basketball pope

Chapter 43 [Blood flowing with a brush]

Yang Rui would lie in bed every night before going to bed and think about how to convince Van Gundy to speed up the game and play offensive basketball, instead of sending a group of defensive players and the opponent to grind their positions.

It's hard to convince Van Gundy directly, but now it's easier to help Ewing brush the stats.To have good stats, you have to speed up the tempo so it's easier to give out assists, increase the number of possessions, and the number of shots the player takes will increase.

During the flight, Yang Rui talked about some details of the data brushing.

In the future, many people will like to play the NBA2K series of games and use their favorite stars to brush up their stats, which is what every player loves to do, and Yang Rui is no exception.He didn't even have to think about it, he said it righteously.

"Let the other guys back up to the basket to help Patrick Card, and he gets the backcourt rebounds."

"After the pick-and-roll, it attracts the opponent's interior defense, and pulls it to one side. Patrick does not cut empty, but is waiting for dislocation singles opportunities with the horns on both sides."

"You tell them to cut long and short from the side and the bottom line, take a pass from Patrick and give him an assist at most. I think they will cooperate."

Fan Gundy was shocked, Yang Rui had the blood of a brush flowing in his bones!

After checking into the hotel, Van Gundy obviously did not take the Raptors as a bad team, and announced that the entire team had a day off.

The Raptors are the youngest team in the NBA. It was established in 1995 and is located in Toronto, the capital of Ontario, in the Eastern Conference Atlantic Division.After playing for two seasons, the team's record was at the bottom, and the attendance rate was dismal. Such a team really can't pose any threat to the Knicks.

The leader of the Raptors is Damon Stoudamire.He is a point guard with a height of only 178cm and a weight of 78kg. He is a strong offensive and defensive point guard. Last season, he averaged 20.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, 8.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game.This is an "empty cut" type of player, that is, the data is very beautiful, and he can't win the ball.

The next day, Yang Rui was going to visit Toronto and wanted to find someone for company.

It was already very cold in November, and no one wanted to go out. In the end, only Alan Houston was willing to go out with him.

The first time he came to Toronto, he thought it was a small city and made Houston amused.

"Where did you hear that Toronto is a small city?"

"Uh..." Yang Rui commented on the NBA in a previous life. When it comes to the Raptors, there are always many people who say it is a small club, and no one wants to come.

Houston explained: "Toronto's urban area is more than 7000 square kilometers. It is the fifth largest city in North America. Only Mexico City, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are larger. We can't visit it all in one day. There are more than 600 parks alone."

"How much?" Yang Rui couldn't believe it.

"More than 600, I'm not exaggerating." Houston said with a smile: "I'll treat you at noon, and I know there's a good restaurant here."

The two went to the Chinese restaurant together, and chatted about the local customs and customs while eating.

"There are a lot of Chinese here, and there are people from all over the world. You can eat delicious food from all over the world." Houston said, "But this place is too cold, and there are often snowstorms in winter.

In terms of city size, Toronto should be in the first tier. Unfortunately, in Canada, the regional development is not as good as the United States. In addition, due to geographical, taxation and other reasons, there are not many people in the league who are willing to play here.

Yang Rui can fully understand that the predicament of the Raptors has been doomed since it officially entered the NBA.

In 1995, the NBA established two teams in Canada out of international considerations, one is the Vancouver Grizzlies and the other is the Toronto Raptors.

Vancouver is even worse. The most famous example in the future is that in 1999, the Grizzlies selected Steve Francis with the second overall pick. As a result, Francis refused to join. The Grizzlies could not persuade the boss to change his mind and had to send him to the Rockets.

The Grizzlies stayed in Vancouver for 6 seasons, and there are no stars willing to join. The team has a terrible record every season. It has never won more than 25 games at a time. The attendance rate of the team is even more dismal. Millions of dollars. In 2001, Grizzlies owner Hursley was forced to move the team to Memphis, a small city in the United States.Since then, only the Raptors are left in Canada.

In Yang Rui's previous life, the Raptors had several stars, and Carter, Bosh, Lowry, and DeRozan all took time to cultivate.

In the afternoon, Houston took Yang Rui to visit several famous attractions, and returned to the hotel together in the evening. There were fans waiting at the door to ask for autographs.

Several of them were looking for Yang Rui, all of whom were Chinese.

There was also an old fan with dark temples who asked Yang Rui several questions with a look of concern for the country and the people: "Are our compatriots in China still not having the last meal? Frozen in winter and sunburned in summer? Conservative government persecution ?"

Yang Rui couldn’t help laughing and laughing. It wasn’t long after China’s reform and opening up, and many people who immigrated in the early days seemed to still have an understanding of the country during the Cultural Revolution.

He didn't want to explain too much, so he replied, "I grew up in New York."

Saying goodbye to the fans, Yang Rui and Houston had a buffet at the hotel again. "Alan, thank you for being my tour guide today."

"No, it should be me thanking you. If you weren't here, I don't know when I'll be able to increase the ball. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to meet your expectations." Houston laughed.

Yang Rui predicted that Houston could average 20+ per game as a perimeter core player. Now he only plays 28.8 minutes per game, the number of shots has risen to 14.2, and he scored 17.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2 assists.He played less time than last season, scored more points, shot 42.8 percent from three-point range, and made 2.3 three-pointers a game.

This is a typical tactical benefit. The reason why Houston did not have 20+ is because Larry Johnson broke out and divided a lot of the ball.As a selfless player, he is already content with the status quo.

Yang Rui said seriously: "You shoot too many three-pointers, but now you still shoot too little. According to the shooting percentage, if you shoot 10 three-pointers in a game, I can accept it."

"Would Jeff be angry then?"

"I will convince him, anyway, remember, there are two main ways of attacking, rushing in, shooting close to the basket and shooting [-]-pointers from the outside, rushing in and not scoring a goal may also cause a foul, and shooting [-]-pointers is the most efficient. "Yang Rui explained.

"Don't you make a mid-range shot? Last season, the coach let me make a mid-range shot." Houston asked.

"The same 10 shots, 30% 9-pointer, you get 10 points. You make 50 mid-range shots, 10% hit rate only gets 50 points, long-range mid-range shots are one step closer to the basket than [-]-pointers, and you make overall mid-range shots The rate is less than [-]%, this is just a very simple math problem, right? Long-distance mid-range shots should be avoided as much as possible.”

"..." Houston was speechless.

He suddenly felt strange, were the previous coaches all idiots?How come from playing basketball to now, no coach has taught him to calculate this account?Van Gundy took the big mid-range shot as the truth last season, and repeatedly emphasized that he should shoot less three-pointers.

Houston sighed: Jerry is better than Van Gundy. If he was the head coach, I might be a superstar.

He's not the first person to think so, it's just that everyone doesn't say it.Newcomers to the summer league, as well as veterans like Ewing and Johnson, all feel that Yang Rui is too important.

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