"Don't be too stressed, just follow the path you originally wanted!"

This is what Yao Ming said to Yao Ming when Woody greeted him after the game.

He understood what it meant.

This is obviously talking about the national team.

Woody himself knows that the refusal was disclosed by the media, and there must be no good fruit for him to eat.

Domestic fans will have some bad opinions about him.

But Woody didn't think there was anything wrong with his approach.

Make yourself a better player first and then join the national team.

Not only can he get more attention, but he can also be more proactive when dealing with intra-team relationships.

So this summer, Woody is still focusing on improving himself......

On January 3, the Miami Heat continued their road trip and their next game was against the New Orleans Hornets.

On the morning of arriving in New Orleans, the league announced the results of the first phase of the NBA All-Star starting voting.

The two players on the guard line on the Western side are Kobe Bryant and Francis, the two forwards are Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, and the only center position, Yao Ming once again beat Shaq O'Neal and sat in the first position.

This list is completely indistinguishable from last year.

The final result of last year's Western Conference All-Star Weekend starters was the above five.

The only difference is that this year Kobe Bryant is only in second place among guards, and last year he was the top voter.

The "Eagle County Incident" still has a great impact on his popularity.

In other words, in the eyes of David Stern, his popularity still has a great impact!

In addition, Shaq O'Neal has only stepped up his efforts to canvass votes, and has not reacted too violently to this matter as he did last season.

The whole outside world is no longer so reacting to this matter.

In addition to the fact that they were already shocked last season, they will not be too surprised that the same thing happened again, and another reason is that Yao Ming's performance with the Rockets this season is not a gap between Shaq O'Neal's performance with the Lakers......

To put it more simply:

Yao Ming narrowed the distance between himself and Shaq O'Neal.

This side to the east.

Maddie and Allen Iverson at the back, Ben Wallace at center, and Vince Carter at forward with first and second ......

It's Woody!

Whether it's O'Neill Jr., Artest, or Paul Pearce......

A number of veteran strikers have been crushed by Woody!

This result is actually not so surprising.

Again, Da Yao proved the strength of Huaxia, coupled with such an excellent performance in Woody's rookie season, Miami is another big city, with a population of more than 5 million in the city, even if only one-tenth of the people voted for Woody, there will be 500,000 votes, and then a little more votes in China, after 4 rounds, there will be more than 2 million votes, which is almost close to the level of the All-Star vote king...... Some experts predicted this before the game.

And Woody's 560,000 votes in the first round also seem to show that this time the experts are not talking nonsense, nor are they making it up.

To say that the competition for the Eastern forward line is still quite fierce this year, after all, there is a thunderous Vince Carter, which is equivalent to saying that other forwards in the East are vying for the position of another forward.

Of course, if you really want to say it, the guard line in the East is even more terrifying, and Maddie plus Allen Iverson really directly blocked the position of the other guards All-Star starters.

For example, after the All-Star starting voting channel opened, the LeBron James team worked hard to canvass for themselves.

After working hard for a long time, he finally ranked fourth in the East, not much behind the third, but with the first Allen Iverson and the second Maddie, the gap is very obvious.

So much so that the Goodman brothers are already thinking about whether to let LeBron James be the No. 3 at the beginning of next season......

On the guard line in the east, there are two "popular bugs", how can you be a "magician"!

There is another person who is more sad......

Scottie Pippen.

He returned to the Bulls last year and made it clear that this would be the last game of his career.

As Michael Jordan's biggest helper in the 90s, a six-time championship holder, and the greatest second-in-command in NBA history, the team didn't give him playing time, and even the league didn't say anything.

Forget it, the fans have chosen to subconsciously forget.

In the first phase of the All-Star voting results, he ranked 15th in the Eastern Conference Forward......

Think about how Michael Jordan was treated last year, and look at how he is treated now......

How else to say that the "second leader of the team" is not as good as a dog!

When Odom saw the list, he shouted for Woody to treat him and take him to see some good health.

Woody wasn't very happy......

Although he has become an "All-Star starter", so far, most of the media opinion believes that his appearance in the second place in the forward position in the first stage of voting for All-Star starters is not a big deal, on the contrary, it is still very scientific.

It's really a bit back.

There are no bullish strikers in the east.

If it's in the West, whether it's beating Kevin Garnett or Tim Duncan, it will definitely cause a lot of controversy!

The sound of controversy is coming, will the voice of provocation be far away?

It's like now!

I was stunned that no player stood up to provoke him, saying that he was not qualified to stand in such a high position!

This......

You should provoke me!

Woody was already thinking about whether to take the initiative to pull the hatred again......

Men, as long as they continue to be stimulated, they will eventually get hard!

On January 4, the game against the Hornets began.

This is a "revenge battle" for the Heat.

Especially for Wade.

The last time he played against Baron Davis, he directly made the latter a little confused.

That was the first time he realized that there was a stark gap between himself and an NBA star.

And this game will prove his progress during this time!

Outcome......

The Heat did win.

However, Wade's performance was sluggish, although he delivered 6 assists, but in terms of individual offense, he never opened up the situation from start to finish.

Fortunately, in this game, Woody continued the mid-range shooting feeling of the previous game, and hit 3 mid-range shots as soon as he came up!

You know, even the Pacers, who are the first in the East, can only lose when Woody makes 3 consecutive mid-range shots at the beginning, let alone the Hornets, who are fifth in the East!

This game once again proved that "Woody, Heat!" ”

As for Wade, it's a rubbing the situation.

Woody, who had 18 points and 15 rebounds, wasn't very happy.

If you continue to play like this, where will anyone dare to take the initiative to provoke!

It seems that he has to be a little more arrogant in front of the media......

It's all about achievement points!

Wade was already a little "blue thin" because of his poor performance, and he could only comfort himself, "Who can have no natural enemies in the league, and there is no shame in losing only Baron Davis"......

I finally comforted myself and felt a little more relaxed.

Looking at Woody, who frowned slightly, he immediately broke his defense.

Looking at Woody with a constipated look: "Man, be a person, right?" ”

Woody:???

Ha?

Yesterday, the league announced the results of the voting for the first phase of the NBA All-Star starters.

When Wade saw that Woody's name was written on it.

Although many media predicted this outcome, he was also mentally prepared to accept that he would enter the league with him, and that he would be so much younger than himself, and stand on the dazzling All-Star stage ahead of schedule.

But when it all came true, his mood suddenly became complicated.

At this moment, he felt the huge gap between himself and Woody.

However, Wade is an honest man, and this gap is well covered by him, especially when he sees Woody for the first time, he comes up with a hug, congratulates Woody, and sincerely hopes that he can lead all the way to the end and become the first guy in Heat history to be selected as an All-Star starter......

It's just that he has just cleaned up his mood, and Wade immediately feels that the gap with Woody is getting bigger and bigger.

The Hornets' interior line is not weak, and center Jamal Magloyer is the favorite to start as an All-Star at the center position in the East, ranking third in the first period.

A lot of the media are saying that even if he can't compete with Ben Wallace, eventually Mageloyl will be on the All-Star bench......

The fact that the Hornets can continue to rank fifth in the East this season is somewhat inseparable from his average performance of 13 plus 10 per game.

But even in the face of such an inside rookie, Woody's performance did not fall behind at all.

On the other hand, he faced Baron Davis, and the final 13 plus 6 plus 5 seemed to explain why Woody, who was also a rookie, became more and more fierce, but he was gradually overshadowed by Woody......

These......

He endured it all!

Yes!

Wade once again packed up his mood!

Otherwise, how can you be an "honest person"?

That's how I comforted myself!

But the moment he saw Woody's brows tightened, his mentality really collapsed.

No......

You've put on a show like this!

Are you still dissatisfied with yourself?

What the hell do you want to do?

Regular season MVP in the first season?

Give us ordinary people a way to live!

Woody was frustrated by fearing that his performance was too good for no player to question his starting position, but Wade mistook him for not being happy with him......

A beautiful misunderstanding caused Wade, who returned to Miami that night, to get out of bed and go to the American Airlines arena at dawn the next day. If he didn't try harder, he was afraid that he would not even be able to look at Woody's taillights.

It's just that his luck is really a little unlucky.

Halfway through the drive, the tire burst!

He could only drive the car to the side of the road, tell his agent where the car was, and then he ran towards the stadium.

However, watching the sun rise, he was unexpectedly in a good mood.

He felt it was going to be a story worth telling.

Starting today, Woody has "Miami at 4 a.m.", he has "a car tire flat at 5:30 a.m. and runs to the arena on his own"!

On January 14, the results of the second phase of the All-Star starting voting were announced......

Or these 10 players who were ranked in the first stage of the East and West starters.

Woody didn't have as many votes as Vince Kartra.

This caused some noise from the outside world, as Vince Carter was the "total vote king" after the end of the second phase, that is......

Woody's total votes are higher than some of the first votes in other locations!

Bill Simmons posted a report at this time:

"All-Star Voting Occupied by "Chinese Fans"! 》

In this report, Bill Simmons speaks with the stats as always, and very "objectively" combines Yao Ming's game performance when he became an All-Star starter, and Woody's performance in the voting phase at this moment, and specifically uses the word "dominance".

tried to muddy the "water" through the data in these aspects, indicating that the popularity of Woody and Yao Ming in the voting session is entirely because of their status as Chinese players.

If this article had been published last year, it would have elicited unanimous approval.

But now Woody's strength is still in front of him, and Magloyle's performance is a little different from him, but he is a good contender for the Eastern Conference All-Star bench.

Woody's current situation is ......

has the strength of the All-Star bench, but firmly occupies the All-Star starting spot!

But is it really a big deal?

The origin of the All-Star starting voting is the fans, and naturally the fans speak!

But Bill Simmons has also been mixed in the circle for so many years, and he has his own traffic, so this report still caused some voices.

He deliberately wrote such a report at this time purely for the sake of traffic, and he actually knew very well that his report would not have a one-sided agreement. However, as a reporter, sometimes the report must be "do you want traffic", otherwise, how can you keep it hot?

Woody has always looked down on this product.

But this time, when I saw his report, I felt that I would be promoted to level 3 in the future, and I must take credit for this force.

Thanks for this B send controversy!

Of course, the head credit is definitely LeBron James's.

His "good brother" is really taking his future in C!

Driven by these voices, Kenyon Martin "jumped back", and when asked by media reporters what he thought of the current voting results of the Eastern Conference Forward's starting voting, he said: "If Woody is a black player, then he will be ordinary, I think Richard's ranking should be ahead of him, and so should my ranking!" ”

He also has the confidence to dare to say this.

So far this season, the Nets have met the Heat once, and the Nets had the last laugh in this game.

The winners are all like this!

Woody received the task of the system at the same time.

"Ding, let Kenyon Martin see the style of an All-Star starter!"

"Successful mission rewards 3,000 achievement points!"

Woody was excited to hear the familiar "ding" sound, but when he heard the achievement points awarded by the system......

Okay, no matter how small a fly is, it's meat!

Being able to earn 3,000 is 3,000!

And......

Woody quickly thought that if he gave some tough responses, could he also activate some tasks?

He decided, give it a try!

Honestly, if it were normal, Kenyan Martin's coffee position, he would definitely not take care of this guy.

Just kidding, what do you mean by an "all-star starter"?

It's a personal provocation, and he replied, so does he still want to force it?

Apathy is the best response.

But who made the task of Kenyon Martin activation too difficult?

"I hope Kenyon Martin cherishes the days when people call him the beast, because there are not many days like this!"

Woody faced reporters and fought back strongly, making the Nets' game against the Heat instantly become the focus of the entire league.

On January 19, the Nets' game day against the Heat arrived.

In this game, the Heat sat at home.

Before the game, Kenyon Martin responded to Woody's trash talk again.

This is the third time in a while that he has responded to Woody's words.

It can be seen that Woody's words can be regarded as "steady and ruthless", which is equivalent to "flat A", and directly asked Kenyon Martin to hand over all the "big moves".

In fact, Woody and Kenyon Martin are really the same type of players.

It's all players who rely on their physical gifts to eat.

Woody's physicality exploded, and this Kenyan Martin is also not a dry meal.

Although 00 years is a small year......

But Kenyon Martin, who gave up a leg to other rookies before the draft, still beat everyone else and became the ultimate "champion"!

You know, injuries before the draft are the most affecting to the market.

Is it really because of his age that Wade dropped to the sixth pick in the first round?

It's not that he's missing a meniscus?

In the case of injury, it still does not affect the market, which shows Kenyon Martin's talent!

Woody's words are easy to understand, doesn't that mean that he will play more vigorously on the court than Kenyon Martin?

Then check it out!

Who the hell is more "beast"!

If one were to be put on his head, I don't think he would dare to say such a thing again!

kept fighting back, Kenyon Martin's heart still refused to let go of Woody.

No way, this is the only label he has always been proud of, Woody actually wants to tear this label off for him, and it is really not an exaggeration to use "mortal enemy" to describe Woody's current shape in the eyes of Kenyon Martin.

He's going to make Woody look good in this game!

"Ding, Kenyon-Martin's desire to isolate the host is rising, how should the host deal with such a situation?"

"Task 1: Dare to detain me? Of course, it was to cover him back! ”

"Task 2: Dare to detain me? I'll detain you first! ”

"The host chooses for himself!"

The requirement for task one is to block Kenyon Martin's shot in the match, and the more times you do, the more achievement points you will award;

The requirement of task 2 is to block Kenyon-Martin before he is blocked, and if the task is completed, you can reward 5000 achievement points!

In terms of the rewards of these two tasks, it should be that the upper limit of task one is a little higher, and the last "St. Mary's Civil War" with LeBron James is similar to the content of the task, and there is no upper limit on the reward, and he earned more than 30,000 achievement points!

Can......

It's the little ones who make the choice!

"I want them all!"

"Ding!"

There was another system beep, and then Woody saw that on his system panel, the two missions were lying quietly on it.

Still......

Can you really choose that?

Woody didn't expect it, he wanted it all, and the system really gave it all!

No, wait a while, Woody suddenly found a point: it seems that when the system issued the task before, he didn't make a choice?

This is the first time that the system has specifically asked him to select tasks......

If he chooses Task 1 or Quest 2, does it mean that he has lost an opportunity to earn achievement points in vain?

Boy!

This system is trying to trick me?

Why?

Just because of the last mission to play Artest, I took advantage of the loophole in the system, so dig a hole for me?

Naughty!

Not in the future!

Woody closed the system panel with a sigh of relief.

The task is there.

Cast a long line to catch big fish, and the task of deep activation is also available!

After completing all three tasks, Woody's 10,000 achievement points should be completed......

It's hard work, Kenyan Martin, a "good buddy", has to suffer a little tonight!

What he has to face is "full fire"!

Before the game, Woody and Kenyon Martin met on the field, and the moment they met their eyes, onlookers felt as if there was a flash of lightning.

In the hands of the reporters on the sidelines, the sound of "click" kept sounding.

Based on the looks of these two people tonight, they have a hunch that this will be a very bloody match!

The game is about to begin, and both starters are in place.

On the Nets' side, the starting five are Jason Kidd, Corey Kidders, Richard Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, and Jason Collins.

Jason Kidd is naturally the ace of this team.

When he came to the Nets from the Suns, no one expected that this team could complete a direct transformation under his leadership, reaching the finals stage for two consecutive seasons, creating the best results in the history of the Nets.

From the tactical level, this can be regarded as a representative player of "single-core leading the team".

But when it comes to "single-core leadership", few people mention his name.

Therefore, this lack of scoring ability is indeed not valued.

It always feels like a "thruster", and it is a head shorter to put it together with other "cores" that are known for their scores.

The others don't talk about it, in terms of leading the team, Jason Kidd is definitely better than Aaron Iverson.

But Allen Iverson has won the regular season MVP, and he is the "basketball spiritual leader" who has influenced a generation of fans, and Jason Kidd is still a "bald guy" who only kisses the basketball before the free throw.

Speaking of which, Woody is quite impressed by this.

Because he's going through the same thing.

In terms of his personal performance and data, he should have had a bigger momentum, and it goes without saying that other teams, including the Cavaliers management who chose LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, and the general manager of the Nuggets, have already beaten their chests and regretted it!

But in fact, although the management of these two teams has found a way out for themselves, they still believe that their current choice is not wrong.

Why?

Isn't it just that his scoring ability is very rough!

Wait, there will be a day when you will regret it!

Woody started the game with Kenyon Martin.

The two of them are not just the representatives of the jump ball on both sides, in this game, Woody still played the No. 4 position.

Stan Van Gundy looked at the two sides on the court as they prepared to jump the ball, and his mind went back to yesterday's training day......

"Dude, are you sure you're going to play the number four position tomorrow?"

As soon as the training was over, Woody approached him and asked him to play the No. 4 position tomorrow.

In fact, after this period of time, Woody is more familiar with playing the No. 3 position, and from his characteristics, he is also more suitable for the No. 3 position.

In the No. 4 position, his height of 2.06 meters is really a bit short......

Although Kenyang Martin is only 2.06 meters, his weight is a real 106kg!

That's 8kg heavier than Woody!

In his opinion, Woody should play to his strengths and avoid a head-to-head showdown with Kenyon Martin.

Woody was very confident and said, "Stan, trust me, I can definitely play well!" ”

For this match, he specialized in the footage of Kenyon Martin's match, from which he analyzed the personality traits of his person.

Kenyon Martin's style of play is very obvious, you have to be tougher than him against such a guy, and once you back down, he will play harder and harder.

But if you play on the tough side, then he will become weak!

Therefore, Woody wanted to show Kenyon Martin his tough attitude as soon as he came up......

There's another reason......

Kenyon Martin took the lead first.

can be called "beast", this physical quality is indeed wild enough!

Jason Kidd faced Wade upfront and slowly waited for his teammates to settle down while observing Wade's position.

Seeing that this guy was about two steps away from him, no matter how he teased, he didn't mean to come up, so he simply forced the attack, trying to force the Heat team to shrink.

But Wade's lateral steps were no slower than his, and there was enough cushioning distance to prevent his breakthrough well. Stopped in front of him all the time, making it impossible for him to form an effective hoop threat.

Kenyon Martin's swing from side to side under the basket accelerated, but Woody's entanglement was very neat, and as Kenyon Martin's footsteps changed, he was stunned and not out of position at all. Martin struggled for a while, but couldn't get rid of Woody.

He didn't get a chance to catch the ball, and Kidd glanced at Richard on the flank.

This is the Nets' "scoring champion" this season.

17.8 points per game!

Attacking the basket after receiving the ball with excellent physical fitness is his signature way of scoring.

But Gerard Wallace was no less physical than him, following closely and not giving him a chance to catch the ball at all.

Martin and Richard passed back-to-back, and Kidd himself didn't have a chance to attack the basket.

His expression grew more impatient.

That's why Woody plays the number four position.

If he had played the No. 3 position and let Odom follow Kenyon Martin, Odom's concentration would have been shaken out of the vacant position long ago.

And he plays the No. 4 position, and the No. 3 position can put Wallace.

His physicality is not inferior to that of Richard on the opposite side and can contain his catch-and-shoot attacks very well.

The Heat lost to the Nets in the last game, but they lost because they didn't limit Kidd's cooperation with Richard and Martin well.

This is the Nets' "troika".

The ball was eventually given to Corey Kidders, the 8th pick in the '96 first round at the No. 2 spot.

This is a shooter who averages 35.6 percent three-point shooting per game.

However, he faced Eddie Jones, who was the "former best defensive team" and is now a pitcher, and has his own experience with defensive pitchers.

He couldn't get hold of this catch-and-shoot shot.

The intensity of Keny-Martin's confrontation with Woody under the basket suddenly increased the moment the ball flew out.

The two of them exerted force each other, but neither of them would budge.

The physical fitness of the outbreak is also reflected in this moment.

It's a flash of power!

The moment the ball flew to the basket, Woody pretended to back down, allowing Kenyon Martin to take the position under the basket, but suddenly made a force and jumped towards the rebound early.

This one disrupted Martin's rhythm.

His eyes were full of Woody at this moment.

As soon as Woody jumped, he didn't think much of it, and jumped up.

But the whole time the ball just hit the basket and popped out.

Pounced.

He didn't dare to delay, as soon as his feet landed, he immediately jumped up with a slight bend of his knees.

If he just showed his physical fitness slightly, then this "second jump" showed his entire bounce and explosiveness.

Unfortunately, he still had to bend his knees to complete the "second jump" with enough bounce height.

He faced a different Woody, who almost didn't have to bend his knees, jumped high and took the ball in his hands.

Win!

The moment Woody grabbed the rebound, Jason Collins, the Nets' No. 5 next to him, was dumbfounded.

He rarely sees anyone who can suppress Kenyon Martin in the matter of "second jump". Especially tonight, he knew very well how preoccupied Kenyon Martin really was, and he didn't even go to drink with him last night in order to be in good shape today!

Well?

Is it because you haven't been drinking?

Kenyon Martin was also a little stunned.

He had just been disrupted by Woody and jumped up, but when he jumped in the air, he reacted, and Woody wanted to spell "second jump", but he really didn't pay attention to it. If you want to teach Woody, what is "someone outside the world".

Do you know how buddy got the 00-year "champion"?

Outcome......

was frightened by Woody's even more amazing "second jump" speed.

But it's okay, he's not good at grabbing rebounds, averaging only 7.6 rebounds per game, losing in this regard, it's not necessarily a problem of bounce, it also has a lot to do with awareness, wasn't he disrupted by Woody just now?

Kenyon Martin doesn't throw in the towel so easily!

(End of chapter)