activa-t Chapter 130 Trial Training
Chapter 130 Trial Training
Chapter 130 Trial Training
Marco de Lacava, a reporter from "USA Today" who is good friends with Zhang Zifeng, went to interview the old K and asked: Mr. Mike, there are rumors recently that Zhang Zifeng has hidden dangers in his knees.What is your opinion on this matter.
Old K immediately said indignantly: "This is slander, I personally guarantee it. Zhang Zifeng is in good health and has no so-called hidden dangers of injury."
His disciple came to ask him to clarify the rumors, of course it was the old K's duty to do so.
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With the public statement of the old K, the rumors about Zhang Zifeng's knee problems temporarily stopped for a while.
But in order to completely dispel the concerns of the team's head coach and general manager, Zhang Zifeng still went to these teams for training.
Zheng Xinguo urged Zhang Zifeng to perform better during the training during this period. He did not accompany Zhang Zifeng to the trial training, and he was busy muddying the muddy water.
Of course, it is impossible for Zhang Zifeng to go to every team for training, which is hard, tiring and uneconomical.
Those teams that already have excellent shooting guards, such as Harden's Rockets, DeRozan's Raptors, Thompson's Warriors, etc.automatically ignored by him.
Why do you go to these teams for training?
I selected them, and then the new season, what should I do!
Going to the field to brush data during garbage time?
Don't be ridiculous, if you do this kind of work for a year or two, people may be wasted.
Just like Milicic in the past, he didn't get a chance to practice in the Pistons, and he was so talented that he was abandoned in the end.
From the perspective of personal interests and style of play, it is best to go to a team that is not strong at the point guard and needs to replenish blood.
In this way, he has a higher probability of being selected and becoming the core training of the team.
Zhang Zifeng gives priority to teams such as Timberwolves, Lakers, Mavericks, Spurs, and Pacers.
Zhang Zifeng's first stop was to the Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves have the No. [-] lottery, and the old wolf king publicly expressed his welcome. Of course, Zhang Zifeng has to show face.
The Target Center is home to the Timberwolves, but that's only used for games.
The Timberwolves' workouts took place in the Minnesota State University gymnasium.
In the gymnasium, Zhang Zifeng met Garnett and Timberwolves general manager Milt Newton.
"Welcome to Minnesota, do you need to rest, and the trial training will start tomorrow?" Garnett said with a smile.
"No, I want to start the trial training now!" Zhang Zifeng said.
"Okay. Then you warm up first and perform well later. I look forward to becoming teammates with you!" Garnett patted Zhang Zifeng and walked away, not disturbing Zhang Zifeng's warm-up.
Zhang Zifeng spent three to ten minutes warming up his body completely, and first measured his basic body data.
Zhang Zifeng followed the Timberwolves fitness coach and team doctor into the measurement room to measure basic body data.
Especially in terms of height and wingspan, the data of many players is watery.Like Barkley, like Durant.
One is tall and the other is short.
The club has to measure it by itself before it can rest assured.
Zhang Zifeng is 1 meters tall, has a wingspan of 97 meters and weighs 2 kilograms.
The physical fitness test mainly includes basic data such as run-up bounce, bench press, squat, round-trip running, and 3/4 field sprint.
The in-situ bounce is 75.1 cm, and the run-up bounce is 90.17 cm.
Garnett nodded in satisfaction when he saw Zhang Zifeng's 110kg bench press and 160kg squat.
Such data is neither good nor bad in this rookie class, and it is considered qualified.
However, they don't expect a man of yellow race to have such unfathomable statistics. What they value more is his scoring ability and golf quotient on the court.
Many black people have great bodies, but they don't have heads.It's like Swift, the former power forward of the Rockets, like McGee.
Such people are useless no matter how bad their bodies are, because they can't understand such advanced tactics and are always outside the team's system. You don't know what they want to do in the next second!
Although Zhang Zifeng's physical statistics are not outstanding, Garnett is more looking forward to seeing Zhang Zifeng's performance on the court.
Since he switched from the Timberwolves to the Celtics, the Timberwolves have declined, and the Timberwolves have been at the end of the league for several seasons.
The Timberwolves have always had good strength on paper, but they always lose the chain at critical moments.
So in this draft, Garnett very much hopes that the Timberwolves can choose a leader who can be the wolf king and lead the Timberwolves to rise again.
Garnett has seen Zhang Zifeng's performance in the NCAA, and he admires Zhang Zifeng's leadership style very much.
That's why he stood up and publicly expressed his hope that the Timberwolves could choose Zhang Zifeng.
Although Zhang Zifeng's physical test data is not particularly outstanding, it can also reach the NBA level.At least in terms of physical confrontation, Zhang Zifeng can handle most defenders.
This is enough, after all, not everyone is Jordan and Kobe, who can be top-notch on both offense and defense.
As long as he can guard most of the shooting guards and score effectively, he is a good shooting guard.
After all the physical data is collected, it is the official trial training.
The first is one-on-one bullfighting to examine the players' personal skills.
In the end, it will be five-on-five, and the team's combat ability of the players will be tested.
The Timberwolves have the No. [-] pick, and many rookies come to try out.
In addition to Zhang Zifeng, there are more than [-] people who came here for trial training today, among them is the popular No. [-] pick Downs, and his teammates Devin Booker, Willie Cauley-Stein, Trey Lyle Adams, a total of four University of Kentucky players.
This season, the University of Kentucky performed well enough, winning 38 consecutive seasons, if it wasn't for an unexpected upset loss to the University of Wisconsin in the Final Four.
Otherwise, Duke University and Kentucky will compete in the finals.
One-on-one bullfighting.
Zhang Zifeng faced German Booker.
Devin Booker obviously disdained Zhang Zifeng's. In his opinion, Zhang Zifeng was praised by others, and he was able to stand out only because he did not meet Devin Booker.
If he met himself in the finals, he would definitely be able to blow him up.
Devin Booker stood outside the three-point line with the ball facing Zhang Zifeng. Zhang Zifeng knew that this guy wanted him very much, and he shot very well.
Zhang Zifeng leaned forward and lowered his waist, staring at the other party seriously.
"Is that Zhang Zifeng? Don't think that those media are just touting you, so they are qualified to be compared with me!" Devin Booker said disdainfully, "You are just being touted by others, and I will blow you up later ! "
After finishing speaking, the ball went back and forth under Booker's crotch. Seeing that Zhang Zifeng was not fooled, his center of gravity was still very stable.
Booker changed direction and kicked his left foot to cut to Zhang Zifeng's right side.
Zhang Zifeng slid sideways and followed closely against the opponent, not giving the opponent a chance to go straight to the basket.
Seeing Zhang Zifeng's defensive steps, Garnett, who once won the best defensive player award, nodded. Zhang Zifeng's defense was really good.
Booker was surprised by Zhang Zifeng's reaction, but he soon realized that Booker's ability to become the first starter of the giants Kentucky naturally has his strengths.
With a sudden step back, Booker jumped up and shot.
Just when Booker thought he created a shooting space and could shoot with peace of mind.
Booker jumped in the air and found Zhang Zifeng's hand in front of his eyes, "Damn it, how could this happen?"
One-on-one and in the air again, Booker had to choose to force a shot.
bump!
The ball hit the iron without accident.
"His defense is very good, his feet move very well, he doesn't take risks to steal the opponent's ball, and he doesn't blindly think about blocking the opponent's shots. This is very important. Because blindly pursuing blocks is easy to foul. A good defensive player You must know how to control your own fouls, try to interfere with the opponent, and let the opponent's shooting percentage drop." Garnett said to general manager Milt Newton.
Milt Newton did not speak, but continued to look at the field. It was just the beginning, and more investigations were needed.
But I have a better understanding of Zhang Zifeng in my heart.
Zhang Zifeng picked up the fallen earth and looked at Booker. "It's agreed to blow me up! Since you can't do it, then I will blow you up!"
(End of this chapter)