, they called him again and told him to play well tonight no matter what.

LeBron James nodded fiercely.

At the same time, I couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Game time then came.

Woody meets LeBron James on the court.

Wear a different jersey.

As an adversary......

Reporters on the sidelines raised their cameras to record the scene.

Woody and LeBron James walked towards each other, glancing at the sideline camera almost at the same time, and then showed a more pronounced smile and walked towards each other, like old friends who hadn't seen each other in a long time.

"Man, you want to kill me!"

"That's what I want to say, Woody, you're amazing!"

"It's better for you, I hope you can play well tonight!"

"You too, man!"

Under the kind greeting, the mental activity is actually the same again:

This bitch can pretend!

Turning his head and walking back to his team's bench, the expressions of the two of them suddenly became serious.

For both of them, this game has begun, which can only succeed and cannot fail.

The big screen at the scene gave the starting list of both teams at this time:

"Heat: No. 1 Wade, No. 2 Jones, No. 3 Gerald Wallace, No. 4 Woody, No. 5 Brand;

Cavaliers: No. 1 LeBron James, No. 2 Jeff McGinnis, No. 3 Eric Williams, No. 4 Boozer, No. 5 Big Z; ”

Stephen Curry also appeared in the audience on the sidelines at this time, and the media reporters at the scene immediately held up the camera and gave him a big close-up.

The big screen at the scene was also given to this "elementary school student" who was also born in Akron in time.

Because his father played for this team for a short time, it also caused a lot of cheers.

When Woody stepped forward to say hello, Stephen Curry smiled with joy.

LeBron James noticed this scene, and quickly got up, walked over to Stephen Curry, and was very surprised: "My bro, you actually came to watch this game?" ”

"It was Woody who gave me the ticket." Stephen Curry is blunt.

This made LeBron James stunned for a moment, glanced at the reporter's camera, and realized that he had said the wrong thing.

"I know, I know, Woody told me about this!" ”

He was sweating profusely and didn't dare to say anything more, hurrying back to the Cavaliers' bench.

Almost exposed again......

The character of this "good brother", why is it so difficult to deny!

He has no connection with Stephen Curry, for the simple reason that he doesn't think Curry can play in the NBA, and even if he does, he doesn't necessarily make a good player, and most importantly, ...... Stephen Curry is a Woody ......

So he doesn't pay attention to Stephen Curry at all.

It's just that I didn't expect that this "elementary school student" almost became his "big disaster" tonight!

The competition has finally begun.

Woody jumps with Big Z!

Since the last time he played the Warriors, Woody jumped and beat Dampier, and the burden of this jump ball has fallen on him.

However, playing the No. 4 position tonight was deliberately arranged by Stan Van Gundy......

Big Z is 2.21 meters tall, making him the third tallest player in the league at the moment.

Like Dampier, the height of his height has gone up, and this athleticism has come down visibly with the naked eye.

It was also after seeing the scouting reports of Dampier and Big Z that Woody discovered that Yao Ming's talent is far more than just 2.26 meters tall.

His ability to move and the softness of his hand are also rare among players who are more than 2.20 meters tall. Generally, a 2.11m interior player can't compare to him in terms of flexibility.

With his quick bounce and reflexes, Woody proved that the jump ball has little to do with height.

These "big men", including Yao Ming, did not have a very high success rate in the opening jump ball.

The first shot came up, and it was Woody's blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation with Wade.

LeBron James wasn't very pick-and-roll awareness, but Woody bumped into him and felt like he was being hit by a wall.

After entering the league, this guy is even stronger!

In terms of talent in terms of strength and confrontation, this guy is indeed historic.

Fortunately, Wade has gotten rid of him without any problems.

Boozer stepped forward to help.

As a second-round pick in the '03 draft, he averaged 15.5 points, 11.4 rebounds and 2 assists per game, and his performance was very good.

There are reports that the reason why Cavaliers management finally agreed to send Ricky Davis away has a lot to do with his stellar rookie season.

They wanted to create a "LeBron James plus twin towers" model.

Wade didn't hesitate to hit the ball from his side to his back in the face of his interception.

Woody went straight down after blocking and dismantling, just grabbed the ball, and shot directly at the face frame.

LeBron James was close behind, but Woody was very experienced with a ball-off hand against him, and then with a longer arm span than LeBron James, he completed the basket.

LeBron James has come to 2.02 meters tall since he entered the league.

But Woody's height is almost 2.06 meters.

If it's compared to the arm span, the gap is even bigger!

2-0！

As soon as the Heat came up, it was the "Wood" connection.

During this time, this was their main offensive tactic.

Stan Van Gundy nodded slightly.

Although Wade was as slow as he thought, the run-in between him and Woody was faster than he expected.

He was happy with it.

Stephen Curry jumped up the next second Woody scored, excited to the point where he couldn't do it.

But this is the home court of the Cavaliers, and the way he looks is extraordinarily abrupt.

But considering that he was born in Akron and played for St. Mary's High School, they decided to forgive Curry this time.

In fact, they couldn't boo Woody either. If they dare to boo Woody too fiercely in this game. I'm afraid that the Akron area will have to send them a "lawyer's letter" the next day.

Akron and Cleveland did not have a very cordial relationship.

They can get along with LeBron James, and most likely because Woody gets hostile......

Woody's phrase "St. Mary's, this is for you" has become a classic Akron quote.

Cleveland may not have much affection for Woody, but Woody is a very important name for Akron.

LeBron James got the ball in the backcourt, he didn't become anxious to score because Woody came up, or he was anxious, but a voice in his head told him:

Don't worry!

He patiently directed his teammates into position, and after playing a high block with Boozer, a pass from the waist was given to Boozer.

Boozer took the ball and made a shooting feint in an attempt to trick Woody out of the way.

Woody was "tricked" very shamefully.

But just as Boozer was ready to make a move again, he jumped back.

Boozer's shooting was interrupted again......

After a few hesitations, the rhythm of his shot was completely messed up, he barely jumped up, and forced a mid-distance shot to miss.

Woody sprinted to the basket as he made his shot.

Big Z moved quickly and intercepted him outside, but then Grant had a complete vacancy and easily protected the rebound.

It can be seen that the Cavaliers have formulated a series of plans for Woody's rush to grab rebounds.

It's just this plan, a bit rough.

The Heat switched quickly between offense and defense.

Grant tossed the ball to Woody, who turned around and gave it to Wade.

Wade took the ball and was decisively fast.

The speed of five people......

Simply so!

The disadvantages of the slow leg travel of the big Z are fully amplified.

The Heat easily got the opportunity to "play 5 to 4" in the frontcourt.

The moment Wade rushed to the basket, forcing the Cavaliers to wrap him, he took advantage of the opportunity to smash the ball to the rebound.

Woody arrived with a pat on his horse, took the bounced ball in his hand, and skated a little......

"Phew!"

Slam dunk into the frame!

Woody scores 2 more points!

Scored 4 points in a row at the beginning.

This time LeBron James is obviously a little more impatient.

Although the mind is still saying:

Don't worry, don't worry!

But his heart was already that:

What's the matter?

Don't worry!

He played the last ball very reasonably, and he believed that this time, he could deceive Wade.

This "big cheek gang" is honest and honest at first glance, with "Come to cheat, easy to cheat!" ”

With a slight pause before the three-point line, LeBron James forced a break straight towards Wade's right side.

But Wade looked stupid, not really stupid, especially when LeBron's pause was so big, he immediately moved quickly sideways, trying to stop LeBron in front of the free throw line. It's just that with the help of Woody's pick-and-roll, he hasn't had a head-on confrontation with LeBron.

Now......

It was his first time.

"Phew!"

There was a dull thud, and a muffled grunt.

Wade's expression was full of surprise.

Is this special 18?

It doesn't look like a face, it doesn't look like a big physique, and when he comes into contact with LeBron at the moment, he doesn't feel like it!

Fortunately, his physique is not thin, even if LeBron's confrontation is beyond his imagination, he still resisted and did not let LeBron completely squeeze through.

Woody immediately stepped forward and formed a trap with Wade.

As LeBron's high school teammate, Woody was well aware that LeBron's breakthrough was primarily the first step.

If you let him push through and continue to exert force, then he can be like a train, whistling by.

It's good that someone can stop him.

But if the first blow is withstood and does not allow him to break through completely, his rough breakthrough steps will be revealed.

Just like now!

Seeing that he was about to collide, and he couldn't squeeze Wade, LeBron held the ball with both hands, and the jump ball was about to be passed behind Woody.

It's just that in this way, his passing action is too obvious.

"Smack!"

Woody's soaring tackling ability allowed him to accurately anticipate LeBron's passes, and he raised his hand to break the ball.

Another chance to break fast!

LeBron James gritted his teeth and quickly returned to the defense.

The physical fitness of the explosion is unmistakable.

It's just that when he stood under his basket, he suddenly found an embarrassing situation:

There were two people attacking on the opposite side, one was Woody with the ball, and the other was Wade who followed fast without the ball.

On the Cavaliers' side, he was the only one who returned to the defense in time.

"2 to 1" in the front court!

Watch as the balls pass to each other in the hands of the two men, getting closer and closer to him. LeBron gritted his teeth and rushed towards Wade as he got the ball. Wade immediately passed the ball back to Woody at this point.

Woody under the empty cut basket has another violent dunk!

6 points in a row!

"Toot!"

The referee on the sidelines blew the whistle.

Cavaliers head coach Paul Silas called a timeout.

LeBron James bowed his head and walked off the court.

He had to admit that he had just been cowardly.

But he can't help it, the current situation is......

If he doesn't react, then there is a good chance that he will be blocked by Wade or Woody.

Both of these situations, no matter which one happens, are things he does not allow!

So he could only "try his best" to pounce on Wade.

Silas shook his head helplessly.

The opposite side has made 3 consecutive attacks.

It's all the same, a quick drop after a successful defense.

This is the most notable style of the season for the Heat.

He also emphasized this point before the start of the game.

It's just that judging by the results, the effect is not ideal.

The reason is also very simple, the pace of Big Z is too slow.

Once there is such a rapid offensive and defensive switch, the big Z under the basket will not have time to follow the team to defend in time.

It's not just this game.

Big Z's style of play is actually incompatible with LeBron James.

LeBron also needs the whole team to run up and play in order to play his passing ability.

Well......

He doesn't really have much organizational skills.

Silas had already discovered this, but he didn't dare to say it.

Because LeBron's template is "Magic" Johnson.

has no organizational skills, which makes him unable to organize his teammates to help Big Z open up space and get a chance to play singles.

And this is the only strong point of Big Z.

If you can't play this strong point, the rest is all a matter of delay.

In the past, the games in which LeBron James played well were all games in which Silas put Big Z off the court.

Compared to Ricky Davis, Big Z is actually the player who should be traded.

It's a pity that he doesn't have a say in the decision-making of the transaction.

Now he can only bite the bullet with the big Z, which is the only star player of this team.

But in the first three rounds of this game, Big Z really couldn't stay on the court.

He put Darius Miles on the field.

As the 3rd pick in the first round in 00, Myers is also a representative of high school students participating in the draft, known as the "second generation of KG", his explosive physical fitness is his characteristic, and he likes to work in the air.

Speaking of which, he and Woody are still a little conflicted.

The "Super Perfect Score" that Woody took over this summer, the original athlete role was his, but the movie has not been scheduled and cannot be screened, the director chose to reshoot the part about athletes, and all his roles were replaced by Woody.

This leads to his enthusiasm at the moment.

LeBron also had a bright eye and found people who shared his interests.

"I'll give you more passes later!"

He patted Miles.

The game resumes.

As soon as it came up, it was the cooperation of LeBron and Myers.

It's just that Myers' blocking quality is too poor, and as soon as LeBron James started, he quickly went down, causing LeBron to plunge headlong into the "encirclement" between Woody and Wade.

Who the hell are you?

The scrambled LeBron James pass flew straight off the court.

The ball belongs to the Heat.

LeBron couldn't help but spread his hands towards Miles.

He didn't score in another round, he was really in a hurry!

Silas also targeted Woody to a certain extent.

Woody couldn't get a direct chance to score this round, so he simply pulled to the outside and opened up the entire space to his side, and Gerard Wallace replaced him with a second air cut.

Ball to man!

"Phew!"

Violent buckle again.

Although there are substitutions, the Heat's offense still looks so smooth.

Kenny Smith looked at the Heat team who were completely in the driver's seat and couldn't help but say, "It's 8-0!" The momentum of the Heat tonight is really good, but the Cavaliers don't know when they will score their first shot of the night! ”

(End of chapter)