Chapter 117: The Little Prince of Nightclubs
Prokopio's words, Tang Tian was still quite touched.
Ahead of him, he gave Thompson a pass to Thompson, and Prokopio gave Thompson, whose shooting percentage was significantly different.
Indeed, this is what a good trainer can do.
Tang Tian had actually been thinking about recruiting an individual team before, and in his team, the status of trainers would be very high.
He glanced at Procopio, and it was clear that the other party was not promoting himself.
"I'll find one when I get back." Tang Tian continued.
Prokopio nodded, motioning for him to find his own senses first, and then went to train with Thompson.
Prokopio only stayed in the training gym for half a day, and in the afternoon, it was Tang Tian and Thompson who helped each other train together.
After a day of training, both of them have gained a lot.
After finishing the training, Tang Tian did some stretching, and then prepared to go back to the rental house.
"Are you free for the night?" Thompson took the initiative to speak.
"You're going to practice at night?" Tang Tian looked at Thompson suspiciously.
"No, no, it's enough to train during the day, and it's enough to have a quantity guarantee for this kind of thing." Thompson smiled and shook his head.
"And what do you want?" Tang Tian asked curiously.
"Nightclubs, go to nightclubs and relax." Thompson said with a smile.
Tang Tian was stunned for a moment, Thompson also likes to go to nightclubs?
He didn't expect this, he only knew that Harden was the famous little prince of nightclubs, but he didn't expect Thompson to be too.
And this habit seems to be in place now?
"No, I have to go back and rest, and I'll have to continue training tomorrow." Tang Tianwan rejected Thompson.
"Don't be like this, the combination of work and rest can achieve the best training effect." Thompson continued.
Tang Tian shook his head, he actually didn't like the noisy environment of the nightclub very much, it had been almost a year since he traveled, and he had only taken Walker there once before.
"Okay, then when you're free. I'll send you back. Thompson said as he walked towards his car.
Tang Tian nodded, he was indeed tired after a day of training.
Thompson's car is a Mercedes-Benz S450, which costs more than $200,000, and it can be seen that his family conditions should be very good.
Thompson sent Tang Tian downstairs to the rental house, and finally asked Tang Tian if he would go to the nightclub, and after seeing Tang Tian shake his head, he showed an expression of "what's the matter with you, little brother", and then drove away.
Tang Tian didn't care, and after returning to the rental house and taking a shower, he then called Walker.
"Training in New York?" Walker was surprised by Tang Tian's invitation.
"Yes, I have two rooms in this rental house, and the other one is just for you."
"Well, okay, but in two days, I'll have to talk to UA about the details of the contract."
"Okay."
Hanging up the phone, Tang Tian lay on the bed and exhaled.
The trainer he had to ask Fagan to help find him first, and before that, Walker could just come over and help him pass the ball, and if Prokopio was here during this time, he could also help Walker correct some details, which killed two birds with one stone.
At the end of the training the next morning, Tang Tian and Thompson went to a nearby restaurant for dinner.
"By the way, how did you get Prokopio?" In the restaurant, Tang Tian asked Thompson curiously.
Although Prokopio is only a trainer, because he has been in the industry for a long time, he has also taken care of other aspects, such as the nutritional combination they eat now, which is almost equivalent to the role of a trainer and half a nutritionist.
"Me? I couldn't get him, but Uncle Mac had a good relationship with my father, and my father asked for it. Thompson replied with a smile.
Tang Tian nodded after listening.
There were too many NBA players, and it was impossible for him to clearly know the family background of the Americans, so he took out his mobile phone and searched it.
Mitchell Thompson, a star in the seventies and eighties of the last century, averaged 13.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game in his career, and had an average of 20+ seasons per game, and was also a quasi-All-Star.
It's rare for a star's son to become a star, and that's very rare for Thompson.
It's no wonder that he can drive a Mercedes-Benz S-class, and Thompson is from a basketball family.
"Procopio, is he still Kobe's trainer now?" Tang Tian asked tentatively.
Although he knew that the opportunity was not great, Procopio's business ability gave him a great shock, and he still wanted to try it as much as possible.
"No, it wasn't last summer, Kobe Bryant had a royal trainer on the Lakers, it seems to be called Gary Witti, but he had something to do the year before, so he asked Uncle Mac for help for a while." Thompson shook his head.
Tang Tian paused after hearing this, it seemed that the facts were a little different from the legends.
"And whose trainer is he now?" Tang Tian continued to ask.
"Nobody's, Uncle McKe is here to help me out now, but it's said he's going to the Mavericks in the summer, and Coach Rick Carlisle has a good relationship with him." Thompson really belongs to a basketball family, and he knows more about these news than the other.
"That is, he is now unemployed?"
"Let's just put it that way." Thompson nodded.
Tang Tian was overjoyed after hearing this, he was originally looking for a trainer, if Prokopio could directly enter his team, it would be a great thing.
"You want to hire him?" Thompson was half a beat slower, but he could still hear what he was saying.
"He's expensive." Tang Tian didn't speak, but Thompson couldn't help but remind.
"I know." Tang Tian nodded, and replied with no certainty.
Now, he really can't afford to hire Prokopio, but when he gets an endorsement after the draft, he will have money at that time.
After a few days of training, Walker joined in.
Prokopio is passing the ball to Thompson, and Walker is passing to Don.
"When you pass the ball, you have to look at the position of Don's receiver, if it is too high or too low, he will not be able to shoot at the first time, and it will be the same when you go to the NBA in the future, only by passing the ball in the right position can you make your teammates more comfortable and quickly complete the offense." Prokopio also came over to point out Walker, and the experienced trainer was very good at the details.
Walker passed the ball to Tang Tian, which can be regarded as training his passing ability.
In addition to passing, when Walker was practicing one-on-one offense and defense with Tang Tian, Procopio also gave Walker some detailed suggestions on breakthroughs.
After Walker continued to train for a while, the breakthrough efficiency was significantly higher than before.
I have to say that a top trainer really helps the players too much, which also makes Tang Tian more determined to include Prokopio in his team.
Such days lasted for nearly two months, and Tang Tian was close to Prokopio every day, and the rest of the thing was to eat and train to abuse Thompson.
Both three-point shooters, Tang Tian and Thompson basically have to play an open three-point game every day.
As a result, Thompson was abused every day.
The current Thompson is not the Buddha of the future, and his shooting stability is far worse than Tang Tian's.