Chapter 253: 252. The Mountain Cat Version of Erha's Development
From training surrounded by a group of people to practicing alone in the yard, Zhang Yang made a natural transition and felt happier during training.

Two trainers with outstanding abilities, ordinary trainers who get fixed salaries from multiple teams, cameramen who take daily shots, the boss and general manager who come to watch from time to time, and coaching staff members who stare at them with scrutinizing eyes... there will always be pressure.

In fact, he likes to train with a group of people, but he also likes to be alone occasionally.

For example, when the season is in progress, he trains at his preferred rhythm, sometimes training with his teammates, and sometimes training alone in a training ground.

The happy time alone lasted for a few days, but he couldn't stand the loneliness anymore, so he asked Felton and Alan Anderson, his two best teammates, to go to the Turkish Airlines Arena for training together.

The three of them were doing the physical training taught by Grove.

In this regard, Zhang Yang only had some exposure this summer, and Grove developed a lightweight strength training plan for him.

Felton and Rondo are different. Felton performed complete physical training when he trained with Grove for the first time last summer, and Rondo did the same this summer. Felton, who turned 22 last summer, and Rondo, who turned 2 in February this year, have fully developed their bodies.

Regarding Zhang Yang's strength and physical training, Jordan and Grove discussed and decided to be conservative.

It’s time for Zhang San to kowtow to the top high school student again.

Jordan just doesn't want to admit his mistakes verbally, but his failure with Kwame Brown and seeing Milicic being played like that and still getting an annual salary of 700 million after his rookie contract...the same mistake cannot be made with Zhang Yang.

Of course, what makes Jordan so patient and tolerant is directly related to the fact that the stock of "Zhang Yang Generation" was sold out in many stores as soon as it was launched.

The 19-year-old FMVP's first generation of signature shoes has this buff added, making it the hottest hit this summer.

In the words of sneaker collectors, this pair of shoes is even more collectible than AJ1. It was born together with the basketball legend of the 21st century.

Zhang Yang is not in a hurry to train in this area. Optimizing technology, strengthening technology, and improving shooting are his current focuses.

Of course, he would not neglect training in this area. When he was tired of practicing shooting and techniques, but did not want to rest, he would find the fat boss to practice physical fitness together.

Last season, Felton taught Alan Anderson the method of physical training. It may not be completely suitable for Alan Anderson, but some of the training details and concepts are much better than the training guided by the trainers with average professional abilities in the team, which is better than nothing.

This is also the reason why Felton is liked by his younger teammates. If he knows something and his teammates want to learn it, he can really teach it. He is very capable in this aspect.

After practicing for a whole morning, the three of them went to have lunch together at noon. After the meal, they chatted and talked about the recent failure of recruiting players.

Felton: "Matt wanted to return to our team, but the salary negotiations with Michael did not go well, and he was snatched away by the Mavericks."

After Matt Carroll was traded to the Trail Blazers last season, he played very well alongside Roy and Randolph, averaging 13.3 points, 3 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game during that time. He averaged 2.6 three-pointers per game and his three-point shooting percentage reached 42%.

The changing of teams by Yao Ming, Garnett and Kidd caused a shock in the league, and many teams started an arms race. Efficient shooters like Matt Carroll attracted competition from many teams.

Matt Carroll's own wish is, first of all, that he does not want to continue staying with the Trail Blazers, and secondly, that he wants to return to play for the Bobcats.

He graduated from college in 03 and was not selected in the draft. He had an outstanding shooting performance in the summer league and was signed by the Trail Blazers with a non-guaranteed minimum salary of US$2 for two years... His career started out as a nightmare. Those who understand the situation of the Trail Blazers in those two years know it.

After a collapse for most of the season, he was traded to the Spurs, but did not get a chance to play. In the summer of 04, he was picked up by Bickerstaff. In the 04-05 season, he averaged 9 points per game and got a 05-year guaranteed contract worth 2 million US dollars in the summer of 239.

Although he was sold as a commodity by the team last season and failed to win the championship with Fatso and Zhang San, the Bobcats are still Matt Carroll's first choice after his contract expires.

但乔丹只给了2年600万或3年900万的合同，且不愿意给超过3年的合同，最后马特-卡罗尔接受了小牛队4年2129万全额中产。

Zhang Yang: "The boss is still so stingy!"

Felton: "Yeah, Matt's salary is definitely more than 300 million a year, and he wants to come back on his own initiative."

Alan Anderson: "Michael is not stingy, right? My agent and I thought I could get up to 200 million a year, but he gave me 2 million for 500 years."

Alan gets 250 million a year?
This surprised both Zhang Yang and Felton.

200 million a year, this is the salary he expects to get because of the championship bonus. Normally, Alan Anderson's performance last season should have earned him a salary of just over 100 million, not more.

After lunch, the three returned to the arena and visited the NBA official website to check out the latest NBA lineup and salary information.

Gerald Wallace is gone, and Okafor, who was originally the second highest paid player, is now fourth!

最高的是年薪接近900万的迈克-米勒，05年签的6年4800万，还剩最后3年合计2700万出头。

Muhammad, 4 million per year for 650 years.

Cardinal's salary next season is 585 million and his contract is expiring.

Next is Okafor's last year of his rookie contract, $543 million, and Perkins' four-year, $4 million...

Zhang Yang: "Mike Miller seems to be a substitute in the new season, and Nazr and Brian Cardinal are also substitutes. The salary cap is 5800 million, and the salary share of substitutes is indeed very high. The three of them plus Patrick and Alan, the salary exceeds 2700 million, which is close to half of the salary cap.

When Matt comes back, our team will definitely play with substitutes. He and Mike Miller's defense is too bad. If I add him, if the three of us take up two starting positions, there will be no forward and guard defense.

The boss and Bernie have been trying to find a small forward who is good at defense. Our total salary is... 5100 million. A small forward who is good enough to play as a starter needs at least 300 or million, right? There is really no way to give Matt more than million a year.

And if we give them a short contract, we can use the salary space created by the rookie contracts of Raymond, Rajon, and Paul next summer and in the summer of 09 to introduce forwards. "

Alan Anderson: "Yeah, look at our salary situation. After Emeka, Jack and Raymond all renew their contracts, our total salary for the 09-10 season will be around 8000 million. We will have to pay taxes on that. Why do you always think Michael is stingy?"

Yes, why do you think Boss Qiao is stingy? Zhang Yang thought so in his heart, but he was very stubborn: "Alan, how can you speak for the capitalists? We are all workers who work hard to earn money, we should stand together!" Felton: "..."

Alan Anderson: “…”

The little brother (third brother) is really stubborn!
But let’s be honest, Zhang Yang’s attitude towards salary reminded them of NFL athletes.

No matter how high their salaries are, those guys are always fighting for benefits with the employers. Every time a labor agreement expires, they unite to demand a pay raise. They are indeed living a more comfortable life than NBA players...

So, even though Zhang Yang was very stubborn and unreasonable about this matter, they didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

The three of them checked the news for a while, and there was some progress in the soap opera. The Grizzlies were very ambitious and tried to bring in Ray Allen while there was still room, but the Supersonics wanted Gasol and the negotiations broke down.

The Trail Blazers offered Pierce an offer for Randolph, who averaged 20+10 per game, but the offer was rejected.

The dream was shattered, and the Trail Blazers immediately sent Randolph to the Knicks in exchange for Channing Frye, James Jones and others.

Felton: "Ainge must be pissed off. The Trail Blazers are treating him like a fool."

Zhang Yang: "After being rejected by Ainge, the Trail Blazers completed the deal with Thomas the next day. Ainge was treated as a fool, and Thomas was really... uh-huh."

Felton: "Does Thomas' signing and trade only focus on data? I used to like him, but now when I see his name, I feel... uh-huh."

At this point, Felton suddenly became melancholy: "Jack, what's wrong with me? This summer, every time I see other teams have good deals and signings, I'm so jealous. But it wasn't like that last summer. At that time, I was very happy as long as I made progress in training. I didn't care who other teams signed, and I didn't deliberately compare with other teams..."

Zhang Yang thought for a moment, organized his words, and said, "Our mentality is changing with the environment we are in. We were just a Beryllium Copper playoff team last summer with 45 wins. We didn't have much ambition at that time, but now it's different. We have tasted the wonderful feeling of holding the O'Brien Cup, and of course we want to hold the cup again... But this is a good thing. Where free agents will go, how other teams will trade, and whether there are players willing to come to us are not something we can control. In the end, we will turn all of this into our own motivation and work hard to become stronger!"

After listening to this, Felton thought for a while, and his idea soon became simple. He said, "Yes, it is most important for us to become stronger. Let's go to train! By the way, Jack, I see that you seem to have developed a new step-back technique. Come and help me!"

Zhang Yang naturally agreed, and the three of them went to the locker room to change into training clothes and warm up.

Ten minutes later, with the help of a trainer, Alan Anderson practiced catching the ball and shooting long shots from the baseline on one side of the three-point line to the other side of the three-point line. This was Carlisle's arrangement, which increased his offensive space.

First, he stands still on the wing to open up space. If the person defending him shrinks to help defend, he will wait if he has the conditions to catch the ball and shoot. If not, he will cut into the basket from the baseline. If he still can't catch the ball, he will run from the baseline to the other side of the three-point line...

From this arrangement, Zhang Yang saw a characteristic of Carlisle's coaching of the team - emphasizing space pulling, the movement of players and the ball, increasing the proportion of tactical tasks of role players, and reducing what core players need to do.

At the start of the 04-05 season, Artest and Jermaine O'Neal played simply and easily for the Pacers, starting with 6 wins and 1 loss.

Little-known fact: before the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills, the Pacers were beating up the Pistons. With 15 seconds left, the Pacers were leading the Pistons by 15 points. Artest easily scored 24 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, and Jermaine O'Neal also smiled and scored 20 points and 13 rebounds... The two of them could be said to have been rubbing Ben Wallace in the game that night. Ben Wallace was so upset that he pushed Artest, and then the Palace of Auburn Hills incident that everyone is familiar with happened.

Zhang Yang remembers that the Mavericks in the 10-11 season also played a similar style, which was even more extreme. At that time, Nowitzki didn't even have to grab rebounds. He focused on scoring and protecting the rim. He averaged 23 points per game, but only 7 rebounds per game. In the modern basketball era, Nowitzki's scoring and rebounding difference that season ranked second among power forwards. The first place was Stoudemire in the 04-05 season, who averaged 26 points and 8.9 rebounds per game.

Zhang Yang did not go to Carlisle to discuss offensive systems such as the 'Spurs system' and the 'Gintri-style run-and-gun' system right away. He had to wait until Carlisle took control of the team before considering this matter.

Carlisle hasn't officially coached their team yet. If he intervenes rashly now, it may affect Carlisle's progress in controlling the team.

Moreover, although it is unlikely, what if Carlisle can't coach their team?
Zhang Yang and Felton began to practice step-back shots.

Felton practiced Nash's version of the step-back shooting action and power technique explained by Zhang Yang several times, but felt uncomfortable.

"Jack, why do I feel so uncomfortable practicing? Everything feels awkward."

Zhang Yang: "This type of step-back really tests your sense of rhythm. If you are not good at playing with a bad rhythm, you need to practice more and adapt more."

Felton: "Oh, so I may not be able to learn it? That's okay, just like you said, I'll have another reference. By the way, Jack, help me think of a solution."

Zhang Yang: "Think of a solution? What is it?"

Felton: "I want to expand my shooting area, but I don't know where to start. From the three-point line, close in and pull up from mid-range? Or expand from the inside to expand my close-range shooting range?"

Little Fatty has become very motivated! He has even started to think about expanding his shooting area! Zhang San is very pleased again.

Zhang Yang: "The range of mid-range shots is too large. It's hard to see results in a short period of time. Let's expand from the inside out... Let me think about it..."

Zhang Yang looked at the ceiling and took the initiative to recall the game against the Thunder during the last training session.

Harden increased his main attack frequency from G3. Although his hit rate dropped significantly, he helped Durant maintain continuity. That was the style he used most in his personal offense...

Zhang Yang: "Got it, you stop immediately at your close-range shot position and step back to shoot!
Your close-range lob is very threatening, and the opponent will definitely block the space there. After you rush there and stop suddenly, take a step back. The opponent may have reached the limit of the moving distance to block and defend, so you can shoot directly;

If the opponent continues to block the inside line, the space behind them under the basket will be larger, and you can dunk the ball, which requires the cooperation of the player who cuts in.

If the wing comes over, you are farther away from the basket, have a better vision on both wings, and are in a better position to pass the ball..."

As Zhang San was saying this, Erha from the city of Chapel Hill next door sneezed...

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