basketball pope

Chapter 192 [The support of the alliance, the ability of fat Germany]

Before the training camp started, the Raptors attracted everyone's attention with their remarks. Yang Rui and Carter divided the headlines of major media.

Yang Rui said two important things, one is that the Raptors want to compete for the championship in the new season, and the other is that they must attack the entire league with offense.

Carter has indicated that he wants to compete for the regular season MVP and also participate in the slam dunk contest.These are all declarations of growing popularity.If the player doesn't win the dunk king, how can he succeed Jordan?

Among the popular teams, only the Raptors shouted the slogan of winning the championship and became the public enemy of the league for a while.Other strong teams want them to look good, and the media around the world are also waiting to watch the excitement.

The Chinese media said: Yang Rui is still too young, this is purely unreasonable hatred, which is not good.

And the media took the Spurs as an example.When Popovich won the championship, he said it was luck. This time, he didn't mention defending the title at all, and also said that the team had no advantage.

The Lakers have been swept for two consecutive years, and the players and management are very honest. "Zen Master" Jackson mentioned the new season and only said that he would try his best to help the three stars of Kobe, O'Neal and Rice.

The Knicks have left several people, their strength is lower than last season, and they are more low-key. Many fans are dissatisfied with Van Gundy's continued coaching, even "madman" Sprewell dare not talk nonsense.

Olan Multimedia, who saw Yang Rui's dissatisfaction, fired directly. "In the shortened season, the Raptors relied on a group of rookies to fast-break fast-break battles, and the veterans worked hard to get to the Eastern Conference finals. Their fast-break tactics are difficult to play in normal seasons. Jerry Young is too inflated, he actually thinks that You are a master tactician, can you bring a group of young people to win the championship?"

ESPN columnist Nicholas said: "Whether the Bulls, the Knicks or the Spurs are defending to win the championship, Jerry Young obviously has too much desire to attack."

In any case, Yang Rui's words attracted the fans, the media, and even the attention of league officials.

David Stern was very happy to see the news. He is also Jordan's successor. At present, Carter is much more competitive than Kobe, Iverson, and Hill. It is too worthy of popularity.

Kobe Bryant's style is beautiful, but he is only second in the Lakers. How could Jordan's successor be the second in the team?So even if the Lakers win the championship, Kobe Bryant is unlikely to succeed.

Iverson and Hill both led the team in the first round of the playoffs. Although their popularity is high, their record is not convincing.

Carter is different, if the Raptors succeed in the championship in the new season, they will immediately attract fans to come back to watch the game and increase the ratings of the NBA.He is a perimeter star, and his style of play is even more gorgeous than Jordan.

Stern called a meeting, arranged the most national broadcasts for the Raptors in the new season, and gave some preferential treatment on the table.

It's hard to see such secret fans, and the opponents are still those, but when playing strong teams, it will be beneficial to the Raptors if they don't play back-to-back.

The Lakers got the second-most live broadcasts, also because of the league's hype.Although the Spurs and Trail Blazers are strong, there are not many live broadcasts. The former is because the star data is too poor, and the latter is ugly.

The Eastern Heat's live broadcasts only ranked tenth. This is because the Heat's strength is not bad. It would be better to play against other strong teams, otherwise Stern would not want to see them.

The Raptors' public practice session, the arena was full.

The old arena has not been retired and will be abandoned after the preseason, and the Raptors will move to the Air Canada Centre Arena for the regular season opener.

In his speech, owner Richard Peddie thanked Yang Rui for everything he brought to the Raptors. The Raptors have really risen and made a lot of money now.

In the audience, some Chinese female fans held up signs of support, which said that they proposed to Yang Rui in Chinese, which shows how popular he is in the city.

However, in the training game, Yang Rui chose to be lazy and let Thibodeau and D'Antoni each lead a team to compete. He watched the fun and inspected the coaching staff by the way.

The two choose a player each until the 15 are divided into two groups.

Thibodeau has cooperated with Yang Rui for two years, and he also has certain accomplishments in offensive tactics and is full of confidence, so D'Antoni is the first choice.

D'Antoni, with a big belly, didn't want Carter. The No.1 chose O'Neal, the second chose Tracy McGrady, the third was Christie, followed by Detref, and the fifth chose Curry.

Three substitutes, he selected Jumaine Jones, Jerome James and Earl Boykins.

Thibodeau's blue team seems to have a better lineup, but they lost the matchup, and the score difference is not small, 132 to 111.

D'Antoni's tactics are fast breaks, the whole team is running, and there are stable three-point shooting points on the outside.When Thibodeau gets players to the rim, Jerome can hold Cato too.

Boykins scored 27 points and 8 assists, and his performance surprised everyone.

The only thing that didn't seem surprising was Yang Rui, Boykins made a sharp breakthrough, and the shot was frightening.Even in 2010, he led the Bucks to beat the Lakers off the bench, and Kobe left the court early before the game was over.

Thibodeau mainly used Carter to attack, and Christie did a good job in single defense.The inside side screened, opened up space to help Carter create opportunities, and the white team switched inside defenses in a timely manner.

In the public training class, Thibodeau felt very embarrassed, and what was even more embarrassing was that the fans didn't pay attention to him at all, and he had a poor sense of existence.

Yang Rui was very satisfied with D'Antoni's performance, and asked the two of them and the third assistant Jack Smiley to have dinner together in the evening.

Summarizing the match, Yang Rui said with a smile: "Tom, you are not wronged. His selection strategy was correct, and your lineup was restrained."

Thibodeau shook his head: "I don't understand, obviously there are three starters in my team, and there is also Miller who can open up space."

"But you're short of defensive players, and the positional battles can only shrink. The two best perimeter defenses in the team, Doug and Tracy went to the white team, and Bowen was hard on defense and not good at offense. Mike, you did a great job. , to play the characteristics of Boykins, or to use the tactics that the Raptors used last season."

D'Antoni smiled. "I just took a chance and chose someone first."

D'Antoni is humble, and he has a way to score in positional battles. Let McGrady hold the ball in the middle as a point forward, Christie's corner, Ju Mayin pulls away, and Curry and O'Neal Jr. have no ball screens on the sides.Once Curry catches the ball, the opponent's center must guard it, otherwise Curry will shoot.

If Curry attracts a switch and points the ball to O'Neal for an empty cut, it's a dislocation singled-out opportunity.

It’s more interesting when coming off the bench. Cato can’t defend against Boykins in a dislocation. It makes people break through easily. The height difference between the two makes fans feel cute when they see it. Boykins was gone early.

Because the pick-and-roll defense is average, Cato didn't get many chances to play in the last playoffs. The small guard who is good at breaking through is his nemesis.

If you don't play Cato, or the center defends out, it will be very difficult to defend Jerome inside. After all, he is a super strong man of 136 kg, and his speed is not slow. He can catch the ball under the basket, and no matter how much experience the outside players have dislocated, there is no way to do it. .

Thibodeau's response was to let Miller also play, and the two towers guarded the penalty area, but the white team's shooting was not bad.

In terms of offense in the new season, Yang Rui has someone to discuss.He thinks that with D'Antoni as the head coach and the Raptors now, the record won't be much worse.

(End of this chapter)