You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 788 The Secret of Immortality (157)

Chapter 799 The Secret of Immortality

"How long has this been going on?"

"Half a month"

On the first day Leonard joined the Wechat training camp, he decided that this was a place that could help him improve quickly, so he stayed at his own expense.

Moreover, he has repeatedly hinted and reminded Wei Xia that if he needs to pay, he can accept it.

Wei Xia, as a senior, is also the villain who dragged Leonard into Kobe's trap. He already has a guilty conscience in his heart, so why would he have the nerve to collect money?
Leonard became the second biggest name in training camp.

He overfulfills the training plan every day, and finds Wei Xia to fight the bull if he has the opportunity.Their bullfights take place daily and can last anywhere from 30 minutes to 60 minutes.

Wei Xia can feel Leonard's progress.

He is very focused, perhaps because of the relaxation of the whole body, Leonard in the training state, he behaves like a famous superstar.

Even Wei Xia has to be taken seriously to ensure that the car does not roll over

Their bullfights often have many onlookers, all of whom are members of the special training camp.

Gordon Hayward often judged them, and occasionally, he would join in and play knockout games.

It's just that, including Hayward, none of them can integrate into the division of Wechat and Leonard.

Hayward's various shortcomings are covered up by the team during the game, and in a one-on-one bullfight, small defects in personal ability will be infinitely magnified.

Because five-on-five is a team battle, one-on-one is a personal battle.

As an individual, even a small shortcoming will be used by the opponent as a deadly spot.

Hayward's biggest culprit is that as a strong wing, his agility and lateral speed are very different from Wei Xia and Leonard.

"God, why do you think the captain took good care of that kid?" Robertson asked without understanding.

Hayward shook his head in trouble and said, "Who knows about this kind of thing, I only know that Wish won't mention him for no reason."

At this time, Wei Xia stepped back and made a jump shot, and Leonard followed up in a blink of an eye. His long arms blocked his line of sight, and he jumped to interfere with the shot.

Wei Xia seized the opportunity, and Leonard's follow-up reaction was also in place, but the ball still scored.

"No, Kawhi, your defense is not good."

Wei Xia shook his head jokingly.

Leonard did not look discouraged at all, showing a stronger fighting spirit than before.

He let Wei Xia see his young self, and he was the same when facing Kobe at his peak.

A young man who is full of confidence in himself should have such a fearless face.

After Weixia missed a shot, it was Leonard's turn.

In the duel with Wei Xia, his score is always doubled, but he is not helpless.Facing the two-time DPOY, his existing skills can already counterattack.

His frontal dribble takes shape, pulling the ball back and forth from his crotch quickly like a dangerous machete.

Suddenly, he started.

The speed was not fast, it was very sudden. Although Wei Xia didn't respond for a moment, he followed up.

And Leonard properly connected emergency stops, retreated steps, pulled out the shooting space, shot, and the ball scored.

That's what Wei Xia said, Leonard's own unique rhythm.

Ordinary players, like the offense just now, will try to get to the bottom. The closer to the basket, the higher the shooting rate. The wise saying is like the political correctness of American society. After long-term publicity, it has been rooted in the players' minds.

It can be said that any player who has the opportunity to get close to the basket will get close to the basket.

Leonard was able to restrain the impulse in his heart, and he was very clear about what he wanted.

So he made an emergency stop and retreated, swayed out of space, and shot calmly.

"That was a good shot," Wei Xia said approvingly.

"Good enough to be like you?" Leonard asked.

Wei Xia smiled and said, "I'm afraid not."

So Leonard returned the ball to Wei Xia.

The same rhythm, the next round will not work.

As the best defensive player of the year for two consecutive seasons, Wei Xia has his own dignity here. How could it be possible for a young man on the other side to succeed consecutively?

Leonard missed the shot, and then the right to attack went back to Weixia.

They are so bullfighting, Weixia will score at least two goals in a row every time he controls the offensive opportunity.The defense that Leonard started with the Spurs didn't seem to have any effect on him, because every ball he missed seemed to have nothing to do with defense, but because he didn't feel good.

Wei Xia honed Leonard in this way for 20 days.

20 days, whether it is long or not, is not short.

The offseason special training time for many professional players is only 2 months.

Judging from these 20 days, Leonard's offensive skills with the ball have improved significantly, which will amplify his dribbling and emergency stop shooting ability that he has practiced last season.

He's becoming a Michael Jordan-esque wing, as the Spurs have come to expect.

On the last night of the special training camp, Wei Xia organized a barbecue meeting and invited all the players and trainers who participated in the special training to participate.

Leonard also attended the barbecue.

In the past 20 years, countless reporters have taken photos of Leonard and Wescia training together.

Then start all kinds of unreasonable speculation.

Some people say that Wei Xia is dating everywhere like James back then, and that he will use his connections to form a super team in the future-the possibility of such a thing, Wei Xia does not deny-but it is completely out of the question now.

Others say that Wei Xia is further misleading Leonard in order to abolish the foundation of the Spurs.

Because he recommended Leonard to watch Kobe Bryant's video last season, the Spurs' coaching staff was very dissatisfied.

Wei Xia's behavior of brutally interfering in his team's internal affairs is very immoral.

But Wei Xia himself didn't have that kind of thought. He thought he was like a beacon, showing Leonard the way.

He's enjoying the 20 days, and Leonard looks happy, too.

"What's it like playing around a bunch of old guys?"

Wei Xia ate barbecue, and Leonard refused the food.

While everyone is eating junk food, he focuses on sodas and diet-friendly dinners.

Hearing Wei Xia's question, Leonard's answer was more direct: "Very challenging."

"challenge?"

"They are all contributions to the team, but I have not done anything." Leonard stated a very clear fact, "I just try my best to help them make the game better."

It sounded like he was just explaining the situation in the team, and Wei Xia was keenly aware of the unhappiness in Leonard's eyes through 20 days of understanding.

He is clearly dissatisfied with the status quo.

But his rookie contract has not yet been executed, GDP is always old, and there is still oil left, it is not his turn to call the shots.

At that time, Wei Xia saw the bottomless ambition under Leonard's masked face that seemed to have no emotions or desires.

"Well, then I can only wish you can help these old men get back to the finals next season." Wei Xia didn't delve into it.

He has roughly interfered with Leonard's development, and it would be unreasonable to plant mines inside the Spurs.

Things are constantly changing, and he believes that Leonard will always find his place on that team with countless old men.

At the end of August, the opening game of the new NBA season is being prepared intensely.

The 76ers ended their reinforcements earlier this year than in previous years.

Because the team that won the championship last season is basically stable, the players are young, and the first core Wei Xiagang is 30 years old.A player of his level does not suffer major injuries, and there will be no obvious decline before the age of 35.

The team is not worried about things five years from now, but Wei Xia needs to plan ahead.

When Leonard joined the special training camp, he reviewed their series with the Spurs again in order to horizontally compare the progress between Leonard in August and the finals.

As a result, the person who caught Wei Xia's attention was not Leonard, but Duncan.

In the final five games, Duncan faced a team of centers, averaging 19 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks per game, and his shooting percentage was 52%.

This is a 38-year-old veteran, but he still has statistics not much different from his rookie season.

Is he really, really not old?
In order to solve this confusion, Wei Xia reviewed Duncan's young games from Youtube.

最让韦夏印象深刻的一场，是2003年西部决赛Game3，对阵达拉斯小牛，他拿下34分24篮板6助攻6封盖——只出手19次。

如今的球迷们已经习惯邓肯每晚规规矩矩18分10个篮板了，而且总觉得他以前也是个每晚20分10个篮板的人……就在2003年的季后赛，半决赛淘汰湖人之战他37分16篮板；西部决赛第一战对小牛拿下40分15篮板7助攻，总决赛第一场32分20篮板6助攻7封盖，终结战是著名的准四双21分20篮板10助攻8封盖。

Duncan in 2003 was the most undisputed single-core championship.

Looking back at this year's Duncan game, Wei Xia came up with new ideas.

The reason why Duncan has always felt unchanged is that he has been as stable as a day for 17 years.Moreover, Wei Xia has never played against the peak Duncan.The Duncan he met when he entered the league was Duncan who was troubled by plantar fasciitis, not the number one power forward in history who ruled the NBA with the Sharks "either you or me".

For a long time, Duncan has always given people the same feeling, because ten years ago, he could jump 100 points, but usually only jumped 60 points; and now, he can still jump 60 points.

This is the secret of not being old.

Wei Xia pondered for a long time, and he seemed to have found a way to delay aging—it seemed a fantasy, but at the age of 30, he was already thinking about things after the age of 35.

(End of this chapter)