Chapter 9 [The Brooklyn Wolf King with Green Blood]
Players from both sides warmed up, and Yang Jian met the legendary star - the Brooklyn Wolf King with green blood!
In the locker room, Bob Weiss said to pay attention to marking Garnett, not to underestimate him because he is a high school rookie. Garnett's physical fitness is super strong, crushing his peers. In his senior year, he averaged 25.2 points, 17.9 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 6.5 blocks per game!
Garnett is 211cm tall, has a wingspan of 226cm, and weighs only 99kg. Very thin, which makes him look taller. In addition, there are too many inside players in the NBA who falsely report their height. He and other players around 210CM seem to be a few centimeters taller.
Garnett and the supersonic 206CM black insider Steve Scheffler is half a head higher. Scheffler is two laps thicker than Garnett. He is only about two meters tall with bare feet, but weighs 113 kilograms. The two are going to face each other today, and the Timberwolves coach looks a little flustered.
The fifth pick in the first round was absurdly high among the players who ran for high school graduation, and it was the highest in history. Almost no media was optimistic about Garnett's prospects. Before him, the league had not had high school students directly into the league for many years, and the team's selection of high school students was seen as a risky move.
The Timberwolves management is optimistic about Garnett because of his excellent shooting ability and dribbling skills. He is like a big and small forward with great potential.
Garnett warmed up in his own half, hit consecutive high jumpers, and was in good shape.
Yang Jian knows that as long as he doesn't cause the butterfly effect and cause Garnett's wrist to be smashed and fractured, he will definitely become one of the best shooting big men in NBA history in the future. There is only one interior player with a more consistent mid-range shooting percentage than Nowitzki.
It is a pity that Garnett was born out of time, and the coaches of this era did not let him coach long shots. In the parallel world, his main scoring method has been the mid-range shot until retirement. If he was able to practice long-range shooting hard when he was young, 80% of the time, his scoring efficiency would be higher and stronger.
In addition to Garnett, the Timberwolves also selected two second-round picks this year. They also came to the summer league, ready to do their best, just for a minimum salary contract.
The black player Mark Davis, the 19th overall pick in the second round, is 201cm tall, weighs 95kg, and plays as a small forward. Jeremy Allen, a black player with the 20th overall pick in the second round, is 193cm tall and weighs 83kg.
Both of them are 22 years old this year, and they belong to the type who do not have much potential to be tapped and are in good physical condition.
The Timberwolves' point guard is Charles Smith, who has brief NBA experience. He is 185cm tall, weighs 73kg, and is 28 years old this year. He played 60 games on behalf of the Celtics in the 1989-90 season, his debut was the peak, and then he was seriously injured and dropped to the lower leagues. He's in good shape this year and is eager to return to the NBA.
The Timberwolves' center is Eric Riley, who is 213cm tall and weighs 110kg. He was a fringe with the Clippers last season and has yet to get a new contract after being laid off.
These five people make up the Timberwolves' starting lineup today, all black and looking full of momentum.
The Sonics' starting five: Eric Snow, Jane Young, Sherrell Ford, Steve Scheffler, Rich King.
Lithuanian center Julius served as a substitute. He performed poorly in the morning training. He suffered losses in the interior confrontation with NBA experience, and the defender could not enter the penalty area.
Richkin is a tall white center with a height of 218cm and a weight of 120kg. He was selected by the SuperSonics with the 14th overall pick in the first round in 1991. He is slow but has a decent height and wingspan, and was once expected to become a star.
It's a pity that Richkin has the attributes of a glass man. After entering the league, injuries have continued. He played 40 games in his rookie season and was at his peak, averaging only 5 minutes per game. After two serious injuries, his already weak athletic ability declined again.
Richkin, who is only 26 years old this year, played four seasons with the Sonics and played a combined 72 games. He was waived after only two games last season. Now that he is healthy, he wants to return to the NBA.
Before the players came on the court, Weiss said loudly: "Ford, you try to make a breakthrough. If the breakthrough fails, don't force a jumper to face someone, and pass the ball to your teammates. The inside players grab the backcourt rebounds and quickly play the ball, observe the movement of teammates, Ford and Yang go down fast!"
Sherell is a typical female name meaning "dear", which is common in the United States and translates to "Cheryl". If it's a man's name, it's relatively rare, and it's too girly to translate it into "Sherel". This is purely an expression of the irresponsible naming of parents. Like many black families, Sherrell's father ran away when he was a child.
A black man who is two meters has this name, and when everyone calls him, he decisively uses his surname "Ford".
Players from both sides gathered in the field to jump the ball, and the game began.
On one side is Richkin, a white man on the floor, and on the other side is Garnett, who is said to have touched the top edge of the backboard and can even put a coin on top of the backboard. The result of the jump ball was no suspense, and the Timberwolves took the lead.
Charles dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and played a pick-and-roll with Garnett. After dribbling the ball to the right to attract Snow's pursuit, he passed the ball to Garnett in the middle.
Garnett feinted with the ball from a high position, and Scheffler lowered his center of gravity to prevent breakthroughs and throws. Garnett immediately pulled on the spot, and his shot was absurdly high. Scheffler didn't jump, but just stretched out his hand.
The ball went into the net hollow, 0-2.
"Ah!" Garnett beat his chest and roared after scoring the goal.
Garnett was so excited that he seemed to dunk the Sonics with this jumper. He had just left high school and didn't know if he could play well in the NBA. He wanted to use this method to prove his toughness and not be afraid of the devil muscle man on the opposite side.
Yang Jian suddenly heard the system prompt.
"The host has witnessed history. Star player Kevin Garnett's first iron-blooded jumper in the NBA earned 1 attribute point. One of Garnett's skills was randomly selected - the iron-blooded jumper!"
I wipe, what the hell is this? !
Yang Jian was stunned for a moment. "Is the way to get attribute points so random? And you can really extract skills!"
When he downloaded the mobile game, he roughly read the game introduction, but did not understand it at the time. The game introduction says that he can obtain attribute points by witnessing important historical events of the star, or changing the major historical events of the star. There is a premise that the event must be triggered randomly by a player who has been selected to the All-Star Game in history.
After he crossed over, he possessed super physical fitness, and he was too lazy to study how to obtain attribute points. He feels that the key is to practice technique and shooting accuracy, witnessing history, changing history, etc. are incidental. If he does not become stronger, how can he change history?
Today he found that getting attribute points doesn't seem to be difficult. This game system is not very serious. When he was playing against the stars, he "accidentally" witnessed history.
"Seeing Garnett's first big jumper on the court is a testimony to history. If Garnett conflicts with someone for a while... and retreat, can I also get attribute points?"
"When I witness the important history of a star or change history, I can also randomly select a skill of this person. Each star can only be drawn once, and only attribute points will be drawn in the future. Even if it is only once, this function is enough to defy the sky. what."
Yang Jian took a deep breath. How many players have been selected for the All-Star Game? If he can extract one basketball skill he is good at from everyone, how can he be versatile in the future?
"No, don't be too happy. Even if you hit the skill, you have to practice it, just like 'catch and shoot' and 'dunk' have levels. I can't practice everything, I can't chew too much."
Yang Jian really wanted to call up the game panel immediately to see what happened to the drawn skills and how to practice them, but it was inconvenient in the game.
Although the "Jagged Jumper" has a sense of ridicule, it is an uncompromising magic skill. Garnett's mid-range shooting percentage is between 45% and 50% every season, and the stability is terrible.
He also wanted to know if this skill would be useful if he coached three-pointers...
Yang Jian forcibly suppressed her curiosity and focused her attention back on the game. He has been in a daze in the right corner for a long time. Fortunately, a defender stood in front of him, and his teammates did not pass the ball.
The coach did not arrange for Yang Jian to hold the ball and attack, and his distraction had little effect on the game. If he was the core of the team, basketball might have hit him in the face long ago.