Chapter 238 237. Crazy Offseason Part

“Name: Zhang Yang.

Age: 19 (June 1988, 6)
Height: 196 cm, wingspan: 210 cm.

Weight: 93 kg.

Ability value evaluation: three-pointer 81, mid-range shot 87 (upper limit 94), layup 90 (upper limit), ball control 89, passing 81, speed 93, strength 84, jumping 87, physical strength 90...

Cumulative shooting value: 97621...

Gains from the training: Steve Nash's sense of ball control rhythm (intermediate), continuous jumping ability improvement, the devil's pace of the demon sword, the rhythm of Bird's back-to-the-basket play (intermediate), a slight improvement in core strength, small wins big, the art of back to the basket, I age a little slower (intermediate). "

At the beginning of the first round against the Nets, my physical strength had just risen to 89. I fought hard for more than 20 games in the playoffs. Then I rested for a few days to let my body recover and then did high-intensity shooting training. As I practiced, I successfully improved my physical strength to 90.

The mid-range shot was stuck with three-pointers for a while before, and then it broke 80. After it reached a level where it could be used as a regular offensive method during the regular season, the mid-range shot began to improve steadily. It was 86 before the start of the playoffs and increased by another 1 point after the playoffs.

He didn't deliberately gain weight, but after he stopped growing taller, his weight naturally increased, and his strength also increased to 84, and his jumping ability also increased with the increase in strength.

However, his weight has not increased for several months after reaching 93 kg. He estimates that with his training volume and eating habits, his weight should not fluctuate much if he does not actively gain weight.

He took the initiative to recall his training memories. When the weight increases to 95 kg, the speed will drop to 92.

In that time and space, he gained weight for defense. It was worth sacrificing a little speed to increase 5 pounds of weight to increase confrontation. Here, he doesn't need to defend against heavy opponents, so there is no need to gain weight for the time being.

Zhang Yang is looking forward to it as he is only 2400 points away from the 10 shooting points required to start his training.

Whether you learn new skills or gain experience, it is very useful.

Nash's sense of rhythm in ball control allows him to achieve twice the result with half the effort in developing breakthroughs, pre-shot techniques, and rim-attacking techniques.

The devil's steps and back-to-the-frame art are more direct. Once you learn the techniques, you can make them stronger. His European steps made the Demon Sword marvel at his talent, and his back-to-the-basket shot made the Big Bird look sideways. These two experiences and gains contributed greatly to his success.

After being happy for a while about his improved physical strength, Zhang Yang continued to practice!
The goal for this summer is to get close to 85 for three-point shooting and close to 90 for mid-range shooting. I hope that next time I will have more talent to attack the basket. It has been hinted before that the layup ceiling of 90 is based on the physical fitness that has not yet fully developed. It will be at the age of or when the athletic ability is at its peak. At that time, the layup ceiling may naturally grow a little, but that will take several years. Any increase now is better. Anyway, it is the final ceiling that is being increased, so it is not a loss if it is increased now.

Of course, if he draws the upper limit of mid-range shots, he can barely accept it...

If you work harder, you can accumulate 10 shooting points in two more days of practice at most.

After practicing for another two hours, at around 4 p.m., Zhang Yang finished his training. He practiced hard during the planned time and rested when he needed to, to ensure the continuity of his daily training.

People all praise him for his good physical strength and strong recovery ability. In fact, he himself works very hard and pays great attention to this aspect. Since he has this talent, he must make the best use of it.

After finishing the physical therapy and taking a shower, when Zhang Yang was about to leave, he saw Bickerstaff and Carlisle returning to the gym with happy faces.

Zhang Yang greeted the two and asked, "What are you so happy about? Has Gerrard's contract been renewed?"

Bickerstaff rolled his eyes at Zhang Yang and said, "I wish it was that smooth. Gerrard is so popular. He's even meeting with that brother team in Los Angeles."

Carlisle: "Haha, Bernie, Lakers fans will challenge you when they hear you say the Lakers and Clippers are brother teams... Gerald's matter can't be rushed, we have to respect his decision. After all, we really can't give him a maximum salary. If we give him three maximum salaries, our salary structure will collapse. We are happy because Nazr's contract extension is done."

Zhang Yang: "Matched the Pistons' offer of 4 years and $2800 million?"

Bickerstaff: "Four years and $4 million is a huge loss. He was ready to accept the Pistons' contract because he thought we were only willing to give him a middle-class salary. We didn't dare to ask for it easily because we thought he wouldn't want to stay with the team if it was less than $2600 million per year. As a result, we offered him a four-year, $700 million contract today, and he signed it immediately. After signing, he told me that he would only ask for a bigger contract if he went to the Pistons.

If I had known, I would have offered 4 million for four years, which would have allowed me to add 2400 per year to Gerrard's offer."

Zhang Yang: "Didn't you save 200 million from Kendrick? Just consider it as a break-even."

Before the offseason began, Jordan offered Perkins a four-year, $4 million contract extension, but it was not signed immediately because the season ended too late and both the team and Perkins were very busy at the time.

On the 1st, after the free market opened, the Mavericks offered Perkins, who was a restricted free agent, 4 million for four years, but Perkins rejected the Mavericks' offer on the first day and completed the contract extension with the Bobcats.

Muhammad's value is much higher. When the Bobcats just won the championship, many teams applied to meet with Muhammad in advance, but were rejected by Jordan. After the free market opened, a bunch of offers were sent to Muhammad, all of which were contracts with an average annual value of five or six million.

Muhammad played an important role in the Bobcats' road to the championship, not only because he could play two positions in the interior, shoot, attack the basket and defend, but also because of his rich experience and leadership ability.

The person who communicated the most with the coaching staff during the playoffs was not from the Boss Gang or the Fighting Group... but Muhammad.

When it came to imitating the Spurs' defensive strategy and cutting off the Spurs' inside-outside connection, Muhammad provided a lot of advice to the coaching staff.

The results that the boss, who does not have much experience at the moment, can produce after helping a group of people to hold a meeting and discuss things are far inferior to what Muhammad can achieve alone.

Bickerstaff: "Kendrick took a pay cut to renew his contract because he can be your teammate and get endorsement fees. I wonder what people in your country think of Kendrick. How can they think Kendrick is cute? How can he have so many fans in China? Nazir's personality is not much better than Kendrick's, but Nazir doesn't have many endorsements in China."

Zhang Yang: "In our country, cute also means looking stupid, but he just looks stupid and cute. He is actually a very smart person, otherwise he wouldn't have considered this aspect."

Bickerstaff: "Indeed, Kendrick is very smart. A reporter said that your high score in the playoffs is because someone else has done all the dirty work for you, and you only need to score points. He said that the FMVP should go to Duncan, the loser. Kendrick was more anxious than you and cursed at the reporter, which won the love of many of your fans."

Zhang Yang: "He said that, and I like him too."

Bickerstaff: "Haha, who doesn't like to hear nice words? Now that the center position contract renewal is settled, our focus can be on Gerrard alone. He said he needs two weeks to think about it. Let's be patient. Two weeks should not delay our summer signings or trades. Although we need to be patient, we still decided to go to Los Angeles tomorrow to talk to Gerrard in person. Michael will go with us..."

After chatting for a while and learning about the team's contract renewal, Zhang Yang left the stadium and went home.

After Zhang Yang left, Carlisle said to Bickerstaff, "Bernie, were you too direct when you spoke to Jack?"

Bickerstaff: "Jack is too smart and has a lot of thoughts. Speak to him directly and don't treat him like any other 19-year-old kid."

Carlisle thought about his experience with Zhang Yang during the past few months with the Bobcats and nodded, "That's right, it's better to communicate with him directly and tell him the details of the contract renewal. He can communicate with Gerrard and maybe help him renew his contract." Bickerstaff: "That's my plan, but I don't think we can keep Gerrard."

Carlisle sighed when he heard this: "Too many talents is also a troublesome thing. The key is that these talents are too young. The boss is willing to spend money, but he can't renew the contracts of the four core players and then sign a bunch of minimum salary players, right?"

Bickerstaff: "The best case scenario is to trade back and forth, and hopefully not get nothing in return like the Magic lost O'Neal."

...

As for Zhang Yang, as Carlisle speculated, he was going to contact Gerald Wallace, but he would not go.

The boss must take responsibility for this kind of time-consuming and laborious work that may not even pay off.

After Zhang San called and told Little Fatty Boss about this, Little Fatty Boss agreed immediately and asked him to contact Gerald Wallace. He happened to be in San Francisco, so he could talk to Gerald Wallace directly.

After agreeing, the fat boss asked Zhang San to help him analyze the possibility of Gerald Wallace staying in the team.

The results of Zhang Yang's analysis are similar to Carlyle's.

Felton said depressedly: "Although I guessed that this might be the case, it's still very sad, but there will always be people coming and going..."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yang was infected by Felton's emotions and felt a little disappointed.

When he thought about it alone, he was very open-minded, but when he talked about it with others, he became emotional.

It’s only been half a month since the championship night, and every bit of our hard work together in the playoffs is still vivid in my mind.

When his emotions came, he did not suppress them, but let himself recall them. He had to get used to this kind of thing...

After waking up from a nap, Zhang Yang became focused again.

Regardless of whether Gerald Wallace stays or leaves in the end, the most important thing is for Zhang San to improve his own strength.

After a day of training, in the evening, Felton called.

The boss always does things in a hurry. He decided to do it yesterday and flew to Los Angeles this morning to have dinner with Gerald Wallace.

Seeing Felton, who had always been in a competitive state, personally came to persuade him to stay, Gerald Wallace expressed his true thoughts.

The decisive factor in staying or leaving is not salary, but more importantly the team role and core identity.

He believes that he has done his best as the second-in-command in the frontcourt, having won the championship, and now wants to be the core of the frontcourt.

On the Bobcats, with Okafor at the forward position, Gerald Wallace is bound to not be able to become the core of the frontcourt.

Zhang Yang thought of this when he speculated on the reasons why Gerald Wallace decisively tested the free market, but he did not expect that this was the most core reason.

All we can say is that deep down in his heart the Crown Prince still regards basketball as a job. If he has the conditions and feels he can do it, he will want to keep climbing up and will not be affected by emotional factors.

This is what happens to players who treat basketball as a job rather than a passion.

Winning the championship together will not affect Gerald Wallace's decision to stay or go.

However, Gerald Wallace expressed his attitude to Felton that if he wanted to leave, he would leave the team by signing first and then trading, leaving something for the team to repay the team's kindness in 04.

If it weren't for Bickerstaff's keen eye in taking Gerald Wallace away, he would not only be completely useless, but would also be delayed by the Kings for another year. He has already wasted three years, and if he wastes another year, the height he can reach will inevitably be lower.

Zhang Yang learned from Felton that Gerald Wallace had rejected the five-year maximum salary offer from the Clippers and he felt there was no future for him to join the Clippers.

联盟公布的07-08赛季的工资帽是5794万美刀，快船队给杰拉德-华莱士提供的报价最高，起薪1448万美刀，5年合计8339万美刀。

Gerald Wallace was more willing to accept the Lakers' offer of a starting salary of US$1200 million and a total of US$4 million over four years, but the talks broke down because Kobe was flirting with the Bulls and had not yet decided whether to stay or leave. If Kobe did not stay, Gerald Wallace was unwilling to go.

Zhang Yang was quite surprised by the team that Gerald Wallace was considering these days - the Grizzlies.

After hanging up the phone with Felton, Zhang Yang called Carlisle and told the head coach what Gerald Wallace was thinking now.

Since Gerald Wallace said these things, he must want to convey them to the Bobcats management through Felton. There are some things that players can talk about without being embarrassed, but players and management can never open their mouths to talk about them.

...

The next day, July 7, Zhang Yang continued training. After a morning of training, the "Gate of Experience" prompt came. After collecting 9 shooting points, he could start the experience. This time it was 10 timelines!
A year later, he finally had the experience he had been looking forward to for a long time.

On the 16th, next Monday, the training camp arranged by Boss Joe will begin. Legendary trainer Grove will lead the team in training, with England assisting.

He plans to complete the training before the training camp starts. If he can learn new techniques, it will definitely be smoother to develop with the help of Grove and Englander. If he lays a good foundation at the beginning, he will encounter fewer pitfalls later.

During the lunch break, Zhang Yang turned on his computer to check the news and watch other superstars' soap operas.

He was able to remain calm about the Gerald Wallace incident in private, mainly because other teams were in even greater chaos.

Parker, Kobe, Garnett, Kidd, Pierce, Ray Allen... a lot of people have applied for trades. The free market is currently in chaos. Gerald Wallace is the least famous among this group of people.

Just when Zhang Yang was enjoying his meal, a phone call came and told him a shocking news... Yao Ming joined the Bulls!

This transaction also ignited the free market that had been ready for a long time!

(End of this chapter)