Chapter 24: The Season Begins
The communication with Abby Hornacek was quite pleasant, I heard that Anxi had never been soaked in it when he was so old, Abby seemed to have found a confidant, and the two quickly became friends. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Abby Hornacek asked Anxi to call her Abby, and he called Anxi "An" in a delicate voice, and Anxi had goosebumps.
However, in the afternoon, the Spurs resumed training, so Anxi said goodbye to Abby Hornacek, held the basketball "stolen" the day before yesterday, and trotted to the training hall.
Abby Hornacek is also about to get to work, and after finally taking her father Jeff Hornacek, Abby Hornacek can finally start her work in Texas. Abby Hornacek is happy when she thinks that Texas has three NBA powerhouses and that her neighbor is a rookie with the San Antonio Spurs.
Of course, the happiest thing is that her parents finally can't control her.
Anxi, who restarted training, had a hard time, because head coach Gregg Popovich officially announced that from now on, the morning physical training will be canceled and replaced with technical training for each player, for which Popovich also assigned everyone's training tasks.
For example, Kawhi Leonard continues to correct his shooting hand, DeJuan Blair continues to lose weight, and so on.
And Anxi was assigned a task similar to that of Kawhi Leonard, which was also a shooting ......
Now it's Anxi's turn to be distressed, shooting? If only three-point shooting is fine, with the existence of that magic jersey, Anxi is still not afraid, but the technical training in the morning is for him to practice his shortcomings, how can Anxi be allowed to practice the strengths that Popovich sees - three points?
So the shooting training that Popovich said, if Anxi guessed correctly, it should be a mid-range shot.
Anxi doesn't have the ability to shoot at all! No one defends to shoot a mid-shot, and the shooting rate will not exceed 20%, how can Anxi not be weak in this situation, how can he not be distressed?
However, Chip Engelland is a good shooting coach, and in the afternoon, he went to Anxi and said to Anxi: "An, don't worry, step by step, from tomorrow I will teach you how to shoot in the middle of the shot, it doesn't matter if you don't shoot, the important thing is that you have to learn my method seriously, as long as you learn seriously, I guarantee that you can at least have the league's average level of shooting." ”
After getting Chip Engelland's assurance, Anxi was relieved, but the next day's shooting training still abused Anxi half to death, and he couldn't make all kinds of shots, Anxi was ridiculed by several old oilmen in the team for a long time, and even Tim Duncan, who always didn't laugh and only Popovich could laugh, showed a subtle smile.
"Could it be that guy thinks of himself?" An Xi guessed maliciously, An Xi knew that Tim Duncan used to be a swimmer, and he didn't start to get into basketball until he was 14 years old, and it is estimated that he had struggled for these basic training at that time.
On December 22, the Spurs' second preseason game was against the Rockets, but the battlefield was at home.
Because it has already been played once, both sides are very familiar, and Anxi got 17 minutes of playing time in this game, which is a big improvement from the previous game.
But Anxi knows that this improvement is only because Popovich doesn't want to waste energy on a preseason game, especially an opponent like the Rockets who has played once.
In 17 minutes of playing time, An Xi scored 15 points, plus 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, and performed well.
And in this home game, Anxi's beautiful neighbor Abby Hornacek also went to the home stadium to cheer for Anxi, and to be able to get the cheers of the beauties, Anxi was in a good mood, and the next day's training was more motivated.
After two preseason games, the new NBA season was announced, after the shutdown, there were only 66 games left in the 2011-2012 season, the NBA officially announced the schedule, people found that even if there were only 66 games left, there were still a lot of devil schedules, and there was even a new schedule called "back-to-back"!
As a result, in the discussion of the championship favorites in the new season, the Spurs have been questioned a lot of questions, and people have questioned whether the Spurs' current old, weak and sick lineup can hold on to the playoffs in the shrinking season Devils' schedule, let alone the Finals.
Therefore, the Heat and Thunder, who have a younger lineup, have become the championship favorites in people's minds.
Before the start of the season, many reporters wanted to be given the opportunity to visit the Spurs, and Abby Hornacek became the first reporter to successfully obtain the right to interview because of Anxi's connection.
Abby Hornacek entered the Spurs' training gym with the camera, and the camera first took a picture of the black and white training gym, and then began the interview, which must have been the team's head coach Gregg Popovich first.
"Hello, little Abby, say hello to your father for me. Greg Popovich has long known Abby Hornacek's identity, otherwise it would be difficult for Abby to get the right to interview just by relying on Anxi's recommendation.
Every year, there is so little news about Spurs, and it seems that Spurs are so low-key, in fact, because reporters can't get the right to interview Spurs.
Little Abby pursed her lips and whispered back, "Got it, Mr. Greg." ”
Popovich smiled and said, "Then let's start the interview." ”
"Hey, Ann, is that girl your girlfriend?
An Xi pouted: "De Juan, if you don't train again, the coach will yell at you." ”
DeJuan Blair shrunk his neck and walked away.
Soon, Abby interviewed the entire Spurs, and the last one to interview was Anxi.
Abby sat opposite Anxi, holding the microphone and staring at Anxi with a pair of charming eyes.
"Ann, thank you for giving me this opportunity. ”
An Xi scratched his head: "No thanks." ”
"No, thank you, so be it, I'll ask you to go clubbing at night. Speaking of clubbing, Abby's voice lowered, as if she was whispering to An Xi.
An Xi nodded helplessly.
"Okay then, then our interview begins, first question, Ann, your home country is China, Yao Ming was an NBA All-Star before you, so do you also want to be an All-Star like your predecessors?"
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Abby Hornacek's interview was very unnutritious, but Anxi answered one after another.
After the interview, Anxi continued to go back to training, and at the end of the afternoon training, Anxi took a shower and was ready to continue training, but Abby jumped out again.
"Hey, Ann! It's time for us to go!"