The Way of the Center

Every September, basketball training camps across the United States will be very lively.

This country provides too many venues for professional players to train. Of course, there are not enough venues. In the United States, there are a lot of highly skilled training specialists who receive huge sums of money from players.

Ghana Peterson, a fitness expert who has worked with Anjie, Drew Hanlon and Idan LaVine, a basketball technical trainer, Mike Benposey, a shooting coach, and Johnny Stephenson, a ball handling expert.

These popular trainers in the United States are all elites in various fields. And the training hall where they are located usually has several NBA stars visiting.

But this year, things are a little different. These famous trainers all "disappeared". Instead of waiting for NBA players to come to their door in their own training hall, they were all "packed" and brought to Portland by Anjie at a very considerable price. .

Anjie, Aldridge, Lillard, Iguodala, Morris, and Westbrook, who was training with injuries, pooled money together and invited these well-known training experts in the United States. A personal trainer for several people.

Faced with all these bright names and a lot of green flowers, these coaches led their teams and headed for Portland one after another.

An Jie drove his RX-7 to a mountain where mobile phones could not even receive a signal. Apart from a few scattered residential buildings, the largest building on this mountain was the training ground in front of An Jie. .

"Hey, you're finally here. How's it going, isn't it good? You know, this place took us a lot of work." Ganna Peterson heard the sound of the RX-7 rotary engine early on, so he waited in advance here.

"It's a good place, Peterson. God damn it doesn't even have a mobile phone signal!" An Jie took out his mobile phone helplessly, and now the mobile phone in An Jie's hands is no different from a brick.

"Don't worry, there is a wireless network in the facility. When you are resting, you can communicate with the outside world in it."

With Ganna Peterson checking these things, An Jie doesn't have to worry too much. As early as 1994, Ganner Peterson was favored by NBA players. The training clothes of many NBA stars are hung on the wall of Peterson's training hall, and of course Anjie's training vest is also among them.

The guy is in touch with hundreds of athletes, including big names like Anthony and Beckham. At the same time, he will also provide fitness programs to many movie stars.

This guy can be said to have both strength and experience, so he has also become the general planner of the players' special training this summer.

Soon after, all the players who participated in the training were all in place. Peterson first led everyone to familiarize themselves with the environment of the training hall, basketball court, clean and tidy rooms, nutritional restaurants, swimming pools, yoga rooms, physical therapy rooms... everything is available in this facility on the top of the mountain.

Afterwards, everyone signed a non-disclosure agreement on the contract. All of their training programs are kept private and completely closed. Even if other people want to join halfway, they must obtain special permission.

"That's cool, like a fucking government agent on a top-secret mission." Morris handed over the contract with a smile.

"I think when the training officially starts, you don't think all this is cool." Peterson smiled and looked at the crowd. He is very famous, but his training is also notoriously strict!

This night, everyone spent a relaxing night on this quiet hill. Several young people of similar age always have endless topics to talk about. Morris and Westbrook also threatened that next season they will snatch the O'Brien Cup from the Trail Blazers.

Not to be outdone, the Trail Blazers' pivot four, so they had two more drinks. Of course, on Peterson's turf, only juice is offered.

After a comfortable night's sleep in the exhausting summer, everyone experienced the power of the training camp in the early morning of the next day.

The genius was bright, and Peterson woke up this group of millionaires. You know, the sun comes out very early in summer, God knows what time it is now.

With bleary eyes, the six of them, led by Ganna Peterson and his assistants, started their first training project - mountain climbing.

"Physical fitness, guys, if your physical fitness is not up to the standard, you will not be able to last until the end of training. Of course, if your physical fitness is problematic, you will not be able to perform 100% on the basketball court. Each of you is the backbone of the team. In tough battles, it is common for the head coach to ask you to play for 40 minutes. Therefore, physical fitness is the first step we need to take.” After explaining, Peterson blew the whistle in his mouth and led the team Six NBA superstars began jogging on the winding mountain path.

In order not to damage the bodies of these six people, Peterson carefully calculated their running routes and time.

Although it was strictly controlled, the short sleeves of the six people were still soaked through after running.

Morris couldn't say "this is cool" anymore, and "Big Bull" collapsed on the lawn after the run, like a drunken bum.

At 11:30 after lunch, six people began to divide into two dials. Of course, if it's just a random 3v3 match, it won't help these people improve.

In order to improve the players' shortcomings, the trainer set many conditions for the players.

For example, Lillard, if this guy wants to score, he must use a breakthrough method to attack. Because Lillard's slightly weak finishing ability at the basket is what the experts in this training plan to improve for him.

In Morris, for example, this strong man with rough skills must use methods other than dunks to score. If Morris' offensive skills can be improved, he will no longer be just a defensive leader.

As for An Jie, this guy's skills are relatively mature, and he doesn't have too many shortcomings. Since Anjie himself refused to develop the three-pointer, the trainers could only pick their bones and continue to improve Anjie's ability to protect the ball.

In this year's finals, it was precisely because Anjie was intercepted several times that the Heat narrowly escaped several times. Although in front of ordinary people, Anjie's ability to protect the ball is already considered top-notch. But when facing a strong opponent like James, his ball protection still has room for improvement.

Nowadays, An Jie is not some kid who wants to prove himself. He is now the well-deserved NBA champion. On the road to defending the title, what An Jie needs most is a strong opponent.

Now he can't just be satisfied with being at the top level in front of ordinary people. When facing strong enemies, An Jie couldn't allow himself to have too obvious weaknesses.

The road to defending the championship will always be more difficult than when you win the championship for the first time, because the opponent has already studied you thoroughly. Only by constantly improving yourself can you not be afraid of your opponent's research.

Under such requirements, the 3-on-3 training of 6 people can be described as horrible. So the training in the afternoon became a special 1-on-1 special training.

The purpose of the special training is very simple, it is to fill in your shortcomings. Under the guidance of professional trainers, these three already excellent players will definitely make great progress.

After dinner, rest for a while, and the training will continue. Basic shooting training is essential, and this is also an unshakable reserved item every day.

However, Peterson is very pleased that the players did not complain about the high intensity of hard training.

This is the benefit of several stars training together. This group of excellent guys makes the training period full of competition.

"Damn, Ann. You've already hit six in a row!? Well, then I'll hit six in a row!"

Such voices will always fill the training ground. When a person wants to be lazy, he will give up the idea of ​​being lazy when he sees another person who is making progress beside him.

These 6 people training together are not only cooperating, but also competing. And healthy competition is good for these guys who are eager to make progress.

The next day, Peterson's training program gave the players another change. In the morning, it is no longer the mountain running that gives Morris a headache, but fitness equipment and swimming pool training.

Of course, Westbrook's practice volume has not been that great. After all, this guy's injury in the playoffs could not support him to complete such intensive training.

In this way, during the 16-day training, the 6 people achieved the improvement they wanted to see through tireless efforts.

On the day the training camp ended, Catherine waited hard outside the training hall. The husband who just got married will have to go out for half a month, which would be unbearable for any wife.

But when An Jie walked out of the training hall and hugged Catherine deeply, the group of "malicious" guys behind him naturally booed.

I hope that the 6-member group with a harmonious relationship on the scene can make a better breakthrough next season.

Of course, during the two weeks of Anjie's closed special training, many changes have taken place in the NBA.

For example, "Little Shark" Bynum, who has been decadent with the 76ers for a whole season, joined the Cavaliers in an attempt to rebuild Cleveland's glory with Irving.

For example, Nick Young, an unruly singles fanatic, chose to join the Lakers. I don't know what kind of sparks he will have with Kobe.

The most important of these is the super deal between the Celtics and the Nets. The Celtics did not hesitate to send Garnett and Pierce to the Nets, and the Nets also traded almost half of the team for these two veterans who had begun to decline.

The Russian owner of the Nets, Mikhail Prokhorov, did not hesitate to spend a lot of money, hoping to make the Nets another instant championship team. Unfortunately, the veteran Jason Terry, who was "eye-catching" with Anjie, was also involved in the transaction and was forced to join the Nets. It seems that the vacancy left by Fisher's retirement must be filled by someone else.

After taking a day off from the training camp, Angie immediately contacted Nell Orsey and asked about the Blazers' operation plan for this summer.

The special training is over, and the preparations for the Trail Blazers for the new season have also reached the stage where they must be implemented.

How should a championship team strengthen? Next, let's see how the relationship between An Jie and Orsi will work...