The strongest basket king

Chapter 4 Training
"Xiang, I want to tell you a very regretful news, the NBA has been suspended."

On the first day of July, Xiang Chu received a call from his agent Jim Smith. Due to the huge differences between the labor and management, the NBA was suspended, and the summer league was naturally gone.

It has been rumored before, but after the news was confirmed, Xiang Chu was still a little depressed. The original plan was that he would go to Los Angeles to join the team this month.

However, he quickly adjusted his mentality, "Maybe this is not a bad thing. I can use this time to become stronger and have greater confidence in getting the contract."

"It's good that you can understand. Professional sports leagues always focus on strength. I will help you pay attention to other aspects... Oh, don't play wild ball to prevent injuries. If you need to maintain your form, I can try to help you find some Appropriate game."

"You know, I still have some contacts in Los Angeles. The Lakers promised me before the draft. Trust me, Los Angeles is definitely the best."

Jim Smith is the agent of CAA, not a very well-known one, and there are many ordinary employees in big companies who are unknown, and his connections are unknown, but his familiarity with Los Angeles is true, after all, the CAA headquarters is there.

Jim is not a rookie, he has worked in CAA for eight years.

However, he was an entertainment agent before, and he had been tepid. He saw that athletes in professional sports leagues were earning more and more money, so he transferred to the company's sports department last year.

After Xiang Chu was praised by Mr. Russell, several agents approached him. He chose Jim Smith of CAA. Big companies are at least safe.

Now that the NBA has been suspended, Xiang Chu has to think about the next thing.

In the past few days, he is mainly doing strength training, plus running and a small amount of shooting practice. If he can't play in the summer league, he must consider more professional and comprehensive basketball training.

Xiang Chu has also mastered a relatively complete set of training methods during his three-year school team career in high school, but for professional basketball, the previous training is definitely not enough in terms of quality or quantity.

Xiang Chu turned on the system, and the popularity value has just passed the level of [-] points after the influence of the draft.

It's still far away from [-] points, and the consumption of fifty points can still be paid.

Reluctant to let the child not be caught by the wolf, Xiang Chu gritted his teeth and chose to follow the center forward template for training.

Xiang Chu was in a trance for a while, and came to a training ground with advanced facilities.

In front of him was O'Neill at his peak, "Are you ready, kid, I'm going to cry you hard."

24 hours of training in all aspects made Xiang Chu want to die.

Returning to reality after training, he noticed that the time had only passed an hour.

In the recorded video specially turned on by the computer, he has been sleeping for an hour, nothing unusual.

Training did not directly improve strength like obtaining god-level skills, but every detail in it was clearly remembered, including the offensive and defensive methods Olney showed.

Fifty heat points, it's really worth it.

Xiang Chu was so excited that he went to practice hard on the basketball court in the community.

Although he couldn't reach O'Neill's level, he continued to adjust according to the details in his memory, and he clearly felt the progress.

When he got home at night, he simply spent another 24 heat points to train with Chamberlain and Russell for [-] hours respectively.

On the second day, he made a detailed training plan for himself, including basketball skills, as well as physical fitness such as strength, physical fitness, speed, and jumping.

Without the advanced training ground in the system space, he made up for it with diligence.

Their family is a middle-class family, and both Xiang Jianzhong and Irene have income. Xiang Chu can devote all his energy to training, which he cherishes very much.

When he enters the NBA and can make money, he can repay his family.

In less than a month, Xiang Chu felt that he had made a lot of progress, but he didn't know how much effect this improvement would have on the field, especially in the professional field, where many technical moves could not be performed without knowing it.

Many rough players in the NBA are masters on the field, but Xiang Chu is not an ordinary fan who knows nothing.

When he came home from practice, he saw the message from Jim Smith.

He called back, and Jim's slightly exaggerated voice sounded quickly, "Xiang, I've already warned you, you'd better let me get in touch at any time."

"Okay, Jim, what's the matter? I don't keep my phone on my phone when I'm training."

The other party is not a big-name agent, so there is no need for Xiang Chu, a rookie, to be too polite.

Jim doesn't mind either. Being a sports agent is different from an entertainment agent. There are hard standards for measuring the strength of athletes, and agents will not interfere in life.

"Xiang, you may not have thought that a team from Huaguo would find me and they are interested in you. Maybe going to Huaguo or Europe to play games would be an option. As far as I know, many NBA players have plans in this regard .”

After a little thought, Xiang Chu replied: "No need. The NBA has been suspended before. In the end, labor and management will definitely reach an agreement. They are reluctant to suspend for too long. Both sides will lose all kinds of dollars."

"That's true." Jim also calmed down. After all, he is not a rookie agent, and he can stand loneliness.

"Xiang, let me look at the amateur basketball side. You must know that there are many amateur games in Los Angeles, and many NBA players will also participate in them. Unfortunately, some amateur leagues are not easy to squeeze in... Hey, you wait Let me know."

The top amateur league in the United States is either in New York or in Los Angeles. Jim Smith received news that stars at the level of Kobe and James also appeared in the Los Angeles amateur league.

If Xiang Chu can get Kobe's approval in the amateur league, staying with the Lakers is a certainty.

It's just that the top amateur leagues don't give people face casually, and Jim Smith didn't handle it.

This little episode did not interrupt Xiang Chu's training plan. He is physically tired every day, but his spirit is exceptionally full. He is addicted to training and cannot extricate himself.

During the period, he went back to his former high school and abused his juniors. Unfortunately, their high school basketball team was not strong enough to achieve the purpose of testing the training effect.

The university team is going to prepare for the new year's college league, so it's not easy for him to go back and disturb him if he quits.

After a little improvement in his skills, he also had the urge to play.

In mid-September, there was news from Jim Smith.

"Do you want to play commercial competitions? One thousand dollars a game, and there will be rewards for winning the championship."

"Los Angeles?"

"Of course, the Venice Beach stadium, the best golf course in Los Angeles."

Jim Smith felt a little guilty. This was actually wild ball. If the NBA hadn't been suspended, he would definitely not have allowed Xiang Chu to participate in such a game. The appearance fee plus two zeros was about the same.

(End of this chapter)