swing striker

Chapter 204 Odom Mystery

The flames of the playoffs were still spreading. With a total score of 2:0, the Celtics flew to Cleveland by plane. Shi Lei, who was suspended, became the last player on the team.

During the suspension, there is no way to sit on the team's bench. If you want to watch the game, you must watch it in the auditorium.

Coincidentally, Shi Lei also had too many mysteries to unravel, so he didn't follow the team to the visiting team.After communicating with Danny Angie, I temporarily borrowed the Celtics' training ground.It was borrowed because Shi Lei brought his entire training team here.

Originally, Shi Lei set up a training team to prepare for the end of the season. He didn't expect this accident to happen. Anyway, he had already spent money, so it was useless. Shi Lei asked Schwartz to call them here.

"Quick, quicker."

This is Shi Lei's physical fitness and strength trainer Marshall Davis. He pinched the stopwatch in his forehand, and kept urging Shi Lei, who was training the core strength group, to speed up his movements.

The problem of "the body can't find the center of gravity, the limbs are stiff during exercise, and the movements are uncoordinated" found the answer here in Davis. He told Shi Lei that by strengthening training and letting the body adapt to all the changes that occurred during the growth process, the problem will be solved. solve.

Well, it is impossible for Shi Lei to describe the troubles he encountered in detail to Davis frankly. He can only use the vague word "recently" to describe the time when the troubles occurred. His confidence was not great, but without a better choice, he could only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

He never wanted to experience the powerlessness he felt in the last match.

After more than an hour, under Davis' constant urging, Shi Lei finally completed the last set of core strength training. He gasped heavily and lay flat on the massage mat.

At this time, a masseur quickly ran over from the sidelines and began to give Shi Lei a restorative massage.

This is Shi Lei's masseur, a Chinese American with a yellow skin and a white heart, his name is Byron Lee.The craftsmanship is said to be passed down from the ancestors, but apart from this craftsmanship, he can't speak a word of Chinese.

Originally, it should be a happy thing to see compatriots, but after Shi Lei tried to communicate with him in Chinese, he lost the feeling of intimacy that he had just had, and even lost his own mother tongue. Shi Lei couldn't believe it. Such a person has so much nostalgia for his homeland.

Massaging is a painful thing, especially for the first time, but amidst the soreness, Shi Lei quickly regained some strength.

Twenty minutes later, Davis' urging voice sounded again. This time it was about physical training. In Davis's view, Shi Lei's physical fitness was really bad. Compared with his astonishing In terms of upper body strength.

Shi Lei has always trained in this area, including the team's, and the training plan that he himself entrusted Schwartz to "experts" to formulate, but compared to these, what Davis did is undoubtedly more thorough, and also It made Shi Lei even more painful, he was really squeezing the last bit of potential in Shi Lei's body.

Another hour passed, and at the end of this set of training, Shi Lei felt that his legs were not his own.

He dragged his heavy legs, fell headlong on the massage mat and refused to get up, Byron Lee ran over from the sidelines again, knelt down in front of Shi Lei, his hands fluttering up and down on Shi Lei's body .

The whole morning passed like this. Shi Lei's strength and physical training was over. In the afternoon, what he was going to do was the real professional basketball practice. His trainer for this session was Blair Wall, a professional basketball coach. The coach has taught superstars like Tracy McGrady and Iverson.

"Mr. Wall, may I ask you a question?"

Sitting on a chair by the court, Shi Lei asked Blair who was sitting next to him.This is the time to rest. Everyone who just finished eating is digesting food here.

"please say."

Blair was a short white man, in his fifties or sixties, but rather stocky.

"You know Lamar Odom? I've been studying the way he plays lately."

Shi Lei tilted his head, looked at Blair who was listening to him with a smile, and asked in a casual tone.But in fact, at this time, he was extremely nervous, and he desperately needed professional people to guide him.

After the second game against the Cavaliers, although the troubles continued, Shi Lei devoted more of his thoughts to reflecting on his own performance in that game.The more he thought about it, the greater the doubts in his heart. He once thought that matching Odom would be effective, but at this time he saw a huge mystery from Odom.

"The one from the Los Angeles Lakers?"

"Yes, it's him."

Shi Lei nodded, although he was eager to know the answer, but he didn't let his expression show, but said slowly: "I've been watching his game videos recently, because I think I can't match his skills The characteristics are very similar, but why can't I show it in the game?"

"You? No no no no no." Blair shook his head again and again, and then said to Shi Lei seriously: "Don't imitate him, no one can play like him, anyone!"

This surprised Shi Lei: "Why?"

"You've seen him play, so tell me where he is on the court?"

Blair glanced at Shi Lei calmly, then asked back.

"Small forward."

The answer was blurted out from Shi Lei's mouth, and the next moment Shi Lei seemed to understand something, as expected, Blair asked again at this time: "Really?"

This made Shi Lei shrug his shoulders: "Well, he seems to be playing a point forward."

This time Blair didn't play tricks, after all Shi Lei was his employer.He said to Shi Lei: "No, he plays point guard, forward, and inside. He is a team by himself, and he does all the jobs."

Facing Shi Lei's questioning gaze, Breton paused, and continued: "He knows too much, buddy, he can handle the ball, make breakthroughs, post back shots, three-pointers, and rebounds."

"Is not it good?"

Blair's words made Shi Lei even more confused. Isn't it good for a player to be comprehensive?
"No, fine, he's talented, but he's not going to be a good study, a point guard needs to organize the offense, get the ball to the right teammates, a shooting guard needs to get the ball at the right time Throwing the shot, a small forward looking for a drive line, a power forward needing to rebound, set a screen, a center attacking the paint and making the mess out there. Tell me if one can do it all and make sure that everything that is done is in line with the current needs of the team?"

Blair asked Shi Lei another question here. At this moment, Shi Lei seemed to have grasped something, but he didn't seem to grasp anything. He desperately hoped that the other party would continue talking, so he hurriedly replied: "This seems very difficult."

"It's not very difficult, but it's impossible to do well at the same time. It is undeniable that he is one of the most difficult people to defend in the NBA, because he always has a way to make your defense useless. He is not as flexible as he is tall, and he is not as flexible as him. , he is thinner than him, he uses inside skills, and he is stronger than him, he breaks through you, and he is very good at passing the ball. But that is him, he has been playing like this since he was very young, he is used to it, he Know when to make which choice"

When Blair said this, Shi Lei suddenly knew the reason for his doubts about Odom.

Yes, a person's basketball style is never developed overnight, it takes ten years, 20 years or even longer to hone it.Shi Lei got Odom's basketball skills, but he didn't get Odom's basketball literacy.More importantly, Odom's playing style is too weird.If it's someone else, it's okay to only play one or even two positions. Running positions, shooting, breakthroughs, etc. are all sorted out very well.But Odom has mastered too much, how could Shi Lei master Odom's complicated basketball skills in a day and night, and bring out all of them.

"It turns out that the problem is here."

After trying to understand all this, Shi Lei let out a long sigh of relief.Once you understand where the problem is, it will be easy to solve the problem, it is nothing more than the length of time.

"Thank you, Mr. Wall, I think I understand."

Blair's words pointed out the direction for Shi Lei, letting him know where to go and work hard, but everything was much more difficult than Shi Lei thought.Although Shi Lei has worked hard to learn Odom's playing style, and is always improving his own shortcomings, and training harder, hoping that his body will find the intersection with Odom's physical characteristics earlier, but when his teammates from Cleveland When he returned, Shi Lei still didn't accept much of Odom's basketball style already in his body.

For example, Odom's center of gravity is very high, and Odom is left-handed. This makes it difficult for Shi Lei to change his or Odom's habits in a short period of time. During the training process, he often faces mistakes. , and the danger of being intercepted by the sparring partners.

Another example is Odom's dribbling breakthrough and shooting ability. Shi Lei can't let himself change his muscle stiffness and lack of ball feel in a short time.

However, Shi Lei is not without gains, at least in terms of passing vision and passing selection, Shi Lei has some new insights.And the breakthrough ability he originally possessed has finally recovered at this time.

(End of this chapter)