Rebirth of Hayes Cyclone

Chapter 62 [Brave Heart]

Hayes told Weaver to sit on the sidelines, then took out his cell phone and called Jeff Van Gundy.

"What's the matter? Chuck." Jeff - Van Gundy asked.

"Jeff, let me recommend someone to you. He plays shooting guard and has good physical fitness. It is still possible. Can you let him try out?"

Jeff Van Gundy laughed, "Okay, you just remembered?"

Hayes glanced at Weaver and said with a smile: "It was my friend in the rookie training camp last year, Van Weaver. He was just waived by the Lakers and came to me. He should be good at fast break. He used to play with James. We were in the dunk contest together."

"Hehe, why did you find all the dunks? Come to practice directly tomorrow, but if you fail, I will cut you off." Jeff Van Gundy laughed.

"Of course, I'll practice with him again. That's it. Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Hayes hung up the phone.

Weaver was overjoyed, Hayes said he was a friend, this sentence can make him add a lot of points in the evaluation of the coaching staff.

"It's done, come here to participate in training at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, but to tell you the truth, I don't think you can stay at your current level." Hayes looked at Weaver and poured cold water on him.

"Why?" Weaver asked modestly.

"Let me just say it. Maybe it doesn't sound good. If you think it's wrong, you can refute it, or show it to me directly during training tomorrow." Hayes took a bottle of purified water, threw another bottle to Weaver, and drank After a few mouthfuls, he said, "Let me talk about your strengths first. You have excellent jumping and fast speed. You can also shoot well. If you play fast break, you will be a good assaulter. This must be the reason why the Lakers fell in love with you back then."

Weaver smiled and asked, "What about the shortcomings?"

Hayes paused for a moment, and said deeply like a senior coach: "There are too many shortcomings! You can play passionately and play well. The team needs these, but this is not the point. Only passion is not enough for a team. Yes! You know Swift on our team last season, how passionate is he for dunking? The coach didn’t allow him to play because he was bad at other things, too bad! Your situation is very similar to his, only Thinking about using talent to attack, there are many talented players in the NBA, many of them can't play, how can you rank in terms of quality?"

Hearing this, Weaver frowned again.

Hayes went on to say: "Let me explain in detail. First, your defense is too bad. Even if you are not as strong as me, can't you last 5 seconds? How many goals have I scored, and you only fouled once. If it’s a game, who are you going to be blasted into? You’re too soft, the Rockets value defense the most, and you’re already doing this alone, how can you integrate into the defensive system to help defend? The coach doesn’t like people who don’t defend.”

"I will work hard to defend in the future." Weaver hastened to promise.

"It's just useless, you have to make some achievements, and then I can recommend you and let you start with a 10-day short contract. I came here last year. As long as you work hard and get a chance to play, I am on the offensive end. It can also pass the ball to you and help you use your strengths." Hayes said lightly.

Weaver's expression changed again, as if his uncle was looking at Lori, and he was about to come up and kiss Hayes.

"Damn it, if you had that expression when you were playing just now, I'm sure I wouldn't be able to shoot so accurately. Isn't your smile too scary? You might as well not smile. Don't disgust me, can you?" Hayes shouted .

"..." Weaver quickly suppressed his smile.

Hayes smiled bitterly and said: "In addition to defense, you also have problems with offense. You are fast enough, but your ball-handling ability is too poor, and your skills are average. So I defended you several times just now, and even broke you a ball. Your breakthrough is a Straight line, keep your head down and rush forward, which is the best defense for your opponent. At the beginning, it is because you are not familiar with you. Once you figure it out, your breakthrough is easy to be intercepted. I am sure you play the game That’s it, the previous coaches must have told you too, right?”

Weaver nodded a little embarrassed. "anything else?"

Hayes took a deep breath, and continued: "Also, you have to understand that singles are just a form of offense. There will not be unlimited singles opportunities on the court, otherwise Yao Ming would have been the MVP long ago. If you want to succeed on the court, you must You must first understand what a team is! The combination of offense and sudden points is the most lethal to the opponent. If you only attack without scoring, it is of little value. Just rely on your style of playing with your head down and your teammates. Very little. If the team as a whole wants to play smoothly, it needs to move the ball reasonably. If it gets stuck in your hands, no! Except for poor defense, I can’t stand your point the most. You don’t pass when you arrange an open teammate... "

"I thought you asked him (Kevin) to come to stimulate me." Weaver shook his head, still feeling wronged.

"This is another question for you. We all know that the Rockets have the Big Three. This is the Toyota Center. If you come here today and want me to help, you have to treat me like a big brother and listen to me. My approach is different from what you think , you can’t hold your breath anymore, you are an ambitious person with a sense of arrogance, and you will not accept anyone. It is a good thing to have arrogance, but you have to see your own strength. The ability can only be a role player, and the desire to score is too strong. It’s not a good thing. I think, when you come to the Rockets, you must put the data first. In order to get a high-paying contract in the future, you want to play the role of the terminator in every offense. You are not Kobe, and you have no unique capital.” Hai Yess said all the shortcomings of the future Weaver that he could think of in one breath.

"Do you think I'm very arrogant and play very independent?"

"That's right, I rarely misjudge people." Hayes said: "But I don't have a problem with you, I just hope that you can keep a low profile and restrain your arrogance."

How can one-on-one tell if a player is playing alone?
Hayes doesn't need to look, he already knows Weaver's future.

Weaver plays very passionately, but when he catches the ball, he either breaks through with speed or takes a shot, and rarely returns it to his teammates.

Weaver is very confident, almost arrogant. He just played for Tracy McGrady in the starting lineup for a while, played a few good games, and thought that he had become a phoenix.

In the playoffs, Weaver even had a dispute with Adelman over playing time, although he then apologized to the coach and staged a "reconciliation".However, afterward, many media played up the sky and covered the sky, portraying him as a troublesome figure who did not know his name.

However, in Weaver's career, he has played under George Karl, McMillan and Phil Jackson, and no coach thought he was a thorn in the side.

In this incident, Weaver is a little innocent.

He was just too proud, too confident, too eager to express himself.

With a little analysis, it's not hard to see that Weaver wants to play in the playoffs not because of the statistics, but because he wants to let the Rockets win with his own ability.His intentions are positive, but in the wrong way.

After the end of the season, Weaver completely cupped.

The signing negotiations between him and the Rockets were not going well, and the Rockets were only willing to give him a basic salary contract.Maybe Weaver's style of play is very unique, but a basic salary contract is definitely not in line with his worth.

Weaver had to leave the Rockets.

However, media rendering reduced the attention of other teams to Weaver.The basic principle of the old treacherous NBA owner is "profit first", no one bids for Weaver, and people want to squeeze him to the greatest extent.

Weaver wanted to stay in the Rockets, but the basic salary made him feel humiliated... In the end, he had to go to the European Olympiax team.

Knowing that Weaver's temperament will not change, he will harm others and himself, so Hayes put the ugly words in front.

Weaver took a sip of water and didn't defend himself, Hayes didn't know if he was acquiescing or what.

"Chuck, how do you think the Rockets can keep me?" Weaver looked at Hayes and asked seriously.

"You have to change your mentality. Have you ever seen a Mel Gibson movie? "Braveheart", you don't defend hard enough. It doesn't matter if you can't defend, but you must do your best. It's not shameful to let people shoot in front of you. There is no shame in dunking. The shame is that you are too afraid to jump! You are too soft to defend! You stayed with the Lakers for a year and didn't learn anything good from Kobe. Kobe is a superstar, but he also works hard on defense. Hayes took a long breath, and then said: "I told you that you might not be happy. You were dunked by Snyder flying over you last year. Why did this happen? Your jumping ability is better than him. Why? Can’t jump? If it were me, Snyder would never be able to fly over. If he dared to fly over my head, I would dare to use my head to beat him. I can’t take care of myself. Accept, when you first went to the Lakers, you wore No. 23, and you could tell they wanted to focus on training you. You must not know how much I envied you at the time, but the Lakers never used you after that ball, right?"

Weaver was silent.

Similar words, he also heard from the assistant coach in the Lakers.He has always hoped to be as good as Kobe in offense, but people always tell him that Kobe's defense is what he should learn the most.

Now that Hayes has only played him a few rounds before pointing out the same issue, it appears that he really has to change.

"Thank you, Chuck." Weaver looked at Hayes and said seriously.

"Don't thank me, I can't jump up by myself, so I'm particularly annoyed by people who waste their talents. If you want to stay, pay more attention to some things in training tomorrow. You must figure out who is the core in the offense, and don't be like a runaway horse. Catch the ball like a wild horse and rush to the basket. Practice more breakthroughs and pass the ball to me, McGrady, Yao Ming. Don’t stop on the court to watch your teammates attack, run without the ball, keep running. Run to the position where you can shoot the ball, no Open, don’t shoot if you’re not sure. When the small lineup bombards the tactics, you will have the opportunity to use your skills in chaos.”

Hayes smiled after speaking. It is easy to say, but difficult to do.With Weaver's style, he won a place under Adelman, but it was even more difficult for the Rockets coached by Jeff Van Gundy.

Even if Weaver stays temporarily, when McGrady returns, he and Jamalio Moon are bound to start a fierce competition. It is still unknown who will stay in the team.

However, Weaver is cruel and wants to stay in the Rockets. He doesn't want to be the main player, but just wants to be a qualified substitute.His goal is to squeeze out Kirk Snyder, who humiliated him with a dunk.

Weaver pondered for a while and said, "I will try my best tomorrow. Are you free tonight? I want to treat you to dinner."

"I'm free, but you don't know Houston well, so let me show my friendship as a landlord. I know that there is a good barbecue. Whether you can stay or not depends on your own efforts. It's still early, let's fight for a while." Hayes stood up and said.

Weaver nodded and followed Hayes into the basketball court.

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During the 2008-2009 season, Tucao still liked Weaver very much.His outside shooting is very accurate, his speed is as fast as Wade, he has dunks almost every game, and he plays with great passion.

It is a great pity that Weaver did not stay in the Rockets.Maybe he has a bit of cancer, but isn't Brooks, who broke out in 2010, too?

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