The person who ca with him this ti was also the head of UA.
The sample shoes had been produced.
Hansen was very satisfied when he saw the sample shoes.
Previously, when designing, UA had sought Hansen’s opinion, and based on his preferences, he had roughly described the "PG1 (Paul George ’s first generation)."
Unexpectedly, the sample shoes UA finally made indeed looked very similar.
The color sche was simple, attractive, and lightweight.
Even the aspect he had specifically ntioned needing reinforcent, the anti-slip feature, had been improved.
All that could be said was that, like initially, UA had shown him a great deal of respect.
The reason Hansen chose this model was also that when these shoes first ca out, they were not popular in other regions but were very popular in China.
It’s not a good choice if targeting the global market, but for East Market alone, it couldn’t be more perfect.
Moreover, after improving on the criticized anti-slip aspect of these shoes, Hansen put them on; the feel of the shoe was noticeably better.
It seed he could finally end the era of wearing other people’s sneakers in the new season.
He had already decided that at the opening ga, he would wear the flashiest violet color sche.
These shoes were called the handso first generation, or the HS "terminator" first generation.
Terminator was the na of the series.
With Barkley shouting "technical terminator" from the comntator’s booth, his nickna had gained so fa.
And handso would be translated as ’handso guy’ in China, so if soone asked what shoes he was wearing, the situation would be quite amusing.
As for the sample shoes, Hansen decided to keep them.
He could thoroughly test the feel of the shoes, and if anything was found to be unsuitable, it could still be fine-tuned before official production.
Sure enough, on the second day after he put them on, Grover appeared in the gym with a man carrying a backpack.
Durant ca with a stride of indifference.
"Co on, let’s play one-on-one," Durant challenged as soon as he arrived and took off his backpack.
It was not at all surprising why Durant would be willing to co to mphis.
Besides Grover saying he was a "gym rat", more importantly, he could play against Hansen!
They were in different divisions, only facing off twice a season, and each ti Hansen’s trash talk got under his skin.
Whatever on-court competition ant, he didn’t think it was just on-court competition.
If it weren’t for a recent event that held him up, he would’ve flown to mphis the day Grover called.
This visitor did not co with good intentions.
However, Hansen was not in a rush, "Let’s train first."
Durant nearly lost his patience; he had flown from Oklahoma to mphis, not to train with Hansen.
"Hansen is right, let’s train first," but when Grover spoke, he had to hold back.
After a day’s training, Durant’s performance surprised Hansen.
Grover’s training volu was not small at all, but Durant completed it with ease.
This made Hansen realize that Durant truly lived up to his nickna "gym rat" and also gave him a sense of urgency.
Durant might not be known for his endurance, but he still managed to score 30 points last season and beco the Scoring King.
With the sa shooting rights given to him, he clearly couldn’t do the sa.
As soon as the day’s training ended, Durant could not wait any longer. He pulled Hansen to the half-court for a one-on-one ga.
"What kind of shoes are those?" Before starting, Durant’s gaze was drawn to the flashy shoes on Hansen’s feet.
"Beat , and I’ll tell you," Hansen was never one to lose in terms of spirit.
"Five minutes, five minutes, and I’ll know the na of those shoes," Durant retorted, not backing down; he had co to mphis to teach Hansen a lesson.
Rondo started filming with his cara at this point.
This footage could beco a classic.
The one-on-one battle began, Arican style, with Durant attacking first.
Durant started with a break followed by a swift stop and jump shot.
Compared to their regular-season matches, his tempo had obviously gotten even faster.
Despite Hansen’s defense, he scored the first basket.
When a player achieves the title of Scoring King and leads a team from 23 wins to 50, both his skill and his mindset are bound to improve significantly.
Durant’s pure strength could rank him within the top ten in the league, if not the top five.
After scoring, Durant let out a strange yell and gave Hansen an extrely arrogant look.
Hansen, at this mont, didn’t seem angry; on the contrary, he looked very excited.
What was his purpose of training with Kobe? It was to break through his own limits.
Durant’s displayed strength was not much weaker than Kobe’s, which played right into his hands.
In the next round, he stuck close to Durant, not giving him an easy chance to make a play.
Durant attempted to dribble past but Hansen, seizing the perfect mont, snatched away the ball.
This move fully exhibited the physical improvents Hansen had made training with Grover, with noticeable enhancents in his reaction ti and speed.
Now it was Durant’s turn to be surprised, as he too hadn’t expected Hansen’s defensive capabilities to have improved.
It looked just like a 1.98-ter tall Tony Allen.
The ball changed hands, it was Hansen’s turn to attack.
Durant was also completely focused now. Despite his surprise, his mind kept replaying the trash talk Hansen had spewed and the ’Durant-hater’ comnts on social dia.
Durant’s height and wingspan completely covered Hansen’s shooting angle.
Hansen could only try to break through by changing directions and accelerating, limited to only three dribbles, Durant’s defense still covered a large area while retreating.
Durant’s physical talent ensured that when he put in full effort, he was one of the top defenders in the league.
After two dribbles, Hansen still didn’t have a good opportunity; on his third step, he significantly widened the distance from Durant and then completed the shot with a sidestep fadeaway.
This was the sa move he had used against the Celtics in G5 to deliver the fatal blow.
Garnett didn’t keep up, Durant did but couldn’t block it.
"Swish!"
The ball went straight through the net.
With his improved physical condition, Hansen was even more confident with this move than before.
"Want to start the clock for you?"
Anti-Fans Point 1.5.
Before Hansen could finish, a value flashed up within the Anti-Fans System.
Durant had co with a real competitive edge.
But this 1.5... it wasn’t so great!
Still, he had just led his team to the playoffs last season; he wasn’t yet a big na.
The continuous trash talk between the two players on the court made Grover, watching from the sidelines, unable to refrain from rubbing his forehead.
He hadn’t kept up with the NBA much in the past two years, so naturally, he didn’t know of any beef between Hansen and Durant.
Now, it seed their grudge was significant?
But Hansen hadn’t ntioned it before.
For a mont, Grover felt he couldn’t grasp the thoughts of the younger generation.
Their one-on-one duel lasted for more than ten minutes, with Durant ultimately winning 11 to 9.
The outco wasn’t unexpected; Durant was renowned for his one-on-one skills, and Hansen’s previous victory during tryouts was more of a strategic triumph.
Not to ntion that Durant has now evolved into one of the top ten players in the league; if Hansen could manipulate him at will, he would have had a place among the top ten long ago.
Rondo was about to delete the footage he had just fild.
"Don’t delete it!" Hansen imdiately reached out to stop him after seeing this,
"I’m not LeBron."
Being away from the Cavaliers had its perks, Hansen could freely mock Jas.
However, his real reason for preventing Rondo from deleting the video was that these recordings were indeed useful to him.
After stopping Rondo, Hansen turned back to face Durant.
Even though Durant didn’t win within five minutes, he had indeed won at the end.
"Listen up, these shoes are by UA, the HS Terminator, the first edition of my yet-to-be-released signature shoes."
When Durant heard this, he was taken aback, feeling as if he had just been force-fed an advertisent.
"Co on, second round!"
But before he could ponder any further, Hansen was already heading to the three-point line with the ball.
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