NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 284
After chatting with Old Nelson, Zhao Dong and Wells took Da Zhi to find a house, and told Da Zhi what Old Nelson had said on the way, telling him to get ready and think about how to partner with Da Ben.

"Of course, it must start from the bench." Finally he added.

"As long as you can play with the ball." Dazhi said happily.

Zhao Dongdao: "Da Zhi, let me say it again, in terms of defense, you have to pick it up, otherwise no matter how good the offensive end is, you won't be able to make it in the NBA, and I can't help you with that.

Cooperating with Daben, he is not capable of one-on-one defense against high center forwards, and he is not tall, so you need to help defend in time.

Your shot-blocking ability is good, and your vertical jump is 85 cm. Make good use of its advantages and be more active on the defensive end. "

The next day, it was the Knicks' home game against the Timberwolves.

In the morning, the New York media reported on yesterday's transaction.

New York Sports News: "The Knicks' initial draft goal was Wang, which should be the Dragon's request. However, Ben Wallace and Hu Weidong, who are related to the Dragon, have performed well, so for this transaction, we are not right or wrong for the time being. evaluation of."

Most of the media have the attitude of the sports newspaper, simple reports, no comments, but a small number of media suspect that the Knicks now have three Chinese players. Will this cause some kind of problem?
This afternoon, Zhao Dong brought Dazhi to the training base.

In addition to hundreds of fans outside, there was also a large group of reporters. Zhao Dong's car was blocked by reporters. He rolled down the window and accepted the media interview.

"Flying Dragon, the Knicks have three Chinese players, do you think it will have some kind of impact on the locker room?" a reporter asked.

"What influence do you mean, can you be more specific?" Zhao Dong asked.

"That is, for example, a small team?" The reporter hesitated.

"How about trading a Chinese player?" Zhao Dong asked.

"Oh, who is the deal with?" The reporter glanced at Dazhi in the back seat and asked immediately.

"Can you trade me?" Zhao Dong laughed.

"Uh……"

The reporter immediately shut up.

"Feilong, the king of deals, is it on your behalf?" another reporter asked.

Zhao Dongdao: "During the draft, I recommended Wang to Coach Nelson, which is the responsibility entrusted to me by the team.

You know the last time the management asked me about the lineup, I recommended Ben Wallace and Hu Weidong, and then I recommended Danny Fortson in the draft.

They performed well, one has become our inside defensive core, one is our future rebounding leader, and the other is an important rotation member.

The same is true for this transaction. I just suggest that whether to trade is the decision of the management. "

"But you are the core of the team. Can the management not listen to your suggestion? Is this actually interfering with the operation of the management?" the reporter asked.

Zhao Dong said coldly: "I never asked the management to listen to me, I just want to make suggestions clear? This is the right and responsibility given to me by the team.

What the management will do and what they think, that is not my scope of consideration, nor is it my responsibility, I just make suggestions.

If you think that the Knicks' management may be weak when facing me, then you can suggest to the team owner to replace the management and replace it with some tougher people to manage the team. I have no objection.Or can you suggest to management that they remove the responsibility and authority for my proposal? "

"This?" The reporter was also speechless.

"So, don't put those responsibilities that don't belong to me on my head, OK?" Zhao Dong stared at the reporter and said.

"When, of course."

The reporter was stared at by Zhao Dong, felt the great pressure, and stammered.

But Zhao Dong didn't let him go, and continued with a stern tone: "I can tell you exactly, sir, you are trying to destroy the Knicks team.

The reason why the Bulls collapsed was because of the relationship between Jordan and Phil Jackson and the management. Now do you want the Knicks to be the same as the Bulls?Are you trying to pit me against management? "

"NONONO, I didn't, I didn't..." The reporter was under pressure for a moment, and denied it repeatedly.

Zhao Dongdao: "I have a very good relationship with General Manager Grant, he respects my suggestions and I respect his decision.

This season is critical, we are at the juncture of defending the dynasty, we hope that you local media can support us instead of destroying our team. "

"Feilong, we support you, ignore these media, they are only interested in sales and topics." At this moment, some fans shouted.

Accused by the angry fans, the reporter immediately sweated profusely, left in a hurry, and drove away.

The car entered the training base, Zhao Dong parked the car, and said to Dazhi: "You see, in New York, you will have to bear more pressure.

Although the Bulls are one of the most watched teams and a metropolis, they are still not as good as New York, which is the center of the world.

The New York media is very harsh. They will use a magnifying glass to find your weaknesses. If you do not perform well here, you will be criticized by the media immediately.

So in the future, you must have high demands on yourself, and you must not be careless. Every second on the court, you must do your best, and you must not waste opportunities. "

"I see, Brother Dong." Dazhi said quickly.

"Feilong, Brother Hu, Dazhi." Someone shouted at this moment.

Several people saw that it was CCTV reporter Yang Yi.

Yang Yi has already obtained the Knicks' interview card. Although it is not as convenient as the team reporter, he can often enter the Knicks for interviews.

He ran over with a smile and said to Dazhi, "Congratulations, Dazhi, you finally came to the Knicks."

"Thank you!" Da Zhi laughed.

"Let's go, we're going to the training hall, we're going to be late." Zhao Dong waved his hand.

When they came to the training hall, all the teammates had arrived. Zhao Dong led Dazhi in and shouted, "Everyone, come here. Let me introduce you. This is the rookie Dazhi."

"Feilong, is this the king whose beard was cut off by the bull?" Buckley ran over and looked at Dazhi curiously.

"Last year in the Eastern Conference finals, the Bulls were knocked out inside, and Phil Jackson was psychologically shadowed by us. The defense in the inside was not very tough, so the Bulls didn't give him a chance." Zhao Dong explained.

"not good!"

Danny Fortson feels a little bad, the boss's compatriots are here to grab his chance.

"No, isn't my starter already lost?"

But after thinking about it, he doesn't care anymore. Anyway, his foul situation is much better now, and his playing time is close to 35 minutes. With his rebounding and defense, no one can take away his position and playing time.

The team reporter Thomas took a few photos of Dazhi, and then asked, "Feilong, what is Wang's role in the team?"

Zhao Dongdao: "It's hard to say now, this is the problem of the coaching staff."

Speaking of this, he joked: "Thomas, don't you keep digging holes for me?"

Thomas laughed and said, "I will pay attention."

Next, Old Nelson began to practice tactics and arranged a team training match.

The white team was arranged to partner with Da Ben, Zhao Dong was on this side, plus Hu Weidong and Charlie Ward, under the command of old Nelson.

For the red team, Fortson and Willis partnered on the inside, Madman and Billups on the outside, Barkley played small forward, and Van Gundy directed.

It's the home team plus substitutes.

The old Nelson arranged a breakthrough tactic + a pick-and-roll tactic, allowing Da Zhi to come out, and Zhao Dong and Hu Weidong broke through.

Ward holds the ball at the top of the arc, Zhao Dong cuts in on the left wing, and at the same time he pulls out to make a pick-and-roll for Zhao Dong to block Barkley.

Willis switched to defending Zhao Dong, but his mobility was not enough to defend against the latter. With a simple acceleration, Zhao Dong directly charged him and cut into the paint.

After finishing the pick-and-roll, Da Zhi didn't stay on the flank, but chose to go down and followed Zhao Dong into the paint.

At this time, Ward passed the ball, Zhao Dong received the ball, and met Da Ben's defense at the basket. After he jumped up, he didn't make a strong attack, but turned around in the air, and when he slid past Da Ben himself, he passed the ball Dazhi followed up, and after receiving the ball, Dazhi made a flying dunk and smashed the ball into the basket.

"Pretty!"

Yang Yi shouted excitedly, and started to shoot with the camera in his hand.

"Very good cooperation."

Thomas also praised while shooting.

"Di!"

Thibodeau, the referee's second assistant, blew his whistle to signal Big Ben to block the foul.

Daben was shaken up by Zhao Dong just now, so much so that when he was dunked, he failed to take off for the second time in time, and the penalty was reasonable.

"..."

The rookie dunked the first ball and got a foul. The simple and honest Daben gave his boss a resentful look.

"This ball is mine." Barkley shouted hastily.

It was indeed his fault that he changed defense against Dazhi just now, but he didn't follow up and let Dazhi run in.

As big as 216 cm tall, the 12.4-meter time is [-] seconds, which is faster than Dayao. This speed is not bad for his height. Straight-line movement does not suffer, and the lateral movement speed is slightly slower.

When it came to the defensive end, it was as big as defending Barkley on the left wing, and was untenable by the latter's big butt, but at this time Zhao Dong implemented a help defense, and when Barkley was about to turn around and shoot a jumper, he cut him ball.

"No face at all." Barkley muttered, and hurried back to defense.

"Play one in the low position."

Coming to the offensive end, Zhao Dong took the ball to the left wing, signaled for the pick-and-roll to go back to the low post, and then passed the ball.

The left wing is low, big enough to catch the ball, Big Ben is behind him, and Willis is sitting under the basket.

At the moment of catching the ball, Dazhi swung upwards, shaking Daben, and then turned down and slid to the bottom with the ball into the paint.

At this time, Willis under the basket took a step up to defend, and at the same time he changed his direction upwards to avoid the former, and at the same time, he threw the ball with one hand with his left hand and sent it to the basket. With a fingertip, the ball fell into the basket.

"Pick a basket with your fingertips?"

Thomas' eyes lit up, and he regretted that the shutter in his hand was pressed slowly, and he didn't take a picture of the basket-picking action just now.

"Clap clap..."

Seeing Dazhi's pace and the movement of picking the basket from behind, the old Nelson applauded, and said to Xiao Fan beside him: "Very flexible pace at the basket, coupled with first-class touch, this is a great challenge for big inside players. Miracle."

"I hope he still has some confrontation ability. This is an intra-team game, and the defensive pressure is not strong." Xiao Fan said.

"Not bad." Old Nelson nodded.

At this time, Zhao Dong also said to Daben, Willis, and Barkley: "Give him some pressure, according to the standard of the regular season."

"What did you say, Flying Dragon?" Barkley said.

"Can it be false? His defense is really not good, but on the offensive end, I have always required defensive pressure on him in training. According to NBA standards, his ability to shoot in confrontation is not weak."

Zhao Dong said.

In the next training match, Dazhi encountered strong defensive pressure, but he still showed strength on the offensive end.

All three-pointers are hit, there is no offensive dead end, and it is a high-point fort on the outside.

And he is not the kind of turret that is open and fixed, but a turret that can play singles with the ball and shoot in confrontation.

In this kind of ball-holding singles, in order to solve the weakness of Dazhi's lack of ability to fight, Zhao Dong specially asked Dazhi to strengthen his pace training and increase his ability to get rid of it.

With his height, there are very few people who can guard him from the outside.

In addition, in the low post, Ben can't defend against him alone, he must rely on Willis' help defense, otherwise his pace can tease Ben, and his close-to-basket shots can also blow him up.

After a training match, Zhao Dong was satisfied with Dazhi's performance on the offensive end. Nearly two years of NBA-style training was not wasted. Dazhi in this life is much better than the previous one, which can be called a An enhanced version of Dazhi.

The 70 points he said to Zhang Li should be a bit conservative. The current offense should be at the level of 75 points. The strength of the main rotation players in a strong team is not close to the main force, but it is enough to hone and hone.

If you switch to a weak team, let's not talk about defense, just talk about offense, you can play the main center.

But with defense, it's much worse. Like the Bulls, they may not have a chance to play.

From Dazhi, he also saw the hope of another Dayao.

Dayao is different from Dazhi. He may not be as talented as Dazhi, but he does not resist strong confrontational defense, and he trains harder and is more determined than Dazhi.

For Dazhi and Dayao, he emphasized the training of pace and mobility, allowing them to learn from the three super centers of Dameng, Ewing and Robinson.

After the training match, Old Nelson and Xiao Fan came to discuss Dazhi's performance just now.

"On the offensive end, I saw the shadow of Dameng. He seems to be a weakened version of Dameng." Old Nelson said.

"He has a three-pointer, but Dream doesn't have a larger offensive area, but the overall offense is not comparable to Dream, and his physical fitness is much worse. Also, on the defensive end, he is really not good." Xiao Fan said.

"So I arranged for Feilong and others to assist in the defense."

Old Nelson said with a smile: "People always have shortcomings. As coaches, we should avoid his shortcomings and make good use of his strengths.

Then use various tactics to knead the strengths of the five players together to make them a whole. "

Van Gundy nodded. He was dissatisfied with Dazhi's defense, but with the tactical cooperation just now, the white team's defense did not expose too many weaknesses, but Dazhi's addition can enrich the team's tactics and solve the problem. The weakness of the team's lack of offense inside.

On the evening of the 19th, the Knicks played against the Timberwolves at home.

This season, in order to keep Garnett, the Timberwolves offered a contract with a sky-high price of 1.26 million U.S. dollars. This is also the NBA's billion-dollar contract second only to Zhao Dong's super contract this season.

At the same time, the Timberwolves traded Tom Gugliotta, the team's first scoring point, to the Suns, establishing Kevin Garnett's core status and leadership.

Also, the Timberwolves got free agent Joe Smith from the digital team.

Because the chokehold incident caused the Warriors to collapse, in order to prevent Joe Smith from becoming a free agent and let the team get nothing, he was traded by the Warriors to the digital team in the 97/98 season, and he did reject the digital team's renewal after the season Contract, became a free agent, and then joined the Timberwolves.

As Garnett's show of the same year, and the No. 95 pick in [-], the joining of Joe Smith greatly enhanced the strength of the Timberwolves.

With the addition of Marbury, who has already become a top point guard, the Timberwolves have three musketeers, two 95 picks, one 96 pick, a real youth army, and unlimited potential. decision.

In the previous seven games, the Timberwolves had five wins and two losses, ranking fourth in the West.

Before the game, Nelson Sr. entered the locker room and announced the starting lineup.

He made Willis the starting lineup, just to increase the inside offensive ability of the main lineup. Now that the big one is here, of course he wants to try the big one with more comprehensive offensive capabilities, so in this game, he decided to let Willis truce , the 36-year-old veteran can't use it to death.

When Dazhi's name was pronounced, Zhao Dong was surprised. He didn't expect old Nelson to be so daring to employ people, which was the complete opposite of Xiaofan.

In fact, old Nelson has confidence, it's just a regular season, and it's still a western team, it doesn't matter if they lose, let alone Zhao Dong's backing, why is he afraid?It's really impossible to change people.

Willis was removed from the starting lineup, and he has no complaints. I am very happy to be able to come to the Knicks. He is a veteran, and it is more suitable for him to contribute energy to the bench.

"Da Zhi, don't be nervous, it's the same as when you play in the CBA. You have also played professional games for three years, nothing special." Zhao Dong urged.

"Don't worry, Brother Dong, I won't let you down." Dazhi said.

"Great, congratulations, fight hard, your current strength is definitely at the level of a main force." Hu Weidong laughed.

"Thank you Brother Hu." Da Zhi smiled.

(End of this chapter)