NBA: I have 3, no D, and I can't dribble

Chapter 13 [13] Three-point shooting training, 400 out of 392?

As the team general manager who has worked in the Timberwolves for ten years.

"Refrigerator" Kevin McHale's pressure this season is actually greater than that of team leader Kevin Garnett.

During the player period, McHale and "Big Bird" Larry Bird won three championship trophies for the Celtics in the 80s.
And McHale has also been selected to the best defensive team many times, and there are two awards for the best sixth man. It can be said that he was the top three power forwards in the league in the 80s.

After retiring, McHale came to the Timberwolves to work.

Just in time for Glenn Taylor to buy the team in 1995 and immediately promote McHale to assistant general manager.

During McHale's tenure, he selected "Wolf King" Garnett for the team in 95, and "Lone Wolf" Marbury in 96.

This allowed the Timberwolves to reach the playoffs for the first time in team history in the 96-97 season, and then became a frequent visitor to the playoffs in the Western Conference all year round, with outstanding results.

Compared with the rest of the league's young small-market teams, such as the Grizzlies and Raptors, the Timberwolves have grown rapidly.
In a third-tier city like Minneapolis, which is icy and snowy, it can create a popular team that has reached the Western Conference playoffs year after year, and the attendance rate of the Target Center Arena exceeds 9%.

The arrival of Garnett is naturally the first contribution, and Kevin McHale's management ability is also commendable.

It's just that in the 98-99 season, the Timberwolves and Smith's yin-yang contract was severely punished by the league, which directly deducted the first-round picks for the next 5 years. McHale can't absolve himself of the blame for this.

Even though the penalty was later reduced to three first rounds, it still largely affected the Timberwolves' reinforcements in the next few years.

This season, the Timberwolves introduced "Madman" Sprewell and "Alien" Kassel, directly transforming to the championship level.

This made general manager McHale even better, and almost overwhelmed Grizzlies general manager Jerry West and won the best general manager award this season.

However, the injury and retirement of the "Alien" in the Western Conference finals once again shrouded the prospects of the Timberwolves in the championship.

Fortunately, Lin Fei was born in the sky, and 7 three-pointers in the final quarter abruptly pulled the Timberwolves back from the edge of the cliff.

But obviously, the Timberwolves, who fell behind by a big score of 2:3, are still on the precipice.

The next away game to Los Angeles, G6, will be the most critical battle to determine whether the team can win the championship this year.

As long as they can win G6 and return to the home court in the tiebreaker, the Timberwolves' chances of winning will become even greater.

McHale didn't have the heart to think about Lin Fei's contract renewal. What he was worried about was how the team should play in the next game.

And this magical boy Lin Fei from China, can he continue to help the Timberwolves in G6?

How should this "spear but no shield" pure offensive three-point shooter be used to achieve the most suitable effect for the team?
Once it is effectively targeted by the Lakers, will it immediately reveal its true colors?

"Refrigerator" McHale frowned. It seemed that he had to study carefully with Philip Sanders and the Timberwolves' coaching team.

……

Target Center arena conference room.

Timberwolves' postgame press conference.

Head coach Philip Saunders took "Wolf King" Garnett and "Madman" Sprewell to participate.

作为球队的两大核心，加内特今晚的31分15篮板7助攻3封盖，和“狂人”的28分5篮板6助攻，都完全配得上各自的身份。

The dominance played by the two together can be said to have blown up the OK combination of the Lakers tonight.

Of course, the Timberwolves were able to reverse the game, and the biggest contributor was Lin Fei.

Lin Fei's credit to the team for the rest of the night is not just the seven three-pointers. His sharp running position at the last moment attracted Kobe's defense,
Let the "madman" explode and score another 7 points.

Garnett and "Madman" also chose to believe in Lin Fei in the last quarter, so each easily scored two more assists.

Questions from media reporters kept coming.

However, it is obvious that Lin Fei, a rookie who became famous in World War I, was not able to attend the press conference in person.

After all, although the popularity of being a star player is high, but Lin Fei broke many historical records tonight in the battle of fame,
Obviously, it is more popular with traffic and fans, and it is also more inspirational.

"Kevin, tell me what you think about Lin? Do you think his seven three-pointers tonight are all due to God's favor?"

"Of course not, God is indeed on the Timberwolves' side tonight!"

"Lin's 7 three-pointers were due to luck, but it was more due to his hard training behind the scenes day and night!"

"He is an indispensable member of the Timberwolves!"

Garnett was still a little excited at this time, talking into the microphone, and slapped Lin Fei indiscriminately.

To be honest, Lin Fei made 7 of 7 three-pointers in the last quarter tonight, which really gave Wolf King a sense of dependence.

If Lin Fei can continue to perform miraculously in the next game, even if his shooting percentage is half that of tonight, 50% of the three-pointers will be enough to give the team a huge help.

"Latrier, Kobe chose to let you go to defend Lin at the last moment. Does this mean that in the mind of the 'Zen Master', Lin's personal offensive threat has surpassed you tonight?"

The "madman" was simple-minded and nervous, and he couldn't understand the traps in the reporter's question at all. This clearly meant to drive away the trust and unity of the players.

"Although I don't know how this kid will play in the next game, but tonight, Lin is the team's well-deserved MVP!"

"How the hell am I going to be an offensive threat to a guy who can hit a 39-pointer from [-] feet?"

The reporters let out a burst of laughter, and the questions continued:
"Mr. Sanders, may I ask how long do you plan to give Lin the next game in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals?"

"Kevin, if Lin hit another seven three-pointers or more in the next game and helped the team win the game again, would you be willing to give him one-tenth of your salary?"

"Kevin, who do you think Lin's ceiling will be? Does he have a chance to be an All-Star like Ray Allen?"

"Latrier, do you know about Lin's private life? Does he have a girlfriend now?"

Originally, Lin Fei miraculously saved the team with 7 of 7 three-pointers tonight.

Whether it is the head coach, the wolf king or the "madman", they are all very excited and grateful. They regard Lin Fei as the savior of the team, and it is reasonable to blow a few words in front of the media.

But what I didn't expect was that the questions the reporters asked one after another were all about Lin Fei...

The clowns were themselves.

At ten o'clock in the evening, on the basketball court in the training hall of the Target Center.

The clear and crisp sound of a basketball hitting the net, rhythmically sounded one after another, like the sound of nature...

"Shh!"

"Shh!"

"Shh! Shh! Shh!"

Lin Fei was sweating profusely during three-point shooting practice under the feeding of the team trainer Thomas.

The bottom angle of the three-point line on both sides, the 45-degree angle of the three-point line on both sides, and the position of the top of the arc, a total of 5 points, 20 shots at each point, a total of 100 shots per group.

After each set, rest for 5 minutes. After an hour, Lin Fei can probably complete 4 sets of shots, a total of 400 shots.

And Lin Fei spends at least three hours on three-point shooting training every day, which is 1200 three-pointers.

This kind of training volume can be said to be more ruthless than the peak Curry.

Before crossing over, the original owner was already a persevering training maniac for his dream,
Now that Lin Fei has a system, he can get free attribute points as long as he trains, so he needs to work harder.

And according to the system's explanation, no matter which basketball attribute, you must always maintain an NBA-level training volume, and a high level can be consistent, otherwise there may be a decline at any time.

Since then,

Lin Fei couldn't stop his daily three-point shooting training.

"Shh!"

"Shh!"

"Shh..."

Seeing the basketballs thrown from Lin Fei's hands go into the net one after another, almost without misses, the trainer Thomas couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Szebiak, who was sitting on the sidelines watching Lin Fei's shooting practice, was equally astonished.

This is no less than the shock that Lin Fei gave him in the game with three-pointer and seven-hit combo.

"398, 399, 400..."

When Lin Fei finally breathed a sigh of relief after shooting the 400th three-pointer, Szczerbiak got up excitedly and walked up, his eyes shining brightly:
"Oh my God, Lin, you shot 400 three-pointers and only missed 8. What the hell, the shooting percentage is too scary, right?"

As an All-Star substitute team shooter, Szczerbiak's three-point shooting percentage in training is only around 70%.

He also knew Lin Fei's three-point shooting percentage in training, which was not as high as his own.

Trainer Thomas quickly pulled out his Nokia phone to do the calculations:

"OMG, 400 of 392, a full 98% of the three-pointers!"

"Lin, did the outbreak of tonight's game completely change your three-pointer feeling?"

Lin Fei smiled embarrassingly, does he still use his mobile phone to count?
Well, choose to understand, after all, not everyone can be admitted to Qingbei!

Szczerbiak couldn't help sighing:
"Lin, I really regret that I didn't use a camera to capture the whole process of your [-] three-point shots. Otherwise, if you upload it to a video website, it will definitely explode!"

Lin Fei took the towel and Red Bull from the trainer, and said with a calm smile:

"Wally, there are 400 more after a break, you can record a video anytime you want!"

At this moment, the system prompt sounded:
[Ding, congratulations to the host, completed 400 three-point shooting training, free attribute points +5]

(End of this chapter)