Chapter 195: The Reborn Zhang Guangming
Like last year, Li Qiang returned to the alliance across the ocean in early March. There, hundreds of millions of viewers were looking forward to Li Qiang's wonderful performance.
For Timberwolves fans, they were different from the fear and fearful attitude when Li Qiang was away last year. This year they knew that Li Qiang would definitely come back. So when Li Qiang was away, they were not in a hurry at all and did not care much about the team's performance. This led to a further decline in Timberwolves' ticket and broadcast rate in the regular season. Although Martin and Wiggins performed well, they could not get Timberwolves fans. There was no way. Li Qiang was too strong. No matter how good they performed, they were a scumbag who was instantly bombarded in front of the real boss of the team.
Since the team's revenue is for the whole season, although the Timberwolves' revenue in the final regular season and playoffs further increased, the revenue in the regular season decreased, but the additional profit was hedged. The Timberwolves' market value was affected by Li Qiang's further fading out of the regular season, and this year was basically the same as last year. The market value of the 20% stake in Li Qiang's hand (including the share of this year's championship) was still about 200 million, and the market value per share was similar to last year.
The Timberwolves team is now quite extreme. Most of the regular season, they are a bottom team. In the final of the regular season and the playoffs, they are either the champion team, they are the champions of this year. They are invincible.
So this year, a very strange phenomenon occurred in the entire Western Conference: all teams are unwilling to be the first and second in the competition area. In this way, it is very likely that the Timberwolves, ranked seventh and eighth, will encounter the team's first round of the playoffs, and they will leave the game with embarrassingly.
However, there is only one team that leads with a record of 74 wins and 8 losses! This is the New Orleans Pelicans where the giant Zhang Guangming is located!
This is because Zhang Guangming finally confirmed his unshakable position as the second player in the league this year! Zhang Guangming wants to try to shake the Supreme Throne of the Basketball Emperor that Li Qiang holds in the first round of the playoffs!
What kind of performance did Zhang Guangming perform this season?
Let's reveal the answer.
60 points, 26 rebounds, 9 assists, and 7 blocks. This is Zhang Guangming's average game data in the regular season! Prehistoric level data!
People couldn't help but exclaim: The inside monster is coming!
After experiencing the setbacks of being beaten by Li Qiang for four consecutive games last year, Zhang Guangming did not feel depressed. On the contrary, Zhang Guangming became smarter to play. In order to make up for his physical weakness, during the summer vacation, he changed his past practice of forcing dunks and searched Tiangou Kareem to practice hooking, hooking and small throws at the basket.
Unlike the easy-to-be-interference in central shots, hooking is a skill that few people are proficient in but has high confrontation. As the absolute main force of the team, Zhang Guangming often has to face double-teams of two or three people. At this time, hooking becomes a weapon for him to easily take action in the crowd without wasting his physical strength.
Moreover, people were also surprised to see Zhang Guangming's changes on the assist end. In modern NBA basketball, the center is basically a coolie character with a high pick-and-roll, a coolie character with a big inside gate, a coolie character with a rebound, or a dunk terminator on the offensive end. But Zhang Guangming became the core of the team as a center, so he naturally had to be different from the positioning of other ordinary centers!
Yes, Zhang Guangming often attracts double-teams of two or three people. At this time, if Zhang Guangming has a certain assist ability, the team's lethality will become much stronger in an instant. From last year's average of 5 assists to this year's 9 assists, people have seen Zhang Guangming's progress: his vision is broader and his passing is sharper.
It can be said that Zhang Guangming has really been reborn this season. He has gone from being the best super center in the league with a physical fitness that relies on his body to become a team leader with not only being the best in the body but also having excellent overall view. He surpassed O'Neal, Jabbar, Chamberlain and other seniors, and became the best super center in history!
Therefore, Zhang Guangming was named the most progressive player in the league for the third consecutive year!
Zhang Guangming is now more physically compatible, which may be his confidence to keep improving! (Only Li Qiang really knows what his confidence is) Zhang Guangming is now 3.05 meters tall, and the flat frame is on his head standing by the basket! Zhang Guangming now weighs 310 kilograms (680 pounds), and his explosive physical fitness is almost unrivaled in the inside! Look at Zhang Guangming's recent physical side data!
Bench press 520 kg. (1150 lbs)
Deadlift 880 kg. (1940 lbs)
Cleansing and jerk 420 kg. (930 lbs)
Snatch 360 kg. (800 lbs)
3/4 sprint run 3 seconds 03.
The height is 3.90 meters.
Jumped 4 meters 92.
Running assist and jump 4.98 meters.
Yes, every result of the Giant in terms of strength broke the world record except Li Qiang! In the basketball court, the Giant's strength of hundreds of kilograms and his weight of three hundred kilograms can almost have a full ton of strength when he moves! No wonder the players defending Zhang Guangming exclaimed that they were not playing with one person, they were intercepting a car that was driving!
A three-person joint defense can block a player, but can a car?
Compared with the bench press that was only 400 kilograms a year ago, apart from a small part of the progress came from the Dharma Heaven and Demonic Art, the other half of it was thanks to Zhang Guangming's hard practice!
In terms of speed, the 3-second four-thirds sprint is already comparable to the league's top small forwards!
Not to mention bounce, it is simply bullying people. Standing still, it becomes a restricted area below 3.9 meters. After jumping, it can block the basketball at a height of 5 meters!
With Zhang Guangming, an all-around super center who can score, grab boards, blocks and passes, and with super data of 60 points, 26 rebounds, 9 assists and 7 blocks, the Pelicans have been in full swing this year, and they have passed the regular season and are in a state of unstoppable momentum!
74 wins and 8 losses!
This is the Pelicans' record this year. Yes, after a year of baptism, Zhang Guangming this year is already completely different from last year. This year's Pelicans are a powerful championship team!
Zhang Guangming did what Jordan did not do even if he lost 72 and lost 10. Yes, Jordan's attack power is very strong. But one hero and three people, Jordan, Pippen, Rodman and other powerful helpers.
As a team that has no background or money to pay expensive luxury taxes, there is no strong helper in the team except Zhang Guangming!
This is why Zhang Guangming failed without meeting Li Qiang in the first two seasons. Although Zhang Guangming was already against the will of heaven, he was not yet at this level, and he could not win the championship alone!
But now it’s different. Zhang Guangming’s defiance of the sky has reached the point where he can lead a group of fish to win the championship with his own strength! LeBron, who has been in parallel for 15 years, cannot do it. But Zhang Guangming can do it now!
Zhang Guangming's strength has now been transformed!
Chapter completed!