Basketball UFO

Chapter 18
The Los Angeles Clippers were the team that went for the No. 1997 pick in [-], and the team kept losing.

The boss has always been picky, always fantasizing about recruiting a superstar to change his life against the sky.Unfortunately, it has not been able to do so.

The two owners of the Rockets, Donald Sterling and Alexander, are both Jewish. Owning the team is not for the championship, not to compete for honors and build a top team, but to make money. As long as you can make money, you can do anything.

In this game, the Clippers played very easily, and the Nets also played very easily.

The two sides pushed the score to a high score of 110 points between you and me, and the Nets scored 118 points.There was not much defense, and both sides were racing for points.

For the first time this year, scoring more than 100 points in a game is considered a high score, and it easily reached 110 points in regular time.After the last game against the Warriors, the Nets once again scored high points in this game.

Carter was even more outrageous. He scored 39 points in a row, setting a new personal scoring record. He also grabbed 10 rebounds, achieving a double-double and the first double-double in his NBA career.

If he hadn't only had 8 assists, he might have gotten his first career triple-double.

A near-triple-double was dazzling enough, and Carter also sent out 3 blocks and 1 steal, which are still extremely comprehensive data.

"In fact, Carter should be the No. [-] pick in this session. His performance is unparalleled. Allen Iverson is also very strong in scoring, but not as good as Carter."

"Iverson's scoring is similar to Carter's. It's just that Carter's scoring can also allow the team to win. Iverson can't. Like the Clippers, they are all rushing to get the No. 97 pick in [-]."

"I don't care, I just like Carter." The female fan twisted her huge buttocks, she just wanted Carter.

The discussion among the fans was more lively than that of the media. This game did not attract much attention, and all local fans came to watch the game.

The local media in Los Angeles do not like to broadcast Clippers games, and the Lakers have attention.

Although the Lakers and the Clippers use the same home court, and the ownership of the home court still belongs to the Clippers owner, the Clippers have no attention or fan cohesion.Even in home games, in the home fan area, they still shouted "Go Lakers"...

"I'm actually a Lakers fan, but the Clippers share the same home court as the Lakers. If the Lakers don't play at home, I'll come and watch the Clippers."

"Hey, I'm different from you, bro, I'm a Carter fan. Carter can fly, and how many dunks he made today is shocking. I love this guy so much, it's amazing."

"I am also a Carter fan. This year's All-Star, I hope to see Carter participate in the slam dunk contest. Carter's dunk is too exciting. If he participates in the competition, he will definitely win the championship."

For the Clippers, Lorenzen Wright has a similar pick today because he is in the same draft class as Carter.He also attracted the attention of fans. He played 9 minutes and scored 2 points and 2 rebounds. For a player on the bench, the statistics are reasonable.

But considering the draft and comparing with Carter, it's not enough.

"Seeing Lorenzen's garbage, you can only imagine Carter's greatness. Not a player of the same level at all."

"It's unimaginable that Lorenzen would trade for Carter alone in the draft."

"This is definitely the highest honor in Lorenzen's life. Changing Carter alone, hahaha, it is impossible for 10 Lorenzens to change to Carter in the future."

The Clippers players got their personal data and happily lost the game.The Nets easily won a victory, and many players' statistics were also very good. It is rare for a game to satisfy both sides.

Carter walked towards second-year rookie Brent Barry, "Brent, you should improve your shooting, your shooting is very stable, let's work hard together!"

Brent Barry looked at Carter, unable to imagine that Carter would take the initiative to chat with him.He was only a substitute for the Clippers. He played 16 minutes today and scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

"I know it Vince, you will become one of the strongest players in the league in the near future." Brent Barry smiled and praised.

Carter smiled and said, "I liked your performance in the 1996 Slam Dunk Contest. White people can fly too."

Through dunks, Carter got to know Brent Barry. Barry took off from the free throw line during the game, dunked successfully, and eventually won the championship.The next white dunk champion will have to wait many years, and it should be Mark McClung.

Carter himself is good at dunking, and he will pay more attention to players with strong dunking ability.

As November comes to an end, the Nets are only ranked 11th in the Eastern Conference due to fewer games, mainly due to fewer wins.However, according to the winning percentage ranking, it can be ranked 10th in the Eastern Conference.

Everyone saw the hope of entering the playoffs and was full of energy.This is the biggest change Carter has brought to the team.

Throughout November, Carter has won the Rookie of the Week three times, and the Rookie of the Month will undoubtedly fall into his pocket.Based on Carter's performance and data, he may even win Player of the Week or Player of the Month.

Many media outlets specifically reported on this matter.

It stands to reason that these high-ranked players with the No. [-] pick will become contenders for the best rookie of the month. Unexpectedly, Carter has already been able to snatch the best rookie, and his performance is impeccable.

"There is no doubt that the best rookie of the season will come from between Vince Carter and Allen Iverson. Both of them have strong scoring ability. Considering Iverson's height, his scoring ability is even better. Shocking."

The commentators talked freely during the meeting. One said Iverson was good, and the other said Carter was better. All for the sake of ratings.

"Vince Carter's dunk is absolutely phenomenal. He is a super rookie. I feel that he will surpass Iverson, and there is no difference between the two in scoring ability. Iverson is better at changing directions, and Carter dunks Explosive.”

"But the Nets play relatively few games, and most of the opponents are outside the playoffs, don't they?"

"Then tell me, how many victories have the Philadelphia 76ers won? Are they all playing playoff teams?"

The Philadelphia 76ers, with Iverson as their core, simply couldn't find a way to win.The Nets are on the right track in establishing Carter as their core.

More experts, reporters and fans all believe that Carter is slightly better than Iverson, unless Iverson leads the team to more wins in the next games.

The next game doesn't start until December 12th.With a rest period of nearly 4 days, it is the players' rest time.

Carter is busy, and commercial endorsements keep him busy, and he has arrangements almost every day.

"CUT... one more, save this one." The advertising director asked Carter to fly again, and he would continue to give close-ups of the sneakers.

Adidas' sneaker advertisement, Carter is working in the air, flying in the air, showing the sneakers.Four consecutive shots have been taken, but the director couldn't get enough of Carter's dunk performance, and he planned to let Carter continue.

Carter's shooting has a good sense of scene. First, he kicks the ground with his feet, shows off his sneakers, and then runs up, takes off, flies, and dunks, all in one go.

"Wow, it's so beautiful, it's almost parallel to the ground." The director kept shaking his head and admiring, "I haven't seen such a basketball player before. In terms of dunking, Jordan is probably not as good as him."

The director took off his sunglasses, smiled, and waved to Carter, "Vince, is there any way to take off from the free throw line and dunk?"

"Do you want to show it in this advertisement? I think this kind of action should be shown on my signature sneakers, not on the first pair of sneakers."

It's not a signature sneaker yet, so Carter doesn't want to waste too much effort.

"Oh, no, I just want to watch." The director laughed awkwardly, and the photographer next to him also wisely turned off the machine. If Carter performs a free throw line dunk, naturally he cannot record it.

"I performed it privately. I was thinking about participating in the dunk contest one day, so I showed it off." Carter smiled. In fact, dunking from the free throw line is not difficult for him, but he has not yet decided whether to participate in this year's dunk contest.

Other honors are hard to say, the dunk contest championship is not difficult for Carter.

"Okay, I've been waiting for a long time." The director immediately stood up and called everyone to come and watch.

"Vince Carter is a player who has become famous recently. He is super explosive, especially the dunk, which is completely as powerful as a god descending from the earth."

"Great strength, fancy dunks, such a player is very rare."

Several venues and supporting personnel have also watched Carter's game and remembered Carter's name.

As the NBA season progresses, more and more people are getting to know Carter, and his popularity has begun to spread wherever the NBA league can reach.

I only saw Carter standing still in the arc of the court, beckoning the cameraman to throw the ball for him, two steps ahead.The photographer's passing action was not standard, and the basketball rebounded, making it difficult for Carter to catch it.

I didn't mind, I adjusted my movement on the three-point line, slowed down by half a step, then suddenly exerted strength, took another step forward, and jumped high.

The body movements are stretched without any additional movements. The arms are raised, like a young boy flying in the sky. The silky rhythm makes everyone at the scene feel shocked.

As if flying over the rim, Carter dunks the ball into the rim with ease.

After landing, bounce slightly to reduce the impact on your knees.He has become accustomed to protecting his knees after dunking and does not want to "cold his legs" prematurely.

Also, after an emergency stop jumper or a fadeaway jumper, he will adjust his center of gravity, observe the opponent's movements with a little peripheral vision, and try to avoid the opponent's protruding feet as much as possible.

Ensuring your health always comes first.

Carter easily finished the dunk at the free throw line. Everyone on the scene was stunned for a while, and then applauded wildly, "God, this is a more exciting dunk than the slam dunk contest."

"Vince Carter is indeed a superstar. His dunk was so cool." The photographer was extremely excited. "This ball is also due to me passing the ball."

"You don't pass well. If Carter's physical fitness is not so strong, you would have screwed up the dunk performance."

"There are still some moves, I don't plan to use them lightly." Carter slightly pretended to be 13, "Maybe one day, I will participate in the dunk contest, and everyone will see my performance."

"Be sure to participate in the slam dunk contest, we will always look forward to this scene." The director is completely fascinated, "I feel like you should make a movie, a basketball movie."

"Would you like to put my story on the screen?" Carter thought for a while, isn't that going to be filming "Daddy's Good Son"?This is outrageous, and it will cause the school's female teacher to be held accountable.

"It's absolutely fine. Jordan has made a basketball movie, and the response has been very good." The basketball movie Jordan shot, playing with a group of cartoon characters, seems to be called "Space Jam".

The commercial director took out his business card, "Carter, let's get to know each other again. My name is Guy Ritchie. This time I was invited by Adidas to help shoot commercials. You know, I work in a film company and have filmed many commercials before. commercials and MTV music movies."

Guy Ritchie?

Carter is not too familiar with it. "Two Smoking Barrels" seems to be his film work.

"Nice to meet you, great director. You will be famous in Hollywood in the future."

"Ah hahaha, thank you for your blessing. I believe I can do it too." Guy Ritchie was very excited. He was really impressed by Carter's dunk just now, so he added, "How does it feel to fly in the air?"

"You know……"

After exchanging business cards, Carter left with John Mucci. They had to rush to the scene. The next shooting was Converse's new advertisement.

Converse and Adidas are Carter's largest sponsors. Every year, Carter needs to assist in many commercial shootings, and also needs to participate in their commercial activities.

As for Wrigley's Green Arrow chewing gum, it was just a small sponsorship of 20 US dollars, a photo advertisement, and the chewing gum was displayed at least once in the game. There were basically no other tasks, so it was easy.

Just like Ronaldo was cheated by the Golden Throat Lozenge, and took a photo with the Golden Throat Lozenge, which was directly used as an advertisement, and the claim was only one million yuan.The golden voice made a lot of money because of it.

Everything can be connected to the Internet. Who would have thought that football stars and golden-throated throat treasures can be connected together?
Compared with the Adidas advertisement directly linked to basketball, showing basketball shoes.Converse pays more attention to leisure time.

Carter seems to have little leisure time. He is either on the court or in the hotel breaking through double teams and enjoying life.

Fortunately, the Converse advertising filming team specially designed several life scenes, just let Carter walk. Anyway, he showed his shoes, showing that he walked very peacefully.

Explain that canvas shoes also have spring.

"Vince, do you really want to shoot at night?" John Mucci confirmed with Carter again.

The last commercial shoot was for the cover of Sports Illustrated.Sports Illustrated is already eyeing the rising superstar for a cover and an interview.

After the previous draft, "SLAM" magazine took a cover photo, and David Stern took a photo with the lottery draft.Iverson did not participate because of physical discomfort, and Carter and Kobe sat on both sides of David Stern.

Sports Illustrated suddenly discovered that the players from the class of 96 had begun to appear on the stage of history, and planned to search for a few players with potential as the cover, and began to promote them. When they really rule the NBA, Sports Illustrated also has the foresight.

"Carter was the first, followed by Iverson, Camby and others. We will become more and more successful. I think we can also recruit a few college and high school players. As the cover, the future belongs to young people." Sports The pictorial director makes a decision.

This Carter interview was so busy that by the end of the interview, it was already 3 o'clock in the morning.Looking out of the hotel's floor-to-ceiling windows, it's not very bright at 3 o'clock in New York.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk..."

Someone knocked on the door in the middle of the night, and Carter opened it angrily.I found a young girl standing at the door, with big talking eyes, a standard model figure, and a sweet smile.

"Hi Vince, I'm Tyra Banks, this year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, can I come in and talk to you about the details of the shoot?"

(End of this chapter)