In addition to the fourth assistant coach, Wang Mingming also serves as a player development consultant.

What is called player development consultant, it is similar to the psychological counseling of players, mainly for rookies. For example, if a player who has just entered the league does not have a clear idea of his position in the team and does not have a detailed plan for his career development, a player development consultant can help with this.

However, there are some exceptions to the Nets, the Nets have very few rookies, and after Wang read the player report tomorrow, he knows that the Nets actually only have 1 rookie.

Antoine White.

In last year's draft, the team selected a swingman with the 15th pick in the first round, 22 years old, 2.01 meters tall and weighing 99 kilograms.

Antoine White only entered the lottery with one pick, but even if he didn't enter the lotto, he was still a very good pick, and there were a lot of people who had the fifteenth pick in the NBA, such as Steve Nash, the hottest engine in the NBA today.

But the Nets are on the run for a championship, and there is very little training for rookies.

That's the case with Antoine White, who has played a total of 11 games so far this season, mostly in garbage time, with little playing time and practice, and sometimes not even making the 12-man squad.

This made Antoine White very distressed, but he kept it to himself, actively participating in the team's training, hoping to slowly find opportunities and increase his status in the eyes of the coach.

So when Wang sat next to Antoine White on the plane tomorrow, Antoine White felt slightly flattered.

In the NBA, even big-name stars must respect every coach, especially the head coach, because the head coach controls the scheduling of the player's playing time, and without playing time, no matter how good the person is, he can't play a beautiful performance, can't get good data, and can't get a satisfactory contract.

And in a few cases, unruly players and coaches have conflicts, and the media will not favor the players, or even stand on the side of the coach, after all, many coaches' salaries are only one-tenth of the players, or even less.

"Coach."

Antoine White tried to move to the side to give the king more seating space tomorrow.

"It's okay, it's okay, sit down, I want to talk to you for a while."

After the 97-98 season, the NBA gradually launched a charter business, signing business cooperation with Northwest Airlines, United Airlines and other airlines, and the planes that could accommodate more than 100 guests were changed into luxury leather chairs with more than 50 seats, so even burly NBA players could fully stretch out their seats.

Antoine White simply moved his body subconsciously.

Wang Mingming saw his restraint and joked with a smile: "Do I look serious, like a high school teacher?" ”

Antoine smiled, "No, like a university professor." ”

"So you're scared of college professors?"

Antoine shrugged his shoulders and was noncommittal: "Maybe I often have to fail my subjects, or maybe I haven't won a good scholarship." ”

"I've watched some of your games before, and you're the youngest player on our team."

Wang spread his hands tomorrow, and after chatting with Antoine, he had an inexplicable feeling that he should start doing daily tasks, and if he went down at this pace today, he would take tactical notes again at night, and he would also be able to receive an intermediate treasure chest.

"Yes, coach, I'm just a rookie." Antoine White said to himself with a slight mockery.

"No, no, no, young age and rookie are two different things, young is young, rookie is rookie, very rookie people are not necessarily very young, and very young people can also become very strong."

After some specious words, Wang Mingming threw the finishing touch: "The key to becoming a good player is not to train hard or learn from the experience on the court, these are just the necessary conditions to become a good player." ”

"It's like, success takes effort, but hard work doesn't necessarily lead to success."

After Antoine White listened to Wang Mingming's remarks, his face changed, and his heart was like ashes, what does the coach mean, am I completely hopeless?

"I mean, you've got to find the right way."

Wang Mingming said softly: "You have a stable mid-range jumper and good physical fitness, but the disadvantage is poor defense and ball control. ”

Antoine White listened to Wang Mingming's analysis, and was a little unconvinced, he was poor in ball control, but his defense has been very active, and he thought that he was also at the middle and upper level of the NBA, how did it become poor in Wang Mingming's mouth? Not even average?

Wang Ming glanced at Antoine White, and already knew what he was thinking, and he explained unhurriedly: "People who defend well generally have the following characteristics, and those who can have one characteristic are called qualified defenders, those who have more than three are called excellent defenders, and those who have more than five are called top defenders. ”

"Listen to it."

Antoine Wai was like pounding garlic and was extremely serious.

Wang Ming paused and said: "The first trait, with the mental quality of perseverance, no matter what kind of adversity the team is in, even if it is more than twenty points behind, even if it is garbage time, this kind of defender will not give up any opportunity to disrupt the opponent's attack, until the physical strength is exhausted, until the final bell rings." ”

After Wang finished speaking, he looked at Antoine White, who shook his head, "I haven't been able to do it to this extent." ”

"The second trait, ignoring the other party's trash talk and any interference outside the stadium, paying full attention, kraft candy style, once they are targeted, it will become a luxury to get rid of it."

"The third characteristic is not to be disturbed by the feints of the offensive players, and in the case of single defense, it can have the top lateral movement speed, just like a wall, blocking the front of the offensive players and making people insurmountable."

"The fourth characteristic, explosive physical fitness, strength, speed, flexibility, bounce and arm span are the top in the league, outstanding awareness, able to complete the task of assisting the defense excellently, the defensive range radiates the entire half, like a wolf with a sensitive sense of smell, when the opponent is relaxed, he attacks instantly, completes the pinch attack with his teammates, and destroys the opponent's offense."

"The fifth characteristic, reading the opponent's offense on the field, always standing in the most uncomfortable place at the opponent's offensive starting point, a person is the core of the defensive system, as long as he is on the field, like a needle in the sea, the team is as solid as a rock."

"Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan......." Antoine White named the five players in turn who he thought best fit the five characteristics of Wang's mouth, and upon closer inspection, he did not seem to have any of them.

He lowered his head, slightly discouraged.

"Well, do you want to learn how to have these characteristics?"

Wang Mingming's words at this time were like injecting a stream of fresh spring heat into the bottom of Antoine White's dry lake, and he raised his head in an instant, his eyes flashing with hope.

"If you want to learn, I'll teach you~"