Wang Yi smiled at everyone and said,
"I've been traveling back and forth between the two places for years, so I'm used to getting over jet lag. It won't take long."
Then he turned to Head Coach Phil Jackson and asked, "Coach, what are we training today?"
Head Coach Phil Jackson finally snapped out of it. He nodded at Wang Yi and said, "I hadn't planned any training for you, but since you insist, let's work on the Triangle Offense."
Wang Yi had studied the Triangle Offense before and was quite familiar with it, but he had only learned about it. He had never actually played in a Triangle Offense system.
Understanding something and actually doing it were completely different things.
For example, no matter how much you knew about basketball, if you'd never played on the court, you couldn't truly understand what the players felt out there.
So he nodded at Head Coach Phil Jackson. "OK, Coach. That's what I had in mind too."
"I need to get familiar with the Triangle Offense as soon as possible."
"Back when Phil Jackson coached Jordan, he used the Triangle Offense to build the Bulls dynasty. Later, when he coached Kobe and Shaquille O'Neal, he used it to build the Purple and Gold dynasty."
"And now we have me, King Arthur, and Doncic on the team. All three of us are incredibly skilled. You can imagine how strong our Triangle Offense will be."
That morning, they worked on the Triangle Offense for two hours. In the afternoon, they kept at it.
As the afternoon practice was nearing its end, Head Coach Phil Jackson wheeled Doncic into the center of the court. Doncic looked a little awkward.
Phil Jackson gave Doncic another push, then said to everyone, "Luka has a gift for you