Zhang Zhenlin and Durant, Irving, Trae Young and other NBA superstars train together! How much does it cost?
This should be the biggest card training ever for a Chinese player who has never landed in the NBA, the young forward at the top of the CBA pyramid, and the league supergiant at the top of the NBA pyramid stand together to compete in skills, no doubt, for Zhang Zhenlin, this is a very rare growth opportunity.
Durant's mid-range must-kill skills, Owen's historical butterfly wearing flowers, Trey Young's hundred steps to wear the "crotch" these superstars rely on physical talent, skill is the pursuit of the highest realm of basketball fundamentals. People with mediocre talents can rely on skills to break through themselves and embody value, while gifted people without skills will only do nothing and be embarrassed.
We dare not argue that Zhang Zhenlin must be the latter, but at present, from the perspective of his career performance in the past two years, in addition to being able to fly and jump, Zhang Zhenlin has not shown us too many technical things, and in the playoffs that can force a player to show all the "arsenal", Zhang Zhenlin only has an empty three points left - not to accuse him of playing badly, but to feel that it is a pity that only three points are a pity.
At present, he is a talented front, not a skilled front, so there is no need to be discouraged, this is where Zhang Zhenlin has potential, because he is still young, but if he can make progress in personal attack with the ball, back or face frame boldness, and cover, Zhang Zhenlin's future will be immeasurable!
Zhang Zhenlin has actually been trying to deliberately improve his skills in these areas during the game, but often the effect is not ideal, so this is the reason why he continues to participate in special training in the offseason.
Offseason training has proven to be effective.
In 2019, before training with Nash, Sun Minghui was still the royal substitute for foreign aid in the team, and no one put him and Guo Allen together to discuss, but after returning to the United States, Sun Minghui seemed to have become the main point guard of the team, and even foreign aid was often giving him the ball, and now Sun Minghui has grown into one of the top point guards in Chinese basketball. Judging from the trajectory of growth, that special training trip to the United States was a turning point in his career.
The most obvious example is Guo Haowen, after the dissolution of August 1, 2020, Guo Haowen also went to the United States, after returning Guo Haowen played in the Shanghai team, much better than the previous performance in Bayi, in 2021 he went again, and then came back, he has become the most capable of playing in the Shanghai team, even Franklin did not have his singles effect.
In fact, many NBA stars will carry out special training every year, the United States is the world's highest level of basketball, so they will not go abroad for special training, often through private or team recruitment for some short-term competition, only to mention Zhang Zhenlin and superstar training, in fact, Irving is also exchanging skills with Durant and Trae Young. James also played in the Drew League some time ago, which is also a kind of training.
Of course, it is not excluded that some stars visit nightclubs or fish in the offseason, such as so-and-so and so-and-so pepper...
In addition to this wild game with NBA stars, Zhang Zhenlin also represented the Suns in the NBA Summer League, averaging 4.3 points per game in 4 games, and was very active and brave on the court, trying to dunk many times. Xia Lian had also been training in the training camp of American trainers for more than a month. In short, Zhang Zhenlin's entire offseason may not be easier than those members of the national team.
In addition to Zhang Zhenlin, this offseason Yu Jiahao, Guo Haowen, Zeng Fanbo, The European teenager Zhao Weilun and the eldest brother Yi Jianlian are all special training in the United States, in the past, it is rare to see so many players appear in the Training Hall of the United States at the same time. Obviously, on the one hand, the treatment of Chinese players has improved, on the other hand, more and more players have begun to pay attention to offseason training, and the United States is naturally the best place. Another aspect is that the environment supports these young talents to pursue their dreams!
This wasn't the case before.
I think that Battle was delayed for half a year because of the opposition of the Basketball Association and the CBA, and he officially started his NBA journey in the second half of the 2001-02 season, that is, after the Ninth Games, and after the Chinese New Year; There is also Xue Yuyang in 2003, who was originally selected by the Mavericks (later called the Lone Ranger) in the 57th pick in the second round of the draft, but the Basketball Association did not let go, and did not sign a contract, which is very regrettable.
The most famous is the "Wang Zhizhi's No Return" incident, when he was cut by the Mavericks at about the end of the 2001-02 season, in order to seek a new contract, he stayed in the United States to play in the Summer League, but at that time the national team was preparing for international competitions, Wang Zhizhi failed to return to the team at the first time after the end of the Summer League, causing a contradiction between the two sides, and later Wang Zhizhi was expelled from the national team, until 2005, when He Lubin was mediated by Kuang Lubin, resolving the 4-year contradiction between Wang Zhizhi and the Basketball Association.
Therefore, now Zhang Zhenlin, a young player with national team strength, has not been called up, which is enough to see the good intentions of the Basketball Association - it is better to sacrifice the results of the World Preliminary Tournament and the Asian Cup than to let young people lose the opportunity to improve themselves!
Therefore, the Basketball Association's current practice of encouraging young people to go to the United States for special training is indeed commendable, but my opinion is that the Basketball Association can even do a little more for the growth of young players.
The article mentioned that zhang zhenlin and NBA superstars how much money it cost to practice? It is indeed difficult for us to know exactly, unless Zhang Zhenlin himself tells us. But we can imagine that this cost is certainly not low, the United States is the world of capital, why can he Zhang Zhenlin participate in this kind of wild game, nothing more than operating in the United States brokerage company, but this part of the money is naturally paid by Zhang Zhenlin himself.
In addition to this wild game, in fact, Zhang Zhenlin has not rested throughout the offseason, from the end of May to now almost three months. In 2019, Sun Minghui looked for Nash to train in the United States, although it was only a week, but it cost $50,000. Some time ago, it was revealed that Zhang Zhenlin and James's (Dele Wanlun) DREWHANLEN spent $20,000 to $30,000 a week on special training in July. Then, a rough estimate, Zhang Zhenlin will spend more than 2 million yuan in the United States in these months, even if it is an ordinary special training training, it will cost 1 million yuan for two or three months.
This figure is difficult to afford for the vast majority of Chinese players, Zhang Zhenlin's family is well-off, many people are incomparable, those who have just entered the league, at most 500,000 a year, but also before tax. But it is precisely those young people who need to go to the United States for special training the most, and when they can get a big contract, the young are obviously already big, and the room for improvement is close to zero.
Therefore, since China has always been different, why not put the offseason training on the agenda, do a more comprehensive and planned job, include those who meet certain standards (age, achievements, awards, national training teams) in the scope of protection, specially allocate appropriate funds (funds can be divided according to domestic, foreign and different situations such as achievements, performance, etc.), stipulate the training time, and the shortlisted players can find training camps on their own or led by the Basketball Association after individual application (shortlisted but not mandatory), Self-funded cases need to be reported and, if the funding standard is exceeded, part of the out-of-pocket expenses are exceeded.
Secondly, considering that there will generally be a national team's game tasks in the offseason, it is possible to be more flexible in the grasp of time, even if it is a week to two weeks of special training. In a week's time, although it is impossible to achieve transformation immediately, the most important thing is that it is necessary to get the guidance of high people, find your own problems, and then gradually change them in the future, which is the real role of special training.
All in all, special training is completely feasible! The Basketball Association can also be fully guaranteed in terms of funds, so as to expand the scope of special training players, and use policies to incentivize the improvement of the level of Chinese players in a large area, so that the overall strength of Chinese players will naturally be greatly lowered, and then form a virtuous circle in the CBA League. Some people may cry and cry, but think about it, even those stars in the United States are practicing hard, not to mention the Chinese players who have achieved dismal results in international competitions in recent years? To climb up from the bottom of the valley, the only way to get there is to smell the chickens dancing! If you want to return to the Olympics, you must try your guts!
I hope that the Basketball Association can carefully consider this proposal! It's up to everyone!
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