Chapter 56: Luke; Langley's recommendation

[Ask for collection, ask for recommendation, your collection and recommendation is the biggest motivation for my efforts]

For any player to be great, he must attack, because this is an offensive league, and no matter how good the defense is, it is impossible to rely on it alone to become a star, even Deepbeken Mutombo, who is known for his defense, averaged 16.6 points per game in his first season in the NBA, and Bill Russell, who averaged 22 points per game at his peak, and even his career average was 17 points. Only offense can be great, and if someone labels him as a defensive giant, it will be difficult for him to improve. [.]

If a center forward wants to make a difference in attack, he has to go through a lot of actual training. It's almost impossible to practice the low-post offense by just practicing the footsteps according to the video by himself, because the defensive intensity faced by the current low-post offense is definitely not what can be achieved in the usual training, at least there is no defense around the front in the usual training, there is no shark cutting tactics, there are no so-called small movements, and in actual combat, these are what a first-level center must face. In other words, the low post offense of a great center is fed ball by ball on the court. Only after going through all kinds of defenses will you know how to crack it, especially now that the joint defense is banned.

Whatever the reason, Michael Jordan clearly didn't want me to be synonymous with a defensive giant, so he brought in his former teammate Luke Longley, a big center with three championship rings, to just be my sparring partner.

Luke Longley, a native of Victoria Melburn, Australia, is 218 cm tall and plays as a center, and after graduating from college in 1991, Longley participated in the NBA draft that year, was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the seventh pick in the round, and was later traded to the Chicago Bulls later in the 1993-1994 season. Although a center doesn't play as much of a role in the Bulls' offensive system as a traditional team, his hard work and enthusiasm still show his worth, earn the trust of his teammates, and be an important pawn in the Bulls' second triple championship (1996-1998). Although he doesn't have a great number of points and rebounds, he has a few truckloads of experience in controlling the opponent's score. He retired last year with an ankle injury, but now that he's fully recovered from his ankle injury, he's in a lot of physical condition, and Jordan gave him the task of doing everything he could to stop me from scoring on the defensive end.

Gary Fox was constantly fiddling with that latest digital video camera, filming every move I made with my back to Luke Longley. Steve Kate was holding a whip and constantly directing my movements, and Luke Longley behind me was constantly pressuring me with his height and weight. I'm forbidden to use strength, I can only use my feet to solve fights, and Luke Longley can use any technique.

"The left foot is the axis, don't move the toes, just walk!"

"Shake it to the right first, the amplitude should be large, and if you want to attract the attention of your opponent, you must shake it!"

"You're shaking an ant! That's what only ants can feel! You're not going to take a step to the right with your right foot."

"How many degrees have you turned? Is there a 9o degree? Are you ready to shoot into the stands? Note that it is 18o degrees! 18o degrees! ”

"Turn back, you've shaken his center of gravity, he's blocking you, you can turn back another 36o degrees, you can shake him off! Turn back again! ”

"Don't move your left foot, you can walk! Don't move! ”

"He's all jumping up, you're rushing in! He can't defend you anymore! ”

"How many times have you said that you can't move your left toe, what do you want to do? Can't move! ”

I was doing back-to-back low-post singles over and over again, and Steve Kate kept yelling at me for my technical mistakes. Luke Brown was behind me and was constantly trying to stop me by all means. But after 6o minutes he began to fade away.

"Pause! Time out! I'll drink some water! Luke Longley suddenly shouted!

Luke Longley picked up a bottle of mineral water, took a few sips, picked up a towel to wipe his sweat, and said to me: "Kwamei, you have been practicing this movement so monotonously for more than an hour, don't you feel bored?" ”

Tedious?

To be honest, I really haven't felt bored yet, I just hope that I can master the low-post attack technique as much as possible through my own high-intensity practice. Maybe it's because it's so important to me, I'm so engaged, I don't feel bored at all.

Seeing me shake his head, Luke Langley was surprised and asked, "Did you train like this before?" ”

"Yes! I've been training like this before! "I'm a little confused.

"Oh my God! Don't you take a break in between? Keep training? Luke Langley's eyes widened, his voice raised considerably, and he asked in surprise.

"Rest, I'll rest in a while!" I said.

"How often do you rest?"

"It depends on the amount of exercise, if the amount of exercise is not large, take a break in about 1oo minutes!" I replied.

Luke Brown covered his forehead with one hand and made a painful gesture, not knowing whether he was suffering for his future fate or for me.

"Kwame! I sue you, Michael, this is squeezing you, you can't train like this, he trains you like this, it's irresponsible to you, you will be trained like this! You can't go on like this, I tell you, it's very unscientific......" Luke Brown began to chatter and persuade.

"Thank you! Luke! But you have to know that I am 19 years old, and now is the last period of the best technical growth, if I don't have a lot of training now, let the technique take shape, maybe I will be a defensive center for the rest of my life, I need to seize the last period of the best technical growth. I replied slowly.

"Kwame! You can't do that, you have to know that the center is not a defender, the center is generally a late bloomer, very few center forwards can be ok before the age of 25, you are already good, you have to know that many players are ...... because of overtraining"

"Luke! What are you doing? A very stern voice appeared.

"Even! Hello Michael, nothing, I'm just imparting a little personal experience to Kwamei, you say yes, Kwame! The appearance of Michael Jordan made Luke Brown's expression change immediately, he put his arm around my neck, and said with a smile that the exact opposite was the opposite.

"Really? How do I feel that you didn't just say that! Michael Jordan looked unhappy.

"Aha! That's right, Michael, you know, I'm very old, I'm not in good shape, if it's too long, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up with Kwame's pace, I feel like I need a helper, yes, I'm recommending my helper to Kwame! Yes, a helper is recommended! "Luke Langley never said anything about his connivance with me to lower the intensity of my training.

"Helper, who are you introducing?" Michael Jordan looked curious.

"Dennis Rodman!" Luke Brown said with a straight face, as if he had said so a long time ago.

"Dennis Rodman! Why? Michael Jordan looked thoughtful, and seemed to be considering this candidate.

"Because Dennis Rodman is very physical, very good defensively, able to defend almost all the interior players, I think Dennis Rodman can help Kwame Brown a lot, and is the best person to be a sparring partner, absolutely the best, not one of them." Luke Brown began to sell Dennis Rodman, which is definitely a dead friend and not a poor man.

"Hmmm! I think about it, by the way, wasn't Dennis Rodman in NBD1 lately? Does he have time? ”

"He gives $10,000 for a game there, and he can't play a few games a year, and if you give him 100,000, he'll definitely run here!" Luke Langley's lewd face.

"Good! I'll think about it! Keep practicing! Kwame, practice well and don't let up! Michael Jordan turned and walked to the office!

If he turns back suddenly, he will probably be mad at the current Luke Brown, who is making a wild face at Michael Jordan's back.

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