Basketball trainer, I created a super giant

Chapter 144 Let's talk about it after they break out of the West.

In the passageway outside the backstage changing room.

Tang Sen leaned against the wall, holding a brand-new Blackberry 5820, and checked the emails sent by his real estate agent.

I don't want to buy a house.

Tang Sen wants to reopen his LYD training camp.

This is where my career as a trainer began.

Tang Sen had a ambition to make his LYD famous throughout the basketball world and become a gold standard in the industry.

If you want to become stronger and shed the label of being a counterfeit product, choose LYD; you won't go wrong.

Tang Sen hasn't decided on the exact location yet.

Orlando is an option, but Townsend is also considering opening in Los Angeles.

After all, family is there.

Even after achieving success in his career, Tang Sen still prefers to spend more time with his family.

So Tang Sen asked Tang Ling to recommend a local real estate agent in Los Angeles to help him find some suitable venues.

There should be at least two basketball courts, and enough space to put fitness equipment.

He sent Tang Sen some emails, introducing some suitable properties.

As I was looking at it, someone handed me a folding chair.

Turning my head, I saw it was the stadium's security personnel.

"Sir, please sit down. Standing is tiring."

He smiled at Tang Sen, probably having gone out of his way to move the chair.

"Thank you."

Tang Sen was somewhat surprised and felt a sense of respect.

After I sat down, the security personnel stood not far away, as if they were my bodyguards.

"Is there something you want to say?" Tang Sen noticed that he was glancing at him out of the corner of his eye.

He was startled and quickly shook his head.

But after Tang Sen looked away, he cautiously asked, "Sir, do you think we can win the championship this year?"

Tang Sen looked at him; his face was full of unease, but deep in his eyes was longing.

Orlando fans still have a strong desire for the championship.

In 89, when Orlando was finally going to have an NBA team, the entire city of Orlando erupted with incredible enthusiasm.

At the time, I was 12 years old. In order to collect votes, I used my status as a basketball star at school to organize community activities and encourage people to vote for the name "Juice".

Unfortunately, Disney is too famous, and the phrase "come to the magic" is known to everyone in Orlando.

Otherwise, the Magic wouldn't be called the Magic anymore; they'd be the Orlando Juices.

Back then, the Water House Center was called Orlando Arena, unlike now, where it's always packed and tickets are hard to come by.

Tang Sen still remembers that the tickets were not cheap back then, and his mother had worked hard to save up money to bring him to the Water House Centre to watch the game for the first time on his birthday.

Even with the cheapest ticket to the top of the hill, Tang Sen couldn't even see who was who on the field.

All he knew was to join all the fans in chanting Reggie Toys's name.

Tang Sen snapped out of his daze, shrugged, and laughed, "I have no idea."

To win a championship, you need both skill and a bit of luck.

The security guard nodded and continued to stand by.

Tang Sen was about to lower his head when he suddenly heard him say, "Sir, I think we have a chance this year."

Tang Sen smiled, hoping so.

Before they had even finished reading the email, Ewing and Grant walked out of the locker room together.

She had already showered and changed her clothes, and had also received a simple massage from Guo Yonglin.

Upon seeing Tang Sen, Ewing patted Grant on the shoulder, signaling him to go first, and then walked over.

"Tang, I feel like something's wrong with Kwame."

Ewing leaned against the wall and whispered.

Tang Sen looked up, giving him an inquiring look.

Ewing looked around and said, "As soon as the game ended, I felt that he seemed a little... unhappy."

He paused for a moment, then looked for an accurate adjective.

“That’s right, he’s just unhappy.” Ewing nodded in confirmation, then said, “Don, that kid listens to you, do you want to talk to him?”

The team beat the Lakers, which is a great thing, but the team's core player is unhappy, which is a big deal.

Tang Sen looked up and thought for a moment.

"It should be fine."

Having spent so much time with this kid, Tang Sen could roughly guess what he was thinking.

"Are you sure?" Ewing asked back.

Tang Sen nodded and said, "He's probably upset because he lost to O'Neal."

"what?"

Ewing was taken aback.

If he remembers correctly, Brown finished with 17 points and 13 rebounds today.

Compared to O'Neal's 21 points and 12 rebounds, this performance was quite impressive.

It's fair to say that the two were constantly exchanging barbs.

Brown was even more efficient.

Even after all this, you're still not happy?
That's Shaquille O'Neal, and he was in his prime. You almost beat him to a pulp, and you're still not satisfied?

“I feel like he’s never really failed.” Tang Sen’s attention returned to the email.

Perhaps I prepared Brown too thoroughly, so he took off immediately after entering the league.

He started with star-level stats of 20 points and 10 rebounds, became the team's core player, won Player of the Week, Rookie of the Year, was selected for the All-Star Game, and became the youngest player to score 50 points. His career was incredibly smooth sailing.

It just went too smoothly.

After losing to O'Neal last time, he kept saying he wanted to gain weight.

He was resentful.

On the whiteboard by his bedside, he had written down the goal for this match: to win it.

He probably still had in mind the idea of ​​defeating O'Neal.

In the end, they still couldn't beat them.

They are unhappy because they are not satisfied with their current performance.

But Tang Sen thought it was fine; failure wasn't a bad thing for the kid, it would only motivate him to keep training hard.

As for whether the training will be too intense and ruin his health, he'll have to keep an eye on that himself.

“Speaking of which, Patrick, you’re quite experienced when it comes to failure, so you should have a good talk with him and share some of your experience,” Tang Sen said, looking up and joking.

The uncrowned king, Ewing's career can be described as full of disappointments.

Ewing rolled his eyes wildly. Anyone have experience with this?

"Okay, I'll talk to him later."

Ewing nodded. When it comes to winning the championship, the team's core players can't afford to have any mental issues.

After a day of rest, the Magic set off for Detroit to challenge the Pistons.

Tang Sen did not go with them.

He stayed in Orlando to continue training Sasser.

Early in the morning, only Tang Sen and his companion were in the empty training hall.

Sather essentially enjoyed all the badge bonuses by himself, resulting in an explosive effect.

During a training break, Tang Sen sat on the sidelines and casually opened a copy of the Sentinel Bulletin to read.

The media treated the Magic's victory over the Lakers like a holiday, conducting comprehensive and multi-faceted analysis and comparisons.

It can be said that it was only at this moment that the media across the United States began to take the rise of the Magic seriously and believed that the Magic had the strength to compete for the championship.

The Los Angeles media are in a panic.

The day after yesterday's game, the Los Angeles Times' front page headline was "We need to be stronger!"
His words were as if the sky had fallen.

It's said that if the Lakers don't strengthen their roster before the trade deadline, their great three-peat will be over.

As for the sentry report, he was naturally extremely excited.

But it's this title.

Tang Sen frowned.

Today's Sentinel newspaper headline is "The Biggest Hidden Danger to Winning the Championship."

The Magic currently have a full roster and can make some adjustments before the trade deadline to strengthen their bench depth.

However, they believe the biggest threat to winning the championship is injuries.

It also listed many cases from previous years.

Tang Sen understood what they meant; they probably meant well and wanted to remind the team to pay attention to injury management.

The problem is, aren't you afraid of jinxing the situation by saying this at this time?
Anyway, Tang Sen always felt that the Sentinel News editorial department had an extremely high level of idiocy, just like the water content of Orlando oranges.

"gentlemen."

Just then, Sather suddenly walked over.

He looked embarrassed and ashamed, but after hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke up and asked Tang Sen for help.

Tang Sen looked at Sather strangely.

Seeing this made him even more embarrassed, and he quickly waved his hand and said, "Then forget it."

As he spoke, he hurriedly tried to walk away.

"and many more."

Tang Sen stopped him and asked, "Are you short of money?"

Sather asked Tangsen for help, to talk to the team and see if he could get the away team's bonus.

When NBA players travel to away games, the team usually covers all expenses, including meals and accommodation. However, if you don't want to eat at the hotel's buffet, you can eat out on your own.

At this time, the team will give you a meal allowance.

The fee is $96.

Sasser is no longer playing according to the team's requirements, and in principle, he should receive a meal allowance for the away games he missed.

But Rivers may have forgotten about that.

After all, there's no precedent for this. Even if you're on the bench, you still have to go to away games with the team.

Then, Sather added that if possible, he would like to ask Tangsen to put in a good word for him and see if he could get an advance on his salary from the team.

Sather was a first-round pick, and Tang Sen remembered that his salary should be quite high, close to a million dollars.

How can they be so desperate that they need a $100 meal allowance?

Sather looked embarrassed and hesitated for a moment before saying, "I am indeed a little short of money."

NBA salaries are paid out starting November 15th each year, every two weeks, for a total of ten payments.

Sasser earns an annual salary of $90, which is paid out in a lump sum of $9.

It has been posted five times so far.

But he bought a Ferrari.

Then I bought my mother a house in Dallas, which I bought with a loan.

As a result, the purchase was a bit too luxurious, leading to high taxes and fees.

He also has a son to raise.

He maxed out his credit cards, and his wife still had to go to work.

Previously, they had to borrow money from Hunter to pay for Tangsen's training expenses.

“Sir, I’m even thinking of selling my car.” Sasser looked distressed.

He was only thinking about getting into the NBA and making big money, never imagining that he was just a small-time player with an annual salary of less than a million.

He looked at Tang Sen with a hint of expectation in his eyes, as if he wanted to sell the Ferrari to Tang Sen.

Tang Sen shook his head secretly.

This is a problem for many NBA players: they were too poor before, and when they suddenly made a lot of money, they spent it without any restraint.

Brown is a little better in this respect.

Aside from competitions and training, he had almost no entertainment activities, so naturally he had nowhere to spend his money.

However, with such a large family, his expenses are not small.

Fortunately, Brown earns a lot, so it's not a big problem.

"Okay, I'll talk to Doug later." Tang Sen nodded in agreement.

This meal allowance should have been given to him in the first place.

Then Tang Sen added, "Jeryl, since you're short of money, and as you said, you have family to take care of and children to raise, then you should seize this opportunity, train hard, and achieve results so you can earn money."

That's a good thing too.

Motivation comes from a lack of money.

Sather thanked him repeatedly and nodded vigorously.

He knew how rare this opportunity was.

To Tang Sen's surprise...

By helping Sather with this small favor, his trust level with [Believers] actually increased, reaching 21.

It was an unexpected surprise.

After the physical training ended, Tang Sen did not dismiss the group. Instead, he pulled Sather aside and watched the video for a while longer.

The team's video editing department compiled a highlight reel of Jordan's defensive plays.

Although Tang Sen may not be a fan of Jordan, he has to admit that Jordan was top-notch in both offense and defense.

In defense, he uses his excellent physical condition to put tremendous pressure on the attackers.

It's truly a pressing defense, or rather, an offensive defense.

By watching the video and explaining the details himself, Sather, wearing the "Brain" badge, can understand better and faster.

Guo Yonglin went to Detroit with the team, but the team also had a masseur.

Tang Sen pointed out the specific muscles, and the effect was quite good.

After the massage, Tang Sen watched a video for almost an hour before sending Sather back to catch up on sleep.

If you want to build muscle and achieve supercompensation, sleep is crucial.

When Sather mentioned wages, Tang Sen, who had returned home, suddenly remembered that it was February 1st.

You can now draw badges!

The first draw of the year, shouldn't we get off to a great start?

Taking a deep breath, Tang Sen chose to extract.

It's a hit, no air force (meaning no one is in the air force).

Then a touch of gold appeared, catching Tang Sen's eye.

Golden legend!
Congratulations on obtaining the Gold-level Badge - Charm

When I make my move, it's a unique style that belongs only to me.

[When training trainees, create a unique signature move tailored to their individual needs (which can be replaced). Training with this move will grant a 30% training bonus.]

After reading the description of this badge, Tang Sen had only one thought: What a coincidence.

He had been planning to see if he could train Brown to develop a special skill to improve Brown's ability to solve difficult problems.

With this badge, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Not bad.

Tang Sen nodded to himself, thinking that with such a good start, his career should be booming this year.

……

The Magic won the game against the Pistons cleanly and decisively.

Although Ben Wallace's defense made Brown very uncomfortable and caused his efficiency to drop significantly, he still contributed 21 points and 9 rebounds.

The Pistons still couldn't solve their offensive stagnation problem. Even though they only allowed the Magic to score 84 points, they themselves only scored 77 points.

After returning to Orlando, the Magic faced their last major opponent before the All-Star Game.

Spurs!

Rivers also sees this game as very important.

What if the Lakers slip up this year and the Spurs make it out of the West?

This match can also be seen as a preview of the finals.

In the last game, Jackson looked down on the Magic, but he was still humble, saying it was just an ordinary game and he should take it easy.

But when it came to Popovich, he used his own unique humor to express his ambition.

"Their record is indeed better than ours, but the East, you know how it is."

"Moreover, if we only look at the record, the Magic swept the Lakers twice. If we win today and sweep the Magic twice, wouldn't that prove that we are stronger than the Lakers?"

"If that's the case, does that mean I can buy the wine to celebrate winning the championship in advance?"

These words inevitably reached Rivers' ears.

"What do you mean? Are you looking down on us? We're in the East, but our record is still the undisputed third in the league," Johnny Davis muttered indignantly.

Rivers was also unhappy.

I still feel a little regretful.

Knowing that the old man was being sarcastic towards him, he shouldn't have been so polite before the match.

But it doesn't matter, there is still a chance.

After winning the game, Rivers wants to see what Popovich will say next.

The Lakers won, so what are the Spurs compared to them?

To Rivers' surprise, the Magic lost the game.

There are many reasons.

For example, Brown, the center, is often double-teamed by Duncan.

Then there's another reason: McGrady.

With nine minutes remaining in the third quarter, Bowen leaped up to block McGrady's shot.

He reached his hand too far forward and accidentally poked McGrady in the eye.

McGrady immediately covered his face and squatted down.

He couldn't open his left eye at all, so he took all the free throws with only one eye after that.

After the penalty was handed out, he had to leave the court to deal with the situation. He didn't return to the court until there were more than three minutes left in the fourth quarter, in an attempt to salvage the game.

But shortly after entering the game, while attempting a layup, he fell to the ground under the double-team of Duncan and Bowen.

Rivers angrily yelled at the referee.

Throughout the game, Bowen used this method against McGrady, employing all sorts of dirty tricks.

Tang Sen, standing on the sidelines, was startled.

I'm worried that McGrady might injure his back or back.

Fortunately, the last few minutes were completed without any major incidents.

The Spurs won the game 83-89, a six-point advantage.

After the game, when facing reporters, Popovich simply shrugged, as if to say, "See? I told you we could win."

Rivers, on the other hand, was extremely frustrated.

When a reporter asked how the Magic would respond if the Spurs made it to the Finals, Rivers bluntly replied, "What would I respond to?"

He retorted loudly, his words dripping with sarcasm: "You're talking as if the Spurs can beat the Lakers?"

"When they have the ability to break out of the West, come ask me this question again, and I will definitely tell you the answer then."

After saying that, Rivers stormed off the scene in a huff.

(End of this chapter)