Among the many rookies, one big man is very eye-catching, and that is Howard, who is valued by Edison.
Although Howard still has the sunny smile of a big boy, his huge body is extremely manly. Howard's physical condition is really amazing, with broad shoulders and a broad back, which is an arm wider than the equally popular Okafor.
.Stretching both sides of the shoulders are the bulging tiger head muscles. When the arms are drooped, the triceps clap solidly, full of a sense of strength. When the arms are raised, the biceps look like two
It stood up like an orange, making people want to pinch it hard to see if it was real. Edison looked at it and sighed in his heart, "It's in the wrong place, otherwise it would be 34d."
Although Howard's upper body looks very majestic, his legs are relatively slender. Of course, this is just based on the proportions of his body.
Many people have summarized the physical characteristics of the three subsequent centers, O'Neal, Yao Ming and Howard. Yao Ming is "A" type. Yao Ming has elephant legs. His lower limbs are very strong. Combined with his height and weight, there are almost no other players in the league.
People were so crowded that they could carry him, so it was the consensus of the league to defend Yao Ming later on by going forward. However, Yao Ming's upper body strength was insufficient and he could not hold the ball with both hands, so he was often forcibly taken away. Howard, on the other hand, was just the opposite.
He has a "T" shape, with amazing upper body strength, super aerial ability, and strong arms. He can't even shoot the ball away when he holds it, but his lower body strength is not enough. Whether he is trying to gain a position by himself, or when defending, he can't hit someone.
He has the advantage, and many centers can compete with him. But he moves very fast, he is very fast in covering and assisting defense, he can jump high, and his shot-blocking ability is amazing. And O'Neal is a combination of the two of them.
, "O" shape. His upper body strength is amazing, he has smashed the backboard, and his lower body strength is also at the level of an animal. If he relies on fighting, except for a few people, no one else can stop him. The only problem is that his figure is really
Like "o", he was too fat, especially in the later stages of his career, and being fat had a great impact on him.
Edison looked at Howard and knew that it was this 19-year-old boy with marble-like muscles who later took over the scepter of the center era, dominated the league's interior, and became the only fig leaf for the term center around 2010.
Of course, Howard is only 206cm now, and he is also a power forward. He later grew to 211cm. But this does not affect his visual impact in front of other players. Compared with the 213cm white center Robert Swift next to him,
(This person was later selected by the Sonics with the 12th pick) He was a whole lot wider. At that time, Howard's body had not fully grown and his muscles were still in the development stage. This size was largely due to his wide chest.
Skeleton structure.
In fact, for the inside line, height is as important as width. Height is easy to understand, but width is also an important factor. This width includes two aspects, shoulder width and hip width. Let me give you two examples, Postman Malone and Sir Barkley.
, these two people are not very tall. Malone is 206cm and Barkley is barely 2 meters tall with shoes on. However, they are the top insiders in the NBA. It can be said that they are among the top ten in the history of power forwards.
Lord. A very important thing they have in common in their success is their width. Malone’s shoulders are wide, while Barkley’s hips are wide.
In addition to his "iron elbows", Malone's walking league relies on his amazing shoulder width and muscles. The diameter of Malone's arms is larger than some people's heads. When he and Stockton are doing pick-and-rolls, where does he stop?
, in fact, there is no need to stretch out your arms to block people, you can directly block them with one shoulder. The same is true when defending against people. When someone attacks in a low position, he turns half a circle to the baseline with his shoulder as the axis and finds that he is already on the ground.
It's behind the backboard, and there's no shooting angle. When attacking, he bumps into it with a shoulder. He doesn't care whether the opponent is 2.1 meters or 2.2 meters. Even if the opponent is 2.3 meters, he still breaks a bloody path. It's different from Malone's shoulder width.
, Barkley has an astonishingly big butt, and of course his shoulders are also very wide, but it is not enough to look at in front of his shocking butt. When attacking, Barkley holds the ball with his back, and then his butt
Sit on the defensive player, and then dribble the ball and lean back little by little. Because the butt is exaggerated, the defensive player cannot reach the ball at all and is stuck by the butt. However, Barkley has the strength to lean back against you and his butt is completely
Pressing on your thighs. This position makes the defender uncomfortable. His legs can't use any strength at all. Most people will soon be unable to hold on and can only choose to retreat. Then Barkley continues to lean back and repeat again and again.
, until he got to the basket, turned around for a layup or a dunk. This move was unsolvable in the league at that time, and it was even more unsolvable than Jordan. Jordan could also be strangled by the Pistons' bad team in turns, giving him a hard time.
There is nothing you can do, but Buckley's move determines that you can be one-on-one with him, and no one else can interfere. But this scene is very unsightly. In fact, the audience quickly reflected that they did not want to spend a lot of money to buy it.
After entering the game, I found out that I was watching a person keep pushing his butt behind him like a pig, and then scored. This was too ugly. So the league made a new rule that it is illegal to hold the ball behind the back for 5 seconds.
It was a restriction on Barkley. You have to know that the league specifically required the league to formulate rules to restrict one player. What an achievement it was, and this was in the late 1980s when basketball was already highly developed. Except for those ancient gods like Chamberlain, the league later required the league to formulate and modify
It can be said that there are only a handful of people who follow the rules, and even some of the modifications are not to restrict but to support, such as James's King Jump and Shark Chopping, which are all to support the players. Barkley is also unfavorable in defense, and the players
As soon as Barkley turned around, Barkley arched his butt and walked away from you, and the opponent immediately lost his balance. The key is that Barkley does not twist his waist when doing this arching action (maybe he twists, but you don't know which is the waist)
, the referee cannot see big movements and is highly concealed, but the same cannot be said for offensive players. The position of Barkley's arch is exactly around the waist and butt of the offensive player. Anyone who loses balance at the waist cannot maintain his upper body.
With such stability, everyone can imagine how miserable the shooting results were...
Of course, there are also narrow-shouldered insiders like Garnett and Bosh, but most of the famous insiders have wide shoulders. Especially centers. If you look at all the great centers, none of them have narrow shoulders. They all have wide shoulders.
He has a broad back and a strong back. This is also the reason why Howard was able to dominate the league's inside line even though he was not outstanding in height. In addition to his amazing jumping, he also has extraordinary shoulder width.
"Hi, how are you doing?" Howard greeted everyone with a smile on his face, and high-fived his teammates after every goal. Although his figure was full of oppression, Warcraft was actually a gentle young man and an optimistic person.
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When Warcraft first entered the league, all commentators and experts compared his character with Duncan, but Edison knew that this was not the case. Tim Duncan is an expert in dry humor, a master of psychology, and has amazing self-control.
He never mixes any emotions when dealing with games, nor does he act silly or cute, nor does he smile, so he is called the "Stone Buddha". But Warcraft is an energetic young man. His innocence and optimism come from the heart, and he is not overbearing or rebellious.
On the other hand, even if he later fell out with the team and had to transfer, it would feel like a child's quarrel. Comparing the departures of Howard and James, James was ruthless, while Howard felt more willful. He is really similar to Duncan.
It's Roy and Durant, but these two are just kids now. But the reason for this misunderstanding may be due to pressure or inability to adapt to the new environment. Howard did have a close relationship with Duncan in the first two years after he entered the league.
For example, although I was a happy person in private, I didn’t know how to smile during the game, and I kept a straight face during press conferences. It wasn’t until I became famous later that I opened up and showed my childish side, and only did some show-off scenes such as Superman’s dunk.
Appears frequently.
Of course, Howard is now following the instructions of the staff and playing three-on-three half-court games with other rookies.
Just as Edison was lamenting the amazing talent of Warcraft, the new team member Doctor Carter came over.
"You are right. Okafor's back injury is indeed a hidden danger that is difficult to solve. Even if the operation is successful, there is a high possibility of recurrence."
"So, we can give up on him completely." Edison said in a tone that he had expected.
"You can really give up."
Then we continued to watch the three-on-three matchup. The two teams wore blue and yellow single-color vests. Howard, Al Jefferson, and Shaun Livingston were in a group, while Robert Swift, Okafor and
Ben Gordon's group.
Rookies who come to Orlando all know that the most important person in the game is the handsome white man on the sidelines - Paul Edison. The choice of the future No. 1 pick is in his hands, although Okafor and Livingston are the favorites.
, but if I beat you up in front of Edison, leave a good impression on him, and let him know how powerful I am and what I am capable of, then I may not be able to get the No. 1 pick.
Encouraged by this idea, the six players tried their best to show their abilities. The confrontation was really hard-hitting, and they did not relax or give in an inch. The friction of sneakers was immediately heard on the court.
A harsh sound from the ground.
NBA is full of commercial factors. The most intuitive example is that the NBA once issued an official introduction, which just said that it was a large-scale commercial promotion display platform, and did not even mention the word basketball. Therefore, various sponsorships occupied the
Every corner is a showcase for major sponsors, and the most important thing for players is sneaker sponsorship.
Proud players like Howard, Livingston, Okafor, and Ben Gordon, future potential superstars, had sponsors approaching them early before the draft. Adidas signed Howard and Livingston, and Okafor
and Ben Gordon were acquired by Nike. Although no one has designed sneakers for them or launched a series of products, their names are now printed on the sneakers under their feet. As for Jefferson and Swift,
Because there are no sponsors who are optimistic about them, they have to buy sneakers based on their own preferences and financial strength. But youth is fair to everyone. These children have become millionaires in a few years, but the reality is not
There is always a gap between people, and only the strong can reach the top. As of 2012, Howard has withdrawn from three models of his own boots, while Okafor, Ben Gordon and others have annihilated others.
Under the halo of superstars, they have never become the number one sponsor, but they are still good, at least there are still people sponsoring them. Livingston, on the other hand, left the game early due to injury, and said goodbye to the sneaker sponsor completely.