Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Budo's way of expressing his dissatisfaction to the team is quite subtle.

Even in the eyes of Coach Philip and other members of the coaching staff and other members of the Timberwolves, what Wu Dao said in front of the media was quite appropriate.

As Wu Dao himself said, in the game against the Lakers, he cooperated more with other team members. According to the feelings of Garnett, Marbury and others, Wu Dao played very well today. .

At least they were playing comfortably.

Marbury, Garnett and others' scores in today's game are not "explosive", but this is not because they don't have enough finishing opportunities, it is just because they are slightly lacking in the ability to seize opportunities.

But guys like Marbury and Garnett are very confident. They believe that as long as Wu Daoyun has the ball, their game statistics will become better and better.

With this feeling in mind, the Timberwolves immediately boarded a charter flight to Philadelphia after finishing their game against the Lakers that night.

The Timberwolves will face the Philadelphia 76ers away from home the next day.

On the plane, Marbury, who had just played an outstanding performance in the game against the Lakers, was a little nervous and a little excited.

It's not that he just felt excited or nervous because he played a "good ball" in today's game against the Lakers.

Just because of the opponent the Timberwolves will face tomorrow, he is excited and nervous.

The Philadelphia 76ers are Marbury's long-awaited opponent.

He has an extraordinary relationship with the 76ers, and the super rookie whom the 76ers are currently focusing on training has always been regarded as his opponent.

Alan Iverson.

Like Marbury, Allen Iverson also participated in the NBA draft in 1996, and coincidentally, both Marbury and Allen Iverson participated in the 76ers' trial training that year.

During the 76ers' trial training, Marbury and Allen Iverson performed equally well. Although the characteristics and focuses of the two players were somewhat different, Marbury and Allen Iverson at that time The excellence put the 76ers' management in a dilemma.

In the end, what made the 76ers decide to choose Iverson was not because Iverson's skills were better than Marbury's.

Just because of Iverson's character, he was recognized by the 76ers management.

"What would you do if your opponent scored on your head?"

On the plane, whenever Marbury thought of Allen Iverson and the Philadelphia 76ers, he would clearly recall the scene of the inquiry at that time.

You are a guard with the goal of entering the NBA. When you are faced with this question from your potential future team, how would you answer?

Marbury's answer was very sensible: "I always keep in mind that I am a point guard. Even if the opponent scores on my head, I will do what I should do."

Is there something wrong with Marbury's answer? There didn't seem to be any problems at the time, and even in the eyes of ordinary coaches, this was a sign of the player's maturity.

But when the same question was thrown to Allen Iverson, what was his answer?

"I will score hard on the opponent's head to let him know who is the boss on this court!"

Marbury had no way of knowing Allen Iverson's original words. He only got some information after the draft through a few words from some partners. The above paragraph was similar to Iverson's answer at the time.

In the end, Allen Iverson won, and he became the No. 1996 pick in the NBA in 76, while Marbury lost the favor of the 4ers and was passed over by the Bucks in the form of a sign-and-trade. As the No. pick in the first round, he came to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

96-97 season.

The Timberwolves have Garnett inside and All-Star Tom at the third position. The team only needs to make up for the shortcomings in the back line and they can immediately become a potential playoff team.

The Timberwolves' coaches and players thought so at the time.

It's just that when the management learned that Budo planned to participate in the draft after graduating from high school, they immediately failed.

Marbury and Iverson actually have a good relationship. The two of them have very similar growth experiences. They are black and short defenders. They grew up in slums. In high school, they were both called genius players and had minor successes. fame.

Players like them have actually known each other for a long time and have some friendships.

Just like Marbury and Garnett, the two of them knew each other in high school.

They are all black players who come from the bottom. People like Marbury, Iverson, and Garnett are actually from the same circle, and they are not from the same circle as the second-generation black players like Kobe.

Marbury and Iverson are friends, but they are also competitors.

The dim light shone down from the top of Wu Dao's head and hit Wu Dao's face. He was holding his chin and looking at the night sky through the window.

The clouds were below the plane, and the stars were shining brightly in the night sky above.

"Martial arts, is it convenient?"

At this moment, a voice came into Wu Dao's ears. He turned his head and saw Marbury's dark face.

"What's wrong? Stephen?"

Seeing that it was Marbury, Wu Dao smiled gently and asked softly.

"Tomorrow's game"

After hearing this, before Marbury could finish speaking, Wu Dao narrowed his eyes slightly and interrupted: "Don't worry, I will pass the ball more."

"I will try to reduce individual singles as little as possible."

With that said, Wu Dao was about to turn his head and continue to watch the night view, but at this moment, Marbury gently patted Wu Dao on the shoulder, shook his head, and said:

"I did not mean that."

"Tomorrow, I want to win the game in my own way."

"Martial Arts, I would like to ask you to run more in tomorrow's game."

"I will definitely put the ball in your hands at the most appropriate time, so that you can catch the ball and shoot."

"I will use a defender's true abilities to help the team win!"

Marbury is a stubborn person, or in other words, a person like Marbury is the kind of person who refuses to admit defeat.

He doesn't think he is worse than Allen Iverson. Although Allen Iverson is his friend, Marbury still wants to prove to others that he is better than Allen Iverson.

At the same time, Marbury also intends to make the Philadelphia 76ers realize what a wrong decision they made by missing out on Allen Iverson.

Marbury not only wants to win the game, but also uses the idea that was rejected by the 76ers management to win the game.

How to prove a player's worth? Does scoring more points than opponents at the same position count as valuable?

Marbury doesn't think so. Players who can help the team win are valuable players.

"Oh?" After hearing Marbury's words, Wu Dao turned his head slightly, looked at Marbury who had a serious look on his face, and murmured softly. Somewhat beyond his expectation, he did not expect that Marbury came to him to say such things.

Wu Dao didn't know what kind of "grievance" there was between Marbury, Allen Iverson, and the Philadelphia 76ers. After hearing what Marbury said, he thought it was Marbury. After recognizing the reality, he planned to help himself wholeheartedly.

A smile suddenly appeared on Wu Dao's face and he said, "Okay."

After mastering martial arts, Marbury didn't stop and found Tom, Garnett and others. Noticing Marbury's movements, Wu Dao couldn't help but rub his cheeks, feeling a little embarrassed in his heart.

It looks like.

Marbury doesn't intend to just help himself.

Today's 76ers are a young team. Except for Allen Iverson (183cm/75kg, the No. 1996 pick in ), who is focused on training, some of the other starting players are still relatively young.

杰里·斯塔克豪斯（198cm/99kg，1995年首轮第三顺位，2，3号位）；吉姆·杰克逊（198cm/100kg，1992年首轮第四顺位，2，3号位）；埃里克·蒙特罗斯（213cm/122kg，1994年首轮第9顺位，传统5号位）；克莱伦斯·威瑟斯庞（198cm/109kg，1992年首轮第9顺位，3.4号位）。

The Philadelphia 76ers posted a record of 21 wins and 6 losses in 15 games at the beginning of the season.

From the current stage, the combat effectiveness of this team is far from comparable to that of the Timberwolves. But before the official match, the 76ers players would not have such thoughts in their minds.

The players of the Timberwolves are as young as the 76ers, or even younger than the 76ers. The players do not feel that they will be inferior to their peers in the Timberwolves, and they do not feel that they will lose to the "juniors" of the Timberwolves.

Wachovia Center Arena.

Pennsylvania fans are very fanatical. Even though the 76ers have been relatively sluggish from the beginning of the season to now, the fans who came to the stadium to watch the game today still filled all the seats.

On the one hand, Iverson is famous. In his first season with the 76ers, he averaged an astonishing 23.5 points, 4 rebounds, and 7.5 assists per game. He was hailed by the media as the rookie most likely to change the NBA.

In this era, averaging 20+ per game is a superstar-level performance.

On the other hand, it's because of the Timberwolves' current reputation.

The Timberwolves have gone from being weak last year to becoming a strong team in the Western Conference. This is something that no one could have expected at the beginning.

The person who changed the Timberwolves is undoubtedly this year's high school rookie, Wu Dao.

Part of the reason why fans are willing to pay for tickets is because they can see Minnesota's young Wolf King in person in today's game.

The buzzer sounded in the arena.

Players from the Timberwolves and 76ers entered the court.

Wu Dao has short black hair and a handsome face. He is very eye-catching in the stadium. When fans see Wu Dao, they can easily identify him. Therefore, as soon as Wu Dao appeared on the stage, most of the people in the stands gathered. The sight of fans.

"Is that the boss of the Timberwolves?"

"You're so young! It looks like he's really a rookie out of high school!"

"But can a pretty boy like that really play well?"

In the stands, several black brothers looked at the martial arts in place and began to question.

"His record is not fake!"

"I have watched his game, he is very strong!"

"We, the 76ers, really don't necessarily have any players who can stop him!"

The reputation of martial arts has already spread. Even fans in Pennsylvania have heard about it. There are even many fans who have followed martial arts and watched martial arts competitions.

"scare?"

"No one can stop it?"

"How is this possible? He's not Michael!"

The chatter in the stands did not affect the players on the court.

After entering the court, Wu Dao also looked at Allen Iverson on the opposite side of the court.

Wu Dao actually doesn’t have much feeling for the player Allen Iverson. Allen Iverson may play well enough, but for fans of Wu Dao’s age, the Rockets and Lakers are the ones he watches the most. team.

There is no way, who told TV to only broadcast the games of these two teams.

As for Iverson's game, Wu Dao "made it up" when he later became a referee. At that time, he also tried to take the wrong side and develop in the direction of a coach.

But when Wu Dao actually watched Allen Iverson's game, he was already surrounded by negative news. Even when he came to the country to make money, his attitude was far less "sincere" than those of Kobe Bryant.

Others came to interact with the fans cordially, play friendly matches, and play one-on-one games. However, when Iverson came, it was really just that he came.

You can find Kobe's disciples in China, but you will never find Iverson's disciples.

His thoughts returned to Martial Arts' mind.

Now he is not standing on the court as a fan, now he is a professional player, the leader of a strong Western Conference team, the Timberwolves!

"Beep——"

When the whistle sounded, the basketball was thrown into the air by the referee. Cherokee Parks, who was jumping in the middle circle, jumped up, directly hit the basketball, and pushed the ball to the backcourt.

Marbury caught the ball in the backcourt and immediately raised his finger to make a "1" sign.

This is a tactical gesture. In the Timberwolves, the No. 1 tactical movement is actually very simple.

The Timberwolves players entered the frontcourt one after another. The defensive player was Clarence Witherspoon, a veteran who has been in the league for 5 years. He is the oldest among the current 76ers starting players. Bit.

Let Clarence Witherspoon defend martial arts, and it can be seen more or less that the 76ers attach great importance to martial arts.

Clarence Witherspoon weighs 109kg, which is obviously not even two meters tall, but his weight is even heavier than that of martial arts.

Seeing the "huge" player Clarence Witherspoon coming up, Budo also made a quick mistake, sprinted to the left, then quickly changed direction and ran back to the right.

Clarence Witherspoon tried to catch up, but Garnett came to his side and rear without knowing it. Ryrence Witherspoon has lost his chance to catch up with martial arts.

Wu Dao quickly passed his opponent, and Marbury, who was at the top of the arc, also quickly released the ball under Iverson's defense, and passed the ball to Wu Dao who cut in.

As he was marching, Wu Dao jumped to get the basketball. After landing, he raised the ball and swung it, causing the big center Eric Montross, who came up to defend, to subconsciously save the ball.

However, after the opponent jumped up, Wu Dao leaned back and shot.

A feint, and in an instant Eric Montrose lost his chance to block the shot.

The basketball flew out of Wu Dao's hands and, under the watchful eyes of everyone, hit the board and into the net.

(End of this chapter)