NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 205 The Rookie Tournament...Not an Exhibition Tournament!

After just a few seconds, the other players of the O'Neal team made their own choices and returned to Wang Zelin's side every minute.

"you……"

"you……"

Two meters away, Chandler Parsons was alone in the wind.

There is one thing to say, Chandler Parsons is strong enough to rank in the top 10 of the 4 players in the O'Neal team, second only to Wang Zelin and Lillard.

Judging from the superficial data alone, the second-year Chandler Parsons averaged 15.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. He must have the right to speak in the team.

But it also depends on who you compare it with.

Comparing the two, Chandler Parsons is far inferior to Wang Zelin in terms of personal data and team record.

Regarding the choice of this group of temporary teammates, although Wang Zelin had already made up his mind, when they really came to him, he finally let go of the sledgehammer hanging in his heart.

As for Chandler Parsons, who has been reluctant to integrate on the other side, Wang Zelin doesn't even want to talk about it.

"First of all, I want to congratulate you for making the right choice."

Glancing quietly at the reactions of the people around him, Wang Zelin continued.

"As we all know, the All-Star Weekend is a show, and everyone focuses on entertainment, but I think that even if it's entertainment, you have to be the happiest one..."

"In my opinion, the guys on the opposite side are far less good than us!"

"I'm sure that in the future, everyone here will be selected as an All-Star, selected to the best team, and even MVP and championship, will be much more than the other side..."

"Everyone, beat them, win the game, and take the first step in our long march!"

Looking at the stunned temporary teammates around him, Wang Zelin felt that he made the right choice to stay up late last night looking for a speech.

awesomeness!

At this moment, he felt that he was the king of the world!
The rookies around... including Wang Zelin's two teammates, Lillard and Will Barton, were frightened by his ambition.

All the people present are young people who have been in the league for 1-2 years. Many of them are still running for the team's starting lineup, and some are even struggling to stabilize their position in the rotation.

Now, someone dared to tell them blatantly.

Guys, you know what?
Our future is an All-Star, an MVP, and a championship!
Is this the difference between a genius and a mortal?

I was still thinking about how to squeeze out players in the same class and position. They had already set their sights and ambitions on Kobe, James, Duncan and other ultimate bosses who stood at the top of the league.

Players who can enter the NBA are well-deserved superstars in their college leagues or other professional leagues.

For example, Wang Zelin has only been in the CBA for a short year, but he has become a well-deserved CBA No. 1.

Others have similar situations.

But why did it make them look up to Wang Zelin?
the reason is simple.

The core of team building, team status, personal data, team record... Others ask themselves, if they want to do one of them, the difficulty is comparable to the sky.

Because, what the NBA lacks most is talent!

However, Wang Zelin has achieved the ultimate among rookie players in all aspects.

At present, there are endless voices about the alternation of Wang Zelin and Howard, the league's No. [-] center.

It is conceivable that as long as Wang Zelin has a stat that is no less than that of the regular season in this year's playoffs, even if it shrinks a little, it does not need 22+12, but only 20+10...

At that time, Wang Zelin will not only surpass Howard to become the league's number one center in one fell swoop, but at least he will be able to form a rivalry.

Among them, there are factors of Howard's own disappointment... The speed of decline is indeed obvious.

Similarly, I have to admit that Wang Zelin himself is up to the task.

Combining all kinds of factors, it has created the leading position that Wang Zelin has expected among the rookies.

Shocked, a group of rookies obviously felt that their hearts were starting to become impetuous.

Gentlemen, I'm so excited!
He raised his head again, his eyes sparkled, and he became firm.

Defeat your opponent and win the game!
At this time, O'Neill, who had been watching for a long time, came over and patted Wang Zelin, and said loudly to the others: "Rookies, I have a word for you, you are playing a rookie game, not an exhibition game, understand?"

Unexpectedly, O'Neill, who has always liked entertainment, can be so serious.

Seeing the respect and admiration in the eyes of everyone looking at him, O'Neill nodded silently, took out the tactical board with style, and gestured on it.

"Wang, Tyler Zeller, Will Patton, Klay Thompson, Damian Lillard, the five of you will go first in a moment. Tonight we will focus on the inside, and the defense will adopt a man-to-man strategy. Keep an eye on your own defender..."

After a pause, the rookies finally heard that O'Neill had been talking for a long time, but in fact he only said one sentence, "You watch the game and leave me alone!"

Everyone's heads were covered with black lines, as if a crow was circling in the sky.

That's it?

After talking for a long time, I ended up listening to a lot of chicken soup for the soul, what a mess!

Actually.

Almost everyone is prepared for this situation.

The two teams were improvised. They had neither rehearsed any tactics nor conducted tacit and cooperative training. In addition, the rookie game has a certain performance nature.

Therefore, over the years, it has generally relied on the free play of the players on the court.

No, on Barkley’s side, they didn’t even want to act. Barkley’s tactical board fell to the side. He called everyone over and said eloquently: “Irving, Bill, Kawhi, Anthony and Nikola, you five are starters; all of you are professional players with basic tactical skills. I don’t need to say more about how to fight.”

"understand!"

"Ok!"

Everyone opened their mouths.

Barkley nodded: "I only have one request, not to lose to the team led by that big silly fish!"

"..."

"Come on!"

With a big wave of Barkley's hand, the first five people walked onto the court.

On O'Neal's side, it was Wang Zelin who came out to jump the ball. On Barkley's side, it was Anthony Davis. Wang Zelin first touched the ball and gave the ball to the backcourt.

Lillard advanced with the ball, and soon after halftime, seeing the opponent's loose defensive position, he thought to himself: They really regard this as a show!
After looking at the positions of his teammates, he flicked his wrist and handed the ball to Wang Zelin.

O'Neal said that the team's tactics tend to be inside, and everyone has no objection and chooses to accept the arrangement.

With Wang Zelin around, position 5 is indeed the strongest point in the team.

"Snapped!"

Seeing Wang Zelin taking the ball, the misplaced Anthony Davis reluctantly posted it and opened his hands.

I'm only a little over 100 kilograms, and the guy in front of me is said to weigh 130. Anthony Davis can't help but worry about his small body.

"The king has the ball, will he choose himself for the first attack?"

Director Zhang's voice did not finish.

Sure enough...

With superior height, weight, and strength in all aspects, Wang Zelin did not hesitate, and immediately changed from back to front frame, then accelerated and squeezed in from the right side of Anthony Davis.

Anthony Davis' pupils constricted, his face showed horror, and he took a step back cautiously.

He didn't want to bet his health on an ordinary attack.

Wang Zelin became more and more arrogant as he gained momentum. He dribbled the ball in two steps and took off, raised the ball with both arms, and blasted the basket vigorously.

"boom!!!!"

With a loud bang, the ball was slammed into the basket.

In the first round, Wang Zelin successfully scored the goal and scored for the O'Neal team.

"Wang is too buggy at position 5." Barkley on the sidelines shook his head, feeling a little helpless.

For Anzhong Ni Davis's choice, he expressed his understanding.

Barkley is even more aware of Wang Zelin's powerful dominance at the 5th position. However, in the former, he saw the shadow of O'Neal in his rookie period.

Of course there are people in the league who can restrain Wang Zelin, but this group of rookies in front of him is definitely not included.

"Looks like I'm going to lose to that big silly fish... Forget it, at most I'll just get a few nagging!"

The Barkley team counterattacked, Anthony was ready to ask for the ball inside, but Irving ignored it, the gorgeous Clossover plus continuous crotch high-speed disguise, came to the left side of the paint, and made a turnaround jumper.

The operation was as fierce as a tiger, which caused a burst of exclamation from the fans. I have to admit that Irving's play is indeed the first-class level in the league.

Just look at the record... Strike the iron with a bang!
This wave~ This wave is a tribute to idols, and the Mamba spirit is over.

Vucevic looked at the basketball bouncing high, without any intention of taking off, and raised his hands to catch the ball.

It's just an exhibition game!

Could it be that someone else can't compete with him?
"What?"

As soon as he thought about it, a figure rushed in quickly and took off the rebound first, causing the fans to exclaim again.

"The rookie competition seems to be different recently!"

"It seems to be coming for real..."

"It's true. Apart from the Celestial Empire, look at the positions and reactions of the other players on the O'Neal team. How could the rookie games start so seriously in previous years?"

"Wuhu... So this game is worth watching!"

The fans became excited and stared at the field seriously one by one.

On the court, the O'Neal team launched a fast-break counterattack. Lillard and Will Barton deserved to be teammates. They cooperated tacitly and reacted quickly. The moment Wang Zelin was about to rush, they had already rushed to Barkley's team half-court from both sides.

"what!!!"

Wang Zelin yelled and performed a quarterback pass across the court.

"Good come!"

Lillard received the ball at 45 degrees from the left three-point line, pointed to the sky with his left hand, Will Patton understood it, and took a big step forward. A real man never looks back.

"Snapped!"

"Oh!"

Will Barton successfully completed the alley-oop.

By this time, everyone could see that this was definitely not an exhibition match.

In the other half, Irving frowned, but soon relaxed, feeling more and more excited.

That's the way it should be played!

In fact, Owen is not willing to play any exhibition match...he wants to win!

However, the first half and even the first three quarters of the rookie game over the years are out-and-out performance time, which has become an unspoken unspoken rule.

Even the All-Star Game is the same.

Although Owen now has a higher heart than the sky, he is not as arrogant and self-centered as he was later.

Before making that three-pointer, Irving was quite sensible most of the time, so he didn't choose to break the unspoken rules.

Now, Wang Zelin is the first to stand up and break the rules, and he directly shows his cards at the beginning of the game.

"Labor and management don't want to play exhibition games, labor and management want to win!"

Owen couldn't have wished for this attitude.

next round.

Irving advanced to the whole court and was about to hand it over to Vucevic for a transfer, but found that Taylor Zeller was very tight, holding up one hand, interfering with Vucevic's receiving route.

Owen frowned slightly: Uh...then I'll do it myself!
"Pull away!"

Owen made a gesture, and then decisively played singles.

Facing Lillard's defense, a disguise, and then speed up the sprint, of course, this is not a silly straight breakthrough, there is a rhythm change in the middle.

Then an emergency stop shook Lillard away, successfully broke into the inside line, faced Wang Zelin's defense, let out a low growl, and jumped up and pulled the bar.

"Oh!"

Ok?
A loud noise came from behind, and Wang Zelin looked down and realized that the basketball in Owen's hand had long since disappeared.

No, basketball should be right behind me now.

Turning around, it was Anthony Davis who completed the dunk.

"Wow, the first cooperation between the two champions in this game is really exquisite!"

Houston's narrator David Middle roared excitedly.

When the person landed, Owen's eyes were sharp, bursting out with a terrifying aura.

"Man, your sneak attack strategy is very good, but don't forget, the strength on the court is the most telling thing!"

Owen left after speaking.

sneak attack?

Wang Zelin was taken aback by the words, and then smiled: "It seems that the earnestness shown by him leading the team is different from that of rookie teams in previous years, and Irving regards it as a winning strategy!"

Inexplicably being misunderstood, Wang Zelin didn't take it to heart.

Just like Owen said: Strength on the court is the most important thing!

……

"Dayao, it's good to be young! If it weren't for the damn injury, the inside team formed by you and Dawang would definitely be invincible in the international arena!"

Director Zhang suddenly turned his head and said to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming's heart was touched. If he hadn't retired, maybe... Then he shook his head and chuckled lightly: "Hahaha, it's just a hypothesis after all. Now it's the world of young people. The national team has Zelin, so I'm very relieved!"

"It's a pity after all!" Director Zhang sighed with emotion, and did not continue to delve into this issue.

Yao Ming retired early.

To put it more pleasantly, it was Yao Ming who said, "Patriotism with fists and fists, and earnestly serve the country!"

To put it bluntly, he came to the Blue Association and didn't know how to cherish Yao Ming.

Yao Ming is undoubtedly a special case. I am afraid that there will be no other basketball player in the world who is in the same situation as him.

First, in the NBA, an average of 70 games are played each season, and the playing time of each game has reached more than 32 minutes.

Second, every summer, I have to return to China to participate in the national team preparations. Small competitions are fine, such as the World Championships, the Olympics and other world competitions. The preparation time is often as long as 3 to 4 months.

Third, as the first core of the national team, Yao Ming averaged 40 minutes per game in some important games, higher than the NBA.

Fourth, and the most critical point.

Even if you exclude the time that means injuries really can't play, this situation has lasted for 7 years.

Of course, there is no need to say much about the American Dream Team where big shots gather. The typical representative is Kobe. He has only participated in the Dream Team training for less than two weeks.

Even international players like Pau Gasol and Deutsche Chariot get much more rest time than Yao Ming.

Everyone in the industry understands these reasons, and Yao Ming doesn't want to mention any sacrifices he made in the past.

However, thanks to Director Zhang's words, Yao Ming became more determined: he must protect Wang Zelin and not let the latter follow his old path.

……

Back on the court, the first quarter of the game has been played, O'Neal team 35:29, leading the Barkley team by 6 points.

In any game in the regular season, such a score is undoubtedly extremely high. Only when the offensive rhythm of the two teams is smooth, can such a high score be possible.

But if it is placed in the rookie game, such a score is very, very rare.

In the past few games, the final score was almost 140+, 150+ or ​​more, and 40+ in a single quarter was even more sprinkled.

After watching too many water-injected scores in various exhibition games, aesthetic fatigue will eventually appear. It is rare to see such a high-quality rookie game, which has made many fans enjoy it.

The rookie competition should not be as simple as an exhibition competition!
(End of this chapter)