Basketball trainer, I created a super giant

Chapter 456 Who taught him to shoot free throws like that?
Before the game started, a reporter came to interview Tang Sen, asking him what kind of magic he had used to make O'Neal lose so much weight.

The intensive training camp lasted for three months.

When O'Neal appeared after the training camp ended, it immediately caused a sensation across the United States.

He really did lose weight.

The kind that's visible to the naked eye.

At the Lakers' media day for the new season, Jackson excitedly announced O'Neal's latest weight: 152 kilograms.

It weighs only 335 pounds!

This weight is back to what O'Neal had when he won his first championship.

In Jackson's words, it felt like a dream.

The reporter asking the question looked expectant, as if asking on behalf of all those across America who are struggling with obesity.

However, Tang Sen's answer was simple and straightforward: "Eat less and exercise more."

This answer left the reporter who asked the question speechless.

Everyone in the world knows that this can help you lose weight, but the problem is that no one can do it easily.

Seeing that Tang Sen had no desire to answer the question, the reporter quickly asked about Bynum's situation.

In yesterday's opening game, the Knicks hosted the Celtics.

This was also Bynum's debut.

Then comes the highest difficulty level, where you directly face the ultimate boss, Yao Ming.

The result was that Bynum got completely destroyed.

Yao Ming scored 33 points, 14 rebounds, and 11 assists.

Last season he tried to win the scoring title, but he ran into a league-wide statistical explosion.

Iverson is averaging almost 35 points per game.

Under these circumstances, the difficulty of becoming the top scorer is self-evident.

It would be better to focus on your strengths, rack up assists, and then aim for a triple-double average.

However, Bynum's performance was also commendable, as he repeatedly scored in the low post despite Yao Ming's defense.

He scored 19 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, and added 2 blocks.

A rookie broke Jermaine O'Neal's record for youngest player to appear in a game. At just 18 years and 5 days old, he put on such a performance against the world's best center. Danny Ainge must be laughing all the way to the bank.

The Knicks won this game, but not with the overwhelming dominance they had shown in the previous two years.

Swift scored 22 points, while Pierce added 31.

This summer, after turning down a trade with the Lakers, Ainge decisively sent LaFrentz to the Timberwolves, acquiring Szczerbiak in return for what each team wanted.

The current Celtics can field a starting lineup of Bynum, Swift, Pierce, Szczerbiak, and Delonte West.

The lineup is good.

"It's alright," Tang Sen's assessment was simple.

Compared to the top draft picks he produced in previous years, and considering he was facing Yao Ming at his peak, this performance is acceptable and befits his status as the top draft pick.

The match started at 8 p.m.

The Nuggets have been performing poorly in the Western Conference, and head coach George Karl didn't expect to beat the Lakers.

However, O'Neal gave Camby a surprise right from the start.

He used the same old trick: he positioned Camby in the low post, and after the ball was lobbed in, before Harvey could pounce, he quickly turned towards the baseline and cut to the basket.

Every big man in the NBA knows that Shaquille O'Neal has this move, but no one can stop him.

Meanwhile, Camby, who was also in the Western Conference, faced off against O'Neal more than once throughout the season, and he knew how terrifying O'Neal's strength was.

But today is a little different.

Last season, O'Neal was still like an eighteen-wheeled truck, or a giant ship. Once he started, he would roll and crush everything in his path, mercilessly crushing any attempt to stop him.

However, because of its large size, the start-up will be relatively slow.

It's simply illogical for a 10,000-ton ship to start like a speedboat.

But today, O'Neal's turn and backward push were like a supercar launching from a standstill.

Although he was pushed aside, Camby felt like he had been hit and thrown by a car traveling at 100 miles per hour.

There was a clang.

It was the sound of the basketball hoop trembling.

Camby glanced at O'Neal hanging on the rim, his expression changing slightly. The guy had lost weight, but his speed was back, and he sensed that O'Neal's strength hadn't changed much.

Camby went to the training camp last year but didn't go this year. He never expected O'Neal to have such a change.

“Donnell.” Camby immediately tugged at Harvey, giving him a look that said, “Help me.”

Even someone like O'Neal couldn't handle it alone.

But Harvey couldn't do anything about it.

Through hard work and with the help of Tang Sen, he defied fate and achieved a near-star level career, establishing himself in the NBA.

However, his height remains the biggest bottleneck restricting his development.

A small forward's height inevitably means he lacks sufficient weight to play power forward, especially against a monster like Shaquille O'Neal. It's tough.

drop!
The whistle sounded.

Two players combined to barely stop O'Neal by fouling him.

Well, O'Neal's free throws are terrible.

The thought flashed through Camby's mind.

But Harvey's face was only solemn.

O'Neal stepped up to the free-throw line.

Jackson, who had been sitting calmly on the sidelines, couldn't help but get up and come to the sidelines to watch.

Not only him, but all the Lakers' bench players and assistant coaches instinctively came to the sidelines.

They all knew that O'Neal, with the help of Townsend, had developed an incredible free throw technique.

The key issue is that this kind of free throw is far too arrogant.

Using that in a match is really annoying.

At the same time, and also the biggest problem, is its accuracy.

O'Neal said it was very accurate, and they even tested it in training camp, but until the game, nobody really knows how accurate it is.

Not only those off the court, but even the Lakers players on the court were all watching with bated breath.

This attention pleased O'Neal greatly.

He walked to the free-throw line with anticipation, thinking to himself that it was going to be broadcast live across the United States again today.

Tomorrow's newspapers and media should be filled with reports of him lifting the sky with one hand to shoot a free throw.

The referee threw the basketball.

The Pepsi Center was noisy.

But as O'Neal dribbled the ball twice, then stood up with his left hand on his hip and his head held high, an eerie silence fell over the stands.

"Fuck, what is he going to do?"

Tang Sen, standing on the sidelines, clearly heard a fan exclaim behind him.

The Nuggets' bench on the other side stared wide-eyed.

George Carr, who was talking to the teaching assistant, also turned his head sharply, his face full of shock.

I've never seen such an arrogant way of taking a free throw.

Or rather, did they give up?
Since they couldn't really punish them anyway, they might as well just go all out and pretend to be cool.

George Karl thought O'Neal was capable of doing this.

Surrounded by whispers and exclamations, O'Neal's vanity was greatly satisfied, and he couldn't help but smile.

Once the basketball is lifted with the right hand, the muscle memory developed during training begins to take effect.

With a quick glance, the three points aligned perfectly; the upper arm remained still, but the wrist and forearm flicked slightly, and the basketball slipped from the hand.

If you look at the trajectory of a basketball, it's a parabola that's close to 45 degrees.

Amidst countless gasps of surprise, the basketball nimbly slid into the hoop.

It's still hollow!

O'Neal clapped his hands excitedly and proudly ran to the sidelines to give Tangsen a thumbs-up in response.

His excited expression showed he was faking it.

George Carr jumped to his feet.

No, who taught him to take free throws like that?
(End of this chapter)