Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 375 Odom's Goal
"Reduce body fat to less than 8% before the start of the season? What kind of international joke?" After learning the team's first rule, Odom cried.

After the game, Artest rejected Odom's invitation to go out together to "have fun", saying that he was too tired to record songs these days and needed to take a good rest and start training tomorrow.

Odom is even more puzzled, why did his bad friends come to Los Angeles and change their sex?

The team's environment has a subtle influence on the players, which is obvious.

Since entering the league in 99, he has only made the playoffs when he played for the Heat. Last season, he reached the Eastern Conference Finals and lost to the Pistons. This is the longest season he has played.

When I was in the Clippers, the team was not very competitive from the beginning of the season. The Clippers’ four young masters, with talents visible to the naked eye, played basketball that freed themselves under the coaching of Alvin Gentry. No one at all Tell them what is the right way to play and how to be worthy of their career.

Letting an inexperienced head coach try to train rookies is a big taboo, because the head coach himself needs to be trained, but there is no way. Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor takes the salary of a cleaner and does everything All out of boss Sterling's instructions to save money.

In short, Odom has developed a whole body of bad habits. Whether it is Miami or Los Angeles, they are cities with rich nightlife. As a vigorous athlete, he is often found lingering in the major flower streets and willow lanes, and the news of the seizure of prohibited drugs Nor was it exposed once or twice.

In the evening, after much deliberation, he finally decided to follow the guidance of his instinct and go out on the waves at night.

The next day, in the Lakers training hall, Artest was doing rigorous physical training, and then specially practiced three-point shooting. In the Lakers' several seasons, he successfully improved his three-point shooting percentage from less than 36% When it reached [-]% last season, it can be regarded as a more reliable outside fortress besides Billups.

As for his singles, Jim believes that with Kobe, Wade, Garnett and Billups in the team, Artest's offense with the ball will not have much room to show. There is a specialization in the industry. In addition to catching the ball for three-pointers, what Artest has practiced the most is turning his back and turning to the baseline. This move is quite effective when he is playing in the third position and facing an opponent who is obviously thin. good.

Reducing dribbling and mid-range shooting and increasing the stability of the end are the requirements for Artest in the new season. Although the "magic ball theory" also has many shortcomings, for jigsaw players, they must be trained and required according to the magic ball theory in order to play Their greatest effectiveness, mid-range attacking, of course, is still left to the star players.

Don Nelson also agrees with Jim’s point of view. As an older generation of coaches, he and Larry Brown, a traditional diehard, are completely at the two extremes. He is good at accepting all kinds of novel basketball concepts, and using his own understanding Play to create, a lot of whimsy.

Since Jim made a wish for Pelinka, Dwyane Wade will start at shooting guard in the regular season, Bryant will be moved to small forward, and Artest will be a power forward for a long time, playing one-on-one The lineup of big four and small, to deal with a strong inside team like the Spurs, firstly, the inside needs to be able to withstand the twin towers, and secondly, it needs a strong offensive firepower output to force the opponent to change.

The Lakers don’t have to worry about offensive firepower. The top priority is inside defense. Now blue-collar centers are priceless. Jerome James, who played the peak performance of his life in the playoffs last season, was awarded a five-year $5 million contract by the Knicks. Sign away.

With the salary space of the Lakers, they can't sign any big fish in the free market. Last season, a middle-class man wasted on Vladi Divac's operation and Jim fell to the altar. Now he can only hope to tap the potential internally.

The Lakers continue to keep a low profile, while the Warriors next door are making frequent deals and signings, Baron Davis, Jason Richardson, Stephen Jackson, Al Harrington and Biedrins , There are also newly selected Monta Ellis, French striker Pietrus, and former Lakers Matt Barnes on the bench. As for Mike Dunleavy Jr. and Troy Murphy, they are regarded as Chips were sent to Indiana and Orlando.Chris Mullin took office as a new official with three fires, vowing to lead the Warriors back to the forest of the Western Conference. Mullin even asked the Lakers for Korver and Haslem, trying to continue to strengthen the team's bench. However, it was ruthlessly rejected by the Lakers.

"It seems that Mullin really wants to do something. This lineup is very your style. Except for Biedrins, the remaining four are all ruthless players, with the ability to score 20 points per game. But Wu What's going on with Dunis and Kyle? You can't find out about Mullin, right?" Jim asked with a smile.

Don Nelson didn't take this joke seriously either. Korver's catching three-pointers have already hit a considerable percentage. He is confident that he will let this outside killer play a more important role next season. , hard-working players, there is nowhere to find them with lanterns, how could they be traded to other teams casually.

Jim never took the initiative to contact Odom, and after half a month of wandering, Odom finally resettled his family members in Los Angeles. Then he remembered the matter of body fat. There was no formal training for more than two months. His The figure has begun to lose shape, and the fat covers the muscle lines.

09:30 in the morning, Odom came to the Lakers training hall.

Passionate rock music was played in the arena, which made people's blood boil after listening to it.

Artest is in the weight room with C.J. Miles, Lou Williams, David Lee and Ariza in desperate need of weight, training with Tim Grover, focusing on small lineups , The confrontation of outside players needs to be upgraded to a higher level, so that they can effectively delay the opponent's inside players when changing defenses, and at the same time have greater damage to the opponent's small players on the offensive end.

The remaining players performed a 5-on-0 half-court simulation, with assistant coach Stevens directing from the sidelines.

"If you have a chance after receiving the ball, don't hesitate to shoot it immediately! If you can't dribble, don't dribble! We need to complete the attack in the most concise and effective way!" Garnett with a loud voice faced Nocioni who was a bit muddled in handling the ball on the court yelled.

"Has the team started training? Why didn't anyone notify me?" Odom was full of question marks, and asked the staff who led him to the locker room in doubt.

"The official training camp is one month later, and the current players are all spontaneously training, but every summer the arena will not be idle, and everyone is used to it." The photos of the championship, this is the pride of the Lakers.

Odom was silent.

(End of this chapter)