He can learn the first two turnaround jump shots, but he can't use them for the time being. As for this one, he can have a chance to try it in the game, and maybe he can do it well after practicing for a while.
After the action was completed once, it was repeated in slow motion, and the explanation began: "Moving to the middle and long distance with your back to the basket while running is more conducive to receiving the ball and less likely to make mistakes. You can use speed, pick-and-roll and other methods to create space for receiving the ball. After receiving the ball, you can shoot immediately and it is difficult to be interfered. This technique requires low difficulty, but high balance, speed, flexibility and shooting ability."
When Zhang Hao heard this explanation, he thought to himself that this was what he wanted, and subtitles appeared.
"Host's learning goal for this time: Analysis of running, catching the ball, turning around and jumping shot techniques."
At this time, the blue code man came to the top arc to serve the ball, and Jordan's three-dimensional image began to run to various positions on the court to receive the ball and turn around to jump shot.
They are all catching the ball and turning around to jump shot, but the movements are different at each angle and different distances at the same angle!
Zhang Hao watched Jordan catch the ball and turn around to shoot a jump shot. The arc of the baseline angle was basically high, and the closer to the basket, the higher it was.
In the high position, the distance the ball bounces out when turning over is farther. The closer this area is to the basket, the faster the shooting speed is. The farther away from the basket, the slower the shooting speed is, which means the more pretentious it is...
After the movements at various angles and distances were demonstrated, the technical analysis and learning began. The electronic mechanical explanation sounded again: "When running, catching the ball, turning around and jumping, the movement and body stability control at the moment of catching the ball are very important. When you receive the ball, it is the best time to get rid of the defense. You must always pay attention to the positions of other players on the court and your own position. When you receive the ball..."
"When you take one or two steps after receiving the ball, you need to be ready to shoot while moving. From the moment you receive the ball, you need to be ready to shoot, starting with the force of your foot, your knee joints, your waist, abdomen, back, and shoulders..."
"The turnaround after receiving the ball should be adjusted according to the angle between the receiving position and the basket and the baseline..."
…
"Remaining lifespan 236 days, usable lifespan 235 days."
At 6 o'clock in the morning on October 15th, Zhang Hao woke up from his sleep.
I tossed and turned in my dream until 4 a.m., but now I wake up feeling refreshed.
When he can’t sleep in the next day, Zhang Hao always uses study mode to sleep because it has this effect.
After taking a look at the remaining lifespan, Zhang Hao decisively turned it off. It was so painful to watch.
Get up and wash up.
Zhang Hao reviewed what he had learned in his dream last night. Before he had mastered it, he caught the ball and made a jump shot. He didn't expect that there were so many things to analyze.
But thinking about it, he felt that this was normal, this was Michael Jordan's turnaround jump shot!
Jordan is not just a one-on-one expert. In fact, since Pippen joined the Bulls, Jordan's ball possession rate has not been high. It can be seen from the number of assists that Jordan's average assists per game are decreasing year by year. In the season before Pippen joined, he averaged 8 assists per game, and rarely broke 6 afterwards.
Especially in the first few preseason games of this season, Jordan's assists were 1-3.
With less ball possession and more off-ball movement, Zhang Hao thinks Jordan must be good in off-ball ability.
He thought of Kobe's season partnering with Nash. As long as Nash was not injured, Kobe's efficiency was extremely high. Even though Nash missed more than 30 games, Kobe still played at the best efficiency of his career that season.
The reason for improving efficiency is to serve as a pure endpoint.
Although the public rarely discusses Jordan's career plan, Zhang Hao feels that Jordan definitely has a very mature career plan. He definitely did not practice the skills he uses now after his hasty comeback in the second half of last season. He was definitely preparing for the playing style of his current age more than a year before his retirement, or before his three consecutive championships, or even earlier.
When Jordan used this move as one of his main scoring methods, it must have been polished to a very mature level, otherwise he would not have used it as a regular offensive method.
After spending 4 hours , Zhang Hao only went over the part of catching the ball, turning around and jumping back. It was not time for him to start practicing yet. But after analyzing it, he felt that his progress was definitely many times faster than Jordan's back then, because he could now directly use the latest version of the catching the ball, turning around and jumping back that Jordan had polished for many years. All the detours that Jordan took during his previous training had been improved!
This was actually just one part of the back-to-the-basket play... but there was no need to think about it for now. He felt that if he could practice the turnaround jump shot after receiving the ball this morning and could use it as a regular offensive tactic in the game, that would be good enough.
Zhang Hao analyzed that his progress slowed down after his catch-and-shoot skills reached a first-class level, perhaps because there were no more ways to catch-and-shoot, but now he finally has them.
After working hard for a while and making some revisions, Zhang Hao finally added the training of catching the ball, turning around and jumping shot into his training schedule.
As for the other ways to use the turnaround jump shot, I will talk about it after I learn this first. I will consider the rest later.
…
At 11:40 am, Zhang Hao flew with the team to Indianapolis. Tomorrow he will play the last of three preseason away games in this city, challenging the Eastern Conference powerhouse Pacers.
After this away game, the remaining three games will be home games.
When I was in high school, there were only about 30 regular games a year, and with the tournament, there were no more than 40 games. Most of them were against high schools in the same city. Playing two games a week was not too tiring. Many games were similar to playing cricket with a group of classmates.
Now he has to fly all over the United States and play against a group of older and stronger professional players every one or two days. If it weren't for the static strength growth card that at least allows him not to suffer a disadvantage in the confrontation, it would be really difficult.
Zhang Hao initially regretted why it was a static strength growth card instead of an explosive power growth card, but after playing a few games, he had no regrets at all.
He knew that he could still maintain his shooting feel after making a contested run because he did not suffer a loss in static confrontation. Explosive confrontation plays a far less important role in the off-ball shooter's playing style than static confrontation.
After arriving at the hotel, Zhang Hao turned on the TV and watched the midday sports news.
Although the game between the Nets and the Bulls was not broadcast live that day, Jordan's game was definitely in the news, and Zhang was also included in the news. The video clips in the news included a mid-range shot and a cutting dunk by him in the third quarter.
Although he "won" by scoring in a single quarter, looking at the video clips of Jordan's difficult scores... he really wanted to have the strength to fight Jordan in real life instead of "cheating" like that.
…
After a night's rest, on October 16, the Nets' last away game of the preseason arrived as scheduled.
At 4:30 p.m., the preseason game between the Nets and the Pacers started.
Unlike the situation when they played against the Bulls the day before, the Pacers gave their all from the start and tried to win the game as soon as possible.
There is a huge gap in strength, and the coordination and tacit understanding are also very different. The Pacers' lineup has hardly changed from last season, but the Nets players have not given up and are determined to lose in a graceful manner.
The last game against the Bulls was not completely fruitless. The main players of the Nets have become much more shameless. They even went so far as to pick Jordan out of a group of five people, so their shamelessness has naturally increased.
Whenever the Pacers started to relax because they were leading by too much, after all it was the preseason, the Nets would start to chase points desperately. Randy Whitman would seize these opportunities to replace Zhang Hao and let Zhang Hao cooperate more with his teammates.
It is really important for professional athletes to be thick-skinned, because there will definitely be a loser in a basketball game, and it is very important to be able to keep a stable mentality and continue to work hard after losing.
In fact, the more successful the players are, the thicker their skin is, and the thinner the players are, the more likely they are to gradually fade out of the NBA.
Although Zhang Hao was very frustrated that he couldn't win, he was still trying hard to get along with his teammates. When he was substituted out for rest, he also analyzed and studied Reggie Miller's running positions under the guidance of Vaughn Fleming.
89 to 101, the Nets eventually lost to the Pacers by 12 points.
When the final whistle sounded, Zhang Hao reviewed his game. He made 6 of 14 shots, 2 of 3 free throws, and scored 14 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block... plus 3 turnovers.
There is a gap compared to the first two games, but Zhang Hao felt that the overall performance was pretty good and he made 4 mid-range shots tonight.
It's just that his error rate is too high. Sometimes he sees his teammates' scoring opportunities, but fails to pass the ball to the right place, or the opponent predicts his intention.
Zhang Hao felt very upset after losing the game and the opponent didn't take them seriously at all. But after experiencing the huge gap in strength between them in the game against the Bulls, this was no longer a big deal.
But Zhang Hao was a little confused. The "Shooting Star" check-in task was only triggered when he met Dell Curry.
Glen Rice, who is on the same team as Dell Curry, didn't get triggered, and neither did Steve Kerr when playing against the Bulls. Even if only one person on the same team got triggered and there is a qualitative gap between Steve Kerr and the top pitchers, it should have been triggered when playing against Reggie Miller, right?
But no.
"Could it be that, to trigger this mission, the pitcher must be interested in me and have sufficient strength, or my strength and position in the team are neither too good nor too bad..."
Zhang Hao followed his teammates to the player tunnel. The three consecutive away games were finally over. It was the first time for Zhang Hao to play a game like this. He did feel tired. Tomorrow, he could finally go back to La Village.
Looking at the lifespan reward that increased every day of participating in the competition, Zhang Hao felt a lot of pressure returning to his home court!
In the first four preseason games, we had 2 wins and 2 losses, and we need to win 2 of the next three games.
Magic, Bucks, Timberwolves, Zhang Hao feels that no matter which opponent he plays against, it seems that it is not easy to win. Even the bottom-ranked Bucks team is difficult to deal with. He has seen the Bucks' roster and they have many stars.
However, after the first four games against playoff-level teams, Zhang Hao felt that his team had a lot of room for improvement. Since he had seen it, he believed that the coaching staff should have seen it as well. Since the coaching staff wanted to change, the tactics would definitely be adjusted.
Back in the locker room, Kenny Anderson was chatting with Vaughn Fleming, and Zhang Hao happened to hear it when he walked over.
"Vaughn, why don't you ask Miller to give Axe some pointers? He is the best off-ball shooter in the league today, and you have been his teammate for so many years!"
"Forget about that guy. He... has no friends."
This sentence didn't seem to be a nice thing to say, but Zhang Hao felt very obvious respect from Vaughn Fleming's tone.
"The main purpose of the Shooting Star mission is to allow me to join the top pitchers in the league. If Miller doesn't have any friends... then maybe he is not counted in the pitcher group?"
When Zhang Hao thought about this, it didn’t seem so strange. There are always some special people. Reggie Miller is undoubtedly a very special player.
…
At 11pm, before going to bed, Zhang Hao once again entered study mode as he had done in the past two nights...
The next day, after returning to Rutherford Town, Zhang Hao arrived at the Continental Airlines Arena at 2:30 p.m. and began training.
Kenny Anderson is here too, and he's seizing the time to lose weight. This afternoon and tomorrow morning are Kenny Anderson's planned weight loss training times. He will have a rest tomorrow afternoon and will have a competition the day after tomorrow.
It's already the 17th, and including today, there are only two weeks left until the regular season opener on October 31st.
Kenny Anderson had to lose weight and train to find the feeling of playing basketball after the weight change. He was very tired from training. During his break, he went to watch Zhang Hao's training.
I feel very happy to see such a talented, hardworking and smart teammate.
After watching for a while, Kenny Anderson felt that he had seen the turnaround jump shot that Zhang Hao was learning somewhere before...
"Eh? Isn't this the move that Jordan used to make a turnaround jump shot in the first half of the game that day... Did this kid see Jordan's turnaround jump shot that day, so he wants to learn it now?"
Seeing Zhang Hao working so hard to improve himself, Kenny Anderson is more motivated to keep losing weight and keep practicing his skills!
When it was time for a nutritious dinner, Zhang Hao took a shower, changed his clothes and came to the restaurant. Kenny Anderson came after a while.
"Boss Kenny, where have you been?" Zhang Hao clearly saw that Kenny Anderson finished training earlier than him.
"I just went to the visiting team's training ground and found out from Shaw that Hardaway and O'Neal didn't come to play this time."
"Hey! Then we have to win!"
"We can definitely do it... Hey... If we also had a center like O'Neal, we would definitely be a strong team. Hardaway is so lucky to have a teammate like O'Neal when he entered the league..." Kenny Anderson realized that he was being too jealous and quickly changed the subject: "... Hey, if Inka hadn't been injured, we would also have a big center and the game would be much easier."
If he had the same mentality as a few months ago, Zhang Hao would definitely regret that the two superstars did not come to town and he had no chance to get in touch with them.
But now, if it is not necessary, Zhang Hao will not take the initiative to get close to others. If there is a chance to become friends, it will happen naturally when the fate is right, just like when he met Dell Curry.
It is very difficult to force yourself to integrate into the circle, and this is the same for any industry, especially the NBA these days. Thinking about the future NBA where everyone will be happy, Zhang Hao is very envious.
It will take several more years for that man to enter the NBA!
After the afternoon training, Zhang Hao had dinner and returned to the apartment and read the Sports Evening News.
Reading newspapers after breakfast and after dinner, and watching TV before going to bed have become Zhang Hao's habits in Rutherford Town. These are the two ways to learn about things in other places.
When it comes to basketball news, there is never a shortage of topics during the season.
Today the topic of rookies was brought up again.
As for Garnett, after several preseason games, his fame gradually grew.
He played for 28 minutes, with 8 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks and 3 steals. These were the statistics Garnett got when he played against the Suns yesterday. After several games, his talent has been widely recognized. Although he is not considered a favorite for the best rookie, he has become the most promising talent in the 95th class in the eyes of the media to become a superstar.
Garnett's stats for his rookie year are predicted to be around 8 points and 5 rebounds per game. Public opinion generally believes that this prediction is reasonable, but Garnett's talent has also been recognized. Talent represents the future. Many people believe that the Timberwolves will have a chance to rise in the future because Garnett's talent can indeed be said to be visible to the naked eye.
In the column section, Zhang Hao saw an interesting comment - 1995 may be a big year for power forwards.
Rasheed Wallace, who has comprehensive offensive skills, Antonio McDyess, who is a defensive stalwart, Kevin Garnett, who is extremely talented, and Zhang Hao, a power forward with the shooting and athletic ability of a shooting guard.
Having four players with All-Star talent at one position in a draft is enough to be called a great year for that position.
"Is it possible for me to become the strongest one?"