Chapter 425 Dusk and Sweat

Japan's big defeat is not unacceptable to Japanese fans.

After all, the opponent is the Dragon Kingdom, and it is the Dragon Kingdom national team that also has Yao Ming and Lin Dong.

These are the two largest giant Buddhas in Asia. The tiebreaker between the two in this year's NBA Finals has already spread their fame to every corner of the world's basketball world.

He is now one of the three major centers in the NBA along with O'Neal and Duncan, and even the Mavericks' Nowitzki and other great players are ranked behind him.

And the other is the new king who has just defeated the God of Basketball by breaking various historical records in the NBA Finals.

Not to mention in Asia, even looking at the NBA and even the entire world of basketball, Lin Dong is now recognized as one of the strongest.

Of course, it is too early to say that he is the god of basketball.

If you want to become a god, you need to do more than just a flash in the pan.

No matter how good you perform in a season, you must first become a sustainable evergreen tree. You must get some long-term data and honorary support before you can talk about becoming the new god of basketball. .

For example, get a dpoy first? Win 10 scoring titles? Get the 10 best teams?

Another example is to at least win four consecutive championships first to prove that you have continued dominance that is not lost to Michael Jordan?

Without these, you are just a supernova at most. Even if you are more dazzling than the sun at a certain moment, if you are only as short-lived as a shooting star, you will never be the god of basketball.

However, given the strength here, the combination of Lin Dong and Yao Ming, frankly speaking, Japanese fans at most thought that the Japanese national team could last half a game.

Not to mention adding Yao's name, even if there is only one Lin Dong, the Japanese have already been convinced.

From the 2.7 billion strongest man in the past to the 6 billion strongest man today, from the former king of the Dragon Empire to the current king of the world, Japanese fans have already experienced the despair and admiration again and again when facing Lin Dong. .

I have already completed the process of acceptance and admiration from the initial dissatisfaction and confrontation.

win? That is definitely unimaginable.

But this does not prevent them from complaining even though they still have unfinished business.

It’s impossible to complain about Sakuragi Hanamichi. Today Sakuragi is already a national idol in Japan. Although Japan lost miserably by teasing Lin Dong during the competition, the two of them were teammates, so the topic of small ridicule was instead Make people talk about it.

What Japanese fans are really upset about is another guy who didn’t return to the team...

The time goes back to about a month ago from the finals in Japan.

Downtown Seattle.

In a very lively urban open-air stadium, an Asian man occupied half of the court and was doing shooting training alone.

It was almost dusk, and several black people in the other half had finished their games and were wiping their sweat and preparing to pack up and go home.

One of the black men glanced at the Asian, sneered and lowered his voice and said, "That Asian is well dressed. I see he has been here for several days, and he practices shooting all day long every day. Asians Don't they all love to work? This guy doesn't have to work, so he must be rich. How about... scare him? Let him pay some protection fees or stadium fees or something else. We used to play in this stadium. !”

"Don't mess with him, unless you want to die." Another tall black man interrupted his companion's evil thoughts: "That Asian man plays here because he is licensed by the Winchester brothers."

"The one at the Black Forest Bar?" My companion was startled: "How could this Asian know them?"

"He used to go to Lakeside High School, and he and Tony were classmates. I heard they have a good relationship."

"That police chief's son? Lakeside High School? Wow, doesn't he know Lin?" His companion was speechless. He couldn't help but look at the other side and said with interest: "How about asking him to play with us next time? Well, maybe there is still a chance to meet Lin..."

The tall man laughed: "Come on, you, that Asian has been in the NBA, play with him, unless you want to be abused, and besides, he is not interested in playing with our level."

The companion was stunned and turned to look in the direction of Rukawa Kaede.

I saw the opponent just stood up and made a 3-point shot that looked quite standard. Unfortunately...

Bang!

The basketball hit the hoop again.

The companion was speechless: "I've never seen him score an open three-pointer. The NBA is only at this level... Then I can go and play in the NBA!"

"Hahaha, if you have the ability, just go and sign up for the draft. It's such a simple thing." The tall man had already packed his things and said with a smile: "Let's go!"

The chatter of several black people did not disrupt the rhythm of Rukawa Kaede's training.

The basketball hit the front of the basket and bounced back, right back into his hand.

The moment he caught the ball, the impact of the basketball touched the broken finger, causing a slight pain.

His severed finger had already scabbed over and the stitches had been removed.

But just like many people who have experienced bone injuries, they will always feel a dull pain when it is windy or rainy or when the injured area is touched. This is something that cannot be eradicated in a lifetime.

The doctor has told him several times that no matter what he wants to do, it is best to wait a month or two before doing it. That will allow the broken finger to recover to the greatest extent, just like a woman undergoing confinement, and will do so in the future. Less pain, not less than a few days.

But first, Rukawa Kaede really couldn't wait for even one day. Whenever he sat down every day, he would feel like he was on pins and needles.

Secondly, while the dull pain of the broken finger also gave Rukawa Kaede a very unique feeling...

At this time, the basketball is in hand, bending the knees, looking forward, and then it is a fairly standard process of getting up, raising hands, and shooting.

Under normal circumstances, you should avoid touching the basketball with the broken finger at this time, because when the broken finger touches the basketball, the dull pain at that moment will affect the person's touch and judgment, and will distract you.

But at the moment when the ball was released, Rukawa Kaede deliberately used the broken finger as the last 'touch point' before the basketball left his hand.

The stinging sensation at that moment made Rukawa Feng frown slightly.

Is the force applied a bit too much, or in the wrong direction?

really.

Uh-huh!

The basketball failed to hit the front edge of the basket this time, but just got into the basket steadily.

Rukawa Kaede frowned and walked over to pick up the basketball, while his mind was constantly recalling the details and the stinging feeling on his severed finger.

Not only was the force used a bit too strong, but the angle of the finger exerting force was also wrong... Don't miss it, because he was aiming at the front of the basket.

After all, this is not a professional training ground, and I don’t have the money to hire a trainer. No one is picking up the ball, so let the basketball hit back from the front of the basket. This can save you the most time to pick up the ball when shooting at fixed points. , allowing you to shoot at least 200 more shots a day.

As for the ball just now...

He kept recalling the feeling and walked back to the three-point line.

The same posture and the same shot as before, the same broken finger is used as the last point of support before the basketball leaves the hand.

This time there was no sting, just a slight numbness.

This is the normal state, which proves that there are no problems with the force and posture at the moment of throwing.

This is what it feels like!

Bang!

The basketball hit the front edge of the basket steadily and bounced back.

Basketball rebounds very quickly.

It feels almost there...

Rukawa Kaede took a deep breath, and this time he was not as slow as before.

After catching the bouncing basketball on the spot, he suddenly dribbled the ball with his hips, then spun around on the spot, and then jumped high toward the basket.

His connecting movements were so fast that there was no pause in the middle, and he even had no time to aim at the frame.

During his year with the Bobcats, the thing he realized most clearly was NBA-level defense.

Three points accurate? Everyone in the NBA can shoot 3-pointers accurately. If they really want to shoot open shots without taking into account psychological pressure and other factors, most players in the NBA can achieve more than 80 out of 100. But if they really want to go on the court, these people can achieve 35% of the three-pointers. The point shooting percentage is already very good.

If you want to be a true marksman in the NBA, you have to be accurate and do another thing at the same time, either the confrontation is strong enough, or... you have to be fast enough!

I can't talk about confrontation with my body, so only by being fast enough can all defenders be at a loss.

This was difficult for him to do in the past. Even if he turned on the zone and became accurate enough, he would still be blocked if he wasn't fast enough.

but now……

At this time, all movements are based on the memory of the body. There is no adjustment at all. He does not even aim at the frame. He just sees the direction of the frame. The basketball is already out of his hands before his body is even completely aligned with the direction of the basket. And out.

The same little finger serves as the last point of support. There is no tingling, just a slight numbness.

And it was this slight numbness that seemed to give Rukawa Kaede an explicit signal, and also seemed to give the whole set of actions a soul.

The feeling of a broken finger seemed to be a 'corrector' for him when shooting!

Uh-huh!

The basketball got steadily into the net!

There was no expression on Rukawa Kaede's face. He was already running quickly when the basketball was released. He rushed to the basket to grab the ball that had just bounced off the ground, and then flew to the left side at the fastest speed. The three-point baseline.

It was a completely different angle than before, and it was still moving very quickly.

Dash, hit the ball, turn around, pull out!

Incomparably fast movements, a slight numbness in the severed finger.

Uh-huh!

The basketball hit the net again, and Rukawa Kaede had already rushed to the basket to pick up the ball, and once again ran towards the right three-point corner.

This is what it feels like! He is becoming more and more proficient!

He turned around again, and when his severed finger was slightly numb when he released the ball, a faint smile flashed across Rukawa Kaede's lips.

Uh-huh!

Come in again!

——There are 487 goals left!

Hoo, ho, ho...

Uh-huh! Uh-huh! Uh-huh!

Bang bang bang...

Every numbness is a success, and every sting is a lesson and correction! Constantly correcting his wrong postures, even making them reach instinct!

Dusk and the court, basketball and sweat, and the figure constantly sprinting back and forth, everything seems to be intertwined together.

...A small grass grew out of the pile of debris burned to ashes by the wildfire.

What some people may see is just a kind of loneliness, the embarrassment and filth of the weeds covered by the pile of ashes.

But when some people see this scene, they think of the dirty ashes turning into nutrients, helping the strength and beauty of that weed to grow stubbornly!

……………………

Two months of national team experience.

Yao Ming plays an absolute big brother role in this national team and is also the captain.

But the absolute core of the team is Lin Dong. His unlimited firing rights and the role and status of the coach on the field make Lin Dong's status in the national team still firmly surpass that of Yao Ming.

This is something that there is almost no objection from top to bottom, from senior management to coaches to players.

In this Asian Championship, Lin Dong's unlimited right to fire, as well as his acquiescence, permission, and even encouragement of some so-called 'unreasonable' shots after gaining an absolute advantage, have also become the key to Longguo basketball in the Asian Championship. A major feature of the game.

In the past, even Yao Ming did not have the so-called unlimited firing rights in the national team.

In the Dragon Kingdom, whether it is basketball or football, what matters more is the so-called rationality.

You have to cooperate, you have to execute tactics, and even if you make a shot that you shouldn't make, you will only be greeted by a scolding from the coach.

To some extent, this makes Longguo basketball more team-oriented, collaborative, and so-called professional.

Lin Dong used to think so too. After all, he was once a product of the Dragon Country basketball system, but after this year's experience in the NBA, this concept has completely changed.

The so-called reasonableness and so-called maturity are actually stifling the players' own creativity to the greatest extent.

The coach is the general, the players are the soldiers, the court is like a battlefield, and you have to obey orders. This is theoretically correct. This is also the model for some strong NBA teams coached by famous coaches.

The problem is, the order is wrong.

You have to train your troops first!

You must first let your soldiers have their own thoughts, sufficient creativity and imagination, and then talk about obeying orders and obeying on that basis. Otherwise, you will not be able to handle the stadium with just a bunch of machines. Even in many complex situations, it cannot improve the true individual combat capability at all.

The so-called mountains are mountains, water is water, mountains are not mountains, water is not water, and finally the mountains are mountains.

Team basketball in the NBA, like the Suns and Spurs, has truly reached the third step, while the so-called team basketball of Dragon Country Basketball is just a toddler, still stuck in the first stage.

Lin Dong wants to change this concept. It is obviously unrealistic to forcefully preach, and it is impossible to persuade the Dragon National Basketball Association and the group of basketball seniors who have deeply ingrained ideas and have achieved great success in Asia.

Then we can only do our best to let people like Zhu Fangyu and Yi Jianlian enjoy basketball and ball rights, relax themselves, and realize the importance of creativity on the court.

This year's national team coach is still Jiang Lao from the previous national youth team. Because he has the experience of coaching Lin Dong, he has been entrusted with the important task. He has also been tentatively determined to be the coach for next year's Olympics.

And what can I say about Mr. Jiang? To a certain extent, he is also a very open-minded type, good at accepting new things, and his relationship with Lin Dong is also quite good.

Thanks to Lin Dong's several discussions with him about the future of Dragon Kingdom basketball, the relationship between soldiers and generals, and even some forward-looking ideas from future small ball tactics, Mr. Jiang has been thinking a lot recently.

In addition, the overall performance in this Asian Championship was quite relaxed, so compared to the usual coaching state, this time it can be considered that many bold attempts were made.

Since Lin Dong was encouraging and hinting at some unreasonable things on the court, he didn't bother to say more.

Even when the domestic media and some so-called senior basketball people criticized this behavior, it actually aroused Mr. Jiang's arrogance.

I agree with you, but it's your turn for laymen to point your fingers at something?

Then he simply let go and acquiesced to this behavior. During the entire World Championship schedule, various fairy balls continued to play in the team, the players played happily, and the atmosphere was quite good.

Although everyone knows that the Dragon Kingdom will definitely dominate the first tier of Asia, the fact that the scores are so big in every game and the games are played so easily shows that the Dragon Kingdom was far behind in the two five consecutive Asian Championships. far less dominance.

This excited the domestic fans of the Dragon Kingdom and silenced some doubters. It also made the whole country full of expectations for the 2004 Athens Olympics next year.

The top eight who broke through the best performance in history? Is that considered a goal?

Today's Dragon Kingdom has set its goal to enter the finals, and even wants to rely on the combination of Lin Dong and Yao Ming to compete for the gold medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics.

These are the three major sports for men...

gold medal? This gold medal is enough to be worth ten dollars in other projects!

The General Administration of Sports pays attention to it, the Basketball Association is happy, and the fans are happy. Mr. Jiang seems to have found a new basketball concept.

And the changes brought by Lin Dong are not just that.

Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue, Wang Shipeng and others who were used to being constrained in the CBA began to yearn for the NBA after experiencing the free basketball and easy winning atmosphere.

Even Zhu Fangyu, who had never wanted to leave the Dragon Kingdom and just wanted to make a living, couldn't help but get interested.

The NBA is great, with high standards and high wages!

I used to think that there were all old Americans who were unfamiliar with the place and it would be difficult to integrate there. But now with the examples of Yao Ming and Lin Dong in front of me, there is no reason why others can adapt but I can't. What's the matter? Are you half as stupid as others?

"Old Lin, Brother Yao, go talk to Old Li and help us get some draft indicators..."

"That's right, I still have to rely on Lao Li to come forward in this matter. The main reason is that the team won't let him go. I signed the contract for too long..."

"Old Lin, what do you think of us participating in next year's NBA draft? What are the chances of getting into the first round?"

"A-Lian should be able to enter the first round." Lin Dong judged with a smile: "You guys should practice confrontation and basic skills, and maybe you can also enter the first round next year."

Yi Jianlian was surprised and happy, and smiled shyly.

"Isn't my confrontation strong enough?" Zhu Fangyu showed off his muscles in dissatisfaction: "Look at these biceps! Look at these lines! Even if the boxing champion comes, you have to step aside, okay?"

Sun Yue wanted to find the ball: "My basic skills are already very strong, okay? I have been practicing ball control every day recently!"

"Oh!" Lin Dong said with a smile: "Then when you feel that you are not strong enough, you will be qualified to enter the first round."

"Damn it, I'm so damn confident, you're trying to make things difficult for me!"

“Oh my god, I don’t think I’ll ever make it to the first round in my life!”

Yao Ming, on the other hand, said with a smile: "Lin Dong is right. Moreover, you still need some opportunities to enter the NBA. Relying on Lin Dong and I to pave the way for you is not the best."

"It's better to train hard first and eat the CBA first. If you can perform well in the Olympics next year, many NBA scouts will notice you. If you go there then, it will be justified and you will be able to gain a firm foothold. ”

"We still have to wait for the Olympics? Don't we have to wait two years? Oh my God, I will be 21 by then. Will I still be called a rookie?"

"Don't worry, the maximum draft age for non-American players is 23 years old." Lin Dong said with a smile: "When the time comes, whether it is the NBA or the world's basketball world, there will eventually be a place for you."

"I will definitely do it, come on!" Yi Jianlian, who started to grow a little youthful stubble on his face, said energetically.

"Then I'll win the CBA championship first..." Zhu Fangyu replied bitterly.

"Then I also..." Sun Yue looked at Lin Dong and smiled playfully: "Old Lin, can I get a key? You are not in Yanjing. The car is almost rusting in the garage. How pitiful. ! I will help you take care of it and wash it clean every day. Don’t worry, I will cherish it as much as I do my girlfriend!”

"...How many have you changed? Do you call that cherishing?"

"Ahem...this girlfriend must be different!"

"Hahaha!"

Thanks to Brother Changshan Zhending Shunpinghou for the reward ^^. Yesterday I agreed to reward more than 5,000 for additional updates. Today there is already one additional update. I can’t add more. Let’s add it tomorrow. Today’s update is 13,000. This chapter is 5,400. , still 7600~