"We have encountered many difficulties, even unprecedented. As we all know, Kawhi is our best player. It is really a difficult process to lose four consecutive games. During this period, our performance on both ends of the offense and defense was unsatisfactory, but today
"I'm delighted with the performance of the players tonight."
After the game, Popovich was interviewed by reporters. The old man was obviously a little happy that the team had ended its losing streak, and the sadness on his face was much less.
"Jiang's performance is very eye-catching. There is no doubt that he is the man of the match tonight."
Not surprisingly, Jiang Hao, who scored 21 points in the game, was praised by Popovich. In fact, Popovich wanted to say more, but for a moment he didn’t know what to say because a very
The shameful fact is that he really doesn't know much about Jiang Hao.
………
Jiang Hao was not in a hurry to leave the gym. It was now around nine o'clock in the evening and he planned to train for a while before leaving.
Although tonight's "substitute debut" surprised many people, his own weaknesses were also very obvious, such as his ability to hold the ball.
Now he has almost no ability to hold the ball. Facing opponents with strong defensive capabilities, he can easily lose the ball and make mistakes, let alone break through with the ball.
If Jiang Hao wants to gain a foothold in the NBA or even achieve greater goals, he must improve his ability to hold the ball.
If you want to improve your ball-holding ability, the first and most basic thing to do is to practice ball-handling skills. When you have superb ball-handling skills, your ball-holding ability will naturally improve.
Without any hesitation, just practice.
In the sky above the empty arena, the sound of basketballs being slapped continuously echoed, and Jiang Hao didn't feel very tired.
He is a training freak himself. He used to train a lot, but the effect was very small, but now that his basketball talent has been strengthened, the effect will be obvious if he trains more.
Jiang Hao can almost feel that his dribbling ability is constantly improving.
Take for example the simplest dribbling skill, dribbling with left and right hands. If the entire dribbling skill level is divided into levels from 0 to 100 in online games, then Jiang Hao's level before training was in the 30s, and after
After more than an hour of training, he has now reached level 40.
It takes more than an hour of training to reach level 40. This speed is really fast enough as it becomes more difficult to improve as you go later.
After training for more than an hour, Jiang Hao originally planned to train for a while, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. It was so late and the staff at the arena were waiting for him. Moreover, training like this was not very scientific.
My health is not good.
So, he immediately changed his clothes and walked out of the arena.
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"God, is this our great No. 35? It's so awesome."
When Jiang Hao returned to the rental house, the landlord Sean's exaggerated voice quickly rang out, and then Sean started circling Jiang Hao as if he was admiring a world-famous work of art.
Sean also went to tonight's game. To be honest, when Sean saw Jiang Hao not only entered the roster but also played, he was happy for Jiang Hao. And then when he saw Jiang Hao
After showing off his power and hitting consecutive three-pointers, he became completely stupid?
Is this the same Jiang Hao who was sitting alone in a rental house a day ago, confused about his future?
God.
This is really incredible.
Sean felt that the Spurs management should reward himself because he felt that he was the most competent fan in the audience tonight. From the moment Jiang Hao hit the first three-pointer to the end of the game, Sean was almost the whole game.
Cheering.
"Jiang, you are the best of the game tonight. This is great. As I said before, you will definitely have your own stage in the NBA."
"Thank you, Xiao"
Jiang Hao's reaction was much calmer. To be honest, he has experienced too much disappointment and despair in the past six months, and he has also learned a lot from it, such as facing everything calmly.
"Brother, you should be more happy. You played a key role in the team's victory tonight. The team management has seen all this, and we fans have also seen it. There is no doubt that
, the team should officially keep you”
Sean feels that Jiang Hao will be able to impress the Spurs management after tonight's outstanding performance, and they should soon discuss matters related to a new contract with Jiang Hao.
"Maybe, I'm looking forward to it too"
Jiang Hao shrugged. He didn't know what the Spurs management was thinking. Maybe they wanted to see his performance again.
………
Early the next morning, Jiang Hao arrived at the training hall on time as usual. He stayed in the fitness room for almost an hour and a half.
Improving skills is one thing, but maintaining and improving physical fitness is equally important. Without sufficient physical fitness, no matter how good your skills are, it will be useless.
“Man, the breakfast at the breakfast shop opposite is pretty good, isn’t it?”
Jiang Hao then met Dejounte Murray, who said with gritted teeth. Obviously, the first time Murray sees Jiang Hao, he will always think of his poor breakfast coupon worth 1,000 US dollars.
"Haha, De Zhangtai, that's not the case, you are a person who signed a contract with an annual salary of one million yuan."
Jiang Hao laughed.
"Come on, I am a poor man now. You know, I need to spend money on everything." Murray pointed to a bottle of unknown brand of nutrient solution in his hand and said.
Jiang Hao opened his mouth. It was undeniable that Murray was telling the truth. In the NBA, players often spend a large sum of money on physical maintenance and training every year.
Superstars like LeBron James even spend millions of dollars every year to maintain their health and maintain their condition.
For rookies who have just entered the league, sometimes they have to spend a lot of money to improve their skills, because only in this way can you not easily fall behind in the competition with other rookies.
The situation for the No. 1 pick or lottery picks is slightly better. After all, their rookie contracts are larger. However, first-round picks like Dejounte Murray who are ranked later in the draft are still under the current rookie salary cap.
You can get contracts worth more than $1 million, but in the end not many can actually turn into spare money.
Of course, there are also prostitutes for free.
Like Jiang Hao, fringe players who are in arrears with their rent often have no choice but to maintain their condition in the oldest way, which is to train as much as possible.
The effect of doing this is often not very good, and Jiang Hao also knows very well that the reason why his previous training efficiency was very low has a certain relationship with this.
Chapter completed!