The Clippers' training facility can be considered a relatively new training facility in the NBA. In 2005, the former owner of the Clippers spent $4.9 million to buy the entire land and took three years to build it. A modern training hall.
Surrounded by the sea on three sides, it is actually less than one mile from the sea, only four miles from Los Angeles International Airport, and more than ten miles from Staples Arena. Across the road from the arena is the highway, which can be described as convenient transportation.
After all, the United States is a country on wheels. Almost everyone, rich or poor, has a car. Public transportation in the United States has always been criticized. If you don't have a car in the United States, your life will be very inconvenient. Americans living near a highway is equivalent to us living near a subway station. We live in an area where life and work are convenient.
It is precisely because of the convenient transportation that the housing and land prices in the area where the Clippers are located have also been rising year after year. Now in this area, a 200-square-meter residence can be sold for 2 million U.S. dollars, and the Clippers' training The center has also become an asset worth hundreds of millions of dollars, which is one of the reasons why the Clippers were able to sell for a high price at that time.
A bus stopped in front of the Clippers training facility, and more than a dozen tall young people got out one after another. The shortest of these people was over 1.9 meters, and the height was over two meters. One-zero, one look and you can tell they are basketball players.
It's just that these people are all Chinese, which seems incompatible with the surrounding English signs.
These are naturally the members of the Chinese men's basketball team. They will undergo a month and a half of training at the Clippers' training center.
Some young players looked around curiously. They seemed to be coming to the United States for the first time. Even if it was not their first time coming to the United States, it was their first time receiving NBA-level training, so they looked eager to try.
Some players appear much calmer, as if they are more familiar with everything around them.
In fact, several players on this men's basketball national team have received training in the NBA, and some have even represented NBA teams and participated in the NBA summer league. Although they do not have the ability to stay and play in the NBA, they are no strangers to the NBA.
The first thing the men's basketball team does when they arrive at the Clippers is to visit the Clippers' training facility. In fact, the training facilities of all NBA teams have similar basic hardware facilities. Each team will have the necessary training equipment. equipped. But compared with domestic teams, the hardware facilities of NBA teams are obviously of a higher level and more professional. Those players who have never been to the NBA are naturally overwhelmed by what they see and feel that they are extremely superior.
Afterwards, the men's basketball players were arranged to go back to the hotel to rest. Everyone came from China and took a flight for more than ten hours. It was time to rest and catch up on the jet lag.
Li Dai discussed the next training with the national team coach Sun Chenggong.
Sun Chenggong was also a basketball player. When he was young, he was a core member of the men's basketball team. He was selected for the national team many times and participated in several post-Olympic and men's basketball world championships with the national team. After retiring, he appeared in a certain CBA team. He only served as the head coach of the team, and now he was recruited to be the head coach of the men's national basketball team.
Li Dai is no stranger to Sun Chenggong. When Li Dai was in school, he often watched Sun Chenggong play. Even if he later graduated and joined the workforce, Sun Chenggong did not retire at that time and was still a first-line player.
Sun Chenggong also knew something about Dai Li. When Dai Li became the head coach of the U.S. track and field team, whoever could succeed knew that there was a compatriot who was doing well in the American sports world and achieved high achievements. Later, After Dai Li became the head coach of the Clippers, he became a colleague of Sun Chenggong. Sun Chenggong paid more attention to Dai Li's situation, including Dai Li's record of more than 60% after becoming the head coach of the Clippers. Sun Chenggong also understood this. Heart. It is estimated that today's Sun Chenggong can memorize Dai Li's resume.
In the reception room, Li Dai and Sun Chenggong were talking in Chinese. Cassel and other assistant coaches couldn't understand them at all, so they could only sit there helplessly, staring.
"Coach Sun, I wonder if the national team has any requirements for us during this men's basketball training camp?" Li Dai asked with a smile.
"It's all up to you, Coach Li. You're welcome. After all, the NBA has the highest training level in the world, and Coach Li is one of our own. I believe Coach Li will be able to develop the most effective training plan for our men's basketball team. ." Sun Chenggong smiled and kicked the ball to Li Dai again.
Sun Chenggong knew that Li Dai was not a coach with a professional background in basketball, but the fact that Li Dai could lead a weak team to a winning rate of more than 60% in the NBA was enough to show that Li Dai really had two skills. Therefore, Sun Chenggong did not show off, pretending to obey the arrangements, and also wanted to test Li Dai's quality.
"If that's the case, then I'll do my best and simply tell you what I think." Dai Li didn't be polite anymore. He cleared his throat and said, "One and a half months of training is not long, it's short." It’s not short either. I also hope that our men’s basketball team can gain a lot in this month and a half.”
"As for tactical training, I think it is not necessary. Coach Sun and other coaches of the national team must have detailed tactical plans for this men's basketball team. We do not need to intervene in this aspect. And the Clippers tactical coach The team is all Americans, and they don’t know much about our Chinese basketball style, nor the technical characteristics of our players. Letting the Clippers’ tactical coach intervene in the tactical training of our men’s basketball team may not be acclimatized and may cause counter-effects.”
Sun Chenggong nodded. He had no intention of letting Dai Li connect to his tactical system.
Li Daize continued: "As for technical training, I don't think it is necessary to do it. The various skills of professional athletes cannot be trained in a short time. Some skills not only require years of training, but also require a lot of training." Continuous adjustments and improvements are made through actual combat. It is only a month and a half to train skills, which is really a waste and will not achieve very good results."
"What does Coach Li mean?" Sun Chenggong asked, somewhat confused.
"I think that this one and a half month is best used for physical training. Physical training is the most effective type of training, and more obvious results can be achieved in a shorter period of time. I hope that through this one and a half month , which can make our men’s basketball players stronger and have better endurance and physical confrontation.”
Dai Li paused and then said: "I analyzed our men's basketball team's opponents in Asia. Currently, our main opponents in Asia are Australia, New Zealand and Iran. Australia has many players playing in the NBA. There are several of them who are considered star players. If they all return to the Australian national team, the Australian team is fully capable of challenging the strong European and American teams. To be honest, with the well-organized Australian team, we are really no match. "
"The situation in New Zealand is similar to Australia. They have many excellent players. If they all represent the New Zealand national team, they will also have the ability to compete with strong European and American teams. However, the top players in Australia and New Zealand don't seem to be willing to represent the national team. battle, so a lot of the time, what we faced was their second team.”
"And Australia and New Zealand are not participating in this Asian Games, so the Iranian team has become our main opponent in the Asian Games. The technology of the Iranian team is very good in Asia, and The physical fitness of players in West Asia is not bad either. However, in recent years, as the 'golden generation' of the Iranian team has gradually aged, the Iranian team has also been in a situation of inadequacy, and their strength should not be as good as in previous years."
"The other thing is some naturalized players. The Korean team, the Japanese team and the Philippine team should all have naturalized players, right? And there are quite a few naturalized players in the Philippine men's basketball team, including those who are currently playing in the NBA or have played in the NBA. players. It is no exaggeration to say that the more powerful among them can defeat a team in Asia alone!"
As Dai Li spoke, he looked at Sun Chenggong, as if asking for his opinion.
Sun Chenggong nodded helplessly: "It is true. The current Philippine team has more naturalized players than their local players. Some of them are American-Filipino dual nationals, which means they have an American basketball background. Although they Some of them have very rough skills and would not be able to play in the United States, but in Asia, their physical fitness can indeed crush the local players in Asia. This group of naturalized players from the Philippines has really changed the landscape of Asian basketball. situation."
"That's why I think our players need physical training, and we need to let those guys who only know how to play with their bodies have a taste of our power." Li Dai said confidently.
Not all naturalized athletes in the Philippines are very good. Some of them also play in the Asian League. Some even play in the local league in the Philippines. When they join the Philippine League to play, their level can be imagined. Know.
In fact, these types of players are technically very rough, and they have no ball to play in the United States. American basketball players, as long as they have better skills, can still go to the European leagues to find gold even if they can't make it in the United States. Those with a little ability can get a good salary in the CBA, so that they will not be relegated to the Philippines' domestic league.
In terms of physical talent, they are not very good, at least compared to the muscular sticks in the United States, they are far behind. But compared to local Asian players, they are much stronger, and they are more than enough to abuse Southeast Asian players in the Philippine league.
It can be said that the athletes naturalized in the Philippines, except for one or two at the same level, are all players who rely on their bodies to play, can only play alone, have poor skills, and have average awareness and overall outlook. Such players, against ordinary Asian players, can still rely on their physical gifts to get everything they want, but if they really encounter opponents who are equally strong or even stronger, their rough technical shortcomings will be infinitely magnified. On the contrary, they will Become useless.
Sun Chenggong lowered his head and thought about it for more than half a minute before finally nodding his head and agreeing with Dai Li's idea.
In Sun Chenggong's view, what Li Dai said still makes sense. Since tactics and techniques cannot be trained, physical fitness becomes the only thing that can be trained.
After all, basketball is a sport with high physical confrontation, and Sun Chenggong also considered that Li Dai is a physical coach himself, and physical training may be the kind of training he is best at.
"Coach Sun, if you have no objections, I will come up with a training plan as soon as possible. But my training plan is not only physical training, but also has requirements for the athletes' daily routine and diet. I I hope that during training, the players can abide by the discipline and follow my requirements." Li Dai continued.
"That's natural." Sun Chenggong nodded, but in his heart, he felt that the words "observe discipline" always sounded particularly awkward in the United States.
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Dai Li led several coaches into the court, and the men's basketball players immediately stood in a row.
At this time, everyone discovered that among the people who came in with Dai Li, there was a young black man who looked very familiar.
"Is that person Wood?"
"Wood? Which Wood?"
"And that Wood is the youngest regular season MVP!"
"Wood is a Clippers player now, right?"
"Wood, it's really Wood, yes, it's really him!"
Wood's appearance caused a small commotion in the men's basketball team for a few seconds. They didn't expect that the Clippers' season was over and they could still meet a superstar, or a former superstar.
Dai Li walked up to everyone, coughed dryly to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "I think you all know the guy next to me. From today on, Wood will train with you!"
"Wood trains with us?"
"Training with NBA superstars? That's great!"
"Take a photo for me later, a photo of him training with Wood."
Several young players seemed eager to try.
Dai Li smiled slightly and continued: "Boys, there are not many opportunities to train with the NBA regular season MVP. I hope you can cherish this opportunity. How much you can learn from Wood depends on your own understanding. and good fortune!”
Not far away, coach Sun Chenggong also had a surprised expression. He did not expect that Dai Li would bring Wood over to train with the men's basketball team.
"It seems that Coach Li is very concerned about the men's basketball training. This cooperation with the Clippers is indeed a good idea. Based on this, I have to write a beautiful report on this training trip to the United States. One point, I hope that the Basketball Association can reach a strategic agreement with the Clippers as soon as possible. In that case, our players may have more opportunities to train with these NBA stars. Even if they are just serving as a sparring partner, it will be better than in China. The training is strong!”