After the Heat formed the Big Three, Howard also pressed the team to build a more luxurious lineup.
If they don't do this, it will be difficult for them to break through in the Eastern Conference, let alone the championship.
The Magic's management had no choice but to shop around for star players.
It's a pity that they don't have any chips to hand, so they can only mess around.
At the same time, Ray Allen was having trouble with the Celtics and wanted to leave.
In the end, the Celtics and Nets swapped Ray Allen's 2013 first-round pick for Carter.
The 2013 draft pick is ridiculous. The Nets have to wait four years to get this bargaining chip.
The Nets had nothing to do, and the Celtics had almost given away all their draft picks. If Carter hadn't also been arguing about leaving, they would definitely not be willing to trade for Ray Allen.
Between the two of them last season, Carter was significantly better.
After the deal was concluded, the Celtics' strength was commented by the media as having been enhanced.
However, it may still be a bit difficult to compete with the Heat's Big Three.
The teams in the Eastern Conference were playing in full swing, but the teams in the Western Conference were quiet.
After all, as long as the teams in the Eastern Conference are willing to pay the price, they can hope to reach the finals.
Teams in the Western Conference have to break through the Clippers if they want to advance to the Finals, which is too difficult.
Therefore, most teams have given up the idea of strengthening their teams and plan to just hang around and see how things go.
At the same time, Zhang Zhiyuan practiced playing football under a professional football coach.
Of course he could play football before, and his level was quite good. He could be a starter in the college league.
However, there is a gap with professional players.
They are as different as mountains. Although they are both sports, their skills are very different.
However, Zhang Zhiyuan’s physical fitness is there.
With such a good foundation and good understanding, as long as he spends time practicing, it will be easy to reach the level of ordinary professional players.
With a professional level and the use of attribute chains and props, he can also be successful on the football field.
Although he has not yet switched to football so soon, he still needs to make some preparations in advance.
You can't just appear in football as soon as you retire and suddenly have super skills. This is unscientific.
Soon, the news that Zhang Zhiyuan was practicing football appeared on the front page of the news.
Good guy, this shocked basketball fans and the league. They thought he was going to retire and play football.
This kind of thing has never happened before.
Didn't Jordan switch careers to play baseball when he was at his peak?
People who are too cold at high places and have no opponents may have such strange ideas.
"No, come on, how can you play football now when you don't even dominate the league?"
"Don't be like this. It's too difficult to change careers. Jordan was quite a failure in baseball."
"The Alliance still needs you."
...
Fans in North America quickly called on Zhang Zhiyuan to continue playing basketball. League officials also hurriedly found Zhang Zhiyuan and asked Zhang Zhiyuan.
Zhiyuan's thoughts.
"I'm just playing for fun. I've been touching basketball for a fucking season and I've long been tired of it."
Zhang Zhiyuan said.
"Does casual fun require training like this?"
Xiao Hua didn't believe it. Zhang Zhiyuan's posture didn't look like he was playing at all.
It's fun to organize a confrontation between two teams. It's actually quite boring to practice dribbling, hitting the ball, and shooting like Zhang Zhiyuan.
"No matter what I play, I aspire to be the best. This is the mentality of a strong person. You don't understand. In short, I have no plans to retire for the time being, so don't worry. If I really want to retire, I will inform you in advance."
Under Zhang Zhiyuan's explanation, Xiao Hua finally felt relieved.
Even, a bold idea came to his mind.
If Zhang Zhiyuan becomes invincible in the league, you can persuade Zhang Zhiyuan to play football for a year. By then, the audience who are tired of watching Zhang Zhiyuan's invincibility will miss him.
And Zhang Zhiyuan, who failed in football, will definitely return to the NBA, just like Jordan.
Soon, the league and Zhang Zhiyuan's team announced to clarify the rumors, saying that Zhang Zhiyuan will not retire and practicing football is just a hobby and for fun.
The fans were relieved and became curious about Zhang Zhiyuan's football level.
Zhang Zhiyuan’s team then released some of Zhang Zhiyuan’s training videos, and the number of views instantly exceeded 10 million, and within a day it exceeded 100 million, and it is still rising rapidly.
In the video, Zhang Zhiyuan dribbles past people with style. He is not a professional, and you can't even tell the difference between him and professional players.
Even, at first glance, Zhang Zhiyuan's speed seems to be faster.
The shooting video is even more exciting. Zhang Zhiyuan's skills are insufficient, but his power is huge. His shots are all powerful volleys and heavy artillery bombardments, which look very explosive.
The video not only contains training, but also funny highlights.
The coach in charge of goalkeeping quickly hid aside after blocking Zhang Zhiyuan's shots several times, which meant that Zhang Zhiyuan's shots were too powerful and he could not withstand them.
There is an element of acting, but the reality is not much different. Zhang Zhiyuan's strength is really strong, and the coach is also old, so he really can't withstand such heavy bombardment.
The video and news spread to the country, and the fans became fans.
"Good guy, the power of this shot is too powerful."
"Not to mention, I played well, but I don't know how it will be in actual combat on the field."
"Brother Zhang is probably too invincible in the NBA and wants to change careers."
"It doesn't matter if I change careers. I already have a gold medal in basketball, but football also needs a champion."
"You haven't woken up yet. You expect Zhang Zhiyuan to lead the national football team to win the championship. It's useless to collect all seven dragon balls. Shenlong will cry after hearing your wish."
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Fans watched the excitement, but some businessmen sensed business opportunities.
Some Chinese Super League teams are wondering whether they can invite Zhang Zhiyuan to play a game.
Of course, they did not expect Zhang Zhiyuan to play a big role in the competition. He could just show up and join in the fun. The main purpose was to attract the audience.
Competitions involving Zhang Zhiyuan will definitely attract a lot of attention.
They are not the only ones with this vision, people in the United States have already started taking action.
The University of Los Angeles football team invited him to participate in an intercollegiate game.
Zhang Zhiyuan has no opinion on this. Just practicing skills is not enough. You still have to go to competitions to gain practical experience.
Zhang Zhiyuan agreed to the other party's invitation. Of course, it was not free.
Zhang Zhiyuan will account for the majority of the game's broadcast revenue and ticket revenue.
On August 1st, the University of Los Angeles played against the University of San Diego.
It was originally just a very ordinary campus football game, but it was unexpectedly moved to a large stadium in Los Angeles. This stadium is the home stadium of a professional club and can accommodate 60,000 people to watch the game at the same time.
On the match day, the 60,000 seats at the venue were filled with spectators, most of whom were Zhang Zhiyuan's fans.
Watching their idols play basketball every day suddenly changes their taste, and they are more excited than anyone else.
"Do you think Zhang can score a goal today?"
"It's difficult. Although the others are all college students, their skills are definitely better than Zhang's. How long has he only studied? Two months?"
"Nonsense, you can definitely score. With Zhang's physical talent, none of these college students can catch up when he runs. As long as his teammates can pass the ball
Shoot a high ball, shoot a header to grab the point, who can win it?"
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Before the game even started, the fans got into a dispute.
In the locker room, Zhang Zhiyuan was signing autographs for his teammates one by one.
These guys may not all be fans of Zhang Zhiyuan, but the ability to get Zhang Zhiyuan's autograph is something worth showing off, and you can even sell it for a little money.
"Give me the ball more and trust me."
Zhang Zhiyuan said.
"certainly."
Everyone laughed and said, of course they did not believe in Zhang Zhiyuan's strength, but the ball must still be passed. After all, this was Zhang Zhiyuan's performance.
When the players entered the stadium, the audience cheered and chanted Zhang Zhiyuan's name.
"We seem to have gained home field advantage."
Bob from the Los Angeles team laughed.
When people from the University of San Diego saw their opponents, everyone greeted them with smiles and greeted Zhang Zhiyuan, hoping to exchange jerseys with Zhang Zhiyuan after the game and get an autograph.
This is the influence of a superstar. Even if he goes to other industries, he can still have a group of fake fans.
The whistle blows and the game begins.
Zhang Zhiyuan plays as a forward, and he links his attribute chain to the opponent's strongest forward and the defender who is marking him.
At the same time, he also purchased a football skill, heavy artillery, in the system store.
[Heavy artillery; increases the host’s kick power by 30% and accuracy by 10%.]
Bob kicked the ball and kicked it to Zhang Zhiyuan.
Then Zhang Zhiyuan made a move that stunned the fans. He didn't even take the ball, but ran directly to catch up with the football and fired a powerful volley.
Good guy, this is at least 50 meters away from the goal.
Many viewers started laughing. Sometimes it's fun to watch idols being embarrassed.
However, a scene that stunned them immediately appeared. The football flew directly into the goal, and the referee forgot to raise the flag immediately to indicate that the goal was valid.
"It counts as a goal. It's not a foul."
Zhang Zhiyuan asked. He didn't fully memorize the detailed rules, but he still knew the basic rules. There was no violation of the ball.
The referee raised the flag and the goal was valid.
The players from both universities looked at him dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.
"Oh sell cake, oh sell cake, oh buy cake, what happened, what happened, I can't believe it, Zhang directly scored a goal with a long shot, and he scored in the first 20 seconds. Come on, this is football
, this is football, this is not a basketball game, it is too unreasonable to score a goal so quickly, a foul should be called..."
Football commentators are more passionate than basketball commentators, and even a few slices of watermelon frost can't cure it with such a voice.
The most excited people should be Zhang Zhiyuan's fans. They couldn't have imagined that Zhang Zhiyuan's shooting was so powerful.
On the court, San Diego's Richard shouted: "Be careful, be careful, he can kick, he can kick."
The game continued, the San Diego players kicked off, the ball came to Richard's feet, Zhang Zhiyuan went over to press for it.
As soon as the two collided, the good guy Richard rolled directly on the grass.
Although all American college students look like strong adult men, they are far behind professional players like Zhang Zhiyuan.
His usual opponents are people like LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Anthony, but now he is facing an ordinary college student.
To be honest, Zhang Zhiyuan felt embarrassed after knocking someone down. He didn't take the opportunity to counterattack with the ball, but took the initiative to pull the opponent up.
"Sorry, I forgot that I was too strong."
Zhang Zhiyuan said that Richard wanted to cry but had no tears.
Then Zhang Zhiyuan took the ball to attack, and Richard chased after him to steal it.
Then he tragically discovered that he was not only lacking in strength, but also in speed.
Fortunately, there was still someone on the San Diego defense, and Perrus rushed over to tackle the ball.
Zhang Zhiyuan's experience in handling tackles is quite limited, but he reacts quickly.
The professional player's reaction was to instinctively jump to avoid Perouse's tackle and continue to catch up with the football after landing.
The movement seemed a bit staggering, but he still completed the shot.
The football flew toward the fans. Goalkeeper Kante's hole widened and he was extremely nervous.
He judged the trajectory of the football, jumped directly to the left, and touched the football with his palm.
The saving action was perfect, but it was useless. The force on the football was too great. Kanter fell directly into the goal and the football flew in.
The ball was scored, effective, 2-0.
With this score, those who didn't know it thought the two sides were playing basketball.
When playing basketball, both sides might not score for three minutes, but they were better off, conceding two goals in three minutes.
"Oh, selling cakes, talent is crushing. These college students are like children in front of Zhang. This is an unfair duel. Zhang should go to the professional arena, he has the strength."
The commentator commented.
Although Zhang Zhiyuan's technique seems to be very rough, his physical advantage is so obvious that he can completely crush these college students.
What's even more valuable is that Zhang Zhiyuan also has good shooting skills.
Although the angle is not tricky enough, it is powerful enough.
Taken together, he is fully capable of playing in low-level professional competitions.
"Shet, how can he play so well?"
"It's over. If he finds out that he is so good at football, will he switch to football?"
"Shut your crow mouth, this is impossible."
When Zhang Zhiyuan entered the first round, his basketball fans were surprised.
But after entering the second round, many fans became a little worried.
What if Zhang Zhiyuan discovered his talent and changed his mind to play football? Then wouldn’t he be unable to see Zhang Zhiyuan’s basketball games in the future?
On the court, Zhang Zhiyuan was still celebrating with his teammates.
Zhang Zhiyuan did not go to the sidelines to kneel down and skate. After all, the opponent was just a campus team, and it seemed that he was too excited to be a loser.
He was far less excited than Bob and the others.
Bob and the others originally thought they were going to lose this game. After all, they wanted to give Zhang Zhiyuan a chance to perform.
Who would have thought that Zhang Zhiyuan would be so strong? He scored two goals in one go at the beginning.
In football, that's pretty much game-killing.
As for the San Diego team members, everyone was on the verge of tears.
Although it feels good to compete with big stars on the same stage, you can't lose too badly.
After being kicked twice by an amateur in a row, the players of the University of San Diego were disgraced.
