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Chapter 83 081: Is Little Pigeon Playing?I am the Almighty King (4k please recommend!)

In the summer of 2004, all eyes were on Athens.

The slogan for this Olympics is simple: "Welcome Home".

The Olympics has returned to its origins.

At this point, with Olympic fever spreading across the globe, no one pays attention to a basketball game going on in a small basketball arena in the Rocky Mountain area of ​​Salt Lake City.

But for a small group of people, this game is more attractive than the Olympic Games.

On July 7, the opening game of the Rocky Mountain Summer League, the Utah Jazz played against the Indiana Pacers.

When the Jazz's 14th pick in the first round, Chris Humphries, came out, he found that the fans' reaction was not too enthusiastic.

And dozens of seconds later, when Wayne of the Pacers came out, the fans at the scene became restless.

Humphries curled his lips, no matter what, the Jazz is still playing at home.

As a result, Wayne's popularity was overwhelmed!

As the MOP of the semi-finals, Wayne's fan base in the United States is indeed stronger than when Chairman Yao first came.

Well, better than most rookies in the same class.

Although Humphries is this year's lottery goaltender, few Salt Lake City fans have seen him play before.

On the contrary, it was Wayne, who had already made his name in the two nationally broadcast matches of the semi-finals.

I haven't seen the picture of Wayne leaning back and hitting a key ball over Okafor's head, so I am ashamed to say that I am a real fan.

Besides, watching summer league, fans watch players, not teams.

Therefore, although most of the people present were natives of Salt Lake City, they still preferred Wayne.

"I really envy you, Wei." Behind Wayne, an undrafted center named John Edwards looked at the restless crowd around him and expressed emotion.

"It's nothing, a small scene." Wayne shrugged, just this small gymnasium, with just a thousand people, couldn't make Wayne feel the slightest turmoil in his heart.

Remember when I Avey played the elite in Minnesota

Cough, exaggerated, that is, two months ago.

Wayne felt very relaxed after he came on the field. Besides the fact that the scene wasn't too big, it was also because Wayne was already fully prepared for the summer league!

After finalizing the sneaker contract with Nike, Wayne threw himself into training.

And Mancias, who was recruited by Wayne, has also been implementing Wayne's weight gain plan.

A few days ago, when Wayne went to Salt Lake City to practice with the team, he did not forget to bring Mancias with him.

Well, other people saw that envy.

At a young age, you have a personal trainer!

Of course, most people are more jealous of Wayne's $2800 million sneaker contract.

As the media said, 90% of these summer league players will never make that much money in their lifetime.

There is no doubt that Wayne is the biggest player in this game.

At this time, Mike Brown, the assistant coach of the Pacers and also the head coach of the summer league, is the one who will be the babysitter for Mousse in Cleveland in the future, pretending to be writing and drawing with a tactical board.

It seems that his drawing is very complicated, but in fact he just said: "Give the ball to Wayne when you can't open the situation."

As for how to give the ball to Wayne and how Wayne plays after he gets the ball, that's none of his business.

Well, don't doubt it, Mike Brown, the defensive coach's offensive tactics, are so simple and rude, and they are similar to Director Lu in the future.

Give the ball to the strongest man, don't be shabby!

And the summer league really doesn't pay much attention to tactics.

Just look at the rules of Summer League.

A player gets 10 fouls before he goes off the field, just to get the player to perform as much as possible.

Of course, this also means that Summer League will be pretty rough.

The cost of fouling is lowered, and no one will be polite.

In this way, Wayne officially entered the NBA Summer League arena.

Strictly speaking, this is not an NBA game.Because at this time, the Rocky Mountain Summer League is not officially recognized by the NBA.

Although there are 11 teams participating, it can only be regarded as a training match organized by these teams themselves.

It was not until 2007, when the NBA introduced the Las Vegas Summer League, that the Summer League truly became one of the official games of the NBA.

And in terms of player strength, this game is far from the NBA.

Most positions are filled with undrafted picks and fringe players, and the level is not very high.

So after playing, Wayne was extremely calm.

The tension and excitement that I imagined were completely absent. .

He didn't know most of the people on the field anyway, and he didn't have to coordinate with his Summer League teammates or make connections.

Wayne's purpose is very simple - just try to play his own game.

Wearing jersey No. 99, Wayne crossed his hips and looked at Humphries across the way.

The young man is still young, and it looks like the future is promising.

Hey, you said you are a good young man, why do you have to get Kardashian?

As for Wayne's number 99, it doesn't really have any special meaning, it's just trying to be a maverick.

At first, Wayne thought about wearing his father's number.Later, Tony proposed to exchange college numbers with Wayne.

After much deliberation, Wayne finally chose 99 which he liked.

99, how easy to remember, not afraid to "collide" with others, and become one of your own special symbols in the future.

If Wayne was forced to give a number to explain, then it was this number that turned 6.

Besides, the first generation of NBA superstar George Mikan, he also wears the number 99.

In this era when everyone loves No. 23, I, Wayne, imitated such an ancient behemoth.

This unfashionable B grid is instantly different.

After the referee threw the ball into the air, the Pacers' 2-meter John Edwards won the ball.

Wayne ran forward in a hurry, but stopped when he was beyond the three-point line, and had no intention of going inside to get a position.

In this way of playing, except that Wayne really likes to stay outside the three-point line, there are also requirements of the Pacers for Wayne.

After discussing with Bird, Carlisle decided to start developing Wayne's ability to play the three position from the summer league.

So, they told Mike. Brown, let Wayne attack from the three-point line.

Mike Brown also truthfully conveyed this idea to Wayne yesterday.

Wayne was overjoyed, now he can justifiably shoot three-pointers to score points!

But in the first round, Wayne didn't catch the ball.

Because the point guard on the Pacers side is an unknown head iron boy.

During the confrontation training yesterday, he had the team's highest record of being blocked by Wayne for 10 shots in 3 minutes.

Today he still doesn't believe in evil, and continues to make breakthroughs.

As a result, the No. 16 rookie of the Jazz, Kirk Snyder, ushered in the first gift of the game.

A big risk completed the defense.

"Hey, the current point guards are all swollen." Mike Brown sighed, the ball was almost blind.

Therefore, in the summer league, how to balance individual performance and team performance is also an art.

Sometimes, being too humble can't express yourself, but being too independent can also lower your self-worth.

The Jazz counterattacked immediately, and they were bound to regain home court advantage.

As a result, when the Jazz guard was about to make a layup, the basketball in his hand was ruthlessly slapped from behind.

Suddenly, the small arena exploded, and the fans came to watch Wayne perform!

"Wow, this is actually caught up!" Seeing Wayne's desperate pursuit, Mike Brown called Ward.

How could this speed look like a serious power forward!

He seemed to see the picture of Artest chasing others on the court.

Wayne chased the ball so aggressively that he fell directly into the auditorium because of too much inertia after landing.

Really hard!

Since getting the "Man of Steel" badge, Wayne is not afraid of falling at all now.

As long as he can get it, he doesn't have to consider whether it is safe when he lands.

Push hard and it's over!

In just one round, many people on the Jazz were ashamed.

It's so high, but it can still chase and defend so fast.

Is this guy Garnett?

Garnett in summer league?Can't play this game yet!

Is it interesting to come to Xinshou Village with a full-level account?

Interesting, but so interesting!

Wayne was having fun.

He got up from the crowd and returned to the court as if nothing had happened.

The jazz defender is stupid, he swears, as long as Wayne is on the court, he will not enter the three-second zone!

After the Jazz sent out the foul ball, Kirk Snyder made a three-pointer, Wayne received the rebound and completed a beautiful defense.

Snyder is similar to Mr. Tony, with excellent defense and hip shooting, which belongs to the category of crooked skill tree.

It was the first time today that he played at the distance of the NBA three-point line, and Snyder was even more inaccurate.

After Wayne won the basketball, Tou Tiewa relied on that he was playing point guard, and didn't want Bilian to raise her hand to ask for the ball.

But Wayne didn't pick on him this time, he chose

Take control of the ball by yourself!

Don't tell me, Wayne's movements are quite impressive when he controls the ball and crosses the half court.

While dribbling, he gestures and directs.

In fact, how can Wayne direct any offense now, and the Pacers' offense has no tactics at all.

He gestures, just to get everyone to pull away.

Then, people saw a tall and long-armed power forward, holding the ball across the half court by himself like a point guard, and confronting another power forward one-on-one from three points away

Mike Brown's brain hurts, your style of play is too novel, I can hardly accept it!

Humphries is ready to fight, he knows that the MOP standing in front of him is not easy to mess with.

The hot guy in front of him can compete with Okafor on the offensive end, and can also lean back and hit a shot in front of Okafor.

Humphries would not underestimate the enemy unless he was mentally ill.

In reality, there are not so many routines of forcibly underestimating the enemy and being slapped in the face.

Humphries retreated one step inside the three-point line, he was more afraid of Wayne's breakthrough than shooting.

After all, this is the NBA's three-point line, no matter how accurate Wayne is

"brush!"

"Eh?" Humphries's inner theater hadn't finished yet, when he heard the sound of the net rolling behind him.

Looking back, Wayne has scored.

It turns out that Wayne and the NBA three-point line can be almost seamlessly connected.

"It doesn't make sense!" Humphries' face was full of black lines. I am also a lottery goalkeeper anyway, so please save face.

As a result, in the next round, after being thanked by Yan, he took another big risk from Wayne.

Wayne is too generous.

"I'll go, the difference in height and wingspan is too much, this is just looking for a risk." Watching Humphries forcefully beat Wayne and got a bloody risk, Mike Brown really felt that he could go back to the hotel to rest first.

Does it make any difference whether the coaching seat is for you or not?

Originally, Humphries was the biggest threat on the Jazz side, but judging from this round, he had no chance at all.

Humphries is a low-post offensive insider who has yet to shoot.

Blocked by Wayne in the low post, he's basically useless.He can't play, and the Jazz have no chance of winning.

Wayne gets the ball and once again has the ball on his own for half court.

The assistant coaches all joked: "Substitute everyone else, just one Wayne is enough."

Humphries started to steal the ball, but Wayne nimbly changed hands and passed Humphries.

Wayne didn't expect to shake Humphries away so easily, so he suddenly accelerated and went straight to the basket.

Wayne's acceleration is very fast, and the initial acceleration is his strong point.

So that when he entered the three-second zone, the Jazz center hadn't reacted yet.

How did this tall guy come in?

What about Humphries?

Just like that, Wayne dunked with both hands.

After blocking the shot, he dribbled the ball and broke through for a dunk, and Garnett's reputation in India officially started!

Mike Brown wiped the sweat from his forehead. At the beginning, when Carlisle said that he wanted to train Wayne to play the third position, Mike Brown was not optimistic.

But now, he has changed.

Don't look at Wayne's 2 meters, but compared to power forwards, this guy seems to be more suitable for playing small forwards!

After all, Wayne's low-post skills are very average, and he is also a little thinner, so he might not be able to handle it inside.

But the breakthrough, acceleration and shooting have indeed reached the standard of a small forward.

Peja, who is only 3 centimeters shorter than Wayne in the Kings team next door, shines in the third position, and ranked fourth in the MVP ranking last season!

Arranging positions according to height is sometimes not necessarily the best choice.

Think about it, if you push the big Ben of the Pistons to the second or third position, the picture is simply

Mike Brown began to feel that Wayne's plasticity might be beyond imagination.

In this game, Wayne finally monopolized the ball and used the small forward method to make Humphries dizzy.

In the end, the score was fixed at 108 to 92, and the Pacers won the Rocky Mountain Summer League for the first time under the leadership of Wayne.

其中，韦恩一个人就拿下了25分10个篮板5次助攻4次盖帽的两双数据，三分更是5投4中。

Few rookies hit the [-]-point line at this level when they first hit the NBA [-]-point line.

In the first game of the summer league, Wayne performed perfectly.

Whether Wayne signed a 2800 million contract with Nike is a myth is still unknown.

But at least it won't be a joke.

After the game, Mike Brown pushed his glasses and called Carlisle.

"Get rich, get rich, this time we really got rich!"

Well, Wayne's performance made this Indian city assistant coach completely forget about Al Harrington.

Little did they know that when Harrington first left, Mike Brown complained a lot.

Men, they all love the new and dislike the old.

(End of this chapter)