The No.1 Anti-Fans in Basketball-Chapter 137 - 104 Abstinence

"I do have one condition," Grover said after explaining.

"Money isn’t an issue." Hansen’s current contract salary isn’t much, but he has plenty of endorsements, so hiring a trainer team, let alone one trainer, wouldn’t be a problem.

"It’s not about the money, it’s about you having to listen to me when it comes to training."

Grover was very serious when he said this, because the last time in Miami when he gave Hansen advice, Hansen showed him what it means to be perfunctory.

"No problem," Hansen readily agreed.

Previously, he had been prejudiced against Grover, and since he had ultimately chosen Grover, he should forget about his former identity as a trainer.

The salary of an NBA trainer is much lower than many people expect, with even the top trainers at that time earning about 100,000 US dollars a year.

However, having followed Jordan for many years, Grover is already a business partner of Jordan’s, and he earns far more than that figure outside his trainer role.

So what he said to Hansen was true, it was the quality and current situation of Hansen that interested him, not the money.

Nevertheless, Hansen still offered Grover a salary of 150,000 US dollars a year, far above the market rate.

This wasn’t just about the money either, it was a matter of respect.

After completing the contract, Hansen immediately began physical conditioning under Grover’s guidance.

From the start of training, Grover demonstrated his professionalism and experience.

He made Hansen undertake a series of high-intensity limit training exercises to explore his current physical condition.

The first conclusion he reached was that Hansen needed to lose weight, getting down to about 98 kilograms.

The purpose of this was to make Hansen more agile on the court and to reduce the physical burden caused by excessive weight.

It took Hansen about a week.

Grover was very patient, not offering any targeted training during that week.

Apart from the weight loss task, he was also adjusting Hansen’s training schedule.

He divided Hansen’s training into 2 to 3 sessions a day.

The first session in the morning was before breakfast, primarily focused on physical fitness training which also included injury prevention, generally taking place between 5 and 7 AM;

The second session was generally with the team, involving shooting and strategy runs, which usually started between 10 and 11 AM;

The third session was arranged depending on whether there was a game that night, with technical improvement training usually scheduled between 4 and 6 PM if there’s no game, but cancelled if there was.

According to Grover, the purpose of training was to prepare for games, and it would be counterproductive to train intensely on game days.

But Hansen was now in the off-season, which meant he needed to undergo three intensive training sessions a day.

Theoretically, having recently suffered several injuries, Hansen should have focused on light training, but Grover did just the opposite.

Yet, Grover had his own set of theories, and after Hansen had finished losing weight, he began to instill his theories in Hansen.

Most trainers would consider injuries as a result of overtraining, but he believed otherwise, suggesting injuries occur due to inadequate training intensity or improper methods, leading to insufficient physical strength and the inability to withstand intense confrontations.

That was why he subjected Hansen to a high-intensity threshold test from the start.

Hansen’s body could completely handle the current training intensity.

As luck would have it, Hansen had just obtained "Steel Bones."

Then Grover began his targeted training.

His specific training methods focused on detailed muscle group exercises.

Not just the common muscle groups like the abdominals, but more detailed such as the rectus abdominis, obliques, lower back muscles, spinal erectors, and quadratus lumborum—this approach was different from most trainers.

All of this was aimed at improving Hansen’s core strength and physical flexibility, which were the real factors in preventing injuries during confrontations.

Although some of these principles conflicted with his own training philosophies, Hansen stuck to the arrangement he made with Grover and followed his requirements.

And soon, he felt an improvement in his physical condition.

Hansen, being a former trainer versed in modern training concepts, could not compare to the experience Grover had accumulated through training superstars like Jordan, Hill, Kobe, and Wade.

During this process, Grover also came to fully appreciate Hansen’s quality.

Whatever the intensity, Hansen always persisted through every training session arranged by him, never complaining.

And sometimes, when the training pressure was too great, and he was exhausted both physically and mentally, Hansen always managed to find the motivation again in the next second.

Although he did not know how Hansen managed it, he could feel that Hansen seemed to value, or rather cherish, each day.

These qualities convinced him that his choice was correct.

The training was twice as effective, and Hansen felt his body sprinting towards its limits.

Time flew to the end of July, and the NBA free agency period was essentially drawing to a close.

The most attention-grabbing Heat’s Three Giants, in an effort to clear cap space for signing, had cleared nearly all their players from their roster, including trading Beasley to the Timberwolves for a draft pick.