If you get some sleep, will you wake up and find that everything is just a dream? He looked at the high, unfamiliar ceiling and raised his arm to see that he was still black. He understood that even if it was a dream, he would not wake up.

It's a foregone conclusion. A day ago, he was a Chinese named Xuan Feng. Now, he's Chuck Hayes who fuses the memories of two people!

Early in the morning, Hayes arrived at the team's training ground.

Hayes has a car, but Xuan Feng has never taken a driver's license in another life, so it is inevitable that he will be a little weak, so he still gave up driving and chose to walk, which is not close or far in 20 minutes, which can be used as a warm-up.

"Hi, good morning. Can I open the door? I'm Chuck Hayes and want to use the training ground here. Hayes greeted the fat white man at the door, and by looking at his uniform, he knew that he was the security guard in charge of the place today.

The training ground door was locked, and the fat security guard smiled at Hayes and opened the door. Hayes took a basketball from the equipment room and walked to the court, the wide arena was quiet, and every shot was extremely loud.

The Houston Rockets were scheduled to start the team's summer training camp on Sept. 26, and there was no one on the training court. Theoretically, players are not allowed to use the training ground now, but the senior leaders of the Rockets team are too poor in the level of the team's bench players, and they hope that some players are not afraid of hard work to come here to practice, so they said that the training ground vacation time is also open to the Rockets.

Hayes wanted to find a quiet place to practice, so he chose to come here, and the security guard opened the door.

"It's so quiet. Just let people be amazed when they see me shooting in the new season! Hayes took a deep breath and said to himself. He's in a super excited state right now, to be precise, he's been excited since last night until now. The thought that he would be able to play in the NBA right away, and the thought of practicing to play well in the NBA, made his blood boil.

When he was in China, he liked to study the skills of his stars in basketball, such as Jordan's step-back jumper, Iverson and Kobe's breakthrough skills, Maddy's pick-and-shoot shot, Barkley's back-to-back singles, and so on...... His most familiar inside trick is the fantasy step of "Big Dream" Olajuwon, because he can play handsome in singles.

If there is anything he wants to do most now, it is, of course, a dunk. Xuan Feng and Hayes are also 23 years old, the difference is that Xuan Feng has never dunked. Although his physical fitness among college students is also outstanding, he can jump on the spot and grab the basket with both hands, and reach a height of three meters two, but his hands are too small to catch the basketball, so at most he has a small volleyball and is addicted to dunking!

Now he's Hayes, and he can finally dunk!

Hayes rushed to the basket with the ball, poured the ball into the basket with both hands, and the rebounds were shaking. He picked up the ball and did another more difficult one-handed backhand, which was also successful! After that, he stood under the basket and jumped up and dunked with both hands, and it was done.

"How strong is the bounce? Why didn't I see Hayes dunk much when I watched the game on TV before, what was going on in this guy's head? Knowing his current bouncing power, he smiled from ear to ear.

In fact, many players in the NBA who have never dunked can dunk, but because the defensive intensity in the game is too great, there is no opportunity, or in order to avoid injury, conserve physical strength, etc., they use light layups and under-the-basket shooting. Hayes doesn't usually dunk because he focuses most of his attention on grabbing rebounds and dodging blocks. His height has entered the interior line, and if he doesn't pay attention to the position of the defenders around him and chooses to play strongly, it is not surprising that he eats ten hats in a game.

I tried a few more times, but the more difficult tricks Hayes couldn't deduct, he stayed in the air for too short a time, and he landed before he had time to make a move. The most imposing dunk that can be used is a three-step two-handed back dunk, and I tried four times to score one. But he didn't dare to be so handsome during the game, if he finally got a fast break opportunity and no one defended, he would have dunked the ball away like this, and he was likely to be beaten by angry teammates and coaches after the game.

There won't be too many opportunities to dunk in the game, and practicing the basics is the right way. After a slam dunk for a while, Hayes began to work out in his own way. He first ran around the court with the ball, and from time to time made feints such as changing direction with the ball, turning, and stepping down to dribble.

After only two laps, Hayes was in big trouble. He was not used to his current weight and strength, and he slapped the ball lightly, and the ball bounced very high. If the muscles are too developed, the body will stiffen when dribbling, and the movements will not be smooth. Worst of all, Hayes's lower plate was so stable that his thick legs stuck to the ground like two iron pillars, and he felt like his legs were filled with lead when he ran. The straight-line speed can't be raised, and the turning speed is even slower.

Of course, these are Hayes's own feelings. In the eyes of others, many actions are no longer what Hayes could have done before he was reborn. It is simply unrealistic to make a two-meter strong man as flexible as a one-meter-eight defender. If he did, then he wouldn't be Chuck Hayes, but LeBron James.

Hayes stopped after four laps, his mood getting a little heavy. He felt that he could not play the two successful husbands of China when he played at the back. It's really uncomfortable to stumble with the ball like this. He doesn't believe that the dribbling practiced in Chinese universities can reach the NBA level, and now he can't even reach Xuanfeng's previous level, what should he do? In this case, let alone becoming a star, I am afraid that there is a danger of being cut!

Fortunately, the dribble is not as good as before, and there are surprises, Hayes's physical fitness is definitely not comparable to ordinary people, he ran a few laps, and he didn't feel tired at all. That's the difference between blacks and Asians. During the game, the Chinese players generally lost their physical strength after playing for more than 30 minutes, while the black players basically played the whole game and were still alive.

Strengthen your workouts, starting with the basics. Hayes wiped the sweat from his head, feeling furious that he had to fully adapt to his body before the start of pre-season. He is not in a hurry to practice shooting, first doing basic skills on the sidelines, constantly shooting the ball, and then doing simple feints such as stepping down and dribbling on the spot, and practicing his hand feeling with simple feints such as the ball behind his back. After half an hour of shooting, he finally had some feeling in the control of the dynamics.

Roughly getting used to the sudden increase in physical strength, Hayes began to practice shooting. He started with a pull-up jump shot from outside the three-point line. The ball flew out with a whoosh and smashed into the basket with a crisp sound, bouncing far away.

"It's too much strength. However, as long as you control your wrist strength, you will be accurate. Hayes shook his head with a smile and muttered to himself as he picked up the basketball, retreated to the three-point line, bent his knees, jumped up, and shot. The basketball draws a wonderful arc and hollows into the net.

"Good! Shooting doesn't have a big impact, and as long as I practice for a while, I'm sure I'll be able to reach the level of a pitcher. Hayes muttered to himself. If anyone heard him speak nearby, they would be surprised, because he was still used to speaking Chinese, and his words were clearer than Yao Ming's thick voice.

Hayes made free throws. For him, it's his body that affects his shooting percentage. His shoulders were too broad and his arms were too thick, and although he wasn't as exaggerated as O'Neill, the big shark, his hands together also gave him a feeling of tightness in his shoulders. The problem was finally resolved after an hour, and he adjusted his shooting stance again, somewhat similar to pushing the ball out with one hand.

On the first attempt, he made 100 free throws and hit 68. This shooting percentage may be relatively low, but it is much better than the previous performance of Hayes in the Rockets, at least the posture is not so weird. At the beginning, Hayes's posture was not easy for ordinary people to imitate.

For the rest of the day, Hayes began to shoot from various positions, getting more and more accurate. With two months to go until pre-season, he definitely has room to improve and he believes he can surprise everyone on the attack!

By noon, Hayes was a little hungry, so he stopped practicing, put the basketball aside, and left the court.

When he went out, the security guard stopped Hayes, he didn't have anything to do, he just watched from the sidelines for a while, and Shanghai yes couldn't shoot and score in the summer league that had just ended. He was surprised and asked, "Are you really Chuck Hayes?" I haven't lost a single game in the Rockets, and you've made a lot of progress during this time. I just thought you would shoot and make a three-pointer? ”

"Well, I practiced it at home. That's all for today, and I'll come back every day from now on. What is your name? Hayes looked at the admiring gaze of the security guard, and he was very proud in his heart, and he tried not to let himself laugh, trying to give a humble impression, but unfortunately the villainous expression on his face had betrayed him.

Security guard Kevin looked at Hayes's strange expression, a chill, and said, "My name is Kevin." You can sign for me, I'm an old fan, and it's absolutely accurate to see people. If you can keep this shooting rate all the time, I'm afraid you'll be a starter in the new season. ”

Security guard Kevin took out a very delicate notebook from the break room, which opened and contained a large number of signatures, and Hayes signed his name where Kevin had fingered. He thought for a moment and added two Chinese characters to the end of his English signature, which was his nickname when he played in China - "Whirlwind!" In informal settings, he always used "Whirlwind" as his name, and for this reason, he practiced ligatures for a long time.

"It's easy to recognize in the front, what kind of symbol is this written on the back? Does it have a special significance? Kevin looked at the autograph and asked curiously.

"It's my Chinese name, pronounced 'whirlwind', which means tornado. I admire Yao Ming and he is my role model. Hayes laughed. He decided that once he became famous in the future, he would sign it like this.

After leaving the arena, Hayes went to KFC for dinner and wanted to try authentic American fast food. Surprisingly, the American burgers taste much worse than the Chinese ones. The American really has no talent in cooking, and after eating it once, people don't want to eat it a second time, and he plans to buy his own vegetables and cook at home in the future.

After eating, Hayes gave himself an afternoon to relax. According to my previous memories, I took a bus and subway tour of Houston and fully experienced the customs of the United States. Finally, he went to the supermarket to buy pots and spoons for cooking, and was ready to start a life of combining Chinese and Western culture.

The short relaxation was in preparation for the brutal special training that followed. When he got home, Hayes made a workout plan for himself: 6 hours a day, 6 phases, 6 days a week.

1. Get up at 6 o'clock in the morning every day, wash up and have breakfast, go to the court at 7 o'clock to start shooting practice, and jump the box after the middle distance shooting (hit 400 balls) (considering that there is no box to jump the steps of the stadium, rest after 200 times.) ）

2. Speed running training (30-meter sprint run, acceleration run 10 times, tired and resting.) ）

3. After dinner, he hit 400 three-point shots.

4. Perform strength training (3 sets of barbell curls, 15 reps per set, 2 sets of barbell bench presses, 15 reps per set. After fatigue, run laps four times for 400 meters. Rest. ）

5. Shoot 100 free throws and 100 hooks on both sides. After finishing it, I will do 5 more 50-meter acceleration runs and rest.

6. Finally, come 5 sets of sit-ups, 200 reps each, 200 push-ups.

End the training session.

This 6-6-6 training style is not original to Hayes, but a modification of Kobe Bryant's famous suicide training.

Kobe Bryant has always been a well-known training freak in the NBA league, and many people see Kobe's amazing talent on the court, but few people see the sweat and hardship of Kobe's training behind him. Hayes knew that his body was definitely not as good as Kobe, and he had to be stupid and fly first. He is not arrogant enough to think that he can achieve the same amount of training as Kobe Bryant now, so he is ready to experiment first, and if he can achieve this plan, he will gradually increase the amount, and then modify it appropriately if he can't do it.

The revised training plan was still crazy, and Hayes was a little skeptical that he could handle it. Either way, he had to test his limits and then push himself to keep training until he exceeded them.

Why is Hayes working so hard?

In the past, Xuan Feng played in China and couldn't make much money, so it can be said that he was training completely for a chance to enter the professional team. There are countless Chinese young people with excellent physical fitness, who like basketball, and are 180-190cm in size, and perhaps only one successful person can become a professional basketball player out of hundreds of thousands of people. How slim that hope is that Americans.

The young people who play in the United States are also wealthy, commoners, and slums. Their advantage is that as long as they practice down-to-earth and improve their skills, they can reach a high level. What about China? There are too many people playing in China, and there are too few opportunities. And in addition to skills, athletes also need "opportunities". "Opportunity" is something that needs to be created with heart, and not everyone can get it.

In the past, Xuan Feng's motivation to play was virtual, ethereal, and a dream that could not be seen or touched.

Now, the perfect opportunity is in front of him. If he didn't work hard at this time, he would never forgive himself in his life!

The devil's training for Hayes the Rebirth begins.

Two weeks later, Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy came to Toyota Stadium alone to make plans for the upcoming training camp.

Due to the team's poor performance last season, turning a deaf ear to other people's suggestions about the team's personnel, Jeff Van Gundy came under pressure from the Rockets' top leadership. In the eyes of team owner Alexandra, the Rockets with the Yao Mai combination are already very strong, and now they have added Battier, and also introduced Span Nollis, known as the "European Kobe", if they can't pass the first round of the playoffs, it can only prove that Jeff Van Gundy is incompetent.

Jeff Van Gundy himself feels a lot of pressure, and if he experiences another injury to Yao Ming or Maddie, he will be in a hurry to grab his hair and probably have to leave class. The first problem he faces now is also the problem that the Rockets are facing, and at the end of the day, he is still a newcomer.

It has been suggested that Jeff Van Gundy should use a rotational lineup, not overuse Yao Ming, give more playing time to newcomers, distribute the ball wisely, and bring out the energy of each player. Don't only play Yao Mai combo these two points when attacking. It's easy to say, but who should he use? Jeff Van Gundy lit a cigarette and walked out of the office, pacing down the hallway, pondering.

Jeff Van Gundy is a super "Yao Mi", and he also knows that Yao Ming's physical strength is not enough to support him to maintain his best condition to play 35-40 minutes, but he thinks that Yao Ming has no one to replace, if Yao Ming is gone, the only pure substitute center on the inside line is the aging Dicambe Mutombo.

Mutombo's age is a joke in the league. The official record age is 40, but that's just speculation, and the only way to know his exact age is to go to his backyard and see how many trees have been cut down. Since he was born in a very backward tribe in the Congo, Uncle Mu himself did not know how old he was. Even when he was really young...... Because they don't have the habit of keeping track of their age and birth. However, there is a custom in his hometown where people cut down a tree every year after birth. It is said that when Mutombo was brought in by George University in the United States in 1987, the grove near his home had already been cut down by him.

In other words, it is possible that Mutombo is over 50 years old, even older than the number 55 on his jersey. Jeff Van Gundy also wants Mutombo to stay in shape, but the truth is, Mutombo is out of action and the slowest in the league.

There are also issues at the power forward position, with only Juwan Howard and Chuck Hayes. Howard is strong in attack and weak in defense, and he is already 33 years old, his body is not good at all, and his defense can only play yin. Hayes, who stayed last year, has a really good defense and works hard, but he can't score, and besides, can that guy who is only 1.98 meters really competent as an interior line? Jeff Van Gundy was skeptical.

At this time, Jeff Van Gundy's idea was to let Sean Battier play as the starting power forward, but Battier didn't have enough weight and couldn't play with a strong interior lineman. In addition to Battier, his favorite interior defender is still Ryan Bowen, who successfully limited Dirk Nowitzki in the 2004 playoffs.

I have to say that Jeff Van Gundy's vision is really very alternative and unique, except for him, no one in the whole of Houston is optimistic about Ryan Bowen at all. Some people even wonder if Ryan Bowen and Jeff Van Gundy "have a leg", otherwise why does he like this five-product waste wood man who averages less than 2 points per game, no points, no rebounds, no assists, no blocks and no steals?

In addition to the inside, Jeff Van Gundy is not too happy with the point guard. His favorite Bob Sura is not well injured and will not be able to play, and there will definitely be one Alston that will be available for the new season, and everyone else needs to look into it. In the final analysis, except for Yao Ming and Maddie, he is not satisfied.

Elsewhere, Sean Battier can also play small forward. New "thorn" Bunch Wells played at an All-Star level in the Kings playoffs, and if he has the right attitude, he can use it. Kirk Snyder has good physical fitness and potential, and he should focus on training, and there are two goalscorers Novak and Padget, which can also give them some playing time.

Jeff Van Gundy's headache is that the Rockets are still missing a consistent scoring point that could really help Yao Mai.

"Huh? How did I get here? Jeff Van Gundy came back to his senses and found himself unknowingly walking outside the training ground. He laughed at himself for walking and thinking about it, and he really had to change his habits, and if he went out on the street, he wouldn't be killed.

Jeff Van Gundy was about to go back to his office when he heard the sound of a slap coming from inside the training ground. I was happy. 'Somebody came here to train today?' It's still early before the end of the holiday, who is so hardworking? ’

Jeff Van Gundy happily walked into the training court and saw that there were only two people in the court, one of whom was a fat man in a security uniform helping to pass the ball, and another shirtless black player was catching the ball and shooting a three-pointer from different positions on the outside. The player is very strong and has an average jump height, but he is very fast and maintains a high shooting percentage. Jeff Van Gundy watched for a while, silently counting, and he took 40 shots and hit 33 goals.

This black man is, of course, the reborn Chuck Hayes.

At this point, though, Jeff Van Gundy was confused. 'Who's this guy?' Who allowed him to come to us to practice? ’

In Jeff Van Gundy's mind, there was no such person on the Rockets at all. It's no wonder that Jeff Van Gundy stands far away and can't see the practitioner's face clearly, and even if he does, it's hard for him to think of Hayes. Hayes, who couldn't shoot in the summer league in July, is now practicing to shoot so many threes, which is an absolute miracle.

"Chuck. And 78 balls! Come on! Fat security guard Kevin yelled.

Kevin has been watching Hayes practice for two weeks, and he doesn't know what Kobe Bryant's situation is. But Hayes' training intensity is definitely the best of any Rockets player he knows. On the first day, he had seen Hayes's practice and saw him lying on the floor gasping for breath after his exhaustion, and he felt that he could not hold on for long. Unexpectedly, after a week, Hayes gradually adapted to that intensity, and increased the number of three-point and mid-range shots per day to 500 shots. Free throws are added to 300 goals. Hayes' perseverance touched Kevin, a fan. So in the second week, Kevin took the initiative to get involved, picking up the ball for Hayes, passing the ball, and watching the time in the sprint test.

With a helper, Hayes trained more energetically. Security guard Kevin became a miracle witness and witnessed the amazing progress of "Chuck Hayes" firsthand. Today's Hayes has basically regained his accurate mid-range shooting and three-point ability in his previous life, and his free throw shooting rate can reach more than 80%. In two weeks, he also increased his 50-meter dash from 7.3 seconds to 7 seconds. If it weren't for the physical exertion, he believed he would have been able to go faster. Also enhanced is his physical strength, which has made a breakthrough compared to before despite the fact that he continues to overdraft and challenge his limits. He is confident that he can play the whole game in good condition.

Neither Hayes nor Kevin noticed the arrival of Jeff Van Gundy and focused on the rest of the shooting practice. Jeff Van Gundy didn't bother them either, standing on the sidelines and watching quietly. The player who trains hard and plays a monograph is his favorite. If Maddie can do this, Jeff Van Gundy believes that Maddie's achievements will catch up with many of his predecessors, but unfortunately, Maddie has never trained hard, and no one can change that.

"Twenty goals in the end! Start leaning back! Kevin exclaimed.

Hayes began to run back from inside the three-point line, making turnaround and step-back jumpers to catch the ball, repeating this difficult maneuver continuously. The first ball is deflected, the second is hit, and the third is again...... He maintained half the shooting percentage. Finally threw the last twenty balls, and the man was tired and out of breath.

Jeff Van Gundy, who was watching from the sidelines, was already frozen. It turns out that in addition to LeBron James in the league, there are players of this size who can smoothly do three-point turnaround and backward jumpers?

"Hi, you two ......," greets Jeff Van Gundy. Suddenly I found myself at a loss for how to speak to the player in front of me.

"Huh? …… Instructor? "Hayes recognized Jeff Van Gundy at a glance, this guy has such a long head. Memories aside, it was the first time they had met, and while it was not known why Jeff Van Gundy was here to watch himself practice, it was obviously a good thing.

At this time, Jeff Van Gundy also recognized Hayes. He was only curious about this player just now, and now his jaw fell to the ground in shock. Chuck Hayes? Isn't this the temporary worker who just turned regular last season? Doesn't this guy only defend and grab rebounds? Can he shoot threes? God, I've found a treasure!

"Chuck Hayes! Good! Good! Jeff Van Gundy walked up to Hayes with a strange look in his eyes.

Hayes was very uncomfortable with him, and he had to laugh.

Kevin took a few small steps back. He'd heard some gossip that Jeff Van Gundy might be a gay, and he used to love Ryan Bowen for no reason, and now he's not going to look at Hayes again, right?

'Poor Chuck, you beg for your own blessings. This bald taste is too strong. Kevin looked at the black and white two people standing together, thinking hatefully.

"Hayes, when did you practice your shooting?" Jeff Van Gundy asked excitedly.

"I've been practicing since the end of last season. It's finally paying off. Hayes relented and smiled. I thought to myself, if it was the original Hayes, I would never be able to practice pitching.

"You've been training during the holidays? Who is your personal trainer? Jeff Van Gundy asked again.

"I was still on a non-guaranteed contract last season, so I hired a personal trainer. Hehe. Hayes cried poorly, pointed to Kevin beside him, and smiled: "This is my friend Kevin, he is a security guard here." He is the one who has been practicing with me. ”

"I've read your profile, you've been good at defense since college, which means you've only been practicing for a few months to get to this point?" Jeff Van Gundy pinched his waist and said excitedly: "Don't practice yet, come to my office and talk." ”

Practicing a little less was no big deal, and Hayes said goodbye to Kevin and went to the coach's office with Jeff Van Gundy.

The two sat facing each other on the couch, and Hayes asked, "Coach." What do we talk about? ”

Jeff Van Gundy's first sentence turned Hayes upside down. "I want you to be the starting power forward next season!"

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