The brutality of the NBA

Chapter 17, the confusion of the United Arab Emirates.

Time passed during Xue Ding's day-to-day training.

During the offseason of his rookie season, Xue Ding paid great attention to the running-in with the team and the training of his personal ability!

Because there is no need to play games at this stage, the offseason training can be crazy.

When the real regular season starts, Xue Ding's training intensity will drop sharply.

NBA training is indeed very professional, and Xue Ding's various abilities are improving rapidly.

The preseason starts tomorrow.

In the first game, the Blazers vs. the Nets at home! ! !
This is a derby match, and the domestic attention is very high, and various domestic media are already ready to go!

Ah Lian is a guest and has come from afar.

Xue Ding hosted Ah Lian at a Chinese restaurant in Portland!

Xue Ding is also from Cantonese and grew up watching Hongyuan's games.

After he was selected by the NBA team, Xue Ding also found the phone number of Ah Lian. Ah Lian gave Xue Ding a lot of experience in the NBA.

Ah Lian's personality is very boring, he is really "boring", not the kind of boring boring, using "cold" to describe his personality is very suitable.

On the contrary, Xue Ding is a very sunny and confident person who always has a smiling face, although he is very lonely in his heart
The completely different personalities of the two have also been presented differently in the NBA.

There are not many friends in the UAE team, and it seems very lonely, while Xue Ding is often the center of conversation in the locker room.
There is no absolute good or bad character.

Xue Ding's emotional intelligence is good, and when he met Ah Lian, he was very enthusiastic but not unfamiliar.

The two chatted about Dongguan and the Dongguan-style service.
Before the crackdown, Dongguan's economy was really good.

Then the two will talk about the Hongyuan Dynasty, and then talk about domestic basketball.
The two of them were very cordial during the meal. They both spoke Cantonese and chatted, and the conversation naturally came to the NBA.

The new season is the third year for the UAE to enter the league. The state of the previous two seasons has been ups and downs, and his emotions occasionally reveal frustration.

Although Xue Ding could see that he was depressed, he couldn't tell that he was holding back energy.

Xue Ding felt that maybe Ah Lian didn't want to stay in the NBA anymore.

"Xiao Ding, what do you think my position should be?" Yi Jianlian asked.

The people around him and the domestic fans all demanded him with the standard of becoming a superstar, which put a lot of pressure on him.

The new season is the third season of the UAE, but he is getting more and more confused.

Before coming to the United States, Ah Lian also thought that he could become a superstar, but the experience of the past two years made him feel that he might not be able to meet his expectations.

He is also a very hardworking person, but this gap cannot be bridged by hard work.

Xue Ding heard Yi Jianlian's question, thought for a while, and replied: "Spatial power forward!!"

In Xue Ding's mind, Yi Jianlian's most suitable role positioning template is Speights or Ilyasova, not Nowitzki.
Ah Lian's skills are relatively simple, his left hand is weak, his back-up skills are not pure enough, and his overall view of the court is not very good, but his explosive power, physical fitness, and shooting skills can guarantee him a place in the league. of.

But it's just a seat! ! !
There are many prerequisites here.

When Xue Ding was chatting, he also found that the biggest reason why Ah Lian could not gain a firm foothold in the NBA should be that his mentality could not be integrated into the NBA.

He doesn't adapt to the NBA culture, so he can't communicate well with his teammates, which will directly affect whether he can get the support of his teammates on the court.

The second is his injuries and skills.

The starting point is too high, and the hope of bearing is too high, which also puts a lot of pressure on the United Arab Emirates!
His ability to be a rotation player is not a big problem!It can be seen from the Olympic Games of later generations that against the US team, the UAE is the only star that China can show!

Mentality is very important, but it is the most difficult thing to change.

The United Arab Emirates was unwilling to go to the Bucks at the beginning, and then forced the Bucks to let him start.

This is completely to encourage seedlings to grow!
His agent Fagan seems to have positioned the UAE as an All-Star player from the very beginning, so he thinks that he should start in the league, but the ability of the UAE is really not here.

Ah Lian should have practiced his skills in a down-to-earth manner in the Bucks from the beginning, and grew up slowly from the bench.

But the consequence of Feigen's messing around is that the skills and mentality of the United Arab Emirates have not been polished enough.

Xue Ding thought about Yi Jianlian's favorite style of play, and also understood why he communicated with him!
To be honest, Yao Ming and Xue Ding are the only people in China who can study NBA play with him!

What other people say is difficult to be recognized by the United Arab Emirates.

Are you weaker than me in my major?
Then come and point me?

Isn't this bullshit?

What Xue Ding has to do now is to give Ah Lian confidence.

"A space-based power forward?"

Ah Lian was overjoyed after hearing this. In the NBA, he doesn't like inside confrontation, but everyone around him let him go inside!
Everyone has been telling him to practice post-ups, go to the inside box, grab the rebound and so on.

But he really doesn't like that, he just likes to be outside and shoot!

Yi Jianlian did not expect that Xue Ding, who advocates physical confrontation, would tell him that he had to stick to his own ideas.

"Yes, you shoot more, especially three-pointers! If your three-pointers can be practiced, then the value will be high! At least it's not a big problem to average more than 15 points per game, and you don't need to pay attention to the opinions of too many people." Xue Ding said with certainty.

Yi Jianlian's three-point shooting rate in his NBA career is as high as 34%, which is much better than Westbrook's 22% three-point shooting rate in his rookie season. If his three-point shooting rate is increased to 38% or even 40%.

Hey hey hey.

The future is the era of small balls.

In the third season of the previous life, the United Arab Emirates did go this way in the Nets. He also played the best data of his career averaging 12+7 per game in the season.

It's a pity that he was just unlucky and was honestly injured at a critical moment
This led to the coach's tactics gradually abandoning him.

Then his confidence disappeared again, and he stopped practicing three-pointers after that
He was on the right track, but went astray again
"Xiao Ding, I thought you would let me do a lot of dirty work! I didn't expect that!" Yi Jianlian rarely showed a relaxed expression.

Xue Ding's words are more useful than many people's, because they are both at the same level. Yi Jianlian is almost tired of listening to Xue Ding's news during this time. It is rare for the U.S. media to praise a Chinese player so much. Xue Ding's strength is no worse than him.

"Haha, Brother Lian, the way your Nets play now is Calipari's DDM routine. Basically, everyone stands aside and the guard breaks out. You just need to shoot at the spot and touch a frontcourt board when attacking. The simpler it is The task is more suitable for you."

Xue Ding's words gave him a lot of confidence, and Yi Jianlian nodded frequently!
"Xiao Ding, I guess a bunch of people will say I'm soft in the future."

"Hey, Nowitzki is also very soft, and Gasol is also very soft. Brother Lian, when the statistics and results are all posted, those who should shut up will shut up."

Yi Jianlian listened to Xue Ding's words, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt right.

"Ah."

The two then talked a lot..

To the end!
"Xiao Ding, I really look forward to joining forces with you in the national team. If you are in this year's Asian Championships, we should not lose."

Many of Xue Ding's views are novel and gradually cater to the current trend of the NBA. Yi Jianlian is also very convinced by Xue Ding.

"I also look forward to joining forces with you."

Xue Ding did not answer the Arab League about the Asian Championships.

Losing may be good for the future.

(End of this chapter)