Basketball trainer, I created a super giant

Chapter 347 A Basketball in One Hand, a Bible in the Other

After morning training ended, Guo Yonglin arrived just in time and gave Howard a massage. Tang Sen then sent him back to rest.

Before leaving, he specifically instructed Ethan to keep everything as usual.

We still need to keep a strict eye on him.

He continued to play the role of the "good cop."

During the staggered training sessions in the afternoon, Tang Sen could clearly sense that Howard was much more focused.

He was holding back a lot of energy and practicing hard.

He's a 19-year-old teenager, it's impossible for him not to have this much temper.

But that's not enough; we need to continue observing.

In the evening game, the Knicks did not give the Bulls a chance to come back.

Wallace effectively limited Sprewell.

And the Bulls didn't give him a chance for revenge.

Tangsen saw it clearly from the sidelines. When Sprewell found his rhythm in the second quarter and hit two consecutive three-pointers, scoring eight points in just three minutes, Bulls head coach Scott Skiles quickly called a timeout.

They were closing the gap, Sprewell found his rhythm, and the team gained momentum, but he called a timeout.

Sprewell was furious as he walked off the field, and even across the technical table, Tang Sen could hear his dissatisfied complaints.

Skiles ignored him.

After that timeout, Sprewell's touch was gone.

Tang Sen understood: the Bulls didn't want to win.

This is to secure the top scorer spot.

After I decided to train Howard, the bottom-ranked teams in the league almost coincidentally started losing games.

The Bulls won't fall behind at this point.

Ultimately, the Knicks defeated the Bulls 118-97, a 21-point victory.

They won 79.

If we beat the Wizards in the next game, it will be a historic 80 wins.

After this game, the Knicks can rest for two days, and they don't have another game until the 10th.

The team did not schedule training the next day.

But Howard's training will not stop.

It's still five o'clock in the morning.

Tangsen has simulated a training plan suitable for Howard, and it will be officially implemented today.

First, get your body in shape.

We will not arrange for medication.

It's only April, and there are still six months until the new season starts. He has plenty of time to train slowly without needing to use drugs to speed things up.

Tang Sen immediately noticed that Howard, who had been training diligently the day before, had lost all his energy after taking a nap.

Tedsky also noticed this and whispered, "Don, this kid's a bit lazy."

Tang Sen nodded, gradually figuring out Howard's personality.

There are people with that kind of personality, like those who shout slogans like "I want to work hard, I want to become stronger" and then pick up a book and start reading furiously.

After a good night's sleep, everything was back to normal.

This is due to a lack of self-control and being too prone to laziness.

To put it bluntly, as Tedersky said, it's laziness.

Tedsky suggested that they bring Gazurich over and torture him again.

"also."

Tang Sen thought for a moment, then sent a message to Gazurich, asking him to come over at seven o'clock later.

I've just finished practicing here, so I'll give Howard a good beating.

Tang Sen also wanted to try it out; after being repeatedly humiliated, how would Howard choose to react?

Is it a case of learning from shame and striving for improvement, or is it a case of giving up entirely and giving up entirely?

At seven o'clock, Gazuric and Dulin arrived together.

Dulin's enthusiasm is truly admirable; this year also happens to be the final year of his contract.

With the season over, it's unclear whether he wants to stay with the Knicks or take his championship title and pursue a big contract with another team.

Gazuric immediately started taking off his clothes to warm up.

Looks like yesterday's torture wasn't enough.

Seeing Gadzuric energized Howard again.

After all, I was just tortured yesterday.

But the result remained the same: the gap in ability between the two was too great.

Gadzuric played more aggressively today. He has developed some ball-handling skills now, and his shot selection was quite good.

Last summer, at least I learned something from Hakeem Olajuwon and the others.

Then he charged in and slammed it in, even with Howard in the middle, completing a face-first dunk over him.

Howard pursed his lips, feeling wronged.

Gazurich saw this and felt a pang of pity.

During the matchup, he could feel Howard's talent; his turning speed and jumping rate were far superior to his own.

But he's too inexperienced and lacks practice.

How long have you been practicing?

Gazuric had no doubt that Howard, after a summer of hard training, would be able to easily defeat him.

When Tang Sen called a halt, Gazurich glanced at Howard one last time, but could only pretend he hadn't seen him.

He also came from nothing, so he can empathize with her.

As always, Tang Sen said nothing, just waved his hand, signaling Howard to go get a massage.

Watching him leave, Gazurich whispered to Dulin, "Did I hit him too hard just now?"

Dulin nodded slightly.

It looks like the child is about to cry from being hit.

"This should be considered a form of resilience training," said Gazuric. "But I'm worried that the kid won't be able to handle it."

Don't let your cruel treatment shatter Howard's basketball dream.

“Kenyan, you live next door. If things aren’t going well, why don’t you give him some encouragement?”

Gazurich believed that people are different.

Some people can endure all of this, and no matter what setbacks they face, they can stay true to their original aspirations.

But some people just can't do it.

Gazurich felt that Howard was more like the latter, and that such a person needs encouragement from others.

Dulin pondered for a moment, then nodded.

But Dulin really didn't know how to specifically encourage them.

You can't just run up to Howard and tell him he has to endure it and work hard.

Dulin is simply not good at this kind of thing.

Tangsen's attempt has yielded a result: Howard remains the same.

During the afternoon training session, you could tell he was trying his best.

But as the night passed, he still habitually slacked off. Tang Sen thought this kid was just carefree, with a kind of nonchalant attitude that no matter how many frustrating things happened that day, he could wake up after a good night's sleep and it would be a brand new day.

He doesn't take anything to heart.

If he continues like this, the training effect of that summer will definitely not be very good.

Training really requires a lot of personal motivation.

Tang Sen considered whether to change his approach.

Instead of adversity training, we'll use encouragement-based education.

But I'm also afraid that if I do that, he'll become arrogant and just as complacent.

Tang Sen felt that he still needed to find the most fundamental motivation for this kid.

Like Kwame Brown, whose initial motivation was simple: to make money so that his mother, who had worked hard to raise him, could have a better life.

He witnessed firsthand how hard his mother worked and knew that playing ball was his only chance to change his destiny.

Yao Ming is the same.

He harbors deep ambitions and even carries the dream of Chinese basketball on his shoulders.

He was equally motivated, ruthless enough to himself, and would start losing weight whenever he wanted.

But Howard didn't.

He came from a middle-class family and had never experienced poverty, so he didn't know the hardships and suffering of life.

He was also extremely well protected by his parents, showered with love and affection, and never failed.

Howard may also want to become an NBA player and make it to the NBA, but his desire is not as strong as Brown's.

He lacks this core motivation, which makes him prone to complacency.

No wonder Riley said that his biggest problem was that his family wasn't poor enough.

Tang Sen felt he needed to guide him, to help him find his purpose at the age of 19, a time when he was full of curiosity about the world yet also confused.

Having a goal gives him the motivation to train hard.

If this point cannot be found, Tang Sen feels that it's best to give up early and find someone else.

After another day of practice, Howard was required to return to school for his social practice class.

That evening, Goodwin picked Howard up from the apartment. They would fly back to Atlanta that night, go to class the next day, and then fly back to New York that evening.

This is the only way to meet the required class hours for graduation.

In the apartment, Howard simply packed a bag, his face beaming with excitement. As he closed the door, he said goodbye to Ethan.

Then he slammed the door shut.

Ethan was taken aback.

There's something wrong with this kid!

The two of them rarely communicate.

It's not like I'm suddenly being polite by saying goodbye to myself now.

Perhaps it was a genuine outpouring of emotion, but the kid was about to slip away.

Ethan came to the balcony and saw Howard jumping around to greet Goodwin. He immediately got into the car and told Goodwin to hurry up and leave.

Ethan became even more certain of his idea.

After hesitating for a moment, Ethan called Tang Sen and expressed his concerns.

On the phone, Tang Sen remained calm, finally saying, "It's alright, let him go back."

Tang Sen had already noticed this during training this afternoon.

Howard had an urgent feeling that he was finally going to be free.

He must have planned it all out; this time he goes home, he'll never come back.

Tang Sen ignored it.

At this point, we need to see if his family can give him motivation.

If that doesn't work, then we'll try another method.

He said he could give up, but Tang Sen had been thinking about it for the past two days.

Among this year's rookies, it seems there's really no center with better talent than him, or rather, no player more suited to Stern's plans.

From this perspective, he still has a chance to be saved.

Not to mention that this kid isn't a bad person at heart.

After getting to know him, Tang Sen didn't dislike him.

He's always cheerful and likable as long as he's not training.

Tang Sen had made a plan: after the Hornets game on the 12th, he would travel to Atlanta alone during the last two away games.

It's not far from New Orleans.

On April 10th, the Knicks will play the Wizards on the road.

On that day, Goodwin also received news that felt like the sky was falling.

Howard has run away from home!

Goodwin wasn't worried that Howard would get into any trouble; he was a grown man, how could he really get lost?

His concern was that Howard wouldn't be able to return to New York on time.

If Howard misses training, Tang Sen gets angry and gives up on him, which leaves Goodwin dumbfounded.

"Go find it."

When Goodwin saw old Howard, he was so anxious he jumped up and down.

The flight is at 8 PM, and I must find Howard before then.

Old Howard had worked as a mounted police officer and had some connections; a few hours later, the person was found.

Howard didn't do anything outrageous; he just went to a motel, ordered pizza and hamburgers, bought a brand-new game console, and stayed in the motel playing games.

"I'm not going to New York."

Howard's attitude was adamant, which made Goodwin so anxious that he wanted to just kidnap him.

It's impossible to tie him to the plane; all Goodwin can do is have Old Howard persuade Howard.

The couple tried their best to persuade him, but Howard completely ignored them, simply saying he wasn't going.

He argued, "I know he's the best, but I can still make it to the NBA without following him."

Goodwin, standing outside the door, turned pale.

With Howard's talent, he will definitely be able to enter the NBA.

But whether or not you follow Tang Sen is a completely different matter.

He doesn't dare contact Tang Sen now, knowing that Tang Sen has gone to the away game with the team. He just wants to persuade Howard to change his mind before Tang Sen returns to New York.

The couple tried everything, but to no avail.

There was nothing else to do, so the next day they took Howard to church, hoping that God could guide this lost child.

The effect is really there.

So much so that when Tang Sen arrived in Atlanta on the 13th and heard about the situation, he was completely taken aback.

I knew Howard was religious, but I didn't expect him to actually believe in these things.

Tang Sen suddenly felt that this approach might also work.

You may not listen to your trainer, but you should at least listen to God.

God is making you train hard.

He met his match, holding a basketball in one hand and a Bible in the other, chanting about the eternal Holy Light, and drawing a cross to defeat his opponent.

God's warrior?
(End of this chapter)