This Forward is Not Serious

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After the draft, Lin Ying did not return to Denver. Instead, he went to Phoenix with Durant, Holiday and Jimmy Butler.

It was previously agreed that Nash would train with Nash this summer, but many more people went than planned.

Nash was also shocked when he saw this battle.

Those who didn’t know better thought they were here to cause trouble.

Of course, after the training started, the two groups separated.

Nash and Lin Ying played together, while Durant played with his two juniors.

"Passing is a skill that requires very high vision, awareness, and even tacit understanding with teammates. It is more difficult than many people think."

Nash is an old passer when he opens his mouth.

"But these are all things you already have."

Lin Ying: It’s quite Versailles.

"But no basketball skill is independent. To pass the ball well, you must also have enough offensive threats and excellent ball control skills."

These two points are what Lin Ying lacks now.

Although his ball handling has been improving, it is still not enough.

This is actually the key reason for his lack of offensive threat.

A very simple example, if your ability to hold the ball is strong enough, you can break through the opponent and score before the double attack, instead of waiting for the double attack to come up and then pass the ball.

Therefore, if you want to practice passing, you must first control the ball.

Nash's ball-handling training method is very special.

He first showed Lin Ying... one-finger dribbling.

As the name suggests, it is to dribble the ball quickly and in place with the middle finger at a low amplitude.

Then there is the three-finger alternating dribbling, and then the fingertip figure-8 dribbling...

Lin Ying was dumbfounded by this operation.

So... showy?

Is this ball control?

He was clearly playing the piano!

Then came the even better show.

Dribble the ball in multiple directions with one hand, from the side to the front of the body, then to the back, and then to the V shape with one hand.

The ball felt like it was glued to my hand.

Finally, there is a period of dribbling while traveling in a circle.

It is to perform a series of dribbling operations such as acceleration, crotch, and back body in an elliptical circle of a fixed size.

The man and the ball are one, dazzled.

The entire training process only takes about ten minutes, but the technical content is the same.

By the time she finished reading, Lin Ying was already full of anticipation.

Now that you’ve seen enough, it’s time to get started.

He first learned to dribble with one finger.

This training is mainly to improve the ball feel and reduce mistakes.

Because many times during the game it is easy for you to lose full control of the ball. At this time, it is very important to use your fingers to control the ball.

And just like Nash said that basketball skills will not be divided separately, this will actually be of great benefit to passing.

Because many times when passing a ball, you rely on your fingers to correct the angle.

The flexibility of your fingers determines the accuracy of your transmission and control.

After the first day of training, Lin Ying felt that his fingers were a little numb.

This training makes my fingers a bit useless.

Lin Ying massaged his fingers on the sidelines.

At this time, Nash came over and threw him a bottle of water, then sat down next to him.

The two chatted for a while, and Nash became concerned about his transaction.

"Do you know where you will go?"

Nash took a sip of water and asked.

"about there."

Lin Ying gave a rough answer.

After the last chat with Kobe, he had communicated with Walken Dean.

Although Warken Dean previously said that they have a summer to deal with matters, matters such as transactions are basically completed in early July.

Even a deal like Garnett's move to the Celtics that was only officially announced in August was already negotiated before.

Because early July is the time for free agent signing.

If he keeps putting it off, both the Nuggets and his new team will miss opportunities to strengthen.

Of course, although Lin Ying and Walken Dean had similar conversations, there was no result yet.

Because when it comes to transactions, it doesn’t mean that if you have had contact with them before, you will be able to conclude the negotiation if you are sure.

There are many transaction details involved.

No one wants to suffer a loss in a transaction, as one detail may cause the transaction to fall through.

There are so many examples of this in the NBA, it can even be said that most of the rumors you see that fail to come to fruition are basically because of this.

Furthermore, like the previous Rockets trade example, maybe after the general managers of both parties have finished negotiating, the boss will give you a veto, and it will be in vain.

So Lin Ying gave Walken Dean a list of expectations before.

If the first expected team cannot go, he will go to the second one, and so on, ranking the six teams.

So if you ask him where he will end up, he won't know.

That's why he said the same thing.

However, the draft is over, and the door to the free market in July is about to open.

His trade should be finalized soon.

"Would you like my advice?"

Nash then spoke.

Lin Ying nodded and said of course.

Each super giant has his own unique experience, which will eventually become a unique experience.

Kobe's previous advice to him to be selfish and follow his heart can be said to be a reflection of his many years of career.

Including Nash's next insights, it should be the same.

And unlike Kobe, Nash took the initiative to give the advice, which was more likely to be his heartfelt words that he thought would be useful to Lin Ying.

"It's very stressful to compete for a championship as a star player."

The first sentence Nash spoke revealed another level of understanding.

Champions are actually divided into two categories: one is as a leading star, and the other is as a non-leading star.

Of course, a pure champion like Sun Yue is not within the scope of this discussion.

"If you are lucky enough, you can do what Kobe did last season. If you are less lucky, you are where I am now."

Nash couldn't help laughing when he said this.

That smile looked a little sad.

For a superstar, not having a championship in his career is very painful.

Ewing, Malone, Barkley, Iverson, including Nash, the uncrowned king has always weakened their quality.

In contrast, Nowitzki and Pierce have greatly improved their historical status with one championship.

And there's nothing wrong with what Nash said. If Gasol hadn't been traded, Kobe might have gone to the Bulls.

It remains to be seen whether there will be a fourth or even more championships.

"So my advice to you is, if you have the opportunity to fight for the championship at this stage, go for it first."

Nash's next words proved Lin Ying's previous suspicion.

This is indeed what I say from the bottom of my heart.

The heartfelt words from an uncrowned king!

This idea can be summed up in six words: success first, then establishing a career.

And this doesn't conflict with what Kobe said before.

Everything is only about yourself. As long as you are strong enough, you will be able to establish a career sooner or later.

Lin Ying was just thinking about it when Nash's next words almost jumped out of his head.

"So, what do you think about coming to the Suns?"

…

On the second day of training, Durant also brought Holiday and Butler over.

Finally, "summer training together" turned into "Nash's ball-handling training class has begun!"

Nash: Do I have to charge a fee?

A few days later, Nash felt a little stressed.

Because the training of these four guys is really crazy!

sore hands? I moved an ice bucket directly to the training hall!

hand pain? Just tie it with soft tape and continue!

Nash wiped his sweat and thought, what the hell did he hit?

Are all the players produced by the University of Texas so crazy?

But among this group, Lin Ying has made the fastest progress.

There is no other reason. Lin Ying's understanding ability is too strong.

It feels like a precise calculation instrument that can maximize training efficiency.

Although he had known Lin Ying for a long time, it was at this moment that he finally understood why Lin Ying could improve so quickly and could compete with Anthony for the top spot in the second year.

The potential of most players can be seen, and even golfers can see it through games.

But this guy has an invisible potential!

Really like!

It's a pity that Lin Ying didn't respond positively to his invitation before.

Moreover, he didn’t ask further questions.

After all, he knows the situation of the Suns best.

People age, and so do teams.

The Pistons' top five will be almost scattered in the new season, the Spurs are also going downhill, and the sun will set in the west.

Although he has many regrets, he failed to avenge the Spurs and failed to bring a championship to Phoenix.

But like his entire career in microcosm, regret has been the theme.

…

One day later, the time came to July 1st.

The NBA's annual free agency is coming.

From this day until the trade deadline in February, players whose contracts expire have the right to negotiate and sign with new teams.

It's like the league has opened a big fish pond, and each team chooses the ones that are suitable for them to buy home.

Of course, there are only a few big fish, so it’s first come, first served.

It is worth mentioning that after the free market officially opens, there is an 11-day "freezing period."

During this period, players can reach a verbal agreement with the team, but this agreement does not have legal effect.

Therefore, there will be things like "Rebel" Boozer, and in the future there will also be things like "Qiao Shouxin" DeAndre Jordan.

But those are just exceptions after all, and most verbal signings will eventually be converted into formal signings.

After all, most players will stay in the league for a long time, and reputation is still very important.

And it is precisely because of this that most transactions will be completed at this time.

The reason is also very simple. The signing of many players requires salary space.

If both parties are interested in each other and have no salary space, trading is a must.

It was at this time that Lin Ying began to pay attention to the free agent market after training.

Especially the teams he is interested in.

Warken Dean will be very busy during this period, and the transaction is bilateral, and those teams may give up the transaction to get other favorite players.

The free market is inherently changeable.

On only the second day, a piece of news broke out in the free market.

The Nets and Rockets reached a deal, using Carter to get Tracy McGrady + a 2010 second-round pick!

Lin Ying was stunned.

This is not a butterfly effect, this is a Kunpeng flapping its wings!

But if you think about it carefully, this actually makes sense.

There are two backgrounds here.

1. In addition to being in contact with the Pistons last season, the Rockets were also in contact with the Nets. There were even rumors that they were preparing to trade Tracy McGrady for Carter + Ryan Anderson.

The reason the deal didn't happen was that McGrady himself revealed on social media that he would undergo surgery.

This directly caused the deal to fall through, and also caused the relationship between Tracy McGrady and the Rockets to extremely deteriorate.

2. Yao Ming is still doing well.

Although Alexander is stingy, Yao Ming is still there, so Mosaic naturally wants to strengthen.

The most direct evidence is that after trading for Carter, the Rockets renewed Artest's contract with a five-year, $34 million contract.

In history, Artest said more than once after his retirement that Yao Ming was his best teammate, even better than Kobe.

In history, he switched to the Lakers because Yao Ming was reimbursed for the season, and McGrady was exempted from playing. Without hope of winning, he would naturally not stay.

But the situation is different now. Yao Ming is healthy and Carter is here again. The hope of winning is still high, so he will naturally stay.

This series of signings has also had a relatively large impact on Lin Ying.

The first is the most directly related. The Nets, a team that Lin Ying expected to be ranked sixth, has basically been wiped out.

In fact, when he first saw the trade plan proposed by Walken Dean, he also felt that the Nets had little hope.

Anthony can't even tolerate a second-year rookie like him, how could he possibly tolerate a giant like Carter?

Although he knew with his eyes that Carter was no longer competing for the core of the team at this time, the key was that Anthony didn't know!

All possibilities must be nipped in the bud. The future Jeremy Lin said that you know how to play football.

Second, the unknown is coming. I don’t know if his plan to play with Yao Ming is still possible.

After all, this lineup is likely to be able to reach the Western Conference Finals, and then it will really be unknown.

Artest renewed his contract with the Rockets, so naturally he couldn't go to the Lakers.

There were not many options available in the free market this year, and even fewer met the Lakers' requirements. They finally renewed Ariza with a similar five-year, 35 million contract.

Whether this is good or bad for the Lakers is also unclear.

The impact of Yao Ming's weight loss is like a domino effect, spreading.

Next, there's the Bulls.

Originally one of the Bulls' important bargaining chips, Ben Gordon needed to sign and then trade to join the Nuggets.

Gordon has also been open to joining the Nuggets before. After all, the Bulls are currently rebuilding, and the Nuggets reached the Western Conference Finals last season and have a chance to win the championship.

But Gordon eventually changed his attention and signed a five-year, $58 million contract with the Pistons.

The wages of avarice is death.

The free market is so fickle.

Without Gordon, the possibility of a trade between the Bulls and Nuggets has plummeted.

Expecting that the second team on the list would be wiped out, Lin Ying felt inexplicably nervous and excited for some reason.

At this time, Iverson and the 76ers reached a two-year, 10 million full mid-level contract.

AI returns to Philadelphia, this is what happened in history.

However, it is slightly different from history. There is no mention of the Grizzlies.

This missing part is actually quite important.

Because although Iverson did not perform satisfactorily with the Pistons, he was at least a scorer averaging 17+ per game.

It's just that because of his pursuit of the starting position and the quarrel with the Grizzlies, as mentioned before, his reputation is gone and no one wants him.

In the end, he signed a non-guaranteed contract when he returned to the 76ers, but was unable to finish the contract due to family reasons.

But this wave of butterfly effect from Lin Ying can be regarded as bringing Iverson back to the place where the dream began, and the fallen leaves have returned to their roots.

Lin Ying immediately called Iverson to congratulate him.

After all, he was the big brother who helped him back then, and speaking of it, the two of them kept in touch after Iverson left.

"Lin, I have to thank you, whether or not you end up in Philadelphia."

Iverson certainly knows why the 76ers signed him.

A starting position seems very simple, but there are only 30 teams in the league. Excluding those who compete for the championship and those who are bad, there are really not many who can provide a position.

Otherwise, Iverson would not have been reduced to going to the Grizzlies in history.

You must know that the Grizzlies only entered the NBA in 1995, and were established to develop the Canadian market. They initially played their home games in Vancouver and did not move to Memphis until 2001.

As a famous superstar, if he didn't have no choice, who would want to play in a place with no exposure and no fan base?

And in his words, he also looked forward to reuniting with Lin Ying in Philadelphia to truly compete for the championship again.

…

Lin Ying's progress was much faster than Nash expected.

Just a few days later, Nash began to provide individual passing guidance to Lin Ying.

This was also the first time Lin Ying heard a master passer's understanding of passing.

Nash classified the passes into categories: chest passes, ground passes, behind-the-back passes, and fancy passes.

Of course, Nash will definitely demonstrate when he talks.

With a few simple actions, you can see that Nash's mastery and understanding of passing is much better than handling the ball.

It's just that these are not the passing methods that Nash is most passionate about, or they are not what he pays most attention to.

What he likes the most and is best at... passing the ball with one hand!

This does not belong to any of the previous passing methods, but it is related to the previous passing methods.

"This is my favorite passing method in my career because it can help you shorten the passing time by about 0.3 seconds."

This was the first time Lin Ying was exposed to this kind of understanding.

After traveling through time, he practiced passing, more in a general way.

Although it also includes one-handed passing, it is different to understand it.

According to Nash, passing is shortened by 0.3 seconds, which means that teammates have 0.3 seconds more to catch the ball or even complete the shot.

On the NBA level, don't underestimate these 0.3 seconds.

Why is Curry so clueless?

One of the very key reasons is that he uses a relatively rare single-action shot, which can shorten his shooting time by about 0.2 seconds.

So you can better understand the significance of these 0.3 seconds.

Of course, just like the reason why many people didn't like to use single-action shooting before Curry, it's not easy to practice.

One-handed passing is very important because you only have one hand, controlling the angle and strength of the ball.

Then, Lin Ying got started very quickly...

Because analysis and calculation is his specialty, and he has been passing the ball in the past few years, Nash gave some more details.

This is exactly the same as the low-post skills that Duncan compiled for him before.

Nash, I'm a little numb.

Why do you feel like Lin Ying will overtake you in any minute?

Fortunately, when it comes to hitting the ground, behind the back and fancy passes, Lin Ying obviously still has a lot of room for improvement.

This made Nash relieved, otherwise he wouldn't know how to teach Lin Ying.

Some basics, the use of wrists and fingers, were mentioned by Nash when dribbling before, and Lin Ying was able to understand them quickly.

Then, including observing the position of teammates and the timing of passing, these are also things Lin Ying knows.

Nash also talked about a very crucial detail.

"teammate."

Passing the ball is not only a matter for the passer, but also closely related to the receiver.

Of course, the teammate Nash was talking about was not asking Lin Ying to choose good teammates, but asking him to observe some details of his teammates' habits.

For example, teammates' catching habits, or even running habits, down to whether they step with the left leg or the right leg first when running.

If your teammates can comfortably catch the ball and complete the shot, your passing will be more likely to be converted into points.

This is something that is beyond the scope of what most people can accept, but it is also a very important part of passing progression.

After all, anyone can pass the ball, and it is not impossible to achieve a certain level of accuracy like Lin Ying did before.

But if you want to advance, let the team play its best, and even become the brains of the team, this is an inevitable choice.

This is also the key reason why Nash can make everyone around him better.

After Nash finished speaking, Lin Ying pulled Durant and the others over for training.

Why do you think he asked Durant to train with Nash?

If passing training is to be effective, it must have a tool player!

Looking at the people training enthusiastically on the field, Nash couldn't hide the smile on his face, and even had memories in his mind.

It feels so good to be young.

This is probably the emotion that a veteran who is about to retire but still has no championship in his life will express!

Just as he was sighing, a cell phone vibrated on the stool.

He looked and saw that it belonged to Lin Ying.

he shouted.

Lin Ying was practicing hard and asked him to help pick it up.

He picked up his phone and looked at it. The caller ID read "Team Nanny."

He picked up the call out of curiosity, and after some communication, Nash learned that the other party was Nuggets general manager Walken Dean.

This is somewhat interesting.

Knowing the identity of the other party, he originally wanted to call Lin Ying down directly.

But he didn't expect that Walken Dean's words made him stop.

"It's okay to tell you first."

Bah bah bah.

After putting down his cell phone, Nash stopped the training on the field.

Lin Ying was practicing vigorously, but was a little surprised when he was asked to stop for no reason. He thought it was because he had made a mistake in his practice.

But what he didn't expect was that Nash walked towards him with a smile, and then stretched out his hands:

"Welcome to Phoenix, Lin!"