One Year Left to Play-Chapter 280 - 98: This College Student Is Unusually Popular

The action and habits of shooting determine which direction the ball will bounce when it misses from every area. Although not always the same direction, it's mostly that way, which gives me the advantage in grabbing the rebound.

In the game, when you shoot, I'll also observe if there's anything different from your usual shooting form. If your hand position is off, I'll be ready to grab the rebound right away. This is all experience accumulated..."

Every industry has its specialization. In terms of rebounding, Jason Williams is quite professional, despite having average physical fitness and height, or else he wouldn't possess top-notch rebounding skills.

"So, I can teach you, but if you want to improve quickly, even if you have a strong ability to learn, it's not something that can be achieved in a short time, so you need to be mentally prepared for that.

At the beginning, my rebounding ability wasn't strong either. My idol Rodman was the same; our rebounding abilities weren't impressive early in our careers. I'm not sure how he learned, but I asked him, and he taught me these techniques. It took me three or four years to have my current rebounding ability."

Jason Williams spoke professionally, but Zhang Hao's focus was... "Your idol is Rodman?"

"Yeah! He's the best in the world at rebounding! Any problem with him being my idol?"

"No, I think he has a lot of personality and is great at rebounding, just..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that you and your idol are not very alike. I heard he's really big, nearly as big as me."

"Big? What do you mean big... You jerk! Stand still! I'll beat you up!"

...

Couldn't catch up!

After getting tired of running, Jason Williams sat on the sidelines watching Zhang Hao and Edwards practice three-pointers.

Edwards, this jack-of-all-trades player, can do everything. Although he's not proficient at any, he's capable of teaching young players skills.

Another set of three-point training ended... Watching as Edwards made 85 out of every 100 three-point attempts steadily, Zhang Hao was envious!

What he was equally envious of was Jason Williams sitting on the sidelines.

During the break, Zhang Hao took a sip of water and sat next to Jason Williams: "Three-pointers take time to practice, and rebounding takes time to accumulate experience. How can I contribute more?"

Although he really wanted to hit Zhang Hao, it was itchy to think, Jason Williams had to admit from a basketball perspective, the guy was quite likable.

Which made him even more annoying!

But Jason Williams enjoyed being the teacher, pondered, and replied: "You've already done enough. You're now the team's top scorer, and your rim protection ability is decent too... I don't understand what you geniuses think. Like me, without much talent, I just do pick-and-roll and rebounding well, so I focus on these two points. I think you've done well enough."

Zhang Hao played 10 games, averaging 19.3 points, which is significantly higher than Almon Gilliam's average of 17.8 points, currently topping the Brooklyn Nets' scoring list.

This season, there are three rookies leading their teams in scoring; Zhang Hao is one, along with Damon Stoudamire and Jerry Stackhouse.

After the opening game, Jason Williams knew Zhang Hao would not be on the same level as him in the future.

Zhang Hao smiled lightly and responded, "I just want to get better."

"Hey."

"Hmm?"

"Your form was pretty ugly during the three-point training just now."

"???"

Damn! Zhang Hao looked at Jason Williams' smug smile, and it was his turn to want to hit someone!

"As if I don't know this form is ugly? I have no choice!"

Being by the river often, how can your shoes not get wet? Even the leader of the Knife Inserting Sect was backstabbed by a teammate!

...

A peaceful night, Zhang Hao simulated training in passing and turnaround fadeaway in learning mode.

Waking up the next morning, looking at the 439 days of remaining life prompt, he sighed lying down.

"I thought learning rebounding from Williams might trigger learning mode, but it didn't..."

Saving 90 Celestial Mandate days, Zhang Hao wasn't that happy. During the season there's a chance to increase his life span. Using 90 Celestial Mandate, to exchange for a more systematic way to learn rebounding and have better performance might increase life in future games.

As an inside player, rebounding is very important.

It's only a pity, but still got life left...

"Forget it; anyways, the methods of learning rebounding are obtained. It's reliant on accumulating more strength, stronger predictive abilities, and doing more analytical work..."

As usual, got up early, did some exercises in the gym, and headed to the hotel restaurant for breakfast at 7:30, accidentally meeting head coach Butch Baird.

Chatting for a while about recent training, Zhang Hao summarized what he had been learning and shared it with the head coach.

When it comes to effort, you can't hide it; you have to be proactive in talking about it.

But after discussing what he wants to develop and learn, Zhang Hao asked somewhat uncertainly: "Coach, am I being too greedy?"

"Why do you say that?"

"I want to learn too many things."

Butch Baird laughed, "That's very normal. You're a rookie; you definitely need to learn a lot more to gradually find the most suitable target for your growth.

Moreover, compared to what those outstanding inside players can do, what you want to learn isn't actually much, so feel free to try whatever interests you.