basketball task

Chapter 265 Great Combined Practice

In the call back to Sun Yue, Qian Ning explained Yao Ming's opinion very clearly. When he heard that Dayao was not satisfied with his training attitude, Sun Yue had nothing to say.

"Hey, now that I've said that, I'd better stay in Los Angeles and hang out. We'll meet and play together when we have time."

Sun Yue has always been afraid of Yao Ming. During the Olympic training camp this summer, Sun Yue was publicly reprimanded by Yao Ming for disobeying Yunus' discipline. Now that he heard that Yao Ming was dissatisfied with him, Sun Yue was so frightened that he didn't want to come.

"Okay then, Brother Monkey, let's do our best, and hope to meet in the finals next year."

Ah Lian went to the Nets, Sun Yue failed to come, Wang Qi Zhu Ba chose to stay in the CBA, Qian Ning originally planned to use the offseason to attract a domestic team, but in the end only Yao Ming came.

However, it was enough for Dayao to come.

In late October, with only one week left before the opening game of the new season, the Philadelphia 10ers started their first intensive practice of the new season at the Wachovia Center Arena.

All 13 players in the team's roster are here. This is the first time everyone has met. Cheeks first asked the players to introduce themselves one by one to get to know each other better.

After various trades and draft operations last season and this offseason, all members of the Philadelphia 76ers have undergone major changes. The player who has stayed on the team for the longest time turned out to be last season's rookie Channing. Those guys have gone their separate ways.

Cheeks is looking at the brand-new team configuration. Yao Ming is a veteran star who has already made a name for himself in the entire NBA, and all rookies know him; Second master; Shane Battier is an experienced veteran player and the leader of the locker room; Uncle Mu is highly respected, a stabilizer of the locker room, and has rich experience in the playoffs; Pietrus and Channing Frye have also been in the NBA for many years mature players.

Birdman Anderson and Livingston are quite special. Although they are old players, they have been away from the stadium for a long time and need to slowly regain their status.

Except for the above eight players, all other players of the Philadelphia 76ers are rookies. This year's rookies Ibaka and Dragic, last year's rookies Belinelli and Corey Brewer, and the year before last rookie Kyle lowry.

Compared with last year's mid-season trade and the extreme lack of veteran players to lead the team, the current Philadelphia team's lineup configuration is still relatively reasonable, with a combination of old, middle and young generations. The old includes Uncle Mu, and the middle includes Yao Ming, Shane Battier, and Pete. Ruth and others, green refers to Channing, Ibaka, Belinelli, Lowry and others.

The team practiced together for the first time. Cheeks did not practice tactics, but simply carried out some warm-up and recovery exercises. The long offseason has just ended, and many players have not yet returned from rest. Some players participated in high-intensity Olympic games in the summer, and they couldn't immediately increase their intensity to avoid fatigue and injuries.

The chief assistant coach - the big man - Saunders began to get busy. After Yao Ming joined, Philadelphia finally had a real inside superstar, and Saunders' ability to train big men finally came into play.

According to the agreement between Yao Ming and the Philadelphia team when he transferred, Sanders needs to help Yao Ming lose weight smoothly, and at the same time help Dayao to improve the condition of his left foot as much as possible.

In 2002, Yao Ming, who had just joined the NBA, weighed about 130 kilograms. Now, Yao Ming’s weight has exceeded 160 kilograms. In just six years, with the help of NBA professional physical trainers, he has successfully gained 30 kilograms. However, the body fat rate did not change much. These hard-working muscles allowed Yao to stand on the inside line under the confrontation at the NBA level. He fought against super inside lines such as O'Neal and Howard every night. Key parts such as the heart, soles, and knees have brought unprecedented high loads.

Insufficient physical fitness at critical moments, and lower limbs are more likely to be injured, these are the side effects that have manifested.

Therefore, after leaving the Rockets and coming to the Philadelphia 76ers, losing weight reasonably, improving physical fitness, and maintaining health have become the common goals of Yao Ming, Channing, and the Philadelphia coaching staff.

After joint research by the professional physical trainers of the Philadelphia team and coach Saunders, they believe that the most reasonable weight of Yao Ming should be maintained at about 140 kilograms, that is to say, Dayao needs to lose nearly 40 kilograms of weight.

Of course, the weight of 40 catties does not have to be lost all at once. Coach Saunders has formulated a very detailed weight loss plan. In the next season, Yao Ming will accept the coaching staff in terms of diet and training. Strictly control and strive to lose 25 catties first.

For ordinary people, it is very difficult to lose weight and lose 25 catties. For Yao Ming, it is even more difficult. Such a tall man with such a big frame has to carefully control every weight loss. It is really not easy for Yao Ming to eat a meal.

Yao Ming tightened his belt, wanting to cry without tears.

However, Yao Ming is a very self-disciplined star. In order to prolong his career, for his own health, and for higher basketball achievements, he started the journey of losing weight without hesitation.

Dayao's absolute self-discipline won the praise of the Philadelphia management, and also set a good example for the new players. Driven by Yao Ming, the players trained more self-discipline and assiduously, and no one was willing to be lazy.

Yao Ming is losing weight, and Birdman Anderson is also sweating profusely in the training room. Because he accidentally violated the league's anti-drug regulations, Birdman was suspended for two full years and almost ruined all his abilities. Now the Philadelphia team is willing to give him a new opportunity. Birdman naturally cherishes the opportunity to be a human being.

Sprint running, strength training, physical training, rebounding practice, Birdman Anderson and rookie Ibaka spend all day training together. The two power forwards, the old and the young, get along very well.

And through the self-introduction before the first day of joint training, Qian Ning knew for the first time that Birdman Anderson had gone to China to pan for gold, and even played against the young Yao Ming in the CBA. It was a little-known experience.

Birdman Anderson is also a typical example of amazing talent, but a miserable childhood. Like many American children, Birdman’s father abandoned his wife and son when he was very young. Birdman had to live with his mother. The orphanage lived alone for four or five years.

When he was a teenager, Birdman's basketball talent began to show, but he was too young, and there was no reliable person around him to help him. Birdman Anderson didn't even know that he had to submit an application first to participate in the NBA draft.

(End of this chapter)