This season's All-Star Game is held in New York, and is held in two arenas in New York. Madison Square Garden, the home of the Knicks, hosts the All-Star Game, while the Barclays Center, the home of the Basketball Team, hosts the Rookie Challenge.
Contests, slam dunk contests and other related activities.
Wen Hao and the team arrived at the hotel in New York. After the other Rockets players arrived, they began to go out together. New York is a very prosperous city, and they basically only come here twice a year. It is rare to have the opportunity to come here now,
Naturally, I want to have a good time.
Jeremy Lin and Dayao also went out together, but when they saw that Wen Hao had no intention of going out, they asked: "Wen Hao, don't you go and have fun?"
"Oh, I'm not going, I'm going to train." Wen Hao said.
Jeremy Lin and Dayao looked at each other, and Dayao said: "Wenhao, training hard is a good thing, but we have to be relaxed and relaxed. Tighten when it should be tight, loosen when it should be loosen, otherwise your body will not be able to bear it. Now.
It’s the All-Star Weekend, and everyone is here to rest and have fun. It’s the All-Star Weekend to restore physical fitness and prepare for the second half of the sprint. So you should also take a rest.”
Dayao used to be one of the hardest-working people in the league, but sometimes working too hard may not necessarily result in victory, but may result in injuries. The amount of training is too large, and the body cannot bear such a load.
Examples of forcing oneself to become useless through training are not unheard of before. Dayao, who has experienced several injuries, understands this point best.
Jeremy Lin also advised Wen Hao: "Wen Hao, we have been spending time in intense training and endless competitions. It is rare that we can relax for a few days, so let's have some fun with everyone."
"No." Wen Hao shook his head and said, "I really have to train. With my physical fitness, if I continue to be lazy, I'm afraid I will be eliminated."
In fact, this is what Wen Hao thinks. He has the heart of a point guard, and no matter how hard he practices, he can't become useless.
Dayao and Jeremy Lin saw that persuading Wen Hao to no avail, so they had to give up. But before leaving, Dayao still said to Wen Hao: "Okay, if you want to train, I can't stop you, but you can take it easy during training. With you yesterday
Your performance, we will rely on you to a large extent in the second half of the season, so don’t injure yourself."
"Don't worry, I'm measured." Wen Hao waved to Dayao and Jeremy Lin and walked out.
Within twenty minutes of taking a taxi, they arrived in Brooklyn. The Barclays Center, home of the basketball team, was right in front of them. This is a quite luxurious arena with a total cost of more than 1 billion US dollars. It is the first building in the world that cost more than 1 billion US dollars to build.
A billion dollar arena.
As we all know, New York has Madison Square Garden, the "Mecca" of basketball. As for the Basketball Barclays Center, the basketball coach said that he will become the "Taj Mahal". This shows how luxurious the Barclays Center is.
In terms of appearance, the Barclays Center is completely different from the square and square Izod Center. The oval roof, streamlined body, and dark brown and beige tones make the entire arena look noble and elegant, as one.
A covered "bird's nest".
It is said that the box inside the arena is designed according to the specifications of a three-star hotel. Under the soft yellow light, the entire box looks full of luxury. An oversized LCD TV is hung in the front, and fruits and iced champagne are placed on one side. In front of the TV
There are two leather sofas and kitchen utensils opposite the TV.
The luxury of the Basketball Arena can be seen just from the design of this box.
Wen Hao came to the entrance of the arena. Needless to say, the staff recognized him as a Rockets player who was about to participate in the skills challenge. The staff enthusiastically guided Wen Hao to the training hall and said, "If you need anything,
, feel free to contact our staff at any time.”
"Thank you." Wen Hao replied politely, and just as he was about to start training, the staff member said to Wen Hao: "Well, can you sign your name for me?"
Wen Hao was stunned, turned back to look at the staff member, and said, "But aren't you a basketball staff member? You should be a basketball fan."
"Yes, of course I am a basketball fan, and a hardcore basketball fan. If you ask me which team I like, there is no doubt that it is the Basketball Team. Except for the Basketball Team, all other teams are scum. But this does not hinder
I like individuals from other teams, such as you. Personally, I like players like you, who are down-to-earth, hard-working, and can always bring people unexpected miracles. By the way, your three-pointers yesterday were too good.
So handsome." The staff member was chattering a bit.
"So that's it." Wen Hao understood, immediately took the pen, and wrote his Chinese name on the staff member's clothes.
The staff member then left excitedly.
Wen Hao started his own training, but he did not practice the content of the upcoming skills challenge. In fact, there is no need to practice. The skills challenge tests basic skills, and the tasks given by the system are all exercises for basic skills, so
He just needs to do the tasks given by the system, and when the time comes for the skills challenge, he can do whatever he likes. He doesn't take this too seriously.
Although Wen Hao is coming to the All-Stars for the first time, it stands to reason that the freshness and curiosity should be quite high. But Wen Hao has thought that what he values most now is the championship. The so-called players who don’t want to win the championship are not good players, Wen Hao
That's what Hao thought.
Many NBA seniors have countless honors and are surrounded by halo, but so what? Without a championship, it is all in vain. When they retire, they still regret for a championship ring, and this will be their lifelong
It's a pity. Wenhao, who has seen through this, has set his goal to win the championship since joining the Rockets. The current Rockets are very close to this goal. If he doesn't work hard and misses this opportunity, he may never win again in the future.
There will be no such opportunity.
As for other titles such as MVP and scoring champion, they are secondary.
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In the next few days, Wen Hao's life consisted of sleeping, eating, training, sleeping, eating, and training again. His self-abuse training made the Rockets players feel horrified. This way, one or two days is fine, every day.
Who can bear it? And this is during the All-Star period. Everyone is here to relax, and no one says they are here specially for training. This is too scary.
For this reason, McHale also specially talked to Wen Hao. On the third day, which was the night before the start of the Rookie Challenge, McHale came to Wen Hao's room and saw that Wen Hao was not resting.
While analyzing the game video, he praised and said: "Wen, we all know that hard work is a good thing. You are almost the hardest working player I have ever seen, which is very good. But you can't train desperately."
"Coach, I know this." Wen Hao replied.
"Now that I know why you still train like that day and night? The physical coach has told me that you haven't listened to him several times, Wen, this won't work. We need you to stay healthy, and the Rockets need you to stay healthy.
I used to be a little biased against you, but in the last few games, you have completely conquered me. You let me know that we can't live without you in the second half of the game, or even in the playoffs." McHale said somewhat.
The meaning of sincerity.
Wen Hao couldn't adapt to it for a while. In the past, the coach always looked at him with colored glasses, and he was also a little dissatisfied with the coach. Unexpectedly, after a few games, the coach actually started to talk to him. This change was too fast.
Bar.
"You should also know, didn't Roy train so hard before that he was useless?" The coach talked about Roy again.
Wen Hao nodded: "I know, but coach, I am different from him. Don't worry, I know my body's endurance. My training volume must be within the endurance."
"That's good, I hope you stay healthy before the playoffs, for the sake of our championship." McHale's eyes became a little deeper.
"I know, as coach you said, even if it is for the championship, I will definitely stay healthy." Wen Hao replied. His view of McHale had changed somewhat.
However, Wen Hao will continue to train when he should. He is different from Roy. He has the heart of a point guard. After each training, he only needs to rest for a few hours and sleep, and he will feel refreshed the next day.
, as if he has never been trained. So he is not afraid of being useless.
After training that day, Wen Hao returned to the hotel. There were already several text messages on his phone, all sent by Elena.
"Wen Hao, pay attention to your health, don't be too tired..."
"Wen Hao, did you have fun in New York?"
"Wen Hao, in two days there will be a skills challenge. I wish you the best."
When Wen Hao saw these text messages, a warm current surged in his heart. Since he came to the NBA, this was the first time that a friend with a different surname cared about him so much.
Of course, Wen Hao also knows what Elena is thinking, but he is currently busy training and competing for the championship goal, and has no time to respond to Elena. From this point of view, Wen Hao feels a little sorry for Elena
Na. Besides, Wen Hao never thought that he would find a foreign wife. Although foreign girls are passionate and unrestrained, deep down, he still likes the reservedness of Chinese girls. This may be due to culture.
Thinking of this, Wen Hao simply did not reply to these text messages, but dialed his mother's mobile phone. It has been half a month since he called home. There is no competition now, and it happens to be the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the Chinese lunar calendar. It is time to call.
Already.
At this time, in a rural area in Shaanxi, China, Wen Hao's hometown was already covered with snow, and the world was a silvery white.
Wen's father and Wen's mother were eating dumplings around the stove.
Mother Wen sighed: "There are only two of us at home. The dumplings we made on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year are now fifteen and we haven't finished them yet. If Hao Wa is here..."
"Don't talk nonsense, didn't Hao Wa say he would come back this summer?" Father Wen said.
Mother Wen sighed again and was about to say something else. Suddenly, the phone rang. Mother Wen hurriedly put down the bowl and chopsticks, took the phone and said, "Could it be Hao Wa?"
