freeallnovels Chapter 953 Closed Special Training
Chapter 953 Closed Special Training
Chapter 953 Closed Special Training
In August, the NBA teams have basically completed their reinforcements, and there are very few "good things" left in the free market.
If you want to say which club is the most successful this summer, most people will say the Lakers.
They have just played a failed season. The team totem that has played for 20 years has been poached, but they have ushered in one of the three best small forwards in the league, and there are new cutting-edge players such as Andre Drummond.
It's just a pity that when the two signings were finalized, almost all the high-quality role players in the market had been signed, and they could only add some leftovers.
Still, the Lakers had a successful summer.
However, the 76ers lost the elite of the team one after another. It was not until the shocking signing of Kobe Bryant in the United States that they regained some momentum.
Kobe and the 76ers signed a three-year 3 million contract, the second year of which is a player option.
If the salary cap does not skyrocket this summer, the 76ers will not be able to offer this contract.
This contract gave the outside world a final explanation: Kobe didn't come to dawdle.
No dawdling veteran can sign such a big contract, he holds a sub-maximum salary, and the 76ers regard him as the most important signing in the offseason.
The departure of Rondo and others has severely damaged the depth of the 76ers' lineup. The arrival of Kobe can greatly supplement their offensive firepower, but the immediate combat power and functionality of Faried, Rondo, and Holiday are not what a 38-year-old Kobe can replace.
To this end, they first signed two inside rookies, and then successively signed with Seth Curry and Luke Mbah a Moute.
During this period, Odom decided to return to the team for another year.
He signed a veteran minimum salary.
The biggest surprise was David West, who jumped out of his contract.Originally, he had 1100 million a year left in his contract with the Pacers, but he left early for the championship, gave up his eight-figure annual salary, and signed a 2-year 600 million contract to join the 76ers.
The last reinforcement of the 76ers was to sign Brandon Jennings with a one-year contract of 1 million.
In this regard, they added seven players this past summer.
Three insiders, one wing, and three guards.
Their lineup looks healthier than before, but the overall strength is not as good as during the three consecutive championships.
After the brilliant 74-win Warriors lost Drummond, they took advantage of the sharp increase in the salary cap to renew the contract with Marc Gasol with a maximum salary, retaining their own star lineup.
For now, they are still the top favorites for next season.
Another team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are eyeing the championship, kept most of the backbone and did not make major adjustments to their lineup.
In mid-August, the Rio Olympics kicked off. Without Wish, the Chinese team was defeated in the group stage and went home early.
Although the core member of the team, Kong Tianyi, played well, but the young people in the team obviously don't know how big the world is, and face the strong European and American teams.
The 76ers' first-round pick this year, Zhou Qi, has been criticized the most.
As an insider, he averaged 1 rebound in five games in the group stage.
Back in China, the media asked him how he would rate his Olympic performance.
Then he scored himself a 6 without thinking.
The poor performance on the court, coupled with these messy things off the court, the Chinese 76ers fans mourned from it: "I'm just picking something in the first round!"
Wei Xia is not surprised by the defeat of the Chinese team. Today's world basketball is different from the past.
The NBA is becoming more and more international.
In 2008, with two active Chinese teams in the NBA, he dared to say that he could compete with all teams except the US team.
Now, two NBA active players are unavailable in Europe.
I can't make up five active players in the NBA, and the nine players in the main rotation have NBA resumes or are top European players, so I am ashamed to say that I am a European powerhouse.
The gap in talent, and the gap in combat power, are so big that it is impossible to upset.
It's as if the worst team in the NBA goes to the CBA without calling a timeout all the way, and it's impossible to lose any game in a season.
This gap can already be described in terms of dimensions.
When the Chinese team suffered a disastrous defeat in the Olympics, Wei Xia was in retreat with Kobe in Philadelphia for special training.
He had just recovered from a leg injury. Kobe had planned to retire before, without scientific training and body control, his condition was much worse in all aspects.
The focus of Wei Xia's training is to restore the strength of the legs, and the competitive state is secondary.
"Wish, come on, isn't this weight enough?"
"I have never seen such a League No.1."
"If I were 'younger' like you, this weight would be like water to me!"
Wei Xia was kicking his legs, and Kobe was not doing his job properly. Not only did he not concentrate on doing his own thing, but he also made yin and yang comments from the sidelines.
"Of course, after all, your situation is different from mine."
Kobe said proudly: "Yes, I am better."
"No, I mean, when you were 32 years old, you were eliminated by Kevin Durant in the playoffs, so he dared to sign with the Lakers without you making a retirement statement. He wanted to take your place." Kobe's sarcasm seemed to strengthen Wei Xia's leg strength, and his kicks were far stronger than before. "I'm really sorry for you, Kobe."
Kobe's arrogance is the same as before: "It's easy to replace me, get six championships!"
About ten minutes later, Wei Xia completed the recovery training of leg strength.
Kobe was waiting for this moment.
He threw the basketball into Wei Xia's hands, "Come and practice for me!"
"Did you think it was 2006?"
"What do you mean?"
"I can blow you up with just my left hand."
It's a pity that Wei Xia's ability to beat Kobe with only his left hand proved to be arrogant.
Although his left hand is no longer a weakness, it is impossible to beat Kobe, who was able to consistently contribute 25 points per game last season.
In the past three years, Kobe only missed 2015 games in 4, and kept full attendance at other times, averaging 25.2 points per game and shooting about 45%.
In this bullfight, Wei Xia only used his left hand throughout the whole process, and was beaten 11 to 8 by Kobe.
Victory was not enough joy for Kobe, because Wei Xia really never used his right hand.
Although Wei Xia's strength has been taught many times in the arena, only in the countless one-on-one PK in private can he fully feel his changes.
The Wish who could only run, has abnormal athletic ability, terrible physical fitness, endless endurance but poor technique, no longer exists.
Today's Wish retains the original characteristics, and at the same time is proficient in all offensive skills throughout the ages.
In this left-handed PK, Wei Xia scored a goal with his left hand from the outside line, scored a goal with his left hand from the free throw line, dropped shots, pulled the bar with one hand, and made breakthroughs. Every time the score is not the same, and he really only uses his left hand.
"You have changed a lot." Kobe said with emotion.
Wei Xia sarcastically said: "You still like difficult fadeaway jumpers so much."
Kobe did not argue for himself. He chose the difficult fallback as a helpless move. In the heads-up mode, Weixia's defense is difficult to break.
His only way is to lean back with great difficulty.
Won the bullfight purely by feel.
"I beat you with just one move, and you should feel sorry for yourself." Bryant's angle was impeccable.
Wei Xia said helplessly: "I have nothing to regret about losing to the future NBA scoring champion."
At the end of the 2013 season, Kobe's total points had reached 31385 points.
As mentioned earlier, in the following three seasons, he only missed four games. He scored 242 points in these 6098 single games, which has surpassed Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan, and is second only to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
He is only 904 points behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
This means that as long as he averages 12 points per game next season, he can firmly become the NBA's all-time scoring leader.
He averaged 24 points per game with the Lakers last season, and he has no difficulty averaging 12 points per game in the new season.
Therefore, Wei Xia said that he is the future NBA scoring leader.
If he can maintain his health and condition, not only surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but 40000 points can also be expected.
"This kind of thing, just let it take its course, I don't care."
Wei Xia believes that Kobe is not just talking.
Of all his scoring records, the one he cares most about is the one that surpassed Michael Jordan.
He has spent his life chasing the ghosts of Chicago, and despite his five rings, he can't outrun the former.
The specter of Chicago still hangs over all superstars.
Only by surpassing him can you make him disappear.
Then, you will be the new ghost.
During the special training period, Wei Xia and Kobe were together from morning till night.
In about half a month, Kobe quickly regained his shape, and the muscle memory and foundation laid by his decades of basketball career will not disappear because of the window of several months.
He recovered quickly.
And Wei Xia's left leg strength is getting more and more sufficient.
During the special training, in addition to personal training, Wei Xia will also discuss single-action shooting with Kobe.
Kobe told Wei Xia last season that single-action shooting is likely to become the trend of the future.
Curry led the revolution in shooting. Even if he lost to Wei Xia one after another, his impact on basketball is indisputable.
Three-pointers will become an important weapon on the court, and how to shoot and score three-pointers quickly, accurately, steadily and far away is a topic that every basketball player needs to seriously consider.
In the finals of last season, Wei Xia's drifting three-pointer from Green's head at the last moment of Game6 was a single-action shot.
That is also a movement that Wei Xia has been practicing, inspired by Kobe's top-of-the-arc drift and hit the three-pointer to kill the Heat.
Floating shots are far less difficult and stable than regular shots with straight ups and downs.
Wei Xia does not intend to use this move as a conventional weapon. Kobe has more insights on single-action shooting. He has studied the shooting postures of many people who use this kind of action, and has transformed a set that is most suitable for him.
Although the future of the Lakers was uncertain last season, he did not forget to use actual combat to verify his new skills. Although the shooting rate was not high, it was an important improvement.
After strengthening and consolidating this summer, maybe the outside single-action shooting will really become Kobe's regular method.
(End of this chapter)