NBA Tyrant

July 7, 2004, 2 p.m., Orlando Magic Amway Arena. Although the Summer League game is still 2 hours away, fans and media are already on the sidelines early in the morning, ready to watch the afternoon game.

This year's Orlando Summer League features a total of six NBA teams, and in addition to the Magic itself, the New Jersey Nets, Washington Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics and Miami Heat are also invited.

Starting at 4 p.m. today, the Orlando Magic vs. the New Jersey Nets, the Washington Wizards vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers at 5 p.m., and the Boston Celtics vs. the Miami Heat at 6 p.m.

Except for the Magic, who will arrange to play on the main court of Amway Arena, the other two games are played in a relatively small training venue, and the Magic team can be regarded as the advantage of the host.

In the Magic's locker room, assistant coach Anderson sat in the middle, watching with a tactical board as he led the team to Summer League.

Moreover, Anderson has already received the head coach's arrangement, and the summer league is mainly to let Howard attack under the basket, not to shoot from the outside, and let Howard do a good job of helping on the defensive end, and one point, hoping to improve the quality of Howard's blocking.

As for the other rookie Nelson, the coach only said that the focus is on his playmaking offense and outside fixed-point shooting, because there is a threat from Howard under the basket, the opponent will definitely help defend and pinch shots, and it is easy for the outside line to have empty positions at this time.

Coming out of the head coach's office, Howard was very depressed, just now the head coach clearly told himself that he is not allowed to show his outside shooting ability in the summer league, and he is allowed to wreak havoc in the restricted area, but if he is caught on the inside and has no good chance to score, it is best to pay attention to his outside teammates, don't be strong, pass the ball out to the empty space, and at the same time, do more blocking, and when the misalignment is formed, go to the basket to play strongly.

Walking into the locker room, Howard saw assistant coach Anderson sitting in the middle, said hello, and sat down in front of his cabinet, thinking about how to play while taking out his phone to watch the news.

In the past few days, the player market has been full of news, especially the news of the Giant Shark and the Flying Heroes, there are a lot of revelations, but none of them are reliable, some say that Shaq wants to go to Dallas, some say that he wants to go to the Kings, and some say that Kobe Bryant forced the Lakers and must get rid of Shaq, or go to the Clippers or Suns.

However, Nash of the Mavericks has signed a contract with the Suns, a five-year, 65 million contract, so that the Suns have no extra salary space to bring in big-name stars, which also means that the Suns have withdrawn from the competition for Kobe.

Hey, but I didn't expect that just after Nash decided to go home, Cuban, the owner of the Mavericks, publicly accused Nash of being greedy for money and being ungrateful for money, but he didn't think about why he didn't give Nash the contract he deserved, and Howard was also speechless.

and the Nuggets are close to winning the Nets' All-Star power forward Kenyon Martin, this jumping man with strong body, excellent defense, and good offensive ability, and Carmelo Anthony partner, the Nuggets will inevitably perform in the new season in the West.

and Maddy, the star of the Magic, was also revealed by the media to want to leave the team and join a playoff-level powerhouse, saying that the Magic would only waste the peak of his career.

What the hell? Maddie is going to completely tear his face with the Magic and Orlando

fans?" "Coach Anderson, does our scoring champion Maddie want to leave Orlando?" "

Maddy's departure will become a fact, which Howard himself knows, but what is the specific reason why he wants to leave without hesitating to offend the fans and the team, as if he didn't see it in his previous life.

"Yes, Howard, but you don't have to dwell on it, I don't know the specific reason, this has nothing to do with you now, you just need to play well and show your strength in the summer league! We will also help you develop tactics and give full play to your role, you are the core of the summer league team, perform well, I don't think our fans will be stingy with their applause and cheers. Anderson continued to look at the tactics board.

Well, it seems that Assistant Coach Anderson doesn't know much of the inside story, and Howard raised his eyebrows and didn't care.

"Of course, Assistant Coach Anderson, don't worry, I'm going to show my dominance! Dominating the interior on the court!"

It didn't take long for the players who participated in the summer league to enter the locker room one after another, and Anderson also put down the tactical board in his hand and clapped his hands.

"Guys, this is our first Summer League game, although winning or losing has no impact on the team, but for you personally, the quality of your performance on the court will directly affect your stay and decide whether you can play in the NBA, the big league, so I hope you can give your full strength and get our own start to the Summer League! Come on, come on, I'll tell you about the tactical play we will have later......" Anderson pointed the tactics board at the player and began to explain the specific tactics.

"Okay, is there anyone else who doesn't understand?" Assistant Anderson looked around and saw that no one spoke, and continued, "Then I'll talk about the starting arrangements, Nelson, Jones, Andrew, Bradley, Howard!

"1, 2, 3, come on!go!"

Soon, the game began immediately, and both starters stood in the center of the field, ready to start jumping.

This year's New Jersey Nets did not have a first-round pick, and only randomly selected an unknown rookie Broad in the second round, a small forward who is 201 cm tall and weighs 100 kilograms, and is standing outside the center circle at this time and twisting his waist.

And Howard looked at the Nets center who was about to jump with him, a little speechless, if I remember correctly, it should be called Jeromy Moiso, 208 tall, 107 kilograms, obviously not the same magnitude as himself at all.

As the whistle blew, the ball began to jump, and without any surprise, Howard easily flicked the ball towards his teammate.

Nelson slowly dribbled across the half court and passed the ball to Jones.

Howard stuck in position outside the three-second zone, pressed Moiso behind him, and reached for the ball from Jones.

Seeing this, Jones immediately hoisted the basketball inside.

Collecting the ball and observing, seeing that no one came to wrap himself, Howard smiled secretly in his heart, hey, hey, it seems that these people don't take themselves too seriously, let you see what it means to dominate the inside!

Chisel back, Nets center Moiso staggered back, seeing that the Nets center was easily squeezed away, Howard did not hesitate, turned around, jumped, face frame, hands raised, ignored Moiso's defense again, and pressed the basketball to the basket fiercely across Moiso Howard.

With a loud bang, Howard slammed his hand, and after landing on the ground, he didn't look at the other party, and turned away with a relaxed face, leaving Moiso sitting on the ground alone.

"Wow!Wow!Wow!Our Mr. Champion directly punched Moiso inside!Wow, that's brutal!Did he want to slaughter Moyso

!"The on-site narrator didn't expect to be so fierce at the beginning

, it's so hi, it's great, please continue!"Oh my God, Howard, you're really brutal! It's good that you're my teammate, haha, I like it!" Nelson smacked Howard in the chest.

"Haha, there's more exciting in the future, let's watch me perform

!" Listening to the commentary and the exclamations of the fans on the sidelines, the corners of Howard's mouth hooked, this is just the beginning!

"Moiso, are you okay!" Nets power forward Donnell reached out and pulled Moiso up, his face was unbearable, and at the same time secretly glad that he was not his own defense center, otherwise he would be unlucky, his height of 206 cm and weight of 103 kg could not withstand the destruction of the other party.

"It's okay, it's just that my chest is a little stuffy!cough!" Moiso shook his head, he had just been hit twice, as if he had been hammered twice by a sledgehammer, and it was really too difficult for a big forward to top a heavy pure center.

"Okay, now it's the Nets' turn to attack, Thomas is half-time, he is looking for a pick-and-roll, he motions for Moiso to come out and do the pick-and-roll, it seems that he is going to play the wrong position. The narrator looked at the field and said quickly.

Nelson saw Moiso step forward, immediately approached Thomas, who was holding the ball, and subconsciously took a step forward to the right, trying to bypass the opponent's cover in advance.

But before Nelson could react, from Thomas's point of view, he saw Nelson trying to break the cover with Moiso to the left, and immediately made a change.

"Oh no!" Nelson didn't have time to turn around, and was instantly pulled away by half a position.

Seeing this, Howard immediately moved forward sideways and tried to block Thomas, but unfortunately it was unsuccessful, Thomas's burst speed was good, and he had already swept past Howard.

Seeing Thomas rushing into the inside, without hesitation, Howard followed closely behind Thomas, as long as Thomas dared to make a layup or dunk, then directly send the other party a big hot pot, his top height, arm span and bounce explosion, but not decoration.

Thomas didn't notice Howard following closely behind him, Thomas felt that with his speed, he had passed Howard, and there was only an empty basket left in front of him, seeing that the basket was getting closer and closer, Thomas immediately jumped up and prepared to end the offense with a layup.

When Thomas raised his right hand holding the ball high and was about to touch the rebound, he only felt a gust of wind blowing in his ears, and then with a bang, the basketball in his hand directly touched the rebound and bounced out.

"Hah

Coincidentally, the basketball was picked up by Moiso, who followed up, and Moiso immediately jumped and threw it, trying to throw the basketball into the basket before Howard could react.

Howard jumped directly on the spot, raised his right hand high, and the excellent bounce and speed made Howard directly take off the basketball in the air, clamp it around his waist, and look at Moiso coldly and fiercely.

"Oh my God, oh my God, Howard gave Thomas and Moiso to the Nets a block in a row, oh my God, he jumped too high! I feel like his hand is going to reach the sky!" The commentary on the sidelines began to get excited again, "Howard's two blocks in one round are amazing! Two jumps in an instant, and with such a great height and reach, I believe that in the future, he will become an excellent interior gate for the Magic!"