Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

Los Angeles.

In Zhuang Yu's apartment, he was coaxing An Xin.

"We'll return home after we finish dealing with things here in a few days." Zhuang Yu gently comforted An Xin and kissed her on the face.

"Yeah." An Xin nodded obediently.

Women's moods change a lot when they are pregnant.

An Xin suddenly started to miss home these two days. In fact, she didn't stay away from home for long this time, but she just suddenly wanted to go home.

Zhuang Yu had no choice but to comfort her gently. Fortunately, things here have been almost dealt with and it should be all done in a few days.

I heard that the first period of pregnancy is the most critical, so during this period Zhuang Yu specifically told An Xin to stay at home more and not go out.

Maybe he was tired of staying here, so An Xin's mood changed a lot in the past two days.

"I can't stay at home all the time." Zhuang Yu thought to himself and said, "Honey, why don't we buy a house?"

"Buy a house?" An Xin asked curiously, "We live well here, why would we want to buy a house?"

Zhuang Yu explained, "We live well now, but it will be too small when we have a baby. I plan to move to a bigger house. Besides, I have renewed my contract with the Lakers in advance and will be staying in Los Angeles for the next few years, so it would be nice to buy a house."

An Xin thought about it and nodded: "Okay, then what kind of house do you plan to buy?"

Zhuang Yu smiled and said, "No, it's up to you what kind of house you want to buy. We'll buy whatever you like. I'll ask Brother Yang to take you and Anna to look at houses these days, and let Anna give you some advice."

It seems that once a woman has a child, she wants a little nest of her own.

An Xin didn't care much about the house before, but now she is very interested and said happily: "Okay, I'll go take a look first, and then I'll let you see it when I think it's okay."

Zhuang Yu smiled and said, "I like everything you like."

As a result, An Xin was in high spirits without waiting until tomorrow. After dinner, she called Anna to go and see the house. Zhuang Yu had to use his connections to contact a local real estate agency and asked Yang Jinsong to drive An Xin and Anna to see the house.

He himself came to the Staples Center.

......

As soon as I walked into the training hall, I saw several people training.

There are Clarkson, Nance Jr., Zubac, Anderson, and this year's rookies Kyle Kuzma and Edmund Sumner.

This year, the Lakers have two draft picks, one is the 28th pick in the first round, and the other is the 52nd pick in the second round. With the 28th pick in the first round, the Lakers selected Kyle Kuzma from the University of Utah, and with the 52nd pick, they selected Edmund Sumner from Xavier University.

It was still the off-season, some old players were on vacation, the new players had not yet reported to the team, and only a few young players were training.

Some of them were because Zhuang Yu would be training at the gym during this period, so he came here specifically to improve his relationship with the team leader.

"village."

"Boss."

Several players came forward.

Zhuang Yu waved at them, indicating that everyone should practice on their own. He also changed his clothes and started his own training.

First comes the warm-up, then the basic training, and then the skills training.

Mainly fade away jump shot and three-pointer.

These are Zhuang Yu's two killer moves now. During the offseason last season, he focused on improving these two skills and has made great progress, but compared to people like Jordan, Kobe, and Curry, he is still a little behind and has to continue to work hard.

His goal is to turn these two skills into his own ultimate moves.

......

"ball."

Zhuang Yu stretched out his hand to ask for the ball, and then shot a three-pointer.

Swish!

With a slight click, the basketball went through the net, followed by the second, third, and fourth...

He shot again and again, and hit the target again and again. It was not a simple spot jump shot. Zhuang Yu was constantly moving and the difficulty was constantly increasing, but his hit rate was still very high, as if a precision guide was installed on the basketball, and he could always hit the target accurately.

Clarkson, Nance Jr. and others are no longer surprised by this and have become numb.

After shooting a set of three-pointers, Zhuang Yu took a short break and started the second set.

His three-point shooting is different from Curry and Thompson. It is not a quick shot like Curry, nor a quick wrist shake like Thompson. His shooting speed is faster, but the movement is very standard. The only difference from traditional shooting is that there is almost no sinking ball action.

It looks like Zhuang Yu's shooting action is standard, but because the rebound speed is fast and there is almost no sinking action, the shooting speed is actually very fast and the shooting point is also high.

This is very difficult to defend against.

After the second set of three-point shooting training ended, Zhuang Yu did not stop, but immediately started mid-range shooting.

Three-point shooting is his main training project, but he has not neglected mid-range shooting.

Zhuang Yu was seen walking around the three-point line, shooting from the position between the three-point line and the free throw line. He had just finished shooting a three-pointer. It felt like there needed to be a transition phase for shooting, but what he wanted was to make the shot under this circumstance.

There are mainly two types of mid-range shots for Zhuang Yu, one is "quick shot" and the other is "fade away jump shot".

One is fast, the other is far.

"Shhhh..."

There were continuous soft sounds, and Zhuang Yu's hit rate was still very high. Although he had just made a three-pointer, his shots were still very accurate.

After the mid-range shooting training was over, he moved closer to the basket and practiced lobs, hooks, etc.

Most people practice shooting by starting close to the basket, then gradually moving away, and finally shooting from outside the three-point line. Zhuang Yu, however, did the opposite, starting from outside the three-point line, then gradually moving closer to the basket, moving to mid-range, and then inside the free throw line.

The reason why most people train from near to far is to gradually increase the difficulty, from easy to difficult.

When Zhuang Yu reaches this level, it is clear that there is no need to go from easy to difficult. He wants to do whatever he wants and be in control.

for instance.

Most people recite a text from the beginning to the end, but Zhuang Yu has reached the level where he can recite it backwards fluently.

......

After Zhuang Yu finished training, Kuzma immediately ran over, handed Zhuang Yu a towel, and praised: "Boss, your shooting is so accurate, you must teach me."

This kid knows how to handle things.

Zhuang Yu gave him a look that said "you are a promising guy" and said with a smile, "As for shooting, all you need is a hand."

Uh......

Kuzma's face turned red from choking.

Clarkson and Nance Jr. couldn't help but laugh, and came to the sidelines to chat with Zhuang Yu, and the topic was still about the team's reinforcement.

Both were excited about the team signing Jrue Holiday and Kyle Korver.

"With Holiday and Korver joining us, our outside shooting and defense can be improved," Anderson said with a smile.

"I can continue to play as the sixth man." Clarkson also laughed. He really didn't think it was that good to be a starter and preferred to play as the sixth man.

The arrival of these two players will enhance the team's strength and will not threaten their position. This may be better for them than having an All-Star player.

Zhuang Yu nodded and said to Clarkson, "Don't think you can just focus on offense when you play as the sixth man. Practice your defense well."

Clarkson agreed with a grimace.

His defense is indeed a problem, but since he just signed a 5000 million dollar contract, he has to try his best.

Anderson failed to renew his contract with the Lakers in advance, but unless there are any unexpected events, he will definitely be able to renew his contract with the Lakers next year, and the contract he signs may be bigger than this year's contract.

Zhuang Yu has already agreed with Anderson that next year HT Sports Agency will represent him in contract renewal negotiations with the Lakers, which can be regarded as bringing business to Zhou Zhiming.

After resting for a while, the three continued training.

Zhuang Yu then did physical training. In addition to basketball skills, he felt that he had to continue to improve his physical fitness. He was only 23 years old, still very young, and there was still room for improvement. Moreover, although his current physical fitness was already excellent, and he was in the first echelon of the NBA, he was still a little short of the top.

In terms of speed and jumping ability alone, Zhuang Yu is definitely top-notch.

But the strength and explosive power are a little worse.