Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Fans, or people, are a very complicated group. They only want to take advantage of themselves and don't want to let themselves suffer.

The most typical one is the saying "Suffering a loss is a blessing".

People who say this often have a detached mentality and want you to accept the status quo, just like if you lost money but others didn't lose it, you gained a sense of superiority for nothing.

Reflected in the NBA arena, it is the "spirit of contract" transaction:

A win-win deal will not be remembered by fans, but a deal in which a team unknowingly suffers a big loss will be widely circulated.

It's as if the Hawks traded the No. 2 pick in Russell to the Celtics in order to find help for Pettit;

It's almost as if the Lakers traded for Gasol like a robbery.

Of course, there are always smart people in the world who take advantage of the Qianlong period to invest first and reverse the offensive in a transaction that seems to be robbed.

That's what happened with George Hill's deal.

Budenholzer relied on his own discernment to discover Leonard's talent, and successfully persuaded the Spurs' owner and Popovich to facilitate this deal.

Due to the rise of George Hill, Parker is likely to be pushed out of the starting lineup. Popovich, who was in a dilemma, finally agreed to the deal.

When the Pacers heard that they could trade a first-round pick for George Hill, who had starting potential, they naturally wouldn't refuse.

"You'd better make this deal so I don't look stupid!"

Popovich, who was grieving the loss of his beloved general, offered Budenholzer a ride and walked into the training ground with him.

Budenholzer could only laugh and follow the head coach in.

This will be the training ground for this year's rookies. They, namely Joseph and Leonard, will train with the Spurs' assistant coaches here until the start of the summer league.

Of course, if the training effect is not satisfactory, then he will be directly transferred to the Development League and wait for the team's call.

Soon, Popovich and Budenholzer walked out of the training ground.

Budenholzer looked at Popovich's face and quickly explained to the newcomer:

"After all, I'm a newcomer, so I don't know how to wink."

It turned out that Popovich had just gone in to chat with Leonard and Joseph, but was quickly left speechless by the indifferent Leonard, who had nothing to say and exited.

Popovich snorted:

"I think Corey is quite lively!"

Budenholzer is worried. If he loses the head coach's impression score, his playing time will not be guaranteed.

But unexpectedly, before he could persuade him, Popovich's expression calmed down on his own.

"What's the use of just having a poker face like Duncan?!"

Popovich didn't wait for Budenholzer to explain, then turned and walked into the office, took out a bottle of red wine from under the table, and poured a glass for himself and Budenholzer:

"You look like a piece of wood. You won't be as angry with me as Duncan, right?"

"how could be?"

Budenholzer also didn't expect that Leonard's poker face would make Popovich feel familiar.

It’s stable now!

He quickly added fuel to the coach’s anger:

"Aren't you still worried that after Duncan, Parker and the others retire, the team will have no cornerstone? I think this young man is pretty good."

Popovich rolled his eyes at him:

"I discovered that your bragging skills are really the best. The sky is your limit."

"After all, you are still young. Being young means that it is never too late."

Budenholzer responded with a pun.

…

On the other side, Qi Tian is in a miserable situation.

He followed Jack to the arena designated by the Pacers and waited for half an hour before someone came.

One of the two people who arrived was wearing a suit and leather shoes, the other was wearing looser clothes, and both had dark and oily skin.

The leading man in a suit came over, shook hands with Li Yi and Jack, and introduced himself:

"Hello, I am the chief assistant coach of the Pacers, Brian Shaw. This is the physical trainer Kent who is responsible for your training. Are you Qiba? In the past month, you have been training with Kent. If you perform well,

Only then can you sign a contract with us.”

Brian Shaw?

Qi Tian instantly remembered the information about him:

After Jackson retired this summer, Brian Shaw failed to run for the team's head coach, so he came to the Pacers as the chief assistant coach.

However, team manager Bird and head coach Vogel didn't even show up?

I was really looked down upon.

Qi Tian raised a smile and shook hands with the assistant coach and physical trainer. Jack gave him an encouraging look and stood on the sidelines to watch Qi Tian's training.

To Qi Tian's surprise, Brian Shaw took out a small notebook from his pocket and started watching his training.

He is also responsible for data analysis?

Qi Tian suddenly felt Alexander.

Kent waved his hand to draw Qi Tian's attention back.

"Okay, let's do a simple warm-up training first,"

Kent threw the basketball in his hand to Qi Tian and continued,

"Catch and jump shot."

Qi Tian nodded and threw the basketball in his hand.

"Clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the frame, Kent caught it and passed it crosswise to Qi Tian.

"shoot!"

Qi Tian threw the ball out again.

"Whoosh!"

The basketball hit accurately, and Jack breathed a sigh of relief.

If you can't guarantee your accuracy during training, then Qi's future will be confused.

He glanced furtively in Brian Shaw's direction, but found that he had not started recording.

Is it a flower stand?

Jack's heart relaxed slightly, but just when Qi Tian missed another jump shot, Brian Shaw lowered his head and wrote a few lines.

Only looking at missed shots?

Jack's heart also started to sit up. He took a breath and continued to peek at the assistant.

"OK, let's start shooting three-pointers next!"

Kent smacked the ball twice and pointed to the three-point line for Qi Tian.

"Five consecutive shots."

Jack's heart immediately tightened, but Qi Tian felt relieved and gave the agent a firm look:

The next few years will be the era of three-pointers!

"Whoosh!"

When they came to the three-point line, Qi Tian's performance was even better. Jack relaxed, but he turned to look at the fourth person present, and found that Brian Shaw's face was a little solemn.

has a problem?

Just by looking left and right for a moment, Jack felt that his eyes had walked a whole day's journey. He endured the fatigue and immediately turned his head to look at Qi Tian.

With Qi Tian's activities in full swing and consecutive three-pointers, Kent put away his laziness and began to enter the formal training rhythm.

Half an hour later, Kent put away the basketball and said to Qi Tian:

"Very good, the warm-up is over, let's start the formal training!"

"Next, I will speed up the pass, and you will complete the score after making the actions I said."

Seeing Qi Tian nodding his slightly sweaty head, Kent suddenly passed the ball out.

"Toss!"

Qi Tian took two steps, then collected the ball, pretending to be a layup in three steps, and then secretly threw the ball out in the first step.

"clang!"

Kent didn't mind, caught the basketball, gestured in the other direction, waited until Qi Tian was in position, and passed the ball.

"Emergency jump shot!"

The moment Qi Tian threw the ball out, an energetic voice came from the direction of the door:

"Coach, you started training so early?"

Kent put away the ball and turned to look in the direction of the visitor with the other three people.

"Are you here too, Danny?"

Brian Shaw put away the notebook in his hand and asked with a smile.