Chapter 489 Team training

  On the 19th, Pharaoh Fei and his brother held a party in the villa. The invited guests were not too many, only fifty or sixty people.

This is his private party, not the party at the K martial arts hall. All the people invited are friends and people who have contacts, including celebrities with good connections in Hollywood, the presidents of several Chinese organizations in the Greater Bay Area, etc. Lightning, Buck Leigh and Magic Johnson, their friends, plus the old Bass family, and representatives of some sponsors.

  On the 20th, the owner of Hawksman and Mammoth came over and brought a new batch of shoes.

  This time he arrived at the Lakers, and Mammoth prepared a new sneaker for him, ready to be released before the new season, and this shoe was produced by a domestic factory and just arrived in the United States.

For Pharaoh to come to the Lakers, the sponsors like Mammoth are the happiest, especially Mammoth. The market in Los Angeles is dozens of times larger than that of Phoenix, and the consumption is much higher. They believe that Lao K’s shoes will have a skyrocket this season. .

  On the 22nd, Wang Tiejun went to the Lakers headquarters to report to the official training camp.

   He didn’t chat much with his teammates at the Great Western Forum Arena that day. Today, he arrived a little early and was ready to chat with his teammates.

   “Boss.”

   “Old K.”

   When he came to the locker room, a lot of people had already arrived. As soon as he entered, everyone greeted him.

“morning.”

   He took a look, only Chris Mullin and Kobe Bryant were not there.

   “Danny, come here.”

   He waved to Danny Fortson, who was standing in the corner.

This rookie may be his insider. In the current lineup, in addition to Teilon Hill, only Fordson can be used at the fourth position. The other insiders are marginal people. The starting power forward, or the 10th pick in the first round will be the starter, he needs to know first.

“I?”

   Danny Fortson was stunned, and after seeing Old Wang nodded, he trotted over.

   “Boss, what do you want me to do? I can do anything.” As a rookie, Fortson asked consciously.

  Pharaoh looked at Fortson and asked, “Your tonnage, and your naked height?”

  The dreadlocks are probably itchy. Fortson scratched his scalp and said, “Boss, I’m 201cm and 118kg.”

   “It’s a little short to play the 4th position.”

  Pharaoh looked at it, similar to Barkley, and said thoughtfully.

   “It’s okay, I can dance, I can dance very well.”

  Forteson was a little anxious, and jumped up immediately. Afraid that one time would not be enough, he jumped several times in a row until Pharaoh called to stop.

   “It’s true that you can jump high and fast.” Old Wang smiled and nodded.

Richmond next to    smiled and said: “The height of the bounce is good, at least 80 centimeters, the bounce speed is very fast, the second takeoff is also fast, and the rebounding should be good.”

   “I’m the best at rebounding.” Fortson hurriedly shouted.

   “Danny, how is your mobility?” Pharaoh asked.

   “I’m fast, straight-line speed and traverse are fast.” Fordson said quickly.

   “Wait for the training game in the team, you can play as a substitute and grab a few rebounds on my head. Also, let me see your defensive strength and defensive attitude.” Pharaoh ordered.

   “OK, boss, you have the final say.” Fortson nodded quickly.

  Pharaoh thinks that this Fortson should be very aggressive and quite positive. Apart from being a little shorter, his physical fitness is also very good, so he should have some potential.

  Because it is short and the tonnage is not small, the muscle ratio is very high, the strength should be good, and the confrontation ability should also be good.

   The door opened and Kobe and Chris Mullin walked in.

   “Kobe, have you finished your weight gain?” Pharaoh asked.

   “It’s been done a long time ago, I’m 96kg now, very strong, old K, you can absolutely let me play the main shooting back, my confrontation ability has soared.” Kobe said eagerly.

   “You ask Mickey.” The old dynasty pointed to the side.

   Kobe turned his head and saw Richmond staring at him, looking like he was going to beat him, and said a little angrily: “Mitch, you’d better stay in good shape, or I will grab the main position.”

   “You guy.” Richmond was also helpless.

   He knows that if his state is really bad, under the care of old K, Kobe really has a chance to take the main position.

   In the last finals, didn’t Kobe replace the Lightning as the main force?

   He is old and has never played in the finals. This kid played the main force in the finals in his rookie season. It is different with the old K.

   So he reminded himself that he must maintain a good state and don’t let Kobe Bryant steal the starting lineup.

   “Let’s go.”

   After everyone changed their equipment, Pharaoh led the team out of the locker room and headed to the training hall.

  Normal training time is 9:00. When they arrive at the training hall, it is 8:30. The boss Bass and the coach

The    team, as well as West and other management just arrived, and two reporters accompanying the team. Today is the first day, and everyone deliberately moved half an hour earlier.

   “Since everyone is here, let’s gather.” Coach Harris shouted, clapping his hands.

After the gathering, he looked at the team and said: “Gentlemen, you are a brand new team, with nine new players joining the Lakers, I hope that under the leadership of old K, you can work together to make a great achievement. season.

We have a lot of very strong opponents this season, the Jazz, Blazers in the West, Knicks, Pacers and Celtics in the East. Their lineups are relatively stable, and we are a brand new lineup that lacks time to run in. , I hope everyone is mentally prepared because we are going to face a lot of difficulties.

  So now, let me talk about the new season, our tactical issues.

  We have a super behemoth, and our tactics will be dominated by him. Traditional center tactics and positional warfare will be our main basic play.

  We will establish a dual core inside and outside, with Richmond as the core outside, and he will share the pressure for the old K…”

  After the head coach, West said a few more words, and then Old Buss came with a message of encouragement. Finally, as a player representative, Pharaoh also stood up.

   He said loudly: “Brothers, looking at the situation in the new season, many of our opponents of the same level are very strong. The West is dominated by the Trail Blazers and the Jazz. These are our main opponents. Only by defeating them can we get out of the West.

   But don’t worry everyone, whether it’s the big dream or the postman, I have rich experience in defeating them…”

   “Haha…” Everyone laughed.

After laughing, Richmond’s face was a little dark, and he couldn’t help slandering: “You have a lot of experience in defeating them, but I have a lot of experience in being defeated by Jordan, how can this be done? In the finals, don’t I want to be blown up by Jordan like Kobe?”

   “Ah!”

   Kobe, who was standing in the team, suddenly got cold on his back and sneezed out.

   Next is training, Harris first introduced the assistant.

The first one to introduce is an old assistant coach, Bill Portka, white, 70 years old, and has worked in the Lakers for nearly 40 years. He used to be a scout, and then he was transferred to be an assistant coach for 15 years. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s The big sky hook was trained under his hands.

  Harris introduced Bill Portka respectfully, and said to Pharaoh: “Old K, your small hook in the low post is very good, but the big hook has not been used. Bill can teach you.”

   “That’s exactly what I thought.”

   Old Wang smiled and nodded, and said to Bill Portka: “Coach Portka, Karim once mentioned you to me, he said he could teach me a big hook, but I think it is more authentic to learn from you.”

  The spirited Bill Portka laughed and said: “Old K, you are right, learn from Karim, it is better for me to teach you.”

   Then Harris introduced another assistant coach, Kurt Rambis.

Rambis is also from the Lakers, white, 39 years old, the Lakers rookie in 1980, played 9 seasons before and after the Lakers, and also played several seasons with the Suns. The year Pharaoh entered the Suns, he They were traded to the Kings at the beginning of the season. The two did not know each other. After retiring in 1995, they joined the Lakers coaching staff as assistant coaches.

   He is very young and is Harris’ main assistant, and he is mainly responsible for the work in training.

   Next, Rambis began to arrange the training content, and then the players started activities and slowly entered the training state.

   “Mickey, how many do we hit?”

   When it was more than ten o’clock, Kobe found Richmond and wanted to fight him one-on-one.

   “Boy, don’t be presumptuous!” Richmond said angrily.

  If it weren’t for the old K, a second-year like Kobe, he would not be able to bird at all.

   “Don’t dare?”

   Kobe Bryant.

   “Mickey, I don’t mind if you teach him a lesson.” At this time, Old Wang walked over while talking.

   “OK.”

   Richmond looked at Pharaoh and nodded.

   “Kobe, let me see the results of your extra training in the offseason.” Pharaoh said to Kobe again.

   “I won’t let you down. This holiday, I can see what Los Angeles looks like at four o’clock in the morning every day.” Kobe said.

   “This kid won’t really get up at four o’clock to train?”

   “Bragging!”

  The players all gathered around and started talking.

   “Kobe, you come first.”

   Richmond threw the ball to Kobe.

   Kobe received the ball, retreated to the three-point line, and stood at forty-five degrees on the left wing.

   Richmond did not underestimate Kobe, and immediately forced him up.

   The two faced off inside and outside the three-point line. They were about the same height and weight. Richmond weighed 98 kilograms, heavier than Kobe, 196 centimeters tall and two centimeters shorter.

   When Richmond came up, Kobe used his left foot as the axis, his left elbow crossed, to block the defender, grabbed the ball with one hand with his right hand, and swept back.

   He has always envied Jordan and Old K’s big hands, who can grab the ball with one hand and swing freely and make various fake moves, so he also wants to show off his one-handed grabbing of the ball.

   “This idiot!” Old Wang cursed when he saw it.

   As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Richmond grabbing with a fierce side body, not only forcing Kobe to move, but also knocking Kobe’s ball and completing the steal.

  The ball was robbed and Kobe was stunned. At this time, Richmond dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and pulled two steps. After getting rid of Kobe, he immediately made a jumper. Kobe rushed to block, and he was already one step behind.

“brush!”

  The water splashed, and Richmond hit a three-pointer with precision.

   “Bastard! Kobe, this is the result of your extra training? It’s so easy to break, don’t you protect the ball when you’re holding it?” Pharaoh scolded.

   Kobe Bryant turned black and called at Richmond: “Come again.”

   “Rock, teach him a good lesson,” the old king shouted.

   “OK.”

   Richmond smiled, threw the ball over again, and then leaned over for it.

   This time, Kobe didn’t dare to show off catching the ball with one hand any more, but turned to the right, and immediately started to play sideways when the opponent came up.

   “Boom!”

  Although Kobe’s tonnage was smaller, it was only two kilograms smaller, and with the addition of his iron mountain’s power, Richmond was thrown backwards.

The next moment, when the opponent’s center of gravity was not stable, he turned around, and between dribbles, he shot Richmond in one step, killed him, and flew up after three steps, with a bang, facing the basket. A battle-axe slash.

“it is good!”

   “Clap…”

   Some people applauded, some cheered.

   “This kid!”

  Richmond was also a little stunned. After he was leaned on just now, the defense was completely lost. When he stabilized his focus, it was too late to pursue the defense.

   “Old K, did you see it? I applied your counter-attacking technique to the perimeter, and it has been used well now. You can’t use it. Now I will carry it forward.”

   After getting off the hoop, Kobe excitedly shouted at Pharaoh.

“hey-hey…”

Pharaoh laughed. Indeed, Kobe’s playing skills seem to be stronger than last season, with better power and more coherent movements, which makes his attacking rhythm faster, easier to get rid of defenders, and improve himself. offensive efficiency.

This is not easy, because he only taught Kobe Bryant’s basketball-oriented Tieshan to rely on exertion movements, and taught him basketball-oriented bear steps. There was no way to teach him how to use these basic skills on the outside, so how to use them and how to combine them with other technologies Up, how to attack, to rely on Kobe to figure out.

  Jerry West kept nodding, this offense, he saw potential from Kobe.

   Even, after the old K’s sideways kicks were restricted by K’s law, he actually saw that sideways kicks from Kobe’s body.

  Although Kobe didn’t see the tyranny of old K’s horizontal push when he used it, he was very useful on the outside.

   Use to get rid of the defender by hitting, get enough space, or rush, throw or pass.

  Like the postman Karl Malone, he uses his elbows to get space for shots. In the past, K was ruthlessly hitting to get space. Now Kobe can also use hitting to get space.

   He felt that the coaching staff should be able to formulate some singles tactics for Kobe, as long as he is not a very defensive opponent, he can play a dozen.

   Next, Richmond and Bryant continued to play one-on-one, one person attacked 10 times, and hit the end, 6:5, the former won.

   After being interrupted for the first time, Kobe Bryant used the technique of relying on all his next nine attacks and scored five goals. Especially in the first four times, he succeeded three times by playing, and only two times in the last five times.

   Richmond’s defense was good. He couldn’t adapt to Kobe’s play at the front, but after adapting to the back, his defensive efficiency improved, destroying Kobe’s three attacks.

   He scored 6 of his 10 offenses, all of which were sudden shots. Kobe’s defense was still a little underwhelming and failed to prevent him.

   At this time, the coaching staff called Kobe and Richmond over to analyze the situation of the one-on-one match for them, and other players also went to listen.

  The old assistant coach Bill Potka asked Kobe first: “Kobe, your relying on playing is the one you learned from the old K’s relying on playing skills, right?”

After seeing Kobe nod, he continued: “Yes, you have been able to use this technique to improve your ability to get rid of defenders, and gain more space for yourself to make shots and breakthroughs, which makes your shots and breakthroughs. It becomes easier and the offensive efficiency will improve.”

Having said that, he said to Richmond: “Mitch, you are not as good as Kobe in terms of getting rid of defenders, so although you are more offensive than him now, your efficiency is not much higher than Kobe. If Kobe’s defense Go further and your offense will be less efficient.”

   Richmond’s face was a little ugly, but he nodded and admitted it.

   Kobe smiled smugly.

At this time, assistant coach Rambis added: “Kobe has mastered the old K’s relying on play, and he uses it really well. I just observed, Kobe, your first step is not very fast, so through this kind of relying on hitting technology. More breakthrough space is very important to you, which can make up for your weakness that your first step is not fast enough.”

Kobe nodded again and again. He has long known this benefit. In the past, when he got rid of the defender, he was slow, so when he made a pull-up jumper, the defender could often keep up with him, which affected his shot. The mid-range shooting rate was very low, but Now he is changing this. In his rookie season, because of his immature playing skills and lack of weight, he has no confrontation ability. The effect is average. This season, his skills are better, and his weight and confrontation ability should be better.

In fact, Old K’s reliance is not to make his breakthrough speed faster, but to improve his ability to get rid of defenders, he can take the opportunity to break through, or take the opportunity to shoot, without the defender in front of him, his efficiency will be higher high.