Chapter 144 [Heaven Rewards Diligence]
The training in the team is not very hard, and Mourning and Kittels just play symbolically for a while, and they just watch the excitement from the sidelines.
The most important thing for them is to stay healthy, not to train at full strength.
As long as Wang Jun plays with Kidd, the efficiency is amazing, whether it is an air cut or a three-pointer, he can help the team.
Just looking at the shooting, Korver is a little more accurate than Wang Jun, more stable, and has no dead ends.
But when it came to the game, Korver was not Wang Jun's opponent at all, and he was beaten in the first position.
Three days later, Nets president Thorne called Kidd and Scott into the office.
Because of the different basketball philosophies, Kidd and Scott have contradictions.
Last season, Kidd went to Thorne to complain, and Scott was also dissatisfied with Kidd's interference in the lineup, and the two quarreled many times to no avail.
Kidd made a transfer in the summer, and Thorne didn't want problems in the new season, so he called them to communicate and wanted to be peacemakers.
Kidd advocates team basketball and believes that the playing time of players should be reasonably distributed, and he does not want someone on the team to score too many points to highlight their value and affect the balance of the whole team. This kind of star who is willing to take the initiative to share the ball is really rare.
Scott is more rigid in employing people, he thinks that whoever is strong will fight on the court endlessly. The substitutes played symbolically for a few minutes and couldn't play at all.
Last season, Kidd averaged a team-high 37.4 minutes per game, while Martin averaged 34.1 minutes, which is certainly more than 35 minutes if not easy to win in some games.
Jefferson, a sophomore, averaged 36 minutes per game; The injured Kittels averaged 30 minutes per game.
The offense mainly relied on these four, and the others had little power to make a move except for Rousios and Rodney. The playing time of blue-collar centre-forwards, although allocated, is of little use at all.
Thorne frowned and sighed. "If you two have any problems, solve them here today in front of me. The boss has already spoken, and he doesn't want to see the two of you have a conflict anymore. ”
Scott's contract with the Nets expires this season, and Thorne wants Scott to leave normally rather than be fired.
Kidd sat on the couch and was silent for a moment before speaking first. "I don't have any opinion, I just hope to increase Wang Jun's playing time, he can play the No. 2 or No. 3 position, we cooperate very well, I believe Byron has also seen this."
Thorne didn't expect Kidd to speak for the rookie, which proves that he is very optimistic about Wang Jun. He didn't like Jefferson in the first season and didn't say anything about letting him play more.
Scott snorted. "I'll have put him on the field sooner."
Kidd shook his head. "No, I think he's fit to start, and it's better to have one of Corey or Richard on the bench."
Scott is starting to get upset.
Is he a coach or is Kidd a coach?
Actually want to arrange a starter in front of the manager?
It's so arrogant!
"Wang Jun hasn't played a game, but he started because he played well in training, have you ever thought about other people's feelings?"
"Feelings? How can you feel if you play two finals and win two? If we don't make changes, just replace the center with Mourning, can we beat the Lakers, Spurs, and Timberwolves with improved lineups in the playoffs? When do you want to wait until the regular season doesn't workout newcomers? After we change coaches? Kidd sneered at Scott.
Kidd felt that Scott's antipathy didn't need to be hidden, and basically didn't give him a good look.
Scott was still expressionless: "How to play reasonably, I know in my heart." ”
Kidd snorted. "If you really have a number, let Wang Jun start and let Corey substitute. This way Corey has less pressure, can avoid injury, has someone to lead the offense in the second quarter, and we can do more in the playoffs. Don't you want to see a second rookie with as much potential as Richard? ”
"I want you to understand that I am a coach, you are a player, how to arrange the lineup, how much playing time to give, I will arrange, I don't need you to teach me." Scott went head-to-head.
Thorne sighed again, the two of them were too deeply contradictory. As president, he had to appease Kidd, and he didn't want to fire Scott now.
However, can the two really get along for another season?
Wang Jun didn't know the contradictions within the tennis team, and his mental head was spent on training, arriving at the stadium at the earliest and leaving at the latest.
There are players who arrive early to practice, and the team is too late to be happy, of course it will not be stopped.
On this day, Wang Jun practiced again in the morning, first ran circles to warm up, and then took the ball and began to practice shooting in the half, picking up the ball and bringing it out to shoot, speeding up the pace and practicing physical fitness.
After throwing 400 balls and resting for a while, Wang Jun began to practice sprinting again.
He has to do speed training every day, and only by sprinting regularly can the calf muscles be more developed and enhance the explosiveness.
Seeing that Wang Jun was working hard, Kidd wanted to help him get a chance to start, so he did not hesitate to propose that his old teammates be substituted. In fact, what Kidd saw was only the "tip of the iceberg".
At home, confrontation training, iron plate bridge, knee training, Wang Jun did not fall behind. In addition to eating, sleeping, and chatting with Abby, he spends almost all of his time improving himself.
Before the season even started, he had to burn off some more calories.
After sprinting for two rounds, Wang Jun suddenly heard an electronic sound prompt in his head, like a heavenly sound. "The host training has reached level 30, and the new props and new training lottery have begun, is it time to draw the lottery?"
Wang Jun immediately called up the page, checked his personal data, and the title changed to "professional player".
The system says: Your physical fitness can keep up with the rhythm of a high-level game, and your shooting is at a very high level. Possession, confrontation, good defense, and strength enough to become a professional basketball player.
Wang Jun cares a lot about the evaluation of the system, and he was a "campus star" before, which made him feel very unsure.
Now the system doesn't mention the name NBA, and he's confident. This is the first time he has been evaluated as "good defensively", and it is finally not a colander.
Five months have passed, and Wang Jun's basic data has changed a lot.
Strength 71.5, an increase of only 0.2. Now that he's down to 97 kilograms, he's content with the strength he hasn't waned. He could feel that he was much more explosive and flexible than before.
At 70.2 speed, this is a significant increase of more than 70 years, announcing that he will never let defenders break through casually. Rock Park was passed not by speed, but by the skill of the opponent.
It's certainly almost impossible for him to defend against a speed small guard like Iverson, but he can handle most small forwards and shooting guards.
The reaction was 50.7, which was raised in the last month, and Kidd's guidance worked, Wang Jun's defense was better than the original, and the prediction was accurate.
With a bounce of 58.4, the improvement is not too much, but his dunk becomes very easy.
Not only can he dunk with one hand and both hands, but if no one is defending, he can also dunk with a backhand. Among Chinese players, his physical fitness is not bad.
The flexibility is 33.8, which is not much change, and it is still the weakest one.
Endurance of 78.4, the highest of all data.
In order to lose weight, Wang Jun ran every day and only lost about 5 kilograms, but his endurance improved a lot.
If he continues to practice like this, he can not only play basketball, but also participate in marathons and triathlons.
God rewards hard work, and Wang Jun and the rookie are reborn again in physical testing.