Healing Basketball

Chapter 1035 1035. Serial Massacres
As for the Logo guy, he's also pretty annoying.

The Timberwolves seem to be full of talent and in a good situation, but in fact there are many problems.

He kind of wanted to thank Foye for slapping Rush, otherwise he wanted to send Rush away as a bonus, and none of the pigs in the management group would do it.

For them at this stage, it means to start winning first, but those people just want to scratch the lottery, reluctant to part with this or that, and "thinking about the future".

But I didn't think about how to train these rookies, and I didn't know who was talented.

Anyway, in his opinion, Rush's talent is not very good, and he really lost his mind when he was selected with a lottery pick in the 08 draft.

The Timberwolves now have Roy, a very mature player who has entered the NBA.

Gasol joined at his peak, and Luol Deng was already a mature player trained by the Bulls when he joined.

He estimated that if the Timberwolves keep Oden, there is a high probability that they will be scrapped.

Oden's talent really made the logo man greedy. Although he was reimbursed for a year, he is only 20 years old.

This year's rookie, the only inside player who can be compared with the three major point guards is Oden.

He averaged 26 minutes per game, scored 13.2 points, 9 rebounds and 3.2 blocks, and shot 58% from the field. He beat Howard and Kwame Brown and ranked first in the block list.

But for their Timberwolves, it must be the peak Gasol.

He suffered a loss from the Trail Blazers again, the logo man recognized it, and let them go first.

Now they have to hurry up and take advantage of their poor record and collapsed image, and send out the first-round pick to change players first. He estimates that this is the time when they will have the most expensive draft picks next year...

...

On the 22nd, the Trail Blazers' second rest day, the coaching staff of the Trail Blazers arranged for basic skills training today.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Dior came to the Willamedy Garden Training Hall for a test, and Liu Xiu watched strongly.

"Boris Diaw, 26 years old, 206 cm, 98 kg, SF/SF/PG, ability rating 79 (to be updated)..."

The current Dior has not experienced a lockout yet, and he is skinny, similar to an outlaw fanatic, but his wingspan condition is not as exaggerated as an outlaw fanatic.

The standing height of the outlaw fanatic is similar to that of many centers who are five or six centimeters taller than him.

Dior has conducted static and dynamic physical condition tests. The static physical condition is not bad, but the speed and strength are average. The bounce is not bad. Without confrontation, he can complete a very elegant dunk. The beauty of strength is gone. The waist and abdomen strength insufficient.

The most important technical test... as expected, very comprehensive!
Liu Xiu saw the skills demonstrated by Dior. In theory, he can play in all five positions, like Al Harrington.

But in fact, Diaw can't play shooting guard and center. He can't shoot when playing shooting guard, and he can't stand firmly when playing center.

The shooting percentages that seemed to be good during the Suns period were all open receptions and insiders.

Surprisingly, the open long two-point shot is not bad. In the long two-point test in five areas, Dior made a total of 100 of 89 shots.

Liu Xiu looked at Dior's data in the past few years. This guy doesn't do well in mid-range shots and three-pointers. He has never shot less than 42% since his rookie season.

Really weird...

After Dior finished the test, it was already noon.

Liu Xiu, Outlaws, Pietrus, and Korver called Dior to have a meal together.

The players of the Trail Blazers and the Suns have a good relationship, and Liu Xiu and the outlaws have a good relationship with Dior. Now that they are teammates, they naturally get to know each other well.

Arriving at the restaurant, after ordering food, the extrajudicial lunatic sighed: "If Steve hadn't left, we would have six players of the same class."

Dio looked around and really said, "I didn't even notice this, but if he doesn't leave, then I won't be able to come."

Liu Xiu heard that Dior's psychological endurance was highly valued. This high school student who is an outlaw lunatic often asks some embarrassing questions... He has no social experience, and he died with a million dollars a year after high school. I can't afford to hurt the house.

But Dior was not embarrassed, and continued the conversation, at least proving that he is not a glass heart.

Teammates, people who may get along with each other for up to 9 months a year, depends not only on ability, but also on conduct, personality...etc.

Although he is quite familiar with Dior and can chat several times every time he fights, he has no personal relationship after all.

He didn't deliberately try to test Dior's psychological endurance. As Lu Xun said well, the last thing to test is the human heart.

But I just learned that it's normal to have a good feeling in my heart.

Now that he can chat, Liu Xiu's ability to find topics is activated: "Boris, you are here, the five of us get together, maybe occasionally we can play at the same time!"

It really is!Korver analyzed: "Madman, you often play power forward this year, Dior can play center in fast break, Steve and Louis are gone, Mike, you will definitely be on the active list in the next game, if the game reaches garbage time, The five of us can really go out there and try."

The outlaw lunatic shook his head: "Impossible, impossible, we four garbage time may play, the warden is impossible."

Korver said speechlessly: "Don't be so disappointing, okay, you are a high school student, don't be so realistic."

Dio laughed and said, "I'm also a high school student, not all high school students are like him..."

...

The lunch was very enjoyable overall, maybe I didn't know each other before, but there is always something to talk about when sitting together with the players of the same year. The relationship of "rookie of the same year" is even rarer than that of classmates of the same year. Not going to be the next rookie.

In the afternoon, the management and coaching staff officially introduced the newcomer Diaw to the players, and Millsap was very ugly.

On the second day, the preparation training day, as Liu Xiu expected, the coaching staff announced that Millsap and Novak were put on the inactive list together.

The other one who was not accepted by Keno was Batum. After training with the team for a while, he was thrown into the Development League. In terms of strength, the two positions of small forward and power forward, Batum's strength is the last in the team. Sparring is not good.

Liu Xiu looked depressed at Batum, he looked very talented, his static physical condition was basically the same as that of Dior, his style of play was also comprehensive, and his nationality was the same... Batum's athletic ability was much better than that of Dior cut.

But Batum is all-round, every skill is too bad, and there are few good-level skills that can be used in the NBA.

If Batum can have a wave of rapid development, and can play the role of the frontcourt hub for more than ten minutes per game, they may be able to start the next stage of system polishing earlier.

It's just a pity for Millsap. Liu Xiu heard that when Blake was traded away, John Nash asked the Timberwolves if they wanted Millsap, but the other side chose to refuse this time.

The Timberwolves revealed the reason. They have Gasol, who is also an insider who is not too fast. Both of them need a low post and an inside partner with excellent athletic ability.

Whether the reason is that Millsap is not needed with Gasol, or the logo man wants to keep the draft pick for his own use, or wants to lower the price... Liu Xiu knows that the management will not be in a hurry.

They have a clearer and more favorable next home - 206club.

The group of 206 clubs are getting stronger and stronger, but it seems that they are still a little bit close to being shit sticks in the east...

After 3 days of rest, on the 24th, the Trail Blazers ushered in their 13th game of the season at home, against the Heat.

Liu Xiu learned the sad news yesterday that Wade went down to the University of Oregon Medical Hospital for an examination yesterday because of muscle tension in his knee.

Fortunately, there was no serious problem. I just played a wave of 5 days and 4 games. I was so tired. Last season, Wade was absent for a long time, and he had not participated in such intensive games for too long.

But just to be on the safe side, the fortune teller announced early this morning that Wade will miss tonight's game.

There are only two chances to fight Wade in a year, and this is the second time, Liu Xiu really feels regretful.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, after the game started, Liu Xiu saw the importance of Wade to the Heat.

Without Wade, the Heat's shooting percentage tonight is less than [-]%!
84投24中，其中三分球20中2，外加11中8的罚球，热火队全场只拿到58分……

The score in the first quarter was 30 to 11, and the score in the second quarter was 37 to 7... The Trail Blazers did not start a single start in the third quarter, and even used Dragic, Pietrus, Korver, Chris - The combination of Anderson and Gasol is full.

但第三节比分22比17，第四节热火队才以23比22赢了开拓者队1分。

刘秀打了19分钟，11投7中，其中三分球3中2，加上1中1的罚球，拿到17分10板6助攻2抢断。

雷-阿伦10分、兰多夫18分2板、希尔8分1板3助攻、夸梅-布朗4分9板1助攻2抢断2盖帽。

替补方面，法外狂徒16分、鸟人15分、小加索尔7分3板3助攻、科沃尔10分、迪奥0分3板11助攻……

111 to 58, the Trail Blazers slaughtered the Heat with 53 points, breaking the biggest point difference of the season!
...

The next morning, Liu Xiu saw the news, saying that they were really ruthless when they abused the food, and they would not be able to deal with the toughness of the Bulls.

As he thought, such an argument came late, even if he won the game.

Last night's game itself, Liu Xiu felt very boring.

Thanks to the Bulls, originally, during their 11-game winning streak for the Trail Blazers, their defense became less and less distracted. Losing to the Bulls sounded the alarm.

They played against the Bulls last night. At the beginning, they still had the mentality of playing against the Bulls a few days ago. Switching defenses, the Heat without Wade only scored 18 points in the half.

The newcomer Diaw performed well, D'Antoni is very good at using Diao, and Diao has almost become the glue of the rotation lineup in place.

But since there is no defensive confrontation, the real test will have to wait until a tough battle is fought.

However, Dior's performance on the defensive end surprised Liu Xiu!
He seems to understand a little bit what Brahmin said 'defense is not just about the player's personal ability'.

In transition, Diaw works better than Millsap did in your previous game.

Diaw's running and jumping ability is not good. Compared with the outlaws, Batum, and Millsap, Diaw, who weighs less than 220 pounds, is quite agile. Switching to a small guard can also affect the opponent, giving the wing or the basket Teammates create conditions for supplementary defense.

Millsap can't do that on the perimeter.

But in terms of defensive ability, no matter how active Dior is, he is not as strong as Millsap.

After a day of rest, on the 1th, the 26th game day of the Trail Blazers new season arrived.

The logo man is often aching and excited about the fact that the West is still wild, but in fact his views are not entirely correct. The decline of the West is a fact, and the teams with strong drafts have always been those few teams.

The four teams currently at the bottom of the Western Conference have the best record with only 4 wins and 3 losses.

The Kings are the best among them, ranking first in the league with an unparalleled advantage, with a 14-game losing streak at the beginning!

The Clippers' 98-game losing streak at the start of the 99-17 season is not far away.

The 10th-ranked Timberwolves and the 11th-ranked Warriors are not much better than these teams.

In other words, before the rise of the Timberwolves, the only teams that could be seen in the West were the top nine in the West.

In the evening, the Trail Blazers brought the Kings one step closer to the historical record, 121 to 90, and the Trail Blazers completed another abuse.

The Trail Blazers sent 11 people tonight, all of whom scored, but unlike when they were playing against the Heat, most of them did not score high.

因为刘秀打了36分钟，33投19中，其中三分球10中6，加上11中11的罚球，狂飙55分7板3助攻！

But the teammates assisted a lot. The Trail Blazers played tonight, except for Birdman and Korver who did not assist, everyone else got at least 1 assist, and the team got 35 assists!
Of Liu Xiu’s 19 shots, 10 were assisted and scored. The assisted rate reached an astonishing 52.6%. This is generally the assisted rate of a pure shooter like Korver and an insider like Kwame Brown. .

Kobe's assist rate this year is considered high, but it's just over [-]%.

James, Wade, and Paul all had an assist rate of less than 15%.

They won by more than 30 points, but the next day, when Liu Xiu came to Sacramento with the team, he found that they were still being attacked by the media—the annual salary of 900 million US dollars was spent in exchange for a high-quality point guard like Blake. The Dior of Knives did not perform well.

After Diaw joined the Trail Blazers, in two games, he averaged 3 of 0.5 shots per game, 1 of 0 three-pointers per game, 1 of 0.5 free throws per game, and 1.5 points per game...

Liu Xiu really wanted to ask the reporter who wrote this news, Dior also averaged 3 rebounds and 8 assists per game, which was eaten by him!
But such outrageous news, only Sports Illustrated, and other news are generally normal, adding Dior's rebounds and assists, but especially emphasizing that the Trail Blazers were abusing food in these two games, and they even said the Trail Blazers in secret Brush data.

In the evening, the Trail Blazers came to the Arco Arena to start back-to-back games with the Kings alternating between home and away.

Yesterday, the Kings players wanted nothing, but the warden scored 55 points. If it wasn't for the difference of more than 30 points, they felt that the warden didn't want to go down to rest.

Today, the Kings players are very strict against the warden!
However, no matter how good the defense is, it still cannot be defended. It just limits the number of shots Liu Xiu can take... The main reason is that there are many opportunities from others, and the arrangement of the coaching staff is not to force the ball to be passed to Liu Xiu.

在国王队玩儿命的补防夹击之下，刘秀还是投出了19中10的表现，其中三分球7中3，加上6中5的罚球，拿到28分4板8助攻4抢断。

Ray Allen played 22 minutes, made 10 of 6 three-pointers, added a counter-attack dunk, had no other points, but also scored 20 points.

兰多夫29分10板3助攻、法外狂徒11分、希尔9分2板4助攻、迪奥7分4板3助攻、夸梅-布朗5分8板3盖帽……

117 to 101, the Trail Blazers gave the Kings their 16th loss of the season, allowing the Kings to continue on the road to breaking records.

...

On the 29th, the Trail Blazers came to the Phoenix American West Arena to challenge the Suns away.

The game played for 3 minutes, and Randolph sprained his ankle and withdrew from the game, which directly affected the Blazers' offense and only scored 17 points in a single quarter.

Fortunately, the Trail Blazers did a good job on defense. Kwame Brown and Diaw rotated, Gasol Jr. and Birdman rotated, and the frame protection was done well. Only 22 of 7 shots, but also defended the Suns to 22 of 9 shots and only scored 21 points.

In the second quarter, the Blazers' offense continued to be sluggish, and the Suns scored 19 to 20.

After the intermission, the Trail Blazers made effective adjustments and scored 26 points in a single quarter, but the Suns also found a feeling. Nash, Bully, O'Neal, and Jason Richardson were extremely efficient in singles. Score 33 points in a single quarter!
In the final quarter, the Trail Blazers got better offensively, scoring 30 points, but the Suns continued their performance in the third quarter, scoring 28 points.

Liu Xiu scored 26 points, Ray Allen 22 points, and the outlaw lunatic 14 points. They lost to the outstanding performances of Fengzi, Xiaobawang, Shark and Dunk King.

92比102，开拓者队吃下了本赛季第2场失利，战绩下滑至14胜2负。

Winning or losing a game is not that important to the Trail Blazers.

14 wins and 2 losses, which is currently the best result in the league.

The key is Randolph's injury.

That night, Randolph was taken to the hospital for an examination, and Thomas Carter happened to be there. The next day Thomas Carter followed the Trail Blazers back to Portland for a more detailed examination.

The final diagnosis was that Randolph had a fatigue strain on the ankle ligament.

Generally speaking, twisting the ankle is not so serious, but it is more serious when it is combined with excessive fatigue.

According to Thomas Carter, this strain is just a physical warning, and if it continues, it may cause Achilles tendon or ankle ligament rupture.

Liu Xiu got Randolph's diagnosis report in the evening. He remembered Corvo in the original time and space. At the end of the regular season in 2013, he suffered continuous strains and sprains on ankles, knees and other joints. As a result, he played against the Warriors with injuries. The Achilles tendon ruptured.

The coaching staff arranged for Randolph to rest.

Originally, Randolph was an old injury. In the past 4 seasons, the highest attendance rate was the 06-07 season, where he played 74 games. In that year, the Trail Blazers won 70 wins... In the other 3 seasons, Randolph's attendance rate was the highest. They are 66 games, 69 games, and 68 games.

In fact, the coach has long been worried about this, and Randolph has been too active this year.

Everyone knows the reason. Randolph is not as shady as others in the contract year. He will also say a few words of great light and righteousness, but he himself can't stand that kind of statement. Take a look at your ability and get a big contract.

With Randolph's size and style of play, it is obvious that he is prone to injury if he fights too hard.

But you can't interfere with Randolph's enthusiasm. From a personal point of view, not allowing him to actively play games in the contract year is tantamount to cutting off people's money. This is the rhythm of death.

From the team's point of view, Randolph is active enough and is very good for the team's system.

Therefore, the coaching staff's attitude towards Randolph at the beginning stage is-don't care about the hidden dangers of injuries.

There's always been an injury risk, so you can't keep Randolph from playing long enough because of the risk?
Now that you're hurt, rest.

But the pressure is also coming, Randolph is their top scorer inside!

Not counting the injury, he only played 3 minutes. In the first 15 games, Randolph averaged 32 minutes per game, scored 17.4 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists, and his shooting percentage was a career high of 53%.

On Liu Xiu's side, the injury to his strongest teammate was a foregone conclusion. He didn't dwell on this matter... he had long been used to the fact that Randolph was absent for almost a month every season.

What he cares about now is who will fill in the 30-plus minutes per game that Randolph will miss?

Millsap on the bench?
I tried it in the previous game, but it didn't work very well. Mishen is more suitable for playing slow-paced positional warfare, the kind of defensive defense.

But it seems that he can only try again... By the next morning, the team told him not to worry about it...

...

April 12st, a new month has arrived.

In the morning, the Alliance announced the Best of the Month awards for the previous month.

月最佳新秀，东部：篮网队的布鲁克-洛佩慈，场均12分8板；西部：黄蜂队的拉塞尔-维斯布鲁克，场均16.4分7.2板8.2助攻1.8抢断。

Coach of the Month, East: Mike Woodson of the Hawks; West: Maurice Cheeks of the Trail Blazers.

player of the month,
东部：骑士队的勒布朗-詹姆斯，10胜5负，场均30.2分6板6.6助攻2抢断1.3盖帽。

西部：湖人队的科比-布莱恩特，11胜5负，场均28.7分6板3.5助攻1.5抢断0.5盖帽。

Liu Xiu saw that Kobe and James won awards... the time has come!

Stern still brought out the highlight of 23VS24!
This year, it is normal for his warden to miss any awards. He has already won 3 MVPs in a row. He also feels that this is a good time for Stern to create this highlight.

But looking at Kobe's 51% field goal percentage, Liu Xiu felt amazing.

This guy's style of play can actually have such a high hit rate!
But Kobe's assist rate this season has exceeded [-]%...

Deron averaged 15.8 points and 10 assists per game, Lamar Odom averaged 3.4 assists per game, Wang Zhizhi averaged 4.1 assists per game...these guys are really good.

James seems to be getting up this year!
Facts have proved that James does not need a point guard. On the contrary, he needs a good point guard very much, but not a point guard with strong offensive organizational skills, but a point guard who is good at scoring outside singles without grabbing inside space.

Mo Williams and Delonte West, these two point guards who can shoot 40% of the three-pointers in singles, greatly improved the Cavaliers' outside firepower and brought James a better breakthrough Scoring environment.

(End of this chapter)