Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

What Wu Dao and Yao Ming said actually sounded a bit harsh to others, and what people fear most when getting along with others is actually talking about intimate things with people they just met.

At this moment, martial arts actually made such a mistake.

He really spent too much time on basketball, and from childhood to adulthood, he also ignored the taboos between people. My Da Wudao has come all the way, relying on his own strong strength to get to where he is now. In terms of interpersonal relationships, he really doesn't need to spend too much time to maintain.

And it is precisely because of this that he has lost the sensitivity when communicating with others.

To Yao Ming and his entourage, Wu Dao's words sounded like a provocation to Yao Ming.

No matter how reasonable Wu Dao's opinion was, these people would only think that Wu Dao underestimated Yao Ming. People who had never been abroad would have a biased understanding of the world's top basketball event.

No matter how much you watch it on TV, if you have never experienced the difference yourself, it will ultimately be just a fog.

When the team reporter Xiao Yang heard Wu Dao's words that were full of teachings, he couldn't help but walk to Yao Ming's side and retorted to Wu Dao:
"Yao Ming is the most talented player in our country."

"Even in the NBA, players like this are very rare."

"He is definitely talented enough to play in the NBA. Even though you entered the NBA a few years earlier, it is not your turn to say this to Yao Ming."

"Give him a few years, and he will definitely be able to surpass you and achieve better results on the NBA court."

Xiao Yang and Wu Dao had some arguments, and after hearing what Xiao Yang said, Wu Dao finally realized that he had been being a bit stupid.

He cares too much about other people. Even if he is merely stating the facts, the other party is unwilling to listen and will not appreciate his kindness.

On the contrary, because of his "strictness", Wu Dao left an impression of "arrogance" in the minds of these people.

"Well, my bad."

"Just listen to what I said just now, don't take it to heart."

"Sorry."

Wudao had no intention of continuing to argue with Xiao Yang and the others. After all, he decided not to try to please others. He waved his hand casually, ignored these people, and turned away.

"What~"

"It's just that he entered the NBA a few years earlier, but he really thinks he's a big shot."

"Dayao, don't take his words to heart. You are truly talented. Never lose confidence in yourself."

Xiao Yang patted Yao Ming's back and encouraged him. Although Xiao Yang was just a reporter accompanying the team, due to their age, he and Yao Ming were still able to communicate.

The Chinese people's attitude towards martial arts is not as respectful as martial artists imagine.

It's just that some fans don't agree with his achievements in the NBA. I'm afraid only fans who truly like him will recognize his abilities from the bottom of their hearts.

The reason is very simple. No matter how awesome you, Liu Xiang, are, you will still be scolded. But the way we look at Daylon Roberts is a little different. Even if it is a foul in the game, we will still be tolerant.

No matter what kind of performance you, Jeremy Lin, have in the NBA, you will still be beaten when you come to China.

However, when those tough domestic players meet those small foreign players who cannot achieve any results in the NBA, they have to give in.

In the A-American basketball world, and even in the entire A-American society, there is a very strange phenomenon: rednecks discriminate against blacks, blacks discriminate against yellows, and yellows are funny because they discriminate against themselves.
Perhaps in twenty or thirty years, such situations will be less common, but in the 90s, the trend of the times and the public intellectuals were at their peak, and the social atmosphere was such that it would be difficult to completely reverse it in a short period of time.

Yao Ming looked at Wu Dao's leaving back, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Compared to the team reporter Xiao Yang, he is younger and has less experience, so his mind is much purer. From the perspective of a player, Yao Ming actually has personal experience with some of the issues mentioned by Wu Dao.

When he was on the court, he had clearly felt the gap in strength between himself and Garnett.

Although the game time was not too long and the time against the opponent was also short, the difference in strength was enough to be felt even in a 10-minute match.

Garnett has a fast pace and very agile technical moves in the interior. Although he is tall and strong, his jumping ability is something Yao Ming has never seen in domestic competitions.

What surprised Yao Ming the most was that Garnett was able to perform the fadeaway jump shot like a shooting guard. Not only was his movement smooth and effortless, but his hit rate was also very good.

There is simply no power forward with this type of skills in the country.

If all the No. 4 players in the NBA have Garnett's ability, then it would be hard for Yao Ming to imagine how he would be able to survive in such a league in the future.

It becomes very necessary to maintain his flexibility because he needs to keep up with the opponent's high mobility.

After this training match, Yao Ming has truly felt some of his own shortcomings, and he has been thinking about how to make up for these shortcomings.

He is a man with goals, and the domestic CBA league is definitely not the end of his goal.

He hopes to enter this arena like Wudao, and hopes to achieve the same achievements as Wudao.

NBA champion!
He is absolutely unwilling to fall behind others. As a young man, Yao Ming never thinks that he is worse than others.

And he is a player who has grown up with such confidence.

When they returned to the team, Garnett, Barkley and others noticed that Wu Dao's expression was not very happy. Barkley glanced at Yao Ming and others in the distance, then smiled and asked Wu Dao:
"Hey, Budo, do you want to go out for dinner together after training?"

"I haven't had a good meal with my teammates since I came to Minnesota."

"I'm treating you, how about giving me some face, boss?"

Barkley's words also shocked all the Timberwolves players on the sidelines. Calling Wu Dao "boss" in front of so many people, everyone could understand Barkley's intention at this time.

Even Coach Philip, who was instructing the training camp players in a competition on the sidelines, heard what Barkley said. He turned around involuntarily and looked at Wu Dao and Barkley on the sidelines.

He was secretly happy in his heart, he was very satisfied with Barkley's attitude. This veteran was worthy of being able to fight in the NBA for many years. What Philip was most worried about was that Barkley would not be able to integrate into the Timberwolves team.

After all, Barkley is a famous player, a superstar, and also a veteran. If the relationship between Barkley and Wu Dao cannot be handled well, Philip will eventually need to make a choice between the two.

There is no doubt that the Timberwolves will stand on the side of martial arts.

After all, this young man is the player who led the Timberwolves to win the first championship in team history. Since Wu Dao joined the Timberwolves, he has led the team to break one team record after another.

There is no doubt that after Wu Dao retires in the future, he will definitely be a player recorded in the history of the Timberwolves.

But the reality is that the management of a small market like the Timberwolves does not want to fall out with a star like Barkley.

This is not good for the future development of the Timberwolves.

There is no one team in this league that remains static.

Even a player like Budo may need some stars to protect him during his career. Even a player like Michael Jordan could not win a championship before Pippen grew up.

Although the Timberwolves do not have any salary problems at the moment, that is only because they have benefited from the rookie bonus of Wu Dao.

Once Wu Dao's rookie contract expires, the Timberwolves' salary conflicts will inevitably erupt. It is still unknown what kind of situation will evolve by then. It is likely that Wu Dao will let go of some "not for sale" players and introduce some veterans or potential players to strengthen the team.

If Wu Dao and Barkley don't get along well and the situation becomes too ugly, it will have a huge impact on Wu Dao's future development.

But now it seems that Coach Philip's concerns about management costs were completely unnecessary.

Barkley, who was willing to lower himself and take the initiative to go to the Bulls to cling to the thighs just to win the championship, is absolutely beyond doubt in terms of emotional intelligence. Feizhu was able to become the top card of TNT after retirement, and his talent and ability in certain aspects are comparable to his basketball.

"You really do like to joke, Barkley."

"I don't drink."

When Wu Dao heard Barkley address him, he couldn't help but smile. His answer to Barkley also made the atmosphere in the rest area on the sidelines become relaxed and lively.

Barkley immediately shortened the distance between himself and the Timberwolves players. Facing those young players who tried to get close to him, Barkley responded with a smile, without any airs of an old man at all.

After all, the protagonists of the training camp are the players in these training camps.

The Timberwolves players stayed in the arena for only a few hours before leaving one after another. Not long after the Timberwolves players left, many media reporters who were watching the training camp in the stands also left.

Among these media, some did come for the players in the training camp, but there were also some media reporters who were attracted by stars like Wu Dao and Barkley.

Barkley joining the Timberwolves is a big deal in the league.

There were also many rumors against Barkley, especially from former Rockets fans. After being criticized, they heard that Barkley had left the team for Minnesota, and they regarded Barkley as a traitor, thinking that it was Barkley who made the Rockets lose hope of competing for the championship.

Although Pippen's joining has slightly improved their overall strength,
But the retirement of the Glider and the departure of Barkley were ultimately a fatal blow to the team.

And as luck would have it, Barkley joined the Timberwolves, another Western Conference team. While Timberwolves fans were imagining the chemical reaction between the combination of Bu Dao and Barkley next season, Houston fans were already feeling deeply desperate about their future.

During the next few days of the training camp, Wu Dao did not show up.

As the star player, he has the right to refuse such things. Even Coach Philip cannot force Wu Dao to attend.

And the protagonists of the training camp are those young people after all.

However, whether Wu Dao is present still has a relatively large impact on the exposure of this training camp. In the absence of this star player, the media reporters seem to lack interest in reporting on this training camp.

Only the invited scouts were relatively dedicated. They stayed in the stadium for several days in a row to watch the performance of these young players.

Yao Ming's performance in the training camp is also remarkable. Although he has many shortcomings, his strengths are also outstanding. Even though his training performance did not meet their expectations, most scouts are still optimistic about Yao Ming's future.

At the end of each day's training camp, Coach Philip would arrange for the players to compete in groups and conduct confrontational training.

Yao Ming's playing time is relatively constant. In every night's game, Coach Philip gives him a stable playing time of nearly 15 minutes.

This is very friendly for a new player. After all, there are dozens of people in the training camp, and not all of them can have such a long playing time. Some people even have only a few minutes of playing time.

But so what?
In NBA training camps, players have to fight for their own playing time.

Only those who perform well in the training field can have more playing time in the final training game. Yao Ming is just an accident, there is only one accident.

During the training camp in Minnesota, the owner of the Shanghai Sharks had more in-depth contact with local scouts.

As the training camp progressed, more and more problems with Yao Ming were exposed, and everyone could feel that the scouts' enthusiasm for Yao Ming had declined.

Yao Ming himself also feels this deeply.

Unlike martial arts, Garnett would come to this training camp almost every day, and even Barkley would occasionally show up at the gym. The two would often team up and train these young people in various ways.

In Barkley's own words, he hopes to deepen the understanding between himself and the Timberwolves players in this way.

But I'm afraid it's hard for others to imagine how bullying increases the so-called tacit understanding.
After a long rest, martial arts also began to enter the off-season training cycle.

He entered the training cycle earlier than other players. Normally, professional players need to balance their rest time to prevent physical fatigue from accumulating and causing irreversible damage.

But Wudao does not need to worry about such problems. Continuous high-intensity training does not put too much burden on his body at all. This is also one of the important reasons why Wudao can set foot in the NBA.

This offseason, he plans to improve his confrontation and shooting stability after confrontation.

It is foreseeable that this season, many opponents in the league will inevitably deploy more difficult defenses against him.

The ability to make strong shots and top shots will be what Martial Arts will focus on strengthening in the next stage.

(End of this chapter)