The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master.

Chapter 262 A different kind of peak showdown!

It is worth mentioning that in order to destroy the team, Schulz sent more than just one Lewis to last year's main lineup.

They also include the main small forward Ruben Patterson, who averaged 13 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists per game last year, and the 39-year-old veteran Patrick Ewing, who had the highest salary in the team last year and is already in his twilight years.

But even so, the Sonics' main lineup is still terrifying compared to another rookie team.

Needless to say, point guard Gary Payton is the only point guard in history who has won dpoy.

Shooting guard Brent Barry also averaged 10 points per game in limited playing time last season.

Small forward Desmond Mason, power forward Vin Baker, and center Pedrag Drobiak are all players that the Sonics have been training last year, and they were all among the few players last year. He has achieved good statistics in his playing time and is the starting lineup that the Sonics have appointed this year.

The rookie team is in dire straits.

Defender Randy Livingston, who is only 193 centimeters tall, can barely be considered a veteran.

But veteran is veteran, and the words "experience" have nothing to do with each other. This guy was a second-round pick in 96. He has only played five seasons, but he has already changed hands in his sixth year. The most glorious moment of this team was in the 5 season with the Phoenix Suns, which averaged 98 points per game. But what should not shock you is that he only played that one game that season...

In the other four seasons, he averaged no more than 4 points per game and no more than 5 assists per game. When he was with the Golden State Warriors last year, he even only had 3 points and 0 assists at the end of the season, which was already miserable. It couldn't be any worse.

The rookie team had the ball, and Watson was caught by Payton as soon as he caught the ball at the baseline.

Since he is educating newbies, he will naturally not hold back. As soon as death entangles him, Watson immediately throws the ball away and gets another empty blue.

Schultz folded his hands and was a bit dumbfounded. He liked everything about Payton, except for his mouth... These newcomers are his valuable assets, so don't torture me!

The main team has the ball.

Coupled with Lin Dong, it's a complete new team.

2: 0.

"Hi! Rookie!" Payton started to babble, but he was obviously talking to Watson, but his eyes looked at Lin Dong with a half-smile from time to time: "Welcome to the NBA!"

Chandler's eyes widened. What?

There was no referee's whistle or any prompts. The team referee responsible for throwing the ball obviously knew how to cooperate with the old players to train the newcomers, making Chandler, who was still stunned at this time, look like a pure idiot...

"Hi! Rookie!" The 211-centimeter center from Serbia and Montenegro stood up and greeted Chandler with a smile.

The other positions are pure rookies, 185cm point guard Earl Watson, this year's second-round pick of the SuperSonics, 2cm Tyson Chandler, this year's third pick in the first round, 214 Centimeter's power forward Vladimir Radmarovic, the 208th overall pick in the first round of this year's SuperSonics selection.

Watson passed the ball to him without hesitation. Lin Dong quickly came down with the ball, and small forward Desmond Mason blocked him at the three-point line in the frontcourt.

When the ball came out again, Watson looked more cautious than before, and Lin Dong immediately made a move to ask for the ball.

Watson was red-faced. He had just been selected to the first team of the NCAA League and was the fourth point guard in the Pacific League to rank in the top ten in career assists and steals. He didn't even have a chance to fight back in front of Gary Payton.

With a jump ball at the center line, Pedrague gave Chandler a lesson first.

Chandler was just stunned when he saw Pedrague jumping high in front of him.

Payton held the ball, easily passed the defensive Earl Watson in one step, and then hit an empty blue before the rookie team could react.

After all, he is a talented player who led the International Team and the Dragon National Youth Team and defeated the American Youth Team twice. Coupled with his mother's hype, Lin Dong is now quite famous in the American basketball circle, and all parties have high opinions on him. Strength is also highly respected.

Schultz brought this 'great man' to the team when the summer trade started. He said he was going to be Payton's partner, but it almost shocked Payton. Are you lowering your level? If you partner with him, your worth will not drop...

4: 0.

The other players on the team were laughing and sitting on the sidelines, looking like they were waiting for a good show. Even Schultz took the time to come to the arena and watch the excitement.

The substitutes on the sidelines laughed loudly, and Lin Dong also smiled.

This was the 17th pick in the first round of the SuperSonics last year. However, last year, the SuperSonics gave him an average of 20 minutes of focused training on the court. By this time, Mason had already become a capable player. In his rookie season, he won The average of 0.7 blocks and 0.6 steals per game is enough to prove the defensive skills of this rookie.

Facing this Asian boy who was hailed as the best rookie in the United States, Desmond also licked the corners of his mouth in excitement. He had watched Lin Dong's game videos.

Frankly speaking, if it was Desmond himself before entering the league last year, he felt that if he met such a guy, he would probably be miserable, and he would be no better than the guys who were beaten to the point of losing their armor by him.

But after all, after a year of training in the NBA arena and a year of training with NBA professional teams, I am completely different now from last year, and I have even become a starting five for the Sonics!

Teach this new guy how to behave, let him see...

Call!

When Desmond was thinking about it, he suddenly gasped subconsciously. He saw the guy's shoulder-slumping movement. His body was already subconsciously blocking and responding, but... it was too slow. , I moved too slowly!

It was like the feeling of watching yourself in slow motion as slow as a snail while the other person was as fast as lightning. In just a moment, Lin Dong had already rushed out from his left side.

Wang Defake...

Desmond was surprised when he saw that Lin Dong had already reached the basket with a quick stride.

Facing Pedrague, who had just teased Chandler, Lin Dong jumped up to face him without any hesitation.

Could this kid still want to dunk me?

Pedrago didn't know whether to feel angry or funny at this moment.

After all, he is a veteran, and his experience and intuition have long surpassed his judgment. When he saw Lin Dong just making a move to combine the ball, he had already taken a step forward, and then while Lin Dong took the first step, he held his hands steadily When you stand still, you have to stop in front of Lin Dong, let you buckle and hit you, let you feel what it means to make an offensive foul with the referee's standards in the lightning.

But next second...

What seemed like a jump for a slam dunk turned into a slightly forward pull-up, and the basketball was thrown high by Lin Dong.

Swish!

The ball scored, 4:2!

Pedrago opened his mouth wide, Watt? Can you brake in the air? Do you think you are really a flying superman?

"Thank you for your hospitality, seniors." Lin Dong smiled and said to Payton: "Welcome to the world of young people."

"OH! This damn perfect shot! This damn young man's world, but I like it!" Chandler laughed and rushed up to give Lin Dong a high-five. If he wants to fight back against these old guys, he has to follow his big brother ah!

Pedrague was a little dumbfounded, but Gary Payton was aroused and said to Lin Dong: "Young people should be humble, your world has always been used to destroy, just like my father-in-law did to you last night Warning, what, do you dare to resist? Can you resist?"

"Wow! Is Lin already married?" Chandler leaned over.

Lin Dong pushed him away and said with a smile: "Didn't you ask me to resist last night? I will resist and show you." "Oh, be careful that your beautiful wife is locked up."

"You'd better be careful with your ball. I think this ball is a sure shot!"

While the two were talking trash, they naturally faced each other. Watson, who was supposed to face Payton, silently drove himself to Desmond's side. At this moment, He felt unworthy...

Payton changed direction and took the ball to penetrate Lin Dong's defensive position. Although the famous glove is famous for its defense, his offensive ability is definitely not weak. His offensive methods are quite comprehensive, almost all the offensive methods you can think of. He knows them all, and they are all top-notch.

And his way of breakthrough obviously made Lin Dong not particularly adaptable. When he was in the SuperSonics Arena before, Payton basically only defended but not attacked, but now he is suddenly full of firepower...

Lin Dong only felt that what he was guarding was not a person, but a piece of human-shaped steel. The muscles were hard and brutal, and he was extremely powerful. The breakthrough relied not only on speed, but also on the right arm that grabbed Lin Dong's body like Like an iron pincer, Shengsheng blocked Lin Dong's defense with one arm, then rushed to the basket and jumped high, facing Lin Dong's block shot coming from behind, he changed hands and pulled the lever.

The ball scored, 6:2.

"Come on! Boy!" Payton laughed loudly and clapped his hands at him while retreating: "Come on, let me see the world of your young man. You won't cry to your mother after playing ball, right?"

Lin Dong said nothing and turned around to fight back.

It can be felt that after a period of training, Payton's level is very different from when he trained himself at the Sonics Arena in the previous offseason.

Speed, strength, reaction, etc. have all obviously reached another level. This is Payton in fighting condition, and this is the intensity that the NBA should have!

Frankly speaking, Lin Dong really wanted to hit him hard, but there was still a gap in strength. This kind of thing had to be strategic, and he couldn't hit him hard as soon as he came up.

"My mother is not in Seattle." Lin Dong responded to Payton's trash talk, arousing his interest in talking.

"Hahaha! There is a phone, you can..." Payton was indeed fooled and responded with a laugh.

But immediately afterwards, Lin Dong stood up directly one step outside the three-point line.

Swish!

The ball goes in!

6: 5!

"The score is almost catching up." Lin Dong smiled and raised his wrist at him: "This is the speed of young people. Has it gained your knowledge?"

"You are cheating. Young people should be more honest and learn better ways to win." As Payton spoke, he controlled the ball across the center line and faced Lin Dong's defense with a fake pass.

The basketball was lobbed high toward the basket. Pedrague squeezed past Chandler and caught Payton's pass for an alley-oop dunk.

8: 5.

"The better way to win is 3 points." Lin Dong said, having just received Watson's pass two or three steps forward from the center line, he immediately raised his hands and raised his center of gravity.

Payton had just suffered a loss, and he was already guarding against his long-range 3-pointer. He took a big step forward to block the shot, but Lin Dong just made a feint, followed by holding the ball under his arm and rushing forward. Entered Payton's defensive position.

Although Payton was not completely shaken, it was a bit uncomfortable to be stuck in the defensive position by his step. At this time, he could only open his arms and move quickly laterally following his footsteps.

The two men's offense and defense were instantly like a tug of war. Lin Dong felt that he could break through if he was just a little faster, but he just couldn't afford to be that little faster.

Payton felt that if he relaxed just a little bit, he would be completely overtaken, but he still held back all his strength and held tight here to prevent the string from breaking.

In a flash of lightning, the two of them had reached the free throw line. Seeing that they could not completely get rid of Payton, and seeing that Pedrag in front was tending to help defend, Lin Dong stopped suddenly and followed up with a fadeaway jumper.

Lin Dong had long thought that he had mastered this move of suddenly stopping and leaning back while moving rapidly, and every time he used it, no one could stop him, including Stephen in the Lloyd training base.

But it was Payton after all. Lin Dong stopped suddenly and he stopped suddenly. Lin Dong jumped back and jumped up, so he jumped up closely.

Tough physical confrontation is always at a high intensity, and this is exactly what Lin Dong lacks most now.

At this time, under the confrontation and interference of Payton's controversial foul, the shooting action was somewhat deformed...

迸！

The basketball hit the iron, bounced out of the frame, and was picked off by Pedrague, who had completely destroyed Chandler from body to soul.

Gary Payton laughed loudly at Lin Dong: "Can I say that to you now? Rookie? Welcome to the NBA?"

"I just voted wrongly, and it has nothing to do with you."

"What doesn't matter? You're so stubborn. It's obvious that my strong resistance made you lose the center of gravity of your body..."

"Then why didn't I fall?"

"Hey, that just means I'm showing mercy."

"Only a ghost can believe you. You want to beat me up, but you will show mercy?"

"Ouch, I only used at most 30% of my power to defend just now. Now I can show you 40% of my power?"

"Actually, I only used two pieces of power to attack just now."

"Just brag, you haven't learned your strength yet, but your mouth is the first thing to do... Ouch!"

Payton exclaimed.

Snapped!

Lin Dong intercepted Brent Barry's pass to Payton. Payton was enjoying the trash talk and didn't notice.

But the unnoticed result was that after being intercepted by Lin Dong, he passed the ball to the basket in seconds. Chandler, who was wide open, scored his first score in today's intra-team game.

8: 7!

"Catching up again." Lin Dong showed his hands to Peyton.

Payton couldn't help but blush.

Talking trash while playing ball was his specialty... but he was too relaxed and careless! And that guy Barry, can't you see that he has no interest in controlling the ball now? You just passed the ball...

"Don't worry, we'll pull away soon!" Payton responded to Lin Dong.

The two of them have been talking trash since the start of the game until now, leaving the bench on the sidelines dumbfounded.

Wang Defaq? !

This is really, really the first time I have seen Payton talk trash and actually lose when he is defeated, and when he is distracted and taken advantage of by the opponent, does that kid have two brains? One is responsible for trash-talking and the other is responsible for playing ball?

This young man is so slutty!

(End of this chapter)