Chapter 148 147. New season, new atmosphere
On the morning of September 2006, 9, after waking up, Zhang Yang took the initiative to recall his experience... He stood on the bed, with his hands on his hips, looking angry.

You can’t let him fall asleep while holding the trophy!
He even heard the 'J' in Jack!

Fortunately, the two experiences, plus the awareness of organizing offense with his back to the basket learned from Bird, gave him some comfort.

But I have to say, this experience was still very enjoyable.

The Lakers' offense was so good before they made any mistakes, it was totally unstoppable! The offense was gorgeous and unparalleled!

If Riley hadn't made the wrong decision, it would have been difficult for them to turn the tables.

They also scored high points, and unlike many years later when a group of people gathered outside the three-point line to shoot, Magic, Cobra, and Scott used exquisite passes to tear apart all defenses. As an opponent, Zhang Yang felt that the Lakers' offense was really beautiful.

The Celtics' "isolation tactics" are a bit ugly...

It is understandable that Stern wants to ban this style of play by comparison.

But just ban it, he is not the one who is most affected in the 80 timeline anyway.

Zhang Yang ended his active recollection and sealed his experience memory again. All the emotions from the experience disappeared from his mind, leaving only the awareness of organizing offense with his back to the basket that he learned from Big Bird.

After opening the door to experience, Zhang Yang felt very happy as he looked at his two new gains.

'I age slower', if I reach the maximum level, can I still play in my 40s like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Parish?
He went to the study in his shorts and looked up the career histories of the two evergreens on the Internet...

Parish won the championship with the Bulls in 97 at the age of 44!
In the 88-89 season, at the age of 42, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar could still average double-digit points per game...After the Western Conference Finals, because of too much rest time, the magic calculator started to act up again, leading the entire team to conduct devilish training, and trained Kareem Abdul-Jabbar directly to retirement.

Also seriously injured was Magic Johnson, who averaged 20.3 points and 14.3 assists per game in the Western Conference Finals. He only played three games in the Finals, averaging 3 points and 11 assists per game.

Zhang Yang does not aim to play until he is as old as Parish, nor as old as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but he can aspire to play until he is 20 or , which is years. Of course, if one day he feels that he will be a drag on the court if he steps on it again, he will choose to retire before reaching the set age and leave in a more graceful manner.

Another gain from the training is the 'art of facing away from the basket'. When facing away from the basket, one is more sensitive to the positions and movements of teammates and opponents, and it is easier for him to judge the timing of passing the ball. Combined with the awareness of organizing offense with his back to the basket learned from Bird... Zhang Yang fell into deep thought.

We need to think carefully about how to use the awareness of post-up offense to help him create better shooting opportunities...

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After thinking about it for half the morning, Zhang Yang gave up thinking.

We still don’t know how the new season will be played, and we don’t know how many opportunities there will be for back-to-the-basket attacks.

Moreover, in order to organize an attack with his back to the basket, he needs to create the threat of the attack with his back to the basket first. Now that he has become famous in this aspect, he cannot be impatient.

However, although it may not be used for the time being, having it or not having it are two different things.

In the next 10 days, Zhang Yang hardly went to the gym for training. When he went, he wore a helmet and watched the decoration work outside the gym. He also practiced shooting, chatted with teammates he had a good relationship with, and teased the future coach Long.

Jordan negotiated with major sponsors for a whole summer and finally decided on the arena's title sponsor, the European Huskies' airline.

When Zhang Yang learned that the Charlotte Arena was going to be named after the Turkish Airlines Arena, he wanted to go to the owner to protest on the spot.

The name "Bobcat" is already very rustic, and now it's even more rustic.

But when Jordan and Tellem presented him with a three-year, $3 million Turkish Airlines endorsement contract... rustic? What do you mean by rustic? It was full of country flavor!

Whose family has been farming for three or five generations? I am proud of my countrymanship!

This summer, he didn't just train. After training, he had a lot of commercials to shoot. However, they were just some photos and videos taken in the stadium, so it wasn't too much trouble.

As for the signature shoes, more than half a year passed and the project was finally officially launched in August.

It’s not that AJ was unwilling to produce a signature shoe for him. Zhang Yang had several short meetings with Tellem, Jordan, and AJ executives. AJ attached great importance to his first generation of signature shoes and wanted to launch a series of sneakers that could compete with Jordan’s signature shoes, so the preparation period was longer.

Jordan strongly supports this. The better the sales, the more he gets...

Zhang Yang had no objection. For him, the launch of signature shoes was just a way to show off his face. He usually liked to wear the AJ11 customized for him by AJ, because it felt good on his feet. If the signature shoes were not so comfortable to wear, he would not wear them unless it was necessary.

It was the naming of the signature shoe that Zhang Yang felt was a bit too ostentatious – Arrogance; the first promotional slogan – The arrogance of.

Arrogant, conceited, overbearing, and looking down on everything.

Zhang Yang asked at the meeting why this name was chosen.

Jordan asked curiously, "Isn't this the meaning of your Chinese name?"

AJ executives also said that it was a Chinese designer in the company who knew a little Chinese who proposed the name of the signature shoe based on his name, and the Chinese name is Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang really wanted to explain that his name was not Zhang Yang... but he thought it was too much trouble. How could he explain the meaning of ideograms to a group of people who used phonetic characters? If he couldn't explain it clearly at once, he would just give up.

There's nothing wrong with the name of this sneaker, except that it's a bit too flashy.

Zhang Yang also went to the school twice, one was to pick up books, as he still needed to study hard, and the other was to have dinner with Tatum, who eventually chose to study at North Carolina.

Tatum originally preferred to join UCLA, but Russell Westbrook, who was ranked 137th among high school students in the United States, joined UCLA first, so he didn't want to go. Darren Collison was already there, and Westbrook, who was close to the top , came along. He would definitely have no chance if he went.

On the North Carolina side, with the generation of the North Carolina Big Four coming to an end, there are more opportunities for new entrants. Although North Carolina has snatched up Ty Lawson, the fifth-ranked high school student in the United States, the rankings of other point guards are not as high as Tatum, who is ranked in the 280th place.

Zhang Yang hopes that Tatum can enter the NBA in the future. Being ranked in the top 280 doesn’t mean he has no chance at all.

When he looked at the rankings of the 06 high school students, he saw a familiar name after 250th place - Stephen Curry, who joined Davidson College.

When he has time in the future, he can go watch the game. Davidson Town is not too far from Charlotte, and it only takes more than an hour to drive there. Now that he has obtained a formal driver's license, he can drive out to play alone!
Zhang Yang also saw his name on the list. He was ranked second by the Associated Press, after Greg Oden and before Kevin Durant.

He was very unhappy about this, not because he was not ranked first.

Oden's popularity in the 12th grade was no less than that of LeBron James. The media claimed that if the NBA draft had not stopped accepting applications from high school students, Oden would have been the undisputed No. 06 pick in the draft.

There's no point in arguing with a player who's been praised by the media before he even entered college. The truth is, he's a center and his talent is obvious to the naked eye.

The reason Zhang Yang was dissatisfied was - Kevin Durant, how could he not be second?

It is acceptable for Zhang San to be ranked third on this list.

…On September 9, the Bobcats gathered and entered the training camp. For the players, the 26-2006 season had already begun from this day!

On the first day of the training camp, Zhang Yang felt an atmosphere that was completely different from last year's training camp.

At that time, the team was filled with a sense of slackness, and more than half of the players were just idling away their time under the leadership of Brevin Knight.

The rookie team and the struggling team have only 6 people in total, but they are divided into two small teams, which seems to be weak. Oh, and there is also Okafor who doesn't fit in.

But this year is different, the team is thriving!
Of course, a team always has small groups.

Felton, Zhang Yang, Okafor, Alan Anderson and Matt Carroll were mixed together.

Gerald Wallace, Jumaine Jones and Perkins continued to form a small team. Rookie Millsap and Gerald Wallace hit it off and soon got along well.

The three new veterans, Muhammad, Derek Anderson and Othella Hannington, get along well with each other. As veteran players, they did not randomly stand on the side of Felton or Gerald Wallace. They wanted to see who would have the upper hand in the competition in the new season.

Rondo followed behind senior Muhammad, and he didn't care much about getting along well with his teammates.

He actually wanted to have more contact with Zhang Yang and wanted to join the "big boss gang", but he was afraid of Zhang Yang's "second personality", so he waited and watched for a while - Zhang Yang off the court was very different from Zhang Yang in a one-on-one match. Was there any difference between Zhang Yang in the offseason and Zhang Yang during the season?

As for the Struggle Team... each of those people looks less like a good person than the other. Although Rondo is not afraid of trouble, that small team is not within his consideration.

The Bobcats still have a loner this year - Walter Herman.

Walter Herman came from a good family, had a wealthy family, and received a good education. He spoke gently and acted in a graceful manner... but he always gave people a sense of distance when chatting.

Even Zhang Yang felt that he couldn't continue the conversation. Not only was the other party cold in character, but Hermann always gave him a sad feeling when he spoke, which affected his mood.

However, Zhang Yang saw that Okafor liked to chat with Herman very much. He guessed that Okafor was like that because Herman's father was a late great writer, and Herman himself had very good literary attainments... just like Okafor.

On the second day after the gathering, on the 27th, the Bobcats officially started training camp and conducted various tests on the players.

Zhang Yang arrived at the stadium first and completed the test first.

His test performance satisfied the coaching staff!
Taller, faster and stronger than this time last year!

With a barefoot height of 195 cm and a wingspan of 210 cm, he is impeccable as a shooting guard.

As shooting guards, the new FMVP of Miami only dares to call himself 193cm tall when wearing shoes. When standing next to Nash who calls himself 191cm tall when wearing shoes, it is hard to tell who is taller.

91 kg, a little thin, but I’m only 18 years old, so I’m not worried.

There has also been significant improvement in shooting and technique!
Bickerstaff was very excited. He felt the joy of training future superstars, as if he had returned to the good times when he coached Kemp and Payton.

But after the excitement, he felt regretful because he was too old and his energy was not as good as it used to be.

He has already talked to Jordan about stepping down as head coach, but has not yet decided on a successor.

Jordan meant that he had originally planned to invite the senior students, but Jack didn't seem to like them.

When Bickerstaff saw someone say this first, he said that he also felt that the championship coach was not suitable for their team, which mainly consists of young players.

If only one of Zhang Yang or Bickerstaff felt that it was not good, Jordan would still act arbitrarily, but if both felt that it was not good, he would tell Bickerstaff that he would consider it carefully and ask Bickerstaff to pay more attention to whether there were any suitable candidates.

Even if Bickerstaff retires, he will continue to serve as general manager, so it is very important to choose the successor to the head coach.

But it is not so urgent. He can hold on for two or three years. Even if there is no suitable candidate at the moment, a great coach may be suddenly fired one day, such as Philip Saunders of the Pistons.

Who would have thought that such a comprehensive and capable head coach would be suddenly fired.

As for Zhang Yang, after finishing the test, he ran to watch his teammates' tests, wanting to understand how much progress the old teammates had made and the abilities of the new teammates.

The fat guy has made great progress, and his three-pointers and close-range jump shots have become more accurate.

Moreover, technical moves such as step-back shooting, breaking through with the help of screens, and attacking the basket at close range are visibly simpler!
Playing cleanly and neatly is not only more entertaining to watch, but also more difficult to defend against.

Gerald Wallace's playing moves have also become cleaner and neater, it's just the technique itself...his breakthroughs are still a straight-forward tank-style play.

However, in terms of shooting, the crown prince's test performance surprised Zhang Yang. He had made obvious progress, probably... a breakthrough from 0 to 1?
In the three-point shooting test of 10 in a group, I can make quite a few of them, and I am no longer completely unable to shoot like before.

The free throw action was adjusted this summer, and the accuracy has been significantly improved.

Gerard Wallace's technical moves are more concise, thanks to Tim Grove.

The adjustment of shooting posture was thanks to England.

If Gerald Wallace had returned earlier last summer, adjustments would have been made earlier.

But at the end of the previous season, Engelland had not yet joined, and after Gerald Wallace returned, he discovered that the team had brought back the Nuggets' top shooting coach.

Training camp was about to start, and there was no time for Gerald Wallace to adjust his shooting action.

Okafor's changes are also obvious. His temperament has become sharper, and his eyes have become more fierce when he steps onto the court!

When Zhang Yang was watching, he seemed to see a tall version of Ben Wallace...as if Ben Wallace was also Oakley's younger brother?

Although Jordan complained that Okafor ended up in the ring while training, Okafor did not just learn a few boxing moves.

There has been some improvement in his mid-range shooting and obvious improvement in his close-range jump shot. His cuts after the screen are broken are sharper and his posture is more ferocious.

Other aspects, such as defensive improvements, are hard to see in the test, just like Okafor and Gerald Wallace.

Zhang Yang is not in a hurry. He will know the answer after the team training matches and preseason games.

After watching the tests of his three core teammates, Zhang Yang couldn't wait to start the new season!

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