stadium ambition

Chapter 56 Me and LeBron

After a short pause, the public training of the Lakers continued. Smush Parker replaced Su Yang and led the substitute against the starter.

Kurt Rambis intentionally or unintentionally told the audience that although Su Yang's performances just now were quite exciting, they were not real NBA-level games, because the players on the starting team did not seriously defend, and they just wanted to give Su Yang more encouragement.

Su Yang couldn't figure out why Rambis had such a deep prejudice against him, but he didn't care too much.

Unexpectedly, after Smush led the team, the offensive effect of the substitute team was obviously not as good as when Su Yang led the team, and Kobe hadn't taken the ball to play hard, basically playing the role of passing organization, Odom and others The defense is also just a show.

With such an obvious gap, the audience could see that Rambis' complexion gradually became very ugly.

After an extremely low-level mistake, Rambis finally couldn't help it. With a voice almost roaring, he asked the substitute team led by Smush Parker to be more focused, but Smash Parker took the lead and did not roar Rambis. The scene was quite embarrassing.

Su Yang secretly laughed, and then felt that Kobe was really miserable. At the peak of his career, he met such a group of teammates, such as Brian Cook, the number one fortress in the NBA, Smash, the son of death, and Radmano, the king of Europe. Vicky, on the contrary, Kwame Brown, who is often criticized by fans, can also act as a good frame protector, which is tearful to think about.

If there is no infighting in the Lakers management and Jerry West chooses to stay, or if Kupchak can grasp the real power, then in the three seasons of 05-07, Kobe will also have the opportunity to hit the regular season MVP .

Amidst the emotion, the training match was over.

As a representative of the team, Kobe gave a short speech to thank the audience for their support, and took another group photo.

After the audience left, Kobe beckoned to Su Yang, and the two returned to the arena to start teaching low backs.

"First of all, you have to learn how to get stuck, either get opportunities through tactical cover, or create opportunities by running back, or wait in advance in the target area..." Kobe started from the most basic part.

The foundation is also the most important thing, Su Yang immediately recalled the GIF of Kobe and Anthony competing with each other.

A large part of the reason why Kobe's defense was successful was that he didn't allow Anthony to catch the ball in the most comfortable way, so that after Anthony caught the ball, his muscle memory couldn't keep up, and he finally threw a three-point mid-range shot.

While Kobe was narrating, he pulled Odom to help demonstrate, Wharton and others stood on the sidelines and watched, and Farmar followed suit.

Su Yang listened attentively, and followed the movements to imitate and try. Although he knew these methods before, he never thought about the differences in details. Kobe listed them one by one, including how to quickly create back-up opportunities when dribbling.

"You have to learn to use your body to ensure that you can catch the pass safely. It is best to observe other players' positions in advance, and roughly set those routes that may be taken, so as to avoid being too slow in reacting when encountering trouble..."

Su Yang nodded silently, and recalled the last 98 seconds of G6 in the 23 finals. Malone received a pass from the low post. He might think that his teammates had already taken away the defense player, so he prepared to play back without any scruples. In the end, Jordan ran back and intercepted the ball. .

A player who is proficient in post-up singles skills will definitely observe whether there is a possibility of double-teaming or stealing. This is equivalent to clearing mines in advance to increase the probability of success. This is the same as how to get stuck, which is a strategic part.

"When your back is facing the basket, you can't see the defender moving. You need to mobilize the defender's pace, and use your body to perceive the defender's movement, and complete the final steps through rhythm differences or changes in the center of gravity..."

"In any case, you always have to face up to the frame to complete the attack, at least you have to make a hook shot from the side to the basket, so after the post-up is completed, you still need to master skills such as layups and mid-range shots. Low post-ups are a complex set. system…"

"When you understand what I'm talking about, the rest is a lot of practice and combat..."

Kobe spoke very fast, and he could speak out all his heartbeat in a few minutes.

Su Yang memorized all of them at once, some of them were fully understood, and some of them still needed to be thought about.

Kobe also demonstrated several steps that can be used to deal with different types of defenders, such as how a heavy defender can induce the opponent to lean forward, and how a tall defender can induce the opponent to jump first, and the speed of speech is also very fast.

Su Yang couldn't squeeze it down completely, so he had the cheek to ask Kobe to explain it again, and Kobe patiently demonstrated again.

For half an hour on and off, Su Yang learned well, and Odom and other players called them geniuses.

After the whole teaching process was completed, the two students, Su Yang and Farmer, conducted actual combat tests, and Kobe served as the defender.

There were five goals in total, Su Yang struggled to hit a goal through the hook, and Farmar failed to score a goal.

"Compared to the previous dunking on Bynum, I think this shot is worth bragging about." Su Yang was flattered. He was able to hit the basket with a post-up singles under the defense of the peak Kobe, but he was still at a disadvantage in height and wingspan. up.

After the inspection was completed, the staff notified an ESPN reporter to come to interview temporarily, hoping that Kobe would go to the sidelines to cooperate.

Seeing this situation, Su Yang waved goodbye and was about to pack up his things and leave with Ron, but saw Kobe waving.

Curious, he ran over quickly, and Kobe pulled him to face the camera, and they were interviewed together.

The reporter's lazy expression when dealing with work suddenly became excited, as if he smelled a big news.

"SO, Kobe, would you like to introduce us to this young man?"

Kobe nodded: "This is Su Yang from the ancient oriental country. He has a rare basketball talent, and he also has the training attitude and intensity of an NBA player. I think he is a super high school student like LeBron James..."

"Wow?" The reporter exclaimed with obvious doubts of disbelief, and handed the microphone to Su Yang. "Do you think you can compare to LeBron? He averaged nearly 21 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in his first year as a rookie."

"I'm compared to LeBron..." Su Yang thought quickly, organized his words a little, and said courageously: "I don't have his strong body, but if I play in the NBA next year, my contribution to the team will not be as strong as LeBron's." He is less."

"You are very confident." The reporter still had an expression of disbelief, and even smiled mockingly.

Su Yang saw it, but Quan pretended not to see it. It was normal for the reporter to find it hard to believe. After all, LeBron met once in a hundred years.

Kobe waved his hands again and again: "He just participated in our team training and led our bench lineup against the starting lineup. In terms of organizational ability, he is completely at the NBA level, and his scoring ability is far superior to many rookies."

"Oh?" The reporter finally showed an expression of interest. "Is there a videotape?"

"You go to the staff to communicate, they should have a video. I am serious, you will realize how powerful Su Yang is sooner or later. What I am most optimistic about him is that he has a clear goal and works hard for it. From the earliest Asking me if I just kept shooting all day and then finding out about the devil myself later, that's the hallmark of all great players."

After Kobe finished speaking, Odom booed beside him: "So you took the initiative to guide him to play low post!"

Kobe nodded in approval, the reporter asked a few more questions, and the interview came to an end.

Leaving the Staples Center, Su Yang and Ron drove back to Irvine.

...

At noon the next day, the basketball team of Muqiao High School gathered in the cafeteria as usual. Ron showed a video of Su Yang leading the Lakers to play as a substitute.

The official account of the Lakers quickly reposted the video and uploaded it to Twitter at the same time. ESPN also joined in the fun and released the video of the interview with Kobe.

During recess, students excitedly read the comments on Twitter.

About half of it is praise, marveling that Su Yang can compete head-on with NBA players.

The other half was ridicule, ridiculing that Su Yang dared to compare himself with LeBron, the son of the Chosen One, for being overconfident.

Su Yang understood the fans' thoughts and was not upset, except for those remarks that he was deliberately trying to gain popularity.

When school was over in the afternoon, Muqiao High School was on the field to face Compton High School led by DeRozan.

Compared with the previous games, Mu Qiao High School did not directly show a crushing trend. The main reason was that DeRozan could not restrict DeRozan from scoring easily. However, as the game reached the fourth quarter, DeRozan's physical strength declined in the face of double-teaming , the crushing trend gradually emerged.

In the end, Su Yang scored 22 points and 14 assists, leading the team to a big victory over Compton High School.

After the game, he carried out post-match extra training as planned, and the reporters secretly took Xu photos.

After the full set of strength training was over, Su Yang walked out of the weight room wearing a towel, and David beckoned to indicate that he had something to discuss.

The two entered the coach's office, and David pointed to the computer screen: "LeBron responded an hour ago."

Su Yang stared at the screen and checked carefully, and found that LeBron had written a long paragraph on Twitter.

[This is a reply from LeBron: I just watched the video of Su Yang leading the Lakers players in the game. Although it was only a few minutes, I confirm that he is a player full of talent. I agree with Kobe’s remarks. Su Yang And every young player is qualified to compare with me, I believe he can become an excellent NBA player.Come on, young king! 】

"Yo ho, interesting!" Su Yang smiled. Such a reply is in line with LeBron's consistent attitude of encouraging young players. Moreover, when LeBron said this, the wind of comments changed greatly, and almost all of them became praises.

"Now there is a situation that I would like to ask for your opinion." David looked very happy. "The National High School Basketball Committee sent us an invitation half an hour ago, hoping that we will participate in the national high school basketball exhibition game at the end of the year. The opponent has well-known teams such as Oak Hill High School, and ESPN has promised that as long as we participate in that game, it will be held. broadcast live across the United States."

Su Yang was stunned for a moment: "Then join in, I didn't expect that I would have the super treatment of LeBron..."

(End of this chapter)