The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 104 [One move to immortal, eat all over the sky]

At the end of July, the summer league in Las Vegas came to an end.

The original goal of the Clippers was to allow DeAndre Jordan to score statistics, but Jordan's offense is too bad. Even in the summer league, he could not score easily. The defensive data is even more difficult to collect. The rebounds in the first three games were stolen by Love. Empty.Love didn't play in the next game, Jordan was finally able to rebound, but the offense was still weak.His performance is not even as good as undrafted rookie Anthony Morrow.Morrow can hit three-pointers in every game and average 12 points per game, showing the qualities that a good pitcher should have.

According to the original plan, Ariel approached the Magic to seek a deal, and proposed to use Jordan to trade their backup center Marcin Gortat.Gortat was the 2005th rookie selected by the Suns in the second round in 57. He signed a basic salary with the Magic last season and played a total of 6 games for the Magic. He played 6.8 minutes and scored 3 points and 2.7 rebounds.Jordan was once predicted to be a rookie in the lottery. The Clippers offered to replace them with a marginal player. How could the Magic not agree?The transaction was successfully completed, and Jordan stayed away from Love, whom he hated, and became Howard's substitute gloriously.

The Magic believe that Jordan may become another "Warcraft", he has great potential.Ye Feng thought that Jordan's so-called potential might be the energy and time it took to improve his shooting to Gortat's level.The big bald head of Poland who can evacuate the inside line in the meeting is what the Clippers need.

Thibodeau was also very satisfied with the deal after reading the information provided by the scouts. Gortat was 24 years old and first played for the Cologne Rhein Energy team in the German Basketball League, and won the 2006 German Basketball League Championship with the team.He has proven himself in Europe and is good at team play.

Morrow and the Clippers signed a two-year minimum-salary contract, and the second year was an option for the team to strengthen the position of shooting guard. Chalmers signed a 2+2 contract with a total of 370 million.Coupled with Mutombo's basic salary contract, so far, the Clippers' 13-man lineup for the new season has basically been finalized.

At the beginning of August, Ye Feng successfully dribbled the ball around the field for five laps without making mistakes.Hardaway expressed satisfaction with his progress and told him it was time for the second period.

He didn't immediately teach Ye Feng the skills of passing others, but asked him to do lunges and practice stepping down and dribbling with both hands alternately.

Hardaway himself made a demonstration. His fat figure was out of shape, and he was still extremely proficient in dribbling the ball under the crotch. After practicing a few times, he said: "You have to make this move until I am satisfied with the premise of ensuring speed. Your movement is still too good. Stiffness, the power of hitting the ball must be just right, it must be fast, and the process of handing the left hand to the right hand should not stop."

Ye Feng asked: "How satisfied is it?"

Hardaway said with a smile: "You look ahead, but when you can control the ball well with your hand, it's just a movement, and you should be able to do it quickly. Practice."

Ye Feng followed suit and practiced for a week, and finally reached Hardaway's goal, and practiced the crotch dribble proficiently.He had practiced the basic skills for a year last season, as if he was a person with internal strength but no advanced martial arts skills.Now that Hardaway has given him a set of internal skills and mental methods, he can't say that he has made rapid progress in entering the country, and he has begun to reborn.

Ye Feng entered the third stage.Usually it's him as a defender to assist Lowry and Love in practice, and now it's Love and Lowry's turn to assist him.

Hardaway asked Ye Feng to take the ball, and the two stole him together.Ye Feng must use his skills to persist in not being cut off. The area of ​​activity is within the three-point line. This is not only to practice dribbling, but also to practice defense. To prevent the ball to death, Ye Feng lost the space to dribble.

The first two stages are the foundation, and the third stage is the most important, which is the method of practicing double-teaming and breaking double-teaming.

Hardaway averaged 2.1 steals per game in his first year in the league, and stealing is also one of his signatures.He wanted to teach Lowry his methods and make him the second beetle.

The three of them practiced for half an hour, and Ye Feng did a good job protecting the ball. Hardaway couldn't stand it, so he called Lowry to his side and said, "The key to grabbing the ball is three words, steady, accurate, and ruthless. Steady, don't worry." , with a good guy, you can't lose your position. Be accurate, look for the right time, and hit it with one hit. Ruthless, this is the most important point, don't hesitate, grab it as soon as you say it, don't worry about losing your defensive position and fouls. If you are passed, just Believe in the teammates behind you, they will definitely cap each other off."

Thibodeau sighed aside: "Behind you was Alonzo Mourning, and behind Lowry was Love."

Hardaway said disapprovingly: "Isn't there Smith? That kid is also good at blocking shots."

Hardaway's penchant for gambling steals is one of his big problems.When Mourning was elected the best defensive player, he complained: "I should thank my teammates for this award. They can always be easily broken by opponents."

After practicing for another week, Ye Feng dared to control the ball boldly even under the double-team, and was able to persist for 24 seconds. Hardaway decided to enter the fourth stage and teach Ye Feng his unique skills!

He is best at crotch dribble breakthrough, known as "the father of the cross step".Take a basketball and say: "There are three types of crotch dribbling. The first is the basic crotch pass. I think you all know it. Dribble with one hand, quickly change hands with the crotch, and rely on speed to break through to the other side.

All three nodded, and Hardaway went on to say: "The second type is double crotch. This kind of crotch dribble is a repeated and simple crotch dribble. It does not rely on this movement to break through, but hopes to rely on it The above two techniques are often used by Iverson. They have been popularized in the NBA, and guards can basically do them. But without speed, it is impossible to do as well as Iverson. I What I want to teach now is the third."

As he said that, Hardaway asked Lowry to defend and demonstrated it himself. He was out of breath after a while after practicing, but his movements were still quite standard.His cross-step dribble is called "killer CROSSOVER" by the league, a cool name.

This style does not rely on the speed of the first step, and it also avoids the complexity and long-term possession of the double cross.It is a moment-to-moment confrontation like a killer's gun, and the focus is not on the sprint, but on the pause.The center of gravity and judgment of the offensive and defensive ends confront each other in less than a second, and the winner is instantly determined.Hardaway will use the shaking of the body and head, cooperate with the crotch dribble, make a fake dribble to one side, and then break through to one side according to the opponent's defensive tendency.

Hardaway believed that Ye Feng was suitable for the first type and his "killer crossover", and guided him to move his center of gravity and footsteps when he broke through, saying: "You have to use the crotch dribble to hold the opponent's footsteps, and then change direction in the opposite direction. .running, stopping, dribbling under the crotch, start again, feel this rhythm. There are still a few months until the start of the new season, you don't need to practice other things, just practice this movement. Extraordinary You don’t need to practice too much at all, as long as one move is so precise that people can’t guard against it, you will be successful!”

The reason is very simple. As the Chinese saying goes, "One move is immortal, and you can eat it all over the world."

A crotch movement, a small pause, and a momentary rhythm change are far more difficult for Ye Feng than practicing a big step to break through the buckle after turning around.

The reason why this is called a trick is of course not so easy to master.Otherwise, there will be many Hardaways in the league, but after 15 years, there is only one Chris Paul who can get the same statistics as him.

After that, Ye Feng practiced with Lowry and Love every day.It's easy to pass Love, pull out the crotch dribble and it will pass with an acceleration. It is the first kind of crotch dribble.But against the speedy Lowry, Ye Feng had a hard time succeeding.In training camp, he couldn't get past Kidd face-up. Lowry was faster and stronger than Kidd.

Ye Feng trained every day, completely gave up the holidays, and the only rest time was at night.Ariel occasionally came to watch his training. After the training, the two of them ate and went home together, watched a movie in the home theater of the villa, and chatted over supper.

Ariel originally wanted to go to China to watch the Olympics, but because Ye Feng wanted to stay in the United States for training, she decided to stay in charge of logistics.Ye Feng remembered this kindness in his heart.If the Clippers win the championship in the future, he may need to make a list of people to thank, but the number one must be Ariel.In order to ensure that he persists in training and concentrates on basketball, Ariel has given him too much silent support. This is his honor and a gift from God to him!He hopes to share the honor with Ariel in the future.

In August, the Olympic games were the same as what Ye Feng knew in his previous life. The star-studded American team won the gold medal by defeating Spain. The Chinese men's basketball team appeared, but they couldn't get any closer.

At the end of the Olympic Games, the reinforcement work of each team is coming to an end.Marc Gasol performed well in the Olympics, and the Lakers signed him to a 3-year, 1000 million contract.

The Rockets traded Bobby Jackson, the 2009 first-round pick and Donte Green, who played well in the summer league, to the Kings for Artest.The Rockets also formed the new Big Three of McGrady, Yao Ming and Artest.

The 76ers exchanged a special case of trade and draft picks from the Nuggets for Marcus Camby, who won the best defensive player, forming the Big Three of Iguodala, Brand, and Camby.

In the new season, there will be many Big Three teams in the league.Paul, West, Chandler, New Orleans Hornets; Duncan, Parker, Ginobili, San Antonio Spurs; Iverson, Anthony, Nene, Denver Nuggets; Boozer, Williams, Utah Jazz , Okur; Los Angeles Lakers Bryant, Gasol, Odom; Phoenix Suns Nash, O'Neal, Stoudemire; Orlando Magic Howard, Lewis, Turkoglu; Washington Wizards Arenas , Butler, Jamison; Golden State Warriors Davis, Ellis, Jackson, Portland Trail Blazers Roy, Aldridge, Oden.Boston Celtics Garnett, Pierce, Ray Allen.

Compared with these teams, the Clippers lineup is a bit shabby, but it is enough. On September 9, the preseason training camp started.

(End of this chapter)