Chương 146: Chapter 146: Coach, I Want to Play the Power Forward Position
Han Ru and Qi Juan had eaten the airplane meal and weren't hungry.
Li Jiajia took the two mothers to tour the villa, as it was where she and Wade Dong would be living for a long time.
After the three of them returned from their tour, Wade Dong had just opened the second bottle of wine.
Han Ru advised, "Wade, you should drink less. Drinking too much is not good for your health."
"Yeah, yeah." Wade Dong agreed perfunctorily.
Then he filled Li Zhen's and Wade Hua's glasses. Drinking too much was indeed bad for the body, but it didn't affect Wade Dong much because he had a talent, a full-level talent that included physical talent.
So, Wade Dong wasn't worried about his condition deteriorating.
"You two came at the right time," Li Zhen said. "I just discussed with Hua, these two kids have been dating for several years, and both families approve. Why don't we set a date for the wedding?"
"This...," Qi Juan and Han Ru looked at each other.
It felt a bit rushed, but also not rushed at all.
Han Ru said, "I agree, but we should still hear what Jiajia and Wade think."
Li Jiajia looked at Wade Dong and said, "Wade and I have discussed it. I'm in my first year of graduate school, so we'll get married after I graduate next year."
Li Jiajia was originally planning to take the entrance exam for Zheng Qing's graduate program this year, but during the summer, Wade Dong met Zhang Yang, and Li Jiajia was admitted without an exam... So now she is in her first year of graduate school, and she will graduate next summer.
Han Ru said, "Since the kids have discussed it, let's listen to them."
"Alright," Li Zhen smiled. "Having a definite date is good."
Now that Wade Dong was successful, with an annual salary of about $40 million and owning two companies, Wade Dong Sports Agency and Wade Dong Sports Equipment Co., Ltd., some people might think Li Zhen wanted to climb the social ladder early. Only Wade Dong knew that Li Zhen was not that kind of person.
Even if Wade Dong had only achieved a little success, or even if he were the richest man in the world, Li Zhen's personality wouldn't change. If he didn't like you, he wouldn't pay attention to you. And in his previous life, when Wade Dong was at his lowest, Li Jiajia wanted to marry him, and Li Zhen didn't object.
...
The three of them drank two bottles of white wine, which wasn't much, but because they were chatting while drinking, Wade Dong didn't go to bed until 3 am.
That day, Wade Dong didn't go to the gym for training. It wasn't until the next afternoon that Wade Dong went to the gym.
That night, the Suns were playing the Celtics at home.
This was a strong team that had once built a dynasty, with their most recent championship in 2008 when the Celtics, with their three stars, defeated the Lakers to win the title.
However, Allen had been traded to the Heat, and Garnett and Pierce were now veterans, so the Celtics' strength had declined significantly.
The Wolf King Garnett, in his prime, was a power forward who could go toe-to-toe with Duncan.
Before the game, the Suns players gathered, and Wade Dong asked Gentry, "Coach, I want to play the power forward position today. Can I?"
"You want to play the power forward position?"
The teammates all looked at Wade Dong. Currently, the Suns had plenty of options at the power forward position, including Green, Gortat, and even Frye. But the strongest power forward was still Wade Dong.
Not just the power forward position, from the point guard to the center, and even the coaching staff, the strongest was Wade Dong. This was the consensus among the team.
"Then I'll make some adjustments to the lineup," Gentry agreed with Wade Dong.
Nash asked, "Do you want to go up against Garnett?"
"Not entirely," Wade Dong shook his head and explained, "Currently, the leader in blocks per game is Ibaka, with an average of 2.6 blocks. I only have 1.9, which is a bit of a gap."
"You want to be the blocks leader???"
The teammates looked at Wade Dong in disbelief. "A shooting guard wanting to be the blocks leader, are you crazy or are we crazy?"
Wade Dong smiled, "It's indeed difficult for a shooting guard to be the blocks leader, so I plan to play the power forward position in the next few games."
"And you say you're not a stats padder..." McGrady muttered. Wade Dong was too obvious with his stats padding.
He even requested to play the power forward position to get a few more blocks. The key was that if Wade Dong played the power forward position, the shooting guard position would become the weakest link for the Suns.
The key was that Wade Dong's current stats were already terrifying, averaging 37.1 points and 2.9 steals per game, which was a level that even peak Iverson barely reached.
Now that the season was halfway through, Wade Dong was leading the league in both scoring and steals. Achieving both the scoring title and the steals title in one season was already rare, and now Wade Dong wanted to add the blocks title as well?
"That's a bit too willful," the entire Suns team now knew that Wade Dong wanted to pad his blocks stats, and he was starting with the Celtics.
During the warm-up, Garnett and Pierce also came over to greet Wade Dong.
As the fans entered the arena, the game officially began.
When the starting lineups of both teams were announced on the big screen ten minutes before the game, the home fans all looked puzzled.
Suns: Bynum, Middleton, Nash, Dragic, Wade Dong.
Celtics: Garnett, Pierce, Rondo, Bass, Courtney.
"A double point guard lineup? Wade Dong playing the power forward position?"
"Is this Gentry's new tactic?"
"I haven't heard any news about Green or Gortat being injured..."
"But Wade Dong is indeed the strongest power forward on the Suns."
Even Yu Jia and Coach Zhang couldn't figure out the Suns' starting lineup. They had good power forwards like Green and Gortat but chose to go with a small-ball lineup with double point guards.
"Beep!!!"
The game began.
Bynum and Garnett jumped for the tip-off, and Bynum didn't get the ball.
Rondo dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and Garnett, facing Wade Dong's defense in the low post, asked Rondo for the ball.
"I heard you blew up Gasol?" Garnett said after receiving the ball, taking two hard steps into the paint. "I'm not that kind of softie."
After saying that, Garnett made a quick spin and jumped up, intending to use his height advantage to complete a one-handed dunk.
He wanted to show Wade Dong that the paint was not a place for small players.
"Slap!!!"
Unfortunately, Garnett was a bit too confident. Wade Dong met him in the air with a hard block.
He swatted the ball away with one hand!
"What did you say about being a softie?" Wade Dong said casually and ran towards the frontcourt.
At this moment, Dragic received the ball and quickly dribbled to launch a fast break.
All the players rushed to the frontcourt to defend, but no one was faster than Wade Dong. Wade Dong was the first to reach the basket, and Dragic lobbed the ball into the air, but the pass was a bit off. Wade Dong caught the ball, but his body was already behind the backboard.
He switched hands in the air and made a small hook shot!
"Swish!!!"
The ball went into the basket.
Although Wade Dong didn't complete an alley-oop, this shot was much more difficult than an alley-oop.
"MVP! MVP! MVP!"
From the start, the US Airways Center erupted in huge cheers.
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