Chapter 3: Career debut

Since a few days ago and Byron. After Scott's old boy went head-to-head, I felt more and more that I was lacking in my current abilities, and despite his amazing physical gifts, I couldn't use them very well.

When I came to the arena to train again, my body did not feel tired because of the previous ultra-high-intensity special training, thinking that in my previous life, as long as I played for several hours in a row, my muscles would be sore for several days, and even many times there would be calf cramps, I have to say that Kobe's physical talent is really good, and I now enjoy the feeling of being able to glide in the air after full jumping, and it is far more exciting to feel it in person than through videos or games.

However, I also found that dunking is far from being as simple as what you see in the video, whether it is the position of the jump or the way of power, all have different skills, I remember the previous interview in basketball magazine about Kobe Bryant when he was young, he revealed that he liked dunks the most when he was about 20 years old, and even spent hours every day practicing dunks for a while.

Well, it seems that if you want to quickly improve your scoring efficiency, master the dunk skills, and improve the dunk shooting rate is really a pretty direct and effective way, not to mention that I want to get a split dunk on the top of the fat man's head earlier, and I think that as long as I run fast enough after the dunk, I won't be afraid that he will catch and kill me!

Yesterday I saw the schedule for this season's Lakers, and tomorrow my NBA debut will be at Staples Arena, and our first opponent will be the Phoenix Suns, and if nothing else, I should be off the bench, given the current composition of the team and the poor performance in practice before.

Now I just hope to be able to keep myself in a better shape through today's training, and then find the state of the game as soon as possible in the limited playing time, after all, the intensity of the NBA regular season will be better than the training game, even if I am facing the opponent's bench players, but often the bench players may work harder in order to get better opportunities.

The advantage of training alone is that you can get a quiet and easier environment to focus, but there are many disadvantages, one of which is that there is less person who specializes in picking up the ball, my shooting training speed will drop a lot, and there is no way for a person to do confrontational shooting training, and anti-interference shooting training is actually very important.

For most professional basketball players, especially those who have reached the NBA level, the mid- and long-range shooting crosshairs in the vacant positions during training will not be too bad, but once it comes to the official game, what really opens up the distance between ordinary players and superstars is the ability to play on the court and the ability to score against interference.

The reason why a superstar like Kobe Jordan can be called the best scorer is because no matter how good the opposing team sends defensive players, no matter how many people they send to wrap them, and no matter whether they are in the best physical condition and competitive condition at the time, they can always overcome all difficulties, shoot the damn ball into the basket, and then smile at the helpless expression on the face of the opposing head coach.

Of course, I still have a long way to go to get to that level, but to be honest, today's training was a bit of a stretch of energy, and I always felt like I couldn't find that kind of atmosphere when I was training alone.

I know that Kobe's personality is a little paranoid and arrogant, many times his training is done alone, maybe he is not completely unable to get along, it is more likely that he feels that he can make himself more focused when he trains alone, when he completely excludes external interference, he is immersed in his own basketball world.

Loneliness is often the shortcut to the top, I can't help but sigh in my heart, it seems that with Kobe's body, I may be gradually getting closer to his previous master in terms of personality, well, after all, I don't want to insult Kobe's name, I have to be a little cruel to myself to do that.

Seriously, the video resolution in this era is really poor, and in the interval between trainings, I will find some video footage of the game, which is shown through a video recorder, and each videotape is the size of a small box, and the two sides of the game and the time of the game are written in scribbled English.

Of course, what I wanted to see most was the video of Jordan's game, so I also found the staff who managed the video, and from him I got most of Michael. Jordan's playoff game video, but to be honest, I seem to have a sense of understanding after watching his game video, but for a moment I don't know what I've figured it out.

Jordan's shooting skills are really not something that ordinary people can learn, the super long time in the air and the body twisted in the air, and the ability to maintain the stability of the shot no matter how the body is twisted, in addition to explaining it with talent, the acquired training should also be very important.

I mimicked the action in the video and made a couple of shots, and at first I seemed to be in the groove very quickly, hitting five shots in a row, but then I went into an inexplicable slump, and it was a strange feeling, like you can predict the movement of those balls, and as soon as you shoot you know that they are going to be missed.

What's going on?

I rewatched the video of the game a few more times, and then broke down Mike's movements step by step, trying to find the essence of it, but in the end I decided to give up.

Because I finally realized, what's the best way to really learn the essence of Jordan? Of course, I went to the court to compete with him in person, and even if I could really have a one-on-one heads-up with him one day, it would definitely greatly improve my basketball level, not to mention that the body I have now is a typical existence that is strong when it is strong.

The game started the next night, because it was the home court of the Lakers, so I slept a little bit, after all, yesterday's training made me completely forget about time, and I didn't finish until my body was almost overdrawn, and luckily the body's strong recovery ability allowed me to rejuvenate after almost ten hours of sleep.

This Staples Arena really looks a little too small at the moment, and summer superstar Shack. The arrival of O'Neal brought back the excitement of Lakers fans who had been dormant for years, and when I followed my teammates into the court, the feeling of a dream come true suddenly made me feel a little bit overwhelmed when we were swallowed up by countless spotlights and screams.

The commentator introduced the players of both sides in turn, and the starting player on the Lakers' side was point guard Nick. Van Exel, the shooting guard is Eddie. Jones, small forward is Cedric. Ceballos, Roport. Horry and Shaq. O'Neal is in the power forward and center positions.

The starting player on the Suns' side is point guard Sam. Cassel, the shooting guard is Kevin Johnson, and the small forward is Rex. Chapmanson, power forward is Danny. Manning, center is Mark Bryant.

I saw Jason, who went on to become a legendary point guard. Kidd was also on the Suns' lineup, but he didn't start this game, so it seemed like I had a chance to play against him off the bench and maybe I could get my first point in the NBA above his head.

The overall strength of the Suns team is indeed not very good, the first five minutes have been beaten by a fifteen-to-five shockwave, they quickly called a timeout, when Shaq ignored the opponent's inside double bag and directly forced the dunk, our entire bench was boiling, only to see someone directly raised his hands above his head, eyes glared at the boss, a look that he had never seen before.

I have to say that this fat man does have amazing talents beyond earthlings, which is not only manifested in physical fitness and basketball, but also in creating atmosphere and winning the love of fans.

The whole Staples was immersed in the shouting of the sky, and I couldn't even hear the coach's tactical arrangement a little clearly, but I didn't plan to play according to his tactical layout anyway, of course, the coach himself didn't seem to realize the problem, and still kept talking to the players.

"Give the ball to that damn fat man!"

I saw the coach standing on the sidelines and yelling, but I felt a little depressed, and I didn't know when my first chance to appear would come.

When the clock ticked for the last three minutes of the first quarter, I finally got my NBA debut, and I could hear the loud noise from the audience, and I knew that sooner or later the arena would be cheering for me!

What I'm trying to do now is focus on the game and not let myself be influenced by things off the pitch.

It's a pity that it wasn't Jason Kidd who was opposite me, in my first attack, I called my teammates to come over and block and want Jason Kidd to switch defenses and get a chance to score above his head, but unfortunately my teammates' blocking and pick-and-roll skills were really not very good, and I cut inside without blocking anyone, and made a gesture to ask for the ball.

Hell guys, how could I possibly pass the ball!

Then I dribbled under the soles of my feet with two skillful crotches, and then took advantage of the gap that the defenders did not pay attention to to make a forward turn and then retreat, and in an instant a gap of nearly two meters was opened between me and the defenders.

At this time, the whole court seemed to be quiet all of a sudden, the basketball had clearly passed through the hoop, but I don't know why it was spinning continuously, until a few seconds later, it ended spinning obediently and fell into the net bag, I thought to myself, can you still spin it out, is it because I shot too much spin?

I spread my hands outstretched, waved my hands, and ran backwards to the backyard.

After two rounds, the opposing forward got a chance to play me one-on-one after the pick-and-roll, and judging from his size and height, he was completely a power forward, and I don't know why he was placed in the small forward position, and I knew that I couldn't let him completely fall into position, so it would be quite difficult for me to defend it.

It was too late, that is, the moment he wanted to close the ball, my left hand was pulled from the bottom up, only to see the basketball being pulled into the air, and then my whole body rushed forward, grabbed the basketball and rushed towards the opponent's basket.

This kind of fast-break feeling is the most enjoyable, because the talent of this eighteen-year-old body can be fully displayed, and even I feel that Kobe's speed has not been developed to the limit.

It was only a second or two before I was completely left behind by those who were still trying to chase after me, and I still had the urge to put on a show when I faced the empty basket.

It's a pity that my speed is so fast that I haven't had time to think about what kind of action to use to dunk and I've already come to the basket, just a fairly ordinary two-handed violent dunk, and there are not many superfluous tricks.

Maybe it's because it's my debut or the first time I've been in front of so many people in front of an official game, and I don't want to miss a single dunk error.

Finally, the cheers from the sky came, and the corners of my mouth moved slightly, and I can say that I have fallen in love with this feeling of being cheered by thousands of people!

Time flies!

I can't complain more about that, especially when it comes to my less than 10 minutes of playing time, because if I want to get more playing time, I need to fight for it with better performances.

With three of five shots and one of two free throws, I had seven points, one rebound and one assist in less than 10 minutes of playing time in my debut, which was generally satisfying for me, but I guess there's still a long way to go before I become a true NBA superstar.