Maddy's current weight indeed prevents him from playing in the NBA; like Dião back then, he needs to lose weight.
Somewhat surprisingly, Maddy's training intensity isn't much less than Dião's.
Clearly, after playing for multiple teams and even briefly leaving the NBA, Maddy is genuinely determined to return to the NBA this time.
The Spurs' games continue, and Tang Tian has fully regained his regular playing time.
Holt talked to Popovich, but this time Popovich's attitude was very firm: if they continued to interfere with his coaching so forcefully, he would simply quit.
If Popovich quit, that would be a disaster.
Holt, filled with frustration, could only vent on Buford.
Buford looked miserable; he worked so hard, who did he offend!
Time flies, and it's now April.
The Spurs' record steadily improves, further solidifying their position as the top team in the West.
Since joining the Spurs, Maddy hasn't had a chance to play, but his physique is constantly recovering.
Of course, most importantly, his role-playing as LeBron James in training sessions is becoming increasingly proficient, greatly helping the Spurs.
One evening after extra training, Maddy suddenly stopped Tang Tian.
"Your arsenal doesn't have a mid-range game?"
Maddy asked curiously.
After more than half a month of interaction, he noticed that Tang Tian trained in many areas every day, but when it came to scoring, it was either three-pointers or drives, and the drives were quite awkward.
"Three-pointers are more efficient," Tang Tian said, offering a casual excuse.
He did want to exchange for some mid-range skills, but the effective ones were all purple or above.
"No, no, if you keep playing like this, you'll be targeted at most next season," Maddy immediately denied Tang Tian's statement.
"Do you want to learn the dry pull-up?"
Perhaps because of Yao Ming's connection, Maddy felt a sense of kinship with Tang Tian, or perhaps he was inspired by Tang Tian's personality during this period of training, or maybe, like Mutombo, he hoped that someone would inherit his unique skills.
Whatever the reason, Maddy inexplicably asked this question at this moment.
Tang Tian nodded.
The dry pull-up and the jump shot are actually quite different.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be only a few stars in the league like Maddy who use this technique.
So even if he had the chance to exchange for Maddy's dry pull-up in the future, it would be like Tony Allen before, requiring a relatively long adaptation period, or some other matching conditions.
Now that Maddy wants to teach him for free, he has no reason to refuse!
Seeing Tang Tian nod, Maddy became excited and pulled Tang Tian to sit aside and chat.
"The dry pull-up is different from the jump shot; it requires a lot of core strength and arm strength, so before learning this technique, you must strengthen these two areas..."
Maddy spoke eloquently.
The dry pull-up is a type of jump shot, but besides the dry pull-up, there are many other forms of jump shots, such as the pull-up jump shot, the fadeaway jump shot, the turnaround jump shot, the turnaround jumper, and the floater.
Among them, the pull-up jump shot is the simplest and the foundation of all jump shots, while the dry pull-up is the most difficult of all jump shot types.
This is by no means an exaggeration, because the suddenness and explosiveness of the dry pull-up mean that most people simply cannot learn this technique, or if they do, they only grasp a superficial understanding.
The ordinary jump shot is also called the base jump shot.
As the name suggests, it means that the ball-handler stands with both feet on the ground, makes slight adjustments, and then jumps with both feet at the same time, making a standing shooting motion in the air.
When the entire body reaches its highest point or infinitely close to its highest point, the ball is released in a set-point shooting manner, and then it lands steadily; this type of jump shot is called a base jump shot.
This shooting method is also the shooting method commonly used by most people.
But the dry pull-up is different from the base jump shot; it emphasizes suddenness.
The quick and sudden jump catches the defender off guard, and by the time they react and try to block, the ball has already been released and is flying towards the basket.
This is why, despite looking almost the same, Maddy's dry pull-up is rarely blocked.
As Maddy said, in order to achieve this effect, he needs strong jumping ability, extremely fast take-off speed, terrifying explosiveness, and good core strength.
This is also why he told Tang Tian in advance to practice these areas.
In addition to being clean, crisp, and smooth, the dry pull-up also has a very obvious sign: the scissor legs.
"I didn't do that to show off; it has to be done that way."
For the first time, Tang Tian heard about the origin of the scissor legs from Maddy's mouth.
Because the dry pull-up eliminates the adjustment time, and the starting point is the sudden force of one foot driving the other foot and the whole body to jump and shoot.
Therefore, shooting inevitably causes the whole body to tense up, and at this time, scissor legs are needed to maintain the body's balance.
"I'll teach you the simplest standing dry pull-up first."
Maddy had already stood up when he said this.
Tang Tian also took the ball and started to try on the side.
After a few movements, he found that his waist already felt sore and tight, and it was difficult to fully control the balance of his body in the air.
This technique is waist-taxing!
It is said that Maddy has a congenital spinal problem, but it seems that it is not only that!
But Tang Tian is not worried; if it were so easy to learn, what would be the use of the system?
Moreover, he had previously scanned the skill description of Maddy's dry pull-up in the system, which also included core strength enhancements.
"That's just the entry-level movement. The most difficult part of the dry pull-up is that you must learn to use both your left and right feet simultaneously. The left foot can be the power foot or the pivot foot, and the right foot is the same, so your defender won't be able to judge when you're going to jump."
Maddy's face was quite smug when he said this.
Obviously, he has considerable confidence in his dry pull-up technique.
However, there's no denying that in the long history of the NBA, Maddy can be labeled with the dry pull-up, and he is indeed the most skilled in this area.
"You should practice this to look like something first. The dry pull-up is not just what I'm teaching you; there's the pull-up dry pull-up, the hesitation move straight into a jump dry pull-up. If you really want to master this technique, it may take an entire career."
Maddy said finally.
Tang Tian nodded.
What Maddy said is completely true; it's normal to not learn it in an entire career if your physical talent isn't good enough.
But he has a system, and the biggest function of this pay-to-win system is that it allows him to master things quickly.
When he walked out of the training hall, he even had the idea of exchanging for Maddy's dry pull-up next season.
After all, this technique is not only what he needs, but more importantly, the movement is so cool.
Maddy is a man who never even made it past the first round of the playoffs, and only has two scoring titles to show for his entire career, but he was inducted into the Hall of Fame and is so popular. Why?
Isn't it because his playing style is so beautiful?