Chapter 274 Speed S+!
James has been going head-to-head with Sun Zhuo for two years. His understanding of Sun Zhuo and his interpretation of Sun Zhuo's words and deeds have far surpassed others. Based on his understanding of Sun Zhuo, Sun Zhuo is definitely not developing just to find status. As someone who plays in the league, Sun Zhuo will definitely do something earth-shattering in the Development League.
James went online and browsed netizens' comments about Sun Zhuo being transferred to the Development League, and he couldn't help but laugh and cry.
"It is indeed rare for Sun to be sent down to the Development League as an All-Star player, but shouldn't he be praised for his willingness to make such sacrifices in order to find his form quickly?"
"I hope Sun can quickly regain his form in the Development League, and we look forward to your return to the NBA!"
"Perhaps Sun's strength has really declined after injuries and a long offseason. Choosing to go to the Development League may be a forced choice."
James looked at the comments of these netizens and couldn't help but want to remind them loudly: "You have been deceived! A bunch of fools! How could a guy who can compete with T-MAC and compete with Kobe for the team leader regress in just a few months? To the level of the Development League! What exactly does Sun want to do in the Development League? Is it possible that he is giving the 'gift' he plans to give me this season to the Development League in advance?"
Every time they play against each other, James will find that Sun Zhuo has become stronger, and this season may be no exception. As the media and fans question Sun Zhuo's leadership ability, Sun Zhuo may be forced to reveal a new secret weapon, but James had no sense of luck in escaping the disaster. He was sober when everyone was drunk. He wanted to stop Sun Zhuo. In order to do this, he even came up with the idea of delegating to the Development League...
After learning that Sun Zhuo was transferred to the Development League, Dwyane Wade of the Heat also spoke out for Sun Zhuo in an interview and angrily denounced Charles Barkley's criticism of Sun Zhuo on the show. Wade said: "Charles Barkley completely lost his mind. According to the standards of a commentator, he is completely targeting or even insulting Sun. Even if Sun disappoints, he will not be said to be at the Development League level. I believe my good brother will tell Charles what his level is. G League or NBA."
This incident also caused turmoil in the entertainment industry. At this time, entertainment news broke the news that Sun Zhuo and Jessica Alba had broken up. People all over the world were wondering, has Sun Zhuo completely hit rock bottom? He was devolved in his career and abandoned emotionally.
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NBDL is the second-level league of the NBA. It was established in 2001. To put it bluntly, it is a place where people who cannot even serve as substitutes in the NBA play. Now there are not as many teams in the NBDL as there were in 2017, with only 8 teams. They are Fayetteville, Austin, Fort Worth, Arkansas, Florida, Tulsa, Albuquerque, Roanoke, and it is the Florida team where the Magic is.
Just in Orlando, Sun Zhuo came to report on the new team. When Sun Zhuo appeared, the entire team was stunned.
"Oh my god, it's really Eric Sun. He's really here! When I was watching the news, I thought the NBA had made a mistake."
"What did I see? Am I going to play with the NBA All-Star MVP?"
This group of people are all guys who are not qualified to enter the NBA. They are either very poor or have mediocre talents. It is inevitable that they will be excited when they see Sun Zhuo.
"Hello everyone, nice to meet you. Our opponent later is the Austin team, right?" Sun Zhuo waved and greeted everyone. He didn't know anyone here.
The teammates did not answer him, but all came over and kept asking Sun Zhuo questions.
"Why did you come to the G-League? Is it to get angry with Charles Barkley?"
"Sun, you don't know how much we envy you. We play in this league just to get into the NBA. It's a good thing that you actually took the initiative to go down and experience life."
"Is your dunk really that great? We both look about the same size. Why can't I jump as high as you and not be as strong as you in confrontation?"
"Eric Sun, come here quickly, I want to challenge you! Haha, I haven't competed against an NBA-level player yet!"
"..."
Sun Zhuo didn't expect that he would be surrounded immediately as soon as he came to the new team. Everyone knew him, but he didn't know anyone. He had no choice but to stay away from these people quickly: "Sorry, your questions are too big." Too many, I can’t answer.”
Subsequently, Sun Zhuo found the team's head coach, Jeff Turner, who was also an unheard-of person. However, these people may all enter the NBA for development in the future. Luke Walton served as an NBDL before going to the Warriors as an assistant coach. coach.
"Eric, welcome. Coach Hill has spoken to me. We will do our best to help you find your form." Jeff Turner is a very easy-going person and has a very good attitude towards Sun Zhuo. He also dreams of One day I will be able to coach in the NBA. It will be a real headache to coach this group of players with mediocre qualifications or low execution ability all day long.
Sun Zhuo shook hands with Jeff Turner, "Thank you. I want to be on the court as much as possible in this game against Austin."
"No problem, you can play as long as you want. The ball is all under your control." Jeff Turner did this partly because of Sun Zhuo's ability, but also because of the Magic's request.
"Thank you. It's a pleasure working with you. I will recommend you to the Magic to be an assistant coach in the NBA." Sun Zhuo said.
"Oh, thank you very much." Jeff Turner became excited.
Next, Sun Zhuo started training with the new team members. Most people still respected Sun Zhuo, but there was a black man named White who kept provoking Sun Zhuo.
"Sun, seriously, are you going to die now? I have always been curious about how you yellow people can have such a strong bounce. I am very doubtful about your dunking ability. Do you dare to compete with me? I think You can’t compare to me.”
White is a young man about 20 years old, about 195cm tall, and he does look like a dunk master.
Sun Zhuo originally didn’t want to have too much involvement with G League players. After all, he would only stay here for a short period of time, but for the game against Austin, his teammates all obeyed him and tried their best to give him the ball. Zhuo felt that he still needed to show off his strength to open the eyes of the children in the lower leagues.
Sun Zhuo put down the basketball and said with a smile: "Okay, I happen to be tired from shooting practice, so let's compete in dunks."
After hearing Sun Zhuo's words, everyone else swarmed over, ready to watch a good show. As teammates, they all knew that White did have good dunking ability, but he was not very good. Sun Zhuo was the champion of the dunk contest.
"Very good." White showed a smile on his face, immediately picked up a basketball, then walked to the court, rushed to the basket, jumped up, and did a windmill dunk!
boom!
"Haha, good job, White!" Some teammates cheered him on.
"Wow, that's amazing." Sun Zhuo also applauded him after seeing it, with a look of surprise on his face.
But seeing Sun Zhuo's surprised look, White was a little unhappy and said: "To be honest, I hate seeing your expression. Your expression seems to be that our Development League players are all elementary school students. Our Development League players Can’t we dunk or spin? Some of us are as talented as you NBA players! We just lack a chance to prove ourselves!”
Sun Zhuo quickly explained: "I absolutely agree that there are many talented players in the Development League."
For this, Hassan Whiteside is a good example. He is seven feet tall and has a wingspan of seven feet, seven inches. This is simply a perverted physical talent, and he also has excellent athletic talent. , with his height and wingspan, he can simply destroy a team when it comes to rebounding and blocking shots.
However, Hassan Whiteside has spent many years in leagues such as the NBDL and CBA and was unable to enter the NBA. Whiteside once expressed aggrievedly on Twitter: "I don't think people really realize how tall I am and how tall I am. How long is the wingspan?"
The accompanying picture is a picture of him grabbing the basket on the spot on his tiptoes.
Sun Zhuo looked at White and said: "Out of respect for my opponent, I will try my best to compete with you. Please raise the basket a little higher."
"What? Raise the rim?" White was worried that Sun Zhuo would look down on him a second ago, but now he saw that Sun Zhuo was serious and immediately became nervous.
In order to show off his bounce, Sun Zhuo actually had to raise the rim? Everyone else was also dumbfounded.
After that, the staff really followed Sun Zhuo's request and raised the basket a little higher. At this time, Sun Zhuo picked up the ball, ran towards the basket, and did the same action as White.
boom!
No matter in terms of movement stretch or completion, Sun Zhuo's windmill dunk completely surpassed White's previous windmill dunk!
In addition, the height of Sun Zhuo's dunk is higher than that of White's dunk!
"Oh my god, he is really that powerful..." White was shocked.
Amid the admiration, Sun Zhuo picked up the basketball, walked towards White again, handed the ball to him, and said, "Would you like to try again?"
"Gu..." White swallowed unconsciously. Although he was afraid, he was so strong that he still took the basketball and tried boldly.
White challenged the windmill dunk after the rim was raised. After taking off, he obviously felt that his bounce was not enough. The windmill dunk is a test of a person's jumping ability, because if you want to make moves in the air, you must have enough jumping height to support it. White The ball was dunked directly on the outer edge of the basket. As a result, he was also bounced directly to the ground by the reaction force, which was very embarrassing.
Everyone has seen the talent gap between NBDL and NBA players.
White stood up from the floor and said to Sun Zhuo: "I'm convinced! From now on, I will never scold those NBA managers for being blind and not appreciating me. Compared to you guys, I'm just an ordinary person!"
Sun Zhuo didn’t want to extinguish a person’s dream after coming here. Players in the Development League were already struggling to survive in order to enter the NBA. Sun Zhuo said: “Your dunk is already very good, but people who are good at dunking may not necessarily enter. NBA, Steve Nash doesn't dunk as well as you, but he was the MVP last season and has some confidence in himself, man."
After hearing this consolation, White felt much better and stopped looking for trouble with Sun Zhuo.
After getting the coach and teammates of the new team, Sun Zhuo soon ushered in his first game in the Development League. The opponent was the Austin team. It was still a strange team that no one knew, although the opponent did not know him. , but when he arrived at the scene, Sun Zhuo met someone he knew.
"Hello, Sun, we meet again!" In the empty auditorium, Ron Artest was sitting on the sidelines. Regardless of whether Sun Zhuo took the initiative to ask for a delegation, Artest felt that he could not miss this time to mock Sun Zhuo. Zhuo's opportunity, so he deliberately missed a Pacers game due to illness and came here to watch Sun Zhuo's debut in the Development League.
Sun Zhuo was also very surprised to see Artest. This is not the NBA. Not many people are willing to come to the G League games. Of course, Sun Zhuo knew that Artest came to see his jokes, but since Sun Zhuo After making this decision, Sun Zhuo had long been prepared to let the whole world see the "joke".
Sun Zhuo stepped forward and did not show any hatred. Instead, he smiled and said hello: "Ron Artest, long time no see. Are you here just to watch me play? You are really nice. Remember last time?" When we met, you also came to watch my game. It was the playoffs with the Spurs when I was with the Lakers. That day..."
"Stop talking!" Artest quickly asked Sun Zhuo to stop, and when he recalled it, he recalled the incident where Artest kissed the donkey's butt. Artest quickly changed the subject and said: "Sun, what happened? I haven’t seen you for a month, and you’re here to play in the G League? You’re not afraid that I’ll hit you, so you’re hiding here on purpose, right? Haha, I think this jersey suits you better than the Magic jersey. !”
Faced with Artest's provocation, Sun Zhuo's response this time was very surprising. Sun Zhuo sighed and said: "The standard of the NBA is too high. I can no longer adapt to the high-intensity NBA competition. Even the greatest power forward in history, Charles Barkley, suggested that I come to the G-League. I thought about it seriously and thought what he said made sense. Ron, from now on, we will be people in different worlds."
"You guy..." Artest was stunned for a moment. Why did Sun Zhuo talk like this? This is not like his style. Even if Sun Zhuo's strength drops to the level of the Development League, he will fight to the death. What's more, in just a few months, Sun Zhuo cannot regress that much.
"Does Sun want to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger? With the strength of an NBA player, he will torture the rookies in the NBDL, right?" Artest thought about it seriously, and then he became relaxed again and said secretly: "Even so, with you The current state may not cause much trouble in the NBDL. I already fully understand your technical characteristics. As long as the opponent prevents your relying on shooting and prevents you from having the opportunity to break into the basket, in the NBDL, you will What can be done?”
After chatting with Sun Zhuo, Artest found Chris Harris, an ace player from the Austin team who averaged over 30 points per game.
"Listen, there's nothing to be afraid of about Sun. If you don't want to be scorched by him, just do what I say. Guard him from hitting and shooting, and double-team him as soon as he hits. Also, don't let him get close. You have to have confidence in yourself when it comes to the basket. If he's not fast, he's not as good as you. He can't get rid of you."
Chris Harris is an extremely fast scorer. He also knows Sun Zhuo's technical characteristics very well and thinks that he is faster than Sun Zhuo!
"Now that the level is maxed out, it's time to use the special training cards." Sun Zhuo stood on the court wearing a Florida jersey and immediately used two special training cards.
"Congratulations, the speed training is successful! The speed value has increased from 174 to 178, and the grade evaluation has been upgraded to S."
"Congratulations, the speed training is successful! The speed value has increased from 178 to 184, and the grade evaluation has been upgraded to S+!"