NBA villain

Chapter 63 Five-game losing streak and fiery rookie
Wade was injured. After the game against the Pistons, his knee felt a little uncomfortable. The team doctor suggested a two-day rest. He also followed the team doctor's advice and chose to take a truce before the Heat went to the West to challenge.

At the same time, Grant came back. The first thing this bad guy who was beaten by Yang Di returned to the team was to suggest to the head coach Van Gundy to trade Yang Di, an unstable factor, from the long-term perspective of the basketball game. From the looks of it, a player like Yang Di who can't attack low-post skills really doesn't have much potential.

Van Gundy smiled dryly, saying that he understood and agreed with Grant's words, but he was also very helpless in his heart. Pat Riley thought that Yang Di still had untapped potential.

"It's okay if you don't trade. When I play in the future, don't let him play. I won't play with him anyway." Brian Grant was really angry. He didn't want to see Yang Di for a second .But he can't say such cruel words as "There is him without me, and there is me without him". After all, he still likes the warm sunshine and comfortable sea breeze in Miami.

"There is no problem with this. I have already prepared tactics." Van Gundy nodded with a smile, a little dissatisfied in his heart. Grant really made a fuss. No matter how violent Yang Di is, he is just a rookie.

So, in Monday's away game against the Mavericks, Grant made his debut, replacing Haslem.

Yang Di's original playing time of about 20 minutes was immediately compressed. In this game, he didn't get the chance to play until the end of the third quarter of the second half.As soon as he played, he grabbed an offensive rebound on the head of Mavericks backup forward Jamison like a tiger, and hung a defensive player to complete a double-arm dunk.

This dunk boosted the morale of the Heat's substitute players on the field. Everyone played brilliantly. Yang Di was like a small shark in front of the Mavericks' substitute insider. Sean Bradley, a German big bamboo pole with a height of 2 meters 29, was topped by him. Unable to find a direction, he grabbed 3 offensive rebounds in just 4 minutes and helped the Heat tie the score with 73 points before the end of the third quarter.

Off the court, Grant was on pins and needles. Van Gundy let Yang Di play another 5 minutes in the fourth quarter when he saw Yang Di's vigor. The Heat didn't feel good at this time. Ke Penny performed poorly, missing consecutive shots under tough physical confrontation.

Then Yang Di was replaced and passed by Grant without high-five.

Heat still lost the game, losing by 10 points in the last quarter. Nash of the Mavericks, Anthony Walker, who was newly traded this season, and star star Dirk Nowitzki all felt stable. Jamison, who scored 5 points on the bench, had 10 players in double figures and took the Heat away.

Then the Heat challenged the San Antonio Spurs back-to-back. Duncan did not play in this game, but the Spurs' well-structured and suffocating defense still made the Heat break this team. Yang Di did not score in 15 minutes, but he had a career-high 9 rebounds, four of which were offensive rebounds.

Returning to the home court non-stop, two days later they faced the Timberwolves who were on a trip to the Eastern Conference and back-to-back.

The Timberwolves also have amazing defense. In this era, almost all coaches firmly believe that defense wins the championship. The trident composed of Garnett, Cassel, and Sprewell has excellent offense and defense, and soon suppressed the Heat at home. Heat, Wade's comeback performance was eye-catching, and he kept hitting mid-range jumpers for the Heat.

In the end, they lost the game 79 to 88.

After this game, the Heat have lost five games in a row, with a record of 1 win and 5 losses, tied for first place in the East, and the Chicago Bulls, Orlando Magic and Toronto Raptors with only one victory.

This is very embarrassing. The Miami Herald previously predicted that the transformed and upgraded Heat this season would at least enter the playoffs, but they slapped their faces. According to this situation, being able to enter the top ten in the Eastern Conference is considered a high profile. How about making the playoffs? Let's show it badly.

Put it badly, all the media began to condemn the poor record of the Miami Heat.

Some people even shouted to let Stan Van Gundy get out of get out of class, but then again, last season was only the third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference. It shouldn't be a big deal to fall back two places at the beginning of this season, right?

Yang Di couldn't figure it out. Anyway, the first rookie ranking list was released, and he was actually in it, ranking seventh!

Yang Di averaged 16.7 minutes per game, scored 2.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 0.7 blocks, among which the number of rebounds ranked first among all rookies!

After the release of the first issue of the rookie rankings, Yang Di instantly became an extremely hot rookie!

Ahead of him are LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, TJ Ford, Kirk Hinrich, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh. No. [-] picks like Ko Milicic have never been touched, and a bunch of low-ranked players are still struggling on the fringes of the team.

However, he quietly completed the guarantee of playing in the team's normal rotation. It is worth mentioning that before Grant's comeback, Haslem, the team's undrafted starting pick, also entered the rookie rankings. The eighth place after Yang Di is Chris Kaman, and the ninth place is Haslem, who can contribute 23 points and 7.1 rebounds in 5.7 minutes per game.

Among the top ten rookies, three are from the Heat. Some basketball commentators in the NBA exclaimed that the Heat's outstanding draft ability.

"Leaving aside Yang Di's off-court factors, he is really a rookie with great potential. You know, he is only 19 years old, and he is the youngest in this draft except Darko Milicic and LeBron James. player of."

This kind of argument has affected the domestic media, and the domestic media has gradually changed their direction. Some media that seek innovation and change have begun to report Yang Di's news, especially Cai Nan, a reporter from "China Sports News" who has reported Yang Di in depth. Continuing to report on Yang Di has formed the first group of fans who support Yang Di and Cai Nan. Many people have learned about Yang Di's latest news through Cai Nan's writing.

Yang Di is getting hotter and hotter. On November 11th, the Heat, which has lost five games in a row, will challenge the Houston Rockets in an away game. The court broadcast the game according to the usual practice, but was surprised to find that the ratings were unprecedentedly high on the day. A large number of fans pay special attention to this "Chinese Derby".

……

Houston, Yang Di and the Heat just got off the plane.

Suddenly his phone rang,

"Hello, is this Yang Di?" The strong Mandarin pronunciation came from the foreign phone, and Yang Di was stunned for a while.

"Yes, you are?" Yang Di actually realized it all at once in his heart, but he still asked subconsciously and tentatively.

"I'm Yao Ming."

"Fuck."

……

The Toyota Center Arena in Houston is built to replace the original Compaq Center and can accommodate more than 8000 spectators to watch basketball games together.

As a multi-functional arena, it can also hold ice hockey games, concerts, theatrical performances and so on.

In the basketball training hall of the Toyota Center Arena, Yang Di met Yao Ming, the first Chinese NBA No. [-] pick in history.

Fangzheng always had a modest smile on his face. After meeting Yang Di, his smile became more sincere, a kind of recognition and intimacy from the heart.

"Brother is really amazing." Yao Ming shook hands with Yang Di, half-bent to hug Yang Di, and lightly bumped his shoulder.

In the training hall, there were a bunch of Chinese media who had been waiting for a long time, and they clicked and took pictures of the two, and they were frozen into regular photos.

"You are amazing, tsk tsk, you are so amazing." Yang Di laughed, and it was better to speak in Chinese.

Although it was the first time for the two to meet, they both knew about each other's existence in the reports. They had been friends for a long time. After meeting, they were both young people. They quickly found a common topic and became acquainted.

"I'll treat you to dinner later." Yang Di said.

"No no no, I invite you."

"It's nothing to invite you to eat, and I'm not calling you to put water on the field."

"Then I invite you to go online. Have you ever been to an Internet cafe in Houston? There are many cool modes that are worth experiencing."

Yang Di: "Yes, what are you playing?"

"Warcraft, orcs."

"I like the undead clan. The orc clan seems to be stronger in the early stage. The air force seems to be not good at the later stage. I don't like the orc clan."

"Who said that bloodthirsty and flying dragon are very powerful!"

(End of this chapter)