The Golden Age of Basketball

() (Another mysterious master appeared in this chapter, everyone can guess who he is. Please collect it at the same time!)

Summer is coming to an end, and the irritating heat will gradually be replaced by coolness.However, the American people's enthusiasm for basketball has just begun to heat up.

Beginning in October, the American state high school basketball league, the American college basketball league, and the nba games will all start.Among them, the nba preseason games will take the lead in starting in each division.And the California high school basketball league will also start before the start of the NBA game, igniting the flames of war.

At night, the Big Nette's Grill on Folsom Road in San Francisco still has a few lights on, but the door has a closed sign.

"Hey Gan, how was your practice in high school?"

"It's harder than I imagined. I didn't expect Coach Behrman to be so strict and have a lot of training. And his swear words almost made me invulnerable."

"Hahaha, Behrman and I have known each other for a long time. He loves basketball as much as I do, but unfortunately his talent is far inferior to mine. So he continued his basketball dream to the coaching bench , but he never got a chance to prove himself, and Palo Alto High School has been tepid."

"So you recommended me to him, do you hope I can help him?"

"Haha, it seems that your self-confidence is really high now? Yes, you are indeed very talented, and you are still growing taller. You are already 6 feet 7 (2 meters 01). It is amazing speed, and you The speed of progress is as fast. However, I still hope that Bellman can help you, because it is already difficult for me to improve you, and now what you need is a person who can help you build a foundation systematically, Bellman It's a very good choice."

"Thank you very much Mr. Thurmond. I realized after training in high school that I still have a lot to learn, from a small step in a position to a big tactical choice. I am now thinking about training in my dreams Content."

"Learning is a never-ending process. Even if you enter the NBA one day, you will find that you wake up every morning and you still have a lot to learn and improve. Otherwise, you will not be able to survive in this league."

"You are right. I will keep every word of yours firmly in my heart."

The two who spoke were naturally Gan Guoyang and Mr. Nate Thurmond, the owner of the barbecue restaurant.

Gan Guoyang and Gan Guohui returned to Gan's Restaurant in San Francisco this weekend. Gan Guoyang had a good meal made by his father.Then at night, I went to the cinema with Gan Guohui and Chen Xing to watch Spielberg's new movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

This movie later won multiple Oscars in 1982 and is a classic movie.Of course Gan Guoyang has seen it, but he can't say "I've watched this movie on the computer", so he can only go to the cinema to watch it again.

After watching the movie, under the pressure of his mother Qian Hui, Gan Guohui went home to do his homework, and Chen Xing naturally went back.The three of them made an appointment to go to the Oakland Stadium tomorrow and Sunday to watch the preseason game between the Golden State Warriors and the San Diego Clippers.

Gan Guoyang went to the Great Nate BBQ on Folsom Road alone, visited Mr. Nate Thurmond, and had the conversation above.

"Go back and get your basketball. Remember, never stop moving forward."

Gan Guoyang left the barbecue restaurant with his basketball and the teachings of his predecessors. As Thurmond said, he never stopped his footsteps.Now no matter where he goes, even if he goes out to watch a movie, he has to take his basketball and dribble all the way.

In more than a month of training, his performance has become more and more outstanding, and he has become more and more mature.His fierceness at the basket has exceeded the level that the average high school player's defense can bear.The key is that his movements are very clean, with no signs of small moves or fouls.

On the defensive end, he has an unusually keen sense of rebounding and an almost greedy desire to grab rebounds.Backcourt rebounding is almost a non-issue when he's around.

On the offensive end, his offensive skills around the basket still need to be further refined, but his soft touch and excellent mid-range shooting are considered by Coach Behrman as a great weapon, which can greatly enrich the team's offensive tactics.

As a high school player, what Gan Guoyang lacks the most is game experience, which cannot be taught. The other is the understanding of tactics, which is based on the previous problem.Both of these take time to accumulate.

Gan Guoyang dribbled the ball and walked on the streets of San Francisco, thinking about the team's tactical moves. This thing is really difficult for him. The game feels completely different.

He already knew that he should have acquired the talent created by the nbalive2004 game personnel, but it only needs continuous practice and learning to develop it.However, there is no "basketball IQ" item in the nbalive player ability information!

So he knew that he could only rely on his own brain to learn these things, and he couldn't use his golden fingers anymore.

Just dribbling and thinking all the way, Gan Guoyang walked to Union Square unknowingly.

This is where Gan Guoyang's basketball dream started. That bullfight not only gave him the confidence to choose basketball, but also gave him two very, very good friends.

Thinking of the time when the three of them were fighting bulls here, Gan Guoyang couldn't help walking towards the small basketball court.

Gan Guoyang didn't come for a while when he wanted to come. Since his level has improved a lot, it seems that this small field can no longer accommodate him.

He took the ball, stood under the basket again, and looked up at the basket that was once unattainable in his heart by the lights on the side of the road.

He jumped up lightly, and without a run-up, he poured the ball into the basket.

Now is the time for him to conquer the rim.

Gan Guoyang took the ball and started shooting practice on the small court.He is no longer a soft guy who can only shoot, but he knows that it is not enough to only shoot, but it is absolutely impossible to not be able to shoot.

As a center forward, turning over jump shots is almost a must-have skill, unless you just want to be a blue-collar who can defend with peace of mind.As a matter of fact, any blue-collar worker in the NBA was a highly anticipated star in high school.

Gan Guoyang imagined that standing behind him was a tall young Nate Thurmond, who wanted to dodge his bounce and long arms and finish him with a turnaround jumper.

However, the more he thought about Gan Guoyang, the more unlikely he felt.No matter what feint he used, he felt Thurmond everywhere.When he turned around and jumped to shoot, he felt as if there was a big hand covering his ball, and he couldn't dodge it no matter what.

Gan Guoyang kept turning his back, dribbling, feinting, turning over, taking off, and shooting. He scored almost every goal, but he still felt that Thurmond was always with him.

"No, it's still too slow, there is no way to escape Mr. Thurmond's claws..." Gan Guoyang has too high demands on himself. He has never thought about how many people in the NBA can escape Thurmond's hands?

"Hey buddy! You have a nice jump shot!"

At this time, a voice came from outside the lights on the side of the road, probably speaking to Gan Guoyang.Gan Guoyang looked back to the direction of the sound, and found a long shadow under the street lamp getting shorter and shorter, indicating that someone was approaching.

"Hello, young man. Your shooting is really good. Are you a high school student?" Walking was a black man who was about the same size as Gan Guoyang.With a square face, thick lips, and a mustache above the lips, he looks solemn and majestic.

He was wearing a beige plaid suit, brown flared trousers, and a pair of shiny black leather shoes, which were popular at the moment, looking very stylish.

"Hi sir, thank you for your compliment. But I still feel that my speed is not fast enough." Gan Guoyang looked at him and said.He is also telling the truth, he does feel that he should be too slow, although he is already relatively fast according to the high school level.

"Oh, you want to go faster? Like Bruce Lee! Are you from China?" the stranger asked again.

"Yes, I'm from China and I'm studying at Palo Alto High School now."

"What kind of high school is this? I've never heard of it... But I rarely see Chinese players who are as good as you in basketball. I thought they could only cook and kung fu."

"No sir, we also like playing basketball."

"Hahaha, yes yes, you are a very good basketball player, your turning skills are quite good, but... it is really slow, I want to go up and kick your ass."

"Thank you for your encouragement sir, if you kicked my ass to make me go faster like a donkey, I'd rather take off my pants and have you kick me a hundred times."

"Hahaha, what an interesting guy. Well, in order to prevent me from kicking your ass, let me teach you two tricks."

Gan Guoyang thought that this person was just teasing himself for being idle, but he didn't expect that he would teach himself two tricks in person!

He took off his coat and put it aside, wearing only a shirt.Then he took the ball from Gan Guoyang and began to dribble around the perimeter.

"Hey, come and guard me, come here, do your best." He is very skilled in dribbling, and with his height, he seems to be a regular player.

But Gan Guoyang is no longer Wuxia Amon. After more than three months of training, he is already a professional basketball player.Facing his defense, it would be difficult for ordinary people to even make a shot.

Gan Guoyang looked at the Chinese-character face in leather shoes and flared trousers, lowered his center of gravity, and made a defensive posture.

"Very good, quite a perfect defensive position. I'm coming!"

As soon as the words fell, the Chinese character face broke through from the right side in one step.But probably because of wearing leather shoes, his speed is not particularly fast.

Gan Guoyang quickly followed his steps and stuck close to him.At the same time, the left hand also went to take out his ball.

Guo Zilian turned around, came to the backside state, and stuck Gan Guoyang tightly with his buttocks.And Gan Guoyang did not show weakness, sticking to his footing and not giving him too much space.

"Hey, your skills at topping people are really good!" Guozilian didn't forget to praise Gan Guoyang a few words.

And just as he was speaking, Guo Zilian suddenly turned to the right. While turning around, he had already jumped into the air, shot, and the ball scored!

At this time, Gan Guoyang was still on the spot, watching Guozilian throw the ball into the basket.

"Yes! A beautiful goal! Do you see it? This is the real turnaround jumper." Looking at Gan Guoyang with a square face, there was a hint of complacency.

"It's really fast...how did you do it?"

"I can teach you, but whether you can learn it depends on yourself."

As soon as Gan Guoyang heard that the Chinese character face was willing to teach him, he immediately regained his spirit. Now he does not give up any opportunity to learn.

"You know, when you turn around and shoot, you have a full pivot, and you look at the basket, and you jump up and shoot. You do that too, and you do it pretty well. But, like you, there's a lot more It's too slow for people to do it!"

"First of all, you all use your toes as a fulcrum, and I use my heel to rotate. You can try it, if you raise your toes a little bit, use your heel as a fulcrum, I can assure you You turn around faster."

"Second, when I turn around, I don't turn my face to the defender, I jump up immediately. That is, when you turn around, you start jumping! Instead of turning to look Look at the ugly face of the person behind and jump again, aren't you afraid that you will be too scared to jump?"

"In the end, you need to have really quick release speed, throw the damn ball, throw it in the hoop when the other guy reacts and reaches for your ball. Okay, that's it, you get it? ?”

Guozilian said a lot in one breath, and Gan Guoyang probably understood, first, use the heel as a fulcrum for rotation, second, prepare to jump when turning around, and third, shoot faster.

"No problem, I think I can try." Gan Guoyang thought for a while and said.

"Oh my god, you're so confident, kid, I want to see how you come up with a turnaround jumper. I'm going to defend."

Guozilian obviously disdained Gan Guoyang's self-confidence, threw the ball to him, and asked him to try to attack.

Gan Guoyang got the ball and looked at the loose Chinese-character face standing there. This guy obviously didn't take himself seriously.

Gan Guoyang imitated the Chinese character face and dribbled the ball a few times on the outside, and also made a breakthrough from the right side with one step.

"It's not bad, but it's a bit slow!" Guozilian followed Gan Guoyang's footsteps, but he didn't post it.

At this time, Gan Guoyang also turned his back and leaned back. He found that the opponent's body was very strong, but he didn't exert any force.

So he used the heel of his right foot as a fulcrum, and quickly turned to the right. While turning around, he had already bent his knees and was ready to jump.

The moment he turned around, he didn't observe Guozilian's defense, but jumped up, jumped into the air, bent his arms, and shot.

Go in!

Gan Guoyang's whole movement process was done in one go, almost a replay of the movement of the Chinese character face just now - although the Chinese character face was wearing leather shoes.

After the ball was scored, the mouth of the Chinese character face also changed into a Chinese character.

"Wow, my God, you actually threw the ball in, and you used the turnaround jumper I just had? This... is fucking unbelievable. Are you the reincarnation of Bruce Lee? Oh, no." Obviously, the square face is a little disordered .

"No, I'm not the reincarnation of Bruce Lee. I can do this because you taught me well, thank you."

"No, no, no, I didn't teach you anything. I've told people about this method a long time ago, but there are not many guys who have learned it. Unexpectedly, you kid... really surprised me. What's your name? ?” Guozilian asked Gan Guoyang’s name.

"Sunny? Gump." Gan Guoyang said the name he used in the school team.

"Sunshine jerk? That's a really cool name, and your dad must be cool too. But I don't think you're a jerk."

"Thank you, I didn't expect to meet you today, I am so lucky to have learned this technique!"

"I think this is God's arrangement. I never expected to meet such a talented young man here, and I feel very happy."

"What's your name? Can I learn from you again in the future?"

"Oh, God, it seems that you really don't know anything. You will definitely know me in the future, maybe tomorrow. Of course, I look forward to meeting you in the future. Goodbye, sunshine fool."

The Chinese character face left some inexplicable words, and left with his clothes on.

Gan Guoyang was left scratching his head: "Can I get to know him tomorrow?"