Five Hundred and Ninety-Five. Your 3 Points Are Like a Joke!

At 8 o'clock in the morning on December 15th, Tim Hardaway came to the arena on time, preparing to practice by himself before the team gathered so that he could earn respect when it was time to train.

The key is to seize this job opportunity.

Tim Hardaway is actually a very unlucky person, at least he thinks he is unlucky.

After being selected by the Warriors with the 14th overall pick in the first round in 1989, he quickly showed his top talent in the Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Summer League and signed a four-year, $2.3 million contract with the Warriors.

Such a contract was quite rare in those days.

In the late 1980s, NBA salaries were still not particularly high. Being able to earn more than 500,000 US dollars a year was already considered very impressive. Jordan's salary for the 1988-89 season was only 830,000 US dollars. The two newly signed players in the summer of 1989 At $5 million per year, it was already the third-highest salary at the time, second only to Magic and Big Bird.

There were no contract terms at that time. At that time, many rookies signed seven- or eight-year contracts. At that time, who knew that Boss Joe’s salary would skyrocket after his first retirement. From the perspective of players of that era, Jordan, Magic, and Big Bird’s more than 2 million The US dollar contract is already sky-high. Ten years ago in 1979, when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar received the league's highest salary, it was hundreds of thousands of dollars.

So once a rookie in those days could get a contract worth five to six million dollars, they would choose to "ask for a lot" and want a long-term contract, just like when the Bulls offered Pippen a contract as big as Jordan in the summer of 1991, Pippen didn't care. It's the same mentality when people say they want to sign for seven years. I feel that my salary is the same as the first player in the league, so how can I think about such long-term things?

But Tim Hardaway has confidence in himself. He is not willing to be satisfied with "tying" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's salary. He feels that he can get the same salary as Jordan, Magic, and Big Bird.

And then he did it, playing an epic rookie contract and averaging 20 points and 10 assists as a point guard. In any era, he would be at least one of the top three point guards in the league.

But before his rookie contract was over, he suffered a serious injury. In this year, Jordan retired, and contracts with starting salaries of more than $5 million began to appear in the league. However, due to injuries, he became the league's No. 1 point guard. According to the data, he only got a three-year contract extension of 10 million yuan.

The most important thing is that in the year when he was reimbursed, Pence turned out to be a star. In the first year after Jordan retired, Pence showed talent, aura, and the charm that seemed to be able to reach out and pick out the stars. He won the "Star Reaching" award. He was nicknamed Hardaway and became the first generation of "Jordan's successor", completely covering up his brilliance.

When he came back, people only knew Penny and completely forgot about The-Bug. In the years when Penny was at his peak, Tim Hardaway was completely forgotten.

This is not over yet. Tim Hardaway has been pursuing championships throughout his career. He has always been a big winner in terms of personal performance. In the 1990s, he was selected to the All-NBA Team 5 times and once to the First Team. However, in terms of team performance, he has been a big winner. So-so. Although he led the team to 55+ wins three times, he never won the first place in the division. His best performance in the playoffs was reaching the Eastern Conference Finals. In the 1997 playoffs, Tim Hardaway The two first-team guards faced off against Jordan in the Eastern Conference Finals. The two staged an epic battle. Tim Hardaway shot 35% from the field, Jordan shot 38% from the field, and Tim Hardaway shot 38% from the field. Hardaway averaged 11 irons per game and Jordan averaged 17 irons per game.

Facts have proved that only by hitting more iron can you win the championship. Tim Hardaway lost to Jordan 1-4 and missed the finals.

But, youth is capital. In 1998, Tim Hardaway finally pushed Jordan to retire again. In the 1998-99 season, Tim Hardaway led the Heat to first place in the Eastern Conference. Jordan also retired. Tim - Hardaway felt the championship was close at hand, and then...

In the end, Tim Hardaway sadly retired without touching the championship trophy.

But after retiring, Tim Hardaway was once again suppressed by Penny outside the court. Penny became the minor owner of his hometown team.

He now works for Penny's team...

People are more infuriating than people.

But now Tim Hardaway is happy. The head coach of the Grizzlies asked Sun Ce to coach him. Instead of looking for the team's small owner Penny Hardaway, he looked for him, the little bug Hardaway!

Although he has retired for several years and his weight has soared from more than 80 kilograms to 105 kilograms, Tim Hardaway is still very confident in terms of technology. In 2008, he even competed with Boss Joe in an amateur game and once again staged a wave of success. Iron fight.

He does not have the outstanding appearance of Pence. After retirement, he cannot live an easy life with endorsement fees like Pence. Moreover, there is a huge gap in career salary between the two. Tim Hardaway at least received over 10 million from the Suns. With annual salary and spare money to invest in NBA teams, Tim Hardaway can only rely on hard work.

He wants to become an NBA head coach. This time he was invited to be an assistant coach with the Grizzlies. This is the beginning of his NBA coaching career. He wants to seize this opportunity.

He felt that it was too early for him to arrive at the arena at 8 o'clock. As far as his understanding of current NBA players is concerned, there are not many players who are actually more talented and make more money. This is mainly reflected in the following: In recent years, players entering the NBA have become more and more single-skilled.

But when he entered the training ground, he saw Sun Ce who was already sweating from training!

Sun Ce came very early today, had breakfast at 6:30, and ran to the arena at 7 o'clock to start training directly.

Although the impression of last night's low post moves is getting weaker and weaker, he still wants to practice as much as he can remember. The temporary muscle memory has disappeared, but if he practices more, some will more or less remain. Muscle impression, you can learn faster when you train independently or find a learning object for the "soft egg flow" low-post play style in the future.

After 40 minutes of low post training, Sun Ce rested for 10 minutes and began to practice shooting. After a set of mid-range shots, while practicing three-pointers from the corner, Tim Hardaway came.

Tim Hardaway saw that Sun Ce's mid-range shooting was quite accurate. As a second-year player, it is quite rare to have Sun Ce's mid-range shooting ability.

But when I saw Sun Ce practicing three-pointers from the left corner, he scored 4 in the first 10 shots...

Too bad!

Are the mid-range shot and the three-pointer the same person?

The trainer next to him who was passing the ball to Sun Ce looked like he couldn't stand it.

Sun Ce made 27 of 50 three-pointers from the corner, barely exceeding the 50% training shooting rate.

Sun Ce himself felt embarrassed.

But there is no way, the three-point foundation is too poor! The three-point rating on the left sideline is D-, which is already the best among all positions.

Although the three-pointer is one of the easiest skills to master in contemporary basketball, it is not as easy as you think.

Based on the three-point training that Sun Ce had learned from Curry, Sun Ce knew why Curry was successful.

In the summer of 2006, Curry was rejected by Duke University. Davidson College, also in North Carolina, was willing to accept him, but was unwilling to provide him with a basketball scholarship. He felt humiliated that for three years, as long as there was no game or no need to play for During the days of game preparation, there were no injuries or other influences. Even if it was Christmas, he would make at least 500 three-pointers every day before he was willing to end the training. For three years, he made at least 10,000 three-pointers in personal training every year on average. Three-pointers, plus team training and games, far more than 10,000 three-pointers a year. Only after entering the NBA last season could he average two three-pointers per game and dominate the three-point list since his sophomore year. Curry, the great shooter.

Sun Ce knew that he needed to work hard and that he still had a long way to go, but he was not discouraged because he was still young!

He will only turn 21 on the 7th of next month, and little brother Curry will turn 23 in March next year.

Just as he was about to let the trainer relax him with a massage and practice the second set of shooting, Sun Ce turned around and saw Tim Hardaway.

Tim Hardaway's expression was very familiar to Sun Ce. For more than a week before the start of training camp, a guard from the 1997 first team looked at him with the same expression every day.

"Tim, I've worked hard!" Sun Ce complained.

"Yes, yes, I know you work hard," Tim Hardaway looked at Sun Ce sweating profusely. Of course he knew Sun Ce worked hard, but he still said with disgust: "But your three-pointers are like shit... …”

When Sun Ce heard this, he cursed in his heart: All the defenders in 1997 had such disgusting mouths?

This was not over yet. Tim Hardaway continued to complain: "No, it's worse than dog shit. Dog shit still smells and makes people stay away. Your three-pointer can only be viewed as a joke."

"Hey, I'll wipe it!" Sun Ce couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but retorted: "You are so powerful, why don't you try it?"

Hearing this, Tim Hardaway perked up.

When he saw Sun Ce's three-point shooting, he almost gave up the idea of ​​teaching Sun Ce. Sun Ce's basic three-point skills were so poor that he was worried about ruining his reputation. After all, he was teaching with a "zero basic three-point teaching package". He came out to look for a job with his "Baohui" sign, and it was precisely because of this that Coach Hollins took a fancy to him. He knew that many teams wanted to find him as a trainer or assistant coach, because they all took a fancy to him who had three years of experience with zero foundation. The feat of scoring consecutive points to become the three-point champion in the regular season cannot be smashed.

There is also the fact that Sun Ce is too "humble" and acts like a good baby. Although everyone likes to hear good words and be respected, on the court, Tim Hardaway prefers players with tough personalities. He does not like Sun Ce. Familiarity, it is difficult to truly understand a person's character by watching the game. Tim Hardaway's first impression of Sun Ce yesterday cannot be said to be bad, but it cannot be said to be good either.

But now, Tim Hardaway is interested!

Without further ado, Tim Hardaway took off his coat, walked outside the three-point line and signaled to the trainer who was used to getting up early in the morning to work overtime, and started shooting and catching three-pointers. He didn't care where he was, he just caught the ball. Shooting, 37 of 50...

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