After successfully helping Yi Jianlian develop elite-level mid-range shooting ability, Du Kang's current training plan has become something that every Lakers player desires.
Howard is no longer the only one who explicitly and implicitly hopes that Du Kang will help formulate training plans and programs to improve their strength.
However, all such requests were blocked by Du Kang.
Do you think this training method is cabbage?
You can have it if you want it?
If it were true, I would want my team to become stronger more than you do.
If you think of it, it will naturally happen. If you can't think of it, it will naturally not exist.
And you, Dwight, improve your free throws. The difficulty is hellish. You have to wait a little longer.
In short, the reasons given by Du Kang are indeed very sufficient.
Such a magical training method must be in line with the characteristics of each player. They are not Chinese cabbage. Du Kang has not yet fully understood them, and his characteristics are basically unclear, so how can he prescribe the right medicine?
They were able to formulate a training method suitable for Yi so quickly because they were compatriots and had known each other for a long time.
Therefore, although they are eager to get Du Kang's blessing, the Lakers players are also waiting patiently.
We are also looking forward to who will be the first person to be favored by Du Kang after Yi Jianlian.
This is very indicative.
Therefore, when Du Kang called Kobe to accompany Nash to implement the training plan, all the other Lakers players gathered around.
Want to find out.
"Paul, what kind of training plan did you say the coach would give Steve to improve?"
Artest was curious, while Gasol next to him was frowning in thought.
"It can't be defensive training."
"Paul, I'm asking you to guess what it might be, not what's impossible."
After Gasol finished speaking, Artest and other Lakers players started to complain about Gasol.
Faced with such complaints from his teammates, Gasol was also helpless.
What do you want him to guess?
There are too many possibilities to guess.
There's no need to guess if it's impossible.
So, the IQ of these black people...
Gasol didn't even know how to complain.
These fools actually laughed at him as an idiot.
Who is the real idiot?
"Bryant, you hit Steve with your back. Steve, you look for an opportunity behind Bryant to get the ball. It doesn't matter if you can get it, but you have to get it quickly, accurately and hard!"
Du Kang is assigning training tasks to Kobe and Nash.
The expressions on both Kobe and Nash's faces were stunned.
Then, the surrounding Lakers players were also stunned for a moment.
After that, the surrounding Lakers players quickly woke up and instantly burst out with great enthusiasm.
"Oh my God! The coach actually made Steve's defensive training plan!"
"Hahahaha, let me just call Paul an idiot. He just said it couldn't be a defensive plan!!"
"The coach's training plan can even save Nash's defense?!"
Pau Gasol was dumbfounded.
Artest said he was a fool, but it didn't matter to him. All he really cared about now was, coach, can he really save Nash's defense? !
Many Lakers players were shocked at this time, but the craziest Lakers player must be Howard, who is the most 'loyal' to Du Kang.
"Hahahaha, my free throws are saved, hahahaha, my free throws are saved!!!"
If it weren't for Du Kang's timely glare, Howard, who was standing next to Yi Jianlian, would have rushed directly to Du Kang, hugged Du Kang and kissed him fiercely.
This is Nash's defense!
Training Yi Jianlian's mid-range shooting is called strengthening. Yi Jianlian already has good mid-range shooting ability.
Training Nash's defense is called making something out of nothing!
Originally, they thought that no matter how strong Du Kang's training ability was, he was still an enhanced trainer. Whatever you had, he would be strengthened for you.
This is already very eye-catching and very powerful.
But now...
"If the coach can really improve Nash's defense..."
If Du Kang was a Kardashian in the eyes of these Lakers players before, then now Du Kang is Marilyn Monroe in the eyes of these Lakers players.
So hot!
In fact, I don’t blame them. After all, it is something out of nothing. This kind of thing is incredible.
Just talk about Kobe, his face is full of disbelief now.
"Coach, are you sure this has a training effect?"
"Just try and you will find out."
Du Kang did not answer directly. After speaking to Kobe with a smile, he looked at Yi Jianlian on the other side.
"Ah Lian, you bring the scoreboard over and count it for them. Once Steve takes it out, you count it once."
"Yes, coach."
Yi Jianlian didn't have any doubts. He did whatever Du Kang said. Looking at Yi Jianlian's back, Du Kang smiled.
Think of this as a holiday for Arab League.
He practiced too hard some time ago.
"Dwight, and you guys, are you here just for fun? Let me train!"
Du Kang gave an order, and the Lakers players scattered like mice seeing a cat.
Even Howard is extremely obedient now.
"Coach, don't worry, I won't leave the training ground until I complete 100 sets of free throws today!"
Howard did not forget to express his loyalty to Du Kang before going to training.
Seeing Howard like this, Clifford was silently mourning for his mentor, Van Gundy.
Howard has never been so obedient in front of Van Gundy.
After all, compared with the coach, the teacher is too kind, uh, no, too young...
Well, it seems weird to say that a 54-year-old is younger than a 23-year-old?
but……
It's so real.
"Steve, let's go."
After Du Kang handed over the team's training to the team's chief trainer Gary Vitti, he will take Clifford to prepare for the next game against the Thunder.
"Du, don't Darwin come?"
"No, he needs to organize the team's yellow and blue match."
And it’s useless for Ham to come to the team’s game preparation meeting, right?
He is not even the Stooges now, but is Clifford, definitely more than three-quarters of Zhuge Liang.
Clifford looked at Du Kang in surprise when he heard that Du Kang would also host the yellow-blue match in the team.
"What's wrong Steve?"
"No, no."
Clifford shook his head while hesitating to speak.
In fact, Du Kang could understand Clifford's surprise.
Clifford feels that he has integrated the Lakers and this team should not mess up again.
Even the most thorny Howard was submissive to him. As soon as the golden wristband came out, Howard knelt down.
The golden wristband is both a carrot and a stick. In Clifford's view, it is enough to control Howard.
only……
He wants more than just to control Howard.
He didn't even ask Howard to exert 100% of his strength, but 150% or even 200% of his strength!
For the aging Lakers, Howard's energy is too important on the team's defensive end.
Whether facing the Heat's defensive counterattack run-and-gun, facing the Spurs' UCLA air-cutting, or facing the Lakers' opponents in the next game, the two goblin Thunder, Howard's role is unique in the NBA. Indispensable.
How far the Lakers can go in the playoffs depends on the team's defense, and the team's defense depends on Howard's dedication.
Howard is a very emotional player. When he is happy and serious, his combat effectiveness will be very high. Even James in the three-god outfit can defeat him.
Making Howard obedient is only the first step in taming Howard.
Making Howard happy and serious is a technical job.
He couldn't give Howard the boss position. As time went by, it was difficult for Howard to be happy.
Letting Howard abuse Kobe every time the team trains will make Howard feel good about himself and feel that he is already the de facto boss of the Lakers and that the Lakers are actually his team.
Don't talk about Howard, anyone can abuse Kobe once a day, and he will be fine, right?
Of course, if that's not enough, he also needs to really let Howard see the hope of being the team boss in the future.
And this requires Kobe to perform poorly in actual games. It is best to bang the iron in every game. This will make Howard feel that Kobe is no longer good and the Lakers will be his own sooner or later.
Just like the last game against the Heat, Kobe scored 40 points. Normally, Howard would not be happy.
Kobe is so good that if he doesn't see the opportunity to be the boss of the Lakers, he will fail.
But now, Howard is not at all upset because Kobe scored 40 points. He is happy but not happy, but he is also very disdainful of Kobe.
"It's not because of the coach's magic weapon that I can be so powerful. I would be even more powerful if I had the coach's magic weapon!"
"In the next game, without the coach's magic weapon, I'll see how arrogant you are!"
This was Howard's true emotion after the last game.
Therefore, it is not easy to deal with Howard.
It's even more difficult to get Howard to give you 200% of his life.
No, this is actually not just sacrificing one's life for him, but also sacrificing one's life for Howard himself.
"Steve, I am the only one in this world who can let Dwight see how high he can reach his peak."
Clifford stopped and looked at Du Kang in surprise.
"Maybe ten years from now, you will know that I am the person who loves Dwight the most in the world."
Du Kang finished speaking with a smile and walked straight forward.
Looking at Du Kang's back, Clifford was silent for a while.
In the end, Clifford nodded seriously.
Dwight has indeed wasted his talent for a long time...
"Coach, you're right."
Clifford walked up, and this time, he no longer felt guilty.
And, thank you, Coach…
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At eight o'clock in the evening, the Los Angeles Lakers training facility was still brightly lit.
Yi Jianlian was still counting carefully beside him.
He didn't know how long the coach wanted him to count.
Since Nash has no intention of stopping training, he will not stop.
997 times.
998 times.
999 times.
1000 times.
Yi Jianlian turned over the scoreboard for the thousandth time. On the training ground, Kobe stopped again.
"Steve, stop, there's no point."
Kobe looked at Nash, who still had stubborn eyes, with respect, and sighed.
Nash has been repeating this meaningless training for so long.
But he didn't feel the slightest improvement from Nash.
Nash works very hard, and the coach may really want to improve Nash's defensive ability out of thin air, but this doesn't make any sense.
Even other Lakers players who were originally interested in Nash's training plan have now left the training facility one by one with disappointment.
"Steve, the coach is a human being, not a god. You..."
Before Kobe finished speaking, Nash had already bent down and picked up the ball that Kobe just dropped.
"Bryant, the way down the mountain is too difficult. Don't you want to go back to the top of the mountain?"
What? !
Looking at the still firm smile on Nash's face, the expression on Kobe's face kept changing.
The smile on Nash's face at this time seemed like that day when he said to himself, you are a miracle and I am a miracle too!
You are a miracle, and so am I...
This sentence entered his dreams countless times.
And this time...
The road down the mountain was too difficult, of course he knew.
Because they experienced 12 wins and 10 losses together, they were almost shattered to pieces!
Back to the top of the mountain again?
Kobe clenched his fists excitedly.
"I got it, Steve, let's get started."
Kobe took the ball from Nash and sat on Nash again.
One push, two push, and when Kobe pushed back for the third time, he felt Nash's movement.
For him, the king of back-up attacks, it was too obvious.
With Nash's steal ability, Nash's steal will still fail this time!
Therefore, the moment Nash moved, Kobe made an anticipatory turn around.
Snap!
Kobe turned his back and prepared to shoot, but found the ball in his hand...
Disappeared!
Boom, boom, boom...
Not disappeared.
But he was stabbed away by Nash!
Looking at the basketball rolling in front of them, Kobe, Yi Jianlian, and even Nash were stunned.
Nash looked at his hands in shock. At this time, he felt that his heartbeat might have reached 200 times!
Is this the ability he has dreamed of countless times? !
He really has it!
Did the coach really give him this kind of ability that he could only dream about? !
"Bryant, maybe the coach is our god!"
What? !
Kobe's eyes widened when he looked at the enthusiastic Nash.
He wanted to argue.
However, could the steal just now be something that Nash could have?
At this moment, Nash had grabbed Kobe's shoulders in excitement.
"Bryant, the road down the mountain is too difficult. Let's follow the coach and get back to the top!"
This time, the string in Kobe's heart finally beat uncontrollably.
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"Ding, your player Steve Nash has completed the steal activation training with high quality, and his steal ability has increased to 80."
"Ding, your player Steve Nash's favorable opinion of you has increased to 99, please check it."
oh.
"Ding, your player Kobe Bryant's favorable opinion of Nash has increased from 85 to 90, and Nash's favorable opinion of Kobe has also exceeded 90. Nash and Kobe's mentor system has been activated."
Um? ! ! ! !
So fast?
What happened?
Du Kang was stunned.
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