Chapter 9: In the Name of the Center (Part II)

"What are the options?"

Seeing that Olajuwon was selling guanzi there, Lei Lin couldn't help but get anxious.

Looking at the anxious look, Olajuwon smiled, and then gave a slap in the face.

"You have five options!"

So much?

Olajuwon's words directly aroused Raelin's interest.

"The first is to be a defensive center like DiCambe and Ben! The offense is poor, and the main means of scoring is to rely on secondary offense and dunk under the basket, but they can give the team better help on defense. I'm sure you've been with DiCambe for so long, and you should know that. ”

"Yes! But..."

As he said this, Leylin glanced at Olajuwon.

Admittedly, Ben Wallace and Dicambe Mutombo are both excellent centre-forwards and have won the Defensive Player of the Year, but they will always have a label attached to them – blue-collar players.

It is estimated that it has something to do with education, as soon as he heard the word blue-collar, Lei Lin had an instinct of rejection, although he didn't say it explicitly, but he shook his head there.

"OK, listen to me."

Watching Leylin's actions, Olajuwon smiled.

"Even though your defense is terrible, I don't think it's hard for you to be a defensive center like them, there are a lot of centers in the league, but they are also very sought-after, after all, the concept of center and power forward is getting blurred now, but you have to work hard! Although your physical condition is excellent, it is compared to Ben and Di Cambe. You're really not in good shape, you know, they're all up against Shaq. ”

"Hehe, let's talk about the second one."

Looking at Lei Lin's somewhat depressed look. Olajuwon smiled, it is not so easy to become a good center forward, and it is certainly not as difficult as imagined.

"The playful center is the center like Divac and Brad Miller, who tend to play not the weight of scoring, but the playmaking attack. Because the center is very tall, the field of vision is relatively wider, so I want to find out the opponent's gaps. Or it's not hard to find teammates who are better suited for shooting. At that point, you had a couple of passes in the regular season that were really good. It's just that it's more about the center's shooting ability and passing ability, because if you don't have great shooting ability, you can't attract defense. That's why in the later games. The main reason Adelman doesn't let you continue to play with the organization is because your shooting sucks. ”

Hearing this, Lei Lin lowered his head in shame.

"You're very stiff when you're shooting, and from that point of view, you're very similar to the kid in Orlando, and that's the third type of center I'm going to talk about, the super athletic monster center. Although your physical fitness is not that great. But it's enough to deal with average players, but if you want to make a difference in the league. You also need to strengthen your physical fitness. ”

As it sounds, all that Leylin hears are shortcomings.

"Don't you have any merit?"

However, Leylin immediately refuted such a view.

If he didn't have any merit in himself, why would Adelman be entrusted with such a task? You must know that Adelman is a famous coach who has coached in the league for so many years, and there will definitely be no problem in looking at people.

"The fourth type is a tonnage center like Shaq, who uses his body to crush everything! But ......"

As he said this, Olajuwon took a look at Leylin, who was a little wilted.

"But even if you have tonnage, you don't necessarily succeed, and Shaq is the reason why he can succeed. Not just because of his outstanding tonnage, but also because of his excellent skills under the basket and his flexibility and explosiveness under the basket. ”

"So based on that, you don't just have to gain weight, but you also have to maintain your flexibility and athleticism, and you also have to strengthen your foundational exercises. Think about it yourself! ”

When he said this, Olajuwon directly patted Leylin's shoulder and did not continue.

When Olajuwon said these four options, Leylin directly rejected the playmaker and defensive type, as well as O'Neal's tonnage center.

Defensive center, first of all, Leylin himself can't look down on.

As for the so-called responsive center, who kept running and passing the ball there throughout the game, Lei Lin didn't want to do it, and if he wanted to do it, he had to do that little bit of red in the green bushes, not the little bit of green in the ten thousand flowers.

tonnage center, Leylin even more unwanted.

Just look at Yao Ming, although the tonnage has gone up and the deterrent power under the basket has also gone up, Yao Ming has lost the flexibility of entering the league at this time.

"Is it to be the next Howard?"

As soon as the thought came to him, Leylin frowned.

"But that's not bad, at least it's very cool when you wreak havoc on the basket."

Thinking of this, Leylin realized that Olajuwon had only said four options.

"Hakim, you said there are five options, and what about one more?"

"Haha!"

Olajuwon looked at Leylin and laughed directly.

"The fifth option is an all-round center like me."

"To be an all-around center like you?"

Listening to Olajuwon's words, Leylin asked directly with wide eyes.

After receiving a call from Olajuwon, Leylin rushed to Houston non-stop, and even the time to sign a contract with Nike was pushed back by Leylin for a while.

The purpose of his coming here is to learn the dream dance steps of Big Dream and learn the experience of Big Dream on the court.

But after confronting Big Dream, all I got from Big Dream were some negative reviews.

These negative comments have hit his self-confidence to a large extent.

But deep down, Lei Lin didn't want to give up, so there was little hope.

"Why not?"

"Uh......"

Olajuwon's rhetorical question directly choked Leylin.

"yes, why not?"

After asking himself in his heart, Lei Lin's frown slowly relaxed.

"Like you, I wasn't very early in basketball. The first time I was introduced to basketball was when I was 15 years old, and I believe that by your age, you should have been exposed to basketball. Because at that time, Yao had already become a member of the Rocket team. ”

"That's right! Yao Ming's entry into the NBA does have a great impact on the development of basketball in my country, and I did not start to contact basketball until Yao Ming entered the NBA, but in high school, we had to deal with the college entrance examination more, even if we had time to play basketball, it was just a few people coaxing together. Because of my height, I just have to stand under the basket. ”

"I went to college, I entered the school team, and before I played a game, I was directly persuaded to quit!"

When he said this, Lei Lin still had a hint of luck, if he hadn't been persuaded to quit by the school, he would have only made a name for himself in CUBA at most.

"I want to be a great centre-forward like you, and you've been my target since you first invited me to your training camp."

"Haha, that's good!"

Olajuwon listened to Leylin's words and laughed directly.

"But to become an all-round center forward, you can't just talk about it, what you need to pay is several times more sweat than others, or even dozens of times, can you persevere?"

"Of course!"

Of course, Leylin knows that it takes a lot to become a center forward like Olajuwon, but doesn't he get even more?

So I said it without thinking.

"I swear in the name of the center forward, I will definitely stick to it, I will definitely become a center forward as good as you." (To be continued......)

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