Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 128 Dominating the Best Rookie List

Riley has been getting younger lately, because every morning, he is pissed off by the news that he is a grandson.

"Averaging 37.2 points per game in his rookie season is unbelievable! Wu Di is hitting Chamberlain's super rookie record of 37.6 points per game! This is a record that was originally considered unbreakable, but Wu Di's performance shocked the entire United States... ..."

Miami Sunshine TV morning sports news, the host Willard Stan took a picture of Wu Di’s game against the Grizzlies yesterday, gestured with an exaggerated expression, and then suddenly changed the subject:
"But what is even more unbelievable is that Mr. Pat Riley, who has the reputation of being a fortune teller, gave such a player to his enemy, the Cleveland Cavaliers, for nothing..."

Riley's eyes were tearing apart instantly, and the veins on his forehead twitched violently. His assistant wanted to turn off the TV when he saw this, but Riley reached out to stop him. This is his daily source of motivation. Finish, and then vent your anger to the training or competition of the day!
"This is reminiscent of the Trail Blazers in 84. They obviously held the second pick, but they gave up the basketball god Michael Jordan and chose the parallel importer Sam Bowie!"

Stan's tone was full of jokes and ridicule:
"Oh no, wait, Riley's operation is not as good as the Blazers! After all, Riley selected Wu Di, and then sent this promising prospect to clear the salary space, trade rookies, hehe, I think it would be better to call it a miser in the future..."

"FXXK!"

Seeing this, Riley couldn't help but swear:
"Fake news! Am I doing that to clear cap space? I'm doing it to get LeBron James!"

Some lies come true even if they are told too much, at least that's how Riley brainwashed himself.

He would never admit his mistakes, jokes, and someone who can successfully throw the blame away even as a practiced magician, how could he be confused about this kind of "small blame"?
Riley began to use the remote control to change channels. He watched TV to motivate himself, but when the motivation level was too high, he would start the self-protection mechanism of "fake news" like an ostrich buried himself in the sand.

"FAKE NEWS EVERYWHERE! TV is unwatchable these days!"

Riley kept switching channels, constantly cursing "fake news", but when he switched to ESPN, he frowned instantly!
Michael Beasley?

Why is this damn parallel importer on TV!

"Heat is Riley's voice, and Spoelstra is just his puppet..."

Following James this summer, Michael Beasley is guesting on the live show "Revealed"!
Riley blurted out "fake news" when he saw the name of the show, but since it was clearly a reality show aimed at him, he didn't want to hear second-hand information from other people, so he refrained from watching it .

Beasley: "Riley's training is even rougher than training animals. This kind of roughness is mental..."

Riley sneered: "You are right, you are a beast who can play basketball!"

Beasley: "Because of Riley, I lost my sense of basketball. When I came to Minnesota, I rediscovered my love for basketball! This is my second hometown..."

Riley smiled even more sinisterly: "Hehe, you son of a bitch! Professional players talk about love, professional players talk about professionalism, but unfortunately you don't have one!"

Beasley: "Riley will never take the initiative to admit his mistakes. Only if we or the Cavaliers eliminate them in the playoffs and win the championship, he will face it all!"

Riley laughed straight away. Now that the schedule is less than half over, and the Timberwolves' current record is the second-to-last in the Western Conference, they can't even make it to the playoffs. Just thinking about joining forces with them in the finals?

Beasley: "I know this sounds a bit far away, but the Cavaliers were not favored at the beginning of the season? Besides, I have heard from the management that we will complete reinforcements soon..."

"The meeting between me and Wu Di some time ago made everyone think about it. As people with similar fates, we are indeed discussing cooperation, but it's not a joint venture, but..."

Riley's laughter stopped abruptly. He turned to the Timberwolves' roster and saw Love's name. A strong sense of foreboding came to his mind instantly:

"Damn! Why hasn't Stern's promise to me been implemented yet!"

……

On the other side of the Cleveland Cavaliers training facility, Wu Di is rehearsing with the team for the next game against the Wizards.

Last time the Wizards took advantage of his injury and beat the Cavaliers 97-92. This time Wu Di is in a healthy state and must get all his money back.

Now most netizens are afraid to criticize Wu Di as a brush, because the No. 16.4 pick this year, John Wall of the Wizards, gave unlimited fire rights and averaged only [-] points per game.

In fact, this statistic is not bad for a rookie. Not only is no one saying that Wall is the number one pick in parallel imports, but at the end of this season, he will be rated as the best rookie team for a while.

But when he met Wu Di, the big devil, Wall has been completely reduced to the background board.

Equally sad is Griffin, the "repeat champion".

Due to injuries, Griffin was reimbursed last season, so he is now in his rookie season, competing with Wall, Wu Di, DeMarcus Cousins, Paul George and others for the honor of the best rookie.

Griffin also has unlimited firepower in the Clippers, and with the advantage of repeating grades, his statistics this season are better than Wall's. He averaged 22.5 points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, and he also had 40+ in a single game. high-gloss performance.

But when he met Wu Di, he could only admit that he was unlucky.

Last month's best rookie list, even though Wu Di missed 5 games, that is, nearly one-third of the games, he still beat Griffin and Wall and dominated the best rookie list!

Averaged 37.2 points per game, this is no longer what the best rookie award can describe, this is the league's scoring leader!

Even if the rebounds and assists are duck eggs, no one dares to dispute this, not to mention that Wu Di's rebounds and assists are not low.

According to the terms of Under Armour's contract, both the best rookie and the scoring leader will be rewarded with 0.125% of the shares!
And since Under Armor signed Wu Di, the stock price has soared, and the total market value has increased from 120 billion US dollars to nearly 140 billion US dollars, an increase of 16%!

This shows that the market is still very optimistic about Under Armor's move to sign Wu Di at a sky-high price!

And if Wu Di can be sure to win these two awards later, the value of each award will be 1750 million US dollars!

It is equivalent to directly rewarding another year of endorsement fees!

Having such a clause has something to do with Wu Di catching up with Under Armour’s historical opportunity to vigorously expand the basketball market. It is the same as the rhythm of Nike’s signing of Jordan. Under Armor is not so famous yet. Wu Di.

What I have to mention is that Nike's stock price plummeted by 7% after renewing Lao Zhan's contract, and its market value fell from $1275 billion to $1180 billion!

Hehe, thinking of the unfair whistles he encountered recently, Wu Di just wanted to scold——

Live it!

The drop to 1180 billion US dollars is just the beginning, Wu Di will use the commercial layout to bury this hook empire that keeps doing evil!

The V3 version of his signature shoe has come out. This pair of shoes is based on the red and white color of the knight, which perfectly shows the design style Wu Di wants.

After putting on the foot, the dynamic wrapping is very good. The cushioning will not be as hard as the Nike zoom, and there is no ups and downs like Adidas' soft to sinking. It is a relatively tough foot cushioning. When running, the heel The transition to the forefoot is very natural, and the power consumption is not large, which is very suitable for Wu Di's mobile style of play.

Of course, the most handsome ones are those two Chinese characters of "Invincible" on the heels, which are simple, vigorous and domineering!

Shining on the NBA arena with Chinese characters, Wu Di felt that the bounce increased by at least 10%!

Cupping effect increased by 100%!

Wu Di first wore this shoe in the game against the Nuggets. He scored three pairs that night and successfully detonated the social network.

Taking advantage of this wave of enthusiasm, Under Armor has launched 1 "Invincible Zero Generation" pre-sale sets, which include a hooded sweater with "Invincible" prints, a pair of "Wu Di" sneakers, and Wu Di's signature posters. The price is as high as $169!

You must know that the relatively high-end AJ originals in sneakers only cost 139 dollars a pair. The pre-sale set launched by Under Armor is actually 30 dollars more expensive than the original AJs, and the performance is unknown. Only the appearance can be used for reference. ...

It can only be said that Wu Di's performance after wearing it is too explosive, and the fact that the shoes are on the Chinese characters is really cool. As soon as the 1 pre-sale suits were launched, they were sold out on the same day!
What's even crazier is that the pre-sale codes of the suits have gone crazy in the shoe circle!
In less than a week, in the RealGM forum where Sneakerhead (toe cap) gathers, the price of some shoe sizes has doubled.
This pair of shoes is expected to be officially released during the All-Star period on February 2011, 2. At that time, there will be other color matching and low-top versions. Under Armor is now stepping up production in Putian's foundry.

Speaking of the All-Stars, the results of the first round of voting for the All-Stars were announced early this morning.

Kobe ranked first with 69.5 votes. He just won the championship last year. In addition, this All-Star will be held at the Staples Arena, home of the Lakers. With the right time and place, his The number of votes is far ahead, nearly 2 votes more than No.54.7 Howard's 15 votes.

Howard was able to get so many votes because the Magic was rebuilding, and he played a small role. Orlando fans desperately voted for him in order to keep this monster. This also made his number of votes directly exceed last year's All-Star Voter King LeBron James.

James ranked third with 53.9 votes. This number of votes is not much different from his last year. It can only be said that Miami is worthy of being a big city with a lot of fans.

Wu Di ranked fourth with 53.1 votes, surpassing Wade's 52.7 votes, Rose's 47.2 votes, Durant's 46.4 votes, Stoudemire's 44.5 votes, and Rondo's 39.8 votes. Nate's 38.1 votes, Anthony's 33.6 votes, Chris Paul's 32.7 votes, and Griffin's 30.1 votes.

According to the past voting situation, if there is no accident in the middle, the result of the first round of voting will not be much different from the final result.

Although Wu Di's performance is remarkable, but after all, his qualifications are still young, and to get such a high number of votes, it is good to rely on Huaxia!

After all, in his rookie season, he sat firmly as the All-Star starter, which is an achievement that Lao Zhan has never achieved!
Oh forgot, Lao Zhan was not selected as an All-Star in his rookie season.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that Love won 15 votes, 13 votes higher than Beasley's 2 votes. Put pressure on Love to be traded.

If this is not traded, the Timberwolves will be embarrassed to give Beasley the resources of the All-Star!
Having said that, Beasley really dared to speak on the show, even saying that Riley treats his players like livestock, and at the same time said that he wants to compete for the championship!
But it is obvious that Beasley regards this matter as a business. It can be seen from his recent performance in the past few games that his style of play is still only offensive and zero defensive.

This is destined, his upper limit is a melon.

Offense can become a superstar, and defense can win championships. This sentence is an eternal truth no matter what era it is placed in.

Beasley only has the airs of the team leader but not the inside of the team leader. He is unwilling to pull down the airs and take the lead in doing dirty work. He is destined to stop in the playoffs!
However, his live broadcast program was somewhat effective. The Timberwolves quickly called and said that they would conduct a final inspection in the home game against the Cavaliers on January 1. If there are no major problems, they will Create a transaction statement to the federation.

……

On the 6th, Wu Di traveled to Washington with the team to challenge the Wizards away.

In this game, Wu Di felt surprisingly bad. It may be because of the Wizards' three-man pincer tactic, but it is more likely that the bad news that he will spend ten days with Williams has affected it.

He made 14 of 3 shots in the first two quarters, only 8 points were recorded, the shooting percentage was 21.4%, and he also made a record 5 turnovers.

Wall felt hot, scoring 13 points and 6 assists in the first two quarters, leading the Wizards to a 42-47 lead.

In the third quarter, Scott asked Wu Di to calm down and let Williams single-core lead the team to score points.

At the end of the third quarter, Wall even used a signature back button to expand the difference between the two teams to 11 points!
Wall looked at the number 57-68 on the scoreboard and listened to the overwhelming cheers from the home fans, the expression on his face was overjoyed and extremely proud!

He came to the Cavaliers' bench with his chest upright, and taunted Wu Di:
"Hey, after tonight, it's clear at a glance who is eligible to be elected as the best rookie!"

Hearing this, Wu Di stared at him firmly and shook his finger.

He laced up his shoes, took off his jacket, and ran to the Wizards bench before going on the court, pointing at Wall and shouting:

"Silly wall, I'll let you know what happens when you talk trash to me!"

Back on the court, he first used a super hot pot to chase Wall's layup, letting him know who is the real boss.

Taking advantage of his physical advantage and ignoring McGee's blockage, he rampaged inside to complete 2+1 dunks, and then the will of flying was as hard as iron, hitting unreasonable ultra-long three-pointers in a row...

In the end, the Cavaliers successfully reversed the game with 21-89 points by virtue of Wu Di's 81 points in a single quarter.

On the 8th, Wu Di led his team to an away game against the Raptors 101-90.

On the 10th, Wu Di led his team to win the Jazz with a big score of 121-103 in an away game. The Jazz was also the team that defeated the Cavaliers before he was injured.

Wu Di completed his revenge again, and the slogan "A knight must pay his debts" resounded throughout the United States!

On the 11th, back-to-back matches against the Pistons at home, Wu Di fought bloody four quarters, and once again scored 40+ to lead the team to six consecutive victories!
On the 13th, the Cavaliers played against the Thunder at home. Wu Di still played bravely in this game, but the depth of the Cavaliers' bench was far from that of the Thunder. They failed to continue their seven-game winning streak and lost 102-97.

On the 14th, the Cavaliers played against the Knicks back-to-back at home. Wu Di was out of form this time, and after experiencing the Wizards stupid wall incident, D'Antoni strictly ordered the Knicks players not to come forward to provoke. The game was finally fixed at 119-110, and the Cavaliers had to continue to adjust .

After playing against the Knicks, the Cavaliers tied with the Eagles for fifth place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 20 wins and 17 losses. There will be a two-day minor adjustment for the time being. On the 5th, the Cavaliers will challenge the Timberwolves away.

(End of this chapter)