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Chapter 489 Team Training
On the 19th, Lao Wang and Feige held a party at the villa. There were not too many invited guests, only five or sixty people.

This is his private party, not K Martial Arts’ party. The guests are all friends and contacts. There are well-connected stars in Hollywood, the presidents of several Chinese organizations in the Greater Bay Area, friends like Lightning, Barkley, and Magic Johnson, plus the old Bass family, and representatives of some sponsors.

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

This time when he came to the Lakers, 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 had just arrived in the United States.

Sponsors such as Mammoth are the happiest for Lao Wang to come to the Lakers, especially Mammoth. The market in Los Angeles is dozens of times larger than Phoenix, and the consumption power is much higher. They believe that Old K's shoes will have a skyrocketing price this season.

On the 22nd, Wang Tiejun reported to the Lakers headquarters, and the official training camp began.

He didn't chat much with his teammates at the Great Western Forum that day. Today he arrived a little earlier and was going to chat with his teammates.

"Boss."

"Old K."

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

"morning."

He took a look, and only Chris Mullin and Kobe weren't there.

"Danny, come here."

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

This rookie may be his inside partner. In the current lineup, except for Teilon Hill, only Fortson can be used at the fourth position.

"I?"

Danny Fortson was startled, and after seeing Lao Wang nodding, he trotted over quickly.

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

Lao Wang looked at Fortson and asked, "Your tonnage and bare height?"

Probably because of some itching inside the dreadlocks, Fortson scratched his scalp and said, "Boss, I'm 201 centimeters and 118 kilograms."

"Playing the fourth position is a little shorter."

Lao Wang sized him up, he was about the same as Barkley, and said thoughtfully.

"It's okay, I can dance, I can dance very well."

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

"It's really high and fast." Old Wang smiled and nodded.

Richmond next to him smiled and said, "The height of the bounce is good, at least [-] centimeters. The speed of the bounce is very fast, and the second take-off is also fast. It should be good for rebounding."

"I'm the best at rebounding," Fortson yelled.

"Danny, how is your mobility?" Old Wang asked.

"I'm fast, both straight-line speed and lateral movement are fast." Fortson said hastily.

"After the team training game, you will play as a substitute and grab a few rebounds on my head. Also, let me see your defensive strength and defensive attitude." Old Wang ordered.

"OKOK, Boss, you have the final say." Fortson nodded quickly.

Lao Wang thinks that Fortson should be very aggressive in playing and has a very positive appearance. Apart from being a little short, he is also very physically fit and has some potential.

Because it is short and the tonnage is not small, so the proportion of muscles is high, the strength should be good, and the confrontation ability should also be good.

Then the door opened and Kobe and Chris Mullin walked in.

"Kobe, have you completed your weight gain?" Lao Wang asked.

"It's been done a long time ago. I'm 96 kilograms now and I'm very strong. Old K, you can definitely let me play the main shooting guard. My confrontation ability has soared." Kobe said eagerly.

"Ask Mickey." The old dynasty pointed beside him.

As soon as Kobe turned his head, he saw Richmond staring at him, looking as if he was about to beat him up, and said somewhat resentfully, "Mitch, you'd better stay in good shape, or I'll take over the main position."

"You guy." Richmond was also helpless.

He knew that if his condition was really bad, under the care of old K, Kobe would really have a chance to take the main position.

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

He has played to an old age, and he has never played in the finals. This kid played the main force in the finals in his rookie season. It is different to have the old K covering him.

So he reminded himself that he must maintain a good state, and don't let Kobe take away the starter.

"Let's go."

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

The normal training time is nine o'clock, and they arrived at the training hall at 08:30, the boss Bass and the coach

The team, West and other management also just arrived, and there are 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." Clapping his hands, coach Harris shouted.

After gathering, he took a look at the team and said, "Gentlemen, you are a brand new team, and nine people have joined the Lakers. I hope that under the leadership of old K, you can work together to play an exciting season.

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

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

We have a super giant, and our tactics will be based on him. Traditional center tactics and positional warfare will be our main basic style of play.

We will establish a dual-core inside and outside, with Richmond as the core on the outside, and he will share the pressure for the old K..."

After the head coach, West said a few more words, and then old Bass gave a word of encouragement, and finally, as a player representative, Lao Wang also stood up.

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

But don’t worry everyone, whether it’s Dameng or the postman, I have rich experience in defeating them..."

"Haha..." Everyone laughed out loud.

After laughing, Richmond's face turned dark, and he couldn't help slandering: "You have rich experience in defeating them, but I have rich experience in being defeated by Jordan. What's the matter? If I make it to the finals, won't I be beaten by Jordan like Kobe?"

"Ah!"

Kobe, who was standing in the line, suddenly had a cold back and sneezed.

The next step is training. Harris first introduced the assistant.

The first one introduced was an old assistant coach, Bill Potka, white, 70 years old, and has worked for the Lakers for nearly 40 years. He used to be a scout, and then he has been an assistant coach for 15 years. It is under his hands that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's sky hook was developed.

Harris introduced Bill Potka with great respect, and said to Lao Wang: "Old K, your small hook in the low post is very good, but you have never used the big hook. Bill can teach you."

"That's exactly what I thought."

Lao Wang nodded with a smile, and said to Bill Potka: "Coach Potka, Karim once mentioned you to me. He said he could teach me big hooks, but I think it's more authentic to learn from you."

The hale and hearty Bill Potka 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 family. He is white and 39 years old. He was a rookie of the Lakers in 80. He played 9 seasons with the Lakers and several seasons with the Suns. When Lao Wang entered the Suns, he was traded to the Kings at the beginning of the season. The two did not know each other. After retiring in 95, he joined the Lakers coaching staff as an assistant coach.

He is very young and is also 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 performed activities first, and slowly entered the training state.

"Mitch, how many shall we fight?"

After ten o'clock, Kobe found Richmond and wanted to fight him one-on-one.

"Boy, don't be presumptuous!" Richmond said a little annoyed.

If it weren't for Old K, a second-year player like Kobe, he wouldn't even know how to do it.

"Don't you dare?"

Kobe said excitedly.

"Mitch, I don't mind if you teach him a lesson." At this moment, Pharaoh Wang said as he walked over.

"OK."

Richmond looked at Lao Wang and nodded.

"Kobe, let me see the results of your extra training during the offseason." Old Wang said to Kobe again.

"I won't let you down. This vacation, I can see what Los Angeles looks like at four o'clock in the morning every day." Bryant said.

"This kid won't really get up for training at four o'clock?"

"boast!"

The players gathered around and started talking.

"Kobe, you go first."

Richmond throws the ball to Bryant.

Bryant caught the ball, stepped back to the three-point line, and stood at 45 degrees to the left wing.

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

The two confront each other inside and outside the three-point line, and their height and weight are similar. Richmond weighs 98 kilograms, which is heavier than Kobe. He is 196 centimeters tall and two centimeters shorter.

When Richmond pushed forward, Kobe used his left foot as the axis, and swung his left elbow horizontally to block the defender. He grabbed the ball with one hand with his right hand and swept it back.

He has always envied Jordan and old K's big hands, they can catch the ball with one hand and swing it freely, making various fake moves, so he also wants to show off his one-handed catch.

"This idiot!" Pharaoh scolded when he saw it.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Richmond slamming fiercely sideways. Not only did he forcefully squeeze Kobe, but he also knocked off Kobe's ball and completed the steal.

The ball was robbed, and Kobe was confused. At this time, Richmond dribbled the ball and took two steps towards the top of the arc. After getting rid of Kobe, he immediately made a jump shot.

"brush!"

There was a splash, and Richmond made a precise three-pointer.

"Asshole! Kobe, this is the result of your extra training? It's so easy to be cut off, don't you protect the ball when you hold it?" Old Wang scolded.

Kobe's face was black, and he shouted at Richmond: "Come again."

"Rock, teach him a good lesson." Old Wang shouted.

"OK."

Richmond smiled, threw the ball over again, and leaned over to force it up again.

This time, Kobe didn't dare to show off catching the ball with one hand anymore, but turned to the right side, and when the opponent was pressing up, he immediately started to hit sideways.

"Oh!"

Although Kobe's tonnage was smaller, it was only two kilograms smaller. In addition to the bonus of his iron mountain's force, it actually knocked Richmond back.

In the next moment, when the opponent's center of gravity was not stable, he turned around, and while dribbling, he jumped into Richmond with one step and went in. After three steps, he flew up and burst into a slam, facing the basket with a tomahawk-style dunk.

"it is good!"

"Clap clap..."

Some applauded, some cheered.

"This kid!"

Richmond was also a little confused. After he was leaned on just now, his defense was completely lost. When he stabilized his focus, it was too late to chase and defend.

"Old K, have you seen it? I applied your relying technique to the outside line, and it has been used well now. You can't use it, and now I will carry it forward."

After coming down from the basket, Kobe excitedly shouted at Pharaoh.

"hey-hey……"

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

This is not easy, because he only taught Kobe’s basketball-like iron mountain to rely on force movements, and taught him basketball-like bear stance. He couldn’t teach him how to use these basic skills on the outside, so how to use them, how to combine them with other skills, and how to attack, depends on Kobe himself.

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

Even, after the old K pushed everything sideways and was restricted by the K law, he actually saw that kind of sideways attack from Kobe.

Although when Kobe used it, he couldn't see the tyranny of the old K who pushed everything horizontally, but it was very useful on the outside.

Get rid of the defender by hitting, get enough space, or rush, shoot or pass.

Just like the postman Karl Malone, he used his elbows to gain space for his shots. In the past, K used to gain space by hitting fiercely. Now Kobe can also use hitting to gain space.

He felt that the coaching staff should be able to formulate some singles tactics for Kobe, as long as he is not an opponent with a strong defense, they can let him play.

Next, Richmond and Kobe continued to fight one-on-one, each with 10 attacks, until the end, 6:5, the former won.

After Kobe was intercepted for the first time, all of the next nine offenses used relying skills and scored five goals.In particular, he succeeded three times in the first four times, but only twice in the next five times.

Richmond's defense was good. He didn't adapt to Kobe's relying on hitting in the front, but after adapting in the back, his defensive efficiency improved and destroyed Kobe's three offenses.

He scored 6 of his [-] offenses, including sudden shots, but Kobe's defense was still a bit underwhelming and he couldn't stop him.

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

The old assistant coach Bill Potka first asked Kobe: "Kobe, you learned your playing skills from old K, right?"

After seeing Kobe nodding, he continued: "Yes, you have been able to improve your ability to get rid of defenders through this technique, and you have gained more space for shots and breakthroughs for yourself. This makes your shots and breakthroughs easier, and the offensive efficiency will be improved."

Speaking of this, he said to Richmond: "Mitch, you are not as good as Kobe in getting rid of defenders, so although your offensive ability is stronger than him now, your efficiency is not much higher than Kobe's. If Kobe's defense is further improved, your offensive efficiency will be even lower."

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 hitting, and he used it really well. I just observed, Kobe, your first step is not very fast, so it is very important for you to gain more breakthrough space through this relying on hitting technique, which can make up for your weakness that the first step is not fast enough."

Kobe nodded again and again. He already knew this benefit. He used to be sloppy when he got rid of the defender, so when he stopped for a jump shot, the defender could often keep up with him, which affected his shot and his mid-range shooting percentage was very low.

In fact, old K's relying on hitting does not make his breakthrough speed faster, but improves 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.

(End of this chapter)