Bulldozer of the NBA’s Restricted Area

Detroit Pistons VS Charlotte Hornets.

At the beginning of the game, Li Shengli's dinner was also held. He and Kareem sat together to watch the game, while Thompson and Ma Qiangdong started working with Erguotou, drinking too much, and talking nonsense. One doesn't understand English, the other doesn't understand Chinese, and the two chatted for a long time.

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"Li, watch this game carefully. I believe...you can learn a lot from the Pistons!" Thompson and Ma Qiangdong were drinking together, but Kareem was staring at the TV in a serious manner. Live game.

"Do you think I should learn the Pistons' interior defense?! But...the Pistons' defense is holistic. That's their team's tactical arrangement, which is different from our Hornets!" Li Shengli touched his head.

In fact, the Pistons' defense is not a one-on-one defense, but a joint defense of the whole team. Although everyone thinks that the Pistons' style of play is brutal and slows down the pace of the game, a game is a game, and everyone has to admit... Pistons The defense is absolutely top-notch in the league.

However, the Hornets are different from the Pistons. Li Shengli's teammates don't have the kind of ruffianism of the Pistons' bad boys.

"No, no, you're wrong!" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn't even turn his head, "What I'm saying is that you need to learn how to ensure yourself... not to be crippled by the opponent under the savage defense of the Pistons, or …Make sure you don’t get injured. You know that you have been off for 6 games due to this injury, but how many 6 games can you have in the regular season, and how many 6 games can the Hornets wait for you?”

"Refer to my career, it's not me bragging, let me play 25 seasons, I'm also fine! Because... I know that defensive players are not my biggest opponents, injuries are, and it's just that I Know how to avoid them."

This shit...

Play 25 seasons?

You still say you are not blowing with me?

I admit... Debut is the pinnacle, one peak for twenty years, this is your awesomeness, but Uncle Jia, Uncle Jia, together with you, you haven't even counted...

By the 25th season, how old are you?

That's 50 years younger!

You are still standing in the restricted area at this age, what do you let a first-year rookie in his early 20s call you? uncle? uncle? Or... grandpa?

Li Shengli was sweating in embarrassment, and Kareem was annoyed by Li Shengli's expression: "Boy, what is your expression?!"

"Cough...no...it's okay, you continue to talk!" Li Shengli coughed dryly to ease the embarrassment. After all, Kareem is the elder, it's not easy to tell Uncle Jia...you can stop bragging, right?

"Okay, listen to me!" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar looked serious, "Don't think that I am afraid of confronting opponents to avoid injuries. In fact... I am never afraid of confronting anyone, but I never do meaningless confrontation. , I like to use more efficient offensive and defensive methods to solve opponents."

After Kareem Abdul-Jabbar finished speaking, the first reaction in Li Shengli's mind was... Skyhook.

The fact is indeed the case. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's all-round, bug-level skyhook with no dead angle is basically impossible to defend one-on-one. Although he does not hook every attack, it definitely reduces his confrontation on the offensive end, and also reduces Injury probability, prolonging occupational life.

However... the sky hook is different from the small hook under the basket, and it is also different from the unique free throw of the old Barry. It really takes talent to play this.

Even if everyone knows that the sky hook is awesome, but looking at the history of the NBA, who else can play the sky hook except Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? ! So... Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Skyhook is hard to copy, and neither can Li Shengli.

"Uncle Jia, this... I understand the truth, but as a center forward, confrontation in the penalty area is still necessary?" Li Shengli said with a sneer.

"You're right! I'm just telling you my valuable experience in 20 seasons, that is... not afraid of confrontation, but also not engaging in meaningless confrontation." Kareem continued: "Lee, with your physical fitness, Honing for several seasons is definitely the first echelon level of the league's center, but that is only a first-class center, not a top center. Believe me... If you rely solely on your body for food, the so-called "first-class center" is the ceiling that you cannot break through, and As you grow older, your physical ability to fight declines, and the real peak career is actually very short."

short?

Li Shengli was a little flustered.

Because there is nothing wrong with what Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said, but from his point of view... anyone can be short, but he cannot be short. After all, on the road to becoming a rich man in the NBA, the longer his career, the better.

"Don't worry, your career has just begun!" Kareem smiled, "If you want to reach the top of the center, there are two paths in front of you... The first is very simple, then It is to improve your confrontation ability, toughen all opponents, crush them, and gain the dominance of the penalty area, and the so-called improvement of confrontation ability is nothing more than training strength and gaining weight."

The first path is very clear, that is... not to avoid confrontation, and use the most direct method to defeat the opponent, but this thing eats the body.

"What about the second one?!"

"The second one is a bit more complicated and more difficult. You need more comprehensive skills, find a style and style of play that suits you, and become a player who is not afraid of confrontation like me, but does not engage in meaningless confrontation...flexible, The perfect center forward!"

Li Shengli automatically filtered out Kareem's self-praise, and savored Kareem's words carefully. He found that the key point of Uncle Jia's words was...flexibility.

A center forward who emphasizes flexibility? !

This sounds a bit nonsense, after all, in this era...the task of a center is just one word, do it, do it to death, skills are necessary, but everyone cares more about physical fitness.

The current Li Shengli is this routine. If we really want to talk about his skills...he is still a little tender, and his most direct way is to knock his opponent away, and then bomb the rim completely unreasonably.

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In Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's view, this is a multiple-choice question that is either A or B, but in Li Shengli's view... there is no need to choose this thing at all, and it can even be said to be a multiple-choice question.

Physical confrontation is his biggest asset.

The skill at the basket is the key to his improvement in confrontation.

The so-called power center and technical center, in fact, the division in the middle is not so clear and extreme. After all... A technical center also needs a body, and a powerful center cannot lack technology.

To be honest, the two emphases are different, but they do not conflict and overlap each other. For Li Shengli, his body is his greatest asset, and his skills at the basket are also the key to improving his strength. What he has to do is... While achieving the ultimate in confrontation, the skills at the basket should not become a shortcoming that limits him.