When Howard came to the training ground in the afternoon, he heard the "pop" sound of the basketball hitting the floor in the corridor.
Howard suddenly remembered what Thibodeau said, "What Paul is looking forward to most is to open the door and see you and Josh practicing inside." Howard suddenly felt that he understood Edison a little bit, but who was training inside?
As soon as Howard opened the door, he looked around to find the source of the sound of hitting the ball. In fact, the training ground was empty and there was no obstruction. He immediately saw the man who was doing shooting training.
Andre Iguodala is an anomaly in the NBA. There are few shooting guards who are as selfless as him. In fact, it’s not that Iguodala can’t score, it’s just that he prefers to pass the ball.” Andre
"He's very selfless," said Trenson, Iguodala's assistant coach at the University of Arizona. "I think if he could stay and play for another year, his data would definitely make a huge leap. He doesn't want to score 20 points.
Above, because he felt that was not the role he should play."
They both play selflessly, have excellent physical fitness, amazing jumping, and have superhuman wingspan. More and more people are beginning to associate Iguodala with Pippen. But Iguodala prefers to be
Known as "Penny Second", "I hope I can play like 'Penny'. Hardaway is the same type as Scott (Pippen). He is tall, can pass the ball, moves quickly, and can control the team."
attack."
Although Iguodala hopes to become Penny, he was nothing like Hardaway when he was with the 76ers. The reason is simple. The 76ers team controller is the "answer". When the answer is gone, Iguodala
His skills or mentality have been finalized. He has understood that he is not a good game controller, and he no longer wants to be the team controller.
After coming to the Magic, Edison had a conversation with Iguodala very early, three days after the start of training camp.
As I said before, Iguodala trains very seriously. He works harder than many players and often does extra training by himself. After training one day, he was giving himself extra points in the weight room to exercise his upper body muscles. It happened that Edison had something to do that day.
I went to look for Nelson, and it was great that I passed by and found Iguodala.
"What's wrong, Andre, you're still exercising, why didn't you go home? Everyone else has already left."
"Well, I know, I don't have much to do when I go home anyway, so why not practice more here." Iguodala replied numbly.
This is also the characteristic of the players Edison selected. They are not ostentatious and are relatively restrained compared to other stars. Even Howard only has a desire to perform and is not domineering in interpersonal relationships.
Edison sat next to him and tried the barbell himself, but he couldn't lift it at all.
"Andre, do you come here to train muscles every day, or is it just that today's training happens to be strength training, and you will train other things on other days?"
"I do strength training every day and don't do anything else."
"Oh? Did Aaron Nelson arrange this for you? Did he ask you to build muscles?"
"No, I gave myself extra training. Aaron didn't know about it." Iguodala is a boring person, but he is very obedient. He will answer Edison's questions.
"Then it's not good for you to do this. If you want to exercise, you should first obtain Nelson's consent and let him make a detailed plan for you. Not only will it be difficult to achieve results by practicing blindly, but you may injure yourself."
"Okay, I understand, I will tell him tomorrow."
"Why do you only do strength training and not do anything else? Andre, to be honest, according to your physical test data, your strength is already very good."
"Because I want to be a member of the starting lineup in the new season." While talking to Edison, Iguodala did not stop exercising. He kept lifting dumbbells with both arms, making Edison dazzled...
"Why? Does being a starter have anything to do with building your muscles?" After hearing Iguodala's answer, Edison was filled with questions, thinking, "There's a kick in the sky and a kick on the ground, no matter where they are."
"Through these two days of training, I found that the main competitors against me are Tony Allen and Rasheed Wallace. They are both very powerful and can resist, so I can't be worse than them.
I am more powerful than them."
Iguodala's answer made Edison laugh out loud.
After Iguodala saw Edison laughing, he stopped holding the dumbbell in his hand and looked at Edison with a frown, wondering why he was laughing.
"Andre, do you think that when I assign the starting lineup, it depends on which of you is stronger? Impossible. What I look at is which of you contributes more to the team's tactics. For example, the shooting guard you play is what I value most.
Whose shooting range is wider, and whose shooting is more accurate. Of course, it is useful for you to practice strength like this. I have always valued players who are better at defense. Confrontation ability is the most critical attribute in defense."
"Coach, do you think I should be more involved in shooting?"
With that said, Edison came to Iguodala's side and put his arm around his shoulders, "Andre, you may not know that our coaching staff has been observing your characteristics in the past few days and is formulating specific personal training for each of you.
Plan. Aaron Nelson and I have said that we both think your strength is already very good. With the natural development of your body, it can reach a very suitable level. It really doesn’t make much sense if you continue to practice strength like this.
Even if you train your arms to be thicker than my head, what's the use? Basketball is not wrestling. But Eaton thinks you have many technical problems, such as your body's center of gravity when dribbling, your shooting posture, etc.
There are some shortcomings, and these problems will become bottlenecks that limit your development in the future."
Edison talked so eloquently in front of Iguodala that Iguodala was so stunned that he didn't even dare to blink.
"Even without mentioning the team's tactics, Andre, you should also work on your shooting, practice your three-pointers, and expand your shooting range. All good guards rely on shooting, you
It depends on which defender relies on strength. But Iguodala, you can train yourself, which makes me very happy. You have excellent physical talents, you have speed and strength, and you can jump high. I don’t have any of these.
, to be honest, I envy you very much, but I hope you can make good use of your talents. Seeing you training so hard, I feel hopeful. With your efforts and your talents, God will finally give you a reasonable
in return.”
"Okay, coach, I'll keep it up."
Seeing that Iguodala was listening very seriously, Edison thought he should take the opportunity to communicate with him more.
"I know you may not be happy to say this, but I really think you can become the next Pippen, and you should give up the idea of becoming 'Penny'. You know Hardaway was in the Magic before, and I am very familiar with him.
Your physical condition is completely different from his. Your physical condition is much better than his, and you are much more selfless than him. You can't do what he does. You should face up to your talents and physical conditions. Your greatest advantage
It’s not that one point is particularly outstanding, but that you are comprehensive. Your current competitors should not be Gerald Wallace and Tony Allen, but LeBron James of the Cavaliers.”
After listening to Edison's words, Iguodala was very confused as to why his competitor was James.
"Andre, your vision is too narrow. You should not stop at Orlando and the Magic, but expand it to the entire league. As I just said, you should regard James as your competitor.
, of course, I am not referring to scoring ability, but comprehensiveness. I hope that when fans choose the most comprehensive player in the future, you can surpass him and be elected first. You have this talent, as long as you work hard, I believe you can do it."
Edison patted Iguodala on the shoulder...
"Coach, can I...really do it?" When James became the focus of the country, Iguodala was also questioned that he should do the high jump. Although he didn't say it, in Iguodala's heart, he was younger than himself.
Compared with the one-year-old James, there is really a huge difference. James's versatility can be said to be well known to everyone. Although he was still a rookie last year, everyone thinks that as long as he is willing, he can produce a triple-double. Now
Edison put himself and James together, which was beyond Iguodala's imagination. So Iguodala's breathing became heavier.
"There's nothing wrong with it. Although he has better scoring ability than you, is taller than you, and can defend power forwards, his team awareness, passing awareness, and coordination awareness are not as good as yours. In terms of comprehensiveness, you can't
Will be worse than him. Okay, that's all. You can ask Eaton tomorrow. He is a very good coach. You should learn more from him and practice more shooting, three-pointers and so on.
, as for physical training, just follow Nelson’s arrangements.”
After Edison finished speaking, he left, leaving Iguodala alone. Iguodala looked at Edison's retreating back and thought about Edison's teachings. Although there were no tears in his eyes, Iguodala also felt a sense of urgency.
The feeling of "A man who knows his friends will die". I picked up the dumbbell again, and the "bang, bang, bang, bang" frequency was faster than before.
The next day he found Eton LaVine and asked Eton to guide him in technical training.
When Eaton heard this request, he naturally refused to accept anyone who came. He said to Iguodala like a stickman: "Do you know what your biggest problem is? Do you know why your shooting percentage is not ideal?"
Iguodala shook his head blankly.
Eaton looked at Iguodala's stupid look, smiled slightly, shook up the information, and the old man said calmly: "Because you can't dribble well."
All in all, from that day on, Iguodala stopped working out in the weight room every night. Instead, he followed Eton LaVine to practice dribbling and shooting and other technical exercises. He was the first one to come every day.
Arrive at the training ground and be the last one to leave the training ground. He is one of the hardest-working players in the league. Even on game days, he will stay to practice shooting, even on Christmas Eve.
Of course, Rome was not built in a day. Nothing in this world is achieved overnight. Although Iguodala's progress is not obvious in a short period of time, it has laid a solid foundation for the improvement of his outside ability in the future. His shooting ability will develop over time.
Strengthening will naturally come naturally.
These are still within Edison's control, but Iguodala did something that was beyond Edison's expectation. This kid is too stubborn and a bit stubborn. Edison said that he can be as comprehensive as James, and he is really that good.
James was a target, which was originally a good thing. But Edison said that he was shorter than James, which made Iguodala feel uncomfortable. Later, he found Howard and Josh doing stretching exercises, which suddenly enlightened him.
So he also went to Nelson and said that he was always unable to defend some tall shooting guards and wanted to see if he could do some stretching. Nelson looked at it and said, "Try it." As a result, Iguodala also started to stretch his neck.
Pulling his feet, I don’t know whether it was the stretching that had the effect, or Iguodala did not do heavy weight-bearing muscle training as he did in history to allow his bones to further grow. A year later, he grew from 198cm to 202cm, which made him
He is also more comfortable playing small forward.
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I've been quite busy lately. It's the end of the month and I have more things to do at work. I've been working overtime for the past two days, so there are a few updates. Please forgive me.
