Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 141 is targeted
"This is a pre-communication. The league will officially revise this rule in March, cancel the 3-step rule, and replace it with the old rule that was previously used with FIBA. I believe you can adapt..."

Listening to Stern's deliberately raised tone on the phone, Wu Di fell into deep thought.

The alliance actually wants to cancel the 012 rule!

This is something that has never happened before...

Another butterfly effect caused by his rebirth!
As a basketball fan, Wu Di raised his hands in favor of canceling the 012 rule.

There are no professional referees in the field, and the ball will become very subjective, which greatly increases the operability of the footsteps and is prone to quarrels.

Cancellation of the 012 rule can reduce many unnecessary disputes.

But from the status of the Cavaliers star, he is suffering.

Because this will seriously affect his performance and affect the Cavaliers' championship.

His current signature footstep is the double step-back, which can account for more than half of his three-pointers.

And they are all scored when they are attacking.

He used it without any burden. After all, he was a reborn person. In 17, FIBA ​​recognized the 012 rule.

But now Stern is specifically calling to tell him that the league has decided to revise this rule...

There is no doubt that this is an action against him, against the knight...

He was counted.

Some people don't want to see him being friendly with the Cavaliers, using his influence to influence the decision-making level of the league and Stern.

The power that can control Stern is the group of people who are racially discriminatory, or capital like Nike and Adidas?
Or is it Pat Riley?
Wu Di was a little uncertain. Recently, because he signed with Versace, he touched the minefield of some big names.

However, Nike and Adidas have direct conflicts of interest with his "Invincible" brand.

With the release date of "Invincible Generation Zero" approaching, he is now completely without the superstar whistle of the early season.

And went to the other side, often scoring 40+ in a game, not even getting 5 free throws.

As for Riley, Riley shouldn't be that stupid... right?

If the 012 rule is cancelled, he can no longer use the double retreat step, but Lao Zhan's crab step will also be greatly affected!

and many more……

wrong!

Lao Zhan's pace seems to have improved a lot recently, is it because of this?
Wu Di frowned. He discovered this when he watched Lao Zhan's game video recently.

In the past, Lao Zhan probably had a walk in every two offenses, but now it is about one walk in every four offenses.

This is something he has been thinking of lately. After all, the country is easy to change and the nature is hard to change. Lao Zhan has been walking around for a lifetime, and now he suddenly changed his ways?

"...I will make it up to you, Wu, you will get what you deserve..."

Stern continued to talk, but he didn't say what specific compensation would be made.

Wu Di wasn't interested in asking either. Although he was reborn as a young man under 20 years old, his mental age was long past the age of believing the verbal promises of capitalists.

If you think about it, you know, at most, it means that he has reached a certain standard in the future, and Stern will not hold back his honor.

Or give him additional support for some media resources.

He just wants to know who is targeting him:
"I don't need any compensation, I just want to know who made this decision for the league."

Stern's expression froze. He originally expected that Wu Di might ask about the specific compensation, or argue with him not to cancel it, or even lose his temper and cry...

But I didn't expect Wu Di to ask who was targeting him so calmly...

"I know it's hard for you to accept, but please believe that this is a decision made by the alliance after careful consideration..."

"You have just landed in the NBA, and your stardom is bright, but because of the 012 rule, you have suffered a lot of criticism, and this rule conflicts with the current FIBA ​​rules, so I decided to listen to the opinions of professionals and cancel this rule..."

Wu Di is also speechless, co-authoring is entirely for his own good, and then he is afraid that he will think too much, so why not give him some compensation?
It really sounds better than singing!

Wu Di thought for a while and decided to cheat Stern. He interrupted directly:
"Would the professional be Pat Riley?"

Stern fell silent for a moment, but quickly denied it:
"Of course not, haha! You're thinking too much! After the league has formulated a rule, it will routinely review the impact of this rule every year for the first five years. The 012 rule was released in 09..."

But Wu Di became increasingly suspicious of Riley.

In Stern's shoes, even if he was influenced by others to make this decision, he still has to pretend to be businesslike.

Otherwise, he would become an accomplice to make Wu Di and the knight bear grudges.

If Riley has nothing to do with this matter, then Stern may confirm with him who he is talking about, but Stern just denied it with little hesitation...

We chatted for a while, but Stern was already prepared, and Wu Di did not cheat out any useful information later.

Hang up the phone, and soon the Cavaliers coach Scott called again:
"The big thing is not good, Di, just now the league has issued a notice to the team..."

Wu Di nodded:
"I already know, Stern called me just now!"

Scott couldn't believe his ears:

"Who? Stern? David Stern?"

Wu Di: "Which other Stern is there? But this incident is a bit strange. Who do you think will affect the alliance?"

Scott: "I don't know, I can only guess, there is a high probability that it is those few people... But the alliance will definitely cover up this kind of thing, as long as they don't blow themselves up, the truth will hardly surface... Damn it, Si How could Tern do such a thing to slap himself in the face, he is the president of the league who has served for more than 25 years..."

Wu Di let out a long sigh. It is impossible for Scott at this level to know about Stern's retirement.

But as a reborn person, he knows that Stern still has a lot to compromise in the past two years.

By next year, the alliance between Paul and Kobe was rejected by the league, which is also the result of the game between all parties.

Why can the Big Three, but not Paul and Kobe?
One is Corvo, who has won five championships at the end of his career, and the other is A Zhan, who has spent N years of resources and cannot support him. However, in order to pave the way for Xiao Hua, the league voted with its feet to abandon Kebao without hesitation. jan.

By grasping this principle, many incomprehensible operations of the alliance in the past two years can be smoothed out.

Scott: "Gift Crab, never thought this would happen again, we were targeted... Dee, although the new rules are not in effect, you can no longer use that pace now, you know what I'm saying what?"

Wu Di: "Well, I know, if we use it now, although the referee won't blow it, the outside world will look down on me and the team, which will damage our morale..."

Scott: "That's right! That's the reason... Now that the Internet is so developed, this news will soon spread on the Internet... Now is not only a difficult time for you, but also a difficult time for the team. You are our leading star , you must be strong, we will be able to overcome this difficulty..."

……

After hanging up the phone, Wu Di opened Twitter, and sure enough, the trending search was the news that Mingji woj broke the news——

The NBA will revise the current 3 walking rules on March 1 to bring them back into line with FIBA!
The comment area is already full of netizens who eat melons:

"It should have been like this a long time ago! When this rule first came out, I said it ruined basketball. Now the NBA has finally found its way!"

"This is a very correct decision! The rules have become clear again, and the game has become more fair. I look forward to this year's playoffs!"

"Hehe, it's been a long time. Such an important rule can be changed day and night. No wonder the NBA can't compare to MLB and NFL!"

"Basketball is a fun game, and such strict rules are destined to be a sport for only a few people..."

……

Wu Di's twitter has also been mentioned by countless netizens @, and the red dots for prompts in private messages can't be clicked.

There are a lot of black fans mocking him:

"The walking man was finally banned by the alliance!"

"Hehe, the super step back is the shortest-lived signature move in history!"

"Since Wu Di invented that super step back, I've been beaten by this move in my dreams, and now I can finally sleep peacefully!"

"Seeing James and Wu Di dangling in front of my eyes every day makes my head hurt. Now these two people can finally calm down!"

There are also quite a few of his fans who directly scolded the NBA, saying that this is an act against Wu Di, and they will never watch the NBA again!
In view of this, Wu Di specially sent a tweet to appease his fans:
"Support the league's decision! In fact, it has little impact on me, my arsenal is still full, and we will still advance towards the goal of the championship this season!"

Fans said that they felt sorry for Wu Di even more.

But to Wu Di's surprise, he quickly confirmed the mastermind behind the crisis.

Because on the afternoon when Stern called, some Miami media released an interview video with Lao Zhan.

Through this interview, Lao Zhan expressed his support for the revision of the alliance rules, and said that he will be more strict with himself in the future, and create a character set that the prodigal son will turn around and continue to study and improve...

Wu Di turned off the video after half watching it.

Many of Lao Zhan's words were obviously prepared in advance, which shows that Lao Zhan knew the news much earlier than him.

And it was Stern who took the initiative to call to inform him of his news.

From how Lao Zhan knew the news so long in advance, it is not difficult to infer who influenced Stern's decision.

"Mad, Riley really deserves to be a ruthless person who can't train magicians!"

Even Wu Di had to sigh, Riley, how ruthless!

Before Riley came back, when the Heat changed the course of history and defeated the Mavericks in the regular season, Wu Di felt that Riley was very unusual.

Now that Riley is facing the sharp increase in the strength of the knights, he can use such a decisive move to hurt the enemy one thousand and self-damage eight hundred. Wu Di once again refreshed his understanding of Riley!

Wu Di came to the knight training hall.

Originally, today was the team's rest day, but now only basketball can calm his heart.

If it is an ordinary player and his trick is abolished, it will definitely take a long time to get out of the shadows, or even be abolished in one season.

But Wu Di thought differently.

No matter how many tricks Riley and Lao Zhan use, if Wu Di can beat them to win the championship, he can crush everything about them!
It is difficult for ordinary players to make great progress in a short period of time, but he has another way.

As long as he has enough krypton, the impact of canceling the 012 rule will be negligible!

After all, no matter how strong the double retreat is, it is only a type of retreat!
If his explosive power and other physical fitness reach the legendary level, a single retreat can achieve the effect of double retreat, and he doesn't need to use this move to open up space.

After a night of experimentation, and based on past experience, he estimated that at least 6 krypton points of explosive power are needed to make up for the gap caused by not being able to use double retreat steps.

"It's a pity that the money from Versace's endorsement and the rewards of the recent games have been spent on jumping and dunking. Otherwise, I would not be affected at all in the game against the Celtics..."

Wu Di murmured.

Because he was going to prepare for the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, he added 5 points of talent to the bounce, which raised the bounce from 88 at the superstar level to a super giant 93, and added 3 points of talent to the slam dunk, which raised the slam dunk from 91 to 94, which is far from the legendary level. Just one point away.

"However, in order to reduce the probability of injury, adding 1 point of explosive power now requires adding 1 point of flexibility and 1 point of waist and abdomen. In other words, if you want to increase 6 points of explosive power, you need to prepare 12 points for flexibility and waist and abdomen respectively... "

"That is to say, a total of 18 talent points are needed, and 1800 million dollars!"

Wu Di took a deep breath, 1800 million US dollars is not a small amount, but if he operates well, he can earn it through the All-Star Game on February 2st!
He is now selected as the All-Star starter, which is basically a certainty. For this item alone, he can be rewarded with 0.05% of Under Armour's shares.

Based on the current market value of Under Armour's 140 billion dollars, this reward will allow him to earn 700 million dollars.

In addition, if you can win the slam dunk contest, the three-point shooting contest, and the skill challenge championship, you can also get 0.05% of the shares.

Wu Di's passing and field of vision are only 81, and his speed is only 87, so he didn't sign up for the skills challenge.

But he signed up for the other two dunk contests and the three-point contest.

In the previous life, Griffin won the dunk contest and James Jones won the three-point contest.

But this time Wu Di is determined to win these two championships!

If he can win these two championships, he can reap another $1400 million.

Then this crisis is basically resolved!

On February 2, the day before facing the Celtics, the league announced the final voting results for the 2 All-Star Game.

Kobe won the vote with 238 million votes, Lao Zhan ranked second with 212 million votes, a clear gap with Kobe, Wu Di beat Howard, ranked third with 210 million votes, and Howard ranked fourth with 209 million votes.

The rookie won the third most votes and became the All-Star starter, which is a step further than Yao Ming's fourth rookie season, and it is even better than the old Zhan rookie who was not selected for the All-Star!
This news greatly inspired the Cavaliers team, but on February 2, they did not usher in a miracle.

Although Wu Di still scored 31 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds in this game, the Cavaliers still lost to the Celtics 30-101, ended their six-game winning streak, and were overtaken by the Magic, falling to fifth place in the Eastern Conference .

After the game, the Boston reporters were very rude to dig holes for Wu Di:
"Wu, if you lose the game today, will you have any objections to the league's rules revision?"

"Some netizens said that you will never get 40+ again. Do you have any comments on this?"

"Wu, you are a rookie after all, isn't the burden Scott placed on your shoulders too heavy?"

……

Wu Di had no choice but to patiently repeat the answers he had with Ariana and the Knight PR.

In fact, there were two reasons for the loss. Wu Di could not use double step-backs, which was indeed a substantial weakening of him. His ability to create space for shots was not as strong as before.

On the other hand, not only does he have to adapt to being weakened, but the entire team has to adapt. If he can't score in the past, he can just hand it over to Wu Di.

But now, more people on the team need to stand up.

But neither Love nor Jordan are obviously not ready.

As for Jamison, he takes on more blue-collar roles. Once he takes on the tough role, he is prone to injuries beyond his limits...

After the game, O'Neill specifically found Wu Di:

"Brother, don't believe it, Riley is definitely behind this incident! Don't ask me how I know!"

Wu Di said that he understands that O'Neill's big mouth was even sprayed on the show before, and Riley shortened his career peak period by at least 3 years.

O'Neal patted him on the shoulder again and said:
"You don't have to take those sunspots' remarks to heart! In the United States, reputation is a small matter. As long as you take down the Heat, you will only gain more benefits! Just like the Eagle County incident, now Kobe has won two consecutive victories. Crown, all are conquered..."

Wu Di knows that American Mu Qiang has a serious mentality, but O'Neill's use of this example is too damaging...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing and said:

"Didn't you reconcile with Corvo? Why do you keep talking about him?"

O'Neill made a haha:

"Because I love him haha! But then again, one of us is in the Celtics and the other is in the Cavaliers. Anyway, if we must be in the East, we will kill the Heat..."

……

After all, he is a reborn person, so Wu Di adjusted his mentality very quickly.

On February 2th, the Cavaliers challenged the Pistons in an away game. Although the mask man Hamilton had amazing physical strength, Wu Di led the team to win 5-114.

In this game, Wu Di burned himself to play the whole game, and scored 32 points efficiently on 17 of 43 shots. Before he slapped the face, the outside world said that he could not score 40+ after modifying the rules.

He has to do his best, because if he doesn't win the victory, the morale of the Cavaliers will not come back.

Cancellation of the 012 rule, the news revealed behind the scenes is too unfavorable for the Cavaliers.

This means that the league is deliberately suppressing, coupled with Wu Di's recent disappearance of the whistle, it is difficult not to let the Cavaliers players imagine.

After all, they all thought that they were going to take off with Wu Di, and that the knights had a halo, but the alliance took the lead and blocked Wu Di's unique move...

The halo is gone, and morale can only be boosted by victory.

On February 2, Wu Di made a steady hand again, leading the Cavaliers to another victory over the 6ers at home, and tied with the Magic to return to fourth place.

On February 2, the Cavaliers tore the Bucks at home and won three consecutive victories with a score of 8-97, completely leaving the Magic behind.

Wu Di could clearly feel that the morale of his teammates had returned.

On February 2th, Wu Di watched the show at the C position of New York Fashion Week during the day, and led his team to challenge the Knicks at night, easily defeated the New Yorkers 10-131, and avenged last month!
他们的战绩也来到了30胜18负，与绿军的32胜16负只差2个胜场了。

But the good times didn't last long. On February 2, they ushered in a challenge from the Heat at home.

Unlike in the previous life when Lao Zhan returned to the Cavaliers to show off his might, Lao Zhan played cautiously in this game.

He didn't fight against Wu Di at all, he completely acted as a green leaf for Wade and Bosh.

He didn't even use the iconic tank-style breakthrough once, playing a projective small forward like "Little Sweet" Rashard Lewis.

Apparently he was afraid that people in Cleveland would laugh at him and walk away.

他全场下来只拿到了25分11篮板6助攻，跟吴迪的37分7篮板10助攻差距明显。

However, limited by the gap between the depth of the lineups on both sides and the strength of other starters, the Cavaliers still lost the game 119-112.

However, what excited Wu Di and Scott was that on February 2, the Cavaliers training hall welcomed an unexpected visitor.

Beverly came to try out early!
(End of this chapter)