At the same time, Wang Feng returned to the fast food restaurant and happily counted today's harvest.
Although they are just a group of students and don't have much money, Wang Feng also made close to 20 US dollars by winning one or two dollars.
In 1994, 20 US dollars was not a small amount of money. If you could earn 20 US dollars every day, it would be 600 US dollars a month and 7,200 US dollars a year.
According to the current exchange rate, 7,200 U.S. dollars, converted into Chinese currency, is about more than 50,000.
Imagine what it was like to have an annual income of 50,000 yuan in China in 1994.
Of course, Wang Feng cannot be complacent just because he earns a mere $20 a day. He just discovered a new way to quickly attract the attention of the NBA.
The guys who played with him today were like gourd boys saving grandpa. They came up one after another and were very unconvinced after sending them off. When they left today, some people were still saying harsh words, so that Wang Feng would have the ability to continue tomorrow.
Come here.
Obviously they were still unconvinced and wanted to find someone more powerful to teach Wang Feng a lesson.
In fact, by the end of today, the level of those who challenge Wang Feng has been continuously improving, and some have even reached relatively good standards in the NCAA.
Of course, there is still a huge gap between the NCAA and the NBA. Of the thousands of players who play in the NCAA, only 60 players in the first and second rounds will eventually be able to participate in the draft and enter the league. And even if they are selected in the draft
Of the 60 rookies, after a fierce competition, a large number will still be eliminated and reduced to the point where they have no ball to play with.
…
The next day, Wang Feng helped Wang Xu clean the fast food restaurant and prepare ingredients as usual, and then went to the street basketball court yesterday according to the time agreed with those guys.
"He's coming!"
When Wang Feng arrived, many people had gathered at the stadium.
"Haha, wake up! Today we have called professional players to teach you a lesson!"
Someone shouted loudly.
Wang Feng was overjoyed when he heard this.
Is this just a pillow for you to sleep on?
Wang Feng is eager for well-known NBA players to challenge him so that he can get into the sight of league scouts faster.
But when he walked into the stadium and looked at the players standing in the center of the stadium, the surprise suddenly disappeared.
This is a slovenly looking guy, at least in his thirties, with an unshaven beard, and is older than Wang Feng.
Although he is of good height, similar to Wang Feng, he doesn't look like an NBA player at all.
"Hehe, don't worry, this is Bert. He was selected by the Bucks in the second round of 1985. He has played in the NBA for a whole season. He is a serious professional player!"
Wang Feng: "..."
He knew that his expectations were too early.
There are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are kings. This is the only highest-level opponent these "ordinary people" can find.
Wang Feng, who was just too disappointed, was in a bad mood. Facing the former NBA player, he showed no mercy and beat the opponent with a crisp 11:0 victory.
Everyone looked at this scene in astonishment. In their eyes, the former professional player who was very powerful actually behaved no different from them in front of this guy. He was killed 11:0 instantly. Isn't this too exaggerated?
The shouting from the sidelines disappeared.
Wang Feng looked around and asked in a calm tone: "Who else is there?"
His voice was not loud, and he did not sound imposing at all, but at this time, no one dared to pick up his words.
It wasn't until half a day later that a weak voice rang out from the crowd.
"What are you playing on an ordinary street basketball court like this? If you're so capable, you might as well go to Rucker Park and try your luck!"
In New York, everyone who plays basketball knows about Rucker Park, the holy land of streetball. It represents the pinnacle of amateur basketball and is a place of pilgrimage for all basketball enthusiasts. It is also a place where various influential figures hang out.
In the eyes of these people, since even former professional players can't help Wang Feng, only Rock Park and real active players in the league can teach Wang Feng a lesson.
Sure enough, I still can’t avoid going to Rucker Park.
Wang Feng shook his head helplessly.
However, he is not just busy. After easily defeating former NBA players, these guys have a new understanding of his strength. After going to Rucker Park, they will also become good promoters and help him save a little money.
Time to make a name for yourself and attract attention.
…
"Hey, Wang Xiao, have you heard?"
In the high school class, Wang Xiao, who had just had a class, was packing up the textbooks on his desk. Suddenly, one of his friends ran into the classroom excitedly: "The waiter in your store went to the court again today and brought that gang
The guy called a former NBA player and beat him 11:0! Now Jack and the others are completely helpless! It is said that they are planning to go to Rucker Park and let Wang Feng challenge those well-known streetball experts!"
Wang Xiao looked at his companion blankly, with a look of disbelief on his face. "Wang Feng... beat a former NBA player 11:0?"
No matter how long you have played in the NBA, as long as you can enter the league and sign a formal contract, you are undoubtedly a true professional player, because being valued by scouts and teams already represents the opponent's strength.
How could Wang Xiao not know the huge gap between professional players and amateur players?
"You said they went to Rucker Park?"
Wang Xiao suddenly reacted, "Let's go! Let's go take a look!"
"Now? There are still classes to finish."
Wang Xiao ignored his friend's words, packed his schoolbag and ran out of the classroom quickly.
He wanted to see with his own eyes whether Wang Feng could maintain the same calm attitude as he did on the court yesterday when he arrived at Rucker Park. Did he really have a chance to enter the NBA?
At this moment, looking at the stadium in front of him, Wang Feng couldn't help but sigh.
"This is Rucker Park."
Unlike 2020, Rucker Park in 1994 has not undergone several renovations, there are no spectator stands on the sidelines, and the cement stadium even looks quite shabby.
However, there were many people surrounding the stadium, most of whom were black.
Harlem, where Rucker Park is located, is predominantly black, and Rucker Park is a place of pilgrimage for black culture.
Wang Feng had seen a lot of rumors about Rucker Park on the Internet before he traveled, including not going to Rucker Park alone, newcomers not to look at anyone, don't wear too good sneakers to play ball, etc.
But at least now it seemed to him that it wasn't as exaggerated as the rumors said.
"It seems that you can't trust everything on the Internet. It is also said on the Internet that Cantonese people eat Fujian people..."
It's right to think about it carefully. If this place is really chaotic to that extent, how can the league's top superstars like Kobe, McGrady, and Iverson dare to go there to play? After all, they are all league superstars worth tens of millions, even Iverson.
Players like Folsen, who has a strong sense of loyalty and knows many brothers who are gangsters, will inevitably encounter one or two desperadoes who are motivated by money and have no regard for their actions.
"As long as you're not particularly arrogant, it shouldn't be a big problem."
When Wang Feng was thinking this, many people were already looking at him as he walked towards the stadium surrounded by dozens of people.
Wang Feng's tall figure and yellow skin look out of place in Rucker Park, which is dominated by black people.
Among the people who came to Rock Park with Wang Feng, some seemed to be familiar with the place, and they immediately started making noises as soon as they arrived at the venue.
"This Asian has great skills. Is there any big brother who wants to challenge him?"
"Oh? Interesting, I haven't played one-on-one with an Asian yet."
Upon hearing this, a black man playing ball on the court answered.
This is a black man who is over 1.9 meters tall. He is about 20 years old. His body looks a little thin, but his aura is quite strong. He looks stronger than the former NBA player Wang Feng dealt with before.
It doesn't matter who Wang Feng faces, even Alston, who is recognized as the strongest street ball king in Locke Park at this stage, is definitely no match for him.
In fact, there is a big difference between streetball and NBA professional basketball. The rules concept of the former is thinner. Even the 5v5 game shows more individual skills rather than teamwork.
On the street court, you rarely see pick-and-roll screens, double-teaming under the basket, and cover-ups.
These street ball players are all arrogant and arrogant. They all have the attitude of being the second best in the world. No one is convinced by anyone. It is even more important to identify who is strong and who is weak on the court than the result of the entire game.
Therefore, when it comes to all kinds of fancy and handsome moves and unbridled imagination on the court, street ball players completely beat professional basketball players.
But if you compare it to the ability to put a basketball into the basket, then the two are not on the same level at all.
Besides, Wang Feng doesn't know all the bells and whistles.
His ball control ability is 92, dribbling with his non-dominant hand is 90, and shooting after dribbling is 99, which are all levels that can be ranked among the top ranks in the league.
The only thing that is slightly weaker is 62's fancy dribbling, but Wang Feng is here just to show off his ability in the professional arena, not to show off his skills, so fancy dribbling ability is not important to him.
I have to admit that when I came to Rucker Park, the level of my opponents immediately skyrocketed. The level of this guy who jumped out immediately was much better than that of the former NBA professional athlete, although this was not the same as that guy after he stopped playing in the NBA.
Insistence on exercise has an important relationship with the serious decline in physical fitness and ball feel, but it can also be seen from this that Rucker Park really does not live up to its reputation.
but……
"Oh my God, where did this guy come from?"
11:0.
Even a player as strong as Rock Park still couldn't score a single point in front of Wang Feng.
This is not surprising. Wang Feng's defense has reached or even surpassed that of Leonard at his peak. With multiple high-level badges and super high defensive attribute values, not everyone can easily score in front of him.
of.
"Is this guy here to cause trouble?"
"Hey! Call the others! A very powerful guy is coming to the stadium!"
…
When Wang Xiao and his classmates took the bus to Locke Park, the place was already crowded with people eating melon.
"This is……"
After struggling to squeeze into the crowd, Wang Xiao finally saw Wang Feng who was still fighting a one-on-one bullfight in the stadium.
"boom--!"
The three threats holding the ball outside the three-point line suddenly accelerated to break through. The bonus effect of the master badge in the first step made Wang Feng as fast as thunder.
The defensive player had no time to react and was passed by him. Then Wang Feng jumped up, as if he was taking off, and hit a powerful and heavy tomahawk dunk that shook the backboard.
"Holy crap! So awesome!"
"This guy is so fast, I can't even see how he breaks through."
"He can jump very high, and that dunk just now was so powerful. Who is this?"
The surrounding spectators let out bursts of exclamations.
Wang Feng, who was surrounded by everyone, had no intention of keeping a low profile. In other words, on the contrary, it was precisely because there were so many people watching that he wanted to show off his full strength.
The faster he becomes famous here, the more chances NBA scouts will discover his existence.
A layman watching the excitement and an expert watching the door, these spectators only think that Wang Feng is very strong and can beat all the good players in Rucker Park. However, the offensive skills Wang Feng displayed in the duel, in the eyes of professional scouts, are simply
The most standard way of playing professional basketball!
"Next."
Another unlucky guy who had his head shaved at 11:0 walked off the field dejectedly.
Wang Feng wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued.
"How many games has this guy won?"
"I don't know, I can't remember clearly. Ten games? Fifteen games? Anyway, no one who challenged him won, and very few even scored a goal. It was really too fierce!"
Listening to the discussion of the melon-eating crowd around him, Wang Xiao's heart couldn't help but beat violently.
"Wang Feng, is he really this?!"
…
New York Knicks, head coach's office.
Pat Riley was sitting at his desk, looking at a report and rubbing his eyebrows with a headache.
During this period, the Knicks' record was not ideal, with a winning rate of just over 50%. More importantly, in the Christmas Day game on December 25, the Knicks faced Jordan's retirement, and the Chicago Bulls, led by Pippen alone,
Lost the game 104:107.
The loss of this game caused fans all over New York to criticize the Knicks verbally and in writing.
This is not surprising, after all last season the Knicks entered the playoffs with the best record in the Eastern Conference, and passed all the way to the finals. In the end, they lost to the Houston Rockets led by Olajuwon 3:4.
After the start of the new season, the Knicks' lineup has not changed significantly, and the head coach is still the iron-blooded coach Pat Riley.
However, the team's opening record has been unsatisfactory, and coupled with the loss to the Joeless Bulls on Christmas Day, someone will eventually take the blame.
"Huh, that's nonsense..."
Looking at the newspaper in front of him, Pat Riley curled his lips and said disdainfully.
The news of the Knicks' loss in the Christmas Day game a few days ago was prominently written on this newspaper.