The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 103 [New Teaching Assistant]

Last season, Chris Paul averaged 20 points and 10 assists per game, becoming the seventh person in league history to achieve such data.The last one was Tim Hardaway 15 years ago.Now the retired star agreed to the Clippers' invitation and became the new assistant coach.

Retired for many years, Hardaway has been almost forgotten.Thibodeau remembered him because last December, he volunteered to be Rajon Rondo's assistant coach.

It's a pity that Hardaway failed to recommend himself successfully. The current manager of the Celtics is Danny Ainge, a guy who was repeatedly knocked down by him back then. Ainge felt uncomfortable seeing him.

Hardaway's father is a Chicago street basketball legend. His extraordinary skills were brought to the NBA by Hardaway. When Hardaway was young, he could shake his opponent away with simple movements every night, and then throw shots, layups, and points. the ball, or hit that iconic, fire-bombing [-]-pointer.He is a master at it, unrivaled.
When Ye Feng and Love returned to Los Angeles together, Tim Hardaway had already arrived in Los Angeles.He joined the Clippers because he admired Lowry. He felt that Lowry was very similar to himself when he was young, with the same height, weight, and wingspan. Unfortunately, Lowry couldn't shoot correctly.Of course, if Lowry shoots well, it is impossible to be traded to the Clippers.

Ye Feng met Hardaway in the coach's office.His big bald head can reflect sunlight, and he wears a fancy casual T-shirt. Although his body is not as fat as Barkley's, he is also much fatter.His nickname was apt, and he was round, tiny, and shiny like a beetle.

Hardaway's temper was still fiery. After chatting for a few words, he spat out dirty words and said, "Damn it, Danny Angel, that bastard doesn't want me. Back then, I could shake him and break his ankle, and Lowry could shake him to death." Much. I'll make them look good."

Ye Feng asked with a smile: "Tim, if I learn your breakthrough technique, do you think I can learn it well?"

The taller you are, the harder it is to carry the ball well, but Hardaway is optimistic about Ye Feng. "I've seen your game, you should be able to practice well, your speed is very fast, and your flexibility is also good. You can learn 7% of my peak level, which is enough for you to play at the swingman position, of course , You also have to practice shooting better."

In order to practice dribbling and shooting, Ye Feng began to focus on face-up offense after being traded to the Grizzlies. His scoring ability declined, but the effect was not obvious.Now with the guidance of a defender who is the best at dribbling the ball in history, he believes that things will change.

After discussing the special training with Hardaway, Thibodeau called Lowry and asked him if he would like to practice more.Lowry's goal is to start the new season, and he was looking for someone to practice with. When he heard that it was Hardaway's guidance, he immediately agreed.

Fans all over the United States have heard the story of Ye Feng. Last summer, he was a training partner for Bynum, and finally he went to the Lakers. More training is the best way to improve.This year, Ye Feng gave up training during the holidays to motivate Lowry. He admired Ye Feng's hard work when he was in the Grizzlies, and he also knew that Ye Feng hated lazy people. For the future, he has to work hard.

The Clippers are happy to provide them with convenience, and the training ground is not closed for holidays.Knowing that Ye Feng and Lowry are going to train, Love is also interested in participating. He was stimulated in the Dream 8 training camp, and he doesn't want to be idle. Even if he can't improve his skills, he can practice shooting more and lose weight.

In order to make Love improve smoothly in the summer, the Clippers introduced an inside assistant coach under Thibodeau's suggestion. This person was very famous in the 8s and 90s. His name is Rick Mahon!

Mahon has a reputation for playing with his body, often compensating for his relatively limited jumping ability with a lot of contact.In the '80s, the Pistons gained notoriety as the "Bad Boys."And Mahon is known as "the worst of bad boys".He is almost synonymous with violence. He looks like a bodyguard. Although he is not as tall as a center forward, he can often be used as a center forward. He was the king of thugs who shocked the league at that time. The way he was angry was almost like seeing a hospital bed.

For example, in a game in Chicago in 1988, Jordan broke into the paint and was thrown from the air by Mahon.Next, Jordan's personal bodyguard - Charles Oakley and Mahon staged a boxing fight, and finally the Bulls' head coach Doug Collins was also thrown into the stands by Mahon.That's right, Lord Hong is that fierce.If he had played in the NBA in the 21st century, he would have been banned for life.

Mahon worked as an assistant coach with the Eagles, and later went to the WNBA Detroit Shock as an assistant coach.The coach of the Shock team, Lambir, is his big brother, the number one butcher in the NBA, and the two have a lot in common.But Lambiel only hits men anyway, and Mahon doesn't even spare women.After he retired, the league rejoiced for a while. Unexpectedly, he was vicious as an assistant coach in the WNBA. In his eyes, human beings have no gender distinction.In the game between the Shock and the Sparks, there was a dispute between the two players. Mahon jumped into the field and overturned the opponent's Leslie on the spot. The audience was shocked!Mahon was of course suspended afterwards.

Thibodeau found such a man of God.Clippers manager Elgin Baylor thought he had no goal anyway, so just ask.

Ma Hong's recent economic situation is bad, and he is about to go bankrupt due to the failure of real estate investment in the subprime mortgage crisis.Now he is in need of a high-paying job. The annual salary offered by the Clippers is much higher than that of an assistant coach in the WNBA. He was immediately moved. After all, women's basketball is not as exciting as men's basketball.

So, another beast joined the Clippers!

On the second day after Ma Hong arrived in Los Angeles, he went to the training ground to report and met with Ye Feng and others.

Ma Hong likes Love's wrestler-like physique very much. After saying hello, he asked: "Kevin, look at your physique. If you play the Suns next season, you must be the one to fight against O'Neal. Let me ask you, what will you use?" Fist to O'Neill's injured thigh?"

Le Fu was stunned on the spot. "of course not."

Ma Hong smiled and said, "Very good."

It seems that this is a test of my character. The idea of ​​Le Fu just came to mind, and Ma Hong looked serious, and then said: "The correct way is to hit him with your knee, the strength of the fist is too small. "

police!where are the policeThere's a jailbroken guy here!Love shouted in his heart... No matter what, this pervert is now his assistant coach.

Love began to practice defensive skills that he had never heard of in college under the teaching of Mahon. They were all small moves, but these things were very practical for him. His shortcomings happened to be lack of jumping ability and moving speed.

Mahon's theory is evil. "When you don't have absolute speed and jumping, you have to find a way to constantly fight with the opponent, and use your strength to prevent the opponent from jumping. As long as you can do this, the defense can be improved to a higher level. If there is a flying person who wants to Dunk in front of you, don't try to cover him, just knock him over, pull him down, throw him so hard, he won't dare to jump a second time for the whole game."

Ye Feng also listened to Ma Hong give a few lessons, the method was too bad, he doubted that if Le Fu really did everything, he would be taught another Lambir.

He and Lowry studied with Hardaway, who arranged different courses.

Ye Feng had to run around the field while dribbling the ball in various tricks.You can't stop doing movements, you have to make trick dribbling a habit, keep changing directions, turn around and then catch the crotch dribble, dribble behind your back and so on.

Ye Feng expressed his incomprehension to this training method. "Tim, it's flashy and easy to make mistakes with these moves in the game, isn't it? Do I really want to practice this?"

Hardaway said with a smile: "It is true that it is easy to make mistakes, but before many babies learn to walk, they learn to run first. After running for a few steps, they fall down and get up and run until they become stable. My father is a street player. He has strength. , but did not join the NBA, because in his view, basketball is the most elegant sport in the world, it is a performance, it is an art. If you can follow my training method and make fake moves a habit, when you play, you You will dare to do any movement, thinking about it will only make your movements stiff, you have to develop a habit, can you understand?"

"I understand."

Taking dribbling over others as a habit is a state. Ye Feng used to care too much about the connection of movements, always thinking about what to do next, and caring about the opponent's defense. Thinking like this is slow.If the body develops a habit and moves subconsciously, it will definitely be much faster.He didn't make much progress in dribbling after playing for a year. It turned out that it was because of the wrong direction.

Hardaway exclaimed: "Keep practicing when you understand, don't stop. Do some tricks every day until you can run 5 laps around the court at high speed, and keep doing fake moves without making mistakes. I will teach you my unique skill." Stunt skills, you should be honored, when I was young, my father only passed these tricks down to the family, and not from male to female.”

Let me go, you are practicing invincible mandarin duck legs?It is also passed on to the male but not to the female.Ye Feng complained in his heart, and began to practice running around with the ball.

Hardaway directed Lowry to fake shots from various spots on the court.He is 183cm tall and has averaged more than 20 points per game for several seasons. There are not many guards who can do this in the NBA.Lowry's flaw is not the breakthrough, but the inaccurate shooting after the breakthrough.If the shot is not accurate, it is difficult to attract the defense, and there are not many opportunities for good passes.Hardaway told Lowry all his experience and asked him to focus on practicing the breakthrough and throwing trick.As long as the defender has practiced throwing, the opponent will have to defend.On the contrary, mid-range and long-range shooting can be practiced slowly in the back, because Lowry has no height advantage, and breakthroughs can help teammates more.

A few days later, the three coaches made a training plan for Ye Feng and others.

Ye Feng coached breakthroughs and shooting.Love coaches mid-range and long-range shooting, and another task is to lose weight.Lowry doesn't need to practice long-range shots. Breakthrough points and throws are the main items he needs to practice.

Ye Feng had the most tasks, and Thibodeau asked him according to the way of cultivating superstars.Ask him to strive to achieve "23/37/40" next season, which is the balanced ratio of the league's super swingmen.This means that 23% of the shots are three-pointers, 37% of the shots are mid-range shots, and 40% are attacks at the basket. Such swingmen are often the most threatening.

It is difficult for Ye Feng to develop a three-point shot in one summer. Thibodeau hopes that he will at least improve his mid-range shooting and ball-handling attack, and threatens that he will not continue to use him as the core offense next season if he fails to train.

Having said that, Ye Feng felt pressured, he didn't want to be a role player.He also knows that if he wants to become a real core, he must work harder than others.

　Some changes have been made in the two chapters of 99,100 and [-], please pay attention.

　　
　
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