Chapter 174: Tianjiao who didn't meet expectations
It's perfect to plan this far.
Next, take Shaq O'Neal and attack the whole team, it is said that it is not very difficult to win the Philadelphia 76ers this season.
This summer, Philadelphia management didn't do much.
They traded for Mark Jackson at the end of last season, and then they got all sorts of rookies on the spot.
It can be seen from their starting line-up:
Allen Iverson at No. 1, Korver at No. 2, Iguodala at No. 3, Kenny Thomas at No. 4, and Dyrem Porter at No. 5.
Among them, "Haitian center" Delham Porter is a rookie in '01, which is his contract year.
Korver, like Woody, is a second-year rookie.
Iguodala is another potential pick from the Philadelphia 76ers this summer.
The physical fitness is also very strong "LeBron Jr".
Here's how the Miami press introduced the rookie during the draft:
"If he had the same promotional media resources as LeBron, then he would also be the chosen one!"
Although there are elements of disgusting LeBron and Cleveland media in this, it also shows the talent of this guy.
However, with the strength of the Heat team, there should be no problem with such a group of recruits.
After all, the "youth storm" of the Heat is in the minority.
The Philadelphia 76ers currently have a good record, beating the Cavaliers and ranking eighth in the East, but it is still too far away from Woody and the Heat. Even though it's a "back-to-back," the Heat have the better quality on paper with Shaq O'Neal's energy in full swing.
But in the end, the Heat lost the game.
Because Aaron Iverson exploded!
This season, with the change in the league rules, many outside players have benefited from it, and the biggest benefit is undoubtedly LeBron James.
The impactful breakthrough ability has made his average points per game skyrocket.
But there hasn't been a noticeable change in his scoring skills.
Also benefiting is Aaron Iverson.
This super breakthrough player who is limited by joint defense, with the "three seconds of defense" and the league rules changed again, his hands have been freed, and he has averaged 30.5 points per game so far in the new season, and his scoring ability is called a "chopping melons and vegetables".
A lot of media say that the "answer" from '01 is back.
If it weren't for such a bunch of raw melons and eggs, the Philadelphia 76ers would not have been in eighth place in the East.
may also be with such a group of newcomers, only in this position.
Tonight, his ferocious firepower continued. He hit 12 of 25 shots and then 8-of-10 free throws to score 32 points and three rebounds, six assists and two steals.
single-handedly, he defeated the Heat by force.
For the Heat, Shaq O'Neal also scored a high score of 25 points, and Woody was not affected by too much physical aspect, scoring 20 points and 12 rebounds.
A large part of Wade's choice of No. 3 is because of Aaron Iverson.
At this moment, he was defeated by his former idol, not to mention, he was more excited than Lan Thin.
Big husband, life should be like this!
Sooner or later, he's going to be a super scorer like Allen Iverson.
Shaq O'Neill once again praised Aaron Iverson.
To this 183 fighter, the "big shark" was convinced.
He even said that "he is the little two", and "if Allen Iverson grows another 10cm taller, he will rule this alliance!" ”
And tonight he said: "He's going to have a lot of nights like this, we're just unlucky to have nights like this, that's all!" ”
The opening streak was ended in the eighth game of the new season.
However, with the exception of the Spurs, other teams have already lost more than one game.
To be able to hold on to the first defeat of the season in this difficult start, in fact, there is nothing to regret.
Next, the Heat continue their road trip to New Orleans to take on the Hornets.
Wade once again ushered in his "nightmare" Baron Davis.
Throughout his rookie season, in Wade's opinion, there was no one more difficult to deal with than this guy.
But in this game, his performance was not bad, facing Baron Davis, who was also in good shape, he finally got 18 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, and his shooting rate was a rare 50% in recent games!
In the face of the opponent he used to fear the most, even Wade himself was surprised to play such a statistic.
Stan Van Gundy smiled even more with satisfaction.
After so many rounds of "beatings", the threshold on Wade's growth path has been significantly loosened. He has already touched the door to the next stage.
Once you touch the "door", it will be easy to "enter".
I'm not a novice, and I have to be helped in.
He played so well that the "Heat 3C" looked even more unstoppable, and finally defeated the Hornets 109-91, 18 points, avoiding the first "two consecutive defeats" of the new season.
However, winning this game, except for Wade's some joy, the expressions of the others did not change much.
They're so tired!
Starting with the Spurs, they played four away games in a row, including a "back-to-back", and it was really mentally tortured to constantly change cities to play games of this level.
Fortunately, it's finally over.
As soon as he returned to Miami, Woody received a call from Scarlett, who had not been in touch for a long time.
This woman came to Miami again to film, watched his schedule, and knew that he was coming back today, so she sent him a message early and made an appointment for dinner tomorrow.
Woody didn't think much of it and agreed directly.
Now he has two permanent friends, one is Scarlett and the other is Megan Fox.
Fox has not had a good career recently, and he has been arranged by the company to go to major crews to rub the camera, and he is very busy, and he has not seen Meghan Fox since this summer. The rest is Scarlett.
Now that the new season has started again, he hasn't had the time to meet some new runners.
Last time, the two of them were very happy, about seven or eight days a night, Scarlett was online the whole time, her physical fitness was excellent, and she was a rare good friend.
Yes, it's her!
There is a saying that "little don't win the newlywed", which can be used not only for couples, but also for friends.
Woody and Scarlett, living dry firewood, all kinds of burning, very happy.
With Scarlett's help, Woody emptied most of the month's accumulation, and the whole person was in good spirits and radiant, waiting for the first home game after more than a week.
At the same time, it is also a highlight:
Denver!
His first meeting with Carmelo Anthony this season is here!
The alliance has given the highest specifications:
Live across the United States.
Woody himself is also looking forward to this matchup, although he was a player in the limelight last season, but in terms of the maturity of the player's individual skills, it is definitely Carmelo Anthony, the 18-year-old "super rookie" who led the team to sweep the entire NCAA.
After a summer of training, this guy has grown again, and Woody is really looking forward to it.
It's just that the process of this game in the end undoubtedly disappointed Woody a little.
I'm even sorry for the "national live broadcast" platform that the league gave me.
The Nuggets made a big move this summer, bringing Kenyon Martin from the Nets on a multi-million contract, for which they spent three first-round picks.
I was thinking that there was a combination of Kenyon Martin and Marcus Camby on the inside, and Carmelo Anthony, a super scorer who has grown further, on the outside, Denver is rising, just today.
Unexpectedly, after these games, the Nuggets' ranking is no different from last year.
The Nuggets finished all games last season in eighth place in the West, and now they are in seventh place in the West after a regroup.
The biggest reason for this is Cameron Anthony.
This guy doesn't care about being a good player, but he wants to go to New York to grab land and be a good leader of his own social group.
What is this like?
It's like a guy who calls himself "GOAT", but every day he holds a book with only the title page and talks about politics there.
It's exactly two words:
Monkey business!
The result of all the thoughts on the court is that the Nuggets were unilaterally pushed by Miami in this game, and Woody's individual performance was far better than Carmelo Anthony.
Woody scored his second 30-game of the season in this game, while Carmelo Anthony shot just 40 percent and scored 17 points. The overall performance was no different from last year.
That's actually the norm for him this season.
So far this season, Carmelo Anthony has averaged 20.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in these games he has played, which is not much different from last season, and his efficiency has not improved much.
With perimeter players free-handed, such a situation was something that the whole of Denver did not expect.
After this game, many Denver media also couldn't bear it and made some criticism of him.
"Dude, it feels like you're missing something!"
Carmelo Anthony took the initiative to greet Woody after the game, and although he lost the game, Anthony's mood didn't seem to change much, as if it didn't matter......
This shows that he really didn't put his mind on the pitch this season.
After Woody hugged him, he reminded him with a smile.
Anthony looked slightly stunned, he didn't expect Woody to tell him this.
"Man......" added Woody, "I'm looking forward to our fight, but tonight, I'm a little disappointed." ”
Seriously, Carmelo Anthony knew about the criticism of the Denver media, but he didn't feel much when he looked at the criticism in these reports, but at this moment, listening to Woody's words, his heart was rubbed hard.
Woody didn't say disappointment, but Carmelo Anthony heard the disappointment.
He wanted to say something, but Woody had already turned away, leaving him standing still, not knowing what he was thinking, his eyes flickering.
On the way back, he kept thinking about why he had such a mentality, until the next day, when he saw the Denver media report and saw that he and Woody were called the "Big Three", he suddenly recalled the momentum he had when he first entered the league last year.
It's a bit too much to participate in club activities this summer......
At this moment, Anthony admits that he has lost his original intention a little.
He had to find his original intention.
This not exciting "Three Heavenly Pride" battle is over, and Woody and the Heat continue to sit at home to meet another gimmicky battle:
In the next game, the Miami Heat will be ushering:
"Chinese Derby"!
Woody and Yao Ming's first encounter in the new season.
The day before the game, the Rockets arrived in Miami, and Woody specially invited Da Yao to dinner.
Although he had seen Woody after the summer on TV, after meeting, Da Yao couldn't help pinching the muscles on Woody's body, with a look of disbelief: "This young body is growing fast!" ”
He's a guy who gains weight fast, but he can't reach Woody's level in a summer.
It's just about growing meat......
He carried out the second phase of weight gain this summer, but his body fat percentage has been around 15%, and he can't get down at all.
And what about Woody?
I gained weight, but I also got in shape.
Look at the muscles on this arm, it's amazing!
Of course, his tonnage is here after all.
Woody asked about Yao Ming's weight.
Yao Ming said: "It's almost 130kg!" ”
Even if Yao Ming is 2.26 meters tall, this weight scares Woody.
Da Yao revealed that Van Gundy still needs him to gain some weight.
Woody was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and looked at Da Yao carefully again: "Who is this for?" ”
You must know that Shaq O'Neal is now 32 years old and will be 33 next year, and his dominance will definitely gradually decrease after that, just look at his figure.
If you don't have Shaq O'Neal, get the whole weight up......
Is this to create the next "big shark"?
But Yao Ming's physical fitness shouldn't be as good as Shaq, right?
Woody spent the whole summer hanging out with his trainers, sometimes working with them to work on the doubts he didn't understand.
With the rules of the NBA changing, in his opinion, the era of big tonnage of interior players is coming to an end.
As for when it will be completely over, it will depend on how long Shaq O'Neal can last.
One year or two years.
As for whether the next Shaq O'Neill will be born during this time.
The answer is also one word:
Difficult!
Anyway, it is difficult for these centers to reach the height of Shaq O'Neal.
And Yao Ming's longest point is almost different from Shaq.
What does Shaq have?
Athleticism and strength, then his tonnage.
What does Da Yao have?
height, as well as coordination and flexibility that this height should not have.
This is a bug in the fast break, changing hands behind the dribble!
The other is the soft feel that the American center does not have.
Since it is impossible to become the next Shaq, in Woody's opinion, Yao Ming should stick to his own characteristics and take a path that belongs to him.
He has such capital.
Woody told Yao Ming all these things.
Yao Ming's eyes flickered, obviously listening to these words.
The main thing is that he himself is hesitating whether to give up his other skills and become another higher version of Shaq O'Neal.
(End of chapter)