Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Dust Has Settled
"These draft prediction sites are too unreliable this year, right? Except for the champion prediction is right, isn't the others blind? Haugist let out a sigh of relief.
But this is the Hougist fault for these sites, the predictions of the websites are based on the strength of the rookies and the sources of the inside of each team, generally speaking, they are more reliable, it is really this year that these teams have a collective convulsion, it seems that they are all people who catch the lot with their eyes closed, and the prediction website is also very helpless.
Leonard has been ignored in the back, and several other people in the Little Green House have been selected. When it came time for the 13th Suns to choose, there were still Morris brothers from Kansas, Alec Brown from the University of Colorado. Burks, Florida Big Chris. Singleton and San Diego were not drafted. Among them, Leonard and Morris brothers are promising rookies, but for some reason they fell to the end.
When Stern announced that the Suns had selected the older brother of the Morris brothers, Markieff. Morris, the scene was in an uproar, and the fans of the Suns on the Internet were also scolding, because of his younger brother Marcus. Morris is recognized as being stronger than his brother.
At this time, Hoggist swiped Twitter again and found that Rocket fans were very vocal about choosing Leonard, Hoggist laughed secretly: "If Old Man Greg overturns in the gutter and makes the Rockets cut off his beard, it will be funny, he used to blow the cowhide with us loudly, and in the end, he was not as good as the sky and was pitted by Morey, I can laugh at him for a lifetime." ”
The Rockets seemed to be hesitant about who to choose, and it took almost all of the time for Stern to come out, Leonard's name on Twitter kept swiping, and Stern finally came out of the background! He stood on the podium and said slowly: "The Houston Rockets selected in the NBA2011 draft - Marcus . Morris! ”
Hougist sat in front of the screen and almost laughed stupidly, "This Morey is overcalculating, Marcus is better than Markieff, the Suns didn't choose the Suns stupid, but how can I have Leonard with potential!" If Leonard doesn't choose to choose Morris, isn't this losing the watermelon and picking sesame seeds! And there are a lot of veterans in the Rocket's No. 4 position, and the newcomers already have Jordan. Hill and Patrick. Patterson, choose Marcus again, isn't this mentally retarded! ”
Most Rockets fans share the same opinion as Howgist, and for a while, Twitter was full of bad comments about Morey. There are also some faint voices defending Morey, saying that so many teams in front of him did not choose Leonard, and Leonard must have a physical or technical injury. But these faint voices were soon drowned out in a scolding.
Sure enough, when it came to the No. 15 signing, Stern came out as soon as he entered the backstage, and the audience was in an uproar, and the Pacers had already made up their minds? Stern announced that the Indiana Walkers had chosen exactly Kawai. Leonard!
When the 16th-ranked Philadelphia 76ers had not yet been selected, a reporter had already reported the latest trade situation. Hill, got the Pacers' No. 15 pick. Leonard's signing rights, as well as a second-round pick.
As soon as this news appeared, a new round of verbal criticism broke out among Rocket fans on the Internet, and some fanatical fans even posted pictures of guns and ammunition to send a "death notice" to Morey. Can Popovich's fancy be worse? Old foxes like Popovich are willing to take Parker's successor, George Brown, who has been raised to a near-finished product. Hill came to trade, which shows that Leonard's level in the future is only high, not low! In this way, Morey's mistake of missing Leonard is all the more unforgivable.
The Spurs selected the backup point guard Corey with the 29th pick in the first round. Joseph, while Hougist also heard the name of an acquaintance in the second round, and the Rockets selected Chandler with the 38th pick in the second round. Parsons. As a player who can play three or four, Parsons' presence slightly calmed the anger of Rockets fans over Morey's loss of Leonard. And the Spurs used a second-round pick from the Walkers to select Griffin, a copycat who tried out that day, Davis. Bertans.
The draft came to an end, and Hougist sent a congratulatory text message to Leonard. Leonard's reply was only a simple "thank you", but Hoggist also understood that his character was like this, and he didn't mind too much, after all, it was the summer league in Vegas in another week, and the first time he participated in the training and competition of the adult group, Hoggist was nervous and excited, anxious and expectant.
However, on June 30, Hougist did not wait for Henry, who came to pick him up, but in a shocking news, negotiations between the NBA players' union and the owners broke down, and the NBA officially shut down from July 1.
In fact, this has been foreshadowed for a long time, since the beginning of the 10-11 season, the negotiations between labor and management have been full of gunpowder, and the two sides have held countless negotiations during the season, but there has been no substantial progress. And often one side calls out the other after a negotiation.
Now that the talks have finally collapsed, the NBA is going to shut down, and players can't interact with team staff and use the team's training facilities.
"I really don't know how long this shutdown will stop. Qiu Jingli is not coming back, Joseph is gone, I am so bored alone! Hougist leaned against the window with his chin propped up, "Eh, anyway, the players and the team can't contact each other and can't train in the team training hall, isn't this just the right time for my training camp to open?" ”
Thinking of this, Hougist sent a group text message to LaVine, Jeremy Lin, and Leonard, asking them to come to Vegas as soon as possible to reunite, and his training camp was ready to officially open.
LaVine was the furthest away, but he was the first to arrive, along with Hollis Jefferson, who had returned from a trip to Washington. Due to the shutdown of the league, Jeremy Lin and Leonard had to change their schedules a lot, and they didn't arrive at the same time until three days later.
Hoggist's training camp conditions are very shabby, the venue is in the park, the basketball is borrowed from the school, and most importantly, Hoggist has no accommodation to provide, but fortunately Jeremy Lin has received a lot of wages from the Warriors, and it is still the motel he paid for everyone to live in.
The sun was getting hot on the morning of July, but fortunately, the park's course was surrounded by greenery, and the sunlight passed through the gaps in the leaves, mottled and imprinted on the plastic field, which was still slightly dazzling. Hougist led a group of big men on the court to practice shooting in earnest.
"Jeremy, I've said you many times, your shooting arc is too high, this shooting position is not for you! Once you're physically troubled, this shooting stance will be as short as three non-sticky! Hoghist interrupted Lin's shot.
"No, it won't! You see, this year's Finals MVP Dirk's shooting arc is so high! Jeremy Lin asked, puzzled.
"You're a point guard learning shooting moves with a power forward? Dirk is slow! He has to rely on leaning back and high arc to avoid distractions, why do you want to imitate Dirk when you're a short point guard with so many elite guards shooting and don't learn how to shoot baskets? ”
"Uh......" Jeremy Lin was speechless.
"If you don't train according to my method, don't say you can shoot with me when you go out in the future, I can't afford to lose this person!" Hougist reprimanded with his hands on his hips.
LaVine and Hollis Jefferson saw a high school student educating NBA professional players on the sidelines, and they both thought the picture was ridiculous, and even Leonard, who was seriously practicing shooting, secretly smiled.
Hougist pointed at Hollis Jefferson and said, "Look at Langday, he didn't know anything about offense when he played with us that time, he even stumbled on the dribble, and he practiced with me for a vacation, and practiced exactly according to my instructions, and now you can see again!" ”
Hougist motioned for Hollis Jefferson to demonstrate one to Jeremy Lin. Hollis Jefferson nodded, and began to show off the dribble outside the three-point line, first dribbling behind the spot, then various crotch drops, and then handing the ball forward to replace the dribble, and the rhythm was very smooth. Hollis Jefferson dribbled the ball a few times, felt the rhythm was just right, closed the ball and directly pulled out a three-point shot, the ball arc was perfect, not high or low, like a brilliant rainbow in the sky, avoiding the basket and landing lightly on the ground.
Hollis Jefferson: "......"
Jeremy Lin: "......"
Haugist: "......"
Leonard peeking from afar: "。。。。。。 ”
Everyone was silent for a long time, and Hougist threw the ball in his hand at Hollis Jefferson, "You XX deliberately embarrassed me, right?" Why didn't I see you pitch at training camp in San Antonio? ”
Ravin laughed heartily next to him, and was also kicked by Hoggist, and scolded angrily: "You two will embarrass me!" ”
Hollis Jefferson covered his head to pick the ball back, blushing and saying, "Sorry sorry, I made a mistake just now, give me another chance!" ”
Saying that, Hollis Jefferson started dribbling to find his rhythm again, and then he made a three-pointer, which was not bad this time, and the ball bounced high on the back edge of the basket, even above the top edge of the rebound, and then fell vertically back into the basket.
"Uh...... It's not a hollow ball, but it's a score! Hollis Jefferson argued.
"Don't say it! Lang Day's dribble was much stronger than it was then! Jeremy Lin paused and said, "But this shot...... Hehe......"
"What do you mean!" Hollis Jefferson was not satisfied, kicked LaVine and said, "Go, go to the basket and pick up the ball for me!" ”
LaVine reluctantly came to the basket, and Hollis Jefferson put away those fancy dribbling moves and began to shoot in earnest, only to hear the sound of hollow goals on the court. Hollis Jefferson hit 10 three-pointers in a row, all of them hollow shots.
Jeremy Lin's mocking smile just now froze, and it was not impossible for him to score 10 three-pointers in a row, but he would never be able to do it if he shot so steadily. Could this be the result of practicing according to Hoggist's guidance?
Jeremy Lin was so convinced by Hoggist that he began to forget about his lame projection and began to practice wholeheartedly according to Hoggist's instructions.
After submitting Jeremy Lin, Hougist went to another field to coach LaVine, who was still proud, thinking to himself what level my boss was shooting? How does he teach you, you just listen to it, you have to call it a, your NBA player's projection level is as bad as mine, how can you still have a face to talk to my boss! Wasn't he slapped in the face by Lang Dai? Hahahaha!
Hoggist watched LaVine smirk as he practiced his jumper, LaVine's shooting arc was not as towering as Jeremy Lin's, but the problem was that his shooting arc was too flat, and the flatter the arc, the smaller the mouth of the basket became, and the harder it was to shoot the ball. Hougist carefully looked at a few LaVine's shots, found the crux of the problem, and said with his head and face: "Why are you jumping so high with your XX shooting?" I know that you can fly to the sky, but do you want to jump so high to dunk directly from the middle and long distances? ”
"But the closer you get to the basket, the higher your shooting percentage!" LaVine said.
"Isn't your straight up and down from the basket the same way, the jump shot must be coordinated, and if you are so your legs, you will naturally have no accurate head in your hands." Hoggist explained.
"Then I'll try!" After LaVine finished speaking, he lost the force on his legs, jumped lightly, and threw the ball at the highest point, but the ball was still not on target.
Ravan looked at Haugist suspiciously, and said, "It doesn't seem to work!" ”
"You pay attention to your hands, don't care about the strength of your legs, you should know the way you exert your power, as long as the feeling in your hands is right, your jump height is appropriate." Horgist grabbed LaVine from behind and adjusted his hand, "Try again now." ”
Raven blushed and said shyly, "Boss, your actions are so ambiguous!" ”
Hoghist also felt a little embarrassed, and kicked Laven out of the air, "Fuck off, I teach you with good intentions, and you dare to tease me, you dead glass!" ”
"O conscience of heaven and earth! Top dog! I don't have that hobby, it's your actions......" Ravan had just gotten up and was kicked out by Hougist.
"You can practice it yourself, I won't teach you anymore!" Hougist turned his head towards the half of Leonard's practice.
Leonard turned around with a stifled smile and began to practice shooting, his shooting accuracy was much better than the last tryout, and it seemed that he had not slackened in private.
"You can't actually use it! Your shooting looks like you've improved a lot! Hogist walked to the basket and caught a hollow ball thrown by Leonard, and passed the ball back to him, "I didn't expect your understanding to be quite high, and you have already explored the shooting skills, I think you must have trained very hard in private, right?" ”
“。。。。。。 Except for the draft that delayed me for two days, the rest of the time I was practicing shooting, I watched your game video on the Internet, carefully studied the details of your shooting, tried to imitate it, but it still didn't feel right. ”
"Of course, you and I are different in height, shoulder width, arm span, hand size, finger length, and of course the action will be different! But I think you're pretty much adjusted! You can vote for a few more of my research. ”