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Chapter 7 Big Shark

"Olajuwon's dream dance? How did you learn it?"

Scott didn't want to continue bullfighting anymore, so he pulled Michael DeWeese and started asking.

"Olajuwon? That's right... because Kobe also learned from him." Michael DeWeese thought to himself.

"If you want to learn, I can teach you. This set of steps is not difficult."

Olajuwon is now the well-deserved No. 21 center in the league, firmly pressing Ewing and Robinson under him. Last season, Olajuwon averaged 12 points, 4.3 rebounds and [-] blocks per game.

"Okay, come and teach me how to do it."

This set of footsteps is an improved perimeter footwork, which Michael Davis taught Scott bit by bit.

The next few days were spent in one-on-one teaching by Michael DeWeese to Scott. After being dizzy by Michael DeWeese countless times, Scott also slowly learned this set of steps.

At this time, more and more players returned to the team. The main players such as Nick Anderson and Skiles also returned to the team one by one. Now, there is only one person missing.

Shaquille O'Neal!
Where is Shaquille O'Neal?
During the offseason, O'Neal did not go on holidays. After all, he is just a "rookie" who has just participated in the draft and has not been trained in the NBA.

Under the arrangement of the Magic this offseason, O'Neal went to Los Angeles to find Magic Johnson to learn basket skills.Because of this, he was the last player on the team to report.

On August 8th, O'Neill came to Orlando to report.When he walked into the arena, all eyes were on him.

"Hi, welcome, Shaq." Of course Michael DeWeese was one of them. He walked towards O'Neal and held out his hand.

O'Neal, who was dressed in a hip-hop style, was not as fat as people saw later. He was just a juvenile shark. He stretched out his hand towards Michael DeWeese and said carelessly: "I know you, the youngest son of the boss, Miles, right?"

Three black lines hung down from the back of Michael DeWeese's head, "My name is Michael, Michael DeWeese."

"Hahahaha, I did it on purpose. Hello, nice to meet you, Mike." O'Neill laughed, and other teammates also laughed. Obviously, this big shark with a lively personality has a unique way of appearing on the stage, and is also very popular with his teammates.

"OK, we are all here, and now the pre-season preparations have officially started." Seeing the players, oh, Michael DeWeese is not an official member of the Magic, but no one doubts that Michael DeWeese will join this big family as soon as he is 18 years old.

"Let's start with a warm-up match." Seeing that everyone was warming up, Guokas arranged for an assistant coach to prepare for an in-team training match. He put the main players in one group and the substitutes included Michael DeWeese in one group. He was ready to fully understand the strength of each player, especially the newcomers O'Neal and Sprewell.

"Main group: O'Neal, Telport, Scott, Anderson, Skiles, bench group: Stanley Roberts, Jeff Turner, Donald Loyer, Sprewell, Michael DeWeese." No one raised any objections to the grouping of assistant coaches, even Chris Corchiani, who was robbed of his position as a backup point guard, didn't say anything.

With the whistle of the guest referee's assistant coach, the ball was thrown high into the air.Stanley Roberts didn't even react, and the ball was shot behind by O'Neal.

"Can this body type jump so high?" O'Neill's appearance gave everyone a great shock. They had never seen such a flexible fat man. However, the surprises O'Neill brought to everyone were far from over.

Everyone knows that this training game is actually a test for rookies, so Skiles didn't play last year's tactical routine after dribbling the ball across halftime, but directly lobbed the ball after seeing O'Neal in a good position inside.

"Didn't Roberts play seriously? How could O'Neill ask him to go to such a deep position?" Skiles was still wondering that the ball was given so easily, and the attack was over.I saw O'Neal catch the ball and turn around, as if Roberts behind him didn't exist, squeezed directly to the basket, and dunked with a ground gun, and the basket was pulled almost 30 degrees downward.

And Roberts, who was in charge of defending O'Neal, was stunned.After all, he was also a 213cm, 120kg big man inside, but O'Neal used his strength to run over him abruptly. Although there was a certain element of temptation, he was asked to go to a very deep position by O'Neal, but he deeply felt the gap in strength between him and O'Neal.

Then Michael DeWeese took control of the ball and ran unhurriedly to the frontcourt. He asked Roberts for a high pick-and-roll, but O'Neal didn't follow.

Sprewell was not polite, and he shot a jumper directly, but it bounced off the neck of the basket. Obviously, Sprewell hadn't fully counted in the state of the game, and the shot was a bit tight.

This is a long rebound. Roberts saw the rebound flying towards him, and subconsciously went to grab the rebound, but was directly blocked by a huge body.

"How is that possible? How is he so fast?" Roberts watched in disbelief as O'Neal easily jammed his position and grabbed the rebound.

"Strength, agility, and sense of rebounding are all top-notch. It's no wonder that he is the No. [-] pick." Guokas nodded from the side, and he felt that the cornerstone that was most suitable for him appeared.

O'Neal handed the ball to Skiles, Skiles took the ball across the half court, and was about to continue to hang the ball to O'Neal, but found that Michael DeWeese had directed Jeff Turner to double-team O'Neal, he frowned, and was about to run a regular tactic from last year.

He handed the ball to Telbot, who was raised to a high position, and then went to make a tactical run. Telbot passed the ball to Nick Anderson who ran up to meet him on the other side.

Michael Davis!
It turned out that after Skiles passed the ball to Telbot just now, Michael DeWeese had been standing closest to the outside, but he could perfectly cut off the route of passing back to Skiles, and moved as Skiles moved. His steal was not a gambling steal, but based on perfect tactical interpretation ability, predicting the opponent's next tactical move.

After Michael Dewes steals the ball, Scott returns to the defense immediately. He is the closest to Michael Dewes and has been chasing behind Michael Dewes. If Michael Dewes lays up or dunks directly, it is very likely that Scott will hit the backboard with a peg cap.

While everyone was watching how this wave of transitional fast breaks would end, Michael DeWeese made a move that no one expected.

Seeing that Michael DeWeese was about to reach the three-second zone, Scott also sprinted within the three-point line. He watched Michael DeWeese jump up, and jumped up without thinking.

"Haha, Michael, welcome to the NBA." Scott even thought about what he would say after he took off Michael DeWeese's cap. When he was full of ambition, he found that Michael DeWeese jumped up and smashed the ball from his crotch to the back.

The person following behind picked up the ball and it was a tomahawk dunk.

Latrell Sprewell!
"COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Everyone was shocked by Michael DeWeese's operation, "Mike, do you have eyes behind you?" Scott went up, looked at Michael DeWeese and asked him, his fierce face was full of puzzlement, and he looked cute.

"Haha, I've seen Latt following me a long time ago, how could I be so stupid to be hated by you."

Scott looked at Michael DeWeese and suddenly remembered the bullfight.

"How do I feel, I can't cover you even if you make a layup? You are a very thief."

Michael Davis smiled noncommittally, and slowly retreated to the backcourt.

After one offense and one defense, Michael DeWeese has a more objective evaluation of Sprewell's strength. He has a good offensive awareness and is very serious on the defensive end. He deserves to be a player who can enter the first team in the second season.

Although relying on Michael DeWeese's performance, the substitute lineup can barely withstand the offensive of the main team, but in the case of Michael DeWeese's lack of offensive desire, relying on Sprewell's offensive vitality alone is far from being able to compete with the main team.

In just one quarter, the main team beat the substitute team 28-13. O'Neal even scored 18 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks in a single quarter, which stunned poor Roberts. He couldn't understand how a player who hadn't officially entered the league could be so strong.

On this issue, Michael DeWeese will only give him two words: talent.

Although Michael DeWeese didn't attack much, but seeing how difficult Sprewell was playing, he still scored 6 points when he relied on offensive and defensive transitions. Sprewell scored all the remaining points, and the other three on the bench didn't score a single point, especially Roberts. O'Neal gave him three hot pots in a row for the singles against O'Neal at the basket, and then Roberts never wanted the ball again.

In just one training session, O'Neal has established his absolute core position in the new season. His performance is really not like a rookie player who is about to enter the NBA, but like a big shark entering a fish pond, which is about to set off waves.

(End of this chapter)