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Chapter 88 87. Is it because he can’t teach? It’s because those useless bastards can’t learn it themselves!

On August 8, Jordan quit his job and disappeared for a few days. No. 3 appeared again and brought a shooting coach back to teach Zhang Yang and Felton how to train.

Bickerstaff looked at Englander who was coaching Zhang Yang and said, "Chip is amazing. He found the problems in their shooting techniques right away and helped them correct them."

Jordan responded: "Yes, he reminds me of Hamblen."

Bickerstaff: "The shooting coach that helped you and Bryant with their training? You speak highly of him."

Not only is his evaluation high, this new shooting coach is also highly paid! His salary is higher than most assistant coaches in the league!

Jordan is heartbroken! Now others are paying his salary, but soon, he will be the one paying his salary.

That damn Tellem, I don't know how he got the idea that he was in contact with Chinese companies, and he came here just because he smelled something, saying that their team's shooting coach was too bad and asked them to change his shooting coach.

What could he do? Go find someone. As it happened, there was a fierce conflict between the Nuggets management and coaching staff last season. Former head coach Jeff Bzdelik resigned, and the assistant coaches were unwilling to work with the new George Karl, so they all resigned, including Chip Engelland.

Engelland rested for a few months and started looking for a job. The Spurs also made an offer. Originally, Engelland planned to go to San Antonio, but the Bobcats also made an offer. The living environment in Charlotte is much better than that in San Antonio... Mainly because Jordan personally invited him to dinner, and he signed the contract over the dinner table.

But don’t say it, although it’s expensive, it’s worth the price!
Jordan said that England is on the same level as Hamblen, which is a sincere compliment.

Bickerstaff asked, "Michael, I heard from the finance department that you are planning to buy the team? Then you will really be my boss from now on, but the team is losing a lot of money now, right? Didn't the big boss say he is willing to support you for a few more years before selling the team to you?"

Robert Johnson, the current owner of the Bobcats, is the first black billionaire in American history with a net worth of over 02 million, the first black TV station owner, and the actual controller of RLJ Investment Company and Foundation. He is happy to support those black people who have entrepreneurial dreams, abilities and influence in their careers. After the Hornets moved out of Charlotte in the summer of 30, he was fooled by Jordan into joining the Bobcats, and finally paid a large franchise fee to become the th team in the NBA.

Buying it now will cost you a loss, but buying it later will cost you more money... Jordan would definitely not say this: "I still want to be my own boss, so that I can truly have absolute control over this team. If one day Robert and I have a conflict, I'm afraid he will ruin this team. You know, he doesn't even know that he can't just hold the ball and knock people away when playing basketball."

Recently, a Chinese company contacted him and wanted to place an advertisement, but he did not agree due to the low price quoted and was not willing to reach an agreement now.

He immediately started raising money to buy the team. His total assets were higher than the market value of the Bobcats, but it was still difficult to come up with 200 to 300 million US dollars in cash at once, so he couldn't let the team appreciate in value...

Bickerstaff was not very interested in the change of the team's owner. He was just an employee no matter who was the boss. He did not ask any further questions and jokingly asked, "Michael, why don't you continue to coach Jack?"

Jordan: "I'm 42 years old, and you want me to practice with a 17-year-old kid who is full of energy and restlessness every day? You want to tire me to death?"

He felt tired when he mentioned this. Initially, he planned to train Zhang Yang for two months until the start of the training camp.

As a result, he couldn’t even last two weeks, let alone two months, and ran away on the 14th day... If it weren’t for the daily stimulation from Chinese companies, if it weren’t for that irresistible smell... he wouldn’t have been able to last even 10 days.

He had been retired for two years, and suddenly he had to work at such an intense level for two hours every day. He couldn't bear it even though he had prepared for half a month.

Bickerstaff: "But weren't you having fun practicing those days? You were getting more motivated every day."

Jordan: "Jack really satisfied me. I wanted to conquer him more and more every day, but unfortunately my body couldn't bear it. This guy is like a tumbler, he can't be defeated at all. But if he is defeated and conquered like this, then wouldn't I have been scolded by North Carolina fans for nothing for so many days?"

There is another thing about Zhang Yang that makes Jordan very satisfied.

No matter how outrageous his teachings were, Zhang Yang could always learn something. Although Zhang Yang did not learn his technical moves, he could see that Zhang Yang tried to incorporate the little tricks he learned from him into his training, constantly trial and error, and adjustment.

There are always people saying that the God of Basketball can't teach people how to play basketball. Look, is it him who can't teach? It's those useless rubbish who can't learn it themselves!
Bickerstaff: "Haha, I was really worried that Jack would be worn out by you at first, but I didn't expect that you would be worn out by him first. Look at Raymond, he was almost doubting himself because of you, and it was only because Jack kept encouraging him that he was able to adjust his mentality."

Jordan curled his lips and said, "Raymond thought he was training with Jack, but in fact, Jack was leading him in training. He followed Jack and learned a lot of good habits."

Jordan was full of expectations for Felton, his junior at North Carolina, at first, but now he is mostly dissatisfied.

It would be fine if there was no comparison, but with Zhang Yang as a comparison, I can be as dissatisfied as I can be.

Fortunately, Zhang Yang is also his junior at North Carolina!

Bickerstaff: "Michael, it's good for them to get along like this. It's better not to let Raymond know the truth, otherwise it may affect their relationship."

Jordan: "Would I say something unnecessary like that? But I think Raymond may have discovered this, but he still maintains his big brother attitude."

Bickerstaff: "In that case, Raymond is still a smart man. He is lucky to have met Jack first. If he had mixed with the old players in our team first, he would have learned some bad habits. Even if he met Jack again, he would not be able to play with him."

Jordan: "Yes, although Raymond is not very strong, he has good luck. Jack and I are the same type of people."

Bickerstaff: "..."

Make up the face!
...

Zhang Yang completed a set of training under the guidance of Englander.

He was quite surprised at Tellem's professional ability. At the end of last month, Tellem came to Charlotte to see him and asked him if he was dissatisfied with the team. He said that the shooting coach was not professional enough. Ten days later, Jordan brought back a new shooting coach.

When he saw Engelland, Zhang Yang took the initiative to recall the 10 timelines and confirmed that this was the future shooting coach of the Spurs.

Now that he has been brought to the Bobcats, who will teach Leonard how to shoot?
But that is many years later. God knows where Englander will be working by then, and it is none of his business. It doesn’t matter whether others have a good shooting coach or not. The most important thing is that he has a good shooting coach.

As for Jordan stopping teaching, Zhang Yang didn't care too much. He had learned a lot in those 13 days and just needed time to digest it.

I had some doubts when practicing Bird's back-to-the-basket and some problems when practicing Hamblen's step-back shot. In the past ten days, I have thought of ways to improve them. I need time to try to adjust my training.

Moreover, he is not interested in Jordan's skills, which are not suitable for him. If he does not have the physical conditions of a god-level player, he should not try to learn the playing style of a god-level player.

The only thing that interested him about Jordan's skills was his extensive basketball experience.

During this period of time, he found that Jordan and DeRozan were the same, they could not stand provocation. When they needed to challenge each other, they would jump out to provide experience...

England likes Zhang Yang, a 17-year-old boy, very much, because he finds that Zhang Yang has similar ideas with him on shooting details, and Zhang Yang is very studious.

In comparison, Felton gave England a headache.

For a 22-year-old player, his shooting habits are basically solidified and difficult to correct.

But Felton has so many problems with shooting that England can only say that this is a very challenging job.

Fortunately, Felton's initiative in learning has increased several times compared to when he just finished the summer league. Although he does not have Zhang Yang's talent for learning by analogy, England is still very satisfied with his hard work.

By August 8, Zhang Yang had accumulated 18 shooting points and received a reward, with his mid-range shooting talent limit increased by 9 and the foundation of basic turnaround skills.

At present, his talent upgrades have increased by 12 points, including 4 points of physical strength, 1 point of speed, 1 point of jumping, 1 point of strength, 3 points of three-point shooting, and 2 points of mid-range shooting. The difficulty of the new task has increased again. The new task requires +1 physical talent, which requires 8 shooting points; the second task reward is the basic three-threat stance, which requires 4 shooting points.

Keep working hard, keep accumulating talent, but first practice the basic skills of turning over.

'Quickly lay a solid foundation', he had experienced this before when he received the reward of 'Basics of Defensive Lateral Footwork'. He could quickly develop basic muscle memory, but of course it was limited to the basics. If he wanted to practice until he could really use it, he had to continue learning and practicing.

But if you have the foundation, you can spend much less time whether you are learning from the big guys or developing technology independently.

The shooting value required for the task has increased, but under England's guidance, he has improved a lot in the details of shooting in the past half month, and his progress is faster than before, and the speed of obtaining shooting value is also increasing.

The foundation of the turnaround skill was quickly built. In three days, he only practiced it for about an hour every day. By the time the effect of "quickly building a solid foundation" was over, he could already perform a smooth turnaround jump shot after back-to-back play... Although the stability of the shooting action could not be guaranteed, Bickerstaff and Engelland were shocked to see that Zhang Yang had learned the turnaround shot after "casually practicing for three days". He finally understood how exaggerated the "talent" of the 3-year-old lottery pick was.

It was late August, and on the 8th, the freshman year started. When Zhang Yang went to the North Carolina Business School in Chapel Hill to complete the admission procedures, he caused a commotion on campus. Wherever he appeared, there were crowds of people watching.

North Carolina basketball fans are divided into two groups regarding Zhang Yang.

Some people think that he is North Carolina's basketball genius and an NBA player; some people think that Zhang Yang is not a North Carolina player, he doesn't even know what a North Carolina jersey looks like; some people are waiting, if Zhang Yang plays well in the NBA, they will regard him as the pride of North Carolina...

The Bobcats players also returned to the team one after another at this time.

The first person to return was Gerald Wallace, who was criticized by Jordan for not having any passion for basketball in his eyes.

However, after coaching Gerald Wallace's shooting training for a few days, England praised Zhang Yang for how hard-working and studious Gerald Wallace was, and used Gerald Wallace as an example to urge Zhang Yang to keep working hard.

Zhang Yang was very curious about why the two people had such different opinions on Gerald Wallace. There was no need for either of them to say anything nonsense about this matter... Men's curiosity cannot be controlled.

He found Gerald Wallace and asked, "Gerald, do you like basketball?"

This question was offensive to an NBA player, but Gerald Wallace saw that it was a 17-year-old kid, and a sense of social responsibility emerged.

Gerard Wallace thought for a moment and answered carefully: "Whether you like it or not, once you have taken up a job, you must devote all your passion to it and do your best. If you like it, you must work harder for it, otherwise you will regret it when you grow up."

Zhang Yang: "Well, that means you don't like it. What industry did you originally want to work in?"

Gerard Wallace was speechless for a moment, then asked, "Jack, are you doing the research assignment for the social practice class?"

Zhang Yang: "That's a good idea. I remember that the business school has social survey assignments. Gerald, you are a good interviewee. I already have a topic for my assignment - the impact of preferences on work attitudes."

Gerald Wallace smiled helplessly and said, "My original dream was to be a policeman, but later I fell in love with football. My high school coach said I had talent for the NFL, but the basketball coach also found me and said I had talent for the NBA. I checked and found that the average salary in the NBA was higher, so I switched to basketball and later entered the NBA."

Zhang Yang has heard that the salary packages for mid- and low-level players in the NBA are the best among the four major leagues. For example, the NFL rookie contract is only 50%-60% of the NBA rookie contract of the same draft pick, but the top NFL players have very high salaries. The key is that the contract period is exaggerated. At the beginning of this century, a quarterback got a 10-year, 60 million dollar contract. Top players can also get various bonuses of up to 90% of their salary... Jordan's annual salary of 3000 million US dollars in the s was the most special among all sports of the same period.

Moreover, an NFL team has a lot of players, and they have to be divided into first and second teams... The average salary amount is indeed not as good as the NBA, where a team has a maximum of 15 players.

Zhang Yang: "Thank you for answering my question."

A little abrupt but very polite... Gerald Wallace felt that Zhang Yang was a very special 17-year-old kid.

Gerald Wallace left a very good impression on Zhang Yang, but another star of the team gave Zhang Yang an awkward feeling - Emeka Okafor.

When Zhang Yang first met Okafor, he felt that this teammate had an indescribable arrogance.

Okafor speaks very politely, which is rare in the team, but he has been keeping to himself for a few days since returning to the team. No matter whether his teammates invite him to dinner or go out to play, he politely refuses... as if to say, you are not worthy of playing with me.

If Zhang Yang didn't need help from others, he would never try to please others. He didn't think about getting along well with Okafor at the beginning, he just wanted to treat him as an ordinary colleague.

Until one day at the end of August, when Zhang Yang was reading a macroeconomics textbook in the lounge after training, Okafor, who also came to the lounge to read, took the initiative to talk to him. After learning that Zhang Yang did not drop out of high school but skipped his senior year to go directly to college, his attitude towards him changed 8 degrees.

Zhang Yang then realized that his initial feeling was not an illusion. Okafor really looked down on those teammates in the team who could not even get a college degree.

And the person he looked down upon the most was Zhang San. Okafor thought that he didn't even have a high school diploma.

There is a reason why Okafor looks down on others. The reason why he entered the NBA early after the end of his junior season was because he had completed his thesis defense in advance in the first semester of his junior year and obtained a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Connecticut more than a year in advance. Otherwise, he would have chosen to finish college. He is currently studying on his own for postgraduate entrance exams, imitating his idol, Tim Duncan, who obtained a master's degree in psychology in 02 through self-study.

Okafor became much friendlier when he learned that Zhang Yang was not a poor student who dropped out of school, but a "good" student who entered the NBA and was still self-studying college courses in his spare time.

But even if the other party's attitude changed, Zhang Yang still felt that Okafor was difficult to get along with. The contempt for "uneducated" people that came from his bones showed that he was not the same kind of person as him. He did not choose to continue to be close to him, but just treat him as an ordinary colleague and ordinary friend.

Although Duncan seems to be more difficult to get along with on the surface, and maybe he is indeed not that easy to get along with, there is a non-mainstream person in his heart. Zhang Yang plans to wait for two years and select some photos from the non-mainstream era to send to Duncan.

However, there was one characteristic of Okafor that impressed Zhang Yang deeply. He had a meal with Okafor and saw that the other person's appetite was almost three times that of Okafor...but he was a 17-year-old boy who was still growing!
The other players in the team who can be considered strong are the former Yugoslavia center Brezek, who is a very cautious person. He is 218 cm tall and is the tallest player in the team, but he has a face that looks easy to bully and a soft personality. There is not a bit of Slav toughness in him. As for the other strong teammates... there is no other strong one.

Brevin Knight, Zhang Yang couldn't tell whether this teammate was good or not. Anyway, during training, apart from his fast speed, Zhang Yang couldn't see any great skills of this teammate. But you can't say he was good, he averaged 9 assists per game last season. Although it didn't seem to help the team's offense much, it takes ability to get that many assists.

Zhang Yang doesn't like Brevin Knight because this guy said he would take him to a nightclub... to be the doorman and security guard.

After getting to know all his teammates, he felt that Xiao Fei was the most suitable friend. Xiao Fei, who had just graduated from college, always had such a pure and clear look in his eyes...

As for his teammates, some treated him like a child, some disliked him because of his age, and some ignored him...I can see all kinds of NBA players.

Oh, by the way, there is also Xiaofei’s new little brother, Alan Anderson, whose eyes are also so clear and pure.

Anderson graduated from the prestigious University of Michigan. He was not selected in this year's draft, but got a one-year, non-guaranteed contract of US$1 from the Bobcats based on his performance in the summer league.

He is 198 cm tall and weighs 93 kg. He has decent physical fitness and a solid defensive foundation.

Zhang Yang and Anderson practiced against each other once, and they couldn't make much progress. However, Anderson's offense was shockingly bad, and he couldn't make much progress against Zhang Yang either. The two of them scored 10 goals in more than ten minutes.

After that sparring match, Zhang Yang considered Anderson to be the most suitable sparring partner, and Anderson also liked this opponent very much...

Zhang Yang and Alan Anderson were enjoying the thrilling duel and couldn't help themselves. Felton was speechless seeing this, what two noobs!
Felton was still dissatisfied with one thing - Jack! Explain to me clearly, why did you keep talking when you were fighting me, but you were so polite when fighting this noob? You don't care about the boss's mood at all, right?
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