Chapter 62: A Visit from a Famous Man
After Holland's beating, the atmosphere in the team was obviously much better, everyone returned to the state of hard work before, and there were significantly fewer coordination mistakes in training. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoActually, if you're not a public figure who relies on eyeballs, then it's best not to read too much about the media in the metropolis of Los Angeles, because a lot of times they, like lawyers, can say black as white and white as black. As a semi-professional basketball player who will eventually become professional, the only thing they need to trust is their teammates and the basketball in their hands.
However, today's training session was a bit weird, Coach Holland, who has always arrived half an hour early, did not show up in the training hall at the beginning of the training, only assistant coach Blake took the players to do some warm-up exercises. Everyone whispered while running around the court, Westbrook secretly turned his head and asked Ye Feng in a low voice: "Ye, what the hell did you say the coach was doing today?" He couldn't have overslept in his nap, would he? I told us not to believe the media hype, but now it's good that he swelled first, and then again, this is the first time I've met a coach who is late for a training session. ”
Ye Feng said angrily: "You big-headed ghost, how can you say that the coach is not the first year to play in the NCAAA, how can he be blown by the media so many times and get carried away?" But it's a strange thing, he always arrived earlier than the first of us, so what can't he do today? However, Coach Blake didn't say it explicitly, and his face didn't change, as if this was a normal situation. ”
Westbrook wanted to say something, but Coach Black, who had been following the team, shouted: "Russell, Ye, if you two are to chat there again, I don't mind letting you go to the track and field together for twenty or thirty laps and come back!" And others, shut your mouths for me, all run, don't think I can't hear anything. You just have to warm up, and whoever talks again will roll on the track and run! The voices in the team disappeared under his roar, everyone quickly closed their mouths and quickened their pace, Westbrook and Ye Feng, who were running at the front, had a serious face, as if it was not the two of them who were caught by the assistant coach just now.
Although everyone was quiet, Blake didn't plan to let them go: it's okay to be lively and talk so much during training, don't you think the intensity is not enough? So Blake changed the constant speed run to a variable speed run, and strictly required everyone to adjust the speed according to the rhythm of his whistle, and when the whistle was slow, he had to speed up immediately when the whistle was slow, and when the whistle was urgent, he had to speed up immediately, which made a group of people miserable. Knowing that it was the coach's punishment, they didn't dare to speak, who let themselves be at fault first? Just muttered a few words in my heart, and took it out and said it as if no one was around, for fear that others wouldn't know or how?
After a whole set of warm-up exercises, everyone felt at least twice as strong as the previous training session, and they all collapsed on the ground like dead dogs, if it weren't for Blake going over and kicking them one by one, maybe everyone would not have bothered to get up. Suddenly, I don't know who shouted: "The coach is here!" Everyone was shocked, and they stood up as fast as they could, the tiredness on their faces was swept away, and more than a dozen pairs of eyes looked at the gate of the training hall in unison.
Of course, this wasn't something someone had deliberately shouted to motivate the players, and at the door, Holland was walking in with another person, and the two seemed to be laughing and saying something. Holland is no longer short, but he looks like a child next to the other party. At this time, there were already sharp-eyed team members who exclaimed: "My God, look who is that?" "Sky Hook"! It's a "sky hook"! Ye Feng fixed his eyes and saw that his teammates did not recognize the wrong person, after all, as long as he is in the American basketball circle, there is almost no one who does not know this big man, even if he has been retired for a long time.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, formerly known as Ferdinand Lewis Alcindo Jr., is one of the most famous centers in NBA history. Since being drafted by the Bucks in 1969, Abdul-Jabbar has played for both the Bucks and Lakers in his 20-year career, leaving behind a series of dazzling records. He was the first player to play in 20 NBA seasons, making 15,837 shots from 28,307 attempts in his longest 57,446 minutes of playing time, scoring an all-time high of 38,387 points (24.6 points per game), while also contributing 17,440 rebounds (11.2 per game), 3,189 blocks (third in the NBA), and shooting 55.90 percent (eighth in the NBA).
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the most points in history, the third-highest all-time blocks in history, the most regular season MVPs, the most All-Star selections and the longest career season. He also set a staggering record of 787 consecutive double-digit scores. He also has an awesome list of individual and team honors: Rookie of the Year, 6 championships, 6 regular season MVPs, 2 Finals MVPs, 19 All-Stars, 2 scoring champions, All-Star All-Star selections for the NBA's 35th and 50th anniversaries, and eight playoff records and seven All-Star records.
And now this big man is standing in front of them so alive, and everyone is looking sluggish. Abdul-Jabbar glanced at Holland and said with a smile: "I'm sorry to disturb everyone's training, but now I'm just an alumnus of UCLA, and at most you're seniors." I've heard that you've done a great job this season, and I just happened to have some things going on when I came back during this time, so I told Coach Holland to come and see your training sessions. Haha, you don't have to look so surprised, I'm just just looking at it, you just follow the original training plan. ”
As soon as Abdul-Jabbar finished speaking, Westbrook, an active member of the team, said loudly, "Mr. Karim, can you point us out?" I'll tell you the truth, it's the first time we've met a top player like you in a training session. I think we are all very eager to learn something from you, and I hope you can teach us, and as your juniors, it is our honor to have your guidance. ”
Abdul-Jabbar looked at Holland beside him again, and Holland glared at Westbrook and nodded slightly. With the coach's permission, Abdul-Jabbar joked: "In that case, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for me not to tell you something, maybe you won't even be able to get out of the door later." I heard that there is a very good interior player among you, and I want to tell all the interior players on the team about the hook move, oh no, it should be my 'sky hook', and other people can also listen to it if they want to learn, but for the sake of me being in the number five position, even if I have other skills, that's not what I can teach you. ”
He strode to the sidelines, picked up a basketball, and beckoned, "Come with me, boys, come to the three-second zone, and I'll show you what a 'sky hook' is." Especially your two starting interior players, Kevin Loew and Josh Ship, I can't say I have a strong hook shot, but it must be of some use to you. After everyone gathered around, Abdul-Jabbar began to teach his unique skill - "Sky Hook". First he made a demonstration, and he was seen to throw the ball into the basket with one leg and on his side, using his horribly long arm to make an arc.
Seeing everyone's incredible expressions, Abdul-Jabbar smiled: "This technique requires many years of hard practice, of course, if you have played street ball, you may be able to master it faster, after all, this is not the way of regular basketball, normal people use such tricks, and they can't control the direction and strength of the ball at all." And the sky hook also has to be matched with some basket footsteps, such as this, and this. He said as he nimbly made a few back turns and side-to-side swings in the three-second zone.
In fact, Abdul-Jabbar never minded sharing his stunts, which led to the "Magic" Johnson beating the Celtics with a similar hook at the last minute of Game 4 of the 1987 Finals, and that goal was also affectionately known as "Little Sky Hook". Celtics forward Larry Bird said after that game: "When you play against the Lakers, you always have to be ready to be beaten by a hook shot, we just didn't expect this hook shot to come from 'Magic' Johnson. ”
In the crowd of people who watched from the sidelines, in addition to a few insiders, Ye Feng also studied very seriously. This is not the first time he has tried to imitate "Tiangou", but it is the first time that he has watched the main master perform the technique in front of his eyes face to face. He is still very confident in his footsteps under the basket, but he couldn't grasp the essence of "Tiangou" after watching the video before, this time he finally met Abdul-Jabbar, how could Ye Feng let go of this opportunity?
After a few demonstrations, Abdul-Jabbar motioned for everyone to practice with the ball, while he slowly walked around to see if anyone needed guidance. But Abdul-Jabbar was soon stunned by an Asian player near the free-throw line, who didn't stand still and fumbled around the trick of the "sky hook" like everyone else, but as if there was an invisible defender in front of him, he shook continuously before throwing the ball. Seeing the way he made a move, Abdul-Jabbar was stunned: This guy is very talented, he has been decent in such a short time, although he has added some of his own things, but it is really valuable.
Abdul-Jabbar couldn't help but love talent, he stepped forward and asked, "Boy, looking at your skin color, you should be the team's starting quarterback Ye Feng, right?" I wonder, as a defender, why are you still trying so hard to learn my hook? Ye Feng wiped the sweat from his forehead and said solemnly: "As long as I can improve my strength, I will work hard to study, and my greatest wish is to become an all-round player." If you can't get me from the number one position to the number five position, then let me play from the number one position to the number five position! ”