Chapter 38: Spurs Training Camp
The call was Jiang Yuntao's mother who liked to speculate in real estate. She made dozens of times more money than her father Jiang Wen, so he has always been considered a rich second generation. In fact, it seems that this is true.
"Son, I'm in Nanjing and I've seen your news." I could hear excitement from Xia Yun's voice. It's five o'clock in the morning in China, but she is not sleepy at all and is even better than Jiang Yuntao.
The only son, the more rebellious and disobedient son, actually pursued his dreams through his own efforts. This is simply inspiring.
"Well, don't be excited. This is equivalent to finding an unstable job. It's not too late to be happy after I have been working stably for a year." Jiang Yuntao also knew that Xia Yun must not understand those things in the NBA, so let's just make a simple analogy.
"Well, I'm watching the news and it's a 10-day trial period? What's the unit that breaks the line! The trial period is only 10 days."
"Okay, okay, mom, you should sleep for a while, I'm going to sleep too." Jiang Yuntao yawned.
"Where are you living now? I remember your university seems to be in Austin, right?"
"Now in San Antonio, bigger than Austin, stay in a hotel tonight."
"Are you rich?"
"To be honest, no."
"I will transfer 100,000 yuan to you later. You can rent a better house for one year."
"Mom, don't rent it, you won't stay here for so long." Jiang Yuntao was shocked. Why have parents been so generous recently? It's only half a year in a season, but Xia Yun actually asked him to rent it for one year. It's really rich.
"A little confident! You are our son and will definitely work for a long time. I believe in you!"
"Okay, transfer the money. My salary will arrive in a week. You won't need pocket money at that time." Jiang Yuntao knew very well how profitable it is to play in the NBA. Even a player with a basic salary like him can earn 10,000 US dollars in a game, which is very scary.
The players with the lowest salary in the NBA are the ones who earn one million a year, and they are happy to post once a week.
"Okay, chase your dreams. Your dad and I were not as brave as you when they were young. Just don't have any worries."
"Thank you, mom!"
Jiang Wen beside Xia Yun was secretly happy. Of course, he would not call to have sex with his son. He just could blow it out.
Jiang Yuntao received the transfer and used his mobile phone to book a comfortable and expensive house in the local area. Forget it for a year, it would be a waste of money... The season ended only 3 months, so the Spurs could play to the finals.
Jiang Yuntao, who had done everything, threw his phone aside and lay down and looked at the dark neighborhoods of San Antonio. Next, he would fight for this city.
His NBA career has officially begun.
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"I'm a bat spider..."
On the morning of March 13, the cell phone ringing rang.
Uduka asked Jiang Yuntao to attend the team training at the stadium at 8:30 on time, because tonight's game was away in Houston at 8:00 pm, Houston and Quds City belonged to the Texas team, so there was still plenty of time and the morning time could be used for training.
Jiang Yuntao got up early, put on his favorite sneakers, and walked straight to the stadium. In the stadium, Manu was still riding bicycles in the gym early. Jiang Yuntao did not disturb him. It was only less than eight o'clock now, and there was a staff member in a suit in the office.
Under Jiang Yuntao's inquiry, this staff member named Tom was familiar with some things in the Spurs and seemed very enthusiastic.
If he pays attention to the Spurs, he will know that this friendly Tom is actually the Spurs' press officer. Lin Nuo and the others want to please him the most. Jiang Yuntao asked this senior executive to be a novice guide, which is a long time to see.
There was a locker with his name written on it, and his training suit was already placed inside. The jersey had been placed in the locker at the home AT&T center. There were no formal jerseys to train in the training hall. Training suits in black and white colors can also be used for team use.
For sneakers, Nike, a partner, has basketball shoes for every NBA team. Jiang Yuntao can choose at will, and even replace a new pair of shoes in every game. It's okay. It's only 82 pairs of shoes in a season.
"Wow, then I can collect a lot of sneakers." Jiang Yuntao's eyes glowed. Who doesn't love sneakers when playing basketball?
Tom smiled and said, "It's true that new shoes are not necessarily easy to use. Wait, there will be old birds asking you to help you open their new shoes. It's best to wear them with longer-term sneakers that you feel comfortable, otherwise it's likely to affect your condition on the court."
"Okay!" Jiang Yuntao took a pair of 45-size Kejiu and put it in his locker.
After the basic "job entry" process was over, Tom whispered to Jiang Yuntao before leaving: "Jiang, did you hear that you beat Manu yesterday?"
"Uh, it should be counted."
"Hahahaha..." Tom burst into laughter.
"What's wrong?"
"Manu was off today. I'm going to post a message later." Tom left the locker room with a smile.
"Damn, has the method of resuming the wheels begin?" Jiang Yuntao had heard of Popovich's resuming the wheels, and it seemed that he had encountered it today.
I changed my training suits and put on new shoes. I was the first to arrive at the stadium and started training alone, not to mention how motivated I was.
However, the dazzling tactical training he imagined did not appear. After the players arrived, Messina directly arranged the team to start the simplest physical training for high-level running: it was to line up in a team to touch the rebounds.
"Coach Bobo has been taking a leave for a long time and will have a date with us in the afternoon." Messina, as the first assistant coach, said seriously.
This training lasts for half an hour, and then half an hour is a training for two people running and passing the ball throughout the game. This is a training that elementary school basketball coaches will teach.
After that, almost all the training was basic skills training. Jiang Yuntao had the illusion that he was training fresh-up elementary school students in the training camp, and then the people around him were just NBA stars.
Because he went to Baker's training camp during the summer vacation of the first year of junior high school, and he also had a boring basic skills every day, exactly the same as what he trained now.
In other words, he had not communicated with the players in this morning's training except drinking water, and he had never communicated much with the players. It was very boring, but he was tired. His basic skills were the most tiring. He could be lazy in training, but it was very obvious that he would fall behind in basic skills training.
Jiang Yuntao was confused. What is this? College training is much more joyful than this. Everyone will throw handsome aerial dunks and violent frames to adjust their emotions. However, the Spurs are well-organized and no one dares to suddenly shoot three-pointers or dunks during the training. Moreover, he imagined that the NBA team was so exquisite that he did not see the exquisite things of the NBA team, and the Spurs players did not show the world's top basketball player's super basketball skills that fly and hide in the sky. He seemed to have added a fake NBA team.
"Don't be impatient, don't be impatient, remember to be impetuous." Ginobili saw Jiang Yuntao's depressed look and patted him on the back while drinking water, almost choking Jiang Yuntao to death.
Chapter completed!