Chapter 563 562. I Saw God again...Why Did I Say Again?

"Theo, teach this guy more, think about it, if you teach a parallel import champion to become a defensive gatekeeper, wouldn't you become a defensive master? In ten years or so, you After retiring, I can still run training camps everywhere like Olajuwon..."

Liu Mang is filling Ratliff with chicken soup.

At the beginning of September, after the players reported and the contract renewal press conference was settled, the Eagles' team training gradually started.

At the beginning, it was individual training. Some players just started to resume training after two or three months of rest, and some rookies were indeed not up to the regular NBA rotation level.

Among the rookies, Calderon and Korver are the most obvious ones who are not at the level of NBA rotation. Calderon is okay. He has a passing skill, a talent for shooting, and a solid ball control. Familiarize yourself with the rhythm and rules of the NBA. , It's okay to be a third substitute.

Korver is indeed lacking in ability, but his shooting talent surprised Chip Englander, the shooting coach who helped Steve Kerr train.

If it is said that Liu Mang is the kind of person who uses hard work to practice his shooting with a soft touch, then Korver truly has a shooting talent that is rare in history.

Not only limited to three-pointers, Korver is outside the three-point line from outside the free throw line. The shooting accuracy in this area is simply terrible, but now, it is only good for open shots, and the running position is not good.

When he was in college, Korver played in the secondary leagues of non-famous schools. His height of 2.01 meters was sometimes about the same height as the opponent's center. Few of his opponents had particularly good physical fitness. When shooting, he was basically equal to open shots. .

But it’s different in the NBA. Opponents can jump, jump and defend one by one, so Korver has not yet reached the regular rotation level. After England has arranged the training for Liu Mang, he is mainly responsible for the role players. Open shooting training, focusing on catching and shooting after running.

Kwame Brown is learning defensive skills with Ratliff. Ratliff is already 30 years old, and his tendency to lack physical fitness has become more and more serious since last season.

For pure defensive centers like Ratliff, Howard, and Ben Wallace, 30 years old is a hurdle, because they have always had fierce physical confrontation with their opponents, they are heavy, and defensively active, often at the age of 30 Before long, a serious injury came. After the age of 30, it began to decline directly, and it was quite obvious, the kind of straight decline.

Ben Wallace has declined significantly since he was 31 years old, and Howard has never been selected to the best defensive team since he was 28 years old. This kind of defensive backbone center has physical problems all of a sudden. Like Mutombo, he entered the NBA at the age of 25 and could play for more than ten years before he began to decline.

Since Ratliff has protected well in the past two years and averaged less than 28 minutes per game, Ratliff has not had any major physical problems, which is a bit of luck.

But the new season training camp is approaching, Liu Mang still discussed with the coaching staff, reducing Ratliff's playing time, and also communicated with Ratliff, to show off in the playoffs, take more rest in the regular season, don't fight In the middle of last season, he fought too hard, which led to minor injuries here and there at the end of the season, saving time in each game and prolonging his career.

Ratliff hesitated for a long time about this, but he still accepted it. He was traded to the Eagles in 2001 and signed a 7-year 70 million contract. When it expired, he was 35 years old. He kept his condition better. Few injuries are the most important thing for him at this age. Don't make a big injury in the end, which will lead to a serious decline in the state and lose the guarantee in the evening.

The situation that Mutombo collapsed and was laid off just before the contract extension is in front of him. Ratliff can't help but be careless. If he waits until the contract expires at the age of 35, he will still be in good condition. He is as old as Mutombo Wouldn't it be better to go to a certain team to sign a pension contract.

So Ratliff is really interested in giving advice to Kwame Brown. With such a big contract, the position of the starting center must be stable. It's too much to put myself on the scene of the town because of the situation.

Kwame Brown’s offensive end has always been poor, and he feels terrible. He is at the level of O’Neal and Duncan in free throws, but his defensive talent is nothing to say. Originally, he was once regarded as the best single defense in the NBA when no one pointed him out. A center forward with tonnage, mobility, excellent jumping awareness, and a solid base and can run out to defend against pick-and-rolls. To be honest, he is more talented than Ratliff, and he has learned very quickly in defense.

The time soon came to the end of September, and on September 24, the Eagles started the training camp a week in advance and started team training, allowing new players and old players to start to run in.

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"You cut in! At this time, you are rushing inside. You are so strong, why stand there still? Do you want to learn how Carlos shoots outside? Do you have that ability? You rush inside!"

Liu Mang yelled at Kwame Brown.

Today is the first day of team practice, and the Eagles are divided into two groups.

Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Raheem, Muhammad, Kwame Brown.

A group of Stockton, Korver, Prince, Boozer, and Ratliff.

There is also a third group of Calderon, Willie Green, Barnes, Rasheed Wallace, and Kevin Willis, which will be put into training in the afternoon, and the first two will be replaced by crossovers. group.

In the team's confrontation training match, Liu Mang also played it as a real match, and then, he was blown away by Stockton's group.

Boozer deserves to be a natural pick-and-roll player. He cooperated with Stockton for the first time, and they had a tacit understanding, even better than Liu Mang's tacit understanding in the pick-and-roll. Together, the two organized the team's offense tightly. Strips, flowering inside and out.

As for Liu Mang's team... Liu Mang mainly played pick-and-roll breakthroughs with Muhammad and Kwame Brown, or Jason Terry went up and swung.

When playing the pick-and-roll, Muhammad is okay. He has cooperated for so long and knows what he should do.

As for Kwame Brown, Liu Wei doesn't know what his offensive situation is. He has played in the NBA for two years. Next, it's time to run away to make a second screen for Jason Terry without the ball. Liu Mang was so angry that he wanted to kick him.

Kwame Brown’s first two months in the Eagles was a joy, especially when he was taken care of by two veterans, Ratliff and Kevin Willis. He received their defensive guidance and felt that he was valued again. , determined to study hard.

But... when the team's joint training started, Kwame Brown saw Liu Mang's ferocious appearance, and felt that he had gone from one hell to another...

The new boss is also so fierce!

Halfway through a match, Kwame Brown was scolded bloody by Liu Mang...

The match is divided into two halves, each 20 minutes long, with a 15-minute break in between.

Kwame Brown was so sprayed by Liu Mang that he doubted his life again. He had heard that Liu Mang was Jordan's disciple, but now he found out that the two seemed to have the same sex! He felt that he couldn't live anymore, so he ran to the side and lowered his head with a towel covered.

Liu Mang was really angry when he saw Kwame Brown. How could he be so stupid with such a good physique?

At this time, Jason Terry called Liu Mang aside, and Rasheed Wallace, Ratliff, Kevin Willis and others also surrounded him.

"Ace, didn't you say that you should train Kwame well, give him a little confidence, and don't scold him for making mistakes?" Jason Terry asked suspiciously.

"Yeah, Ace, didn't you ask me to take good care of this rookie who joined the team?" Rasheed Wallace echoed.

Although, Kwame Brown's offensive end is really eye-catching and his consciousness is really poor, but everyone can see his defensive talent.

It was only then that Liu Mang realized that he was really too angry before. The obviously weaker lineup led by the old man played 35 to 18 in the half, and he was very angry.

Thinking about it now, it seems that the scolding was a little too harsh.

As for the care of Rasheed Wallace, Liu Mang really wanted to tell him that his smile might scare Kwame Brown more.

"Ace, Kwame's offensive awareness is not good. I think the reason is that he basically didn't play a good offensive role in the past two years. I have been training with him for a while, and I have studied his games in the past two years. I found that every time Jordan Let him play singles. He was trained as an offensive core in the Wizards. It is different from the catch-and-dunk style he was good at in high school. In two years, he lost all the things he was good at. You see, yes Can't you give him a little patience?" Ratliff also persuaded.

When Liu Mang saw Ratliff say this, he couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Theo, you will still protect the students. Really, I am the one who entered the league and played with you, too much!"

"Haha, isn't this the student you introduced to me?" Ratliff felt relieved when he saw Liu Mang smiling, knowing that Liu Mang would definitely find a way.

Find a hooligan if you have something to do, this is the law that the Eagles still remain unchanged.

In the second half of the training, although Liu Mang still looked angry at Kwame Brown, he held back his anger.

After the training match, everyone went to practice their own.

Kwame Brown originally wanted to lift irons, vent, and practice his body and defense more. He was desperate for his offensive end.

When Kwame Brown was going to the gym, he saw Liu Mang gesturing to him. Although he was puzzled, Kwame Brown followed.

Liu Mang took Kwame Brown to the stadium where the floor had been resurfaced and seats installed.

After arriving here, Liu Mang turned on the lights that could illuminate the flags above the team. He didn't speak first, but looked at the flags of the 2001-2002 Eastern Conference regular season champions flying above the court.

Kwame Brown looked at Liu Mang's profile, and didn't know what to do. He was afraid of being scolded, so he could only stand there, but looking at Liu Mang's back, Kwame Brown felt relaxed. .

Liu Mang looked at the Eastern regular season championship banner that represented his greatest achievement now, and watched quietly, making Kwame Brown feel Liu Mang's stable heart.

Liu Mang pondered for a while, then turned to Kwame Brown and asked, "Kwame, what is your dream?"

A magnetic and bewitching voice came into Kwame Brown's mind, and Kwame Brown was a little confused for a moment.

What is my dream?

Kwame Brown has not thought about the word dream for a long time.

At this time two years ago, he had just reached the pinnacle of his career and became the No. 1 pick in the NBA, attracting worldwide attention.

At this time, Kwame Brown is looking forward to becoming the next Olajuwon, or the next Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Chamberlain.

But after the team training camp and the start of the preseason, he immediately fell from the peak to the lowest point of his career.

At only 19 years old, he was asked by Jordan to score in low post singles like a superstar, but he can't do anything, only physical talent is there. In high school, he mainly used air cuts to catch and dunk. Can block, although he also has a huge physical advantage in the NBA, but if he has to go to the low post, he doesn't have that skill. O'Neal mainly uses the small hook as his scoring skill.

As a result, after his rookie season, he averaged 14 minutes per game, 4 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.

The lack of time is not terrible, but what is terrible is Jordan's temper. He was replaced after a bad shot. After a few minutes, he was replaced again, and then he was replaced after two shots. , I figured out how to play well, and didn't give me the chance to test whether my ideas were right or not. Slowly, the more I played, the less confident I was. Coupled with Jordan's crazily cursing, his self-confidence became even worse.

And because of Liu Mang, a quick-learned student, in the second year, Jordan scolded Kwame Brown even worse. He looked down on Kwame Brown. In the end, Jordan didn't even scold him. Kwame Brown already felt abandoned by the world.

Therefore, the word dream has not appeared in Kwame Brown's world for a long time.

Kwame Brown recalled the ecstasy of becoming the No. 1 high school student in the United States in his senior year, being the No. 1 pick in the NBA, and then the cliff in his life... When Kwame Brown fell into memories, a voice came to him ears.

"Kwame, what's the matter, have you thought about your dream? Tell me, no one will laugh at you..."

dream? Kwame Brown remembered that his dream was to become the next Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, to be able to play until his 40s, and now the NBA is making more money than before. The longer he plays, the more money he can earn The money was used to buy a big house for the mother Joyce Brown who worked so hard to raise her seven siblings, and gave her a lot of money to make this great mother who is only in her 40s but looks like an old man Live a good life, and let my younger brothers and sisters not have to go out in worn-out clothes with patches where the stitches can no longer be found, so that they can all have a good life.

But now, Kwame Brown has realized that he does not have the touch of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He feels that it is a better choice for him to become a defensive gate, like Ratliff, using defense, when he was in his 30s You can still earn more than 10 million a year.

And his physical talent is better. Ratliff himself said that he may be better than him.

No one had hit Kwame Brown’s heart like this in such an environment before, and no one had talked to him properly in the past few years. Therefore, after Kwame Brown entered Jordan’s purgatory world, he didn’t give him a clear answer. Position yourself in the future and give yourself a clear goal.

Seeing Liu Mang's gentle expression and eyes which were completely different from the fierce one in the afternoon, Kwame Brown blurted out: "I want to be the best defender, this is my dream..."

But in the middle of the sentence, Kwame Brown said again: "But my offense is too bad, too stupid, I don't know what to do, and I don't know what to do if you scold me."

This is it! Liu Mang was waiting for Kwame Brown to discover his own problems.

Liu Mang continued to say in a bewitching tone: "Kwame, don't worry so much. You have to know that someone scolds you because you have high expectations of you. It doesn't matter. The most fearful thing is that you don't even know what to do when others scold you." Work hard, everyone can see your hard work now, you can learn more from Nazr how to roll, you can learn how to choose after the pick and roll with Carlos, let yourself appear where you should appear, and defend yourself Be everyone's backing, I believe you can become what we want..."

The timing was so good, just at this time, the team staff who came to clean the arena turned on all the lights, and the dazzling light shone on Liu Mang's head. Kwame Brown looked at Liu Mang as if he was shining.

"We all have unrealistic dreams. My dream is to become the best player in history. The dream of our team is to defeat all opponents, become the best team, and win the championship! We all have It's like something that a fool would imagine, but we are all working hard for our dreams, and we want to work hard to get closer to our dreams. Although it is difficult, we are all working hard.

Kwame, you are now a part of us, you have to believe in yourself, you are the future insider pillar of the team, start towards your current dream-the best defensive player in the world! "

Kwame-Brown saw Liu Mang spreading his hands as if wanting to hold the whole world in his arms, just as the headlight on Liu Mang's head cast light down, Liu Mang seemed to be bathed in light.

At this moment, Kwame Brown seemed to see an angel...

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