"The coaching staff didn't define the way I played, but I wanted to start defensively, so I've been honing my defense since college and I didn't feel a qualitative change until recently." Wang Cheng said without hesitation: "Next, I may continue to improve my defense, and then find a way to enrich my offensive means." ”

......

After the interview, Wang Cheng returned to the hotel with the team.

Early the next morning, Wang Cheng couldn't wait to come to the training ground early in the morning.

As soon as he bought the magic skill of [Golden Rooster Independence], he wanted to try it. And he asked a team boss today to guide his offensive drills.

At this time, Wang Cheng, who had been practicing for an hour, was already sweating profusely. Only then did the big guy come late.

The man was wearing a gray hoodie, with a big belly, his hair was already thinning, and even his beard was snow-white, but his piercing eyes did not look old at all.

He's none other than Phil Handy, a decorated assistant coach with multiple championship rings and a knack for helping players improve their attacking game. In 1 he worked for the Lakers for the 1-12 seasons. Mike Brown, the Lakers head coach at the time, hired him as a player development coach.

At that time, Handy worked with Kobe, Nash, Gasol and other players on the team, and earned their respect through strength.

Handy then moved from team to team, beating the Universe with the Cavaliers last season to win the championship. Under his tutelage, James, Owen and even J

In offensive selection, shooting percentage has improved.

"Young man, it's early." Handy said with a smile.

Wang Cheng didn't deny it, wiped his sweat, and bumped shoulders with Handy to greet him.

"What do you want to practice?" You're shooting well, you can practice a triple threat and a dribbling pull-up jumper. Handy suggested.

"You can teach me these slowly in the future, some time ago, when I was training with Kobe Bryant, I learned a few tricks to play back, I want you to correct me." Wang Cheng said seriously.

Handy nodded in surprise.

He naturally knew that Wang Cheng and Kobe Bryant had a good relationship, but he didn't expect Kobe to teach him the skills of back playing so quickly.

"Isn't this trying to fly before you learn to walk?" A flash of doubt flashed through Handy's mind.

"Okay, let me see how much you learned from Kobe." With that, Handy led the royal city to a low position.

Handy is about 1.9 meters tall, which is much shorter than Wangcheng.

In the face of such an opponent, Wang Cheng was able to exert the special effect of [Golden Rooster Independence].

I saw Wang Cheng's wrist shake, threw the ball, and the high-speed spinning basketball bounced back into his hand after landing, which also marked the end of the ball shuffling and Wang Cheng could start attacking.

He leaned his back against Handy, felt the strength of the defender behind him, and then dribbled in.

Handy was not inferior to Wang Cheng in terms of strength, so he did not take half a step back.

However, Wang Cheng clearly did not want to win by brute force, and after feeling the force of Handy's arm, he turned to the right and shifted his weight from his right foot to his left foot, while leaning back slightly and lifting his right foot forward slightly.

In less than a second, Wang Cheng completed this series of technical actions smoothly, as if he had practiced thousands of times.

Handy noticed that something was wrong and immediately wanted to pounce, but Wang Cheng's right foot formed a wonderful barrier at this moment.

Wang Cheng's foot lifting action only stayed for a moment, and at first glance it looked like an inertial action when shooting, and there was no possibility of being whistled for an offensive foul at all, but it could subtly affect the opponent's defense.

Until Wang Cheng jumped lightly and completed a soft backward jump shot, Handy could not get close to Wang Cheng and could only look at the ball and sigh.

"Huh~"

The ball hollows into the net.

With one blow, Wang Cheng was immersed in the pleasure of [Golden Rooster Independence] seemingly careless, but killing the enemy in a moment.

Now, indulge in silky smoothness.

At this moment, Handi's shock level soared rapidly!

As one of the Lakers' assistant coaches, Handy participated in all the workouts with the team. It's fair to say that he knows the offensive level of every player on the Lakers team.

For example, Brother Qiu, who has outstanding running and jumping ability, but poor basic skills. Now the general opinion on the Internet is that Brother Qiu's three-point shooting is extremely poor, but if you deduct the organizational ability, on the offensive end, his only offensive means is three-point shooting.

In other words, the weakness of Brother Qiu in the public's perception is actually his only offensive skill. And his other offensive methods are simply miserable, dribbling, layups, free throws...... He failed the basic skills of these vacant seats.

Another example is Yingge, with excellent static physical fitness, although affected by weight and poor confrontation ability, the ball style is tough and indomitable. A man with Durant's stature but using James' style of play. In Handy's eyes, it was only a matter of time before Yingge became a star.

As for Wang Cheng, Handy felt that he was just a shooter on the offensive end who lacked the ability to create shooting space until today. He is occasionally able to make beautiful turns, but they should be a flash of inspiration and not enough to be a regular weapon.

However, at this moment, Wang Cheng's independent back-hitting skills completely made Handy fall into self-doubt.

Is your observation skill so poor?

The completion of Wang Cheng's back beating action is at least at the level of DeRozan, and he didn't even notice it before!

"It can't be a stroke of luck, right?" Handy couldn't help but speculate in his heart.

So, Handy quickly ran to the basket, picked up the ball and passed it back to Wang Cheng, saying, "Come on, try again, use the action just now." ”

Wang Cheng, who had just successfully experimented with a new skill, had this intention.

He threw the ball into the air again, caught it again and hit it back, turned around again...

It's still so smooth, it's still so indulgent.

When the basketball went into the net again, Handy was convinced.

"I've really lost my eyes." At this time, Handy's only thought at this time.

In the league where three-point shooting is now prevalent and the magic ball theory is all the rage, the technique of back-to-back hitting has gradually been lost.

But even so, no one can deny how terrible it is to have a back-to-back player on the opposite team at a critical moment in the playoffs.

"This kid is really a treasure." Handy was overjoyed.

"The technique is really good, the whole set of movements is very proficient, is there anything else you want to ask me?" Handy asked.

But as far as this technique is concerned, he really has nothing to teach Wang Cheng.

"I want to have the opportunity to play against a player who is shorter than me in the game, what can I do to get that opportunity?" Wang Cheng threw out the most important questions.

"Then you're asking the right person, it's a technical job." Handy laughed.

It turns out that this kid has a back-to-back fighting technique, but he doesn't know how to create a situation where the big fights the small.