king of los angeles

Chapter 89. Chapter 90
At three o'clock in the afternoon, five young rookies arrived at the Staples Training Center on time.

They made an appointment with defensive coach Blanche, who liked to hang out with the young guys and coach them.

Blanche performed mediocre in the player era, but became very talented after becoming a coach. There are many such examples, and Blanche is one of them.

Of course, there is another familiar person, that is the Lakers coach Bichler in the summer game, he and Blanche are a good pair of partners.

"I heard that the children were going to practice shooting here, so I drove over immediately."

Bichler is wearing casual clothes, and he is several years younger than him standing on the coach's bench in a suit and leather shoes.

Lin Feng is very grateful to these two assistant coaches for recommending himself in front of Wharton and imparting a lot of court experience to him.

The five-person shooting practice can even form a 3V2 offensive and defensive drill.

"Gary, your shooting point needs to be higher."

Bichler stood in front of Lin Feng to correct his shooting posture.

"Durant also told me the same way, asking me to improve my shot so that it won't be easy to be blocked." Lin Feng responded with a smile.

Bichler made a cute gesture, "Looks like I'm a superstar too."

Regarding shooting posture, Lin Feng inherited Gary Smith's playing style, so this may be a small problem that was not corrected in college.

Everything else is okay, Lin Feng's turnaround jump shot after receiving the ball is very comfortable.He's the best of the five, and his wingspan is second only to Ingram's.

Yingge's shot point is very high, and it is difficult for others to catch him. As long as Yingge improves his shooting percentage to a higher level, he will be the Lakers' second attacker.

As for the first attacker?The thirty-year-old man was lifting tires by the side of the road accompanied by a personal trainer!
In addition to jump shots, as a point guard, Lin Feng focused on training his dribbling ability.

He wants to have magical ball-handling skills like Kyrie Irving, and he can do whatever he wants.

Facing McCollum's defense, Lin Feng found that his center of gravity was unstable when dribbling at high speed, and he couldn't hold the ball.

In the last 3 minutes of the fourth quarter, McCollum's cut ball is very telling.At that time, the experienced CJ first gave Lin Feng a slight physical confrontation in the breakthrough speed.

Don't underestimate that touch of body contact, it was this touch that deformed Lin Feng's movements and disrupted the rhythm.

That guy was physically strong, and Lin Feng was at a disadvantage in strength, and was cut off by CJ when he lost his rhythm.

"Okay Gary, I believe you will be invincible if you practice your dribble well. Come with me."

Bixile turned his head and walked towards the corner of the training hall. Five pieces of paper with different colors were pasted on the wall, and Lin Feng didn't know where he was.

"Tear off the name tag?" He blurted out.

Bichler smiled, "This is the basic skill of training dribbling. While dribbling, the other hand touches the squares on the wall one by one. Isn't it very simple?"

After speaking, Bichler made a demonstration. He was flexible and his hands did not interfere with each other, which was easy to do.

Even Lin Feng thought it was very simple, but when it was his turn, his hands flustered, and he even dropped the ball once.

"Wow, you should replace me in the game." Lin Feng smiled wryly and shook his head. He didn't remember these things, including during Syracuse University.

Bichler is very talented in humor. He touched the paper on the wall and said: "If I was 20 years younger, I would definitely be a superstar in the league. Unfortunately, I can only participate in the senior college basketball team. But the future belongs to you. You are only 19 years old. Do all the work until you're 25, and the rest of the seven or eight years are going to shock the league."

"Focus and try again. What I can do, you can do too."

Lin Feng nodded, "Three-second prediction" is useless, it all depends on his ability.

The second time is better than the first time, Lin Feng's talent is here. 19 years old is the time when the brain is at its best, learning everything quickly.

It won't be long.He can use his hands freely.

"Very good Gary, speed up, especially the ball holder, you can dribble faster, this will make the opponent dizzy, and finally pass him." Bichler said seriously.

Lin Feng laughed, "Are you serious? I did the anti-vertigo test during the physical examination."

Touching the piece of paper with the ball in one hand is only the first step. After Lin Feng got used to it, Bichler increased the difficulty.

Ask Lin Feng to touch the paper according to the color he said, so as to exercise the ball protection reaction at the same time.

It was intercepted by McCollum at the time because Lin Feng's reaction was half a beat slower, probably less than 0.5 seconds.

"Is that guy CJ snatching the basketball from me just because he touched the paper every day?" Lin Feng kept remembering that scene.

Bichler spread his hands, "Maybe Portland has a weirder training method, such as leading a dog in front of it, touching its head while dribbling, and then avoiding its bite."

Lin Feng was a complete rookie, and Bichler's serious expression made him believe it.

After a while, Bichler asked, "Gary, don't you really think that there are some bulldogs in the Moda Center?"

Lin Feng smiled wryly, "I'll listen to you."

Bichler laughed out loud, "The last one who was so naive was Lonzo Ball. That kid's father was very imaginative, but Lonzo was a good boy. At that time, he asked me if I wanted some bulldogs from the management. .”

Lin Feng didn't have much contact with Brother Qiu, and because of his injury, he never practiced with the team.

But Lin Feng knew that he was a man of few words, not to mention his talent, and he was always diligent on the court.

Seeing Lin Feng "practicing hard" against the wall and touching the wall all the time, the boys practicing shooting felt funny.

"Gary, what did you do wrong that you need to face the wall and think about it?" Kuzma yelled jokingly.

Bichler pointed his fingers at them, "Everyone has to practice later, even if you are a power forward."

Kuzma thought he was talking too much and continued to shoot from beyond the three-point line.The team needs Kuzma to develop his three-point ability. In the small ball era, he needs an accurate No. [-] player, so as to help the team open up space and create opportunities for violent defenders to eat alone.

The moment Stephen Curry pressed the button of the three-point shooting machine, many originally excellent inside players were abandoned by the times.

For example, Howard, the former overlord of the basket, did not drop much in rebounds per game. However, due to his lack of shooting ability in the interior, his inability to open up space and his age, the team no longer regards Howard as the core of the team. Therefore, he wandered in the league.

Similarly, Monroe, once a double-double insider, has become cheap because of his large size and too slow speed.

The rise of the small ball system is the development of the times. For example, the popular triangle offense in the past few years is a product of the development of the times.

There will be many players who don't adapt and will be eliminated, and the "black version of Yao Ming" Hibbert can no longer gain a foothold in the league. Although the ending of these former inside hegemons is embarrassing, we must always look forward.

Because of the Lakers lineup, Kuzma will be pushed to the fourth position more often and needs to practice shooting with one hand.

And Lin Feng may be a guest at the third position, because although the Lakers have a lot of personnel in this position, they are not good.

The only ones who can do it are the old man and the younger brother. For some reason, Walton let Beasley sit on the bench for the entire game in the first game, and he didn't even have a chance in garbage time.

Lin Feng believes that it may have something to do with Beasley playing too alone in the preseason.

Walton is a young coach who needs to establish prestige on the team. Even better than LeBron, he must be obedient. How can Beasley break the rules.

All in all, Los Angeles is a fascinating place.

(End of this chapter)