Chapter 925
"Actually, you're obsessed. Didn't I say that we are human beings, not gods, and there will always be strengths and weaknesses. You were born to be an attacker, and the best attacker, and God has given you the best, and you can't ask for anything else. It's like Jordan, Kobe, Maddy, and AI, their offensive ability is superb, but the defense is not very good in my opinion. ”
"But I have a stupid idea here, you can try it. ”
"What?"
"Think of yourself as a rookie, forget all your previous defensive experience and skills, and just rely on instinct to defend. ”
"Ahh He didn't expect things to be like this, although the old K coach made sense, but as he said, forget all the previous skills and experience, and accumulate in the game again, he has been working hard in the NBA for nearly 20 seasons, and it has long been deeply rooted in his bones and become instinct, how can these things be so easy to forget?
"Forget it, as Coach K said, I'm not a god after all! I think I should learn to be content. ”
Coach K laughed with relief: "Lamar, I'm so glad you can understand." Actually, I asked you to come here for another purpose, I think you are a smart player, although your assist stats have always been good, but in my opinion, you haven't really understood what it means to be a team. I think I still have something to give you!"
"You have to remember that great players are great because they play smarter than everyone else. They will use the strength of their team to quickly find out where their opponent's strength is weak, so that they can control the situation with the least amount of physical strength. That's a great player! If you're not strong defensively, you should mobilize your teammates to help you plug the gap, no one can do everything, think about it, you'll understand!"
Coach K left, leaving Lamar alone, and after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't understand what Coach K wanted to say to him. Maybe he can actually learn something here.
Lamar practiced alone for a while before leaving, but he didn't know that when he left, a young man happened to arrive at the training hall and saw that it was already empty, and he was waving his fist hatefully.
"Damn, it's late, but it's okay, tomorrow! I'll show you how good I am tomorrow. ”
Lamar could never have imagined that he would face a real challenge in this part of the NCAA. Although when training with the Duke college basketball team these days, there are always some players who come over and ask for a heads-up with Lamar, for such a competitive challenge, even with a bit of star-chasing flavor, Lamar has always been a comer, as long as the opponent asks, he has never refused.
Although in the official training match, Lamar couldn't let go of his hands and feet due to the restrictions of the old coach K, but in the one-on-one competition, Lamar was able to give full play to his all.
Although the players who came to challenge often lost in disgrace, they did not see a little disappointment on their faces, but they seemed to have gained a huge harvest one by one, and their faces were full of happy smiles.
It is precisely because of the addition of Lamar that the players of the Duke University basketball team are increasingly enthusiastic about training. Playing next to your idol is always a pleasant thing, and this is something that Coach K never thought of when he asked Lamar at the beginning.
"Hey!
Lamar was arranging his gear when suddenly there was darkness in front of him, and a figure stood in front of him. Lamar looked up in surprise to see a lanky black player standing in front of him, holding a basketball in his hand, and wearing not a Duke college basketball jersey, but his 7 best jersey with the Knicks.
The slightly immature, slender long bamboo pole in front of him was obviously not yet 20 years old, but the muscles on his bare arms showed that the little guy often played ball.
Lamar looked at it and suddenly had a very familiar feeling, this young player he had definitely seen in his previous life.
"They all say you're the most well-rounded basketball player in the league today! The young man said, but the expression on his face was clearly excited, but there was obviously a kind of confidence in this excitement: "But I have always wanted to compete with you in my heart, because I think I will definitely become an existence beyond you in the future!"
"Are you interested in competing with me? My future is destined to be extraordinary, and I will definitely surpass you in the future! Do you have to take advantage of the fact that I haven't grown up yet, and find some sense of accomplishment in me?" The young man looked at Lamar's calm face, and thought that Lamar had no interest in fighting him, and in disappointment he had to make this lame provocation!
Saying that, the young man didn't care whether Lamar agreed or not, threw the basketball in his hand into Lamar's arms, and then turned around and walked towards the court. Looking at his posture was like a gift to take on Lamar, and it was a waste of his time.
Although Lamar was amused by the young man's appearance at first, the little guy's slightly childish provocation succeeded in arousing Lamar's competitive spirit.
If he hadn't been banned, if this was Madison Square, the Knicks' training hall, and the fact that young people were their own fans, Lamar would never have shown his hands to 'coach' the little guy in front of him, but this is Duke University, Lamar is still in the ban, and there are many good reporters around him, Lamar doesn't want to cause trouble for the old K coach.
Lamar casually pulled one of the black players on the Duke team: "Who is that guy? Since he wasn't wearing your jersey, how did he get into the field?"
The black player looked in the direction of Lamar's finger, and the expression on his face quickly turned into disgust: "That guy's name is Kevin Durant, he doesn't seem to be under 16 years old now, his strength is not bad, but he is a bit arrogant! It is said that this guy was found by Coach K on the basketball court on the street, and the coach is very optimistic about him, so he allows this guy to come here for training when he has free time, and sometimes he can also be a sparring partner for us." Don't look at this guy as thin as a bamboo pole, in fact, this guy 。。。。。。 ”
The black players babbled and seemed to want to ramp up Durant's life.
Lamar suddenly brightened up when he heard this, he felt familiar just now, but he didn't expect it to be a superstar in the future. If you look closer, isn't it? That guy is now a scaled-down version of Kevin Durant.
It's just that Lamar can't figure out how Durant appeared here, in his previous life in Durant's resume, but it was never mentioned that this guy had anything to do with Coach K before entering the national team. And if Lamar remembers correctly, Durant should be in high school at Oak Hill High School right now, where Duke University is not a short distance away.
"Hey, Lamar, did that little guy challenge you just now?" the black player asked excitedly, "Lamar, do you know? That little guy hasn't been here for a long time, but our guys from the Duke University basketball team have all been challenged by this little guy." ”
"Really, you've been pestered by this guy too, and how did you fight him?" Hearing that Durant, the little guy, was going around challenging like an aggressive rooster, Lamar was interested: "You're not going to lose to this little guy, are you?"
"Hehe!" The black player touched his head embarrassedly: "I will never lose to this little guy in a regular game, but in terms of heads-up, this little guy's talent is really strong, with many attack methods and a large range." ”
"So, later, you must not care about the face of Coach K, teach him a hard lesson, and let him know what a frog at the bottom of the well is. Let that megalomaniac learn a lesson!"
"As you wish!"
Even this black player didn't make such a request, and Lamar also decided to suppress Durant's arrogance, he didn't want a future NBA genius to become a waste because of pride and complacency. In fact, Lamar did this because he couldn't afford to lose, but there were a lot of reporters on the scene, and if Lamar lost to Durant in a heads-up later, then tomorrow's headlines on the front page would definitely make Lamar angry.
After making up his mind, Lamar stood up, walked onto the basketball court under the expectant gaze of Kevin Durant, rubbed his wrists, and started warm-up.
"Hey, you guys, hurry up and make way for the protagonist, don't you see Lamar playing against our little bean sprouts?" the black player shouted happily when he saw that his expected heads-up was about to take place. Of course, the result of his doing so was to keep all the eyes of the audience on Lamar and Durant.
Lamar didn't feel anything wrong with this, after all, he had almost the same idea in his heart. Any sport needs people's attention, and basketball has always believed in the principle of respecting the strong, if a professional player does not even have this literacy, then their achievements are destined to be limited. I just don't know if Durant, who is green all over his body, can withstand such pressure.
Those players who were practicing were so that they all stopped their training work, and even the old coach K seemed to be very interested, and gathered the members of the coaching staff around him to start watching the heads-up that was about to begin.
After so many days of communication and training, these players from Duke University also have a certain understanding of Lamar. Although Lamar was limited by the old coach K during the training game, and Durant, a small foot with excellent talent, also won most of them in heads-up, but they believe that in one-on-one bullfighting, Lamar is definitely invincible. Durant, the little bean sprout, recklessly challenged Lamar this time, which is simply self-inflicted! They also want to see how Duke, who has been trained by their respected old K coach, will face Lamar's indiscriminate bombardment of supernumeraries.