Chapter Seventy-One: The Regular Season Begins

"Hurry up, move faster!"

Assistant coach Bernie Bickerstaff shouted from the sidelines as the Lakers players on the court were working on switchback runs, and there was no doubt that Zhang was the first to reach the finish. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This kind of switchback run in training is different from the tryout, not only is it a run, but the player has to run several times to develop his fitness.

If he only runs once, Zhang Wei will have the same speed as Finley, Malik and others, and may not be able to win against these two.

But after running five times, Zhang Qiu's advantage became greater, and when he ran to the last trip, he actually turned around and ran backwards, and he was still the first to complete the training.

The Lakers coaching staff can't do anything about him, Zhang Fu's training is different from others, the coaching staff has specially customized a plan for him, the biggest difference is that the amount of training is thirty percent more than other players, but it still can't seem to take him down, Zhang Fu's durability attribute is very perverted.

Tomorrow is the first game of the regular season, Zhang Qi has grown to 203cm, and his weight has stabilized at 220 pounds, this figure can no longer see that he is an 18-year-old player, at least half of the active No. 3 position is not as strong as him.

Zhang Zhu's personal training in reality is mainly for ball control, breakthrough and shooting training, but it is more about confrontation skills training, and in team training, of course, it is running tactics with teammates and playing confrontation games.

The Lakers' coaching staff has been deliberately separating Zhang and Van Exel from the team's training games, with a little intention of letting them fight for the team's position as the team's leader.

But I have to say that Zhang Mao's style of play can obviously make his teammates better, and he has too much advantage in this regard.

The biggest difference between the two is that Zhang can hold the ball outside the three-point line, in the high post, on both wings and in the low post, which is equivalent to being able to act as the initiation point of the team's tactics in every offensive position on the court, which makes his tactical role at least several times higher than that of Fan Maniac, who can only get the ball on the outside.

Van Exel's tactical role is much more monotonous, more about breaking through himself to attract the defense and then splitting the ball, but this move will be less effective against teams with excellent defense, and small players are easy to steal when passing the ball from the inside out.

On top of that, he can only play on the outside, and while he does have some playmaking skills, it's still a lot worse than a traditional playmaker.

Van Exel is more like the attacking point guard who became popular two decades later, but his lack of control of his temper affects his ability to command, and if he were to organize the team, it would inevitably make the team full of uncertainty.

Zhang Fu used a provocative way today, in the last confrontation before the regular season, to finalize the distribution method of the ball between the two in tomorrow's official game.

"I won this game, and I will control the ball tomorrow when I play the supersonics, do you dare to bet?"

Zhang was placed in a group with Sedar, Finley, Bison Dele, and Mark in this team training, and this lineup is very suitable for fast-break tactics.

Fan is certainly not timid, on the contrary, he is happy with the way the ball is distributed.

The Magic, who has been training with the team for the past two months, has dropped his weight to 260 pounds, just 10 pounds shy of his comeback goal.

Now he can run with the team, but it is still a bit difficult to play against the game, and after playing two training matches, he found that his body cannot keep up with the rhythm of these players, and it will take a few months to reach the point where he can play.

"Nick can't win!" The Magic knew that it would be difficult for Van Exel to beat Zhang in this kind of game, the latter's style is a natural leader-type player, Van Exel is a good attacker at best, and the two are not a little bit worse in leading the team.

As he expected, Zhang Qi got 15 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists in this training game, and Van Exel on the other side scored 20 points, but his teammates were obviously out of touch with him.

Van Exel can't switch between the two modes of "individual attack" and "tandem team" like Zhang Zhu, he is too far behind Zhang Zhu in terms of reading on the offensive end and overall coordination, and the rhythm of this training game has always been controlled by Zhang Fu.

"This kid really looks a lot like me, but he has a stronger desire to attack than I did, and in fact he does have a higher attack power than mine."

The magician has nothing to admit about this, Zhang Qi is indeed very similar to him, especially in terms of offensive talent, he is much stronger than him, and his body is a little better, but his passing ability is also much better than Zhang Qi.

One of the two is more inclined to organization, the other is more inclined to attack, who is strong and who is weak is like Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong, so they can only wait for both of them to compare their individual honors and team honors after they both retire.

At the end of the last day of training, Zhang left the stadium alone.

He doesn't want to have too much interaction with his teammates outside of games and training, and he rarely attends the team's big and small gatherings, although he doesn't go to any parties, but he doesn't participate in those meaningless dinners and parties.

Zhang Zhu likes to do her own things in private, and she doesn't seem to fit in, which may be everyone's lifestyle.

There are a lot of people like him in the NBA, Ceballos and Finley are one of them, they are very quiet, such people don't want to attract attention and don't talk much, but they are very professional players.

Zhang Qi likes this kind of person the most, everyone naturally has to communicate more about things related to the game in training, and you can make some jokes after the relationship is good, but off the field, they have their own lives, and there is no need to stay together.

But when teammates break out in a game, or when the team wins a key battle, they get together to celebrate, which he doesn't resist, and usually plays their own games.

This is the way Zhang Wei likes to work, he treats his teammates as colleagues, or subordinates.

What kind of "brother basketball" and the like, in his eyes are all farts, they don't exist at all.

The so-called "brother basketball", in Zhang Mao's eyes, is simply a dragon that goes to a nightclub to drink and take out grass and call chicken, and he would rather stay with his family or girlfriend and fans when he has this time.

On November 3, the regular season of the NBA1995-1996 season officially kicked off.

Today is the opening game of the new season, and there are a total of 14 games in the league, with the highlight being the Lakers and SuperSonics, which the league has scheduled for the prime time of 19:30.

This is also the most watched match of the day, and many neutral fans want to see what Zhang Mao's first official match will look like.

Zhang's popularity in the United States has grown like a snowball in the past three months, and there are many Asians and Chinese Americans in every state in the United States, all of whom are fans of Zhang. Combined with the female and neutral fans who were attracted by his face, the Lakers' games have skyrocketed in the amount of attention they have received this season, and they have basically booked the ratings championship in advance.

David Stern also sees the commercial value of Zhang and his value in promoting the NBA in the future. If Zhang Qi can also reach the superstar level at the competitive level, maybe another Jordan-like global idol will be born.

Jordan can be called the god of basketball because he has made indelible contributions to the promotion of the NBA around the world, he has made countless people outside the United States pay attention to the world's strongest basketball event, he has brought huge economic benefits to the league, and he is the signature of the NBA in the global promotion of that era.

Now Zhang Mao also has such commercial value, he has the ability to help the NBA develop the Asian region, and at the same time further expand the NBA's global popularity, this contribution will not be inferior to Jordan, so as long as his ability is enough, it is naturally possible to reach Jordan's status in the future.

The Lakers' game was broadcast live across the United States, with NBC, ABC, and CBS all choosing to broadcast the game live. This can also see Zhang Fu's popularity, these TV stations must broadcast the Lakers' game, otherwise the ratings will fall behind.

When it comes to the Lakers' opponent today, the SuperSonics, they have been talented and fierce in the past few years, and they have always been a powerhouse in the Western Conference.

The SuperSonics have the "Glove" Gary Payton and the "Rain Man" Sean Kemp in their prime, as well as the old and strong "German GI" Detlev Schramf, and the first-generation sleeping god Sam Perkins who shoots three-pointers but is accurate, and of course, the spiritual leader "Mr. SuperSonic" Nate McMillan.

After being educated by the "African Mountains" two years ago, "Rain Man" Kemp was much better in singles last season, although his ability to adapt is still not good, the offensive options and timing are still a little incomprehensible, and there are still too many fouls, but he still gradually got rid of the blue-collar title on his body.

Gary Payton "The Gloves" made the All-Defensive First team last season, narrowly losing to Mutombo in the Defensive Player of the Year award, but his defensive prowess was good enough to make all defenders, including Jordan, uncomfortable. He is the soul of this supersonic team, able to attack and defend well and organize, especially in the field of "trash talk", the self-proclaimed number one at the time.

Before the words fell, the defender superstar, who was particularly unpleasant to Zhang Qi, made a contribution off the field.

"That little guy doesn't know what he's going to face tonight, and I hope he won't cry and go to his mom tonight, because today's Great Western Forum Arena will be supersonic." As soon as Peyton got off the plane, he said that he was going to cry in the game.

"Don't worry, even angels don't dare to set foot here." Zhang Qi smiled lightly at the pre-game press conference: "And I think Gary may not know, man, will only cry after everything is over, and he may have been beaten and cried on the spot, thinking that other people will be like him." ”

Zhang Fu said that he had never lost in the war of words, and Gary Payton boasted that he was the best in the world of trash talk, and this idea itself revealed a strong brain wreck.

But today's biggest attraction is not Zhang Zhu and Gary Payton, the two of them are not in place, today's protagonists are two international players-

Detreve Schramf VS Zhang.

The first European player in history to successfully enter the NBA is Detreve Schramf, this person is not a good stubble, he is one of the leaders of international players, and one of the top SFs in the NBA in the 80s and 90s, with super projection ability and extremely high offensive efficiency, with a career shooting rate of nearly 50%, and he was on the offensive efficiency list in the 90s.

Last season was the pinnacle of Detreve Schramf's game, shooting 52.3 percent from the field, 51.4 percent from three-point range, and 84 percent from the free-throw line.

Not only does Detreve Schramf shoot well, but his back-to-back offense is the obvious choice when the team can't open the game. Last season, as long as Schramf held the ball, the bag will always be the first to come, the supersonic positional battle is initiated by him, and he can also respond to the ball after receiving the bag, and his tactical position is higher than Kemp's, and his back body and projection ability are very complementary to Kemp's face frame and back turn impact.

Of course, the flaws of the German GI are not without it, his defensive ability is poor, and the figure of the dual-energy forward makes him unable to keep up with the real small forward when moving laterally, and he can't carry the big forward when he is meaty, so in the face of the perverted Zhang Mao, he may not be able to defend against the opponent.

When Zhang Qi checked the opponent's attributes before the game, he found that Gary Payton's ability value had reached 92, no wonder he was so arrogant. Sean Kemp also has an ability rating of 90, and Schramf's 81 has an ability rating that is also 2 points higher than him.

In addition, the SuperSonics also have 81 ability value guard Jose Hawkins, 80 ability value of the interior Sam Perkins, and four of the starting five have an ability value of more than 80, no wonder they will be considered a strong contender for the Western Conference championship, much stronger than the current Lakers.