Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 682 The person standing in the way of the dynasty!

Amid the cheers of the fans, players from the Bulls and Timberwolves entered the stadium one after another.

The players on the Bulls' side are all the players that Bulls fans are most familiar with, and the Timberwolves also fielded the strongest starting lineup at the beginning of the game.

Tom Gugliotta has entered the recovery period. In today's game, he entered the court with his teammates as the starting player.

In addition to Tom Gugliotta, the other four starters of the Timberwolves are Budao, Garnett, Marbury and Ben Wallace.

The Bulls' starting center Luke Langley suffered some minor injuries in the game some time ago. Before today's game against the Timberwolves, the Bulls revealed this to the outside world when they held a pre-game press conference.

The Bulls, like the Timberwolves, are also preparing for the playoffs at the end of the month. In order to adjust the players' competitive state to the best, even if Luke Langli has only a minor injury, he will be coached by the Bulls' Phil Jackson. Pressed on the bench.

The Timberwolves' current inside group looks much more "dazzling" than the Bulls' current starting inside group.

"It will be very advantageous to focus on Kevin."

The players from both sides took their positions in the center circle, and Wu Dao's eyes swept over the Bulls players, thinking secretly in his heart.

Seeing that the person defending him is not Michael Jordan, it is impossible to say that martial arts is not surprising. Jordan is a person with a strong desire to win. He will personally destroy any challenger.

Phil Jackson called their year "The Last Dance." The conflicts between management, players, and coaches have reached the verge of breaking out, and Pippen's resistance to child wages also broke out.

"Hey, why don't you trade with him? I want to have a boss fight with Michael."

The Bulls in the 97-98 season were actually not monolithic.

But just because desire is suppressed, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

His words hid a trap and deliberately provoked the relationship between Pippen and Jordan.

At this moment, a tall figure came to Wu Dao. After standing still, he leaned down slightly, leaning on his knees with his hands, waiting for the game to start.

"Is it great to be the boss of a bad team like the Timberwolves?"

Wu Dao looked at the people around him, then turned his head and looked at Michael Jordan, who was guarding Tom Gugliotta on the other side.

When the Bulls face strong teams with super perimeter players, they often use Pippen to defend the opponent's arrowheads.

"Boss? What kind of bullshit boss are you?!"

Pippen, who has been in the league for 11 seasons, has no problem ranking in the top five at the third position in the current environment. In his peak period, he boasted that he was number one, and no one would refute it.
But just such a player currently only receives an annual salary of US$278 million.

This situation was especially obvious during the Bulls' second dynasty.

Don't think that Pippen would be very happy playing under Jordan's halo, and don't think that Pippen would be very happy when fans call him "the strongest second player in history."

Nowadays, the Bulls' various contradictions are covered up under the strong record of "No. 1 in the Eastern Conference".

In other words, Pippen's single defense ability is even better than Michael Jordan's!

"Why is it you and not Michael?"

In the Bulls, Pippen was not as respected as fans imagined. The answer to this can be found in Rodman's attitude.

"You know what? If I wanted to go to any team in the league, I would be the boss!"

Jordan, on the other hand, often helps defend the inside or defends the opponent's second scoring point on the outside. Only in a small number of rounds, Jordan would name the opponent's boss, and use his strong personal abilities to use scoring and defense to undermine the opponent's overall morale.

For example.
"Shaq did it too" completely destroyed the Lakers dynasty; "Before you came, we were the championship" also caused the extremely powerful Warriors to fall apart; and the Nuggets home fans' "Who is your daddy" also It will greatly damage the self-confidence of the "first man in history" and form a frenzy of public opinion that will affect the competitive state of the players.

Such an arrangement, of course, is not in line with Jordan's character at all, but this is the arrangement of the Zen Master, the arrangement of the Zen Master who helped the Bulls build a dynasty!

The purpose of Zen Master's adjustment is very simple. It is nothing more than to allow Jordan to use more of his physical energy on the offensive end.

The players' desire for a championship suppresses all other desires in their hearts.

"what?"

That's right, the person responsible for defending martial arts is not the Bulls leader Jordan, but the so-called "strongest second player", Scottie Pippen.

But in fact, when the Bulls compete, they often do not engage in standard "boss vs. boss" operations as martial arts imagine.

Jordan's physical fitness is no longer as strong as it was when he was young.

Although Michael Jordan is known as the "God of Basketball", even the God of Basketball will be affected by age.

Martial arts doesn't mind spouting some trash talk, which caused conflicts among the Bulls to break out, prompting Mr. Pi to have a rebellious mentality like Kobe and eagerly seek opportunities to rise to the top.

Pippen's self-esteem is also very strong, that is to say, Jordan is really strong enough, and another player may not be able to suppress Pippen.

The referee walked into the court holding the basketball. Before the game officially started, Wu Dao glanced at Pippen beside him, put his hands on his hips, and suddenly said with a smile.

Hmm. In basketball, competition is often not just about the players' abilities on the court. Some off-court factors can also have a major impact on the team's victory or defeat.

Otherwise, Pippen's surgery would not have been postponed until just before the start of the regular season. He was actually putting pressure on Bulls general manager Krause.

For work like defense, Pippen, who is in better physical condition, can also do very well.

"Boy, what did you say?!"

Well.
Can understand.

Although the martial arts words are light and airy, the power contained in the words is very strong. Before the game even started, Pippen frowned and retorted to Wu Dao. Wu Dao could feel the strong resentment in his words.

nonexistent.

Jordan will indeed teach challengers a lesson on both offense and defense, but that rarely lasts for the entire game. And when the Bulls do that, they often face teams with average strength. They won't play like this when facing strong teams.

After all, Pippen is also a superstar with both talent and strength.

It is similar to Wu Dao, a rookie who just entered the league, and even his salary in previous years is not as good as that of some high-ranking rookies.
With outstanding abilities, at his prime age, and a salary that is not as good as that of a rookie, it is easy to understand why Pippen has resentment.

After retiring, he was full of resentment. He was yin and yang with Jordan on various social media. On the one hand, he was unconvinced, and more importantly, he was really jealous of the rich boss Joe.
As for Wu Dao, he has some understanding of the current Bulls team atmosphere, and he knows how to provoke Pippen's emotions.

"Boss?"

"what are you talking about?"

"You're just Michael's thigh pendant. What do you mean, boss?"

"How much strength you have can be seen from the salary the Bulls give you?" "Do you have a fraction of Michael's salary?"

Wu Dao heard Pippen's words, spread his hands with a smile, and asked with a smile.

And Wu Dao's words really stung the deepest part of Pippen's soul.

Michael's change
Michael's salary this year has reached US$3314 million, not counting other messy endorsement income.

If the $314 million behind the tens of millions is considered a fraction, then Pippen really is not as much as Michael Jordan's fraction.
"f**k!"

"Shut your bitch!"

"I'll teach you a lesson, bastard!"

"A rookie like you would be so complacent and complacent just because he has never met a strong player."

"I'll make you cry soon!"

“f**k!!!”

With a few simple words, Pippen actually had the posture to break through the defense.

In fact, if Wu Dao sprayed some direct rubbish like Garnett, the battle-hardened Pippen would not be angry at all, because he has experienced too many similar scenes.

But sometimes, the truth is the sharpest knife
The "enthusiastic" exchange between Wu Dao and Pippen attracted some people's attention. The group of Michael and Tom stood not far away and heard some Wu Dao's words.

Turning his head and looking towards Martial Arts, Michael Jordan's face not only did not feel angry because Martial Arts provoked their relationship with the Bulls, but instead showed a faint smile on his face.

It's just that Michael Jordan's smile was hidden very well, so that he didn't look like a "goat" lying on the ground with his bright smile recorded by the camera.

"Beep——"

At this moment, the referee's whistle brought everyone back to the game. The basketball was thrown high into the air. Dennis Rodman and Garnett in the middle circle jumped together and reached out to flick the basketball. .

Rodman is 201cm tall and is not that outstanding in terms of physique. Garnett is taller than Rodman more than ten times, and when he was young and strong, he easily pointed the basketball towards the Timberwolves backcourt.

Marbury took three steps and two steps, quickly took the ball in his hands, and then ran towards the frontcourt with the ball.

Pippen was furious at this time. Not only could the anger in his chest not be suppressed, but it was burning up. He controlled his speed while running, pressed in front of Wu Dao, and even made an emergency stop on purpose, trying to get stuck. One card of martial arts.

However, Wu Dao didn't pay attention to this at all. Instead, when Pippen deliberately stopped to block his position, he quickly bypassed Pippen's side, accelerated and left Pippen behind, and then headed straight towards Move near the right sideline of the court.

Marbury's vision is very broad. His original intention is to play steadily and start with a one-round positional battle.

But the sudden acceleration of martial arts gave Marbury an opportunity to steal the chicken.

Marbury, who was traveling, suddenly paused, giving him a little advance. The basketball in his hand suddenly hit the ground and hit the floor, flying quickly towards the bottom corner.

The rebound angle of the basketball was quite low. When Pippen noticed the martial arts figure surpassing him, he realized that it would not happen. He quickly looked sideways at Marbury, but at this moment, the basketball had already flown in front of him and bounced. Towards the direction of martial arts.

Pippen turned around, suddenly increased his speed, and pounced towards Wu Dao, who was successfully catching the ball in the corner.

Even if Wu Dao didn't make any shooting moves, Pippen's defense was extremely fierce.

After taking possession of the basketball, I didn't see any unnecessary movements in martial arts. He quickly dropped the ball with his left hand and made a big horizontal pull and dashed Pippen cleanly.

Pippen, who had just started to speed up, didn't even have time to brake. He could only watch as Wu Dao passed by him and quickly reached the basket.

There is no big center in the Bulls' starting lineup, and Dennis Rodman is not the kind of post player who squats, and at the beginning of the game, he was not even fully in the state. When Wu Dao rushed to the basket, Rodman German's attention is still on Garnett.

By the time he reacted, Wu Dao had already grabbed the ball with one hand, flew up, and stuffed the ball into the basket.

“Bang!!!”

The loud sound of the dunk resounded in the court. Wu Dao flew down, glanced at Rodman who was coming, then turned back to look at Pippen, who was only pursuing the mid-range, and said with a smile:

"Can you change your opponent?"

"I don't think you can deal with me."

"Why don't we let Michael come?"

"I think he will put more defensive pressure on me."

As Wu Dao spoke, he spread his hands, appearing quite relaxed.

This time, his words were heard by many people. The players on the court heard it clearly. Even the media reporters near the bottom line heard Wu Dao's words. Even the fans and friends in the infield also heard Wu Dao's words. of ridicule.

After being stunned for a short time, the Bulls fans booed in succession, trying to cheer Pippen up in this way.

Wu Dao listened to the boos and didn't care at all. He turned around and started to defend himself.

Pippen stood in the middle of the court, the expression on his face changed several times. After calming down, he took off and ran towards the frontcourt.

After Rodman served from the baseline, he quickly caught up with Pippen and warned in Pippen's ear:
"Listen, man."

"Don't make me clean up your ass, you idiot!"

Rodman also has a very venomous mouth, and his relationship with Pippen has never been very good. In other words, in the entire Bulls, only Jordan can live in harmony with a weirdo like him.

Rodman couldn't stand Pippen's behavior, especially after Pippen deliberately delayed surgery at the beginning of the season.

And in Rodman's view, some of the Bulls' current conflicts are inseparable from Pippen.

"Get away, you just need to grab the damn rebound!"

"I don't need you to teach me how to play ball!"

Pippen was furious, glanced at Rodman, and quickly ran toward the frontcourt.

Between offense and defense, the Bulls players entered the frontcourt one after another.

After several transmissions, basketball came into Jordan's hands.

Jordan caught the ball on the wing, but strangely, Pippen stood in the left corner at this time and did not run as usual according to the tactical deduction of the triangle offense.

It was Wu Dao who defended Jordan. When he was observing the running direction of the Bulls players, he also noticed Pippen's position. Although he was slightly surprised, he couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart:

"This Second Master Pi seems to be really angry?"