Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 168 Don't blame me for not reminding you!

Anthony was caught by Wu Di and practiced as a sparring partner for two days. From morning to night, he was almost practicing Yue.

Originally, he was able to go fishing, but in the end he had to work hard to fight Wu Di, which was more tiring than playing in the playoffs.

And for some reason, Wu Di can still see whether he has used his full strength...

So much so that he can't be lazy even if he wants to, even defense has to show the same attitude as the Western Conference Finals back then!

Even after being passed by, he has to chase and defend, otherwise he will be scolded by Wu Di for not being careful enough, stricter than the strictest coach, Anthony is really afraid.

Even if he is mentally lazy, Wu Di will be able to notice it if he distracts himself a little bit!

It's just outrageous, fucking open the door to outrageous, outrageous home!
"Damn it, you are not the Terminator who traveled from the future!"

After two days, Anthony suspected that the melon was born.

As the thorn in the head of the coach who hates the sky, he rarely admires people, but this time he was really impressed by Wu Di's attitude.

These few days are the holidays that the knights have worked so hard to get, at least five days off, and the next three days of overtime training is already very dedicated, but Wu Di is full attendance directly, and his attitude is so serious...

This time, he has a deep understanding of why Wu Di, a mere rookie, can surprise the league so much.

Not only because of Wu Di's extraordinary talent, but also because of his inhuman diligence and love for basketball!
Before the best rookie award, some people felt that Wu Di was not worthy. They really overestimated themselves. Whether it is Griffin or Wall, they are all fishing now, so they deserve to be compared with Wu Di?
Anyway, after these two days, Anthony wouldn't even be surprised if the MVP was awarded to Wu Di!

But having said that, Anthony also deeply felt that he was indeed a waste of his talent before. If he could train as focused as Wu Di, his performance would definitely be able to reach another level...

But can he reach such a level of concentration?
"It's too perverted, you are not human at all!"

Anthony sighed again and again. In fact, it does not mean how much the training volume of the two days is. As a top professional player, his training before some key games is basically the same amount of training.

But to be able to maintain this kind of concentration under this amount of training is really too abnormal!

Simply inhuman!

He wanted to give up countless times, but thinking that Lala's work was still in Wu Di's hands, he could only force himself to be a training partner.

Wu Di smiled, perverted?

If Anthony scored a goal and was rewarded with $[-], it might be even crazier than him.

And now is the final sprint stage of the main quest, every point of attribute improvement is extremely precious, and can even play a decisive role, he must seize every opportunity to exchange money for talent points.

Wu Di caught Anthony and frantically swiped for two days. Except for eating and sleeping, he really didn't waste any time. In the end, he swiped more than 700 million US dollars.

More than 700 million US dollars, plus the more than 900 million US dollars rewarded by the previous series system, and the remaining 400 million US dollars before, have saved more than 100 million US dollars.

After communicating with Ariana about Lala's work, Wu Di sent the tired Anthony away, and then gave the system an instruction:
"System, exchange for 2 talent points, add to the speed!"

With 2000 million US dollars being lost, his speed talent has increased from 87 to 89, only 1 point away from super giant.

He has improved explosive power now, but if he wants to catch up with Ross, who is running like the wind, his speed attribute is still far behind. Now the increase of 2 points can make up a lot of the gap.

On the third day, the team's vacation ended, and Wu Di returned to team training.

In addition to improving his personal abilities, he also needs to work with Scott to solve the problem of Love and Jordan's erratic status.

In the first round against a weak team like the Knicks, Wu Di can still rely on Wu Di to break through, but in the second round, these two people must not be ghosts anymore.

The current Cavaliers lineup is an eight-man rotation, with Davis, Beverly, Sessions, and Parker at the back, Wu Di, Jamison, and Love at the front, Jordan Jr. at the center, and Love can also be an emergency center.

Others like Hollins, Alonzo, Jonny Flynn, etc., the garbage time is not safe enough to be used at all.

Therefore, the position of center is still quite dependent on Jordan and Love.

If these two people go on like hell, there will definitely be an accident, a big accident.

During the team training break, Wu Di came to Scott's office to discuss this issue.

"Love and Jordan didn't perform well. The first reason should be due to lack of experience."

Scott analyzed that both Love and Jordan played in the playoffs for the first time, and they were both promoted to the team's starters this season. It is normal for them to be unable to adapt for a while.

After all, not everyone can be as big-hearted and steady as Wu Di.

And although Wu Di is a rookie, he has already seen such a big scene as the All-Star Game. Not only did he play as an All-Star starter, but he also won the world-shocking double crown in the three-pointer contest and the slam dunk contest.

More importantly, in the regular season, Wu Di is the head star of the opposing team, and most of the time he plays singles and takes on the team's tough role. He shows this kind of incomprehensible personal ability, which is the most suitable for the playoffs .

So in Scott's vision, Wu Di should break out in the playoffs.

"But according to my intuition, these two people should not be just a matter of experience."

Scott pondered, even if it is a playoff veteran, there are many dragons in the regular season and worms in the playoffs.

Some are because the style of play can't adapt to the rhythm of the playoffs, and some are because the pressure of the playoffs is too high and there is a problem with the mentality...

Wu Di nodded, even if he is afraid, Le Fu and Jordan Jr. have accumulated experience in the first round, and they are still like Jordan Poole's sinkhole.

Especially Jordan.

After all, in his previous life, Love has proved that his performance in the playoffs is still stable, but this guy Wu Di is really not sure about Jordan.

This guy, together with Paoge and Griffin, formed a lob city, a luxurious lineup, and the regular season was fierce, but in the end they didn't even touch the threshold of the Western Conference Finals...

The problem is not just because of Pao Gela. In the 15 Western Conference semifinals, Jordan made an offensive interference goal to send away a game that he won. Wu Di still remembers it fresh.

The name Jordan is too magical, and it is not something ordinary people can catch.

However, Jordan has a small word anyway, and his training is definitely better than Poole.

"You have been taking Jordan to practice after the game before, and his style of play has improved a lot! But the matter of style of play cannot be solved in a short while, we have to pay more attention to his mentality. Did you notice anything special?"

Scott crossed his hands and asked.

"I don't have time to pay attention to him!"

After Wu Di finished speaking, he also sighed, Mu De, he has to take care of his style of play and mentality, he is the boss of the team who is both a father and a mother!

No wonder Lao Zhan likes to hold a group. It is too difficult to cultivate a reliable teammate, but it is easy to directly hold a group!
"Well, it doesn't matter, this is actually what I should do..."

Scott squeezed his brows. Normally, the coach would put a few eyeliners in the team, but this is also his first year coaching the Cavaliers, and he still has no airborne at all, so he still has little control over the team. too weak.

However, he also inquired about some information:
"I heard that his supermodel girlfriend came to him from Los Angeles during this period? Do you think this will affect him?"

"Probably not, Jordan has no problem with physical strength on the court..."

Wu Di spread his hands, he was aware of this point, Jordan was very aggressive on the field, he was just a big, energetic, muscular stick, and in one game, his chest was convulsed because he was too excited.

This guy is in poor form after playing, mainly manifested as a buttery catcher, a drop in shooting percentage, and defensive stares. He still has plenty of physical strength.

"I mean besides the physical aspect?"

Scott said, glanced at Wu Di and added:
"You may not have much perception in this regard. The scariest thing about a woman is not her physical needs. Hehe, my wife loves to spend money. Although she is not a supermodel, I have to send him at least a month. Go back and give her $10 as pocket money..."

Wu Di is a little embarrassed, he really has no perception, his women are basically rich women, Meghan, Amanda, Hathaway and other Hollywood first-line stars are not mentioned, Ariana is even old money, even if the four golden flowers They are all traffic internet celebrities who can make money by themselves.

And now he can earn millions of dollars in a playoff game, even if these people don't make any money, they can still support them...

and many more!

Wu Di and Scott looked at each other, and the latter obviously thought of it:
"Could it be that Jordan is worried about renewing his contract and wants to perform well in the playoffs, but he is overly excited..."

After thinking about it, Wu Disi felt more and more that this direction was likely to be the crux of Jordan's problem:
"Uh...I promised him before, as long as he performs well this season, I will help him win a big contract of more than $500 million per year after the season!"

Jordan was a second-round pick, but because the Clippers were a luxury tax team at the time, the Clippers dismantled the mini-middle class contract and signed a 3-year minimum salary contract with him, which will expire this summer.

"You have a good intention to motivate him, but you may have over-motivated him. The Desi effect points out that the more you motivate, the more nervous you become, and the more motivated you are, the worse your performance..."

Scott's expression was dumbfounding. As the head coach, he had studied psychology courses, so he immediately knew the problem of Jordan's mentality.

Wu Di didn't know how to answer for a while, he had already lowered the $500 million.

In fact, what Jordan signed with the Clippers was a 4-year 4304 million dollar contract, yes, it was 4 years 4304 million dollars!

Still averaging only 7.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game...

It can only be said that it is too rare to be able to play a center in the league!

No wonder many people dream of becoming an NBA star, it is really more profitable than selling white fans!
"The key now is to stabilize his expectations to a normal value and increase his sense of certainty... What do you think about allowing Grant to renew his contract in advance?"

Scott asked Wu Di.

"As long as it's not less than $500 million."

Wu Di spread his hands and renewing the contract in advance will definitely be lower than the future market price, but judging by Jordan's appearance, 500 million dollars has far exceeded his expectations, so it is also just to use 500 million dollars to save the team some salary space. Come to reinforce next season.

As for the 500 million that Jordan lost, if they successfully win the championship, he will get the no-injury badge, and then he will exert influence to get Under Armor to sign an endorsement compensation with Jordan and it will be over.

In this way, Jordan will appreciate him even more.

Huh?
How did he become more and more black-bellied? !
He wasn't like this before!
It’s true that one side supports the other side. In the future, it’s better to get some C’estbon airlifts.

"Well... it shouldn't be a big problem! Let's go to Grant and ask him to give us $700 million. The extra $200 million is said to be the result of our joint efforts!"

Scott laughed, Wu Di understood, and the two went to Grant's general manager's office...

"What? You're going to vote for me for the best general manager?"

In the general manager's office, Grant was facing the phone with a look of astonishment on his face. The Nuggets general manager Massa Ujiri actually called and said that he would vote for him as the best general manager!

In fact, not only Ujiri, some general managers also said they would vote for him...

It was originally a good thing, but Grant couldn't be happier...

Because if he gets the best general manager this time, according to his agreement with Wu Di, Wu Di will go up to accept the award instead of him!

Thinking of this, his tone was unprecedentedly sincere:

"Don't, Ujiri! I'm only in my first year as a general manager. How can I be eligible for such an important award? Gar Foreman, Larry Bird, and even Riley are more qualified than me ..."

Ujiri interrupted him and said:
"Haha, Grant, no wonder everyone likes to trade with you. It turns out that you are so humble and easy to talk to! I should have talked to you a long time ago!"

The corner of Grant's mouth twitched. How could he be modest? He really didn't want this award!
If Wu Di really went up to accept the award instead of him, then he would be ashamed:

"No, I'm serious, you voted for the Knicks general manager Walsh, don't vote for me! You traded Anthony, but you made a lot of money from him!"

Yujiri shook his head:

"Hey! This statement is wrong. It's a deal. One is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. Walsh thought they made a lot of money! Anyway, I will vote for you, brother, if you have a chance later, remember to return my vote! "

Grant was so angry that he wanted to curse, did Ujiri not understand people?

He said don't vote, don't vote, but Ujiri wants to vote more and more, it's like chicken and duck!
dong dong!

"I won't tell you anymore, I have a guest here, anyway, please don't vote for me, it won't work!"

Grant hung up the phone angrily.

It was Scott and Wu Di who knocked on the door. Scott told about Jordan's contract renewal, but Grant's reaction was beyond their expectations:

"Hehe, how is it possible! He is just a role player. Varejao is only $700 million. His statistics are far from Varejao's. Varejao is still at his peak. If we renew his contract in advance, we will sign him. A contract of 400 million yuan per year will break the sky!"

Wu Di shook his head when he heard that, Grant really had no sense of the market.

O'Neal retired this year, Dayao retired, Kaman was seriously injured, Duncan was seriously injured, and the centers in the league were broken, and all slightly better centers were rushing for them!
When the offseason is full of scrambles, let alone the 700 million they proposed, 1000 million won't be enough!
However, he has already thought up a plan. Grant is a dead-headed guy. Since he thinks that Jordan is not worth it, he can go find it later with a contract worth tens of millions. He is too lazy to argue with him:

"Then promise Jordan that the team will match the offers of other teams, so that he can play with confidence."

"But let's talk about it first. If other teams offer big contracts at that time, don't blame me for not reminding you!"

Grant sneered and nodded:
"Of course it's fine!"

He originally wanted to bet with Wu Di that what would happen if he could sign with Jordan for less than $400 million a year, but thinking about what happened in the past two days, he still retracted his words.

and many more!

He suddenly had a bad feeling that if the signing amount was higher than $700 million per year, he would have caused a big loss to Gilbert this time, and he would even be dismissed because of it...

But after thinking about it, he shook his head again, how could it be possible, even if it was higher than 700 million dollars, it would not be much higher...

(End of this chapter)