Basketball trainer, I created a super giant

Chapter 462 The strong never complain about the environment

At the training camp.

Tangsen hired several sparring partners for Durant to train him on how to deal with players of different body types.

The sparring partner on the field right now is named Pedro, and he's a short guy who's 1.96 meters tall.

With his height, he will have a certain advantage in speed.

Therefore, when defending Durant, he can stay closer to him.

If Durant moves to the shooting guard position in the future, he will inevitably face a lot of smaller players with advantages in speed and agility.

If these players were to defend Durant, they wouldn't be able to leave him any room to maneuver.

With Durant's height and wingspan, he could easily pull up for the ball.

The correct defensive approach is to engage in close, physical battles and exploit Durant's high center of gravity by attempting to steal the ball.

Then Tang Sen needs to train Durant specifically to address this situation.

Pedro is very experienced and as strong as an ox.

He stayed close to Durant, providing timely resistance, his hand always pressed against Durant, occasionally nudging him.

And if you're not careful, you might try to cut the ball.

Durant was heavily harassed. He dribbled behind his back, changed direction, lowered his waist and bent over, used his shoulders to clear a path, used his strength to push Pedro aside, and then forced his way in to gain a positional advantage.

With a thud, Durant blew past Pedro and slammed home a dunk.

After the attack succeeded, Townsend called a timeout on the sidelines and severely criticized Durant.

“Kevin, I’ve told you many times, don’t rely on your body.” Tang Sen stepped forward, took the ball, and demonstrated Durant’s movements to him.

The same behind-the-back dribble, with the waist lowered and body bent to make a drive, caused Pedro to instinctively retreat. While moving his feet to follow up, at the moment of the body bump, he exerted force with his left foot, took a step back and bounced outward, and then pulled up to shoot.

Pedro instinctively retreated to defend, but was bumped again, completely shifting his center of gravity and making it impossible for him to lunge forward.

Even though he was aware of it, his body stumbled and he almost tripped.

Doing this requires a great deal of control over the body, explosive power from the left foot, and core control after the step back.

That was a very difficult goal.

But Tang Sen believes that with Durant's current physical condition, he can complete such an offensive play.

"Kevin, my first request is that you reduce your reliance on physical means and choose to use technology to gain opportunities, because technology is the most powerful weapon."

With his physical attributes, Durant can overpower 99% of players.

After all, those who are the same height as him are not as fast, those who are shorter than him are not as strong, and those who are not very tall.

However, this can lead to a bad misconception: relying too much on the body and neglecting technique.

this is not right.

Technology should be prioritized; only after possessing superior technology should one utilize superior physical abilities.

"Secondly, I hope you will practice scoring difficult goals."

That is, to the point where even if the enemy only has one soldier, I will deploy an aircraft carrier and bombard them with cruise missiles.

It's like using an anti-aircraft gun to kill a mosquito.

"Just like solving a problem, there are simple solutions and difficult solutions for a simple problem."

"And I require you to solve problems in a difficult way. Only when you develop this awareness and habit, and master advanced problem-solving methods, will you be able to do anything in the future, no matter what situation you face."

To lift heavy objects with ease, you first need to have the skill to lift them.

Durant stood there for a moment, nodded, and took the ball to continue.

Tang Sen returned to the sidelines.

Connors, who was also present, couldn't help but say, "Don, your expectations of Kevin are way too high."

In that last play, Durant used his strong physique to push past the defender, took a step, and scored. In his opinion, this was also the optimal way.

Tang Sen shook his head, offering no explanation to Connors.

Since the goal is to become a basketball god, high standards must be set. Just like training from inside skills to outside skills, Tang Sen also follows the principle of starting from simple to difficult, and then from difficult to simple in terms of specific skill development.

Just like Jordan, his playing style often involves making ordinary shots, but he chooses to do so in a superstar-level, extremely difficult way.

That's what makes him so great.

An average player might only have a few highlight moments in their entire career, scoring goals at a superstar level.

Jordan, on the other hand, could produce results effortlessly.

Seeing that Tang Sen didn't explain, Connors wisely kept quiet.

Discussing training methods in front of Tang Sen is like showing off your skills in front of Guan Yu (a legendary swordsman).

"Tang, I saw on the news that you're planning to host this year's lottery?" Connors asked cautiously.

Tang Sen nodded.

The NBA has officially announced it.

Connors pressed on, "So...which team will get the number one pick?"

Tang Sen could tell what he was thinking just by looking at his expression, and shook his head, saying, "I have no idea."

Connors chuckled, "Don, you must know."

In recent years, how the Knicks and Suns obtained their number one draft picks is something that anyone with eyes to see knows.

People always say that there's no possibility of cheating in the lottery process, but how can something done by humans be completely free of cheating?

So where Durant goes depends on where the league wants him to go.

“I really don’t know.” Tang Sen smiled and patted Connors on the shoulder. “Ryan, don’t think too much about it. Just understand that no matter where Kevin goes, he will become the best player on the planet.”

"And you, my old buddy, you're going to make a lot of money."

Tang Sen also subtly asked Stern about this issue.

Ask Stern if he had any ideas.

He intentionally assigned the number one draft pick to the Knicks and Suns.

But this time, Stern's answer was no.

I don't know if it's true or if it's an act.

Tang Sen later realized that it might be because this was a number one draft pick of Jordan caliber.

If Durant truly possesses Jordan's abilities, then it wouldn't matter where he goes.

He'll be a darling of the big markets.

Go to a small-market team, and that small-market team can also thrive because of him.

The Bulls' rise to a dynasty, their global influence, and their status as an NBA icon were never due to the team itself, but rather to Michael Jordan.

Jordan made the Bulls what they are today.

Wherever he goes, attention follows.

Even if he went to the Wizards, he could still turn a terrible market like the Wizards into a huge market, with tickets selling out.

Therefore, from this perspective, Durant can go anywhere.

Strong people never complain about their environment; only weak people blame fate and others, thinking that they didn't win the championship because their team wasn't good enough or they didn't have strong teammates.

Moreover, due to the million-dollar training camp, the strength of strong and weak teams in the league is now leveling out, so Tang Sen thinks it's fine to go anywhere.

This time, the draw will be truly fair, simply a matter of who has better luck.

Furthermore, with all the teams in the league tanking like this, wouldn't leaking insider information just invite complaints?

It all comes down to luck; whoever is lucky gets the top scholar's spot.

This way, the dust will be settled, saving the teams that didn't win from complaining.

Thinking about this, Tang Sen suddenly wondered if this year's lottery could be made public.

(End of this chapter)