Bringing "laziness" into the NBA, opening the files of active NBA players, we find that many people had a glorious past before they became NBA players. Ariza's performance in high school is good, but there are more colorful things on the defensive end, and the performance on the offensive end is hard to compliment. Horton Rice, his high school coach, recalled that Ariza only knew layups and dunks at that time, and he didn't understand high-tech middle and long shots until he entered the NCAA. The coach also revealed a shortcoming of Ariza, which was after an all-American high school league. In that game, Ariza made 0 of 7 shots and scored 2 points only from the free throw. Les punished Ariza for running 20 laps around the basketball court afterwards. Ariza is all ears. Although he agreed, when Les left the stadium to get information from the office, Ariza ran to the assistant coach, took a whistle out of his shorts pocket and forced it into his hand as a gift. He wanted the assistant coach to say that he ran 15 laps after Les arrived, but in fact he only ran 5 laps. After being rejected by the assistant coach, Ariza painfully put away his whistle. In the next few days, Ariza didn't say a word to the coach. Ariza is introverted and surprisingly stubborn. He had quarrels with his teammates in high school and college. When I was a freshman in college, I failed to complete the strength training task arranged by the assistant coach once. When the coach asked him to retrain, Ariza angrily threw the barbell outside the strength room and swaggered away. The next day, the whole team held a meeting to punish Ariza. To the madness of the coaches, Ariza refused to attend the meeting on the grounds of headache, and the school decided to stop training for two weeks. After entering the NBA, the lazy Ariza couldn't adapt to the intensity of NBA games for a while, and then Knicks coach Larry Brown asked him to strengthen his training. But Ariza didn't listen and was often punished by the team for fooling around in training. Brown is a head coach with a reputation for being strict. He can't tolerate players like Ariza. After only playing 36 games the following year, Ariza was sent to Magic. He made a deal with Francis. In February 2006, Ariza went to Magic, and Odin Smith, the general manager, wanted to cultivate him into an important player. But Ariza became arrogant at this moment and completely ignored coach Van Gundy's words. They often quarrel about training. JVG is a temperament coach, and his players are not allowed to disrespect him. When Magic traded Ariza for Brian Cook and Maurice Evans of the Lakers on June 5438+065438+ 10, 2007, Van Gundy breathed a sigh of relief: "We got the players we wanted and sent away the players we didn't want. Ariza is not the kind of player I want to end the game. He didn't adapt to my tactical system. " Although Ariza is doing well now, JVG still feels that he made the right decision to send Ariza away. He said that if Ariza was asked to play magic now, he would refuse on the spot. Ariza's first four seasons were not only unknown, but also plagued by injuries, until the Lakers suddenly burst into talent last season. In the playoffs, he not only defended his opponent with tenacious defense, but also hit 42 three-pointers, contributing to the team's highest 36 steals. Ariza's steals became one of the magic weapons for the Lakers to play against the Rockets in the Western Conference semifinals and the Magic in the finals. What magic "key" did Ariza use to open the door to his success? It turned out that he worshipped Kobe as a teacher. After moving from Magic to Lakers in the middle of the 2007-2008 season, the first thing Ariza did after arriving in Los Angeles was to call Lakers owner Kobe Bryant. They knew each other before, and this time they became teammates. Bryant naturally showed concern for Ariza, who also humbly took the initiative to worship Kobe as a teacher and asked his boss for guidance on his own shortcomings. Kobe thinks Ariza is tough in defense, but his offensive ability, especially the three-point long shot, is still insufficient. Therefore, he carefully arranged a set of training methods that can help improve the hit rate of long shots, and used this as a "secret" to teach Ariza to train long shots. Over the past few years, all the players playing around Kobe Bryant have reached double digits, and only Ariza can get such care from the Lakers boss. Kobe not only taught Ariza shooting training methods, but also taught him how to become a real professional player. Kobe used his own example to educate Ariza, saying that from the day he entered the NBA, he made a belief that he would never give up no matter how hard the training was and how cruel the game was. Kobe's words were like a "sobering agent" injected into Ariza's heart, which made him understand many things. During that time, Ariza spent as much as six hours in shooting practice every day, becoming the most active player in Lakers training, and even Kobe could not reach such training intensity. Kobe Bryant's long-range training method and Ariza's positive training attitude completely changed Ariza's attitude towards the game, and it was immediate. In the past year or so, Ariza has experienced the transition from hell to heaven. Now people only remember Lakers No.3. How many people remember Ariza when he wore Magic 1 and Knicks No.21?