NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 83 The Best Rookie Battle
"Go to Indiana? Didn't you just say that he only wakes up for a while a day now?? That person is like this, how can he go to Indiana? And what is he going to Indiana for??"

"Uh... this... Maybe it's because I feel like I'm dying... That's why I'm going to visit some people, and he's very determined to go to Indiana this time!!"

Facing the editor-in-chief's questioning, Chen Xiaoxiao hesitated and didn't know how to answer for a while. In a hurry, an explanation came to his mind, and he hurriedly answered to the editor-in-chief.

"Ah? It's dying soon?! It's so serious, what the fuck, it's big news!!"

"Follow Xiaoxiao, you must follow him!! You can go wherever Liu Rui goes, don't worry, I will transfer the money to the card for you in a while."

"Remember to follow him. If he dies, then there must be two close-ups, highlighting his actions when he passed away. Did you hear that?"

When the editor-in-chief heard it, Chen Xiaoxiao said that Liu Rui felt that he was going to die, and that he must go to Indiana to visit relatives.

This is big news! !

Excited, he explained to Chen Xiaoxiao over there.

Moreover, while explaining to Chen Xiaoxiao, he was thinking, this Liu Rui is about to die, so should he let out some rumors now? !

In this case, when the news comes out, he will definitely take the lead and become famous in this field in one fell swoop.

"Uh...that...actually...okay, I see..."

Chen Xiaoxiao patted herself on the head and hung up the phone hastily.

"God, what the hell did I say!!"

Back in the ward, Chen Xiaoxiao's expression was a little embarrassed, and she didn't dare to look into Liu Rui's eyes.

But Liu Rui didn't notice these things either. He watched the news on TV and asked Chen Xiaoxiao who came in with an orange in his hand.

"How about it, have you finished the phone call? Is there any problem over there? Will the funds be allocated? If not, I don't have the money to go."

"Uh, ah, I finished the phone call, and they said that they will send money to my card in a while, saying that the company will reimburse all the expenses for this trip."

After thinking about it, Chen Xiaoxiao still didn't dare to tell Liu Rui what he said before, after all, it was too embarrassing.

Moreover, since the newspaper office thinks so now, let him think about it first, anyway, wait until the news from his side gets back.

They will know what's going on, and then they can say that Liu Rui's condition has finally improved after the hospital's unremitting treatment.

But what Chen Xiaoxiao didn't know was that the newspaper office was planning to release some rumors in advance.

And when the news over there is released, the video in Chen Xiaoxiao's hand may be regarded as a last word...

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11 month 7 number.

After experiencing the last home game against the Wizards, the Bobcats once again ushered in a challenge from the Magic at home.

The Magic completed a big deal with the Rockets during the offseason of this season. Although the team sent away the scoring champion McGrady, they also got Francis and the old cat Mobley in the deal, as well as the Rockets' important center Cato.

And in the free market, he also signed a free agent Turkoglu, a high IQ player known as a European magician.

And this season, the team also selected the No. [-] pick Howard, a very dominant center.

Although from several preseason games, Howard has not reached the level people expected on the offensive end.

But on the defensive end, he has shown potential to be a dominant center.

The biggest topic of this game is the direct matchup between Howard and Okafor.

In the NCAA, Okafor led the team all the way to the championship of the college game and won the finals mvp.

He was once a popular candidate for the No. [-] pick, but due to injuries, the Magic finally chose Howard, and he fell to a second place.

And even though Howard is only a high school student, he has not participated in any college leagues.

However, the Magic still chose Howard with the No. [-] pick instead of Okaf, who had already led the team to win the championship in college and proved himself.

In addition to Okafor's injury history in college, of course Howard's excellent physical talent.

Long before entering the league, the media often compared the two together.

On the offensive end, Okafor's offensive methods are recognized as better than Howard's, but Howard's explosive physical condition and his physical measurement data are definitely the most explosive center in recent years.

In the physical test, it can be said that Okafor has completely exploded.

Howard is 208 in bare feet and has a wingspan of 7 feet 4.5 inches, which is equivalent to 224.8 cm.

Howard's standing reach can reach 283.2 cm, and the maximum bounce has 90 cm, which is really rare among centers.

Most importantly, Howard has an 11.21 in the switchback run and a 3.14 in the three-quarter sprint.

In other words, as a center, Howard has a strong ability to move.

Moreover, his terrifying physical fitness and excellent jumping ability allow him to complete aerial work very well.

And it has a natural advantage in protecting the frame and grabbing rebounds. Although the offensive methods are relatively simple nowadays, most of them are second offenses after getting offensive rebounds.

And the alley-oop after receiving a pass from a teammate, and the dunk that squeezes the inside player.

But at the Orlando Magic training camp before the start of the season, Howard fully demonstrated his athletic talent. He jumped high in place and kissed the basket with his lips.

One day later, the photos of "Kiss in the Basket" began to be published by major media, making this big boy's astonishing jump deeply reflected in people's minds

So the Magic have very high expectations for him and gave him a lot of privileges in his rookie season.

And with Okafor's outstanding performance in the preseason, and in the last regular season, not only continued the strength of the preseason, but even exceeded it.

The media's comparison between Okafor and Howard was once again brought out in this game.

Throughout the preseason, Howard averaged 12 points, 10 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game.

This data is very good in the entire ranking of rookies this year.

But for Okafor, whether it is scoring, rebounding, or blocks, Howard was completely suppressed.

However, Howard is the No. [-] pick, while Okafor is only No. [-], which also puts a lot of pressure on Howard.

Before the game started, I came to the arena very early for extra training.

If he was blown away by Okafor in this game, it would be hard to imagine what kind of reports these media would make after the game.

In the last game against the Wizards, Okafor contributed 29 points and 14 rebounds, and also blocked 3 shots, handing over an excellent stat for his NBA regular season debut.

In his NBA debut, Howard only scored 10 points and 8 rebounds.

This also made Howard a little uneasy in this game.

Compared with Howard, because of the arrival of Liu Rui, Okafor entered his peak period ahead of schedule.

And he is more focused than the skills of his previous life, which makes Okafor look like a fledgling rookie at all.

But no matter what, the duel in this game, at least in the eyes of the outside world, is the battle for the best rookie of the season.

And the best rookie award is definitely the greatest affirmation for all rookies who have just entered the league.

Although it cannot guarantee that players will be unimpeded in the future.

But a few years later, looking back, I was definitely given high regard at that time.

And I have been running hard, just to catch up with the self who was given so much hope...

　Thanks for the reward from the deacon Wang Shu brothers of this book, thank you! !

　　
　　
　
(End of this chapter)