unfinished glory

Chapter 100 New Season Training Camp

On September 2005, 9, the new season began, and the Spurs blew the clarion call for assembly.

The Spurs haven't changed much this year. The main players who won the championship are still there, but they have changed some new faces.

Duncan, Ginobili, Parker, Bowen, Li Chongxiao, Muhammad, Horry and Barry, the eight main players in the playoffs are all there, and then Nesterovic and Udri also stayed , occupying 10 places in the team.

The other players have been changed, and the Argentine player Fabrizio Oberto has been introduced. He can play as a center forward and wear the No. 7 jersey in the new season.

Then signed a free agent, "Fan Crazy" Nick Van Exel, No. 31 jersey.

The remaining three are Marvin Sanders (shooting guard, No. 25), Sean Marcos (power forward, No. 40), Alex Skiles (shooting guard, No. 25) .

The first day of training is still to introduce the Spurs to the newcomers, and then conduct physical tests on the players and take makeup photos.

The change in Li Chongxiao's figure had already surprised many people. When the physical test data came out, Ginobili shouted "this is not a human" in jealousy.

After a year of growth, Li Chongxiao's height in shoes has become [-] meters, his wingspan has reached [-] meters, and his standing reach is an astonishing [-] meters.

When it came time to test the vertical jump, facing the yelling of the trainer, he just jumped casually, all of which reached 1.1 meters.

More importantly, his strength has also increased significantly. His weight has changed from 98 kilograms during the draft to [-] kilograms now, and his bench press has also changed from the original two times to [-] times. His strength has increased significantly.

In the next training game, let his teammates see the results of his summer training offensive skills. In one-on-one confrontation, he has been able to skillfully use breakthrough skills to reach the inside line and score a layup.

When playing singles with the ball, you can also use actions such as retreating steps, tentative steps, and emergency stops to open up the shooting space.

Moreover, his left and right hands are very proficient, there is almost no gap in the feeling of dribbling, and even his left-handed shots are not low.

After a week of observation, the coaching staff basically recognized Li Chongxiao's training results, and also pointed out his shortcomings and directions for improvement.

The rhythm of Li Chongxiao's face-up shooting is still a bit chaotic, and his offensive choices are not appropriate for different defensive players. This needs to be honed slowly in the game.

In terms of breakthroughs, the speed is still used the most, and the dribbling steps are average, and after breaking in, the technique of handling the ball is still relatively immature, and there are not many offensive tricks.

Although there are various problems, it also shows that Li Chongxiao has indeed mastered the ability to play singles with the ball. This has already made Popovich very satisfied, and he no longer struggles with not using Li Chongxiao for the No. [-] pick.

The Spurs' tactics in the new season will be more difficult to defend. They can have continuous outside firepower throughout the game, and the difficulty of defending the title has been greatly reduced.

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Before the regular season, the league arranged for the Spurs and Rockets to fly to China to play a preseason game in Beijing and Shanghai.

For this China competition, Stern changed the model of only charging tickets last year and introduced a number of sponsors.

Hundreds of brands competed, and in the end Stern reluctantly chose [-] of them in order to preserve his reputation.

With these twenty sponsors, the league and the two teams have already made a lot of money.The Rockets boss even said in private that he hopes to come to China to play two preseason games every year.

During these two games, Huaxia fans were delighted to see the growth of the two domestic players.

In this game, Popovich put Li Chongxiao in the starting lineup very interestingly, and let the team use him as the core of offense.

Since it was a preseason game and it was far away in China, most of the game, the two teams got very casual.

Facing the Rockets' loose defense, Li Chongxiao often played singles with the ball, not only showing his shooting skills, but also completed several breakthrough layups.

The most wonderful time, facing Finley's defense, he made a feint, then dribbled the ball one step past the opponent, broke into the inside lane, then took off to face Yao Ming's block, and succeeded in a pull-up layup.

This goal won the applause of the whole house and was the most exciting goal of the game that day.

Not to be outdone, Yao Ming succeeded in attacking inside again and again without any fancy moves, just shooting and hooking, plus small throws.

With such a simple attacking method, Nesterovic couldn't defend it at all, because the timing of Yao Ming's choice of shots was more accurate, and the attacking method was more efficient.

Now Yao Ming has found a way to deal with it. Once Muhammad went around, Yao Ming leaned on the opponent, received a lob from Finley, turned around halfway, faced Nesterovic's help defense, and raised his head high. Hit, press the ball into the basket across the other side.

After the two preseason games, the coaching staffs of the two teams have unanimously raised the opponent's danger level.

What the Rockets see here is that the Spurs have retained their main rotation lineup, and Li Chongxiao, Ginobili, and Parker have all grown to varying degrees, which is equivalent to strengthening the team's strength.

The reason for the Spurs to watch the Rockets is because the opposing team’s newly arrived Finley, who is an experienced player, Yao Ming’s progress is also very significant. With McGrady in a stable state, how to deal with the Rockets’ "Big Three" will be a headache for all teams. things.

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These two games also attracted many celebrities to watch, including some from the entertainment industry and athletes. At the BJ station, Li Chongxiao saw several world champions of the national soldiers. Not only did Liu Xiang come to the Shanghai station, but he also saw Yi Jianlian unexpectedly.

After the game, Yao Ming brought Yi Jianlian to contact him. As the next most promising domestic player to enter the NBA, Yi Jianlian came to learn from the two big men.

Li Chongxiao also knew about Yi Jianlian. According to the scout report in the United States, if Yi Jianlian participated in the draft, a lottery pick would probably be indispensable.

The three of them were chatting, and seeing Yi Jianlian still looked shy, Li Chongxiao blurted out a string of English, which confused him.

Li Chongxiao said to him: "If you want to enter the NBA, with your current strength, it is definitely no problem to participate in the draft. But if you want to achieve something, you have to learn to integrate. The first hurdle is the language barrier."

He pointed to Yao Ming and said, "Take Dayao as an example. If you don't understand the language, you can't even understand the coach's tactics. How can you grow into the absolute main force of the team in the first year?"

With a sound of "pa", Dayao slapped him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, you can still be a teacher, go to eat first."

Then Li Chongxiao and Yao Ming brought Yi Jianlian to the hotel and asked Yi Jianlian to order what he liked, and they ate the food sent by the nutritionist, which was a recipe customized according to their physical characteristics.

This made Yi Jianlian feel the gap all of a sudden, and he asked if he had to eat like this as long as it was the competition period.

Yao Ming answered that most of the time during the competition, it was this type of recipe; Li Chongxiao’s answer was that in the past two years, it can basically be regarded as a whole year without a break.

Not only Yi Jianlian was a little shocked, but Yao Ming also sighed. They all knew that the other party was a rich second generation.

Why it seems that the success of the rich second generation in the sports world is more admirable, because they have been tempted too much.

Physical training is inherently a boring process, and many ordinary people cannot withstand the laziness of the body and the temptation of the outside world.Before going to the gym, they will say that they are too tired to take a day off from work, or they are addicted to games and cannot extricate themselves.

As for the happiness of the rich, you can easily think of several. Besides games, they have other things to play. It is not easy to resist these temptations.

Of course, this may have something to do with Li Chongxiao's young age.

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After eating and resting for a while, in the afternoon Li Chongxiao still took Yi Jianlian to a one-on-one match. As a result, Yi Jianlian was an insider and looked so muscular that even Li Chongxiao was unsuccessful in singles.

Li Chongxiao found that Yi Jianlian did not use the right way of exerting force when playing back, and his inside footsteps and skills were not good; apart from shooting from the front frame, his other offenses were relatively average.

Li Chongxiao sincerely hopes that Huaxia basketball can rise. No matter who is asking for advice, whether it is sincere or false, he will seriously analyze it for the other party.

"If you enter the NBA, have you thought about your position?" Facing Yi Jianlian, he asked directly: "If you just want to be a water dispenser player, pretend I didn't say it, but you want to make some achievements." , you have to have your own style.”

Then he began to analyze the opponent: According to the four popular forwards in China, you are not compatible with any of them.

Although Duncan seems to have no characteristics, only basic skills are worth boasting, but anyone who knows him knows that his static physical fitness and basketball IQ are the top in history, and there is no way to learn this.

Not to mention Garnett, he is an all-round fighter, combining physical fitness and skills, and his playing style is not something ordinary players can learn.

And Webber's spirituality and Nowitzki's shooting are also innate talents.

The meaning of these words is to tell Yi Jianlian not to aim too high and just focus on the top few.

And Li Chongxiao suggested that Yi Jianlian learn from Rasheed Wallace's style of play in the Pistons, focusing on integrity, the defensive end can help the team put pressure on the opponent, and the offensive firepower can be covered from the inside to beyond the three-point line .

He believes that the current Yi Jianlian needs to change several aspects. Physical training should not be relaxed, nor can he accumulate muscles desperately, but should adjust the training direction according to the style of play.

To improve confrontation, not only the strengthening of strength, but also the resistance to attack, so that you can stand in the paint and not be easily injured.

In addition, there is physical training, and you cannot relax at any time.

Then there is shooting. Yi Jianlian's shooting touch is not bad, but without intensive training, he is still half-baked.Moreover, the shooting action is too slow. In the CBA, he can rely on his height to be invincible, but in the NBA, he is easily interfered.

In terms of offensive skills, not to mention backing the basket, at least face-up skills must be strengthened.

Li Chongxiao talked a lot, not to mention Yi Jianlian, even Yao Ming was a little confused: "How do you know so much, kid?"

"I have piled up a room full of basketball theory books at home since I was a child, and I have not missed watching videos." Li Chongxiao said that this is the basic operation: "After I arrived in the United States, I hired a professional trainer, and I usually hang out with Duncan. have no idea?"

Li Chongxiao, who is a good teacher, returned to San Antonio with the team after a quick meeting with Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian to prepare for the next game.

(End of this chapter)