Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 117 I want to prove that the Heat made a big mistake this summer...

As soon as Wu Di's method of recruiting Love was used, the Timberwolves hadn't responded yet, and the Heat couldn't sit still.

"Made! Is Gilbert going crazy?"

With a bang, Riley flew up and kicked the desk.

Early this morning, all the media in Kecheng were blowing the news that the Cavaliers will recruit the Heat's abandoned general Michael Beasley at all costs.

Yes, you read that right, not Kevin Love, but Michael Beasley.

The reason why Riley had such a big reaction is that Beasley is also a victim of the Heat's Big Three and a rookie he abandoned, just like Wu Di.

In fact, Beasley averaged 14.8 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists last season, and this season's scoring average has reached 19.7 points. Apart from not passing the ball very much, he is definitely a good combat power.

But Riley still decisively dumped Beasley to the Timberwolves at an almost free price, that is, two future second-round picks plus some cash.

Because the condition that Heat boss Mickey Arison is willing to delegate power to Riley is that he does not pay any luxury tax, the kind that does not pay a dime.

In order to have the Big Three and meet this condition at the same time, Riley sold out tears this summer.

Among them was Michael Beasley.

And now, the Cavaliers actually want to hang up the banner of the "Avengers" to reinforce such a striker again...

This is simply adding salt to his wounds!
"FXXK! Could it be that a knight who has a problem with me is going to be recruited?"

The more Riley thought about it, the more angry he became, and even began to curse:

"Damn it, why didn't you recruit Nowitzki too! Ah?!"

The Heat's championship ring in 06 was taken away from the Mavericks led by the driver. That's why the Mavericks had the most gold-rich championship in the past 11 years.

Riley paced back and forth in the room for a long time, and finally went straight to the training ground with the coach whistle:

"Everyone will practice extra today!"

A group of Heat players who were resting were stunned for a moment. It was still noon, and Riley had already decided that they would practice extra at night?

"Crazy, I practiced extra until 10 o'clock in the night yesterday, and I practiced extra until 9 o'clock in the night the day before yesterday. I haven't had a good night's sleep in a week... Last week I criticized the Cavaliers for not doing load management, but we were fine..."

Bosh whispered to Wade beside him, but this scene was captured by Riley keenly:
"Chris! Are you complaining? That's how you ruined the team atmosphere! Think about your fans, think about your teammates, do you want to be a useless salty fish to let them down?"

"I do not have……"

Bosh bowed his head in shame. Before joining the Heat, Riley was a kind grandfather who peddled his dreams, but after joining the Heat, Riley became a PUA master.

"That's good, I have so many rings, why don't I stay with you? What right do you have to not work hard? LeBron, don't you think so?"

Seeing that Riley was subdued, he chased after the victory and asked James.

"You are very right, Mr. Coach! Practice makes perfect, guys, let's start the afternoon training!"

James clapped his hands and said to his teammates that he also saw the news that Cleveland will strengthen again...

And he must not lose!

Wade took a deep look at Riley, he was too familiar with Riley's set!

First of all, pinch a soft persimmon, that is, the third child stands up, the second child takes the initiative to show courteousness when he needs it, and the eldest child has to be forced to participate in the competition, and is eventually exhausted and even collapsed.

It's just that in 06 it was Haslem, himself and O'Neal.

In the end, O'Neill turned against Riley, and even almost strangled Riley's neck. I don't know if he can stand it this time.

……

Time came to December 12th in a blink of an eye. The snow turned clear and the sun was shining on this day.

Wu Di's injury recovery has entered the second stage, which is the isometric contraction stage. At this stage, he cannot perform strenuous exercise, but he can already walk normally.

In addition to performing rehabilitative single-joint adductor muscle stretching with the new doctor Eva, Wu Di also took time to shoot Christmas commercials for Pepsi and Under Armour.

After finishing all this, he also participated in the design workshop of the signature shoe V2 stage.

The general development cycle of star signature shoes is 6 months, with four major version iterations in between.

The first version is called "VP", that is, the technical prototype version. At this stage, it is necessary to decide what technology to use on the shoe last and what functional effect to achieve. The style is not clear.

This stage has the highest technical content and takes the longest time, about 3 months.

The second version is called "V1", at this stage the designer will look for design inspiration to determine the theme style of the shoe.

This stage generally takes one and a half months, and the combination of styles is the most.

The third version is called "V2", also known as the finalized version. At this stage, it is necessary to synthesize the outstanding design elements of each style in the V1 version to determine the final mass production style.

This stage will take approximately 1 month.

The fourth stage is called "V3", also known as the trial version. The style determined in V2 is trial-produced, and the final fine-tuning is carried out to adapt to the mass production environment. This stage will take about two weeks.

But because Wu Di’s time is relatively tight this time, and the basic functional shoe last has been selected, it is equivalent to skipping the “VP” stage, and the research and development progress starts directly from “V1”.

In addition to the whole design team serving him day and night, the V1 stage, which originally took one and a half months, was completed in only two weeks, and now it directly enters the V2 stage.

Under Armor wants to make a V3 version before Wu Di's birthday, so that after Wu Di returns from injury, he can directly advertise for the "Invincible" brand.

Although it is a commercial activity, Wu Di is still very excited to see his exclusive signature shoes from an idea to the finalized design and printed Chinese characters.

But it really has to speed up the progress. Recently, Nike has also made a big move that shocked the shoe market.

They announced the renewal of the contract with James, the contract amount is 5 million US dollars for 1.2 years!

This is 4% higher than Wu Di's 7000 million in 70 years, and once again set the highest contract amount for sneakers!

In the previous life, Lao Zhan’s contract was 5 million U.S. dollars for 1 years, but this time because of Wu Di, Lao Zhan’s traffic has reached a new level, but he signed a contract with a higher contract with Nike.

"It's really shameless to rub my traffic!"

In this regard, Wu Di spat.

However, the reward terms of his contract with Under Armor are actually more generous.

As long as he can win other awards such as MVP and FMVP, the contract amount will be higher than that of Lao Zhan.

The MVP is estimated to be next year, and Wu Di's goal this year is the FMVP.

If he wanted to win the championship, he had to strengthen the lineup, so after finishing the meeting with Under Armour, he drove Amanda and Megan to the Quicken Loans Arena.

Today the Cavaliers host the Timberwolves.

Without Wu Di and Jamison, the Cavaliers once again fell into a four-game losing streak. They are now 12 wins and 12 losses, and their ranking has dropped to seventh in the Eastern Conference.

This game against the Timberwolves is the most promising game for the Cavaliers to end their losing streak in recent games.

But Wu Di is more concerned about recruitment.

In the Quicken Loans Arena, there are signs "Michael, join the Cavaliers to avenge the Heat" and "Join the great cause of revenge and overthrow the rule of darkness" everywhere.

There are even a handful of Cavaliers fans who have donned Beasley's No. 8 jersey.

Obviously they welcome the move that the Cavaliers management is ready to trade Beasley.

Faced with this situation, the Cavaliers players on the court are more confused than the Timberwolves players.

May I ask whose home this is?
Wearing a Cavaliers hat and a Timberwolves jersey, whose fans are they?

Don't fans like the team, but like to watch "revenge" drama?
Beasley is no stranger to it. Ever since the Cavaliers management let it out, wherever he went, these "cards in hand" followed him.

It's just that the Cavaliers have the most cards at home.

Beasley, who came to the home court "in advance", faced the defensive colander Hickson, scored consecutively with his signature jump shots, and soon led the team to establish a leading advantage.

However, Cavaliers fans are even more excited...

Look, how reliable this power forward is!

If you need the hardware to be tall and the software to be skilled, wouldn't it be right to recruit him later to face Bosh?
Then let Jamison play small forward and Wu Di play shooting guard. Wouldn't the Cavaliers' combat effectiveness rise to a new level in an instant?
And the enemy of an enemy is a friend. Beasley and Riley have grievances, so they can play with one heart and one mind when they come!

Even the Cavaliers DJ is boasting that Beasley played really well!
David Kahn, the general manager of the Timberwolves hiding in the auditorium, stared wide-eyed. Everything that happened here made his mind "suddenly open"!
This season, the Minnesota's home attendance rate is even less than 70% due to their poor record, and the ticket price is the lowest in the league...

However, the Cavaliers, who were supposed to be even worse than them, are not only full of home and away games and hard to find a ticket, but the average ticket price is even hotter than the top three in the league!
All of this is because of the hot topic of "revenge"!

All this is because of superstar Wu Di!

but……

Looking at the taller Beasley on the court, Kahn seemed to see a Riley, no, God opened a door for him!

……

In this game, under the absence of the two main players of the Cavaliers, the Timberwolves won 101-95 without bloodshed.

Among them, Beasley scored a luxurious double-double with 45 points and 14 rebounds, setting a record high in personal scoring in a single game!

In contrast, Love "only" scored 12 points and 15 rebounds.

After the game, Kahn looked at the Cavaliers fans who were still laughing after losing the game, and tremblingly called the team owner, Glenn Taylor:

"Boss, we were just begging for food with our golden bowls!"

Tyler: "...Huh? What do you mean?"

Kahn: "We should immediately stop the PK between Love and Beasley, and build an army of revenge around Beasley as soon as possible..."

Taylor: "...you really think I'm stupid, this wave of traffic is almost the same as Jordan's comeback back then, if it works, you think I won't do it?"

"The key is that the Heat deducted the Cavaliers' full-level number, so that the Cavaliers can carry the banner of revenge. The Heat gave us Beasley for nothing, and we still owe the Heat a favor. How can we get revenge?"

"Besides, if we really want revenge, then we Timberwolves will have to find the Big Three of the Green Army... But it has been several years, and we will be worried if we mention them again!"

Kahn: "...I see, the boss is wise, no wonder you can be my boss!"

Taylor: "What the hell do you need to say? But... if Beasley can figure this out on his own, we can help him. After all, he was abandoned by Riley..."

Kahn: "You mean... Beasley, like Wu Di, can open the revenge game alone? That's good! People like the story of superheroes defeating darkness, so that even if we can't eat the bulk of the traffic, we can still share a share Soup, just like Jordan was to the Wizards back then..."

Taylor: "You are right to say that, Beasley is like a seed, carrying the fans' dissatisfaction with the Big Three..."

Kahn: "Do you think I need to mention Beasley?"

Taylor: "Worth a try!"

……

In the Cavaliers player parking lot, Wu Di was using his trumpet to browse the training photos posted by Wade.

Riley came out again, and it was really effective.

In the previous life, the Heat's loss to the Mavericks in the 2011 Finals was not actually an upset loss as the media said.

In all regular season encounters between the two teams, the Mavericks won.

Of course, the reason at that time was that the Big Three had just been formed and needed to be adjusted.

But it is different now. In the past series, the Heat actually won the Mavericks by a narrow margin...

It seems that the butterfly effect caused by his rebirth has changed the original trajectory of many things!

If they can't stop the Heat this time, it is really possible for the Big Three of the Heat to win the championship in the first year...

special!
"Boss, I really tried my best with what you told me...but that guy Love is really grabbing too many rebounds!"

Little Jordan came out of the player tunnel with a comprehensive training bag, and said helplessly.

"But that guy Beasley is really arrogant. His jump shot is far from yours. He thinks he is so strong. If it weren't for..."

Wu Di made a silent gesture, and then patted him on the shoulder. Love is the rebounding leader this year, and it's only a ghost that Jordan can stop him!

"Stop gossip later, and act according to my wink, you know?"

Wu Di arranged for Jordan, and asked the two girls to drive home by themselves. After a while, they got into Jordan's Brabus.

Of course, there is also former teammate, Michael Beasley.

"Brother B, are you safe?"

On the way to a Cantonese-style teahouse in Kecheng, Wu Di and Beasley exchanged pleasantries.

Beasley is nicknamed "B-Easy", and the two are also old teammates who share the same disease, and it is not an exaggeration to call them "Big Brother".

Wu Di specially invited Beasley out for night tea this time, in order to stimulate him to take the initiative to take the banner of revenge.

"It's okay, but it's not as happy as Boss Wu's happy life!"

Beasley replied with some jealousy, he has learned a lot today.

This BRABUS Big G worth close to a million dollars is said to be given to Jordan by Wu Di, followed by a car of the same model, with Wu Di's four professional bodyguards sitting on it, and today when I accompanied Wu Di to watch the game The two Hollywood goddesses of...

Wu Di's style is really worthy of the nickname "Emperor".

"Hehe, Big Brother B is joking! I've been shooting commercials for a whole day with injuries, and I'm almost exhausted. How can I be happy!"

Wu Di inadvertently scratched his hair, and the limited edition gold belt and blue plate on his wrist traveled all over the world, which made Beasley's mouth dry again:
"Brother B only scored a new record of 42 points last month, and today he scored 45 points again. It's getting better!"

"Boss Wu, don't make fun of me. You have obtained 50+ data in the past two months. My score is far behind you, far away!"

... A few people came to the "Lianxiangju" Cantonese-style teahouse, ordered a pot of cooked pudding, and a few trays of shrimp dumpling dim sum, and began to eat slowly.

This teahouse is famous for its morning tea. It is located in Chinatown of Kecheng, but every time Wu Di comes to have night tea, it is much more peaceful than morning tea, and the menu is the same.

During the meeting, I didn't talk about recruitment, but just chatted about some recent anecdotes in the circle.

For example, Uncle Mu was arrested for prostitution, Shannon Brown was caught cheating on his sister-in-law, Bosh spent more than 1200 million dollars to take over a luxury house in Miami, and so on.

After eating, Wu Di seemingly "casually" posted a selfie of the three of them on Twitter, and @贝斯利.

But after Beasley returned to the hotel, he didn't fall asleep all night.

Because of Wu Di's "@", he directly gained more than 50 followers...

Gan, more than 50 fans!

He played in the NBA for more than two years before, and he only has more than 30 fans in total...

Now, Wu Di casually posted a @his post, which more than doubled his number of fans!
Beasley lay on the bed, recalling the influence Wu Di had gained, the more he thought about it, the more he envied him, the more he thought about it, the more jealous he became!

Why!

He refuses to accept it!

His talent is definitely better than Wu Di, even in the star-studded NBA, he is also a TOP-level existence.

In this regard, Riley has the most say.

In 08, Riley held the No. 2 pick and wanted to choose between him and Westbrook.

Although he arrived two hours later than Westbrook for the trial, Riley still felt that his talent was worth the risk!

His talent is even stronger than that of the tortoise, Wu Di can't compare it at all!
If you want to talk about the gap between him and Wu Di, apart from the fact that he is not as handsome as Wu Di, he is just a bit lazy.

He is indeed a bit lazy, because he doesn't like to defend, and this summer he was dealt with by Wade and Wu Di.

At that time, he was also very angry with Wu Di, a little-known rookie, and even used the nickname "Boss Wu" to tease Wu Di.

But now the two are suffering from the same disease, and they can be regarded as not acquainted with each other.

But sympathy for the same disease, doesn't it mean that they have the same opportunities?
He thought about it, and sat up from the bed with a plop!

If he is traded to the Cavaliers later, in the current situation, he can only be the second child under Wu Di.

And according to what Jordan said today, he might even be the third child, because there is an old veteran and captain Jamison in the team...

Even the fourth child, Little Jordan, who was only a second-round pick in 08, wanted to ride on him!
How dare you think about it, Madeleine!
But if he stays in the Timberwolves and exerts a little effort like tonight, he will be the stable boss!

Yes, his name is Michael, so he must be the boss!

His ambition grows like weeds...

In the dark night, he turned on Twitter on his mobile phone and wrote a crusade against Riley and the Heat:

"I want to prove that the Heat made a big mistake this summer..."

(End of this chapter)