NBA peak Jordan template

Chapter 45 Is that your son? ! (two in one)

Bulls locker room.

The players are still immersed in the excitement of the 50th anniversary celebration, eager to try, and are bound to win today's game.

When the players were about to enter the court, everyone's eyes were on the man in the locker room—the big-cheeked black man, Dwyane Wade.

The "Flash" wearing a Bulls jersey is obviously getting fatter. There is no doubt that Wade, who has just joined the Bulls, has become the leader of the Bulls team that has just completed a semi-reconstruction.

Everyone is waiting for the boss to speak.

Another eye-catching person in the locker room was Jimmy Butler, who was replaced by a black man with a new hairstyle.When Jimmy Butler first entered the league, he still had a ball head. Later, perhaps tired of some online gossip, he began to try some unique hairstyles, such as the current black perm.

Butler sat in a corner of the locker room a little unaccustomed, watching Wade silently with his teammates. During the time Rose was injured, he was the player in that position on the team.

Originally thought that after Rose was traded away, he would become his exclusive
"Come on boys, let 'em know whose place Chicago is!"

Following Wade's roar, the players were excited and followed Wade out of the locker room. Butler silently walked at the end of the line, not knowing what was going on in his mind at this moment.

on the field.

Today, Flying Pig Barkley and Big Mouth Kenny Smith were invited by the Bulls as live commentators.

Barkley: "Kenny, since the last game between the Lakers and the Clippers, you once again explained the Lakers game. I believe the audience is very curious about what you think of Zheng Long now."

When Smith heard this, his expression was a little embarrassed, but he was used to Barkley never giving himself face.

"Actually, I don't blame me for the prediction last time, do you understand? It was Wharton who surprised everyone. The five small lineups he sent successfully caught up with the take-off Los Angeles."

"It was a wonderful aerial battle!"

"As for Zheng Long. I must admit that he has proved in five games that he is now a shooting guard with explosive scoring ability."

"But, Charles, guess what?"

"Today he will face the history of the league, pay attention, I am talking about the top three shooting guards in history, Dwyane Wade!"

"I believe that Wade will dedicate a wonderful personal performance to his hometown on this special day in the Bulls' 50th anniversary celebration!"

"And don't forget, Butler is also a tough guy."

"No matter how strong Zheng Long is, it's very difficult for him to fight against the entire team of Bulls on his own!"

"That's all I have to say."

Kenny Smith, who was rambling about for a while, heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the cheers from the home fans.

Usually as a commentary, what is needed is fairness and publicity, but TNT's commentary has always been straightforward and clear.Especially when commenting on the spot, basically they will favor whoever is at home.

Of course, this also made them criticized by conservative fans and caused controversy.

But for TV media, the controversy is exactly where the traffic is.

Barkley did not positively affirm Smith's words, "Then let us wait and see!"

"Players from both sides have already appeared!"

"The Bulls sent Rondo, Wade, Butler, Ty Gibson and Lopez Jr."

"They relied on this starting lineup and won four out of five games in the new season!"

"The Lakers sent Russell, Zheng Long, Ingram, Randle and Nance Jr."

The game officially started, and Nance Jr. successfully jumped the ball in the jump ball contest with Lopez Jr.

The Lakers got the chance to attack first.

The Lakers who got the ball had no chance to complete the fast break, because the Bulls players were very focused and quickly completed the position.

Wharton sat quietly on the sidelines and took out a small notebook.

This is his habit. During the game, he will record some important information he finds to facilitate on-the-spot adjustments.

The Bulls in the new season completed a half-rebuild in the off-season.

They traded Rose and Justin Holiday for Lopez Jr., Jerian Grant and Jose Calderon.

At the guard position, they got Wade and Rondo.

Last season's starting center Gasol also chose to go to the Spurs after becoming a completely free agent.Lopez Jr., who was directly traded, took the position of the starting center.

In the last season, the two sides played only one regular season game, and the Bulls finally won 126-115.In that game, Jimmy Butler was extremely active, scoring 40 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.

Today is different from the past. Except for Butler and Gibson, the Bulls' lineup has been changed.

Coupled with the replacement of the Lakers lineup, Walton now has no "homework" to copy, so he can only watch videos day and night, study and explore.

After actually becoming the head coach, Walton realized why those head coaches were bald or gray-haired.

There are so many things to worry about in this job.

Far more than what I had to see and worry about when I was a teaching assistant.

Zheng Long received a pass from his teammate and faced Wade.Wade is ready for Zheng Long.

Since Zheng Long set off a wave of Zheng madness in the league, as a shooting guard, Zheng Long was naturally compared with those famous shooting guards.

Among them is Wade.

"Boy, do you know? Those people on the Internet say that your current performance is almost catching up to my peak performance."

"is it?"

"What do you think?"

"I think that view is biased."

Wade smiled, "I didn't expect you to be quite humble."

In the next second, Wade couldn't laugh anymore.

"I think I'm a bit better than you were at your peak, maybe your historical ranking will be a little behind."

Zheng Long's words successfully hit the point that Wade cares most about.At the position of shooting guard, except for Jordan and Kobe, Wade has never served anyone.

Wade: "Come on, rookie, vote for one!"

Faced with Wade's provocation, Zheng Long directly chose to pull up and take off. For this ball, Wade was fully prepared, and he took off vigorously and stretched out his hand to interfere!

But Zheng Long successfully sent the basketball out between Wade's fingers and the basketball.

This ball!
The basketball hit the back edge of the rim.

Did not enter!

Lopez Jr. protected the defensive rebound.

Seeing that no goal was scored, Wade laughed again, "Boy, it seems that your mouth is harder than your shot."

Zheng Long shrugged and quickly returned to defense.

Kenny Smith: "Look, I said that facing Wade, Zheng Long didn't have such a good shot at all. This shot was only a little bit short, and Wade was about to block him!"

Only Zheng Long himself knew that the reason for not scoring this goal was purely because his hands hadn't warmed up yet.

Cap?

If Wade grows 10 centimeters taller, he won't be able to cover himself!

Wade's height is only 1 meters, which is below average at the position of shooting guard.But he is also known as the 93 cm Jordan.

But now at the United Center, there are two genuine Jordans.

There is one sitting on the sidelines, and there is another on the court.

After the Bulls protected the rebound, they did not launch a quick counterattack. When Rose was still there, this was the Bulls' usual offensive method.

But now, the Bulls with a new lineup will use more positional offenses in the new season.

Simply put, it's up to each other.Whoever gets the ball and thinks he can hit it will hit it.

Rondo came to the frontcourt with the ball, and the Bulls made a simple run.

"Give me the ball! I'll teach this rookie a lesson!"

Wade raised his hand to signal, and Rondo obediently passed the ball to Wade. His teammates wanted to come to the high post to pick and roll for Wade, but Wade waved him away.

"Come on, little rookie, try it."

Wade patted the ball and signaled Zheng Long to come forward to defend.

Zheng Long has already summed up a characteristic. Most of the famous NBA stars like to compete with rookies.

In the eyes of these stars, the NBA is their turf. A rookie entering the NBA is like a newcomer entering the company. Bowing his head to the old is what a rookie should do.

Zheng Long didn't like this very much.

In front of Zheng Long's position, Wade suddenly lowered his center of gravity, and he took a step, with a very large range of motion, ready to break through from Zheng Long's side.

Throughout the history of the league, among all the "first step" breakthroughs, Wade definitely ranks first.

Different from James' bulldozer-style power breakthrough, McGrady's chic and elegant, Iverson's extreme disguise.

Wade's first step is to highlight a word, fast!

The center of gravity of Wade's first breakthrough is extremely low, and his whole body is almost dumped on the floor. While breaking through, non-ball players even need to be ready to touch the ground for support at any time.

Fans call it super low flying!
Wade made a breakthrough with this ball, and he was in excellent condition. At this moment, he seemed to be back to his peak.

Zheng Long only felt a gust of wind passing by, and Wade passed Zheng Long with the force of lightning.

This breakthrough caused the whole venue to cheer!
too fast!
Wade, who passed Zheng Long, chose to make a low-handed layup. When the basketball was about to leave his hand and fall into the basket, Wade still had a smile on his face.

then.

There was a snap!
Wade watched the basketball in his hand being nailed to the backboard by a big hand like a robber.

Pegboard hat! ! !

There was a lot of shock on the field!
"Zheng Long, who was passed by Wade, completed his revenge block! My God!"

"Through slow motion playback, we can see that Zheng Long took off later than Wade!"

"However, whether it is the height of the jump or the length of the arm, Zheng Long is better and helped him complete the block!"

This cap made the Wade cap stupid.

To be capped by a rookie is a great shame for Wade!
Zheng Long was not in a hurry to attack, he opened his mouth to Wade's heart, and then sprinkled salt, "You are old, Wade, you jump too short."

At this moment, Wade deeply realized the truth that "boxing is afraid of the young".

Fake!

When young!
Wade is confident that he has already taken off and dunked the ball.

Where will Zheng Long be given a chance to block the shot.

Ingram grabbed the basketball in the chaos, and immediately wanted to pass the ball to Zheng Long.

It turned out that Zheng Long was still talking to Wade.

Push the fast break with the ball alone.

Seeing the Lakers launch a fast break, Wade also ran past Zheng Long with a dark face, without responding.

Zheng Long is very satisfied with his trash talk.

Wade's temper is definitely not good, he belongs to the kind of person who plays with emotion.

When Wade was young, this emotion gave him a steady stream of fighting spirit.

Help him finish those full-throated goals.

But now that Wade is old, maybe he hasn't realized it yet, this has become a double-edged sword.

And Zheng Long didn't mind provoking Wade and letting him hurt himself.

In the frontcourt, Ingram faced Butler's single defense and wanted to complete a breakthrough, but was entangled by Butler.

In a panic, Ingram's pass was intercepted by Butler in the air!Butler, who steals the ball, rushes to the frontcourt with the ball and hits an empty basket.

Bulls 2-0 Lakers!

"Wade failed to help the Bulls open the scoring, but Butler stood up!"

"Remember what I said before the game?"

"The Bulls not only have Wade, but also Butler!"

In between developing into the team's leading scorer, Butler has been on the wing, trying to do his job defensively.

Butler's talent is definitely not good, which is why he was selected with the 30th overall pick in the first round.

But compared to the offensive end, the defensive end values ​​the player's efforts more.In his third year in the league, Butler entered the All-Defensive Second Team.

And completed three consecutive years of reelection.

Stealing Ingram this time was no accident. In the first five games of the new season, his average steals per game was 2.9, ranking first in the league!

Every wing who starts from defense is extremely terrifying when he develops offensive ability.

Scottie Pippen!
Paul George!

Kawhi Leonard!
And Jimmy Butler has officially embarked on the road to grow into an offensive and defensive star.

The fans at the scene cheered for Butler's steal this time.

On this special day today, every time the Bulls score, the fans probably will have no reservations.

And this time the goal was naturally seen by Jordan on the sidelines.

Compared with Zheng Long's top hat just now.

Jordan's expression was obviously more interested in Butler's goal this time.

"Jimmy boy, it got better this season."

Bodyguard No. 25.3 spoke up: "Yes, boss. In the new season, Mr. Butler's current averages are 8.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and [-] steals. Compared with last season, his efficiency has become higher."

Jordan glanced at him in surprise, "Are you going to be a data analyst for a team behind my back? You know that."

Bodyguard No. [-] showed a somewhat embarrassed expression, lowered his voice, and said, "No, I personally pay more attention to Mr. Butler."

"is it?"

"I'm personally a fan of Mr. Butler."

Jordan didn't speak, and continued to turn his head to look at the court.

Bodyguard No. [-] and Bodyguard No. [-] also looked at each other, with complicated emotions in their eyes.

I really don't know if the boss is pretending to be stupid or really stupid.

Now the whole world is saying that Jimmy Butler is Jordan's illegitimate son, and the two are carved out of the same mold.

And in an interview last year, Jordan joked that he already had several sons, but he didn't know if Butler was one of them.

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener does.

The two bodyguards had long been in their hearts, silently treating Butler as a "little boss".

After all, compared to the outside world, the two who are Jordan's personal bodyguards are more aware that Jordan is very concerned about Butler outside the camera.

Basically, watching the Bulls game is for Butler.

The performance of other players, Jordan basically has no expression. Whenever Butler has a wonderful performance, the emotion in Jordan's expression is almost overflowing.

what emotion?Proud mood!
Of course, these are just the random guesses of the two bodyguards, just like the outside media and fans.

I dare not tell the boss about this guess.

although.

The two bodyguards wanted to gossip about Jordan.

Falk.

Is it your son? !

(I wrote it, but it seems that I didn’t write it. I opened it, but it seems that I didn’t start it again. I updated it, but it didn’t seem to be updated again.)
(Well, the editor's notice, it may be on the shelf in two days, and it will be updated when it is on the shelf, so save some manuscripts today.)
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