Chapter 59. The three brothers start the involution mode

At around 9 o'clock, Yang Jing and Zhang Chen looked at their son carrying a few chairs back, both speechless.

The couple speculated that their son might have taken him out for training. They couldn't imagine why their son, a basketball player, would need a chair as a weight for training? If you don't understand, just ask!

Zhang Yang replied, "I use it as an obstacle to practice my slalom steps. Isn't there no dine-in service in the morning at the cafe? It won't affect our business."

Yang Jing felt relieved after getting her doubts answered. She said, "Should we buy some professional equipment for training? The chair is pretty heavy."

"Winter vacation is only half a month, so let's use the chair first. The park is not far away, and it's not tiring to carry it there. I can also practice my strength at the same time. We can think about it in the summer."

Yang Jing nodded and didn't insist anymore, it wasn't a big deal.

Zhang Yang went back upstairs to take a shower, changed his clothes and went downstairs to help. After lunch, he went to the coffee shop to help with odd jobs and learned how to hand-grind coffee from the barista. He found it was quite simple. The barista recommended him to buy personal grinders, coffee beans, etc., which were much cheaper than he thought. He looked at the price of hand-grinded coffee in the store and thought that this business was really profitable.

However, grinding coffee is like brewing tea, which can calm people's minds. It is also nice to make some coffee occasionally when you feel restless. He doesn't drink coffee often, but he can make some for the coach to thank him for his care.

He asked the barista to help him buy a set of grinders, long-spout kettles and other items to take to Thomas's home.

In the evening, he continued to go to the park for training. This time he did not carry a chair. It was enough to practice attacking the basket around the chair in the morning. He used the evening time to practice shooting, ball control, and basic defensive steps.

Compared to 'myself' who practiced defense for three years in college and two years after graduating from college, his current defensive basics are simply terrible. He doesn't expect to be as good as they were back then, but at least he has to get started so that he can develop better habits in the game, so as to avoid having to correct his muscle memory after getting used to blind defense.

His ball control needs to be further improved. Shooting after pick-and-roll and breaking through with the Euro step both require very high ball control skills.

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A few days later, at 30:6 in the morning on the th, when Zhang Yang came to the park carrying a chair, he saw the familiar figure and greeted him enthusiastically.

DeRozan responded, but stopped talking.

Did you carry the chair from home? Isn't this wooden chair heavy? Why not borrow one from the security guard? Aren't plastic chairs much lighter? You don't have to carry them that far... In the end, he didn't ask, so he just left it as it is.

After a day of training with Zhang Yang, DeRozan felt a lot of pressure.

My friends are developing new technologies again!

Snake players are a very strange group of people. Some of them are withdrawn, some are arrogant, some are socially anxious... but they are very proactive when they want to learn something, even if it means learning from people who are weaker than themselves.

But after trying to learn the pick-and-roll shooting ideas and Eurostep from his friends who watched videos of the Spurs, DeRozan gave up, at least temporarily.

Both of these moves are very dependent on rhythm. DeRozan does not follow the rhythm flow, the style is too different. In terms of playing style, he is a "hardcore technical man."

However, Kobe also played in this style in the first five years of his career. But after attending Jordan's training camp in the summer of 5, Kobe began to figure out his "sense of rhythm". After a year of hard training, Kobe's strength improved qualitatively in the 01-02 season. For the first time in his career, he averaged 03 points per game and was able to get a first team while playing first defense for the first time.

Erha and Zhang San both have a good sense of rhythm. If DeRozan wants to learn, he can learn at any time. At this stage, he is preparing to practice long-range shooting first, focusing on long two-point shots from high positions and three-point shots from the sidelines. He is preparing for the next two years of his high school career. He wants to better cooperate with Zhang Yang and Tatum.

Zhang Yang currently focuses on shooting from the free throw line, attacking the basket, and counterattacks. Tatum focuses on positional team tactics and counterattacks. DeRozan is responsible for singles scoring + long-range shooting. This is currently the most suitable style of play for the three of them to cooperate with.

However, DeRozan was very interested in the basic defensive skills that Zhang Yang was practicing. In the evening, he practiced with Zhang Yang. When they got tired of practicing, they would play one-on-one. They were very serious about offense and defense, which could be regarded as practicing defense.

A few days passed in a flash, and the vacation came to an end. On January 1, the fifth day before the winter vacation, Zhang Yang and DeRozan took Thomas' car to Compton. School started on January 7. The day before school started was Sunday, and their reserve team had a game to play.

After arriving in Compton, Zhang Yang first accompanied DeRozan home, and then went to see Harden together and had lunch. Coincidentally, the opponent of Compton High School's first game after the holiday was the Lionwood High School preparatory team where Harden was.

But when he arrived at Harden's house, DeRozan heard something he couldn't accept.

"James, you're on the main team? Why?" DeRozan said in an unwilling tone.

Harden laughed proudly, "Hahahaha, you must be envious. I joined the main team earlier than all of you! Hahahaha..."

Zhang Yang is much more open-minded than DeRozan. He analyzed: "James' current playing style is to catch the ball in the corner and shoot three-pointers. He may have more opportunities to show this style in the main team than in the reserve team. In the reserve team, he often can't catch the ball even when he is open. The tactical coordination of their reserve team is much worse than ours. James's ability to attack the basket cannot be brought into play, and there are often a lot of people running around in the interior. If their team wants to train him better, they should let him go to the main team... By the way, DeMar, isn't our team's James going to the main team soon?"

DeRozan remembered that on the way back from Hidden Mountain in the morning, Thomas mentioned that James Keefe would go to the main team to play as a substitute for Afflalo. He felt that Zhang Yang's analysis made sense... but he was still unwilling! James Keefe is a 10th grade player, and Erha actually entered the main team earlier than him, DeRozan!

Wait, the coaches have said that Zhang San’s tactical awareness, tactical understanding, tactical execution, leadership... etc. are better than those of the 11th and 12th grade players in the main team. Could it be that Zhang San will join the main team earlier?

DeRozan is under more pressure! He feels that he, DeRozan, will be the last one to fall behind!
However, his worry was in vain. It was precisely because Zhang Yang had leadership skills on the court that the main team players did not have that the coaching staff would not put Zhang Yang, who was not strong enough, into the main team when Afflalo and Ship were still on the team.

Zhang Yang is in the reserve team, playing in the second-tier league. Many things can be solved by relying on physical fitness, but when he reaches the first-tier league, his strength is not enough. A person with not so strong strength will not be able to bring his leadership ability on the court to bear, and will also cause disgust among teammates.

Moreover, the outside trio of Tatum, Zhang Yang and DeRozan is the core lineup of the main team in the coaching staff's mind for the next two years. Letting the three play together more often and strengthening the tacit understanding among the three is better than anything else.

After lunch, the three went to the park to fry fish.

It has been more than three months since I last saw Zhang Yang play. After seeing Zhang Yang's progress in the past few months, Harden felt terrible. He found that he couldn't beat Zhang Yang in a one-on-one fight!

No! He wants to open the book!
However, when Harden saw Zhang Yang trying to use the European step when he was bullying the weaker players, he really liked it!
After frying the fish, Harden asked Zhang Yang about the Eurostep and learned that Zhang Yang learned it from watching Ginobili's videos. He also planned to buy the Spurs' game videos.

Harden never watched the Spurs' games before, even though the Spurs had Duncan, but also Carter, Ray Allen, Alan Houston... all of them were repeatedly blackmailed by the Spurs, and the Spurs' reputation was ruined. They were considered the most disliked team by children, no doubt about it.

But if you want to learn technology...it's okay to just take a look.

DeRozan felt more pressured when he saw that Harden really wanted to learn the Eurostep... The Compton Trio King combination was officially formed this winter!

(End of this chapter)