Chapter 265 264. Three bald men make a stunning appearance, and the bad boy makes his final appearance

"Jack, although you have good physical fitness, your strengths lie in your sense of rhythm and coordination. Your instantaneous explosive power is not that good, so you are not suitable to learn my breakthrough."

Hill hesitated for a moment, then said it directly.

He believes that the bad boy Jack has a strong mentality and will not be affected by this.

As Hill expected, Zhang Yang nodded and said, "I know that even if I can create space, I can't pass the opponent in an instant like you and Iverson. Moreover, this move is very easy to get injured. Only players like Iverson who weigh less than 170 pounds (75 kilograms) can withstand the knees and ankles. I just want to improve my breakthrough ability and learn more breakthrough methods to see if I can get some inspiration."

Hill: "Yes, this move is only suitable for small guards. If I could go back 20 years, I would change my playing style when I was in high school. At that time, although I was not as strong as you are now, I was almost as tall. It's great that you understand this."

Zhang Yang continued, "I actually practiced for two days in July, but I couldn't find the feeling at that time, so I was ready to give up. Now that I'm your teammate, I still want to learn. I wanted to learn during the preseason, but the tactical training was too much at that time and I didn't have time. Now I finally have time, and I want to learn it before the regular season starts. I may not have time after the regular season starts."

Hill nodded to show that he understood... Wait, what do you mean by learn it before the regular season starts?
It is very difficult for such a good boy like Hill to break through!
The butterfly step requires extremely high footwork, ball control, defensive reading ability, predictive ability... okay!

Hill: This good boy wants to see how a bad boy like you can 'learn it quickly'!
Two days later...

October 10th, the day before the regular season opener.

The Bobcats did very little preparation for the opening game. Carlisle led the team to a meeting in the morning, conducted one offensive training session and one defensive training session, and even had the players practice basic skills in the afternoon.

The main reason is that in the past two years, the two teams have played against each other 16 times, and the Bobcats have won all of them. However, this summer, the Cavaliers did not get any free agents except signing Devin Brown with a minimum salary. They did not even have a draft pick, and they did not add any rookies... When Randy Brown handed the preparation plan to Carlisle, the three newcomers Carlisle, Vincent and Paul Silas analyzed it and found that they could not think of a better response strategy.

Even Paul Silas, who once coached James, couldn't think of a better way.

Carlisle was naturally happy that his work could be easier, but he was very unconvinced - wait until I see the Cavaliers' play in person, I will definitely be able to think of a better way to target James next time we play, but I'd better go get a haircut today.

Carlisle started to work hard secretly, wanting to give James a hard time later. Hill began to doubt his life...

The day before yesterday afternoon, Hill began to teach Zhang Yang the butterfly step. When he first started teaching, he could see that Zhang Yang had traces of practicing this move before, but he was just posing and there was no possibility of any actual combat. Even when playing dam ball, if he encountered someone with quick hands, he might be intercepted when pulling the ball.

But after more than an hour, Zhang Yang's movements were already quite good!

After the team training ended yesterday afternoon, Hill continued teaching and Zhang Yang practiced for another two hours and basically learned it.

Today, during the individual training session in the afternoon, Zhang Yang was already able to skillfully perform the butterfly step even for fun.

Hill remembered that England seemed to have told him that Zhang Yang learned things quickly.

But what he considered "fast" at that time was about the same as his learning speed, because he was also a genius and learned techniques very quickly, otherwise he would not have been able to reconstruct his entire playing style in just 6 months.

He began receiving treatment from Thomas Carter in January 06, and began rehabilitation and adjustment of his playing style after recovering from his injury in May. His personal playing style had been adjusted during the training camp in October. After seven preseason games of actual combat testing and adjustment, he had completely transformed into a veteran role player with a simple floor-based playing style during the regular season.

It only took Zhang Yang two and a half days, and he did it during his spare time outside of team training!
He has good offensive talent, averaging 17+ points per game at the age of 15 and 18 points per game at the age of 24. He has the league's top physical coordination, sense of rhythm, and shooting feel.

He has good defensive talent. At the age of 19, he may have the best defensive basic skills under the age of 21. He has top-notch defensive awareness and seemingly innate defensive judgment ability, as if he was born with defensive experience. The first time he took on the role of main defense at the top arc, he had almost excellent level of defense.

Coupled with this terrifying learning ability...

Hill: Is there any justice in the world? Good kids are not as talented as bad kids!

...

Relying on the bonus of 'Butterfly Step Quick Learning' and the personal teaching of Butterfly Step Master Hill, Zhang Yang quickly learned the basics of Butterfly Step.

Now that he is learning skills, with the bonus of "quick learning", he no longer needs to practice for two or three days like he did in high school and his rookie season. In four and a half years, he has laid a very solid foundation for basketball basics, which has greatly improved his learning efficiency.

The afternoon's personal training ended, and Zhang Yang's butterfly step learning also came to an end.

He said to Hill: "I can't use this trick. My starting, subsequent acceleration, and emergency braking during sprints are far inferior to Iverson and you in the past."

Hill pretended to be angry and said, “I’m not old, I just changed my playing style!

Haha, this move really tests speed. Even though Iverson is 32 years old, he is still one of the fastest people in the league. In terms of starting, among the active players I have seen, only Dwyane Wade is faster than him... Rajon may be a little faster than him, there is no one else; in the sprint after starting, maybe only Tony Parker and TJ Ford are better than him. In terms of comprehensive speed, Iverson is still number one in the league.

Your speed is good, but Iverson's speed is the best in history. There may be no one better than him in the history of basketball."

Zhang Yang: "I feel like you're actually praising yourself."

Hill: “Wow, you found me!”

Zhang Yang: "...I know my physical condition very well. The most suitable person to learn this is Rajon in our team. He is small, light, and has a very long wingspan. His pull range and fake moves may be more deceptive than Iverson's, but he can only drive and not shoot. This move creates the most shooting opportunities in the mid-range. It's a pity that he doesn't have the talent for mid-range shooting."

Hill: "Yes, it's a pity. When I first saw Rajon play, I thought he was suitable for this, but then I saw that he missed both free throws... If our team didn't have Chip, Rajon's free throw performance might have to be on par with O'Neal and Duncan."

Zhang Yang: Your prediction is correct...

Hill: "However, Jack, although it is not suitable for you to learn this move directly, I think it is feasible for you to use your sense of rhythm to improve this move.

I didn’t recommend you to learn it before because I thought you couldn’t learn it, or you would learn it very slowly because it wasn’t suitable for you. In that case, I felt there was no need to waste time. Now that you can learn this trick, and learn it so quickly, it’s different…”

After Hill finished singing "God is Really a Girl" in anger, he actively discussed and experimented with Zhang Yang on combining rhythm flow breakthrough and butterfly steps.

In fact, when Hill was young, he also thought about improving the butterfly step to make this offensive method more diverse.

However, Zhang Yang does not have the shocking explosive starting speed that Hill had when he was young, and Hill does not have Zhang Yang's amazing sense of rhythm. Hill has ideas but no practical conditions for improvement.

Now that there is finally a place to try out his ideas from back then, Hill is full of energy!
...

The four-day break passed in a flash, and on October 4, the first game day of the NBA 10-31 season arrived. Today, the league only scheduled two games.

The Bobcats will host the Cavaliers, and the Lakers will host the Bulls.

The attention to both games and the fans' enthusiasm for discussion were both very high.

Sports media have gathered in the two cities of Charlotte and Los Angeles. The Bobcats opened their training ground today for filming and interviews. After all, the boss is Jordan. Although Jordan's mentality has completed the transformation as a boss, he is still arrogant when he is arrogant. The meaning is very clear - even if the tactics are told to the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers will not be able to deal with it.

Because of Jordan's move, the Bobcats were once again wildly abused by a large group of fans online, but more fans immediately stood up to support the Bobcats.

James was ranked third in the player rankings, which caused public outrage.

Although most other media ranked James between 6 and 10, and some even ranked him outside the top 10, ESPN's ranking was more popular, and most fans remembered that James ranked third.

As for Zhang Yang, there was no interruption in camera and interviews from the moment he arrived at the gym in the morning until it closed for lunch.

The three most frequently asked topics are the outlook for the new season, the impact of Gerald Wallace's departure, and... Hill's physical condition.

Hill has been labeled as "out for the season", especially since he just played 65 games last season. Based on past experience, many people believe that this season may be Hill's last season in his career and he will be out for the rest of the season. If he is out for the season again at the age of 35, he will definitely have to retire.

Zhang Yang answered these questions in a low-key and conservative manner:

"Championship. My goal in my first year in the NBA was to win the championship. There is no player who steps on the court without winning, right? As long as I am still playing, my only goal will be to win the championship."

"Gerrard's departure is a great loss for us, but we will do our best to make up for the impact of his departure. I am very happy that he has gone to the team he wanted to go to. I am looking forward to the game against the Grizzlies."

"Grant is in great shape and he's going to surprise you guys."

When asked about the outcome of tonight's game, Zhang Yang started to show off - "I'm ready to celebrate my 17th consecutive win."

After this answer was leaked by the media, Zhang Yang followed in Jordan's footsteps and was slandered and abused by a large number of fans, but someone quickly stood up to speak for him...

It was evening, around 7:. After Zhang Yang finished warming up, he and his teammates went to the player tunnel.

Zhang Yang is in a very excited mood now. At a glance, he sees that the 20,000 spectators around the stadium, regardless of gender, age or status, are all wearing hats with the word "Champion" printed on them, which were customized and given by the Bobcats.

Most of the Bobcats players were as excited as Zhang Yang.

Felton said to the camera: "It feels so happy to let our fans proudly shout 'We are the champions' and wear the caps with 'champions' printed on them... This is what he said, and I like this sentence very much."

The camera suddenly turned to Zhang San standing aside.

"..."

Zhang San looked at the fat little boss pointing at him... Can he change the boss?
Can't we say this in private? If you want to say it, just say it's your own words!
It’s so embarrassing to cum in front of so many people and in front of the camera!

However, seeing the scene in front of him, Zhang Yang is more eager to continue to win the championship...

Soon, it was 7: and the entrance ceremony started on time.

The Cavaliers players entered the stadium first, and the fans at the scene gave enthusiastic cheers and applause to James and other visiting players.

The Cavaliers players were not happy to hear the cheers, but they were not as angry as they were in last season's playoffs. Their expressions were... numb.

The Cavaliers were really numb from losing. Last year, they ended the playoffs against the Bobcats, and this year, they continued to play the Bobcats in the opening game. When the September schedule came out, many Cavaliers players were about to break down.

In the home team's player tunnel, Felton was also complaining: "I don't know why the league arranged them as our opponents. Shouldn't they arrange the Spurs or Pistons? Even if playing against them is not interesting, the Heat should be arranged, right? Wade is the third youngest active FMVP and the sixth in history. He also wears the No. 3 jersey like you, Jack. Isn't it more interesting than playing against the Cavaliers?"

Zhang Yang: "Who makes King younger? He will only be 23 next month, and Wade will be 26 soon."

Felton: "James can't win the Finals MVP at the age of 26."

Zhang Yang: "Who can say for sure? What if Wade, Bosh, and Anthony all team up with him?"

Felton: "That's impossible! Kidd and Garnett, two players in their 30s, were criticized so badly for joining forces with Kobe. If they join forces at the age of 26? They will be criticized to death!"

Zhang Yang: "Who knows...Okay, it's time to go in, put on your training clothes."

Felton, who was leaning against the wall, also saw the spotlight coming, and quickly stood up, joined the "Duan Wang" group, and straightened his training clothes.

Zhang Yang looked outside the player tunnel. The owner, general manager, and head coach were already outside... Holy shit! Three big bald heads!

The attention of the fans at the scene and the live camera were also focused on these three people. The shiny heads of this trio were so eye-catching!

The DJ called out the names of the Bobcats players very professionally, and the fans at the scene came to their senses and cheered for the players...but why was Okafor the first name?

Zhang Yang was also surprised when he saw Okafor, who was the first to run out of the player tunnel. Although Felton regarded himself as the boss in his rookie season and Okafor did not refute this statement, Okafor had always been the last to appear in the past two seasons. Now he even gave up the last appearance?
The little fat boss has made progress again!

The next two players to run out of the player tunnel after their names were called out by the DJ were Hill and Perkins. They were also greeted with deafening cheers, especially when Hill came on the court, the fans at the scene screamed continuously.

After Perkins ran out, Zhang Yang stood at the entrance of the player tunnel, ready to run out...but was pulled behind by Felton.

Zhang Yang was a little confused when he heard the DJ shout "Welcome our boss Raymond" and saw Felton running out of the player tunnel in response.

It was not until he heard the DJ shout "Welcome our MVP, bad boy Jack" that Zhang Yang came to his senses, took a deep breath, held his head high, and ran out of the player tunnel!

(End of this chapter)