Chapter 32 Learning Mode

Gift pack!
What's In Here?
Zhang Hao was very curious. He had received a bronze medal before. On the medal interface, he saw that there were also silver and gold medals, but those two columns were empty.
Gift packages, before the gold gift packages there were silver gift packages and bronze gift packages... I don’t know if there will be more advanced gift packages in the future, but at present, the gold gift package is definitely better than the bronze or silver gift packages.
At the beginning, Zhang Hao only expected to turn the bronze gift package into a silver gift package, that is, to enter the first round. However, people always tend to imagine things to be too good, so there was confusion and hesitation afterwards... But he did not expect that he would actually enter the top ten in the end and get this gold gift package.
Just as I was thinking about opening the gift package, the subtitle prompt came.
"The host has opened the gold gift pack. Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Single Rider (Gold Medal), Position Master (Tactical Manual), Top Static Confrontation (Growth Card)."
Reward... Zhang Hao picked up the book that suddenly appeared on his thigh. The cover read "Position Master".
"It really is a tactical manual! Fuck you..."
At this moment, ten thousand alpacas ran through Zhang Hao's mind...
At this time, Pierce came to Zhang Hao, took the book from Zhang Hao, and flipped through it...
"Aix, when did you buy a book on positioning? But this one is very suitable for you, I can't use it." Pierce casually flipped through it and put it back in Zhang Hao's hand.
Zhang Hao really wanted to complain to Pierce - This is my reward for being a top ten pick, do you believe it?
Resisting the urge to complain, Zhang Hao had a thought and the subtitles appeared again. Zhang Hao wanted to take a look at the other two rewards to calm down!
"Solo Rider (Gold Medal): When a player wearing this badge is on a fast break, if he is closer to the opponent's basket than all his teammates, his speed will be increased by 5. When a player wearing this badge is on a fast break, if he is closer to the opponent's basket than any other player on the court, his speed will be increased by 10."
Simple, crude, but looks so awesome!
"My speed is 90. If I start a fast break alone and my position is farther out than everyone else, won't my speed be 100?"
"No, if we want to trigger the maximum bonus, we have to bear the situation where we have 4 defending 5 after the opponent grabs the offensive rebound. Although it is very awesome, we still have to act with caution..."
No matter what, this medal is awesome!
Compared to the "Slam Dunk Master" medal that boosts morale after completing a beautiful slam dunk, this is a more direct help!
"Top Static Confrontation (Growth Card):
The host uses the top static confrontation (growth card) on the signed player. When the player is doing strength training, his training awareness, muscle nutrient absorption efficiency, digestive system nutrient absorption efficiency, training efficiency... are all greatly improved until the static confrontation rating is raised to 90. "
Zhang Hao thinks this card is the most awesome reward! He thinks this card may be the most valuable reward in this gold gift package.
I got a medal recently, and the growth card was a special reward I got last time for finding a bug in the cheat code.
After seeing these two awards, Zhang Hao felt that reading books sometimes was a good thing. He was a good boy who loved learning.
"The host will enter the tactical learning mode and needs to go to sleep. Do you want to enter the learning mode?"
Suddenly, a subtitle prompt popped up.
"what's going on?"
After receiving Zhang Hao's questions about the learning mode, the subtitles changed.
"The host obtains the tactical manual by completing the mission, and can learn tactics through the tactical learning mode. Only by thoroughly mastering the tactics can one better coach a team.
Tactical learning mode: You will enter a deep sleep state, and the tactical knowledge learned in the dream will be deeply memorized. Learning time: 0:00 to 4:00 in the morning. "
As soon as the thought comes to your mind, refuse to enter the learning mode.
Zhang Hao looked at the book in his hand and flipped through it. It was a professional tactical manual for learning positioning.
He can also learn and train through this book, but with this learning mode, he can save time on reading and memorizing tactical movement maps and devote more time to training!
June 28, 6:18 am.
Before going to bed last night, Zhang Hao tried the learning mode. In his dream, there was a small room with a book, which was the book he got last night. There was also a TV. When he memorized a running route map, there were detailed explanations and running pictures for comparison.
It’s very simple. Just use your eyes to see and your brain to remember. It depends on the individual’s ability to understand.
When learning the positioning knowledge from 0 to 4 o'clock, Zhang Hao fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up, he felt refreshed.
Moreover, he specifically chose to memorize and try out the few running routes that he had written down in his dream last night. As long as he had memorized them at that time, he remembered them clearly!
Another point is the benefit of deep sleep. The body gets a very good rest and feels extra energetic.
This learning mode is a great treasure!
But, looking at the remaining 364 days of life... I get up early to do morning exercises, full of motivation brought by the pressure.
Since his body is still in the growth stage, Zhang Hao originally did not plan to build muscles at this time, he just wanted to practice his techniques more.
However, with the "growth card", he plans to give it a try to see if it will put too much burden on his body. If it is like the previous training with mid-range shots, with rapid growth and not too much burden on his body, then he will practice this summer. If not, then this summer he will still focus on developing his technique, and take his time with strength and confrontation, so as not to get injured at such a young age.
It's fine to shoot while floating, at worst you'll be called a soft player...
This morning, a leader and lawyer of the players' union will come to meet with the Nets.
I went to the gym and worked out until 7:20, then went back to my room to take a shower. Pierce had already finished washing up and was waiting in his room, so the two of them went to the restaurant to have breakfast together.
Around 8:30, the NBA Players Association's rookie negotiation director and lawyer came to the hotel, and Zhang Hao went to the hotel's cafe with the two.
Zhang Hao learned about the situation. Every year in the draft there will be a few rookies like him who don’t have agents. Some players even don’t want agents, so the players’ union has this department.
When Zhang Hao applied to participate in the draft before, the NBA handed over his basic information to the players' union for registration in accordance with regulations. The first thing he has to do today is to supplement his detailed information with the person in charge, that is, to hand over more detailed personal information to the players' union. When he successfully signs with an NBA team, the players' union will cooperate with the signing team to apply for a long-term labor visa for Zhang Hao and other necessary things.
Around 9 o'clock, Nets general manager Bobby Marks and head coach Butch Baird arrived.
Zhang Hao had met the two people yesterday. It was the general manager who sent a car to bring him to this star-rated hotel. However, he was in a daze at the time, so didn't talk much, but they already knew each other.
After a brief greeting, Bobby Marx said directly: "Aix, we have absolute confidence in your talent, so you don't have to worry about being traded. We regard you as an important part of the team's future. This is the contract we give you."
After hearing Bobby Marx's first sentence, Zhang Hao really wanted to complain: If you can find a team to trade me with a reward equal to the value of the No. 9 pick, I will wash my hair while standing upside down!
Just so confident!
But after hearing the last sentence and the contract that Bobby Marx took out... Zhang Hao was a little confused.
So direct? Why not just go through the motions? Like see how the summer league performs first?
Zhang Hao took the contract, a three-year rookie contract, 1.13 million in the first year, 1.35 million in the second year, and a team option of 1.52 million in the third year… It was marked as a standard contract salary rule for the 9th pick based on the salary cap, which was drafted in December 1994, with a maximum increase of 10%. The length was very short, but Zhang Hao had no idea of ​​signing a long-term contract for 10 or 8 years with an annual salary of one million. He did not have the noble sentiments of Pippen. He knew that even if he worked in the NBA with a basic salary for a few more years, his basic salary would be comparable to the salary of the 9th pick, or even higher.
But what is the situation now?
Zhang Hao looked at the two people sent by the players' union. They didn't seem surprised at all. Zhang Hao showed the contract to the lawyer. The lawyer checked it carefully and said, "Aix, no problem. It's a 110% rookie contract. It's the highest price they can offer. Image rights, privacy rights... are all standard terms."
"Then sign it?"
"You can sign it now."
“…”
Zhang Hao signed the contract just like that...
After the four copies of the contract were signed, Bobby Marx first handed the contracts from Zhang Hao and the players' union to the two, and put the contracts from the league and the Nets back into the briefcase. He then said, "Axel, this is an agreement to withdraw part of your salary in advance. We can pay you up to 30% of your first season's salary in advance. I think this is definitely enough for you to use during the offseason. If you need it, I can give you the check now."
"..." Zhang Hao was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, I need it."
Another agreement was signed. According to the regulations, he estimated the total tax on his rookie season salary of 1.13 million US dollars with the help of the lawyer of the players' union. Then, according to the rules, according to the proportion of the salary he would receive, he needed to entrust a part of the money to the players' union to avoid tax default.
This is a very important part of the American professional league system. Because we often see tax problems for players in Europe, which affects their image, the four major leagues in North America and the players' unions of the four major leagues have jointly formulated this tax escrow rule. Every time a player receives a salary, a portion of it will be paid to the players' union for escrow in proportion.
Therefore, even if those players went bankrupt and spent their days drinking and partying without a penny left, there was no case of tax default.
Zhang Hao received a check for more than 214,000 US dollars. The players' union issued a tax escrow receipt to Zhang Hao, and he took away a check for 125,000 US dollars.
This ratio is the basic ratio. Every time a salary is paid, a portion of it is paid to the players' union for trusteeship to pay taxes in the future.
In the end, you will get more refund than you pay and make up less. Even if you need to pay more later, the amount will not be too large.
Having paid so much, no player would be foolish enough to evade the additional 10% tax and commit tax violations. When a player is really broke, most of the money has already been paid, and the players' union also has emergency funds to cover the remaining very small amount, and future debt collection will be left to the players' union.
The money is placed in the players' union, and the players' union will definitely find ways to make money. Of course, the league and the IRS have supervision in this regard.
However, Zhang Hao saw that the players' union was even prepared for this... Looking at the check for more than 214,000 US dollars in his hand, and then looking at the check for 125,000 US dollars that the Nets had prepared to give to the players' union, he felt something was wrong!
"Aix, welcome to the Nets. I think we will have a very pleasant cooperation in the future. If you want to visit the team before July 1, please call me. This is my business card. Our flight is at 10:30. I have to leave now. See you next time."
"Bye-Bye……"
After completing the signing and confirming that there were no problems, the Nets management left in a hurry.
Just like that, Zhang Hao signed a 2+1 three-year rookie contract while being completely confused, and received a check for more than 214,000 US dollars. The whole process took less than half an hour!
Zhang Hao found out that his experiences in the past two days were so strange. He was confused again, looking at the two people from the players' union, very confused...
When the two men saw Zhang Hao's bewilderment, they were also puzzled for a moment. However, they were not puzzled about today's signing, but puzzled why Zhang Hao was puzzled. But then they reacted, and the lawyer said speechlessly: "Our negotiations with the league on June 18 were unsuccessful, and the league will be suspended on July 1..."
The game will be suspended on July 1st? What's going on? Zhang Hao was confused. Isn't this 1995?
In a business car sat Nets general manager Bobby Marks and head coach Butch Baird.
They are really busy. They have to go back to the stadium to prepare for the lockout. There are many things to do.
Butch Baird, a former NBA All-Star player, has retired for many years. This head coach also serves as the Nets team consultant... In fact, the Nets are without a head coach and are about to play badly, so they temporarily brought the team consultant in to be the head coach.
They just sent away their previous core player, No. 1 pick Derrick Coleman, and their goal for the new season is to tank Duncan.
After Duncan's freshman season, a large number of teams were waiting for him to enter the NBA after his sophomore year. Jerry West even risked being fined to publicly express his love for Duncan and said that he would select him with the No. 1 pick in any year.
Duncan did not participate in the draft this year, so naturally, the Nets' goal for next season will most likely still be to play badly, and to do it even worse. Butch Baird will have to continue to take the blame for another year.
But Butch Baird enjoys it, as the head coach's salary is much higher than that of the team consultant!
Moreover, his greatest ability as a team consultant is to observe a player's talents and characteristics. With the ability to observe, he naturally wants to train the players. He does not have this right as a consultant, but he can give it a try as a head coach, even a head coach in a bad period.
However, although Bobby Marx was very happy to give the contract and signed it decisively, after the signing, he once again asked the question: "Is it really okay to choose him?"
Butch Baird laughed and said, "If we don't choose him, we can only choose Ed O'Bannon, Kurt Thomas, and Brent Barry. These people are good in combat, but how much stronger can they be than Axe? What if we bet right this time? And if we make the wrong choice, you can just say I chose it."
Butch Baird was very much a scapegoat, and he knew that a good portion of his salary went into paying for his scapegoating.
"Okay, I get it, but why did you choose Axel? I looked at his physical test and tryout report with the Suns. Although his athletic ability and mid-range shooting are excellent, I still find him unreliable... God, how could I agree to let you choose a high school student?"
"I noticed this high school student when I was observing Kevin Garnett," Butch Baird thought of Zhang Hao's mid-range shooting performance in actual games. Even though his opponents were all high school students, he was amazed. He continued, "You haven't seen his performance in the game. It's outstanding. Compared with Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and Lamar Odom, the three high school geniuses, he is the most special one."
Anyway, someone was taking the blame, so Bobby Marx breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "If Garnett was in the front and no team chose him, who would you choose?"
"Then I have to blame you for not trading for a lottery pick when you sent Coleman away. That's a star who averages 20+10 per game! We could have taken them both."
"Oh, that's because he offended the boss, it has nothing to do with me..."
"Bobby, do you think the next negotiations between the owner and the players' union will go smoothly?"
"It's unlikely. We have previously lowered the salaries of rookie contracts, and the players' union is already very dissatisfied. Now they want to lower the salaries of players again. It's too difficult, unless there is a long-term shutdown and the players can't hold on. But if that man comes back, we will be in a passive situation... We can probably only hold on during the offseason, and we can't afford the blow of that man retiring again..."
Zhang Hao finally understood what happened after hearing the explanation from the head of the players' union.
The main reason is that he didn't pay attention to those things at all. Of course, as a rookie, it is indeed strange not to pay attention to those things, but he just didn't pay attention to them, because he only decided to participate one month before the draft.
Last summer, the NBA almost shut down because of what happened with the top three picks in 1994, mainly the No. 1 and No. 2 picks, who both asked for $100 million. In the end, the No. 1 pick got $68 million for 10 years and the No. 2 pick got $60 million for 9 years. The NBA unilaterally set the maximum salary for rookie players, causing a conflict between the league and the players' union, but the problem was resolved at that time.
However, the players' union also proposed a clause to limit the length of rookie contracts, which made the boss unhappy. What if a talented rookie has no confidence like Pippen and wants to sign a 10-year, $30 million contract but cannot? Wouldn't it be a loss for the bosses?
After that, the conflicts between the two sides continued to escalate. The league wanted to stipulate the contract term of veterans and implement a hard salary cap, while the players wanted to cancel the salary cap... In short, both sides wanted to propose some terms that the other side could not accept, and then push for terms that were easier to push.
Up to now, nothing has been negotiated, but it is basically certain that this season will be completely over. That is, after June 30, the players' union will go on strike and the NBA will be shut down.
However, the players' union is confident because they know that the owners dare not turn next season into a shortened season. Such a situation occurred last summer because the revenue growth in the 93-94 season was much lower than that in previous years. There is only one reason for this - Michael Jordan retired in the summer of 1993.
Michael Jordan has returned, and even though he lost in the second round, his form, his performance, his popularity, and the ratings he generated... all gave the players' union tremendous confidence.
They believe that most teams are unwilling to shut down after Jordan's return, so the Nets want to get the team's affairs in order before the shutdown so that they can start the new season directly after the shutdown ends.
The Nets even wrote a check to Zhang Hao for early salary withdrawal because they were sure that the lockout would not affect the smooth start of the next season, and to prevent the players from having no money to cause trouble during the offseason... Mainly because they were afraid that the black players would cause trouble in the summer, so they paid their salaries in advance so that they would have money to spend.
As a result, Zhang Hao completed the signing quickly in half an hour.
Zhang Hao also learned that many first-round picks signed contracts directly last night, but he only signed this morning because he was stunned after being unexpectedly selected as the 9th pick last night and was not in a position to discuss signing, so he signed this morning.
After learning about these things, Zhang Hao was a little confused. Is the game suspended? No wonder the Nets general manager asked him to visit the stadium before July 1st.
The lockouts that Zhang Hao remembers are those in 1998, 2011 and 2020. He only now realizes that the 1998 lockout was the fourth lockout in the NBA.
In this matter, he definitely supports the players' union. The relationship between labor and management is inherently unequal. In order to gain greater benefits for the players, they have put in countless efforts, allowing the players to go from being completely exploited to being able to "willfully" fight for the rights and income they deserve.
However, when thinking about the Jordan now rushing to the front line and fighting against the league, and comparing it with the Jordan rushing to the front line and fighting against the players' union 16 years later... Zhang Hao confirmed a truth - people will one day become the person they hate the most.
After seeing off the two people from the players' union, Zhang Hao walked towards the elevator. On the way back to the room, he was thinking about what to do next.
Going to New Jersey? Zhang Hao wanted to go and take a look, but the game was about to be suspended. The Nets were ready to start training camp directly after the suspension. He felt that going there on purpose... was a bit of a waste of his precious life.
As an outstanding five-good young man, Zhang Hao originally had a hobby of living a life of idleness and waiting for death.
But when he realized that eating for nothing was really just waiting for death, he gave up this hobby.
As an outstanding student selected by the NBA, Zhang Hao felt that he could stay in the school gym to train until the NBA lockout was over. The school should not refuse, right?
Also, although you don't play in the NCAA anymore, you still have to go to college. It would be best to study a major related to sports, or a major related to psychology, which may help you become a head coach in the future... Studying a major related to video editing may also be okay.
From just living a life of idleness and waiting for death to living to the point of dying of old age, Zhang Hao felt that his soul had been sublimated...
The suspension began on July 1st. Zhang Hao estimated that even if the next season was not affected as he remembered, it would take more than a month to resolve, otherwise there would be no suspension.
It is estimated that both sides will use not playing next season as a bargaining chip, and this bargaining chip can be used by both sides. The players' union feels that the bosses are unwilling to miss the rapid growth in income after Jordan's comeback, and the bosses feel that the players' union dare not use the players' income as a price.
In the end, it is estimated that both sides will give in and wait for the current imperfect labor agreement to expire in 1998...
Since the suspension has occurred, the summer league in July will definitely not be able to be played.
So let’s train!
Close your eyes and recall the running tactics you learned last night... Among the running tactics you memorized last night, when your teammates appear in what position, where the off-ball shooter should go and what route he should use to move, all appear clearly in your mind.
However, during the game, teammates have to cooperate according to the tactics, otherwise even if you learn the running routes, they will not be able to be used.
This requires learning more ways of running and then making on-the-spot reactions based on the actual situation on the field.
Also, the player holding the ball needs to have the awareness and ability to pass the ball...
It’s much more complicated than Zhang Hao imagined!
At this time, he thought of Garnett, the big boss of the pick-and-roll... Zhang Hao originally wanted to go to the Spurs because he wanted to partner with Duncan in the future. Duncan's pick-and-roll should be on the same level as Garnett's.
It’s a pity that no one paid any attention to a high school student. He went for the tryout, but there was no feedback.
The road to becoming a top off-ball shooter is long and arduous, but Zhang Hao has never been a person who aims too high. He takes it step by step, first laying a solid foundation for his positioning, so that he can quickly enter the next stage when he arrives in the NBA, instead of laying the foundation after arriving in the NBA.
Also, I learned how to speed up my shooting at the Adidas training camp, practiced passing accuracy and speed, and at least practiced my ball handling to NBA level to avoid having no ball handling ability at all and no finishing ability at the basket...
Zhang Hao counted them carefully and found that there were so many things he needed to practice!
Also, if the static strength growth card does not affect the normal development of the body, you still have to practice it. While improving your strength, you also have to ensure that your shooting feel is maintained smoothly.
This summer is not easy!
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