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Chapter 1770 Feeling American Malice
Van Gundy originally thought that Yang Rui would pick John Starks, the best sixth man in the league, with outstanding strength and good at mid- and long-range shooting.
As a result, Yang Rui only chose last season's backup point guard Charlie Ward, and the 38-year-old veteran who is about to retire, 203CM insider Buck Williams.
Van Gundy's brows furrowed tighter, feeling uneasy in his heart.
What does he mean?Deliberately let me?Do you want a starter, or a role player from last season, and then bring a group of uninfluenced benches to beat my core?
Well, since you want to make a fool of yourself, I will find someone to score and win 30 points to let you know the gap between the NBA team and the summer league!
If you hear Van Gundy's voice, Yang Rui will definitely despise him. As a defensive coach, this buddy thinks that a 30-point win is a big victory, which is ultimately humiliated.
In the 21st century, the pace of competition is very fast, and it is too common to win three or forty points.
Yang Rui walked to Xibodu."Tom, we are going to play against Jeff to call the players."
"Is this also a test? Who is on our team?"
Yang Rui called out eight names loudly on the sidelines."Everyone, put on the red vests, we are a team."
The five summer league players are very happy, gearing up, and eager to try. They have worked with Yang Rui, knowing that the coach will arrange suitable tactics to help them develop their expertise.They are all system players.
Alan Houston's heart was bleak.
What's happening here?Should he play the sixth man with a substitute in the new season?
If not, there is no reason to put him on the same team with these marginal people, but he played very well in the playoffs last season.
Yang Rui walked to Houston and smiled and said: "Alan, the offense will depend on you for a while. I proposed to Jeff that you should arrange offensive tactics for the outside core in the new season. Letting you take the bench here is a test. , It depends on what you can bring these newcomers into."
"Huh?" Houston froze for a while, this was the span of a promotion and salary increase that he thought he was going to be fired.
"Why, you are not confident? I am very optimistic about you."
"No, I was just a little surprised." Houston laughed.He is waiting for this opportunity. Ewing is already old and the team needs a new core.
"Everyone gather." Yang Rui clapped his hands and announced loudly: "Starter Ben Wallace, Charlie Ward, Alan Houston, Buck Williams, Bruce Bowen."
Jackson's personal abilities are good. After all, he is only 18 years old. The summer league has exposed many problems.He tends to get feverish, and Atkins has the same problem.The two of them can take the bench to grab points, and they need experienced people to start.
Yang Rui’s tactics are the same as in the summer league. The perimeter responsible for screens has become veteran Williams, and the main runner is Houston. Ward’s steady passing has been verified last season. The center holds the ball and organizes the two blue-collar tasks. It is defensive, the offensive end position is fixed.
It's just a side screen without the ball. It's very simple. Everyone understands that if you are not a fool, you can perform it.
Good coaches are actually good at arranging simple and effective tactics, such as Popovich and Phil Jackson, who use proficient and simple cooperation to defeat opponents, so there are not many timeouts, and players often make adjustments on the court.
Incompetent coaches will make the tactics very complicated, constantly testing the players’ quotient, and regardless of whether this group of people can understand or can do it, they spend time on running-in, but ignore the player’s own expertise. .
This kind of coach is actually not much different from a veteran football fan. Hell if he can win.
Yang Rui is a smart man and he understands the future prospects of the players. Therefore, the main goal of his tactics is to give play to the players' specialties.
Bowen doesn't need to cut the bottom line, and the big book doesn't need to be pulled out. Ward reduces the number of shots. Based on their personal ability, the coach is arranging tactics so that they can run out of the field of roses, and they can't score a few points.
Yang Rui emphasized: "If you can shoot three-pointers, don't shoot two-pointers. If you make a mistake, you can jump in. Buck doesn't need to enter the penalty area. He is active in the low post. He is responsible for grabbing the offensive rebound.
"After grabbing the rebound, hold on, fight in position and hand it over to Alan. Don't worry about the newcomers, you are capable and strong! Buck, Patrick will hand it over to you for single defense, come on!"
Williams is 203cm tall, and he suffers a lot. But he and Ewing know each other and know each other better than Moore. This is why Yang Rui wants him.
On the other hand, Van Gundy arranged the main tactics of last season. Ewing pulled to the horn to receive the ball heads-up, Johnson made a side cut, and the others looked for opportunities outside.
There are two advantages to playing this way. One is that it is not easy to be messy. It opens up a heads-up. After passing to Ewing, you can stand on the outside line and wait for the return.
Second, while the core data is very beautiful, everyone has saved energy and can stay on the defensive end desperately.
To put it bluntly, the Knicks have no offensive tactics and rely on the star's personal ability to solve the problem.Stars playing under Van Gundy are easy to get statistics, and they must be mentally prepared for exhaustion and training.
This is why Yang Rui must hold Houston on top.In his previous life, Ewing suffered a serious injury in the regular season. Without the gorilla, it was more difficult to kill the Bulls in the playoffs.
The five members of the white team: Childs, Mills, Johnson, Oakley, Ewing.
For the four starters of last season, Mills arrived for the first time, and his strength is equally impressive. The new season will definitely be an important rotation player.
In the audience, Hunter's position was very high, but it was still difficult to get an autograph. He could only shout cheer to Houston.
Jill asked: "How did Houston go to the red team? Isn't that a substitute?"
"I don't know, maybe the red team will win." Hunter laughed.When the game is over, he will be able to get a signed jersey, and he is in a particularly good mood.
The two sides stood on the court, the trainer Chris Georg came to the referee, sparring to record the score, and the other assistant, Billy Salman, was beside Van Gundy to help out.
This game was very formal. Van Gundy felt that Yang Rui was capable, but his personality was too arrogant, and his achievements were easy to swell. He planned to teach him a lesson.
It's just that there is nothing to be proud of in the summer league victory. He wants to let Yang Rui know that NBA coaches are not spiritual, but smart.
The basketball was thrown into the air, and the rookie immediately surprised people.
Ben Wallace's official body side data is terrifying, with a 218CM wingspan and a maximum bounce of 105CM, which makes up for the lack of height.He flew up like a spring, the jump ball beat Ewing and moved to the side Houston.
Houston dribbled in quickly, and suddenly stopped a jumper on the left with one step away from the three-point line.Mills withdrew too far, and the line of defense was not firmly established. This is a good opportunity.
Houston jumped high, shot higher, textbook-like graceful posture, the ball drew a perfect arc, hollow into the net!3 to 0.
"Cool!" Hunter shouted, standing up and applauding with many fans.
Van Gundy shook his heart for a while, this was simply giving him power.The White team attacked, Childs brought the ball to the frontcourt, gave the ball to Ewing, and Williams defended closely.Ewing turned around and couldn't get rid of the frame, and passed it to Johnson who cut on the left.
Bowen is 201cm tall and weighs only 84 kg. He was squeezed and completely lost his position.
Johnson wanted to show his toughness, thinking that it was just a training game, and the rookie would definitely not foul, so he jumped up and wanted to dunk with one hand. Unexpectedly, he flew from the side.
Ben Wallace let go of Oakley's defense to the basket, and his right hand accurately pressed on the basketball.
Big Ben weighs 109 kg and Johnson has 113 kg, which is almost the same. Big Ben's upper body strength is amazing and he is not afraid of any opponents.
In the exclamation of the fans, Big Ben knocked Johnson, nicknamed "Auntie", to the ground with the ball, and Georgel hurriedly stopped.
This is just a practice game. If Johnson is injured, it will be a big deal. He is a player with serious injuries.
Fortunately, Johnson got up quickly and moved his legs and feet to no problem. He saw that Dazhen's complexion was not good, and Oakley didn't have any attacks when he was in the middle.
Johnson is in a very conflicted mood. The newcomer is so fierce, which is good for the team, but it is too shame to give him such a big hat when the open training game comes up.
Van Gundy was very frightened, and he was even more impressed with Big Ben. Johnson is the strongest person in the Knicks. He was overthrown and Yang Rui brought back a beast in the summer league.
There are three recognized fighting kings in the active league, Oakley, Barkley, Johnson, and the Knicks accounted for two.
The Heat’s Alonzo Mourning had to be behind. Last season, Mourning played against Johnson and suffered a combination of punches from his former teammate. He was obviously at a disadvantage before being pulled away by everyone.
Van Gundy suspected that the Knicks are now the third one they can play, and when you look at the big picture, you know that it's not a good one, and most people probably don't dare to play with him.
This is indeed the case. During the Battle of Auburn Hills Palace, Big Ben moved first and pushed Artest a few meters away.Artest, who is known for his violent temper, dared not directly PK with Big Ben, but rushed to the stands to beat the fans after being provoked by the fans.
If Artest goes to fight with Big Ben, he will definitely not be suspended for the entire season, and fans will praise him as a pure man.
To be on the safe side, Van Gundy immediately made a substitution, letting Johnson go off the court and rested. Starks was placed on the bench, and Mills switched to a small forward.
Georgel awarded the ball to the White team. In fact, the ball was not fouled and it was a good shot. He deliberately saved face for Johnson.
The out-of-bounds ball was sent, Starks ran to catch the ball, stopped a jumper for a three-pointer, and the ball missed the basket under Bowen's interference. Big Ben stuck Oakley and grabbed the backcourt rebound.
In the process of fighting muscles, Oakley clearly felt that his little brother is already at the top of the NBA. As long as he enhances his defensive awareness, the future will become a great weapon and he can take his future path.
In the red team battle, Houston and Williams got rid of Starks without the ball screen, received the pass, and Oakley defended it.
Houston flicked a shot, broke through the middle with the ball, slapped the ball with his left hand to the right, a sharp change over Oakley, swayed half of his position, and made a jump shot near the free throw line!5 to 0.
In the future, many fans do not know Houston and can only use his nickname to infer his strength, thinking that the standard shooting posture cannot be eaten, he is just an ordinary player.
Indeed, he has not been remembered by history, and he has no strong honors. There are only two All-Stars. Many people think he is not as good as Hamilton, because Hamilton won the championship with the Pistons in 2004.
In fact, Houston is more like Ray Allen, not just a pitcher.His physical fitness is much stronger than Hamilton, he is very fast, has outstanding jumping ability, participated in the dunk contest, and his three-point ability is not comparable to Hamilton.
Houston has not suffered a serious injury, and given him a little space to start, it is difficult for the inside line to keep up with his speed, even if the dribbling ability is average and the misplacement is enough.
Childs dribbled the ball through halftime and passed it to Ewing again.
Ewing singled Williams and attacked with his back on the right side of the rim. He dribbled the ball with his left hand and jumped to face the rim. This jumped from the back state to facing the rim, with a slight backward jumper to hide. Opened the block and scored.5 to 2.
I finally saw the legendary "Rabbit Jump". The big man feels so soft and interesting.Yang Rui thought.
Ewing's stunt has been lost in the future, his legs are long, and he can jump out a lot of space.He is tall and has long arms and a precise shot, so after jumping to the face frame, his feet are stable for shooting, difficult to block, and a great threat.
In Yang Rui's previous life, Ewing directed Yao Ming to the Rockets, but Yao Ming's turnaround jumper was more beautiful than Bunny, his shot was accurate, and it was more difficult to block. It was useless.
Ewing also taught Dwight Howard, the "Warcraft". All the skills changed to Howard. The bunny jumped into a frog jump, the hook became a discus throw, and the jump shot became...By 2017, Howard Did not practice jump shots.
Howard is such a magical person. After playing for many years, people can't see progress, and only use his body to bully people.As soon as his physical fitness declines, he is finished.
The red team’s offense was still the same tactic. It was passed to Houston to play, Oakley threw it close, Houston transferred the ball to Williams, Starks changed defense, did not make a call, and then passed the ball.
With 24 seconds coming, Ward missed the basket with a jumper.The White team's positional battle was passed to Ewing. This time Ewing turned and missed the jumper.
Both sides defended tightly and played for another two minutes, only Starks scored two points on a jumper, 5 to 4.
Many spectators are starting to get sleepy. What kind of practice is this?Simply boring.
Van Gundy's tactic is to hand the ball to the star to attack, and others watch the excitement.Generally, the two core shots on the inside and outside lines are many. The sixth man averaged more than ten shots per game.
The attacking rhythm of Van Gundy's team, if placed after 2010, the fans will go crazy. His team will grind the position with the opponent little by little, grind the opponent crazy, and the game will win.
Yang Rui discovered that Ward had played under Van Gundy for two seasons, and he was used to this slow rhythm and would not play fast at all.He was fed up and requested a timeout first.
Van Gundy was depressed why this gang of miscellaneous troops defended so tightly, but Yang Rui was not satisfied with the result.
"Buck and Charlie will rest off the court, Stephen and Chucky will enter." Yang Rui finished speaking, and found that the players and Thibodeau looked at him with a dazed expression."Any questions?"
"We don't have a power forward." Xibodu reminded in a low voice, trying to save Yang Rui face.
Yang Rui disagrees."Who said no? Stephen, tell me about your height and weight."
Stephen Jackson replied loudly: "Height is 203 cm, weight is 97 kg."
"Ewing 214CM, 109 kilograms, are you afraid of it? You are a power forward, responsible for defending him." Yang Rui looked at Jackson with a smile.
"Don't be afraid!" Jackson cried, without hesitation, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.