In the beginning of the NBA, O'Neal was drawn in his old age Chapter 299 The sky has cleared up, the rain has stopped, and Xiaozhuang feels that he can do it again
Chapter 299 The sky has cleared up, the rain has stopped, and Xiaozhuang feels that he can do it again
Trail Blazers:
Point Guard: Damian Lillard
Shooting Guard: Wes Matthews
Small Forward: Nicolas Batum
Power Forward: Kevin Garnett
Center: Wang Zelin
Garnett played in this game because Adridge suffered a minor injury during training and was on the bench.
This is consistent with the norm in his career, with major injuries rare and minor injuries constant.
However, with Garnett's physical reserves at this time, he won't be able to play for long. It is estimated that Wang Zelin will take turns to change partners.
This made many Chinese fans watching the game once again look forward to the scene of Wang Zelin and Yi Jianlian playing at the same time.
I went to New York to play the Knicks two days ago, and the two had the opportunity to be on the court at the same time. However, in that game, Wang Zelin was busy attacking and the ball was highly concentrated, and there was no scene of wonderful cooperation between the two.
I hope I can grasp this one!
Pistons:
Point Guard: Brandon Jennings
Shooting Guard: Chauncey Billups
Small Forward: Josh Smith
Power Forward: Greg Monroe
Center: Andre Drummond
Head Coach: Michael Curry
The opponent's head coach's name is a bit bluffing...
Beep beep beep~
The game is about to begin.
Wang Zelin concentrated on winning the jump ball and returned the ball to the Trail Blazers half.
As soon as the ball was caught, the fans at the scene began to loudly blow the charge chant, and the overwhelming shouts of attack showed the youthful vitality of the Portland Trail Blazers team.
Lillard advanced quickly, took advantage of the Pistons not setting up a defensive formation, broke through directly to the basket, and shot for a layup.
"Whoosh!"
2:0.
The Trail Blazers scored first.
Pistons offense.
In this game, the Pistons' back line seems to be playing a double organization, but anyone who has watched the previous games knows that Billups plays more for emotion.
This veteran's strength has long been gone and there is not much left. He is given up in a few games to highlight the Pistons team's respect for his contribution back then.
Sure enough, Billups advanced to the frontcourt, passed the ball to Jennings, and consciously squatted in the bottom corner.
Jennings is a typical pick-and-roll point guard with average independent breakthrough ability. After all, his body is there.
Using the cover of Greg Monroe, he broke through to attract defense help and distributed the ball to Josh Smith outside the three-point line.
However, the ball was a bit fast. Josh Smith caught the ball in a hurry and accidentally stepped on the sideline with his foot.
A false start.
"This was a coordination error among the Pistons players."
In front of the court camera, Yang Jianjie said: "This is inevitable. After all, the Pistons have made considerable adjustments to their lineup during the offseason. There is a lack of tacit understanding between the players and it takes time to get used to it."
Ma Jian on the side nodded silently.
Trail Blazers offense.
The Pistons retreated quickly this time, and Lillard saw no opportunity to take advantage of it, so he could only stay in position and slowly organize the attack.
Under the basket, Wang Zelin reached a familiar position, and Andre Drummond faced him.
It's strange to say that there are always many fans in later generations who say that Andre Drummond's help data is just a brush, but in fact it is very bad.
This kind of person must have had a diaphragm shot on his forehead.
When Andre Drummond first entered the league, he showed superb defensive skills. Coupled with his abnormal wingspan and excellent athletic ability, this guy is very likely to become one of the best defenders in the NBA in the next few years.
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In this regard, the Trail Blazers No. 36, who debuted in the same draft as him, has a deep understanding of this.
As for why Andre Drummond's defensive potential was not converted into strength later, Wang Zelin thought about it again and again and could only come to one conclusion:
Environment affects life!
If you stay on a bad team for too long, your best talent will be wasted.
"king!"
At this time, there was a sound of urn and urn coming from behind.
Looking back, Andre Drummond said: "In a moment, I will let you see the results of my hard work over the summer. Get ready to face the challenge."
"???"
Wang Zelin's mind was filled with questions.
What do you mean?
There is also the result of a summer of hard training. Is it possible that you have become better at attacking?
Stop making trouble, this joke is too cold.
Originating from the deep-rooted influence of later generations' memories, in Wang Zelin's impression, Andre Drummond has always been a rough guy. His defense is always trustworthy, and his offense... is also always trustworthy.
After taking two steps under the basket, Wang Zelin suddenly leaned against the body that was so close to him, wrapped his arms around him, and locked him tightly behind him.
At this time, Lillard's pass came over.
Imperial Sports Channel.
"Wang Zelin asked for the ball, and Milad passed the ball to him. Wang Zelin turned on the spot and changed to face the basket. Is he preparing to face the basket for singles?" Yang Jiandao: "Director Ma,
What do you think the chances of winning this ball are?"
Ma Jian did not hesitate and said: "It's hard to say. Although Zelin performed well in the first two games, even quite outstanding, the defense of the opposing players was relatively average, so I..."
"Hey, wait a minute," Yang Jian stopped hastily and said in surprise: "I have no objection to the Suns and Knicks, but according to your opinion, the defense of Dwight Howard and Joakim Noah is very poor!"
"That's right!" Ma Jian said matter-of-factly, and then explained: "Don't forget, the rookie Zelin has made wild moves on Howard more than once. According to the data, he has always played well against Howard.
Very good, similar to Yao Yao at that time, a bit restrained from Howard..."
Seeing that Yang Jian nodded cooperatively, Ma Jian continued: "What else is there for Joakim Noah? That's even more nonsense! With his physique and defense, wouldn't it be in vain when facing Zelin? What if I
Back then, with Zelin's physique, not to mention Joakim Noah, I was one of the four major centers... ahem, you know what I mean!"
"..."
Yang Jian was completely stunned.
As if unwilling, Yang Jian smiled and said: "Director Ma, I think Howard's defense is not as bad as you said. After all, he is recognized as the number one center in active service!"
"Who recognized it?"
Ma Jian threw the manuscript in his hand, squinting his eyes and smiling crookedly.
"you……"
Yang Jian felt that he needed to be quiet.
"Don't believe me. You've never played football before. I'm a soldier. How can I lie to you as a football player?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Ma Jian’s sudden cadence stunned everyone in the live broadcast room.
No, Director Ma, why are you so excited all of a sudden?
It looked so frightening that our Brother Yang didn’t even dare to answer the phone.
Yang Jian was stunned for a while, and when he came to his senses, he became a little angry: Do you really think that I am a good-tempered person?
He immediately retorted: "You..."
Gradually, a large number of fans watching the game were attracted by the debate in the live broadcast room, and subconsciously drew their attention away from the game.
Within the venue.
Seeing Andre Drummond being stuck, Greg Monroe in the low post on the left wing immediately came over to help defend.
Greg Monroe does not have the superb foresight of his coach. He only knows that neither Howard nor Wang Zelin can hold down Wang Zelin in the opening game. No matter how talented Andre Drummond is, he is still far away from Howard's DPOY level defense.
Not a small difference.
Wang Zelin hit Andre Drummond behind him hard, then immediately turned around and took a big jump step, suddenly rose up, held the ball with both hands, and smashed the basket with all his strength.
Andre Drummond was already prepared to be knocked away. After all, when he faced Wang Zelin last season, the latter's terrifying power left a deep impression on him.
But this time, he felt that Wang Zelin's power was within his endurance.
There was no time to think about it. Andre Drummond, who has excellent athletic ability, jumped from the side in time to block the shot.
"Snapped!"
He slapped Wang Zelin where his wrist was close to the basketball.
"Bang!"
The next moment, Wang Zelin hung his hands on the rim, but the basketball was raised high.
Deduction!
Beep~~~
The whistle sounded.
The referee signaled that Pistons player No. 0 committed a defensive foul, and Trail Blazers No. 36 made two extra free throws.
After landing, the two looked at each other, one with shock in his eyes, and the other with ecstatic expression on his face.
"I almost got covered!"
The shocked person was, of course, Wang Zelin.
He somewhat underestimated Zhuang Shen's defensive ability and huge potential on the defensive end in the future. More importantly, he underestimated his own endurance.
Wang Zelin put his hands on his hips and felt a burst of pain in his waist. He felt a little annoyed in his heart: Damn it! There have been too many ridiculous things done recently, and even the donkeys of the production team can't stand it!
He suddenly thought about the degenerate behavior of many NBA stars after being addicted to lavish entertainment, drinking and beauties, and he instantly felt horrified.
Since when did I become like this?
"Boy, go and shoot the free throw."
Garnett urged, curious in his heart: He didn't even know what the occasion was, but he was actually in a daze.
"Oh, right away!"
Wang Zelin quickly stepped to the free throw line.
What fans didn't expect was that Wang Zelin, who has always been known for his steady free throws, unexpectedly missed both free throws.
"Well, Wang Zelin missed all the extra free throws. The last time he missed all two free throws in the last hand, it goes back to the last time."
Yang Jian said in surprise.
"..."
This time it's Ma Jian's turn and his brain can't turn around. What are you talking about?
Maybe he was mad at what he said before.
That’s a huge sin!
Ignore the two dramatic commentators and return to the playing field.
Pistons offense.
Andre Drummond is in the low post on the right wing, Josh Smith is on the right wing at 45 degrees, and Jennings is on the top of the arc. This is the strong side.
On the left wing of the weak side, Greg Monroe has moved to the high left wing position, where he can both pick and roll and support.
In college, Greg Monroe was known as the best passing big man in the 2010 draft.
Pseudo-Billups waits for an opportunity at the three-point line in the left corner.
Wang Zelin will definitely not put too much energy on Dre Drummond. He knows that in 2020, he is still a physical man with limited offensive methods.
Indiscriminate left and right hooks at the basket, fairly stable throws, and occasional breakthroughs after struggling. Of course, the most sharp thing is his secondary offensive ability.
After struggling to grab an offensive rebound, the scene of three or five people hanging on his body and dunking in made Andre Drumone a frequent visitor to the top five goals from time to time.
And his fatal weakness is ~ no basket!
Not only did his free throw shooting rate once drop to 35.5%, but his long-range shooting range was never close to him.
It is commendable that Drummond is not the kind of person who cares too much about face, he cares more about how to improve his strength.
In order to improve his free throw shooting, he specifically learned the free throw shooting posture of Rick Barry holding a urinal. In just one summer, Drummond's free throw shooting percentage suddenly rose to 61.2%, and has remained at around 60% in the following seasons.
In this regard, many people still made fun of Shaquille O'Neal, who had retired for many years. O'Neal was very cooperative and decisively stated in interviews that he would not do this even if he was killed.
This joke was left behind at that time.
Wang Zelin didn't notice that Andre Drummond next to him was full of energy that was even more explosive.
Before Jennings started directing traffic, he saw Billups making a beautiful move in the bottom corner. He successfully opened up space and stretched out his hand eagerly towards him at a 45-degree angle.
Jennings quickly gave the ball over.
The origin of Billups' nickname "Mr. Clutch" is inseparable from that heart-wrenching three-pointer.
Aldridge dived out to cover the defense without hesitation, and a regretful expression flashed across Billups' face. He hit the ground and handed the ball to Greg Monroe in the high post.
Greg Monroe also has a mid-range shot. Although it is unstable, it does not mean that he can take it easily.
Wang Delin took two big steps forward at full speed. In this position, he could ensure that he interfered with Greg's shot and could also take care of returning to defense.
At the same time, Greg Monroe caught the ball, immediately turned from his back to the side, pressed his left arm against Wang Zelin, grabbed the ball with his right hand and raised it, making a skyhook gesture.
Of course, he doesn't have the ability to skyhook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He does this just to pass the ball better.
Greg Monroe raised his right arm with one hand and the ball turned to the short corner on the right.
The moment he let go, Wang Zelin turned around and headed straight for the penalty area, already calculating in his mind: Andre Drummond would definitely attack the frame after receiving the ball, and that was his comfort zone.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Whoops!"
Andre Drummond raised his hand and scored a two-pointer, hitting the ball directly.
Tied 2:2.
When returning to defense, he glanced at Wang Zelin specifically.
See? I am different and I can vote!
Hit it on the first shot.
However, Wang Zelin didn't look at him at all and went to pick up the ball from the basket.
It's okay, no matter what, as long as I can score more points than him in this game, it will prove that I am no worse than him.
Andre Drummond thus started a rivalry that only he knew.
No one knew that a piece of data suddenly appeared in Wang Zelin's mind:
"Player: Andre Drummond
Team:Detroit Pistons
Position: Center
…
Hidden attributes of the body
Lower body strength:90
Upper body strength:87
Speed:72
Explosive power:75
…
Offensive ability
Layups: 82 Mid-range shots: 58
Long shot: 41 Dunk: 84
Passes: 66
defensive ability
External defense: 60 Internal defense: 74
Rebounds: 91 Blocks: 75
Steals:74
Overall score:77
Evaluation: Future All-Star with defensive potential to compete for DOPY.”
After using the system to check Andre Drummond's data capabilities in his mind, Wang Zelin knew this time that the challenges the other party mentioned before were not inexplicable, but were truly supported by capital.
I remember last season, when the Trail Blazers lost a game to the Pistons during their eighth consecutive away trip in the Eastern Conference, Andre Drummond's mid-range shooting ability evaluation was only 44, and his long-range shooting ability evaluation was only 28.
It is equivalent to no offensive threat if you leave the three-second zone.
As a result, it only took one season and one summer, and both shooting scores increased by more than ten points.
According to the system's rating of players' individual ability values, take shooting ability as an example:
99～90: Sharpshooter
89～80: Top shooter
79～70: Elite pitcher
69～60:Stable pitcher
59～50: Open shooter
49～25: Ability is too low and has little reference value in the NBA.
What Wang Zelin envies most is Andre Drummond's rebounding ability of 91, which is an evaluation of the ability of the historical rebounding leader.
Sure enough, some people are born lucky, and God chases them and feeds them.
In terms of rebounding talent and potential, Andre Drummond can definitely be regarded as one of the top few in NBA history...
What?
You said I was 13!
Oh...that's okay.
But for some reason, Wang Zelin always feels that Andre Drummond's early evolution is closely related to him.
No, even the response ability that was supposed to be developed only after the 2017-2018 season now feels like it has come into being.
He has a passing ability of 66. If he hadn’t picked up Chris Webber’s ability, I don’t know how long his passing ability would have lingered in the 60-69 stage.
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The first quarter of the game is over.
The outside world thought that the Trail Blazers, who should have shown a crushing force to beat the Pistons, performed mediocre, 19:22, even 3 points behind the Pistons.
Wang Zelin, who was in hot form at the start of the game, lost his bloodthirsty and brutality today. He only scored 3 points and 3 rebounds in the first quarter. It should be the first time that he scored so few points in the first quarter since the start of the game.
Trail Blazers fans are not used to eating non-vegetarian food and occasionally switching to vegetarian food.
During the rest period.
Whether they were teammates or coaches, everyone noticed that Wang Zelin's competitive state was not quite right. He failed to hit the basket even once, and the 3 points he scored were still 3 of 5 from the free throw line.
"Wang, what's wrong with you today? On the court, you just sit and run around like a tool in a boring way, attacking the opposite penalty area with all your might!"
Coach Terry said dissatisfied.
Another highlight today is the battle between the two best centers among the 12th draft class.
In fact, as early as the end of last season, the focus of the media was no longer on Wang Zelin's competition with players of his generation.
He's so fucking awesome!
Therefore, this season the media has compared Wang Zelin with the top players in the league.
Also in his second year, Andre Drummond is no longer worthy of Wang Zelin's consideration.
However, in reality, we still have to proceed from reality and seek truth from facts in everything.
The Pistons have not had any star flair since the team was founded. Even during the most glorious period of the Pistons Bad Boys in team history, the impression given to the outside world was more of a bad reputation.
Star, halo, positive energy...these words have never been associated with Detroit.
Therefore, before the game between the two teams, no matter how hard they tried, the media couldn't do it. In the end, they could only make some articles about Wang Zelin and Andre Drummond, the two rookies of the same year.
There is no way, the conditions are limited!
However, when the game got under way, something happened that made the media reporters ecstatic.
When Wang Zelin, whose status and reputation had just been elevated to the top level in the league, faced the Pistons, he was actually at a disadvantage against Andre Drummond.
In the first quarter, Wang Zelin scored 3 points and 3 rebounds, and Andre Drummond scored 6 points and 3 rebounds. Two of them were open shots in the mid-range, and one was a cut-in dunk.
The two have the same rebounds, but in terms of scoring, Andre Drummond completely surpasses Wang Zelin.
Although it is this group of media who take the initiative to compare Wang Zelin with James, Ke, Du and other league giants in the new season, they still have to be negative when they should be negative.
Don't say stupid things like "slapping yourself in the face". Do those who dare to work in the media industry care about their face?
Make money, don’t be shabby!
Also ecstatic was Andre Drummond, who was sitting on the bench having a silly moment.
Before the game started, his bottom line for this game was to score 10 points and 10 rebounds in front of Wang Zelin.
Yes, as long as he can get a double-double from Wang Zelin, Andre Drummond will feel that his hard training throughout the summer has been in vain. Through his hard work, he once again saw the former's back.
The reality is surprisingly smooth!
Is it possible that my strength can already keep pace with Trail Blazers No. 36?
At the thought of having accomplished half of the goal set before the game so easily, Andre Drummond suddenly felt empty in his heart.