"Winning streak?"
Wang Zelin looked up at the reporter.
"Yes, are you confident in breaking the 13-game winning streak at the beginning of last season?
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The reporter from the Portland Weekly opposite noticed Wang Zelin's gaze and nodded excitedly.
"13 consecutive wins!"
Wang Zelin's mind flashed through the regular season last season. It seems that his current career-high score of 51 points was achieved when playing the Bucks away from home.
"call!"
After the scene from last season briefly flashed through his mind, Wang Zelin took the microphone and replied:
"Of course, in fact, not only me, but also the entire Blazers team have been on the road to victory. As for whether you can break the 13-game winning streak as you just said, there will be a chance."
After answering this question, Wang Zelin answered a few more questions, and then it was question time for the head coach and Lillard.
The post-match press conference lasted for more than half an hour before it ended.
"We are on a path to victory!"
After the game between the Cavaliers and Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers' official account directly quoted Wang Zelin's interview as the title on social media to report on the game.
After the focus battle with the Cavaliers, the Trail Blazers' next game is two days later, still at home, facing the Dallas Mavericks from afar.
The schedule at the beginning of this year's regular season is very beneficial to the Trail Blazers. The first five games include four home games. The game against the Mavericks two days later is the last of three consecutive home games.
On the 6th, Coach Terry arranged daily shooting training.
Although Wang Zelin's current mid-range shooting ability has reached 92, and his long-range shooting ability has also reached 72, it can be said that he can barely shoot after half-court.
But training is still necessary. It doesn’t mean that you will feel uncomfortable if you don’t practice for a day. As a professional, if you don’t train enough on weekdays, it will be difficult to perform well on game days.
And he is also the boss of the team. He must set an example not only on the field, but also off the field.
Thanks to the fact that the boss is like this, the Trail Blazers' training atmosphere has been maintained very well, not much different from last season, and even better than last season.
After all, the Blazers in front of them are mostly young people, and the core players are young people. The main rotation players like Beverley and Connet Lee are not that old yet. As we all know, young people's physical fitness is inherently durable and their recovery speed is amazing.
New players Vince Carter and Anthony Morrow, who just joined, have yet to taste a championship in their careers. After joining the defending champion Trail Blazers, one of the best in the league, he is full of expectations for winning his first career championship.
The Trail Blazers currently have four games on their schedule, and they have won all four games. The confidence on the faces of the players is even stronger.
Just like Wang Zelin said in the opening game, this year, they aim to win the championship!
After the training, the old Carter was still chatting with the young Will Barton, apparently instructing the latter on three-point skills.
At this time, Wang Zelin, who was sitting on the bench drinking a cold drink, couldn't help but smile on his face when he saw Carter and Will Barton, one willing to teach and the other willing to learn, as if they were good teachers and helpful friends.
I have to mention something here.
At the beginning of the 21st century, the league's top four shooting guards from South America, East Asia, and North Carolina, looking back on their careers, whether it is the personal honors they achieved or the heights they achieved as a team, Vince Carter is undoubtedly the person with the lowest achievements in the world. .
But as one of the four shooting guards, Carter naturally has his shining points.
If Carter's most impressive label in the minds of fans and media was that of a dunker, then as his career got longer and longer, Carter's true survival in the league was not dunks, but three-pointers.
In 2020, which has not yet traveled through time, after Iverson, Tracy McGrady, and Kobe Bryant retired one after another, only Vince Carter, the top four shooting guards in the past, is still active in the NBA.
Whether it's to reminisce about youth, there are still some fans who pay attention to Vince Carter's games.
It was also on March 3, 2002, that Vince Carter, whose status in the league had been reduced to an insignificant substitute role, made headlines in major news media.
In the Eagles' home game against the Grizzlies, Carter, who played for the Eagles, played 6 minutes, made 1 of 4 three-pointers and scored 3 points.
It was this three-pointer that brought Carter's career three-pointers in the regular season to 2,282, tying the previous NBA player Jason Terry and rising to sixth place in the NBA's history of three-pointers!
Therefore, the label of dunk has stayed on Carter for too long, and it has even been completely solidified in the minds of fans, so that people intentionally or unintentionally ignored Carter's three-point ability.
Although this has nothing to do with Carter's long NBA career, he has been able to play in the NBA for so many years and still set a record of his own in the long history of the NBA. It can be said that he has a certain skill.
After sitting for 5 minutes, seeing that Carter and Will Barton were still immersed in teaching, Wang Zelin did not disturb them, but came to the other half and stayed to practice as usual.
After practicing for more than an hour, Will Barton and Carter both left.
Wang Zelin was also sitting on the sidelines to rest. He had just taken a sip of water when he saw the door to the training ground was pushed open and someone came in.
Who is the one?
When I looked back, it turned out to be Jokic. This guy hasn't left yet?
Wang Zelin also noticed that Jokic's training clothes were soaked through at this time. It seemed that he was responsible for the noise in the gym just now. He was probably doing weight loss training.
"Nicholas, haven't you left yet?"
Jokic came and sat down next to him, and Wang Zelin handed over a bottle of Happy Fat House, oh no, it was Gatorade.
"Gudu! Gudu! Gudu!"
Jokic took a long sip before putting down the Gatorade.
It's really strange to say that Jokic was selected in the draft and has been reporting for the Trail Blazers for four or five months. He has been losing weight in accordance with the requirements of the coaching staff.
But Wang Zelin walked around him twice and looked at him carefully. From his own eyes, he could see that this guy's weight had basically not changed much from when he first came here.
"How much do you weigh now?"
Wang Zelin sat down and asked.
After all, Jokic's weight first affects his playing time, and secondly, it is directly linked to the quality of defense on the field.
When Jokic first came to the team to report for a physical test, Wang Zelin was watching from the sidelines. He remembers clearly that Jokic weighed 274 pounds at the time.
What is this concept?
If converted into kilograms, which is a more direct concept for most people, it would be a full 124 kilograms.
Wang Zelin's current weight is only 138 kilograms. Even when he first participated in the draft, he was only over 130 kilograms.
Coming here is based on his height of 2.16 meters.
On the other hand, Jokic is 2.13 meters tall and his weight is already infinitely close to that of Wang Zelin as a rookie. It’s no wonder that when he first came to the team to report, the trainers in charge of the physical test did not complete one of Jokic’s physical tests. After the physical examination, I couldn't help but carefully look at the fat white man in front of me.
Maybe they were thinking: God, is today April Fools' Day? The guy in front of us is actually a quasi-NBA player!
There is also the impact of an overly bloated figure on the defensive end.
At present, Wang Zelin, who has slowly gained weight over two seasons, has reached 138 kilograms, but he still maintains a slender and strong figure. His angular muscles look like an ancient Greek statue, full of masculine beauty.
On the other hand, Jokic is so fat that is visible to the naked eye!
As an important substitute at the center position for the Trail Blazers this season and even in the next two or three years, such weight is undesirable.
No wonder Wang Zelin asked this question.
At this time, Jokic's rapid breathing slowly subsided.
"260 pounds!"
He looked up at Wang Zelin with some shame and gave his answer.
"hiss!"
Wang Zelin felt a bit toothache.
After 4 months, I lost only 14 pounds, which is a little over 6 kilograms.
You know, this is still a weight loss evolution carried out under the guidance of a dedicated person...
This speed is not ordinary slow!
"Are you the kind of person who is born with the kind of weight that makes you gain weight when you drink water?"
Wang Zelin couldn't help but ask.
In his memory, Jokic waited a year before landing in the NBA after being drafted by the Nuggets. He remembers that he was not as exaggerated as he is now.
Jokic shook his head: "When I first took a taxi, I only weighed about 242 pounds, but in Europe, I couldn't stand at 242 pounds on the inside. I had to gain weight!"
Hearing this, Wang Zelin subconsciously touched his chin: In this case, it makes sense.
The European basketball world is dominated by the Great White Bear, and the transition speed between offense and defense there is much faster than that of the NBA. This leads to the fact that the first choice for insiders is tonnage rather than speed. If there is not enough tonnage to play inside, it will be impossible to withstand it.
The environment determines the players. This is the same reason that with the changes in the rules, there is less and less space for traditional NBA centers to survive.
Eh, that’s not right!
In his previous life, Wang Zelin majored in physical education in high school, but when he was in college, he chose the modern education technology major, which was completely different from physical education. As a result, after he entered college, his usual training volume dropped sharply compared to that in high school. By his sophomore year, , even the slightest amount of training is gone.
This directly caused him to gain 30 pounds in two years. Later, for some reasons, he decided to lose weight. He understood the pain of losing weight.
At the same time, he understood better that as long as he was determined to lose weight, he would not be able to lose just 6 kilograms in 4 months.
What's more, Jokic also said that he himself is not the type to gain weight even if he drinks water, and he has a professional trainer by his side.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he realized that he had neglected another equally important thing.
"Do you eat secretly after training?"
Wang Zelin asked next.
In fact, the most difficult part of losing weight is not training, but controlling your mouth.
"ah……"
The decibel of Jokic's voice suddenly became louder.
Sure enough, there is a ghost.
"Are you sure?"
As he spoke, Wang Zelin kept staring into Jokic's eyes, with an inexplicable smile on his face.
He still can't forget the experience of being woken up by hunger in the middle of the night when he was trying to lose weight in his previous life.
"Sometimes when I'm too hungry to sleep at night, I occasionally eat a little more..."
Jokic blushed more and more as he talked, and was embarrassed to look at Wang Zelin again.
"Oh, it's just a few hundred million points!"
Wang Zelin looked at Jokic with an exaggerated expression.
"Actually, I occasionally eat hamburgers, chicken drumsticks and the like."
With that said, Jokic picked up his bag from his side, and as soon as he opened it, a smell of meat hit his face.
When I took it out, I saw three hamburgers. From the looks of it, it seemed like they were extra hamburgers.
"???"
Wang Zelin was speechless for a while. Is this the rhythm of losing more and more weight?
Looking at Jokic again, the latter's attention shifted to the burger in his hand, and then he secretly glanced back at Wang Zelin in hindsight.
"Okay, if I'm not here today, are you going to start eating after training?"
Wang Zelin picked up a piece of burger, opened it, and saw two thick slices of beef.
"..."
Jokic lowered his head and did not dare to answer any more words.
This situation is very similar to that of a greedy child who was caught secretly eating spicy strips in class and was caught by the teacher.
But after a while, he noticed something was wrong next to him.
"Ah! King, why did you eat it?"
When he looked up, he found that Wang Zelinzhe had stuffed his mouth full of hamburger and ate more than half of it in one bite.
"Come on, you can have one too!"
Wang Zelin said and returned the bag to Jokic.
After getting permission, Jokic couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed the burger and stuffed it into his mouth.
Well, he added chicken nuggets to this one, which makes it crunchy.
A few seconds later, after Wang Zelin wiped the juice from the corner of his mouth, he looked at Jokic, whose face was filled with the word "enjoyment", and suddenly smiled like an old father.
This guy is like a child who has not grown up.
Then, before Jokic extended his claws to the last hamburger, Wang Zelin patted Jokic's hand and then took the hamburger away.
Jokic looked at him with confusion.
"I declare that that hamburger just now will be the last one I eat before the end of this season."
Wang Zelin said.
Before Jokic could reply, he started the class again, but this time the expression on his face became obviously serious:
"If your dream is the NBA and you want to stay in the Trail Blazers and win the championship with me, then you must never let me discover similar things again. Otherwise, it is not ruled out that the team will send you to the Development League."
After hearing "Development League", Jokic's expression became visibly nervous.
If you know how to be afraid, there is still hope.
"I will ask my dedicated nutritionist to develop a more scientific and reasonable meal schedule based on your situation, so that you will not be woken up by hunger again at night."
After saying that, Wang Zelin put the burger into his bag.
Jokic glanced reluctantly, and finally nodded.
Wang Zelin is the boss of the team, and what the boss said is correct.
Alas, it's just a pity that the last burger with the most added volume and the most expensive price no longer belongs to me.
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