You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 624 Only Time Will Tell
At the end of September, the lockout continued.

The league has canceled the first two weeks of the regular season, followed by the entirety of November, and the first two weeks of December.

If the dispute between labor and management cannot be resolved before the New Year, the entire season will be cancelled.

That is undoubtedly a lose-lose result.

But this time, the Players Association has learned the lesson of 1999, no matter how threatened by the management, they will not submit.

An idler like Wei Xia can only concentrate on improving himself.

Assuming a rematch in December, he still has almost 12 months left.

Wei Xia decided to continue to hone his shooting and body, and he needs to find a real master to help him improve.

To that end, he turned to legendary trainer Tim Glover.

Speaking of this name alone, many people may be confused.

There is a video of Michael Jordan lifting weights in a white sleeveless sweater. The trainer behind him who helps him protect is Grover.

In 1989, Jordan gradually realized that to overcome the Pistons' evil law, he needed more muscle.But at that time, there was almost no trainer in the NBA that he felt reliable.Grover recommended himself, and Jordan, who couldn't find a suitable candidate, decided to give him a month to prove himself. The seeds of the dynasty were planted that summer.

There is no need to mention the changes Grover brought to Jordan.

Since then, he has cooperated with Jordan for 17 years, received tens of millions of dollars in remuneration from Jordan, and became one of the most famous trainers in the NBA in one fell swoop.

Some people may say that everyone like Jordan trains the same way, but Jordan is at best a golden sign for Grover's reputation. Without reliable training and a well-known reputation, he cannot become a legend among trainers.

In 1990, Scottie Pippen became his client.

Since then, Pippen has made six All-NBA teams in seven years and was named to the All-Defensive Team for ten consecutive years. His transformation in 1991 was dramatic.It can be said that Jordan made the Bulls dynasty, but without Pippen's help, would the Bulls in the 90s still have the dominance we know?

Taking Pippen up a notch was only the beginning of Grover's saga.

In the summer of 1992, Charles Barkley also became his client.

We all know who stole Jordan's MVP in 1993, and we also know who forced the strongest Jordan in the finals-well, of course it was the Suns' short, slow or thin guards, how could it be the Flying Pig who averaged 27 points, 13 rebounds and 5.5 per game.

In 1994, Hakeem Olajuwon also became his client.

What happened two years after that?Um..
In 2005, Dwyane Wade also became his client. In the 2006 finals, the referee helped Wade more, or Grover's training gave Wade a body that could withstand beatings. How should the credit be divided between the two?

In 2007, Grover became Kobe's trainer.

The only accident——In 2009, McGrady invited Grover to help him rejuvenate, but Grover is not a fairy, he can only help the players in their peak period to improve, and can't restore the half-crippled McGrady to his peak athletic ability.

Then, it was September of 2011.

The training team "Fatal evolution" formed by Wesha and Grover reached an agreement.

From the end of September, Deadly Evolution will cooperate with Wei Xia for three years.

When Weisha saw Grover for the first time, he expressed his thoughts bluntly: "How can I have Michael Jordan's jumper?"

At first glance, it sounds like something out of the Arabian Nights.

Jordan is the number one shooter in history. In terms of production and efficiency, no one is better than him. The only ones who come close are Nowitzki and the future Durant.

Owning Jordan's jump shot is tantamount to having the strongest inside shooting threat in history.

With this threat, as long as you have the ball in your hands, you cannot be ignored. It is good for supporting the whole team and breaking through.

Is this the jumper Wei Xia is referring to?of course not.

Kobe has said that he is not the best user of the turnaround jumper.

With his temperament, the only person who can make him admit that he is better than him is that person.

Wei Xia looked at the Bulls game video in the 90s, combined with the video, and compared it with Kobe in his memory and other top wings in the league.

Kobe's beauty, difficulty, and accuracy are unreasonable for killing people;

Maddy's freehand brushwork and poetic imagination;
And no, no more.

Neither Carter nor Iverson are the No. [-] in Jordan's way.

Jordan is different from them. He does not have as many difficult shots as Kobe, nor does he have those complex and picturesque movements, and he is not as freehand as McGrady. He just does simple movements, with pure footsteps, and unfathomable strength—including core strength and lower body strength—and at the moment of jumping, giving people a sense of calmness and solidification.

It was an indescribable feeling.

Only by watching his game will you know what Wei Xia is referring to.

Jordan's bullet speed is not the fastest in history, the elasticity is not the strongest in history, and even his shooting is not the most accurate in history, but his jump shot, the sense of strength and stability between the ups and downs, the moment of the shot, it seems to press the pause button for the game. He is the only one, and he has this feeling.

The reason why Wei Xia asked Grover instead of asking Jordan himself was because Jordan didn't have such a clever jumper from the beginning. In 1989, his jump shot began to take shape. During the first dynasty of the Bulls, it was the peak of his personal ability. All skills were at the top level of the league, and the feeling of jump shot was not so obvious.After returning from playing baseball, Jordan reshaped his muscular structure. Although his athletic ability was incomparable with that before retirement, the aesthetics and visual effects of his jump shot have risen to a higher level.

Wei Xia believes that the experience of playing baseball is not just for Jordan to understand the sufferings of ordinary people.

It also gave him a chance to reshape his body.

And the designer of his body is Grover.

Grover understood Wei Xia's meaning, and he was surprised.

Over the years, he has trained countless clients, and only Wei Xia is on point.

"I used to hear Kobe mentioning you often. He said that you are the most careful and patient person he has ever met." Grover laughed.

Wei Xia is ashamed of himself, and he rarely praises Kobe in front of others.Although he put Kobe's historical status to the third in history in his heart, second only to Jordan and Dr. Naismith.

——Yes, Jordan is the second in history in his mind, and Dr. Naismith, the creator of this sport, is the eternal god.

Wei Xia listened quietly.

"Still, Michael probably had the most perfect body structure ever," Grover said later.

"Why do you say that?"

"He has developed perfect muscles, and he can control every muscle under his feet for him to drive." Grover provided Weisha with a more mysterious concept, "He knows when to start and use the most appropriate speed. Moreover, he rarely attacks with all his strength. It's not that he doesn't need it, but he knows how much effort he can execute. The most difficult thing is that after several comprehensive transformations of his muscle structure, he still only took one summer to restore his body to a perfect state. Michael in 1996, Have the most perfect body ever."

What Grover said was very good, provocative and evocative, but Wesha still didn't understand what he needed to do.

Wei Xia didn't know if Grover had any reservations about him, he made Jordan so amazing.

Is it really possible to control every muscle in your body?
But he agrees with Grover that Jordan in 1996 had the most perfect body structure ever.That may not be the strongest Jordan, but it is the most perfect Jordan.Perfect body and perfect athletic ability are almost incompatible.It is difficult for athletes in the golden age to convince themselves to work hard to hone their bodies. Only when they feel youthful on the field will they change.

At the age of 27, Wei Xia decided to do what the 33-year-old Jordan did.

"I am willing to accept all arduous training." Wei Xia stated seriously.

At first, Grover thought he was just like Kobe, Wade and others before him.

The attitude is very good, the execution is very strong, but there will not be too many things beyond the outline.Grover helped them train and build their bodies, but never helped them transform their bodies as completely as Jordan did.

Because they don't need to.

It seems that Wei Xia is not needed either.

At 27, all is well, with a torn ACL no more visible than a fly's bite.

In October, Wei Xia followed Grover's tailor-made training plan for him, and started training while transforming his body while doing special training.

The process is tedious and arduous.

Only athletes with higher pursuits can persevere.

Wescia described his daily practice as a 48-minute game without the ball.

The lockout continued, and the new season seemed to be in the foreseeable future. Wei Xia, who won the Asian Championships, disappeared from the sight of the media.

In the short term, he won't see much change, but the seeds have been planted.

Just like the seed Jordan planted in the summer of 1989.

Only time will tell what kind of tree it will grow into.

(End of this chapter)