NBA: I Really Have No Talent

Chapter 44 : Wang is not for sale!

In the following days, under the leadership of head coach Jerry Sloan, the Jazz’s daily training and tactical exercises began to get on track, and the team adjusted their competitive state vigorously, preparing for a big game in the new season. .

The Jazz’s record in the regular season in the first two seasons is still good, and the team’s strength is also good.

However, the playoffs were eliminated by the Rockets for two consecutive seasons. The opponents took advantage of Jordan’s retirement. The Bulls’ strength declined, and the league did not have an absolute dominant team, thus entering a favorable opportunity for the dominance era. Won two championships in a row.

Hakim Olajuwon, who is almost the same age as himself, has passed the peak of DIAN, and the competitive state is beginning to go downhill. Hakim Olajuwon stepped on his team’s corpse to win two championships in a row. The new season is about to begin. The dynasty launched an impact, and his career was almost perfect. It is impossible for Karl Malone to tell John Stockton not to envy it.

Taking advantage of the current state is still excellent, the body can also support high-intensity confrontation, the team’s combat power is also up to the standard, this season will definitely be brave enough to win, stride towards the honor of the championship!

Strive to win a championship before retiring…

Therefore, in the daily training of the team, the two people have always had very high requirements for themselves and their teammates.

In daily life, he is also very self-disciplined. He basically does not go out to fool around or do something that hurts his bones. Otherwise, it is impossible to maintain such a good competitive state at the age of 35 and 36.

Coupled with one of the Iron Triangles, Jeff Hornacek, 35 years old like Karl Malone, Wang Pan suddenly discovered that as the team’s core lineup, all three generals are so old. This The age composition is also going against the sky.

The confrontation intensity of the NBA in this era is so high. Karl Malone averaged 26+10+3 per game last season, John Stockton 14+12+3, Jeff Hornacek 16. +4+2, it can be said that the backbone of the Jazz is completely supported by these three veterans.

They are so old and working so hard, Wang Pan feels that he shouldn’t slack off even more. In the past few days of training, not only did the coaches complete the tasks assigned by the coach with high quality and quantity, but they also stayed for additional training every day. In the dead of night, I went home with Selena.

As everyone knows, his unusually crazy training state has long been spotted by head coach Jerry Sloan.

Although he had already known from Karl Malone and the others about the crazy training of Wang Pan, when he saw it with his own eyes, he was still deeply shocked.

There are people who can continue to carry out such high-intensity training. The key is that they can come to complete the team’s daily training arrangements as usual the next day, and then continue to carry out high-intensity additional training.

Monster!

Suddenly, Jerry Sloan understood why Wang Pan had such a strength at the age of 18 years old. It was able to break their inherent understanding of the yellow race, proving that the yellow race can also play in the NBA!

A player who can possess such perseverance will certainly not be easily defeated. He can perform terrifying training intensity every day. A player who is not a waste of his own body is absolutely extremely durable. He feels that his so-called worries before seem to be superfluous. of.

The new season can give Wang Pan a little more playing time. If his performance can really reach the expected state, the pressure on the team’s three older players will undoubtedly be reduced a lot, and the regular season can be slightly closed. Now, save energy and put more energy on the playoffs.

For the operation of the entire team, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

And by Karl Malone’s age, they actually don’t care much about their personal data anymore, and they care more about honor.

The more he thought about it, the more he found it feasible, Jerry Sloan was very excited about the team’s new season lineup composition in his office. The lights were turned off until late at night.

No one is born to succeed, and no one is born to know. They just work alone where you can’t see it…..

If you don’t practice without a match, the effect will be halved.

The preseason came into being, which is essentially a warm-up game that each NBA team conducts before the official start of the regular season.

Because after the end of each season, the players have been given months of leave. If not playing for such a long time, it must be an adjustment period.

And each team will have changes in the lineup in the new season, in order to allow each team to run into the new lineup, in order to allow new players to be further familiar with their team’s play, in order to let the team Can more clearly define the new season’s lineup…

At the same time, to enhance the communication and understanding between the players and coaches, the holding of the preseason is very wise.

On October 16th, with only half a month left before the start of the regular season of the new season, the Jazz’s preseason first game arrived as scheduled, sitting at home, and they ushered in the last season because of the retirement of James Worthy, showtime officially The challenge of the Los Angeles Lakers came to an end.

Although the showtime era is over, the Lakers lineup is not weak, Cedric Ceballos, Nick Van Exel, Elden Campbell, Verati Divac, and Ai Dee Jones and other players are all good at strength.

Last season’s scoring average exceeded 10 points per game, and the Zijin Army’s overall combat effectiveness is still very strong.

And there are rumors that the magician Irwin John seems to intend to come back from the current line of fire when the Purple and Golden Legion is at a low ebb, trying to fight Michael Jordan on the “Top of the Forbidden”!

However, whether this news is true or not, it has nothing to do with this preseason, after all, the Magic has not yet officially returned.

The game started soon…

Because it was just a warm-up preseason game, although all the main players on the Lakers side came to Salt Lake City, they just went on the court and walked off the court, playing for ten minutes. After feeling the atmosphere of the game, they stopped. After a break, it was the benches’ carnival.

Similarly, the Jazz did not allow Karl Malone to play for a long time. They only played for a dozen minutes, and the game was completely handed over to Wang Pan.

Different from the summer league Bacon’s tactical idea of ​​instructing players to pass the ball to Wang Pan as much as possible, Jerry Sloan did not have any special instructions in the preseason. He just said that after playing according to the usual training tactics, he will All the substitute players were thrown onto the court.

Pity can be seen from the sky, Wang Pan followed the team for a few days in total. He understands the tactics of Luanzi. He can only follow his own ideas and keep running without the ball on the court, and is responsible for following Defending him is Anthony Peeler, a 1.93m defender.

In other words, he is an NBA-level player, even if he is just a substitute, his strength is definitely much stronger than those opponents in the summer league. I thought that the opponent would put some defensive pressure on him, but he still thinks too much, because the opponent is simply Not very defensive, Wang Pan got the opportunity to shoot easily.

During this period of time, I have felt the importance of Wang Pan on the team, and also recognized the strength of Wang Pan’s team backup point guard Howard Asley. As long as there is an opportunity for Wang Pan, it is very important. Those who give face will always pass the ball.

Did not let him down, Wang Pan turned his passes into assists again and again.

It’s so easy to get the assist data. Eisley said that he is not welcome. He often just stares at the point of Wang Pan. The other Jazz players on the court are all dumbfounded. Do f*ck do that? Reality.

However, looking at Wang Pan’s extremely high hit rate, I didn’t say anything.

Instead, following the team’s previous tactical thinking, he began to clear the defensive obstacles for Wang Pan, which is considered to have contributed his own strength.

This caused the Lakers to be angry with Wang Pan and began to defend seriously, but suddenly realized that they were still unable to guard Wang Pan, and suddenly became a little dumbfounded, and they began to actively seek their bodies. Confrontation, but it was a surprising discovery, Wang Pan was not at all false.

There is really no way.

In the end, Wang Pan played 25 minutes, shot 16 times, hit 13 of them, scored 26 points in the preseason, and led the team to win the game easily.

In the arena, those fans and spectators who have been paying attention to Wang Pan since the summer league found that this rookie can still score so easily in the preseason, and all of them did not hesitate to cheer.

At the end of the game, the head coaches of both sides shook hands. Del Harris, who was the Lakers head coach at the time, motioned with his eyes Wang Pan, whispered:

“Jerry, what price do we have to pay to get that rookie?”

“The king is not for sale.”

With such a sentence left, Jerry Sloan turned around and left, violently, not taking away a cloud.

It’s so decisive…

Del Harris: “…”

If you don’t want to trade, don’t trade, why are you so handsome…

My eyes are looking at Wang Pan again. Thinking of his performance in this game, the more I look at it, the more I like it. My heart suddenly becomes concerned. It is not the head coach who has the final say…. ..