Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 363 Mamba Successor
By mid-August, Hansen's personal training camp came to an end.

The second overall pick Ball has his own personal brand. This year, Nike bet on the No. 1 pick Fultz and the No. 3 pick Fox. As for UA, the focus is on the two rookies of the Kings, Mitchell and Tatum.

These two newcomers also came to participate in Hansen's training camp. Tatum's performance was remarkable, but Mitchell was the one who really impressed people.

After the training camp, Han Sen even gave him a pair of new Panda III sneakers that had not yet been released and were autographed by him.

Mitchell is a shooting guard, but his barefoot height is only 1 meters, his three-point shooting is unstable and he lacks organizational skills. This makes him a bit like Tony Allen in some ways. Both are mediocre players, which is also the reason why his draft pick will not be too high.

To exaggerate a little, you could even say that he has some similarities with Brownie.

In fact, when the three-game winning streak just ended, Mitchell was only a draft prospect in the late first round.

However, thanks to his outstanding performance in the tryout, he made it into the lottery from the end of the first round, and his ranking improvement was even greater than Han Sen's that year.

There are two main reasons for this.

One of them is his physicality.

Apart from his height, his other physical qualities are almost perfect.

In terms of static state, he is 186cm tall and has a wingspan of 208cm. As a freshly graduated NCAA player, his body fat percentage is as high as 5.9%.

In terms of dynamics, his standing jump of 92.71 cm is the best among this year's draft players, and his maximum jump of 108.87 cm ranks fifth in the same class, but his biggest advantage is speed. His speed of 3.01 seconds in three-quarters of a game is even faster than Wade.

These talents allow him to run all over the court like a cheetah, with a strong presence on both offense and defense.

The other is his competitive temperament.

Honestly speaking, Han Sen didn't pay much attention to Mitchell in his previous life. In his impression, Mitchell was mediocre and at most an All-Star level player.

He didn't even suggest signing Mitchell during UA's signing. It was entirely UA's own choice.

But this training camp completely overturned Hansen's opinion of him.

This guy's competitive spirit can be described as terrifying. He is not accurate in three-pointers, but he dares to throw seven or eight three-pointers to you from the outside in a training game, and even throws ultra-long three-pointers to you if he has the chance.

Including on the defensive end, although he is short, his excellent arm span makes his defense full of aggressiveness, and after being knocked down, he can immediately jump up from the ground and chase back.

His playing style is flamboyant and passionate, and his motto is "I will kill you no matter who you are." In this respect, he is very similar to Han Sen back then.

But unlike Hansen, this guy has an exceptionally lively and cheerful personality.

To put it in a slightly poetic way: Even when he's dunking with the force to break the backboard, Mitchell often has a smile on his face.

This contrast is so appealing.

Hansen even regretted not letting the Cavaliers trade up for a draft pick to get him.

But what he is sure of is that the Kings will surprise everyone in the new season.

Because this rookie has both leadership qualities and abilities, he has a strong ability to lead a team.

After finishing his personal training camp, Han Sen immediately started his trip to the University of Tokyo in the new year.

It was during this trip to the University of East China that Han Sen announced at an event with Yao Ming that he would represent the University of East China men's basketball team in the 2019 World Cup.

This not only instantly ignited the emotions of the Dongda fans at the scene, but also directly made the entire Dongda fan circle boil.

After so many years, they can finally see Han Sen play for the Dongda men's basketball team. This feeling of finally getting a rain after a long drought gives people goose bumps.

Yao Ming also talked about the issue of naturalized players at the event.

This technology is used all over the world, but the University of Tokyo has not yet adopted it due to national conditions. This will also change because of Han Sen's participation.

Simply put, the Dongda men's basketball team is expected to welcome its first naturalized player in the 2019 World Cup.

It is obvious that Yao Ming is ambitious. If the Dongda men's basketball team can achieve good results in the World Cup, it will be extremely helpful for his subsequent policy promotion.

He had mentioned this before when he was communicating with Han Sen.

Han Sen also agrees with this point. In "history", the watershed of Yao Ming's reform of the men's basketball team was the 2019 World Cup. Before that, the men's basketball team had red and blue teams. You can say that half of the men's basketball team at that time could rule Asia.

However, in that World Cup, because of a sideline ball, a game that should not have been lost, the Dongda men's basketball team ultimately failed to qualify from the group stage, and Yao Ming's subsequent policies could no longer be implemented.

Just like the NBA has only one chance, the Dongda men's basketball team may only have that one chance.

Han Sen's decision also turned a large number of Dongda fans from haters to fans.

This was also within Han Sen's expectations, or rather, his decision was related to his current personal needs.

Now his demand for the black fan system is very low, so what he needs more is fans rather than black fans.

After returning to the United States after finishing his trip to the East, Hansen went to Thousand Oaks, California, to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Kobe's Mamba Academy.

After getting off the plane and taking another hour's drive, he finally arrived at the sports academy that Kobe was proud of.

When he saw it, Hansen finally understood why Kobe had disappeared for the past year.

Because this is not just a training camp, it is a serious sports academy. The entire academy covers an area of ​​5 square feet, with 5 basketball courts, 2 volleyball courts, 1 beach volleyball courts, 1 football field, and even an e-sports training center.

This is no ordinary scene.

This involves an aspect that few people pay attention to, which is the cultivation of sports talents.

From this perspective, Kobe and Yao Ming are doing the same thing, but because of different national conditions, the two people choose very different methods.

Because of Han Sen's presence, the ribbon-cutting ceremony was even more grand than expected.

However, this year, because it was just opened, Kobe did not invite NBA stars, and most of the visitors were college and high school students.

Han Sen originally just came to show his support, but he also sat down and listened to Kobe's class.

After listening to this class, Hansen's view of Kobe changed a lot.

Hansen and Kobe have played against each other many times. Kobe is essentially a solitary player, but in his classes, the thing he emphasizes the most is teamwork.

It is unknown whether Kobe is actually a team player at heart or his understanding of basketball has changed after a 20-year professional career.

And you know what, this academy is called Mamba Academy. Hansen can feel that those young people have a deep-seated enthusiasm for the Mamba spirit.

After finishing the class, Han Sen prepared to leave.

To thank Hansen for coming, Kobe prepared to personally send Hansen to the airport.

Han Sen did not refuse, but when Kobe took him to a helipad and looked at the helicopter there, his expression was stunned for a moment.

Then, he refused.

He actually didn't have much of a problem with helicopters. Although the previous owner of this body died in a helicopter crash, that had nothing to do with him. When he was in Yellowstone Park before, he and Ajiali had taken a helicopter to take aerial photos.

But when the two elements of helicopter and Kobe appeared at the same time, Hansen still said that he preferred to take the car.

Kobe didn't force it, and he also accompanied Hansen in the car.

This made Han Sen feel more favorable towards Kobe.

Perhaps it was because of this series of good feelings that Hansen discussed the safety of helicopters as a means of transportation with Kobe in the car.

He mentioned the incident in which he had a helicopter crash at sea. If he hadn't been lucky, he would probably be 8 years old now.

To Hansen's surprise, Kobe hadn't thought about this question.

“It saves a ton of time.”

This is Kobe's only starting point.

He also gave the example of how they currently ride in cars, saying that it takes two hours to get from the Mamba Academy to the airport and back, but if they use a helicopter it would take less than an hour.

"This is a race between life and time. You've retired, are you short of time?"

Before the time travel, Han Sen had passively read some news about Kobe's plane crash because it caused such a sensation.

For example, the helicopter crash rate is 17 times that of civil airliners. Although the probability of an accident is much lower than that of a car, most people are only injured after a car accident. But for a helicopter, it is a sure death in the air.

Moreover, helicopters are easily affected by electromagnetic interference. If someone kills you, you won’t even know how you died.

So overall, helicopters are probably the most cost-effective of all means of transportation.

Kobe smiled, and it was obvious that he was still very confident about the helicopter.

"Anyway, I won't use that thing as a means of transportation. If it really crashes, I'll think about my wife and children, and the inheritance I've worked hard for most of my life, and finally it will be used to make wedding clothes for others..."

Han Sen said as he shook his head, and this was also his last exhortation to Kobe's favor.

As for whether Kobe listens or not, that is none of his business.

It is now late September, the new season is approaching, and the training camps of various teams have begun one after another.

On the first day of training camp, some players on the Cavaliers reported late. JR and TT arrived two days later.

Fortunately, there are more players with two-way contracts this year, so it does not affect Malone's training plan.

However, after the training camp started, the status of the Cavaliers players showed two completely different situations.

Players like Jokic, Dedmon, and Hansen are in very good shape, but players like Nene, Korver, and even Wade are obviously not as good as last season.

No matter who you are, you cannot resist the passage of time.

The good news is that new players such as Rose and West are in good shape, and they came to Cleveland to try to get something.

Two days later, JR and TT also returned to the training camp.

When they joined the training, the situation became even worse.

Because compared to Wade and the others, these two are no longer in the same shape as last season, they are not in the same shape at all!
I guess they had a crazy summer and didn't train much at all.

To sum it up in one sentence: I have been fighting all my life, so I can’t just enjoy myself?!
You ask two black people to train self-disciplinedly for a whole summer after winning two consecutive championships, saying that they want to create a dynasty. If that were really possible, the Lakers team led by Kobe would have done it long ago.

This situation is also foreseeable, but difficult to change.

So all Malone can do is to let Lue push the two players hard and try to get their condition back before the start of the season.

Halfway through the training camp, Han Sen discovered something unexpected.

Kuzma is a much harder-working guy than he expected.

One day, Hansen woke up early and prepared to go to the gym to do some strength training. When he arrived, he found Kuzma inside.

Han Sen checked the time and saw that it was just after 5 o'clock. He initially thought that this guy woke up early like him, but after chatting for a while, he realized that this guy got up that early every day.

And his reasons are irrefutable.

"My idol is Kobe."

"Los Angeles at 4 a.m." is part of Kobe's persona, but as Hansen felt when he attended the Mamba Academy before, some people believe it.

So maybe in Kuzma's heart, he can't do what Kobe did, but that belief will make him insist on doing so.

It’s just that... Kuzma is a LeBron hater, a Comey fan, and the successor of Mamba, so he has a lot of buffs stacked on him.

It is no wonder that in "history" Kuzma is able to create famous scenes of reversing the situation and pushing James to defend.

It was after that day that Han Sen couldn't help but observe the rookies of the team more.

Then his feeling was the same as when he watched Mitchell in the previous training camp. Even though he was a time traveler, his understanding of many players was actually inadequate or biased.

Kuzma is very versatile. He does a good job in off-ball movement, attacking with the ball, and even rebounding and passing. He is truly a powerful forward.

But what really surprised Han Sen was this guy's defense.

In his "impression", Kuzma's defense was not good, but after careful observation, he found that this guy was very good at utilizing his 2-meter height and 06-meter wingspan.

And his footwork, the placement of his feet in defense, and those little steps.

Yes, he knows Kobe's puppy walk.

It has been confirmed that this guy is a real Kobe fan.

Because when it comes to technology, in addition to on-site teaching, another way is to learn by watching videos.

When Hansen first learned how to do the turnaround fadeaway, he watched some of Jordan's videos.

Therefore, only true fans of Kobe can learn these steps without any guidance.

The Cavaliers did miss out on Mitchell, but landing Kuzma was a bigger reward than expected.

After realizing this, Hansen also asked Kuzma to join his breakfast club and shared with him the details of the puppy walk.

Although Lu is trying to increase the intensity of JR and TT, it is still hard to say how they will perform in the new season.

And if they don't play well, they will have junk contracts and it will be difficult for the Cavaliers to trade them.

Therefore, in this context, it is very necessary to allow young people to make more progress so that they can step up when needed.

(End of this chapter)