Chapter 827 [The star in the star, spiritual baptism]
In early July, Guo Xu and D'Antoni, who was assistant coach, flew to New York together and joined the Dream Eight training team. Only Alexandra Dadario was the hostess left in his huge villa.
This made Dadario feel a little unreal, but she did not say "leave" hypocritically, but clearly showed her attitude and wanted to stay.
This is actually a kind of default. The three of them did not make clear their relationship, lived together to find a balance, and did not want to destroy this harmonious atmosphere. If fans knew about it, they would definitely sigh that their circle was really messy. They were a true love triangle.
Jerry Colangelo also invited Stadameier. Xiao S refused the training camp on the grounds that there was a potential knee injury and needed more rest, and only planned to find a place to practice three-pointers in the summer.
Before the holiday, Xiao Si asked Guo Xu how to become stronger?
Guo Xu's advice to him was: "Don't shoot a large mid-range shot, take another step out and get the ball and shoot three-pointers, and shoot more."
Last season, Sir scored some three-pointers in the middle, but he made too few shots. If he could score two goals per game and his shooting percentage was guaranteed to be 35%, he would be able to better help his teammates on the outside and his scoring efficiency would be higher.
Sir's mid-range shooting percentage is only 50%. This time, the big shot from the top 31.3% of the two-point shooting percentage in the playoffs will kill the Suns. If he takes a step back and turns all these shots into three-pointers, his 31.3% shooting percentage will be qualified.
A mid-range jumper is easily interfered by the opponent. Insiders near the penalty area can interfere with one quick step outside, so Guo Xu does not recommend that Xiao Si take a step closer, and three-pointers and empty cuts are more in line with the Suns' system.
Anyone who wants to use a large two-pointer to play efficiently has no good ending, because that is the inefficient area. If anyone wants to be in that area and at the low post, the three-pointer efficiency is the same.
Guo Xu believes that Xiao Si can practice three-pointers in one position in the middle, and Griffin, who has a worse touch than Xiao Si in his previous life, can practice better.
When Guo Xu went to Mengba Team to report, almost all the players were in the same attitude as seeing the elder brother, and came up to say hello to him kindly.
Anthony and James both like movies and asked Guo Xu if he would have the chance to make a cameo appearance in his movies in the future. He met every year on weekends, and they were already very familiar with each other.
Durant is Guo Xu's fan. He wants to sign autographs and take a photo as soon as he meets him. If their height is reversed, Durant can hold him on his thigh as a pendant. He is a scoring champion. In Guo Xu's previous life, he was a fan of McGrady. Guo Xu's average of 40+ games per game in a single season is much more powerful than McGrady, who has 32 points.
Paul and Delong are also very enthusiastic, hoping to get guidance from Guo Xu during training. In fact, they are about the same age, but both of them regard Guo Xu as their current generation.
Because Guo Xu is far apart from everyone in terms of honor, although there are a group of All-Stars here, the number of championships is not as high as that of Guo Xu, and Kobe, who has the second most championships, is only half of that of Guo Xu.
Kobe is the only one who is cold to Guo Xu. He is unwilling to be O'Neal's younger brother for the rest of his life, but as long as he has worked with him and is not as strong as he is at the beginning, he feels that the other party will be his younger brother for the rest of his life and is unwilling to admit the change in status.
Guo Xu didn't care about Kobe's thoughts, so he smiled at him, raised his hand and said hello to him, with a lukewarm attitude.
17 people came to participate in the training camp. In addition to the All-Star players, there are non-star players such as Cork Hinrich, Sean Bathir, JJ Redick, Mike Miller, and Tyshaun Prince. Many people are here to train as sparring stars, and they can improve their strength.
The youngest one is Durant. If he stays eventually, he will be much stronger when he returns because he has to carry bags for many people.
Paul had such treatment in 2006. James, Wade and Anthony's three heroes asked Paul of the 2005 class to carry his bags. Several large bags were piled on Paul, and he was 183cm shorter.
After the coaching staff arrived, "Old K" Mike Shashevsky smiled and shook hands with Guo Xu. "Jason, I'm very happy to see you. I've been looking forward to working with you."
"So I do." Guo Xu smiled.
In 1980, Lao K, a descendant of Poland, began to serve as the head coach of the Duke University men's basketball team. He has been coaching until now. He has built the Duke University team to one of the most successful university basketball teams in the United States. The team is famous for its extremely high competitive level and strict academic requirements.
Some NBA teams tried to introduce Lao K as the head coach with high salaries, but he refused, and they were very individual. To put it bluntly, it is very simple. Not only is the pressure to coach in the National College Student League, but it is also not short of money, so why not do it?
After the team gathered, the first thing was not to play basketball, but to visit West Point Military Academy. Lao K made such a mobilization to let the players experience the strong "positive energy". This time they will go to the Olympics at their best condition.
In fact, this event was largely arranged for Guo Xu. Lao K and Guo Xu were very polite, but he actually had some concerns. During the 2006 World Championships, he did not want Guo Xu to join. It was not that he discriminated against Chinese people, but that he felt that Guo Xu's personality was too strong and might lead the atmosphere of the whole team. If he wanted to avoid this, he had to have a spiritual baptism.
If Guo Xu does not join, the players will probably talk about how to cooperate and how to win. When Guo Xu comes, maybe they are talking about music and movies. If Guo Xu waved his arms and said, "I want to make a movie about basketball, who wants to act?", it may affect the morale of the team.
They arrived at West Point Military Academy and had in-depth exchanges with students from a college dedicated to serving the US Department of Defense, and were free to ask questions to each other.
After being led to visit the cemetery, the players of the Team USA watched the performances of the military academy students, including physical training and water endurance tests and other events.
Then, they came to the front of a "wall of honor", on which there were various honors obtained by the students of West Point Military Academy. Several sharp-eyed players quickly found the photos of coach K. In the photos, coach K, who is now full of vicissitudes, is still a student soldier who has just arrived at West Point Military Academy.
During his service from 1969 to 1974, Lao K played for three seasons as a player representative. In 1974, he retired and became an assistant coach of Bob Knight's coaching staff, coaching the Indiana Hushills. A year later, he returned to West Point Military Academy as the head coach of the team and coached for five seasons. This is an unforgettable memory for him.
Coach K put away his kind eyes and said seriously: "You must understand its significance when you come to such a place. Days like today are actually the most important day. Spending a day here is more meaningful than doing more offensive and defensive drills. Because such an experience can unite the team."
After all the visits, the American team players came to the military academy gymnasium to conduct an open training class.
Then Lao K found that the effect of "spiritual baptism" was not good, which was the reason for Guo Xu. Many military academy students became star-chasers as soon as they saw Guo Xu, and kept cheering and screaming on the sidelines. Many people wanted to come forward to ask him for autographs and take a photo, asking him what content would be made in the next movie and how the new song was prepared.
Guo Xu answered several questions patiently, just like holding a press conference. Lao K felt that Guo Xu would never have the temperament of a military person, he was an entertainment star.
Chapter completed!