i play basketball with kung fu

Chapter 21
On the day of leaving Philadelphia, Iverson personally drove Lingbo to leave. When parting, Iverson raised his inner doubts.

"Ling, you are a very good player, I want to know why you work so hard?"

Ling Bo said: "The short-term goal is to win a bullfight, and the long-term goal is to enter the NBA. I want to sweep the army."

"On October 10th, I will have a 20v1 with LeBron James, and I have to beat him."

Iverson didn't ask why, but said, "I'm looking forward to that day."

Leaving Philadelphia, Limbo's next stop is the central Florida city of Orlando.

In 2000, the Orlando Magic ushered in the talented big boy-Tracey McGrady.

McGrady originally wanted to go to the Magic to form a fantasy lineup, but unexpectedly he became the leader. In the first season of the Magic, he scored 26.8 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists, becoming the Most Improved Player.In the just-concluded 2002-2003 season, Tracy McGrady won the season scoring title.

Compared with Iverson, McGrady agreed more readily. In his own words, it is too boring to train alone, so it is better to find someone together.

You must know that if McGrady said this in public, I am afraid that those who want to train with him will have to queue up to Toronto.

Maybe this is the eye, McGrady is very friendly to Ling Bo, first of all he and Ling Bo had a 1v1 match.

I thought that Ling Bo was just a rookie who failed in the draft, but he didn't expect that as soon as the dribble was shot, McGrady felt that Ling Bo was extraordinary.

"Actually, I just came from Philadelphia, and Allen Iverson personally coached me for ten days."

This surprised McGrady, but if it is not surprising, his dribbling does have heavy traces of Iverson. The surprise is that Iverson is willing to personally guide him.

It took a long time to face McGrady for the first time. Of course, Ling Bo lost badly, 2 to 10. He just used the skills he learned from Iverson to barely deal with him.

McGrady's evaluation: the ball is acceptable, the offensive method is single, and the defense is poor.

McGrady first explained many offensive skills to Limbo, such as his signature pull-up jumper, Kobe's fadeaway jumper and so on.

McGrady's teaching pays great attention to details, pointing out the deficiencies in Lingbo's shooting posture, layup steps, passing posture, etc., and then teaching Lingbo the appropriate posture.

One point that Mai Di paid special attention to was the speed of the hand. He explained the importance of the speed of the hand to Ling Bo. Unexpectedly, Ling Bo could understand it immediately. This is like a swordsman's sword. In his previous life, he always understood the importance of speed.

The residents of Orlando are mostly friendly, and McGrady was part of it, and was somewhat influenced by it. He even invited Limbo to live in his home after training.

McGrady didn't do the prescribed two or three hours. He felt that what he taught was enough for Ling Bo to practice for a day, so he stopped, and even later, he kept adding new teachings, because Ling Bo's learning ability is really strong .

Ten days passed by in a hurry, and the two got to know each other during the training. At first, McGrady agreed to teach him because he felt that this method was very fresh, and at the same time, he could show his superb offensive skills to a newcomer.

McGrady also learned about the agreement between Ling Bo and LeBron, also learned that Ling Bo was not selected in the draft, and knew that Ling Bo was called a waste material.

It's just the grudge between Ling Bo and the Cavaliers, he didn't mention it to anyone.

After finishing the Orlando trip, Ling Bo went to the third stop, Los Angeles, the "City of Angels".

He came to Los Angeles, of course, to find Kobe Bryant, but Kobe was not so easy to see. He stayed in Los Angeles for two days, and Ling Bo didn't see anyone.

For the past two days, Ling Bo has been at the entrance of the Staples Arena. Just when he was about to give up, the man wearing the No. 8 Purple and Gold Army uniform finally appeared. It seemed that he should be training in the arena.

Ling Bo went up and stated his purpose, and wanted Kobe to give him some pointers. Kobe took out a piece of paper and wrote down an address in a serious manner.

He gave the note to Ling Bo and said, "One hour, if you can come here, you can train with me tomorrow, I will drive and you will run."

Ling Bo took the note and glanced at the address on it, No. XX, Flammose Road, Los Angeles.

After speaking, Kobe found his car and drove away, leaving Ling Bo with a confused face.

Brother, it took me an hour to get there, you have to tell me how to get there, this is my first time here.

Fortunately, Ling Bo had a map in his hand, he glanced at it and started to run wildly, at a speed of [-] mph, in a free mood, hoping that Kobe would be waiting for the finish line.

Speeding all the way, Ling Bo brought his current Lingbo Weibu to the extreme.

Halfway, Ling Bo went the wrong way, so the time was very tight, almost at the speed of take-off, he didn't care about the collision with pedestrians, and he didn't care about the surprised expressions of others, he just wanted to see Kobe at the finish line .

At the finish line, Kobe was really waiting, Ling Bo glanced at his watch, the time was just right, if he hadn't made a mistake and made a detour for 5 minutes, otherwise it could have been faster.

Kobe really didn't expect Ling Bo to come on time. To be honest, he didn't have any hope, because if he was allowed to run by himself, he would definitely not be able to.

Kobe looked at Ling Bo who was panting heavily, waited for him to take a few steps slowly to get used to it, and then touched the muscles of Ling Bo's legs.

This is to confirm whether Ling Bo is cheating, the muscles in his legs will become stiff after running for a long time.

"What's your name?" Kobe asked with interest.

Ling Bo gasped and said, "Ling Bo, you can call me Ling."

Kobe nodded in satisfaction, and said to Ling Bo: "Waiting for me here at 4 o'clock tomorrow morning, I won't suffer, I advise you not to come."

Ling Bo was very happy and said, "No problem."

I can stay at the gate of Iverson all night, not to mention who you let me feel at night.

In this way, Ling Bo arrived at the agreed place on time at four o'clock, and accompanied Kobe to appreciate Los Angeles at four o'clock in the morning.

Indoor arena, this is Kobe's dedicated court.

"I won't teach you anything today, you can practice with me and follow my living habits."

What Kobe said yesterday was that if Limbo arrived at the designated place within an hour, he could train with him, but he didn't say that he would teach him.

But this is not important, Ling Bo understands that this is just a test for Kobe.Kobe is a quiet and withdrawn person. He has an incomparable love for basketball, whether it is a game or training, he is devoted to it.

Ling Bo practiced with him, he shot, Ling Bo shot, he practiced skills, Ling Bo also practiced skills, he drank water, Ling Bo also drank water.

From around four o'clock in the morning until noon, Ling Bo and Kobe just ate breakfast, drank a few sips of water, and didn't even go to the toilet because they lost a lot of sweat, and they didn't rest at other times.

This level of practice is completely acceptable to Ling Bo, and his usual training is almost the same. The difference is that Ling Bo will take two hours to practice the internal and light skills that he already has.

The physical training in the afternoon was rather tiring. Ling Bo had every reason to suspect that Kobe did it on purpose, because with the blessing of internal strength, he felt a little tired, but Kobe pretended to be calm.

As night fell, Kobe said to Ling Bo: "I promise you, it will be this time tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)