You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 760 The Worst Person
The Spurs called their Finals opener "the road to success."

Popovich has enough confidence in his disciples: "We have encountered many challenges along the way, and this is just one of them. We will get better."

Tim Duncan even uttered the phrase "this time, we will not screw up" that made countless Spurs fans ecstatic before the start of the finals.

On the first day after Game 1 ended, the 76ers' training time was half an hour earlier than usual.

Jay Wright asked the players to gather in the video analysis room for a meeting.

The video analysis room often analyzes the opponent's strengths and weaknesses step by step based on certain clips in the game.

It's the same today, Wright pointed to a clip of a certain round and said: "When we can suppress the Spurs' outside shooters and force them to concentrate the ball on the core players and one-on-one with us, we have a chance to win."

"When we can pick up the pace and use our youthful energy to gain an advantage, we will definitely win."

"I hope all of you will keep this in mind that our strength is speed."

Wright's words echoed in the room.

Wei Xia listened quietly, and suddenly the screen cut to the confrontation between Duncan and Cousins.

"DeMarcus, can you assure me that this will never happen again?"

The video shows a collection of Duncan beating Cousins, focusing on the first quarter.

"I also responded later." Cousins ​​​​feeled in his heart that the winner is the one who wins to the end.

"The problem is not whether you responded or not, but that you made Tim Duncan look as brave as if he had taken a medicine that would never age." Wright pointed to the big screen, the lens zoomed in, and you could see the details of Duncan's face. Thanks to this great era, the picture was so clear that you could even count how many white beards Duncan had—if you had the time.

Wright said: "The problem is that TD is 38 years old, and you are in your prime. You have been one of the best centers in the league for the past few years, but you still fall into a disadvantage against TD, which is declining. This kind of thing must not happen again!"

Does Cousins ​​have room to defend?

some.

He can justify himself this way: Last year, the 37-year-old Duncan was selected for the first team at the center position.

Most people know that 35 years old is the critical point for superstars, and most people will fall off a cliff from this age.As for the top ten superstars in history like Duncan, their decline is not so obvious. After the age of 35, it will decline a lot, but from the age of 35 to the age of 40, it can maintain a good state.

That said, such people typically have a long peak.

Cousins ​​didn't make excuses for himself. He listened to what Wright said in silence, and then said: "He won't ask me for any more advantages."

"It's a strong guarantee," Rondo said sarcastically. "I don't believe a word of it."

It was only then that Cousins ​​was broken: "You can deal with Tony Parker before you talk about it!"

After the meeting, Wei Xia was about to get up and go back to training when Wright stopped him.

"Felix, what do you think about Kawhi Leonard?" Wright asked.

"He is a very interesting young man." Wei Xia said truthfully.

Wright asked: "When necessary, can you limit his performance while driving the defense of the 1 lineup like Game41?"

Wei Xia has always said something, and said quickly, "I will do my best."

Wright smiled gratifiedly and said, "With your words, I feel at ease, Felix."

"Just don't make me play power forward again." Wei Xia's sudden humor made Wright laugh awkwardly.

Jay Wright might be the worst coach Wesha has ever had -- especially in college.

At the same time, he is the best coach Wei Xia has met in the NBA-not entirely because of his coaching ability, but also because only he can call Wei Xia Felix, not Wish.

Now almost everyone regards Wish as Wei Xia's original name, and no one will call him Felix except his family.

This is why he likes China.

Every time he returns to China, no one will call him Wish or Felix, fans, reporters or others will call him Wei Xia in Chinese.

Nicknames always make Wei Xia feel alienated from others. Maybe they think it's cool, but a relationship that can be called by their first names is considered intimacy.

It's like Larry Bird never called the magician "Maggie" but called him "Evan" like a close friend.

He went back to the training ground, most of the people were training, only one or two were slacking off.

Wei Xia grabbed one of the senior slackers: "Lama, don't lie there and eat candy, get up and exercise."

"Look at the revolutionary friendship in our LA period, let me go." Odom turned over, "I'm an old man, I have to take care of myself."

Having said that, Odom was born in 79, and he is 35 years old, but he was born in November 79. The American calculation is 11 years and 34 months.

Look at Nash who is training with Robertson over there. How can he be ashamed to rely on his old age to be lazy?

"You don't need to use strength, just make a defensive posture." Wei Xia let him go.

Odom's length makes him a high-quality defensive shelf.

Wei Xia used him to practice sky hooks.

Watching him make standard skyhooks one after another, Odom was shocked.

"Who did you learn these skills from?" Odom asked.

Hearing this, Wei Xia made a skyhook close to Odom's body that could not see the basket.

bang!

Playing the board
"Karim taught me personally." Wei Xia swore that he was not lying.

Odom snorted: "Nonsense! Ever since Andrew rejected his special training, he has vowed never to teach young people skills again. He would rather let this technology be lost!"

Abdul-Jabbar's grievances have been around for a long time.

The new cutting-edge centers of the Lakers are more arrogant than the other, and they don't take his words and deeds seriously. He is a difficult person to get along with, and he puts his face on his ass one after another.

Wei Xia also spent a lot of effort in the old days before Kareem Abdul-Jabbar established a friendship.

Although that eventually became Havlicek's network, but in the process of communicating with Kareem, he found that this person was really the worst-tempered, the most difficult to get close to, the most moody, the most difficult to judge by common sense, and the most distant person he had ever seen.

Arrogant, mean, moody, basketball is work not love, extremely racist, unsmiling, likes to make fun of people but doesn't allow people to make fun of him this guy is lucky to play basketball.

Thinking of those days, Wei Xia had lingering fears.

Fortunately, he melted Kareem's frozen heart with full enthusiasm and impenetrable cheekiness.

Although he still does not know whether Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was impatient with his repeated harassment and was forced to establish a friendship, or whether he was really influenced by him, Wei Xia believes that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was influenced by his kindness.

Through his persistence, he learned the most valuable offensive skills of the 70s.

It's a pity that he is not an insider, and the Skyhook can only be used as a unique trick to win.

Compared with the skyhook, Maravich's set of moves and Monroe's back turn are more practical for him.

Odom expressed his disbelief, but Wei Xia has already told the truth and the truth.

"If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do." Wei Xia made another hook, "Who do you think I can learn from?"

Odom couldn't say it, but he was sure: "It's not Kareem anyway!"

Just one skyhook, Wei Xia asked Odom to practice for more than half an hour.

Although it was just for defensive airs, later Odom also wanted to try whether the skyhook was really undefensible.

When he got serious, Wei Xia's shooting rate began to decline, but under the real defense, Wei Xia's every hook was a blind hook-Odom's height prevented him from seeing the basket-but his shooting rate reached more than 50%.

Imagine that this kind of action is used by a sky hook with a height of nearly 220 cm. What kind of power is that?
Tiangou is known as the most stable 2-pointer in basketball history, not for nothing.

Moreover, in the best 11 years of his career, the league has no three-point line, and no one can help him open up space.After the appearance of the three-point line, in his retired season, the Lakers did not average more than 3 three-pointers per game.

This kind of space, this kind of inside environment, shows how heavenly hook and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are.

Wei Xia's last ball was a special show. He dribbled with the ball, changed direction, and suddenly took a step back with one foot, and then jumped sideways with the other foot.

His hook is still in the sky hook posture, but the mechanism of his shot is no longer a back and sideways hook, but similar to a jumping hook.

This is creativity.

Maravich's influence on him is similar to the skills on the basketball court. As long as it is comprehensive enough, retreat steps and hooks can also be combined.

"You're probably the only player in the world who can score in this way." Odom was dazzled.

Wei Xia was humbled for a while, and then went to practice shooting.

The shooting drill lasted an hour, and the training session was over.He didn't leave, and stayed in the gym of the Sunset Center to continue working out.

Others' training time is only 90 minutes, but he is 150 minutes.

It's like not feeling tired, and I am keen to bury my body and mind in training.

Because of Wei Xia, few of the 76ers left immediately at the end of the training session.

Some people will practice for 10 minutes more to make a show, some people will practice for 30 minutes more, and some people will chase their limits like Wei Xia.

Two of the hardest working are Robertson and Farid.

One is a rookie with rough skills, and the other is a short insider who relies heavily on physical fitness to play.

They practiced even harder than Wei Xia.

When Wei Xia decided to leave work, they were still sweating profusely on the court.

"Come on, I'll go first." Wei Xia said.

"See you tomorrow, Wish."

Wei Xia waved his hand and walked out of the arena alone.

(End of this chapter)