Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

At the beginning of the Timberwolves practice match, the White Team took the lead and scored a goal under the strong offensive of Martial Arts.

And it was Wu Dao's goal that directly made the players of the green team tense up.That kind of calmness when attacking reminded Garnett and others of some not-so-good memories.

"this person"

"Is this the player the team management wants to get?"

"It does look interesting."

Marbury had never seen martial arts play with his own eyes. Even though he had learned from Garnett that the Timberwolves were trying to get this high school student from Virginia, he still did not invest in martial arts out of curiosity. More sights.

Today was actually the first time he met Martial Arts.

Just one ball, martial arts has already left a deep impression on Marbury.

Everyone present is already experienced in basketball. In fact, it doesn’t take more than ten minutes to measure the strength of the opponent.

Many talented players often only need one or two games to enter the fans' attention, but often in one or two games, the players only really hold the ball for a few minutes.

This feeling is like watching the young Gundam play or watching the young Ke Ran play while playing Y. It doesn't take much time to quickly distinguish the strength of the players.

On the court, the players of the white team retreated quickly. Chris Kyle, who had just sent a pass to Budao, couldn't help but turn his head and take a few more glances at Budao, who was defending in the corner.

This young rookie seems to be quite sharp!

The Green Team quickly organized an attack. It was somewhat beyond their expectations that the rookie who had just entered the league could send the ball into the net so easily in front of Tom Gugliotta.

But this kind of ball cannot affect their mentality at all.

Tom Gugliotta, who faced Budo directly, was even more angered by Budo's goal and quickly entered the game.

As an NBA "star", he is also the offensive arrow of the team and the boss of the team.

Tom Gugliotta is also quite temperamental. After his teammates entered the frontcourt one after another, he immediately raised his hand to ask for the ball towards Marbury who was holding the ball.

Marbury's original intention was to hit one depending on the situation. After all, his opponent was the elderly Terry Burt. Marbury wanted to use the opponent as a breakthrough and make a good attack.

After all, Terry Burt is already old and can't quite keep up with the young Marbury.

Just seeing Tom Gugliotta asking for the ball, Marbury was too embarrassed not to give it to him. He had no choice. Even if he is a rational player like him, sometimes he still can't get rid of human feelings in basketball.

With a simple crotch dribble approaching the top of the arc, Marbury was ready to pass the ball to Tom Gugliotta, but Terry Burt, who was guarding him, was experienced and stopped before Marbury tried to pass the ball. In one second, he quickly intercepted.

Marbury also subconsciously grabbed the ball and raised it, avoiding Terry Burt's steal. At the same time, he also quickly released the ball and directed the ball towards Garnett, who was standing in the mid-range position at this time.

When his ability reaches Marbury's level, many actions can be performed without going through the brain.

Garnett, who received the ball in the mid-range, directly hit the big meat shield Stanley Roberts with a strong back-up shot. After a confrontation with the ball, Garnett turned around and accelerated forward, directly passed Stanley Roberts and killed He got inside and then dunked the ball with one hand into the basket.

It has to be said that Stanley Roberts is really slow as a human shield. He simply did not keep up with Garnett's movements and watched Garnett score with a dunk.

Garnett, who has been with the team for two years, is obviously "cheerful". When he was returning to defense after scoring a goal, he passed by Wu Dao and challenged Wu Dao:
"Hey, rookie, try to break into the paint and score!"

"Is there no way to break through Tom?"

"Ah! Speaking of which, it's really embarrassing for you, a rookie, to break through Tom's defense."

"Listen, this is the NBA, not a high school league."

"Here, you have to learn to recognize your place!"

Garnett has become very talkative, which is quite different from when Wu Dao first met him.

It can be seen that Garnett, who has been relatively smooth with the Timberwolves in recent years, has truly regarded the team as his home.

And he has officially corrected his position and regarded himself as the master of the family.

Unlike when Garnett was shy when he met him before, Garnett now has a strong old gangster demeanor to him.

Garnett, who has established a firm foothold in the Timberwolves, has already used himself as an onion.
"???"

"who are you?"

Faced with Garnett's ridicule, Wu Dao tilted his head and asked with a hint of contempt in his tone.

Martial arts needs this game to establish its status, and being submissive will not do you any good.

When Garnett heard this, he couldn't help but pause as he was about to leave. Then he heard two more words coming from Martial Arts' mouth:

"Sorry! I usually don't remember the names of my defeated generals."

In fact, there are loopholes in martial arts words. After all, if he really doesn't know the other party, how can he remember that the other party is his defeated general.

It's just that now Garnett can't calmly find any loopholes in martial arts' words.

Being so provoked by a high school student who had just entered the league, Garnett's face suddenly darkened.

"My name is Kevin Garnett."

"I think you'll remember my name soon enough."

"After all, you will need to help me get my sneakers more often in the future!"

With that said, Garnett ran away quickly and returned to the court to defend.

During the moment when the two were stimulating each other, the white team's defender Chris Kyle had already dribbled the ball across the center line.

Budo quickened his pace, and only took steps into the frontcourt a few seconds after Chris Kyle entered the frontcourt.

Seeing the arrival of Wu Dao, Chris Kyle changed the rhythm of dribbling, preparing to use breakthroughs to find offensive opportunities for his team.

As mentioned before, Chris Kyle is a defender with "no big problems". Although his personal strength is not explosive, he understands the basic principle of waiting for everyone to gather before attacking.

What's more, Chris Kyle has vaguely noticed that this practice match seems to be prepared for this rookie.

In the NBA, there is a phenomenon that is very different from the CBA. In the NBA, high-ranking rookies are usually the cornerstone of the team in the next five years.

Therefore, when many high-ranking rookies enter the team, they often have a relatively high team status. This situation is especially obvious in weak teams.

But in the CBA, judging from the development of rookies in previous drafts, rookies are not valued by the team, and even training resources will not be tilted towards rookies.

But it's a little different in the NBA. Even if a rookie doesn't have great immediate ability when he joins the team, the team will often put some effort into a high-ranking rookie.

Only after confirming that the rookie cannot perform well will he give up.

Just like the well-known "parallel import number one" Kwame Brown, he also played for the Wizards for 4 years. His average playing time increased from 14 minutes at the beginning, to 22 minutes, and then to 30 minutes. In his last season with the Wizards, The average time is also 21 minutes.

After joining the Lakers, he averaged more than 25 minutes per game. Although his statistics were not worthy of being the top pick, the team gave him plenty of opportunities.

If you are the kind of No. [-] pick who is already attracting attention, like Duncan or Ah Tan, as soon as you join the team, you will become the real cornerstone of the team!
Although Wu Dao was only the fifth pick in the first round, in Chris Kyle's view, this may be the team's future big brother.

With this thought in mind, Chris Kyle held the ball and tried to break through. After seeing that his opponent was not obviously out of position, he immediately gave the ball to Wu Dao on the side.

Budao is accustomed to standing in the corner on the right side of the three-point line to receive the ball. After receiving the basketball, Budao holds the ball with both hands and sinks the ball between his knees.

Although Wu Dao has been playing in high school games over the years, he has played more games and encountered more opponents. Wu Dao has become smarter when playing one-on-one on the court.

If he had been in the past, no matter what kind of opponent he faced, he would have accelerated his breakthrough and then pulled out, or he would have done it with some fake moves to hide it before pulling out.But now, martial arts have learned to use their own advantages to attack their opponents' disadvantages.

A player of Tom Gugliotta's height can easily be interfered by the opponent's defense if he pulls directly against it.

When playing against this kind of player, you have to find a way to lower the opponent's center of gravity.

Once a player of this height lowers his center of gravity, it is not easy to lift it back up. If you mobilize the opponent's center of gravity and then lift it up, the effect will be completely different!

"Snapped!"

As Wu Dao dropped the ball, Wu Dao, who was holding the ball, also accelerated towards his right side.

Although Wu Dao is also a tall and powerful ball-handling player, when he breaks through, he can keep his center of gravity very low. At the same time, Wu Dao's strides when breaking through are also very long. Coupled with his explosive power, This makes the first step of martial arts appear extremely fast.

It has to be said that this kind of physical coordination and athleticism is also a display of martial arts talent.

In order to keep up with the breakthrough speed of martial arts, Tom Gugliotta naturally had to change from the sliding step to the pursuit step.

To simply understand, the sliding step is the crab step, and the chasing step is the player's normal running steps.When faced with a martial arts breakthrough, Tom Gugliotta could no longer keep up by relying on sliding steps!
"squeak!!!!"

There was a harsh friction sound, and Wu Dao, who was sprinting quickly to cross the three-point line with the ball, suddenly stopped, and there was a violent sound between the sneakers and the floor.

At the moment when the body suddenly stopped in disguise, Martial Arts also took advantage of the situation to give Tom Gugliotta some confrontation. This confrontation made it impossible for the pursuing Tom Gugliotta to stop immediately. After Martial Arts stopped, he He still took two steps before reluctantly stopping.

However, at this time, Wu Dao, who had completed the change of direction, had already accelerated again, directly passed Tom Gugliotta, and headed towards the inside.

Although Martial Arts had enough time and space to project after opening Tom Gugliotta, how could he not respond to Garnett's provocation?
With one foot on the free throw line, Budao immediately grabbed the ball and took off, holding the basketball high in his right hand and gliding towards the basket.

Garnett, who was guarding the basket, saw that Wu Dao was preparing to dunk with great momentum. Not to be outdone, he raised his hands and jumped to block the shot.

The two bodies collided directly in the air. The dangerous collision made the team management on the sidelines stand up involuntarily.

The moment Wu Dao and Garnett's bodies collided, Wu Dao's momentum of gliding forward was reduced. After Garnett felt a huge force coming from his chest, he was also a little unbalanced, and there was a huge deviation in the direction of blocking the shot.

However, after the physical confrontation in the air, Wu Dao still dunked the ball towards the backboard with one hand. The basketball hit the center of the black basket of the backboard and then bounced into the basket.

After landing, Garnett staggered two steps to regain his balance. He quickly looked up at the basket. He happened to see the basketball falling from the net. Seeing Wu Dao score the ball, Garnett's face suddenly showed surprise. expression.

Everyone in the stadium stared blankly at Wu Dao who fell back to the ground. After a brief silence at the side of the stadium, a burst of exclamations suddenly broke out.

Team owner Glen Taylor was the most rude. After seeing Wu Dao's "buckle", he clapped his thighs and jumped up from his seat, waving his arms excitedly.

Coach Phillip Sanders opened his mouth, and then his face was immediately filled with smiles and joy.

"Coach Philip, before the start of this year's season, you should pay more attention to this kid Wu Dao, and design several tactics around him based on his style and characteristics."

"Use it first in the preseason. If it has some effect, then correct him in the regular season."

"I think the era of our Timberwolves is coming!"

Glen Taylor is a radical person. You can interpret his radicalness as courage, even though Wu Dao has not played a single game in the NBA.

But after watching two rounds of martial arts attacks, Glenn Taylor was completely impressed by the talent of martial arts.

"Okay, boss."

Compared to the "layman" who is the team owner, Phillip Sanders was much calmer when he was happy. Although he agreed, he did not immediately make up his mind to correct the martial arts.

Two balls were not enough, he also needed to see if there was any fatal weakness in Wu Dao.

Determining whether a player is qualified does not just depend on whether the opponent's physical fitness is strong enough.

If the game were based solely on physical fitness, then Kwame Brown would not be the number one draft pick.

The game on the court was still going on. Whether it was Tom, who was easily swayed by Wu Dao, or Garnett, who was dunked in the face by Wu Dao, both of them had a common goal in their hearts.

That is to let that high school student know how awesome they are!

They will never allow a high school student to sit on their head and do whatever he wants.

Under the strong performance of Wu Dao, both of them felt that their team status was shaking violently.

Attack and defense alternated. Although Marbury was shocked by Wu Dao's two consecutive attacks, he was also happy that his team had such a terrible reinforcement. However, he was still shocked and happy. Marbury still made the move. No mercy at all.

Ignoring the request from the outside and trying to play in isolation, Marbury made a simple acceleration breakthrough and quickly crossed the three-point line. When Terry was chasing after him, he quickly turned around and passed his opponent to the basket. Under the pursuit and interception of the two inside players of the white team, a ground pass passed the ball to the open Garnett.

When the basketball came into his hands, Garnett jumped up and slammed the ball into the basket with both hands. He seemed to be venting his anger. When he dunked, he let out a loud roar, which looked full of momentum.

"Well?"

There was no time to celebrate Garnett's dunk. Cherokee Parks, who was under the basket, suddenly saw a player on his team starting to run towards the frontcourt.

Realizing the opportunity, he quickly took the ball to the baseline, served quickly, and threw the ball directly to the front court.

At this time, Wu Dao has already crossed the center line and is rushing towards the green team's basket.Behind him, Tom Gugliotta followed closely, not letting himself be thrown away.

"Snapped!"

The basketball fell in front of Wu Dao. The moment it rebounded, Wu Dao held him in his hands. At this time, he was also approaching the top of the arc.

Taking advantage of Budao's slowdown to get the ball, Tom Gugliotta also quickly bypassed Budao and came to Budao's side, stretching out his arms in a gesture of letting go.

After Wu Dao got the ball, he dribbled directly to the three-point line at the top of the key. He raised his head slightly and looked at the empty ball at the basket.

"Three-pointer!!!"

Tom Gugliotta reacted greatly after noticing Wu Dao's movements. Although it had been a long time since the last time he played Wu Dao, Wu Dao's style of play had already been deeply engraved on Tom Gugliotta. Inside Ota's mind.

The moment he saw the martial arts action, Tom Gugliotta immediately took action and stepped forward to block the shot.

However, when he stepped forward, Wu Dao dwarfed and accelerated directly with the ball, leaving Tom Gugliotta behind.

Wu Dao, who quickly entered the basket, even looked back at the moon. He turned to look at Tom Gugliotta. Seeing that the opponent was not catching up, he directly joined the ball one meter away from the basket and took off, doing a 360° in the air. Turn around and do a chop.

The moment the basketball hit the net, there were gasps from the sidelines.

"Holy shit!"

On the sidelines of the court, Timberwolves guard Reggie Jordan, who was watching the game, took a deep breath, grabbed his hair, and let out a low cry.

In the nearly 30 years he has been on the court, this is the first time he has seen high school students playing like this on the court.

All-Star substitute Tom Gugliotta became the backdrop for this young man at this moment.

Less than 2 minutes into the game, all three attacks led by rookies were successfully scored.

The personal score of martial arts also reached 6 points.

"Don't be surprised, this is just the beginning!"

Wu Dao glanced at the Timberwolves management who stood up from their seats and thought to himself.

He will use this game to completely capture the Timberwolves' management!

(End of this chapter)