basketball pope

Chapter 115 [Hereties in the 90s]

Yang Rui walked into the visiting team's locker room with a bag on his back, and the players greeted him cordially, especially the rookies, who were very enthusiastic.

The biggest feature of this team is that there are no "thorns". Even McGrady, who likes to complain, is now a good boy.

Yang Rui said with a smile: "Why don't you all chat in the locker room? The atmosphere is too cold, aren't you nervous about the game? The Celtics are just a bad team and didn't make the playoffs last season."

The two assistant coaches are madly sweating, the opponent is not in the playoffs, we are the bottom one!
Yang Rui threw the bag on the chair, stood in the center of the locker room, cleared his throat, and said loudly, "Before the game, I want to tell you two very important things, you must listen carefully."

Everyone did not interrupt and pricked up their ears.

"First, the atmosphere in the locker room has to change. Everyone has to play happily. We are colleagues and friends. The Knicks are like this. When they see someone frowning, everyone will care about each other. Hey, MAN, what's the matter? Are you unhappy? Say it to make everyone happy."

The players were all overwhelmed, and Miller and O'Neal laughed out loud.

Assistant coach Jack Smiley was stunned.

It's really unreliable for young people to be coaches. You are here to coach, not for talk shows!
Yang Rui added: "Second, everyone has a reason to be happy. The Knicks should be depressed. The schedule is very tight, they are under pressure to defend their title, the most important person in the team is in the Raptors again, and the offense is about to end... …We have no pressure, because we are only 24th in the official power list. What everyone has to do is to go all out on the fast break, increase the number of rounds, and improve the stats. Vince is the best rookie, Tracy is the best sixth man, Jermaine's most improved award ... that's what the goal this season is."

The players relaxed and many laughed.Carter and O'Neal took the lead in applauding, and the atmosphere in the locker room changed drastically.

The coach said that the goal this season is to brush the data, what pressure is there?
Smiley rolled his eyes, he had never heard of such an outrageous coach.

Yang Rui said: "As long as you play strictly according to the tactics I arranged, you will have a chance to perform. I never look at people with tinted glasses. The only thing I hate are those who don't listen to the arrangements and those who don't know how to count, so listen carefully, The third most important thing."

Several people laughed even more.

Hate ignorant people?Didn't you just say that there are two important things, why is the third one now?

"This matter is the most important, just one word - hard work!"

Everyone stopped laughing.

"All championships are fought, and so are the stars. If you want to become a superstar, you must have a correct attitude. You are not playing for me, not for the boss, but for yourself! Only by playing well can you become a star. , in order to get money and women... Wait, this goal is too vulgar, let's change to an elegant one and fight well, in order to get career and love!"

The players applauded wildly, and now the Internet is underdeveloped, people have little knowledge and a limited sense of humor.

They all knew that Yang Rui hosted the food reality show and was a joker. After the start of the game, they saw his ability. It is very interesting to have such a coach.

Yang Rui made a concluding speech. "The tactics are very simple, run, use your physical advantages, and counterattack. You must concentrate on the defensive end. If you have no experience in the NBA, I don't blame you for not being able to defend yourself, but if anyone is lazy, distracted, and thinks about life on the court, I will let you He sits on the bench. I'm your friend, whoever treats me as a friend, I promise to make him regret it, do you understand?"

"Understood." The players shouted together.

Both Kevin Willis and Detrev felt younger and shouted along.On the surface, Yang Rui looked like a nonsense, but he actually relieved the rookies successfully.

Compared with those coaches who have a stern face all day long and are the only one in the sky and the earth, Yang Rui is more likeable.

Of course, it would be a big mistake for a player to think that he is easy to bully, and the status of the head coach is enough to suppress everything.Whoever is disobedient will not be allowed to play.Dissatisfied?Change away!

During the warm-up, the Raptors players were very relaxed, and Yang Rui's pre-game mobilization had an effect.

Combined with the running and shooting practice in the past few days, they all believed that the coach really had the intention to let them brush the data.

Try to speed up the rhythm of the attack, increase the number of rounds, resolutely break through singles, and throw when there is a chance.Not to mention a rookie who just graduated from college, even a veteran has never seen a coach arrange tactics like this.

The veteran has been in many teams, and the most emphasized word from the coach is "control the rhythm". Yang Rui's emphasis is "fight for five seconds to complete an attack." He is a heresy in the 90s.

Running and shooting is also a rhythm, but no team did that in 99.

At this time, D'Antoni had just turned regular from the Nuggets, with a team with no future, and no one competed with Yang Rui for the honor of fast break coach.

Raptors starting: Billups, Christie, Carter, John Wallace, Kevin Willis.

Celtics starting: Kenny Anderson, Ron Mercer, Paul Pierce, Antoine Walker, Tony Batty.

Willis showed his strength at the beginning. His jumping was still excellent. He beat the young Barty with the jump ball. Billups received the ball and passed John Wallace, who rushed to the inside as soon as he lowered his head.

Walker succeeded in following the interference, Wallace's forced layup missed, Barty grabbed the rebound and gave the point guard, 183CM Anderson took the half court to the ground.

The two inside lanes of the Green Army pulled out of the penalty area. Walker received the pass and faced Wallace for a three-pointer. The interference ball also popped up. Willis grabbed the rebound and immediately passed Billups to start quickly. attack.

Billups took the ball to the frontcourt, remembered what Yang Rui said, and grabbed the shot when he had a chance.He didn't think about passing the ball at all, and suddenly pulled up against Anderson on the right.

In college, Billups was good at throwing cold arrows. Last year in the Celtics, the coach didn't allow him to do it. It was very uncomfortable to play. Now it is a rhythm he is familiar with.

With a sigh of relief in his heart, he wanted to show his old club whether he was worthy of the third flower show!

Anderson of 183CM reacted half a beat slowly, jumped slowly, interfered slightly, and the ball flew into the basket neatly, 3-0.

Yang Rui stood up on the sidelines and took the lead in applauding. This was Billups he wanted to see.

Even if Billups becomes an All-Star later, his breakthrough ability is average and his shooting rate is not high.In addition to using his body to eat small guys, his main scoring method is to shoot three-pointers.It's very efficient to play like this, defend well, and his organization almost doesn't matter.

The Celtics attacked and the ball was passed to Pierce to single out Carter.

Both of them are rookies this year, with superhuman qualities and willing to compete.

Pierce leaned against Carter in a low position on the right, turned to the bottom line, pulled the ball and jumped up, leaning on Carter's back with both hands to hold the ball and tie the rod, and scored cricket. 3 to 2.

In one round, it can be seen that Carter's defensive end is insufficient, and it is too easy for people to turn around. He has a body, but his consciousness is not good. A slight shoulder shake attracted his attention.

In the Raptors positional battle, the players pulled away, Carter took the ball frame in the middle, and Pierce was the main defense.

Carter doesn't plan to pass on it anymore, he's going to start acting!

(End of this chapter)