Chapter 22: From now on, don’t play basketball with your mouth again
Drew is looking forward to Woody.
But when the game started, a bit of worry emerged in the eyes of anticipation.
Woody's confidence when talking to him, as well as Woody's outstanding physical talent, were the reasons why he was optimistic about Woody.
With another summer, Woody improved his physical fitness again, which made him even more convinced that Woody must have made great progress in basketball.
It’s okay even if there isn’t that much progress!
High school basketball is, to put it bluntly, a physical sport.
Let’s just say that Kwame Brown, the “Three High School Elites” and “No. 1 overall pick” in the 2001 draft, was a combination of Kobe, Malone and Webber before the draft; Tyson Chandler, the “second pick in the first round”
LeBron James is called the "next Kevin Garnett"; Eddie Curry, the fourth pick in the first round, is even called the "next Shaquille O'Neal"!
As a result, after his rookie season, Tyson Chandler, the best performer, averaged 6.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, while Kwame Brown, the worst performer, only averaged 4.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.
Such a horrific performance is naturally far from their template and is full of absurdity.
But if you look at their performance in the high school league, you will find that they are really developing towards the above template.
The reason is that their physical talent can be crushed in the high school league, but in the NBA, when facing players whose physical fitness is not weaker than theirs or even better, their immaturity in all aspects of technology is exposed.
Woody's physical fitness is definitely at the "Three High School Elites" level among other players at St. Mary's High School except LeBron James. At this time, there is no need to care about his basketball-related skills.
But, the truth is this...
What if?
Fortunately, his worries disappeared as soon as the game started.
Drew had never seen the rocket take off live, but the jump ball between Woody and Joyce gave him such a feeling.
He straightened his body and jumped high into the sky, like a rocket, easily seizing the right to attack with a suppressive bounce.
Woody showed an astonishing bounce at the start, and the sidelines of the court instantly transformed into the and1 scene of that day. Even LeBron's expression became dull for a moment.
He is a person who has seen the world. He not only plays in the high school league every year, but also plays in the AUU amateur league. That league is full of adults. Although it is an amateur league, the intensity of confrontation is higher than that of the high school league.
Quite a few, but he has never seen many with Woody's physical fitness.
Woody's teammates looked at Woody's amazing bounce when he jumped the ball. Thinking about what he just said, they were even more convinced. After arriving in the frontcourt, except for the player in charge of the ball, the other two people began to spontaneously fight for Stephen Curry.
Perform a pick-and-roll.
Curry looked like he hadn't graduated from elementary school, and his body was still very thin, but on the court, he was as nimble as a rabbit. The person guarding him was Romeo who had just taunted him. Originally, he thought he could easily handle Stephen -
Curry, as a result, after running two steps behind Stephen Curry, he was almost out of sight.
His agility made LeBron's eyes light up. Drew's expression was not much better than his, and his mouth was slightly open in surprise. Although he had seen Stephen Curry's off-ball movement in the trial training, the trial training was so confusing.
Chair running and running away from position on the competition field are two different concepts.
On the field, it is not easy for him to move so freely and effectively at his age.
He truly deserves to be Dell Curry’s son!
The ball is open and Stephen Curry takes the ball and shoots.
His teammate who passed the ball to him didn't have that good vision, and it was a little late when he found him open. When he took the shot, Joyce was in place to defend and successfully interfered.
The ball went slightly wide and hit the frame.
"Rebound!"
Several shouts almost sounded at the same time. The opponent who was confronting Woody under the basket was trying his best to carry Woody, but the moment the ball bounced out of the basket, he felt a huge force pushing him away.
, by the time he regained his footing, Woody had already jumped up and grabbed the backboard.
With a wipe in the opposite direction, Woody avoided Joyce's "black hand" and hit the ball into the basket.
2-0!
Excellent confrontation under the basket, accurate jump to grab the ball, and skillful secondary scoring under the basket...
In this short round, Drew saw so many things from Woody.
He must have had a great summer!
"Please put some pressure on me, I thought my opponent had just been weaned!" After finishing the score, Woody returned to defense and shouted in the direction of Joyce and Romeo.
This was what Romeo had just laughed at, and now Woody returned it to these two people intact.
An angry Joyce held the ball and rushed towards the basket, trying to give Woody some trouble.
Woody observed his route to the inside, and his NCAA-level interference ability allowed him to easily interfere with Joyce's final layup.
Joyce was holding back a fierce energy in his heart. As soon as the ball rolled out of the basket, he immediately flew towards the ball.
Seeing that the basketball was getting closer and closer, a pair of big hands appeared above his head and grabbed the basketball first. The sound of "pop" echoed in Joyce's ears like thunder.
From the perspective of a bystander, the visual effect of this ball is even more amazing!
This is a complete "picking melons on the head"!
Probably knowing that he was embarrassed, Joyce didn't give up even after landing, and stretched out his hand to try to grab the ball from Woody's hand.
But he was only about 1.83 meters tall, almost a head shorter than Woody. Coupled with Woody's excellent wingspan, he couldn't touch the ball at all. He could only wave his hands around even more angrily, almost scratching Woody.
Dee.
Realizing that he was not coming for the ball, Woody took out the concealed elbow he had learned from Ben Wallace and hit him hard on the chest.
Joyce felt a huge pain in his chest and stepped back involuntarily.
Woody controlled the ball to the frontcourt on his own, but Joyce hadn't recovered yet, giving them a "five-on-four" opportunity in the frontcourt. Woody scored another 2 points under the basket, 4-0! But Joyce still had a chest
It hurts terribly.
This Chinese guy is really ruthless!
Joyce was certain that after this game, his chest would definitely turn blue and purple. Woody's toughness was beyond his expectation.
Romeo felt something strange about him, and it was their turn to attack again. He took the initiative to hold the ball and waited for an opportunity to attack. Woody looked at Joyce and challenged him: "Hey, man, you should continue to attack! Or do you just
Can I have a hard time?"
Joyce gritted his teeth after hearing this and wanted to pass the ball from Romeo's hand and rush forward again to avoid being looked down upon by Woody, but the pain coming from his chest prevented him from reaching out for the ball.
simply put:
The mouth is still hard, but the body is already soft!
His body is soft, but the body holding the ball is still stiff.
Robinson faced the defender with the ball, lowered his center of gravity and easily passed the defender in front of him with speed. Although he was not tall enough, his speed was indeed sharp enough.
Most people with venomous mouths and arrogant personalities have some abilities.
Romeo is also in this category.
But he is the kind of person who has some ability, but not much.
After successfully breaking through to the free throw line, Joyce's encounter just after breaking through the basket was still in front of his eyes, and Romeo chose to shoot.
However, as soon as the ball was released, it was covered by a big hat.
From Woody!
His blocking ability value is not high, only 25 points, but the huge bonus of physical fitness allows him to perform as if his blocking ability value of 25 points is 55 points when facing Romeo.
Another wave of fast attacks succeeded.
6-0!
Woody led the team and took the initiative from the get-go.
Later, the other three people on Woody's side had a tacit understanding with Stephen Curry, and they passed the ball to Stephen Curry more resolutely. Curry began to display his precise shooting ability, while Woody continued to dominate.
Basket.
The two of them worked together and easily defeated the team led by the "Three Akron Brothers" and won the training match.
"Never play basketball with your mouth again!"
At the end of the training game, Woody sent another "killing" trash talk.
Only this time, the disgraced Joyce and Romeo were speechless at all.