Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 23 The Knight's New Emperor
In a blink of an eye, the time came to September 10th.

On this day, the Cavaliers held a press conference for the new season training camp.

Because of going overseas to participate in the preseason game, the Cavaliers training camp started a few days earlier than other teams.

This also led to an extraordinarily large number of media who came to the Cavaliers to participate in the press conference today.

Gilbert arrived first and took a seat on the center right, with Grant, the new Cavaliers general manager, sitting on the edge to his right.

After a while, the new head coach Scott also arrived, but he sat on the far left.

In the end, Wu Di actually sat in the vacant main seat next to Gilbert.

This ranking made the reporters with a keen sense of smell turn on the flashlights to take special shots.

They have heard some rumors earlier that the Cavaliers have established a new team core this summer.

But judging from today's ranking, the new core is not Maurice Williams, who just entered the All-Star last year, but this year's rookie Wu Di?

"As you know, our one-time hero, the one who abandoned the land that raised him, is no longer a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers."

Gilbert delivered an impassioned sermon. He had wanted to write an open letter but felt that only a press conference could adequately express his outrage.

"A summer of narcissism and self-promotional drama ended with the 'hero''s decision to declare himself before a national television audience that made history in sports and perhaps in entertainment."

"Today I make the following promise: I guarantee that the Cleveland Cavaliers will bring the NBA championship trophy back to Cleveland before the new team signed by the self-proclaimed 'former emperor' wins a championship!"

The reporters exploded, but Gilbert signaled to wait for the question, because there is one more important thing——

The true 'Emperor' of the Cleveland Cavaliers will be showing off his jersey number.

Wu Di showed his jersey number: No. [-].

[-]=[-]×[-].

Some reporters have already begun to speculate.

"Wu, why did you choose number [-]?"

"Because only by working twice as hard can we win the championship before that man!"

……

"Who is Wu Di, who made the owner of the Cavaliers the new emperor of the Cavaliers without even playing a game?"

After the Cavaliers press conference, a large number of posts about Wu Di appeared on Hupu, a large domestic basketball fan gathering place, and this title was the most discussed.

"This year's No. [-] show is nothing but the No. [-] pick. It's ridiculous to want to take over Zhan Huang's position!"

"Hehe, the Cavaliers have completely reduced to the level of the CBA."

"Cleveland is a big village in the first place. I think it's more like a village chief knight."

"I think this wave of operations is pretty good, at least better than the management of the Bucks back then, and it gave the Chinese market the face it deserves."

"On the first floor, calling Zhan Huang is like a blackmail for James. If he defected, he still has the face to call him the little emperor?"

"Anyway, no matter how bad it is, it's better than the orangutan. With the current lineup of the Heat, Tie Tiao Erha can win the championship. If they still can't win the championship, I'll see what Zhan Mi says!"

"Stop arguing, there is no need to step on one, wait for the new season to see Wu Di's true level [expectation]"

……

Originally, when Wu Digang was drafted, domestic fans were still looking forward to it, but since the Cavaliers' press conference, Wu Hei's voice has instantly increased.

Domestic public opinion can still see some sporadic expectations, and the American media is basically all black.

For example, on ESPN, there are all guests who are famous and special:

"The Cavaliers are going to the doctor with a disease. Wu hasn't played a game yet, so he just blows it like this. He is really waiting to play. Maybe it's not as good as Yi back then!"

"The last Huaxia guard who landed in the NBA was Sun of the Lakers. The highest score he scored in a single game in the NBA was [-] points. I think Wu Di should use this number to motivate himself instead of twice the number of [-]. "

"Nonsense, the guy that the Heat didn't want turned out to be a treasure in the Cavaliers. Everyone in the Cavaliers should go to the psychiatry department of the Cleveland Clinic."

"Gilbert has a ridiculous self-esteem. He is rich, but he doesn't understand sports at all! What's the strength of the Cavaliers, what is the strength of the Heat, and wanting to win the championship ahead of the Heat, it's just a dream!"

"Scott won the championship that year just by hugging the thighs of Magician and Worthy. In fact, he didn't have much leadership ability. Just look at the Hornets. He will not bring any changes to the Cavaliers."

"It's still the same sentence, the knight is finished!"

……

No matter what the outside world says, new Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott is betting the rest of his life on Wu Di.

He once led the team to achieve good results in the regular season, whether it was the Nets in the early stage or the Hornets in the back.

But every playoffs, he will be destroyed by the nightmare left by Riley, and then he will be out of shape.

Because of James' relationship, he had contacted the Cavaliers' trainer team before, so when the trainer sent him the video of Wu Di's training, he knew that this might be his only chance.

He has no second choice.

He flew from Los Angeles to Cleveland that same day.

After seeing Wu Di's training with his own eyes, he approached Gilbert and took the position of head coach.

"I think Wu has the potential to be an Eastern magician."

If it weren't for Magic Johnson who is still the management and shareholder of the Lakers, Scott designated to invite good brothers to communicate.

He feels that Wu Di has reached the superstar level, and he can even use his [-] years of coaching experience as a guarantee.

But Wu Di himself didn't think so, because the system told him that he was still only a first-level player.

When the press conference was over, he turned on the system again and checked various attributes:
[Host: Wu Di]

【Age: 18 years old】

【Physical talent】

【Height: 196cm】

【Armspan: 211cm】

【Weight: 103kg】

【Extreme speed: 8 (83)】

【Strength: 83 (84)】

【Waist and abdomen: 2 (3)】

【Flexible: 1 (2)】

[Bounce: 87 (88)]

[Explosive Power: 82 (83)]

[Physical fitness: 8 (87)]

【Technical talent】

【Possession: 86 (87)】

[Pass: 8 ([-])]

【Vision: 9 ([-])】

[Layup: 1 (2)]

[Dunk: 8 (90)]

【Rely on hitting: 1 ([-])】

【Near shot: 82 (83)】

[CIC: 83 (84)]

[Long shot: [-] ([-])]

[Jump shot: [-] ([-])]

[Steals: 77 (78)]

【Rebounds: 0 (1)】

[Defense: 82 (83)]

[Blocks: 82 (83)]

【medal】

[Punching Master (Purple Diamond): Increase rebounding ability by 20%, reduce sprint take-off distance by 20%]

[Flying Badge (Purple Diamond): When jumping, there is a chance to trigger the flying state. In the flying state, the ability to stay in the air +0%, the ability to layup +[-]%, the ability to dunk +[-]%, the ability to jump shot +[-]%, the ability to block shots +[-]%]

[Comprehensive rating: S grade, NBA starter]

[Wealth value: US$1158473, which can be exchanged for 11 S-level talent points]

[Main task: "Championship" (in progress, after completing it, you can get a no-injury badge)]

Although the index becomes more difficult to improve as it progresses, after 20 days of non-stop training, Wu Di has made considerable progress.

Thanks to Jamison and Gibson's sparring, the two things Wu Di has improved the most are jump shots and long-range shots.

Both of these items have increased from [-] to [-], directly surpassing the starters and reaching the pinnacle of superstars.

In addition, in order to be able to pretend more in the new season, no, in order to make a few more top ten shots in the new season, Wu Di also practiced his dunks and jumping very hard during this period.

This caused his bounce to directly increase from 81 to 87, and his dunk even increased from [-] to [-]. If the increase in the flying state is triggered, the dunk can directly reach [-] of the in-situ explosion.

It's just that Alexander, the technical trainer of riding, is a little stressed, so much so that he is being buckled by Wu Di riding in his dreams.

Wu Di also focused on training his physical fitness, pulling this index from 81 to 86, reaching the level of a superstar.

After all, he is a rookie. When it comes to real games, if his physical fitness cannot keep up, his state will decline much more than the veterans.

In short, Wu Di enjoys this feeling of rapid progress, although he is still a little short of reaching the overall superstar level.

"If Riley hadn't been traded this summer, and Wade hadn't been framed by Riley to cause Wade to misunderstand, then this summer would have been perfect!"

Having said that, in order to win the championship, Wu Di also worked hard and shared some post-modern offensive systems with Scott.

"Wu, did you come up with all these?"

Scott was shocked. He started his coaching career as an assistant coach of the Kings in 98.

At that time, it was the most glorious era of the Kings. Through the famous Princeton tactics, they overwhelmed the OK combination of the Lakers and ranked first in the West in the regular season.

The Princeton tactics are precisely the predecessor of this post-modern offensive system, and even the core tactics of the two systems are the same.

That is to pull the opponent's frame protector away from the paint area in advance, thereby disintegrating the opponent's defensive system in advance.

"No, it came out of playing 2K."

Wu Di said casually, but he didn't know that what he said later made the NBA have another e-sports master.

(End of this chapter)