【有文稿】独家-林书豪分享“林氏童话”

Jordan：Hey, thanks for taking the time。 Jeremy Lin: No problem, thanks for having me. Jordan: After these tours to China, where you kind of engage with these young basketball players here, how do you think their love of the game compares to Americans? JLin: I think at a younger age, kids everywhere love the game of basketball. I think the one thing or a couple things that really separate players in China from players in the US or globally is that I think the players in China are so hungry to learn and so respectful. Anything you say, like if you’re at camps or in other places, they might not be as obedient or as receptive as the kids in China. They just love the game and want to learn. You rarely ever have to deal with attitude or anybody not paying attention or anything. Jordan: Is that just a cultural difference? JLin: I think it’s cultural, but also they love basketball. And they know that basketball is growing, and in terms of a global perspective, they’re a little later to the game than other people. So I think when other coaches and people do come from other places to teach, I think they just have this tremendous amount of respect and desire to learn. Jordan: Yeah, I think that they love the NBA so much, so sometimes I go out to watch the street ball, and you have all these kids trying to do these NBA moves, but they never learned the fundamentals. JLin: Yeah that’s a huge problem… Jordan: So I’m glad you’re doing the skill camps. JLin: What you said is so accurate. They know these flashy moves, and the spin moves and the Euro steps, and the Youtube highlights. But if you told them to do the really quote on quote boring fundamental footwork like a reverse right pivot or something like that, they might not be able to do it, but everyone knows how to do a spin move. Jordan: In America we have AAU leagues, basketball camps, and a bigger street ball culture, but what would your advice be to a Chinese kid who just loves basketball but doesn’t necessarily have access to those kinds of facilities? JLin: I don’t think you necessarily need a facility. The majority of my childhood was spent practicing outdoors. We played outdoors every single day. To be honest, that’s the beautiful thing about basketball, you just need a ball and a hoop. It’s not like football where you need someone else to come pass to you. You just need a ball and a hoop, any hoop that you can find anywhere. I think it’s just a matter of honing your skills and trying to get better at the game. And I would say there’s definitely a disadvantage if there aren’t like ultra-competitive leagues like an AAU or NJB, but I think you can make up for it just by playing more, playing all the time, working hard, and working at the things you need to get better at. Jordan: I was kind of curious, could you run me through one of your favorite shooting workouts, just kind of a basic one that you’d do when you have time. JLin: So basically it’s 500 jumpers, the first 50 are warm-up shots. Then I go through some spot shots, you know go to a couple different spots. Then after that I start moving, so moving without the ball. You know I cut to the baseline three and shoot it, or I might shake up from the corner to the wing, shoot that shot. Or I might go from the wing to the top of the key, just all types of moving shots. After that we go into triple threat shots, so there’s a triple threat shot or just a break shot. Then after that we start going off the dribble, so transition threes or pick and roll threes where they go under the pick and roll. Then we add in some really tough shots, step-backs or pull-backs, mid-range jumpers. Then we just try to recreate… one time I do a pump fake and the next time I actually shoot it, or one time I do a jab fake and the next time I actually drive. So just trying to recreate, so that when I do a move the defender doesn’t know which one I’m doing, trying to make the jab look as much like the drive as possible, and the pump-fake look as much as the actual shot as possible. Jordan: What is one of your character strengths that you would share with your followers—fans or young basketball players—that you think would impact them positively? JLin: Passion for the game, and a desire to work. When I was younger, I didn’t really work that hard, I just thought I was the best, didn’t need to work….. Jordan: Lazy? JLin: Yeah, for sure... Well I guess it’s different, right? I wasn’t lazy in the sense that I would never play basketball, because I was always playing non-stop. Like after practice, I was the only one who would go play again. I just didn’t listen, I felt like no one could tell me what I needed to do better. I just felt like I knew everything. So now I have a fear of not reaching my potential, or getting the most of everything that I have, or everything I’ve been blessed with by God. So I think one of the things I guess is trying to work at your craft.