Chapter 61: A starting point that cannot be carried by Rodman’s template
Carmelo Anthony joins the race for No. 1 pick!
And in terms of momentum, it has surpassed LeBron James and Woody.
This is the benefit of playing in the NCAA. Performance in a higher league is always more convincing.
What's more, his talent is also top-notch.
The LeBron James team has stepped up their publicity efforts during this time.
There are frequent reports that they are about to sign a sky-high contract with Adidas.
It must be said that this year is indeed the "draft year". In previous years, sneaker dealers would wait for the rookies to perform well before they would start "grabbing them." But this year's draft has not even started yet, and these sneaker dealers are "
"Robbing people" has already begun.
LeBron James is very close to Adidas. On the other hand, Michael Jordan went to Nike head office and directly said: Carmelo Anthony is mine, you are not allowed to steal it!
Nike is very helpless, but who knows, this guy is Michael Jordan, and his sub-brand AJ was gifted by Nike on its own initiative.
In addition to these two sneaker "giants", Converse was not to be outdone. They made two attempts to acquire Georgia Tech freshman Chris Bosh and Marquette University junior "veteran" Dwayne Way.
Virtue!
Both of these people have publicly announced their participation in this year's draft, and both are popular seeds.
Chris Bosh, like Woody, is one of the top five favorites. Dwyane Wade's market price is worse, but the general media believes that he will be selected in the lottery area. There is no problem with his immediate combat ability, but he
The missing meniscus became his "fatal injury". At the same time, he was a bit too old. Kobe had already won a championship when he was 21 years old!
But the Chicago media released rumors that the Bulls management's desire to acquire Wade is becoming stronger and stronger. They are only ranked twelfth in the Eastern Conference this season and are very hopeful to get a top-10 pick.
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Woody is also on the "rushing list" of these sneaker dealers, and he is very popular, including Nike, Adidas and Reebok, who have all sent him quotations and contracts.
Except Michael Jordan.
From what people around him said privately, he was not interested in Woody.
"Magic" Johnson admires Michael Jordan very much, but since he held the "number one pick" in the 2001 draft and picked up Kwame Brown among many rising stars, Johnson felt that it was not because he was not favored by Jordan.
What a bad thing.
However, Johnson was not very satisfied with the contract quotations given by Nike and Adidas. The former gave a three-year contract worth 30 million, while the latter gave a three-year contract worth 25 million. - Well, this is also an old tradition of Adidas.
As if to prove that their name is more attractive than Nike, no matter who they offer, they will always offer 5 million less than Nike.
In fact, it is not low.
The sneaker contract Converse gave to Wade and Chris Bosh is only 10 million a year.
This is still a premium contract from Converse to grab people.
Nike and Adidas are both higher than Converse, so there is no need to give premium contracts in order to grab people.
But Johnson didn't even tell Woody and directly rejected these contracts: "Take it back, I know the contract you gave LeBron James!"
"Do you think the scoring champion and rebounding champion of St. Mary's High School can't get so much money?"
"Do you want me to throw this year's Ohio State finals mvp trophy in your face?"
"You should call Alexander and ask him how much money Yao Ming made for him. Damn it, God bless you guys! I'll give you another chance and get the real offer contract!"
It’s no wonder Johnson was so angry. As far as he knew, Adidas gave LeBron James 70 million in 10 years, and Nike was much higher. They gave LeBron 87 million in 7 years.
Of course, the most outrageous thing is the president of Reebok. They gave LeBron James a 115 million contract, but LeBron refused.
It was also because of this that when Johnson received a call from the president of Reebok, he refused directly.
Just kidding, what can LeBron want if he doesn’t want it?
As a former NBA "superstar", even if he retired at his peak, he was still the man who planted the flag on "Presidents Hill". Johnson's moral integrity was completely lost, but he knew very well that as a super genius, he must maintain his integrity!
Didn’t you see that he only boasted about Jordan and Bird?
The target of Woody's current momentum is LeBron James, so he absolutely cannot lose in the competition.
However, he also had to admit that as a "supernova", Woody's momentum this season is indeed fierce, but compared to LeBron James, he still has a little bit of background.
But this is normal. If LeBron James could be overshadowed so quickly, then the "Proud One of Heaven" would not have been praised in the past two years. LeBron James' talent is undoubted.
The good news is that Woody’s talent is also one in a million!
After the intensive training in the past two or three weeks, Woody's physical coordination, strength, and jumping have improved a lot. This is also the confidence he dares to flirt with the representatives of the sneaker dealers.
During the upcoming McDonald's All-Star Weekend, Woody will definitely blind these people again. Then he will definitely offer a big contract.
Woody has a system, so he has a more intuitive understanding of his physical growth during this period:
This is not progress made in these two or three weeks.
Otherwise, the rate of increase would be too scary.
Since November last year, Woody's development has entered a stage of rapid growth. Not only the changes in height, but also the growth in all aspects of physical fitness are also astonishing.
Woody's training during this period seemed to have added a booster to this increase, and the increase became even more obvious.
It's just that although the progress on the physical side is obvious, the ability in all aspects of the offensive end has reached a bottleneck period.
In the past two or three weeks, in addition to the increase in passing, short-range shots and free throws, which are still improving steadily, in other aspects, Woody's progress is not much faster, if not slow.
Johnson believes that his training is too complex and his current training time is too short, so he has not made significant progress.
Woody knew that Johnson was blinded by his physical growth, but he knew very well that his offensive potential was not enough, which greatly delayed his ability to realize his potential.
Now he eagerly hopes that the system will give him a few more tasks to bring his achievement points to 20,000 points, so that he can upgrade the system and add another template!
If a player template with offensive talent can be superimposed, all these problems will be solved!
The good news is that Woody's rebounding ability has continued to improve during this period. Both offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds have exceeded 75 points. This is already a rebounding ability that can only be achieved by NBA second-tier or above interior players!
Now he will definitely have no problem establishing himself in the NBA.
But his current starting point is a bit high, and a Rodman template alone can't really support his such a high starting point...
However, Woody did not dwell on this matter. Since the system has not released tasks, he cannot upgrade the system level and get new templates, so there is nothing to say.
Not talented enough but hardworking enough!
Just do it and it’s done!
On April 15, the NBA playoffs officially started. At the same time, Woody set off for New York to participate in this year's McDonald's All-Star Weekend.
As in previous years, this year's best "America's Strongest High School Students" gathered together, including LeBron James, who was also invited to this event.
The organizers are really capable of making things happen. They put Woody and LeBron in different camps, hoping that the former "Saint Mary Twins" would play as opponents before entering the NBA.
When the media reporters at the scene learned about this, their eyes lit up and they all grabbed the vantage points on the sidelines to take the best shots.
Woody's eyes also brightened, because at the beginning of the game, the moment he walked onto the court, a long-lost mission reminder sounded in his mind:
"Ding!"
"There is a difference between a supernova and a supernova!"
"This is the first time that the host competes with LeBron James as an opponent. Please lead your team to defeat LeBron James and win!"
"Task 1: Win and be rewarded with 5,000 achievement points;
Task 2: Limit LeBron James’ score to less than 20 points and award 5,000 achievement points;”