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Chapter 257 - 132. Won a prize! _3

Chapter 257: 132. Won a prize! _3

Even the Euro step, which looks to put the most pressure on knees and ankles, wasn’t the kind of physical style that Wade uses, but instead the more orthodox Euro step like Ginobili’s.

Wade’s Euro step often involves powering through people, whereas Zhang Yang would find openings by changing his direction and stepping through.

Moreover, Zhang Yang didn’t use the Euro step very often, just three to five times per game. When Wade’s regular offensive play broke down and his close-range shots were off, he would just plow in head-first, slip around with his footwork first.

Of course, there were negative reviews, mainly aimed at his number of shot attempts. In 28 minutes per game, he averaged 15.1 attempts, and the tag of "shoot first, pass never" had become synonymous with him.

Some media joked that with a 28% three-point shooting percentage, daring to take one three-pointer every 10 minutes, if Jack ever got his three-pointer down, he’d be throwing up eight to ten of them per game.

As for the three-point shooting percentage itself, there was no media attack.

In the media’s future prospect evaluation, Zhang Yang ranked first in the 2005 class, worth mentioning is that Bynum was fourth, and the second-ranked high school nationwide, Monta Ellis, was sixth.

Second and third were Paul and Deron, with Felton, who had the same draft slot, ranked fifth.

Zhang Yang’s talent was seen as the highest in the 2005 class, but in terms of performance, a significant portion of the media thought Felton’s rookie season was a bit better.

When Zhang Yang saw such evaluations, he also felt they weren’t wrong; Little Big Man was the one carrying the team’s backcourt for the most part. He only came on to score, and many of the tougher tasks were taken on by the boss.

However, after the league announced that Zhang Yang had won the Player of the Week award, some media outlets that originally had Zhang Yang third, moved him up to second on the rookie list.

When the media evaluated the rookies, awards won during the regular season were also an important indicator.

Rookie of the Month had been awarded to both Felton and Zhang Yang, the difference only being one of frequency. Before today’s announcement of the award, Felton had it once, Zhang Yang twice, no qualitative difference.

But Zhang Yang got Player of the Week, which was different—an important indicator of the gap between Paul and the others was his having won Player of the Week in January.

After Zhang Yang received Player of the Week, some media that originally thought his performance was a little worse than Felton’s suddenly felt that he was doing better than Felton...

On the 21st, the Bobcats had a day of preparation training.

In the past three months, having faced the Cavaliers three times, the Bobcats’ coaching staff and players were very familiar with the opponent and the preparation was very targeted.

The 22nd arrived, the first day of the playoffs.

The Miami Heat versus the Wizards, the Nets versus the Pacers, the Mavericks against the Grizzlies, and the Spurs against the Kings—these four series started today.

On the Bobcats’ side, they arrived at Charlotte International Airport, ready to head to Cleveland.

When Zhang Yang arrived at the airport to meet his teammates, he saw Okafor with a young man... about 180 centimeters tall? A teenager?

The teenager, seeing Zhang Yang, excitedly pulled Okafor’s arm, saying, "Emeka, Jack! Jack’s here!"

Okafor was speechless, "I’m the second overall draft pick here! The star of the team in people’s eyes!"

Zhang Yang stepped forward and asked, "Emeka, this your son?"

This made Okafor lose his composure, shouting back, "You’ve seen my son; could he grow this big overnight? This is my brother’s son!"

The teenager, who had been worried that his uncle and Zhang Yang didn’t get along—given that in his mind, his uncle hardly had any friends—realized that couldn’t be the case when he saw Zhang Yang joking with his uncle.

Approaching Zhang Yang, he said, "Jack! I’m your fan! My name is Jalil, Emeka is my uncle!"

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This morning was a bit busy, didn’t have time to dawdle and write; the update is a bit late, I’ll add another Chapter tonight, making sure to hit the minimum of 10,000 words. Over the May Day holiday, I’m not planning to go out, aiming to catch up on the four additional Chapters from the 2,000 monthly votes you all contributed!