Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 105 Abstinence
"But I have a condition." After explaining, Grover continued.

"Money is not a problem." Although Han Sen's current contract salary is not much, he has a lot of endorsements. Not to mention a trainer, he can easily hire a team of trainers.

"It's not about money, but you have to listen to me when it comes to training."

Grover was very serious when he said this, because last time in Miami he gave Hansen some advice, and Hansen showed him what it meant to be perfunctory.

"No problem." Han Sen agreed readily.

He had been prejudiced against Grover before, and since he finally chose to hire Grover, he should forget his identity as a former trainer.

The salary of NBA trainers is much lower than many people imagine. During this period, even the top trainers only made around $10 a year.

However, Grover has followed Jordan for many years and he is already Jordan's business partner. The money he can get outside of being a trainer is far more than this amount.

So he was telling the truth to Han Sen. It was Han Sen's qualities and current situation that made him interested. Money was not his main purpose.

However, Hansen still offered Grover an annual salary of $15, which was far higher than the market price.

It's not just about money, it's about respect.

After completing the signing, Hansen immediately began physical training with Grover.

At the beginning of the training, Grover showed his professionalism and experience.

He asked Han Sen to undergo a series of high-intensity extreme training according to his requirements to explore Han Sen's current overall physical condition.

Then the first conclusion he came to was that Hansen should lose some weight, probably to around 98 kilograms.

The purpose of doing this is to allow Hansen to run more flexibly on the field, while also reducing the physical burden caused by excessive weight.

This took Han Sen about a week.

Grover was very patient and he did not conduct any targeted training during this week.

In addition to the weight loss task, he is also adjusting Hansen's training schedule.

He re-divided Han Sen's training time into 2-3 training sessions a day.

The first training session in the morning is before breakfast, and is mainly physical training. In addition, there are some injury prevention training. This time is usually between 5 and 7 in the morning.
The second training session is usually with the team. The team's daily training sessions are shooting and running tactics. This usually starts at 10 to 11 o'clock;
The third practice session will be arranged based on whether the team has a game that night. If there is no game, training will be conducted to improve technical skills. The time is generally scheduled between 16:18 and : in the evening. If there is a game, it will be cancelled.

According to Grover, the purpose of training is to compete, and high-intensity training on competition day will be counterproductive.

However, Hansen is in the off-season now, which means he needs to do high-intensity training three times a day.

Theoretically, Han Sen had just experienced several injuries and should have focused on light training, but Grover did the exact opposite.

However, Grover had his own theory. After Hansen lost weight, he began to instill his theory into Hansen.

Most trainers believe that injuries are caused by overtraining, but he believes that this is not the case. Injuries are caused by insufficient training intensity or incorrect training methods, which leads to insufficient body strength and inability to withstand intense confrontation.

This was also the reason why he had to subject Han Sen to a high-intensity extreme test from the beginning.

Han Sen's current body is fully capable of withstanding the current training intensity.

What a coincidence! Han Sen just got [Steel Bones].

Then Grover began his targeted training.

His specific training methods mainly focus on the detailed training of muscle groups.

It's not just the common muscle groups like the abdominal muscles. It will be refined to the level of rectus abdominis, oblique abdominal muscles, lower back muscles, erector spinae, oblique muscles, and erector muscles. This is different from the training direction of most trainers.

The purpose of all this is to improve Hansen's core strength and body flexibility, which are the factors that can truly prevent him from getting injured in a confrontation.

Although it conflicted with some of his own training concepts, Han Sen abided by the agreement between him and Grover and did everything according to his requirements.

Then he quickly felt the improvement in his physical condition.

Although Hansen is a former trainer with modern training concepts, Grover has trained superstars such as Jordan, Hill, Kobe, Wade and others. The experience he has accumulated after working with superstars is far beyond his reach.

Grover also felt Han Sen's qualities more fully in the process.

Han Sen always persevered in every training he arranged, no matter how intense it was, and never complained.

And sometimes when the training pressure is too great and he is exhausted both physically and mentally, Hansen can always get full motivation again in the next second.

Although he didn't know how Han Sen did it, he could feel that Han Sen seemed to attach great importance to, or cherish every day.

These qualities made him sure that his choice was the right one.

The training of the two people was more effective with less effort, and Hansen felt that his body was constantly sprinting towards the limit.

Time flies and it is now the end of July, and the NBA free market has basically come to an end.

The most eye-catching are the Heat's Big Three. In order to clear up salary space for signing, the Heat cleared out almost all the players in their lineup, including Beasley, who was sent to the Timberwolves in exchange for draft picks.

In order to retain their respective Bird Rights①, James and Bosh both chose to sign and trade to join the Heat, and the Heat sent them several first-round draft picks.

At the same time, in order to keep Haslem, the Big Three all chose to cut their salaries to a certain extent after Haslem agreed to a pay cut, and finally signed a 6-year, 1.1 million contract (with player options starting in the fourth year) with the Heat.

At the same time, they also signed Mike Miller with the mid-level exception in the free market, and signed many veterans such as Ilgauskas, Juwan Howard, Jerry Stackhouse, Eric Dampier, etc.

At this point, the Heat's Big Three that Han Sen knew was officially formed.

On paper, this Heat team is a notch stronger than last season’s Cavaliers team, and I don’t know how they lost 2.0.

The Grizzlies also made some signings in the free market.

What surprised Hansen was that after trading for him, the Grizzlies still used their mid-level exception to reach a three-year, $3 million contract with Tony Allen.

However, just like the Mavericks traded for Tyson Chandler from the Bobcats after signing O'Neal as Hansen expected, this is a double insurance.

Both he and O'Neal are players with potential injury risks.

This time, the Grizzlies' perimeter defense can be said to have been greatly improved compared to last season.

It was at this time that Swift came to Memphis.

She returned to the United States in mid-July and then went back to New York to rest for a while.

Han Sen arranged for Rondo to pick him up at the airport and take him to the hotel to rest for a while, and he would go there after training.

However, what he didn't expect was that Rondo actually brought Swift to the training hall.

The result was that Hansen was training on the field, and Swift was there, with his chin in his hand, watching him intently.

It was a strange feeling because this was a private training session and he was shirtless the whole time.

When there was a break in training, he hurried to put on his jersey.

"Didn't I ask you to take Taylor to the hotel to rest first?" Han Sen walked closer and looked at Rondo puzzledly.

"I'm coming. I've watched a lot of NBA games, but I've never seen NBA players train. I'm a little curious." Swift said as he stood up.

Swift is one of the few tall female stars. She is 1 meters tall, taller than Rondo and only a head shorter than Hansen.

"Don't let me affect your training." Swift pointed at Han Sen's jersey. This meant that he could continue to train shirtless.

Han Sen nodded, and after briefly instructing Rondo to buy some food and drinks for Swift, he returned to the court to continue training.

Of course, he was wearing a jersey.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Swift already there, eating popcorn and chatting with Rondo, so he continued training with peace of mind.

By the time the training was over, it was almost an hour later.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting." Grover was very strict about training, and he had agreed to the training and had to listen to Grover.

"The popcorn he bought was delicious." Unexpectedly, Swift didn't care at all.

Han Sen now had a deeper understanding of Swift. This guy must be a foodie.

"Let's go find a place to make a cake!" But it was Swift's next words that surprised Hansen.

Looking for a place to make a cake?
He thought Swift came with a finished cake.

"Of course cakes taste better when they're freshly made." Swift seemed to have guessed his thoughts through his expression and said with a smile.

"I'm going to take a shower first." Han Sen's third training session was over, and he had plenty of time in the evening.

"Wait a minute, grant me a small wish."

Han Sen looked at Swift in confusion.

Swift pointed to the basket.

It turned out that she wanted to dunk.

Just as what is expressed in "Slam Dunk", for most people, the most attractive thing about basketball is dunking.

Although Swift is not short, it is impossible for her as a woman to dunk on her own.

So this requires Han Sen's help.

How to help?
Have you ever seen an adult help a child dunk? Of course, they lift the child up high.

Han Sen held Swift's waist and lifted her up from the ground.

Swift is 1 meters tall and weighs about 8 kilograms, so she is not lean.

Han Sen lifted it very easily this time.

This can be regarded as a small display of the results of his and Grover's training.

Swift smiled as she completed the dunk in the air. After Han Sen put her down, she raised her hands high and excitedly turned back to high-five Han Sen to celebrate.

For a moment, Han Sen felt that all the fatigue from a day of training had disappeared.

After fulfilling Swift's little wish, Han Sen asked Rondo to make the arrangements first, and then after he finished taking a shower, he drove Han Sen to the cake shop.

This cake shop was near Han Sen's residence. It usually didn't have a lot of traffic. When they went there, there was a sign saying "Closed Today" at the door. Rondo was there to greet them with a smile.

Spending some money can save you a lot of trouble.

Once they entered the cake shop, Swift quickly started to get busy.

Han Sen started to help at Swift's request.

The cakes made by this cake shop today should have the highest labor costs.

While making the cake, Han Sen saw Swift again, who was focused.

Just as Hansen commented when he first met Swift, Swift's appearance is more like a girl next door than a goddess.

But when she is devoted to her work, whether she was taking photos before or making cakes now, she always has a very attractive beauty.

After finishing the work and putting the cake into the oven, the two of them sat there looking at each other and couldn't help laughing.

After a busy period, both of them had a lot of flour on their faces.

"Is this also your way of relieving stress?" Han Sen couldn't help but ask curiously.

Unexpectedly, Swift shook his head:
"This is my hobby. I always feel that cakes made by others are not to my taste."

Han Sen smiled and nodded. It seemed that his previous judgment was correct. Swift was indeed a foodie.

"What's your hobby?" Swift looked at Han Sen curiously.

Hobby?

This question stumped Han Sen.

If you talk about his hobbies before traveling through time, he had many hobbies, such as playing games, playing ball, singing karaoke with friends, and even traveling with them to appreciate the beautiful scenery of the motherland.

But after traveling through time, in order to avoid any regrets in this life, his life has been filled with basketball.

Of course, if fishing, which was previously used to relieve stress, is counted, then it can also be considered a hobby.

Seeing Han Sen's silence, Swift couldn't help but stand up, wet a towel, and walked over to Han Sen to wipe the flour off his face.

With no way to relieve stress and no personal hobbies, she had no idea what kind of life Han Sen was leading now.

The atmosphere was somewhat ambiguous at a distance of only a fist away.

Han Sen's body was tense and his breathing was quickened.

Since he started training with Grover, he has remained abstinent in order to maintain the quality of training.

That does make him energetic every day, but the more he trains, the better his body becomes, but this aspect is a little hard to control.

This is also the reason why many athletes abstain from sex in order to improve their performance, but lose control on the field.

That has nothing to do with human psychology, it's more of a physiological reaction.

Fortunately, Han Sen has been a human being for two lifetimes, so he still has some self-control. Moreover, Swift treats him as a friend, but he reacts to her. This is too shameless.

He thought about this and that to distract himself and slowly let his breathing calm down.

But at this moment, he felt something approaching him.

When he looked up, he saw a pair of pink lips falling.

A sweet smell.

-Dividing line-

① Bird Rights: After the contract of a player with Bird Rights expires, his parent team can renew his contract with him for up to 5 years, with a maximum annual salary increase of 10%, and can exceed the salary cap limit. Other teams in the league can only offer him a contract of up to 4 years, with a maximum annual salary increase of only 8%, and cannot exceed the salary cap.

(End of this chapter)