inspire-indiana Chapter 20 Please, Dunk!
Chapter 20 Please, Dunk!
Chapter 20 Please, Dunk!
Trail Blazers coach Caleb Canales couldn't bear it anymore, and took advantage of the dead ball to replace Dante Cunningham and Kesley Johnson, two pseudo insiders.
You are so afraid, why do you want to play in the NBA, isn’t it good to play in the WNBA?
This does not affect Tu Man's continued performance. He has already developed his touch. He practiced with the game and began to gradually move away from the basket, trying new positions and distances. It doesn't matter whether there is anyone in the three-second zone or who is guarding it.
However, to ensure the hook hits, you must have a good sense of position and balance, and when the ball is released, you need to maintain a stable posture and a soft wrist.
But now Tuman is always surrounded by double-teams, squeezing and shoving are inevitable, and these conditions have become harsher. In addition, he deliberately stays away from the basket, and his shooting range has increased.
The hit rate started to drop.
Now everyone can see that Tuman used the long-lost NBA "Big Skyhook" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Its signature action, which is different from the general hook shot, is that the arm hits the ball high above the head, and then completely uses the strength of the wrist to pull the ball out, while other hook shots are when lifting the basketball. , Throwing the ball with a little inertia.
This is a difficult movement that tests the strength and flexibility of the wrist. Over the years, the wrists of excellent big men like O'Neal, Duncan, and Big Ben have been cursed. They can't even make free throws. How could you try such a hellish trick?
Therefore, in today's NBA league, "Skyhook" is almost extinct.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn't actually have a teacher back then. His hook skills were first learned from the earlier superstar center George Mikan, and at the same time incorporated the shooting essence of another Hall of Fame player, Cliff Hagan.
During Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 20-year professional career, he constantly explored and improved his hook skills. After fighting against countless big players, the "sky hook" gradually took shape. He also used this trick to blow up all opponents.
The biggest advantage of "Skyhook" is that it cannot be blocked. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has faced Zhang Erwan and Lord of the Rings in his career. Override the legend five times.
Imagine a 2-meter center forward who has to take off first, straighten his arms, and then pull the ball out when it reaches the highest point. Such a shooting point is far beyond the jumping limit of most defenders. How to seal it?
But the disadvantage of "Skyhook" is also obvious. As Tu Man said, among many offensive methods, the shooting rate of dunks is the closest to 100%.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's career shooting percentage is 55.9%, and only one season has a shooting percentage exceeding 60%. More than 58.2%.
More importantly, the "skyhook" has no added value. It is an offensive method of "dodging and hitting". It is almost impossible to kill the opponent's inside line as frequently as a dunk!
From this point of view, it becomes understandable that the inside behemoths do not practice the "sky hook".
With a god-given good physique and a similar shooting percentage, why not fly into the sky to dunk and cry the opponent's inside line, but practice "hooks" to the death?
Not only O'Neal and the others don't like it, but Tuman doesn't like it either. Although he can imitate Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the point of being fake, he has never used a "skyhook" in an official NCAA game!
He prefers a simple and rough offensive style, tough, violent and straightforward. He can't wait to carry one or two defenders to force dunks every time he attacks, and hit him a 2+1!
Tu Man doesn't like it, but Lao Tu likes it, he is a fan of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
His father's love is like a mountain. From the day Tuman got in touch with basketball, "skyhook" and fixed-point shooting became his compulsory courses in all weathers. If he doesn't practice a thousand or eight hundred times a day, he won't even think about eating!
Muscle memory replaced conventional thinking, and Tu Man gradually entered the state of training, forgetting about things and me, without distractions, his expressionless face, silent running, silent take-off, silently showing the "sky hook" stunt...
Everyone could see that he was not playing happily. The atmosphere on the Suns court was very oppressive, although their lead was gradually expanding and they were almost sure of winning.
The sun is depressed, what about the Blazers?
As McMillan's chief assistant coach, Caleb Canales, who led the team alone, worked hard to win a championship in the summer league. At least he can get a bonus, right?
Now it seems that everything is ready, only owe...
Tu Man disagrees!
If on the offensive end, he becomes the silent Kareem Abdul-Jabbar II, then on the defensive end, he is the fierce and brutal version 2.0 of the savage...
He frantically rushes for every rebound, wanders tirelessly in the paint area, under a pair of big cactus, the Trail Blazers players turn their backs, he is not even satisfied with this, and sometimes flies beyond the three-point line to block those shooters!
Before the end of the third quarter, Tu Man slapped ten caps on the weak Portlander's head, and claimed eight fouls...
The Portland Trail Blazers collapsed across the board. Even Luke Babbitt, the toughest man, had lost eyesight and trembling calves. He has been capped four times, and finally crawled under the whipping of reality and degenerated into a pure shooter .
Caleb Canales was on the verge of tears:
Uncle Tuman, you're in a bad mood, can you just dunk it to vent it?
It's not good for your physical and mental health to hold back like this!
Of course, others are unhealthy...
Tu Man didn't hurt anyone. His eight fouls were all due to shot blockers. Sometimes the defense distance is too far. Even if he bounces abnormally, the height when flying over is not satisfactory, and the block shots are not so clean.
Still, the Trail Blazers have had enough, too much!
Their entire team has only taken 58 shots so far, and 18 of them were buried under Tu Man's overwhelming hands...
This is a devil!
The commentary booth has been dull for a long time, and the atmosphere in the arena is also drowsy. Apart from raising their heads and yelling when the savage blocked a shot, the fans in Las Vegas are reading the news about the Spanish men's football team winning the championship at other times.
Sitting in the basketball hall watching the football world cup?
It shows how ugly this game has become!
The narrator lied weakly on the table, holding the microphone, and issued the nth futile appeal:
"Tu Man, I beg you, at least dunk it!"
Tu Man didn't hold back, he rose slowly like a launch vehicle again, reached the predetermined orbital altitude, Shi Shiran released the satellite...
"Shh!"
31st "Skyhook" performance, 18th hit.
The sun's bench lamented, they were like girls from Xiulou, waving white towels feebly, with extremely sad eyes:
Brother Tuman, if you can do it, you can deduct one, don't let Coach Su Mait make promises!
(End of this chapter)