Ever since the three superstars, Magic, Bird and God, who surpassed their time, showed the super strength of NBA stars at the Barcelona Olympics, everyone's attention in the basketball world has been focused on the NBA.
From 1991 to 1993, Michael Jordan took over the torch of being the best player in the league from Magic Johnson and led the team to win the first and only three consecutive championships in modern basketball, establishing a dynasty. The focus of the NBA then shifted to the Bulls.
In 1992, a large number of brands invested a total of US$90 million, plus US$30 million from Chicago City Hall and US$60 million from the Bulls themselves, totaling US$180 million to build a new arena. Since United Airlines invested the most, in addition to having the long-term use rights of a store like other sponsors, they can also pay US$1 million a year for the long-term naming rights of the arena, so the arena was named Chicago United Center and was put into use last Christmas.
Now that Michael Jordan has returned, the United Center has once again become one of the most watched arenas in the basketball world.
Because of Jordan, the place is even more lively than the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles, Madison Square Garden in New York, and TD Garden in Boston.
At 9 o'clock in the evening on October 14, 1995, the bustling scenes of the day had all disappeared, and the gym was silent except for the sounds of the ball bouncing, and the sound of the ball being thrown into the basket or missing the target.
Jordan ate something after the game. At his age, he would not hang out with young teammates during the season. Not only him, but also Pippen and Rodman are old players over 30 years old. Only Rodman likes to hang out when he has nothing to do.
Jordan will be 33 during the season, Pippen is already 30, and Rodman will be 35 during the season. Such ages give people the feeling that they may be very strong and are the favorites to win the championship, but they are not the biggest favorites in people's eyes.
Jordan was angry and upset about this, but he remained calm.
Age is a hurdle that cannot be overcome, so he chooses self-discipline.
In this evening's game, he didn't play too hard and was only serious in the third quarter.
His physical strength is well maintained, which is the source of his confidence. He believes that with his current skills, as long as his physical strength does not decline seriously, he is the best basketball player on the planet.
But he did not slack off. Before the new season officially started, that is, before the regular season started, he was always preparing for the new season and adjusting his condition.
Tonight, he rested for a while after dinner and returned to the gym to prepare for training.
The team moved to a new stadium, and he also wanted to win the championship again in this stadium. The key was to defeat Olajuwon and prevent that guy from catching up with him in winning the championship again.
However, after entering the stadium, he was surprised to find that there were people in the stadium!
From the fork of the staff passage, he came to the entrance of the visiting team's training ground and saw the kid...
It's just a little devil. Jordan looked at Zhang Hao's expression and felt that Zhang Hao was just a little devil.
The mid-range shot is the most difficult to practice of all shooting areas, because the mid-range shot cannot be practiced at only a few points or only at a specific distance, otherwise it will be too easy to defend. Hearing that the rookie Zhang Hao has excellent mid-range shots, Jordan became interested before the game.
In the subsequent games, Zhang Hao surprised Jordan even more. His talent was visible to the naked eye!
But that's all. Zhang Hao is still too weak, so weak that he can't pose any threat to Jordan. Jordan is not even sure whether Zhang Hao will have grown up when he retires again.
Growth can take four, five, or five or six years, but Jordan didn't plan to play until then.
Jordan had already forgotten about the third quarter of the evening game, which was barely enjoyable. Unexpectedly, when he came to the gym for extra practice, he saw the kid again.
After watching Zhang Hao train for a while, Jordan felt that his eyes were burning...
Just looking at the mid-range shot, it is indeed amazing. At the age of 18, just graduated from high school, he can make such a mid-range shot. It must be a combination of talent and hard work. Jordan has made his way to the top of the basketball world, and he knows that it is by no means an easy task to practice to Zhang Hao's level.
But apart from the mid-range shot, in Jordan's opinion, Zhang Hao's other skills are useless.
His dribbling is just at an amateur level, and his turnaround jump shot... probably his only advantage is that he is agile beyond his size.
Just as he was about to leave, Zhang Hao found someone coming when he was picking up the ball. It was Jordan!
When he was not in the game, Zhang Hao was of course very excited to see Jordan and shouted, "Mr. Jordan, are you here for training too?"
After the game and dinner, Zhang Hao couldn't wait to practice his turnaround jump shot, so he asked Randy Whitman for help and easily borrowed the Bulls' stadium for training.
Jordan pouted, tilted his neck, and shrugged his shoulders to indicate yes. Then he walked into the training ground, took a ball from the basket, and without paying any attention to Zhang Hao, he started practicing a turnaround jump shot.
Zhang Hao felt Jordan's arrogance, but of course he wanted to watch Jordan train.
As if he was reviewing and re-polishing his basics, Jordan's movements were not fast, and each move was completed in full, without skipping unnecessary moves like he did during a game.
Real combat is definitely different from training. During training, we often have to practice all the basics, and these basic movements are often more comprehensive. In a real game, we use one or two parts of the basic movements according to the actual situation, as long as we can successfully complete the technical movements and shoot.
His turnaround jump shot has reached Jordan's level. Basically, as long as a human can successfully shoot, he can do it with ease.
Is this a display of your basic skills?
Or did he want to teach this rookie a trick? Zhang Hao didn't care about that and tried hard to remember every detail of Jordan's movements.
For a full half hour, Jordan practiced this one technical move, which was extremely boring, but every turn and every shot was done meticulously.
He has a talent far beyond most geniuses, and at the same time, he also has the hard work and persistence far beyond most players!
Zhang Hao would watch for a few minutes and then go practice on his own. When he came back, Jordan was still practicing the basics.
He understood that Jordan just wanted to teach him a lesson, but he just didn't want to say it out loud.
If he doesn't watch it because the other party ignores him, he will miss the opportunity to learn.
However, such guidance really depends on the talent of the learner. Not every player can learn by watching technical movements. On the contrary, most players need to be taught step by step, otherwise they will not be able to learn some complex technical movements.
The turnaround jump shot looks easy, but it is really hard to practice to an excellent level!
Fortunately, Zhang Hao has a good talent in this area and has been concentrating on studying for the past half hour.
After practicing the basic skills of the turnaround jump shot for half an hour, Jordan ignored Zhang Hao, left the visiting team's training ground, and returned to the home team's training ground to train alone.
It’s not that I’m afraid that Zhang Hao will learn more, but I feel that if Zhang Hao practices other things, it will affect Zhang Hao.
The turnaround jump shot does not require particularly high ball control. Because of this, when Jordan saw that Zhang Hao wanted to learn it, he taught him. Whether Zhang Hao could learn it or not depended on himself.
Jordan thinks he is not a good person, but not a bad person either. In life, he feels he is just an ordinary rich man.
From the perspective of a senior basketball player, he is like a bad guy in this respect and does what a villain should do, and he likes to bully young players the most.
But has this affected the NBA's growing crop of talent?
No, he thinks he is just an executor who filters geniuses. There are many such people in the NBA.
Perhaps, the veteran who has been in the NBA for many years without making any achievements but loves to bully rookies whom a rookie meets when he just enters the NBA is also one of those people who filter out geniuses.
In the evening game, Zhang Hao had proved that he would not be defeated so easily, and he also won Jordan's admiration and appreciation in this regard. Jordan demonstrated it to Zhang Hao.
After Jordan left, Zhang Hao immediately began practicing basic movements.
He doesn't know how to separate these movements, nor does he know how to choose between them in actual use to be more suitable for the situation at the time of the game, but this is not important now. Right now, he should practice the full set of movements. He is still far from being able to react on the spot in the game like Jordan, whose body has formed muscle memory and reacts naturally.
Practice and you’re done!
He wanted to practice a little longer, but at 10:30, after two hours of training, the staff informed him that the gym was about to close and a car was ready to take him back to the hotel.
Zhang Hao was having a great time practicing when he was "kicked out". He asked the staff: "Is Mr. Jordan still practicing?"
The staff member responded: "Michael may sleep in the stadium again tonight. He has his own key."
Zhang Hao had nothing to say about this.
Back at the hotel, Kenny Anderson got a room for himself. Coming to the big city of Chicago, the nightlife was much richer than in Charlotte and Rutherford... Although he was required to go back to the hotel to sleep at night, he could get a room for himself and take out or order takeout. He didn't care about the money.
After taking a shower, it was 11 o'clock and Zhang Hao returned to bed.
In fact, two hours ago, when Jordan arrived at the visiting team training ground at the United Center, Zhang Hao already felt a little frustrated.
He practiced the turnaround jump shot almost from scratch. Although he had a talent for mid-range shooting and the turnaround jump shot could perhaps be learned, learning a technique was never something that could be done overnight.
Perhaps he has a better learning speed and comprehension ability than most people and can learn faster, but for him, it is still too slow. He feels that even if he hires a private teacher, he won't be able to learn much faster.
It definitely takes time to hone basic skills.
Listening, watching, learning...all require a process.
Jordan demonstrated for half an hour, and Zhang Hao learned a lot, but as he watched Jordan's half-hour of methodical training, he realized that Jordan's skills were not innate, but were honed through hard practice day after day, because Jordan could practice the same technique for half an hour without rest or pause and without changing his technical movements...
This definitely took a lot of time to train.
But what he lacks most is time!
In the eyes of others, he is just a rookie, an 18-year-old high school rookie. If he can apply his strengths, namely mid-range shooting, athletic ability and basketball IQ, to the game in his rookie season, it will be enough to gain a foothold in the NBA.
But after playing against stars like Larry Johnson, Glen Rice, Jordan, Pippen, etc., he was eager to become stronger.
He really wanted to ask God for another five hundred years.
One year is not enough!
He was very focused and energetic during training. Now he was relaxing and lying on the bed, and he soon felt sleepy.
Just when I was about to fall asleep, the subtitle prompt suddenly came...
"Host successfully obtained Michael Jordan's turnaround jump shot teaching instructions. The system has fully recorded and printed Michael Jordan's teaching materials and collected Michael Jordan's turnaround jump shot technical practice materials in the game. You can turn on the technical analysis mode in the learning mode to learn how to guide players to perform turnaround jump shot training. Do you want to turn it on? (Consume 90 days of life) (Remaining life 327 days, available life 326 days)"
After the game, because of the loss, Zhang Hao received a day's life reward for participating in the game.
When Zhang Hao saw the first half of the newly triggered thing, he felt ecstatic, but when he saw the content in the brackets at the end, Zhang Hao directly ranted: "Damn! I just got 60 days of life, and now I have to lose 90 days in an instant?"
Others want to spend money on games, but Zhang Hao wants to spend his life on games!
Now he finally understood what useful life meant!
It was like just covering the quilt over your head, turning off the golden finger and going to sleep, but... that was Jordan's turnaround jump shot!
Zhang Hao has no doubt that Jordan's turnaround jump shot is the best in history!
The core of Jordan's high-post back-to-the-basket and low-post back-to-the-basket techniques are both turnaround jump shots .
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Hao decided to do it!
I have already received Jordan's guidance and have collected the teaching materials. I will put them there so that I will always remember them.
He still has more than 300 days to live, and he won't die if he uses up 90 days. There are still so many competitions to come... Zhang Hao has made up his mind. He knows that his current situation is the same as seeing an expensive item and wanting to buy it but feeling bad. In the end, he will still buy it.
In this case, it is better to use it early and enjoy it early!
Gritting his teeth, Zhang Hao said in his heart: "Open it!"
"The host consumes 90 days of lifespan to start the analysis of Michael Jordan's turnaround jump shot technique. You can choose to learn in the learning mode.
Remaining life is 237 days, and usable life is 236 days. "
Zhang Hao turned off the subtitles and stopped thinking about how many days he had left to live. As long as he wouldn't die for the time being, it would be fine.
Thinking about how long it has been since he got the golden finger, although he has gained a lot of benefits as a basketball player, fundamentally, he found that this thing is really a golden finger for training an excellent coach in all aspects. All the rewards are actually to enable him to become an all-round and versatile coach!
Zhang Hao was lost in thought and fell into a deep sleep.
At 0:00 a.m. the next day, Zhang Hao opened his eyes and came to the familiar room again.
Learning mode is on!
Unlike before when there was only a projection screen, a table, a chair and a book given by the system for studying, there is now an extra room!
Zhang Hao has been to this place at least 90 times, if not 100 times. He has memorized the running routes by heart, which has been of great help to him in the three preseason games .
I gained something, so no matter how boring it was, I persisted.
Today, this little shabby room finally changed!
Zhang Hao knew that this place was only a dream, because he didn't feel any pain, tiredness, or sleepiness... The key was to learn and memorize things here. As long as you memorized them, you would never forget them.
However, a monotonous dream will eventually feel boring. When Zhang Hao occasionally wants to sleep in, he will choose to sleep normally and have a dream with changes.
Besides that, what made Zhang Hao regretful was that he couldn’t bring anything in here, otherwise it would have been nice to bring some books to read.
Today, I finally have something new to learn! And there is an extra door!
Pushing open the door, Zhang Hao entered a larger space, a large room that looked like a private basketball training hall.
Basketball court!
"I can train even in my dreams now?"
When Zhang Hao asked this question, the subtitles decisively gave the answer: "Technical movement training in learning mode will not produce muscle memory."
The idea of ​​training every night before bed fell through...
"etc!"
Just when Zhang Hao was feeling regretful, he read the latest subtitles again and found a problem. It's not that he can't train! It's just that he can't generate training memory in his body!
"That is to say, I can practice in my dreams first, and learn how to practice by referring to Jordan's instructional materials and game materials, and then practice during the day. I can also think of ways to solve the problems I find during the daytime training, and then I can practice more efficiently during the day!"
Thinking of this, Zhang Hao became excited again. Although he could not bring muscle memory into reality, it could help him avoid many detours during training!
These 90 days of life are worth it!
If you lose your life, you can just make more money...
"Others spend all day thinking about how to make money, but I spend all day thinking about how to make a living..."
Zhang Hao is a little depressed...
Let’s not think about this for now. Zhang Hao is very curious, how to analyze the technical analysis model?
As soon as this thought came to his mind, he saw a "flow of information" appear in the training room, gathering together to form the image of Michael Jordan with flashing blue stripes, and began to turn around and jump shot.
After completing a turnaround jump shot, the technical analysis began. The first step was to catch the ball with one hand. At the same time, a mechanical electronic explanation sounded: "In a one-on-one situation with your back to the basket, holding the ball with one hand can better avoid steals from defensive players than holding it with both hands. If you are shooting with your right hand, you should use your left foot as the axis and hold the ball with your left hand..."
Amid the mechanical explanation, another "information stream" appeared. This time, it was a blue-coded man who was as tall as Jordan. He did not stick close to Jordan. At this time, Jordan directly turned around and shot a jump shot with his left foot as the axis...
This scene began to repeat in slow motion, and the commentator continued: "When the defensive player is not close, the turnaround action can be combined with a pull-up jump shot to complete the offense in the cleanest way. This offensive method is extremely difficult and requires excellent core strength and shooting accuracy. The advantage is that it is not easily disturbed and is easy to cause the defensive player to foul."
Then, the second turnaround jump shot began. The blue man stuck close to Jordan. Jordan grabbed the ball with his left hand, butted the blue man with his right shoulder, then leaned against the blue man with his back, and then turned around. However, this time the turn was not simply based on the left foot. Instead, the right foot took a step away from the blue man, and both feet exerted force and turned at the same time, creating a large space for the jump shot...
The action began to repeat in slow motion, and the commentator appeared again: "When the defender is close, use your back to properly impact the defender to lower his center of gravity, then take the opportunity to turn around and use the space from jumping with both feet to create shooting space. This offensive method is the most difficult of the turnaround jump shot techniques. It requires a threat with physical advantages or enough strength to suppress the opponent, as well as excellent flexibility, balance, and bounce. The advantage is that it is easy to create excellent shooting space, and the technical requirements are greater than the shooting requirements."
Then, the third turnaround jump shot, this time Jordan received the ball while running with his back to the basket, and when the blue code man pounced on him, he turned over to avoid the interference of the blue code man and made a jump shot.
As soon as the third picture appeared, Zhang Hao's eyes lit up!
This is the turnaround jump shot he wanted!