Chapter 7: One trick to conquer the world
That night, the Suns played against the Knicks away.
Super center Ewing scored 35 points, 11 rebounds, and delivered 3 blocks. He blew up the Suns' inside line on both offense and defense and led the team to defeat the Suns.
The Suns' main center Mark West played for 27 minutes and had a normal performance of 2 points, 1 rebound and 4 turnovers.
Wang Tiejun watched an NBA game live for the first time and was greatly entertained.
Especially Ewing's superb performance, which made him, who is also a center, amazed.
The next day, on the afternoon of the 27th, the Suns returned to Phoenix.
Colangelo arranged for Wang Tiejun to live in the training base to facilitate training.
Lao Wang would rather it, but it is not cost-effective for him to live outside and rent a house.
The next morning, before the team training, Colangelo asked the coaching staff to give Wang Tiejun a physical test first.
“What does management mean?”
Oliver Miller was confused to see that a physical test was arranged for a sparring partner.
He is the 22nd pick in the first round of the Suns this year. He is a center. He is 206 cm tall and weighs 127 kg. His unit density is the highest in the league.
Since joining the Suns, he has averaged nearly 20 minutes of playing time per game, with stats of 5+5. His excessive weight has limited his performance and his performance has been average.
But he had a strong sense of competition, and when he saw Wang Tiejun doing the physical test, he immediately felt something was wrong.
However, as a rookie, he had no say and could only remain silent, but he was already wary of Wang Tiejun.
At ten o'clock, Wang Tiejun's physical test data came out.
"S+ static talent?"
Everyone on the coaching staff was surprised, Colangelo and head coach Paul Westphal were equally surprised.
"It's a pity that the dynamic talent is very ordinary."
Paul Westphal shook his head.
"It's nothing to regret. People like O'Neal are hard to find in 20 or 30 years," Colangelo said with a smile.
"Arrange a detailed strength and technical training for him, and try to get him to the level of a professional player in a few months."
Colangelo admonished the coaching staff.
Now the coaching staff fully understood that Colangelo was not just asking for a sparring partner, but was preparing to train Wang Tiejun.
"Hey, Chinese, want to practice with me?" At this time, Oliver Miller walked up to Wang Tiejun and said.
"Of course." Wang Tiejun nodded.
Colangelo and the others didn't care and just watched from the side.
"I want to practice offense."
Oliver Miller took the ball to the low left wing.
"bring it on."
Wang Tiejun stood in front.
“Bang bang…”
Oliver Miller started to dribble and post up, then arched backwards with force.
His idea was to use his size and strength to directly knock the Chinese guy over, making him look bad, and letting the management and coaching staff see their own strength.
“Bang!”
With his weight of 127 kilograms, Wang Tiejun was hit so hard that his body trembled and he almost couldn't stand.
"Grass!"
Wang Tiejun had no idea that Miller would be so huge and much shorter than him, so he was caught off guard by the collision.
But he immediately started to counterattack, that is, active defense, and went directly to the Iron Mountain Backrest. He suddenly stopped his feet, twisted his waist and hips, combined the six forces into one, and leaned forward suddenly.
“Bang!”
Miller seized the opportunity and was about to launch a second back-arch, but he was unexpectedly pushed up from behind with such great force that he stumbled forward and lost the ball.
“Beep!”
An assistant referee blew the whistle to signal the end of the attack.
"Come again."
Oliver Miller said unconvincedly.
"hey-hey!"
Wang Tiejun is also an ambitious person. As long as there is an opportunity, he will definitely show his strength. Miller's idea is exactly what he wants.
Next, Oliver Miller started to back-up again.
“Bang!”
Lao Wang once again used Tieshan's hitting technique. His weight and powerful hitting power made Miller stagger and almost fall to the ground. The ball was lost again.
“Beep!”
The assistant coach blew the whistle again.
"Shit!"
Oliver Miller glared at Wang Tiejun and started his third back-to-back attack.
Unfortunately, although he is heavier, he is not as powerful as Lao Wang in terms of striking strength, and his movement speed is not faster than Lao Wang due to his excessive weight, so his effect in fighting Lao Wang is not as good as Mark West.
There is no other choice but to resort to crooked tactics.
"boom!"
Taking advantage of the opportunity to turn around, he elbowed Wang Tiejun and took the opportunity to break into the basket and slam dunk.
Fortunately, he saw Mark West get thrown last time, so he didn't dare to use too much force and his movements were not that big.
Later, he elbowed Wang Tiejun twice in a row, but Wang Tiejun did not get angry. After all, the force was not very strong and he could still bear it.
But since it was a confrontation, it had to be two-sided, so he couldn't just get elbowed, right? So he also started to fight back, elbowing Miller's waist from time to time.
As he elbowed again and again, he gained experience and used so much force that he elbowed Oliver Miller so hard that his teeth were gnashing and his mouth was in great pain.
"what are you doing?"
Miller's face turned red from the elbow, and in anger he threw the ball at Wang Tiejun.
"You elbowed me, so why can't I elbow you?" Wang Tiejun said in surprise.
"You are just a sparring partner. Don't forget your identity." Oliver Miller said angrily with disdain.
"Rookie?"
Barkley stood up with a frown on his face and said unhappily, "If you can't even compete in training, who can expect you to perform well in the game?"
"Charles, why are you partial to one sparring partner?" Mark West stood up relying on his seniority.
Barkley is upset. Is this bias? Which team's confrontation training is one-sided, where I can elbow you but you can't elbow me? No wonder you guys are trash.
He strode up to , pointed at his nose and said, "West, I don't need you to teach me how to do things, do you understand? Who do you think you are? No one in this league is qualified to teach me how to do things."
"you?"
West was scolded by Barkley, his face flushed and he was very angry, but this was the status that came with strength. He was powerless to resist and could only swallow his anger.
"Damn it, in the future I will point my finger at other people and scold them, and they won't dare to talk back." Looking at Barkley's majesty, Wang Tiejun's eyes were full of envy.
"Okay, that's enough. We are all teammates now, so don't act on impulse."
Head coach Paul Westphal stepped forward and stopped Barkley from continuing to teach West a lesson, then said to Oliver Miller:
"Oliver, since you asked for a sparring partner, you have to endure a reasonable intensity of confrontation. What you did just now was wrong, and your attitude was wrong too. Be more careful next time."
"I understand, Coach."
Oliver Miller was very frustrated. His plan completely failed and he lost face. He couldn't even get a sparring partner.
"His fighting strength is not as good as mine."
After serving Miller for a while, Wang Tiejun felt that this guy didn't have much strength. With such a large body, his muscles were in vain, and his back-to-the-basket power was not that strong. It should be that his back-to-the-basket technique was average, and he didn't master the technique of exerting force, so his power was not unleashed at all.
Colangelo was a little disappointed. He had high hopes for Oliver Miller and hoped that he would become the main center of the Suns in the future. But in the sparring just now, he couldn't even beat a Chinese youth he picked up from the street.
At night, Wang Tiejun slept in a separate room and turned on the system. 200 points were just enough to exchange for a training card.
However, after repeated consideration, he couldn't make up his mind which quality or technical training card to exchange.
"System, do you have any suggestions?"
Thinking about the last technical synthesis card, the system helped him make the best choice, so he set his sights on the system again.
"The host's strongest quality lies in strength. His strongest offensive technique lies in low-post back-to-the-basket shooting. His strongest defensive technique lies in one-on-one defense. These three aspects have one thing in common, which is great strength. Therefore, this system recommends that the host continue to increase his strength." The system immediately prompted.
“That makes sense.”
Wang Tiejun nodded repeatedly.
Since there are too many weaknesses and it is impossible to make up for them, it is better to make the strengths stronger.
He came from a traditional martial arts background, and he knew one thing: most traditional martial arts fighting styles, after decades of practice, only practice one or two killer moves, and the rest are routines.
The saying goes, "One trick is enough to conquer the world." This principle should also apply to basketball.
