The invincible kryptonite of basketball

The son of a star rarely becomes a star, and Thompson is very rare.

It's no wonder that he can drive a Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Thompson was born in a basketball family.

"Procopio, is he still Kobe's trainer?" Tang Tian asked tentatively.

Although he knew that the chance was not great, but Procopio's business ability gave him a big shock, he still wanted to try as much as possible.

"No, it wasn't last summer. Kobe had a trainer for the Lakers. It seems to be Gary Vitti. It was just the year before that when something happened, he asked Uncle Mike for help." Thompson shook his head.

Tang Tian paused after listening, it seems that the facts are a little different from the legend.

"Then whose trainer is he now?" Tang Tian continued to ask.

"No one's fault. Uncle Mike is here to help me when he is free, but it is said that he will go to the Mavericks in the summer. Coach Rick Carlisle has a very good relationship with him." Thompson is indeed from a basketball family. One more.

"That is to say, he is currently unemployed?"

"You can say that." Thompson nodded.

After hearing this, Tang Tian was overjoyed. He had dragged Feigen to find a trainer. If Procopio could directly join his team, that would be a great thing.

"You want to hire him?" Thompson was a little slow in responding, but he still heard the meaning behind his words.

"He's very expensive." Tang Tian didn't speak, but Thompson couldn't help reminding.

"I know." Tang Tian nodded, but replied without making any affirmation.

He really can't afford Procopio now, but when he gets the endorsement after the draft, he will have money at that time.

After a few days of training, Walker joined in.

Procopio is passing the ball to Thompson, and Walker is passing the ball to Tang Tian.

"When you pass the ball, you have to look at the position of Don's receiver. If it is too high or too low, he will not be able to shoot the ball immediately. It will be the same when you are in the NBA. Only the position of the pass is just right. , so that the teammates can complete the attack more comfortably and quickly.” Procopio also came to give advice to Walker, this experienced trainer is very good at observing the details.

Walker passed the ball to Tang Tian, ​​and he was training his passing ability.

In addition to passing, when Walker practiced one-on-one offense and defense with Tang Tian, ​​Procopio also gave Walker some detailed suggestions on breakthroughs.

After Walker persisted in training for a period of time, his breakthrough efficiency was significantly higher than before.

It has to be said that a top trainer is really helpful to the players, which also made Tang Tian more determined to include Procopio in his team.

This kind of life lasted for nearly two months. Apart from making friends with Procopio every day, the rest of Tang Tian was eating and training to torture Thompson.

Both are three-point shooters, Tang Tian and Thompson basically have to compete for open three-pointers every day.

As a result, Thompson was abused every day.

The current Thompson is not the future Buddha, and his shooting stability is far worse than Tang Tian.

Chapter 1 Green Skills

Time flies, and it is June in a blink of an eye.

In the past two months, Tang Tian has never left the training hall except for a trip to Washington with UConn as the NCAA champion in May to be received by President Obama.

Even the joint trial training, he also accepted Fagan's suggestion and did not participate.

After nearly two months of training, his shooting speed has improved significantly.

Generally speaking, when he was in the NCAA, the average time required from catching the ball to shooting was about 1.5 seconds, but now he can basically control it within 1 second, about 0.8 seconds, and the hit rate can also be achieved. Keep it around [-]%.

Considering the training time, this is already a very big improvement.

But this is thanks to Procopio, otherwise it would not be possible to have this training result.

The shooting acceleration training has initially achieved results, and Tang Tian should consider the next step.

Although the endorsement contract has not yet been signed, and there is not enough krypton gold to exchange for new skills, but before that, he must first make a plan.

He pulled out the system interface and set his sights on those green skills.

Muscle Stick (Maggette): Increases physical resistance by 10%, and the weight needs to reach 105kg.

Streetball King (Alstom): 10% increase in ball control and dribbling stability, but there is a certain chance of walking errors.

Roar (Rashid Wallace): When roaring, all abilities of the opposing player will drop by 10% for 5 minutes, but there is a certain chance of getting a technical foul.

Microwave (Jamal Crawford): Increases consistency on all shots by 10% for 5 minutes when coming off the bench.

Strongest 175 (Isaiah Thomas): Increases breakthrough speed by 10%, only applicable to players under 185cm in height.

Catch scorer (Korver): Increase 10% off-ball running speed and 10% three-point catch and shoot stability, weight needs to be within 95kg.

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Compared with white skills, green skills are more advanced than white skills in that they are no longer limited to being non-confrontational or passive, but they are only green after all, and they don't add much to their abilities, and they all have their own limitations.

For example, for the muscle stick, there is a requirement that the weight needs to reach 105kg.

This is completely reasonable. Physical confrontation and weight are inseparable. It is impossible to say that you will go up in confrontation after losing weight. This is why Harden chose to gain weight later. He needs to increase the lethality of breakthroughs. There is stronger confrontation.

If you can increase the confrontation without adding weight, then Harden will not slow down his lateral movement speed because of his excessive weight, and will not be passed by people on the defensive end.

The same goes for a catch-and-shoot scorer, if you want to have speed, you have to lose weight.

In fact, this is also the position Tang Tian was considering at the beginning. In the NBA, should he gain weight and play the [-]th position, or lose weight and play the swingman? These are actually two development directions.

If he wants to play the [-]th position, then this offseason must gain weight and then exchange for a muscle stick. If he plays a swingman, he must lose weight and exchange for a scorer.

Whether it is gaining weight or losing weight, there will be a process, so the sooner he makes a decision, the better the effect will be.

After thinking about it for a while, he finally made a decision to lose weight and play as a swingman!

reason?

In fact, it is very simple. He was a 3D player in the NCAA. He played the [-]th position, and he was still a swinging [-]th position. Get targeted in the low post by an opponent.

But if he plays as a forward and guard swingman mainly at the second position, his height will be an advantage because of his increased speed.

Tall swingmen like Jimmy Butler and Paul George almost followed this path when they first entered the league.

Of course, this is not the whole reason. Another more important point is that he needs to enrich his arsenal.

In the NCAA, his defense and open three-pointers are enough to allow him to gain a foothold on the court, because the defense of the NCAA is relatively weak, and because a team has few scoring points, the coach will specially arrange tactics for him, just like Calhoun did.

But the NBA certainly won’t. There are basically few coaches, or they don’t know how to design tactics for role players. Role players need to find opportunities by themselves. No.

This is another very important reason why Novak had difficulty surviving in the NBA.

After thinking it over, Tang Tian put away the system interface and made a plan for his next step.

The first is weight loss.

Weight loss and weight loss are not the same concept. In order to maintain the current level of resistance, weight loss must increase muscle, which is best done under the guidance of a nutritionist.

In other words, he still has to perfect his team first.

Buns need to be eaten bite by bite, and Procopio is his first target.

This day is the same as usual, the three of them are training in the training hall, because there is only about half a month left in the draft, and their training is coming to an end.

Before the training session in the morning ended, Tang Tian took Procopio alone and chatted at the door for a while.

"You want me to be your personal trainer?" Procopio looked at Tang Tian in surprise.

If he had just met, he would definitely reject Tang Tian directly, but after getting along for the past two months, the relationship between the two has progressed well, and he was more of an accident.

"Yes, I need a professional trainer like you to help me. Of course, I will pay you according to your requirements." Tang Tian said sincerely.

"No, Don, it's not about money. I haven't been someone's personal trainer for a long time. Now I'm more about giving training sessions or becoming a team's trainer." Procopio Now that Tang Tian is regarded as a friend, there is no intention of hiding it.

The meaning of this sentence is also easy to understand, he is no longer an ordinary trainer.

"Why don't you think about it." Tang Tian didn't let Procopio rush to make a decision.

"Okay, I'll think about it, and I'll let you know if I make a decision. By the way, I heard from Clay that you are going to lose weight now?" Perhaps because he was a little embarrassed as a friend, Procopio took the initiative to ask.

"Yes, my current speed is a bit slow. I plan to lose weight and speed up, and then develop in the direction of a swingman." Tang Tian nodded.

"Well, this idea is very good. Your three-pointers and defense are very characteristic. There are not many 3D forwards and guards in the league. You will be very marketable. Have you found a suitable nutritionist?" Procopio continued asked.

Tang Tian shook his head, Feigen has been busy with drafting and building momentum recently.

"I can introduce someone to you. Although she is a newcomer, she is very professional. If necessary, I can introduce her to you."

According to Procopio, this level is definitely not bad.

Although it may not be possible to sign him, but if you can sign the nutritionist he introduced first, this wave will not be considered a loss.

"can."

"Okay, I'll ask her out after training tomorrow, and then you'll have a face-to-face meeting."

Tang Tian nodded, Procopio is indeed a very good person.

Chapter 1 Nineteen Nutrition Can't Keep Up

The next day's training session ended, Tang Tian and Procopio went to a nearby restaurant alone, where Tang Tian met the nutritionist introduced by Procopio.

What he didn't expect was that it was a woman, and... so big.

It's really big, so big that people's eyes will unconsciously glance at that place at the first sight, let alone a D, and it's still wearing clothes.

This American milk feeds people!

"Don, this is Cecilia Aaron. She graduated from McConaughey University with a major in food nutrition. McConaughey University's major is the best in the United States."

"Cecilia, this is the Don I mentioned to you before. He is a rookie this year and is likely to be selected in the first round."

Procopio introduced the two.

"Hello." Cecilia held out her hand to Tang Tian. She was wearing a pair of square-frame glasses, long hair, and a small casual suit, giving off a very professional (uniform) look.

"Hello." Tang Tian and Cecilia shook hands, and then sat down one after another.

"Cecilia is very famous in school, her grade point is also the first in her major, and not only academically, she has practiced many theories in her body, so although she is a newcomer, her experience is no better than the average Poor nutritionist." Procopio admires Cecilia.

Tang Tian nodded. What Procopio said could explain why Cecilia was so spectacular there.

A nutritionist basically follows the client throughout the whole process, from diet to daily life. If she is your own nutritionist, will his nutrition be a little bit behind?

"If there is no problem, let's sign the contract now." Cecilia said and took out the contract from the briefcase.

This work efficiency is on the same level as Fagan.

Tang Tian nodded, took the contract and looked at it.

Because she is a newcomer, Cecilia's salary requirements are actually not high, only $1500 a month.

After reading it, Tang Tian signed it directly.

After both of them signed, Cecilia would be the first member to join Tang Tian's team.

After talking about things, they then ordered food.

"You don't need to order a lot." Cecilia reminded Tang Tian when she was ordering.

"It's okay, I'll treat you." Tang Tian said politely.

"It's not this. You need to lose weight now. You only need to eat 100g of chicken and an apple for this meal." Cecilia said.

"..." Tang Tian was stunned for a moment, is this the beginning?

"You need to lose weight and gain muscle, but these are two processes, and I have to make sure you complete these two steps before training camp starts." Cecilia said in an almost commanding tone.

Well, this is still from Yujie Fan.

"Okay." Tang Tian said and put down the menu. He now felt that the nutritionist Procopio hired for him was indeed a professional.

Tang Tian, ​​Walker, and Thompson's training ended on the second day, because the draft was approaching, and their agent had already started arranging them for individual trial training for the team.

Both Walker and Thompson participated in the previous joint trial training in Chicago, so many teams invited them to individual trial training, and their draft market has gradually become clear.

Like Walker, it is very likely that he will be selected in the top 10 or even the top 6. In the case of Thompson, the probability is also in the range of 10 to 15, near the edge of the lottery.