NBA backer king

Chapter 344 Stern's Tradeoff
On the 20th, the team gathers.

That night, Wang Tiejun drove to the headquarters and met all his teammates.

"Hey, Dominic."

"Hey, old K."

When he came to the training hall, Wilkins happened to be at the door of the locker room and hadn't entered yet. He should have just arrived, so he greeted Wilkins first.

The two then went in, and the assistant coaches Westphal and Danny Ainge were also inside, and almost all the teammates were there, so there was only one lightning bolt missing.

"Old K."

As soon as he entered, everyone stood up.

"Coach, Danny, Lewis..." Nodding with his teammates, he greeted several coaches first.

"Old K, it seems that your body shape has changed a bit. The muscles of your lower body are stronger, but why do I feel that your muscles are more streamlined? Have you done explosive training?" After seeing Lao Wang for the first time, assistant coach Lewis asked very sensitively.

Lao Wang gave Lewis a thumbs up and said: "I am indeed doing explosive training. The first training period is almost over, and I have achieved some results. And I have gained weight. You read it right. The main increase is the lower body muscles, so that my lower body will be more resistant to injuries."

"How heavy is it now?" Westphal asked with concern.

"132 kilograms."

His weight gain has been completed, the training content is only a day or two away, and the other training content is the same, and the weight has reached the weight gain goal.

"132 kilograms? How about mobility?" Westphal asked with concern.

"Don't worry, it won't be worse than last season." He said with a smile.

Westphal nodded, noncommittal, almost, he depends on the specific physical test results.

If old K's mobility declines, he will definitely prevent old K from continuing to gain weight, and even suggest him to lose weight, because the current league only has O'Neal, and other people are no match for old K in terms of tonnage.

In other words, the chances of the Magic and the Suns meeting in the finals in the playoffs are very small. As for the regular season, winning or losing doesn't matter at all.

To put it simply, in terms of the team's interests, O'Neal and Old K don't have many opportunities to compete directly, unless O'Neal is traded to the West, or the Magic get past the Bulls.

Of course, this is from the perspective of the team. If you consider the problem from the old K's personal point of view, he also knows that as long as he can win against O'Neal, the old K will not be polite, because this is a duel between two giants, and there is no possibility of backing down.

Especially this year, the selection of the top [-] superstars will be held. Both O'Neill and Old K are expected to enter this glorious series. The outcome of the duel between them is even more important.

At this time, Lewis analyzed: "Old K has carried out explosive strength training and lower body weight gain at the same time. I think he may increase his jumping and movement speed. Of course, his explosive power will definitely increase. Old K, do you feel it?"

"There are some, but the change is not too big." Lao Wang nodded and said.

Some of his qualities have been improved. As for the reason, of course, it is related to the increase in lower body strength and explosive power, and even the club training may also have something to do with it.

"Of course, you have such a large tonnage, it is impossible to change a lot, but on the basis of weight gain, there is no drop, it is already a very good effect." Lewis said with a smile.

After greeting the coaches, Pharaoh talked to some teammates.

"Robert, is there any extra training during the offseason?" He first approached Horry.

Huo Li patted his chest and smiled: "Don't worry, old K, I have practiced more, I can do more in the new season, you can trust me."

Lao Wang looked at Horry suspiciously. He couldn't believe what this guy said. His rookie season in the Mosaic team was his best year. In the past two years with the Suns, his performance has been getting worse year by year.

Last season's shooting percentage was 44.7%, with a large number of open shots, only this efficiency, he has always been dissatisfied with Horry.

"Hope, this season you will play the [-]th position, and I will shoot the three-pointer from the open corner." He urged.

Now that Thunder is gone, Glider is gone, and the two players who can shoot [-]s have left. Wilkins has no [-]s, neither has Lightning. I heard that Finley’s rookie [-]s are not very reliable.

Although he can forcibly rely on hitting and crushing, but his physical strength is limited, it is impossible to play like that every time, and the ball will always fail to make shots. The opponent will double-team him unscrupulously, and it will be very difficult to win.

"Rookie?"

He's eyeing rookie Michael Finley in the corner of the locker room.

"Old K."

Finley stood up reflexively, looking at Old Wang nervously.

"Is your three-pointer accurate?" He asked following the train of thought just now.

"Uh……"

Finley faltered nervously: "I, I..."

Old Wang is helpless, I didn't kill you, why are you nervous?

At this time, Danny Ainge said: "Old K, according to his scouting report and his performance in the summer league and preseason, the three-pointer is not bad, with a 35% hit rate."

Lao Wang frowned and lowered his head a little. He only shot 35% in games like the preseason, so it would definitely be even lower in the regular season.

Moreover, Finley does not have a strong ability to hold the ball and break through, and the three-pointer is not very accurate, so his deterrence on the three-point line will not be enough, and the opponent can shrink the defense.

But in this era, three-pointers are not very important. If he can break through, he will definitely break through. He will not shoot three-pointers, and he does not intend to say anything.

Now is not the time to think about it, he said to Finley: "Work hard, your template is Michael Jordan."

"I, I will."

Finley hated his nervousness very much. Old K had a good attitude, but he couldn't help being nervous, because this was the super giant who averaged 50 per game in the finals. This was the super dominant superstar who swept Jordan and the Bulls.

Wang Tiejun moved a step to the side, and in front of Ben Wallace, the two rookies were sitting in the corner.

"Old K."

Big Ben said in a muffled voice.

"Ah."

Lao Wang nodded his head and looked at this rookie who was 14 centimeters shorter than him but was in the same position as him.

It looks quite strong, like black iron, but with this height, the weight on the data is 105 kg, not enough tonnage, not enough height, so it can't stand up to people.

However, Daben's main position is currently assigned to the fourth position, Horry's substitute, to help defend the fifth position, and he is not in a hurry to gain weight.

"You lost the election. I was picked up from the street by the boss. We had similar fates before. I hope you can train and play hard in the Suns, improve your strength, get more playing time, and change your destiny." He encouraged.

"Yes, boss." Big Ben said in a muffled voice.

At this time, the lightning arrived. After everyone changed their outfits, they went to the training ground.

The team gave Wang Tiejun a physical test, first measured his weight, and it did reach 132 kg.

Then test the jumping. The heavier the weight, the weaker the jumping ability, but just now Lewis also said that the increase in the strength of the lower body, the increase in explosive power, and the jumping ability will also increase. With the two phases offsetting, it is possible to maintain the original athletic quality.

Wang Tiejun looked up at the scale above, jumped up with all his strength, and hit the row of black and white scales with his right hand.

"75 centimeters." The trainer next to him shouted immediately.

Assistant coach Danny Ainge immediately recorded the data and said, "Old K, compared with your previous one, it has increased by two centimeters. How about you jump twice?"

"Forget it, I won't dance anymore." Old Wang knew it well, shook his head and refused.

His original jumping is actually pretty good. After many training sessions, he can jump up to 73 centimeters on the spot, which is also his jumping limit. Now he has reached 75 centimeters, breaking through his original limit.

But he was not surprised, as long as the quality is improved, the information in the system will sometimes change. He already knew that his jumping has reached level 76/76 (bouncing height 75/75, bullet speed 77/77), which is two levels higher than before.

Other quality data, speed level and potential level have reached level 78, one level up, flexibility has reached level 80, the highest level of improvement, a full three levels, and coordination has reached level 92, level up one level.

In terms of explosive power, this training session will be completed in two days. After three months of training, I have already improved by four levels, and I will be upgraded to another level in two days. Now I am at level 82/86.

That is to say, now he is heavier, but jumps faster and higher, and has more explosive power.

Next, he tested his movement speed, including running back and forth, and sprinting for a short distance. They were all a little faster, but the improvement was not much.

It's just that for the team, it's a huge surprise that he can improve his speed a little while gaining weight.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, after finishing the training, Pharaoh left the headquarters, went to the K Martial Arts Hall to have dinner, returned to the villa, and after a short rest, he began to practice plum blossom steps.

In the past few days, the brothers in the martial arts hall have buried dozens of plum blossom piles for him in the backyard. He is constantly turning and moving on and off these piles, and he already looks good, stronger than before.

"boom!"

At this time, he didn't take a good step, his body staggered, and his face hit the wooden post. The pain caused tears to flow out of his eyes, and his left cheek was also flushed, but luckily his nose didn't hit him.

"Damn it, I'll wrap a layer of cotton pads for you tomorrow and see how you hit me." Cursed angrily, he continued to practice.

After practicing for a while, it became dark. He turned on the headlights in the backyard and continued to practice. It took two hours to complete the training volume.

When taking a slow walk on the grass to rest, I habitually turn on the system and check my own information.

During this period of time, he watched it every day, hoping to see the Plum Blossom Step can be upgraded, but more than two months have passed, and it still cannot be achieved.

This also shows that his talent in this martial art is really not good, and he can only rely on long-term hard training.

"what?"

But this time, it was a pleasant surprise. The Plum Blossom Step has finally been promoted to the second level of the first glimpse of the door.

"Finally upgraded, it's not easy!"

He had the idea of ​​throwing wine to celebrate, but then he thought about it, it took more than two months for the second realm, and the next third realm will not take two years?Thinking about it this way, the idea of ​​setting up wine was immediately wiped out.

Now he feels that although he has practiced the plum blossom step for so long, although he has only improved by one level, the effect is still there. Some of his improvement in quality may also be related to this.

In addition, he feels that his lateral movement and turning speed have also improved. The improvement of these abilities should make his low-post offense more flexible.

Simply put, it saves effort.

Another point is that with the improvement of mobility, my low-post pace has been raised from level 92 to 93, and low-post confrontation has been raised from level 94 to level 95.

"It's a surprise, the plum blossom step is really important!" He was very happy.

"By the way, there may be room for improvement in defense, such as the improvement of lateral movement, and the ability to assist defense should also be improved."

However, I opened the system and looked at it. The level of defense assistance has not changed. It should be that further training in defense assistance is needed?
"System, can the assistance defense be trained and improved?"

"can."

He immediately estimated that the strength training for explosive power and weight gain will be over soon, and there is only one training left for physical fitness, and there are 600 points left, so let's exchange it for an auxiliary defense training card and a single defense training card.

After the redemption, the training content will be generated immediately. The training time is three months, one hour a day, and the single defense will be upgraded to three levels, and the cooperative defense will be upgraded to five levels.

These two trainings and physical training can be completed during team training, so that after returning home, you can concentrate on training club steps.

As for the last phase of weight gain, it will still be carried out next year. After each weight gain, the body needs to have a proper adaptation process to achieve the purpose of maximally protecting the body. This is a system requirement.

The weight-gain strength training he gave Dayao a few days ago was also formulated in this way. A small amount of weight gain allows the body to adapt slowly, including bones, joints, ligaments, internal organs and other body parts, which can better adapt to the weight gain and become stronger.

The most taboo thing about the increase in tonnage is explosive growth, which should be done gradually.

At the same time, explosive training should also be carried out next year, at the same time as the last weight gain training, and the effect should be the best.

After two days, the three-month weight-gain training and explosive strength training was finally completed. In fact, it has been more than three months because of some delay in the middle.

The explosive power has been raised to level 83, and there is still room for improvement by level 3.

The strength has not improved, which is offset by explosive training, and it is still 98.

The low-post confrontation ability has been improved by one level due to weight gain, and now it has reached level 96. The harvest in this offseason is still very good, and it has been promoted two levels in a row.

……

On the 21st, the NBA held a media conference in New York and announced to the entire league that the following new rules will be implemented starting from the 95/96 season.

First, it is a five-second violation.

Second, illegal use of hands.

Third, defend for three seconds.

Fourth, the reasonable collision zone.

Four major rules were introduced at one time, among which the three rules of illegal use of hands, three seconds of defense, and reasonable collision zone are all conducive to outside attack, and outside breakthrough will become easier.

Once the rules were announced, the league and the media reacted immediately.

Jordan accepted an interview with the Chicago TV media, and the reporter asked: "Michael, how do you think these four rules will affect your offense?"

"My breakthrough will be smoother, there is no doubt about it." Jordan said.

"So if the Bulls play against the Suns, can these rules help the Bulls gain an advantage?" The reporter continued to ask.

Jordan said: "First of all, it is impossible for Old K to sit under the basket all year round on the defensive end. He has to leave the basket from time to time, which is conducive to our breakthrough and improves the quantity and quality of our offense under the basket.

At the same time, our outside line will increase the lethality of their inside line, which can further weaken their inside defense quality. "

"I can't seem to see that these rules can limit the dominance of the old K on the offensive end, so do you think they can achieve the purpose of limiting the two behemoths of the old K and O'Neal?" The reporter asked again.

Jordan spread his hands and said with regret: "The league let old K go, these rules seem to only limit his defense, but not his offense.

Of course, these rules have enhanced our offensive energy on the outside, which can also be regarded as a disguised suppression of them. "

"What do you think is the significance of setting up a reasonable collision zone?" the reporter asked again.

"It allows the offense to take the initiative, which is the rule that encourages offense."

Jordan said something, then thought for a while and said: "This rule is beneficial to us, but it is also beneficial to those insiders with powerful low positions, such as Old K, O'Neal, and Rain Man. They will become more unscrupulous at the basket, and their impact on the basket will become more terrifying and more dominant."

"Like old K?" the reporter asked.

"Yes."

Jordan said with a serious look: "I don't know why the league issued such a rule? Maybe it's out of some kind of balance?
This rule makes teams with poor interior defense completely lose their defensive initiative in front of super centers like Old K, O'Neal, and Dameng, and they can only passively wait to be ruled. "

"Then why do you think the league didn't introduce rules to specifically restrict Old K, just like it did to restrict you back then?" the reporter asked again.

"Maybe he is not qualified enough? But I didn't even have a championship at the time. The league introduced that law to restrict me, and he has two championships now."

When Jordan said this, he said helplessly: "Who knows, I'm not Mr. President Stern, and I don't understand his considerations."

"Snapped!"

In the president's office of the NBA headquarters, Stern stepped forward and turned off the TV, and sat back in his executive chair.

He understands Jordan, and the league did not do it fairly in this matter. Old K has shown Jordan's strong dominance back then, but he has not enjoyed the treatment of special rules.

There is only one thing about his management of the league, and that is balance.

Therefore, the Jordan rule was introduced, and after the end of the season, the rule to restrict the old K was prepared.

But for the alliance, in addition to management, there is another point, that is, the development of the alliance, the development of North America, and the promotion to the world are the top priorities of development.

He also has to seek a balance between management and development.

Old K led his team to win the championship in four rounds last season, and averaged 50 points per game in the finals. This terrifying performance has already made his influence in North America and the world reach a high level. If it weren't for Jordan's first-mover advantage, he might have reached Jordan's level, and this is something he can't help but care about.

At the same time, China's basketball atmosphere ushered in an explosive increase last season. Old K returned to Fengshen Street in the capital. The scene of tens of thousands of people welcoming him was well known all over the world under the reports of the US media. He saw the huge potential market of the NBA in China.

As long as China's economy develops further and its consumption capacity increases, the NBA will usher in a boom in that huge country.

And old K is the most critical factor in that market. Once the enthusiasm of those pink and new fans for the NBA is dampened by restricting old K, he absolutely does not want to see it.

Therefore, in addition to balance, he also has to consider the disadvantages of restricting the old K. This disadvantage cannot affect the NBA's market development in China, or it must be minimized.

In the end, after repeated consideration, he decided not to introduce rules to restrict the old K for the time being, but to introduce several rules to increase the strength of his opponents. If he can't suppress you for the time being, then help your opponents become stronger.

As for the reasonable collision zone that Jordan complained about, his starting point is that this rule is conducive to offense, not because it was introduced to increase the dominance of O'Neal and old K at the basket. Whether Jordan understands it or not, he doesn't care.

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(End of this chapter)