Healing Basketball

Chapter 1078 Chapter 1078. Never Care About How Strong Your Opponent Is

On September 9, the Trail Blazers assembled to start training camp early.

Liu Xiu patted Gasol's ass and said, "Mark, Kwame is gone. Now, you are the second in command of our team. Become the pillar of the prison team!"

The vice president at the side was very relieved to see that the warden still admired his sister-in-law, but when did he seem to have heard this?
Anthony looked at Liu Xiu displeased, that stupid big man is the second in charge, so could it be that his former leader of the mining bandits is the fourth?

Outrageous!

Feeling that Dong Ge's eyes were gradually becoming unfriendly, Liu Xiu said: "Dong Ge, you are the boss of our team!"

Anthony froze for a moment and asked, "What about you?"

"Me? Of course I'm the third child!"

Anthony couldn't help laughing.

Last season, the Trail Blazers were eliminated in the second round. James won the regular season MVP and led the team to the Finals; Kobe defeated Liu Xiu head-on and entered the Western Conference Finals.

And James averaged only 21 points per game against the Mavericks in the finals, shooting 39% from the field, and was defended by Kidd and Chandler to death.

After the finals, Sports Illustrated gave the ranking of "personal ability: Kobe first, James second, Liu Xiu third".

I didn't expect Kobe to change teams!Sports Illustrated's operation is purely offending Liu Xiu in vain.

Liu Xiu has publicly mocked Sports Illustrated several times this summer.

On Ray Allen's side, he doesn't care about the boss, the second and the third. He only knows that he has to work harder this year, otherwise there may be a group of people on the team who will surpass him.

But he can accept this situation, as long as he can win, it's just his competitive spirit at work.

Bosh... the position of the boss has nothing to do with him, since he came here, he was already ready to be the fourth son, even though he seems to be the sixth son now, it doesn't matter.

As long as he wants to be on the news now, he has interviews every day.

This is enough!
At present, the Trail Blazers have 14 officially contracted players. In the past two months, they have been favored by countless veterans and powerful players. The space that came out has long been used up, even the middle class has used it up.

But John Nash did a good job this time, taking advantage of the temptation of the championship, and bargaining went smoothly.

Sean Battier rejected the three-year 3 million contract offered by the Spurs, the Heat, the Mavericks and other teams. The Trail Blazers used the two-year exception to sign Sean Battier for 900 years and 2 million dollars .

However, in the competition for Juwan Howard, the Trail Blazers lost, and the Heat signed the veteran with more than ten years of game experience with a basic salary.

The Trail Blazers had no choice but to sign the former shot-blocking champion Theo Ratliff.

After the Bobcats sent Chandler away last season, Ratliff partnered with Dampier again, averaging 16 minutes per game, scoring 4.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks. Liu Xiu saw the team's signing and thought it was okay. Used as an insider backup.

This year their inside line is indeed much weaker. If Birdman hadn't renewed his contract with a minimum salary of one year, it would be difficult to find a backup center.

This is to blame for the long delay in signing Bosh and getting Anthony in the trade. Those cheap and usable backup centers, such as Dampier, Big Z, and Magloire, were all snatched by the Heat; -Smith was signed by the Spurs minimum salary; Ian Mahinmi was signed by the Mavericks; O'Neal was signed by the Knicks...

Tianzun, who was very hopeful to sign, finally chose to retire.

Fortunately, Shane Battier was finally obtained. Dampier, Big Z, O'Neill... are all floating clouds.

In terms of the coaching staff, the lineup has not changed. Mustache was going to leave, but the management told him not to worry, wait, wait, wait, Anthony and Bosh are here...

Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Anthony, Bosh, Gasol Jr. The main substitutes are Dragic, Korver, Hill, Outlaws, Diaw, and Birdman.

Battier was also signed later!
This Nima...

Coupled with a 20% annual salary increase from the big dog, Moustache chose to stay.

In this year's lineup, the interior has become more brisk.

For things like insufficient depth, Moustache gave constructive advice-when Gasol is resting, the center position can allow Bosh and Birdman to rotate, and Anthony, Hill, and Diaw can all appear more in the big game. forward position.

During the Pacers period, Bosh once said-I will never play center.

This made the Trail Blazers management and coaching staff a little hesitant. When they first came, let them play center. Isn't that good?
As a result, Bosh immediately agreed-"I think I was born to play a center forward. I have excellent inside footwork, I can also stretch shots, and I am also good at pick-and-roll..."

With Pau Gasol around, Bosh is not stupid, and he will be praised by Chinese reporters!
As for being ridiculed by American reporters... just ridicule, it's better than no one caring about what he did in Indianapolis before.

Fuzzy position is the development direction of contemporary basketball.

This has been very obvious in the past two or three years.

The most typical example is the Celtics and Eagles, both of whom have multiple players who can play 3-4 positions.

Mustache is very advocating the blurring of positions, and Dior was trained by him.

The adjustment direction of the training camp this time is clearer than last season, or even last season, which won 73 wins. After two seasons of adaptation, although this time the lineup adjustment is quite large, but on the contrary, I know better what to adjust. .

Mustache and the rest of the coaching staff already know how to play Liu Xiu, Hill, Gasol Jr., and Diaw, the four core tactics, and let others adjust around them.

Originally, Mustache, the coach, and the vice president were all worried about one person-Carmelo Anthony.

This guy is notoriously bad at coaching. After the management of the Nuggets traded Anthony for Kwame Brown, he wept with joy in front of the media, saying that Anthony is a player who cannot be coached.

But in the end, Anthony was the one who adjusted the most.

There is no other reason, just because the partner's teammate is Liu Xiu.

Since he decided to join the Trail Blazers, Anthony has been practicing catching and shooting. After officially joining the Trail Blazers, he asked Ray Allen to learn this. He also studied with Korver and Gasol Jr.

Running position, this is still the blind spot of Anthony’s ability, but he is already actively learning to move without the ball, move in the designated area according to the position of the teammate holding the ball to create opportunities to catch the ball, and reduce unnecessary dribbles after receiving the ball... ...Genius is genius, if Anthony wants to, George Karl has been nagging him for years, he can practice in style in a summer.

The needs of the Trail Blazers and the direction of Anthony's efforts are not like Ray Allen's transition to pure off-ball play. That would be a waste of Anthony's singles ability. Version transformation.

Time passed day by day, early training camp, training camp, preseason...all passed one by one.

The adjustment progress of the Trail Blazers is very gratifying. Anthony adjusted quickly and Bosh is suitable for this style of play. The integration of the two new superstars has not encountered any major problems. This has given the Trail Blazers coaching staff a shot in the arm !

Ray Allen's condition continues to be good. Although he is 35 years old, in terms of physical strength and shooting accuracy, there is no visible decline compared to last season.

The three-point leader, plus the warden who played a full start in the World Championships, is the double cornerstone for the members of the prison team's coaching staff to build a tactical system and a heart.

Hill was happy to accept the role of a substitute, came to the Trail Blazers for 3 years, he regained his health, won the championship, and enjoyed the joy of winning that he had never had in his career... for the Warden to give up the starting position, He is willing.

Even if everyone is saying that he seems to be in better shape this year than last year, even if he himself feels the same way, he is willing to give up his starting position and become a swingman on the bench.

The extrajudicial fanatics are a bit bitter, haha, there is an extra capable opponent on the bench!

Diaw is the one who takes money to do things. Apart from the team's four major stars, he is the one with the highest salary. Moreover, the Blazers management is not like Steve Kerr, who doesn't dislike his high salary at all. Only this, he I am willing to work hard for the Trail Blazers.

Dragic is the happier one visible to the naked eye among the substitute players. The team did not continue to recruit veteran point guard substitutes, which means that he has become the team's first substitute!

Gasol has made great progress. In the middle and late stages of last season, his progress was obvious. Unfortunately, by then, the Trail Blazers' tactical system had basically been adjusted. , The coaching staff did not make tactical adjustments after discovering Gasol's progress, but this season's training camp stage, Gasol is undoubtedly the core of tactics in the eyes of the coaching staff.

Gasol did not disappoint. His performance in the training camp met the requirements of the coaching staff. In the preseason, he averaged 27 minutes per game and averaged 8 points, 9.5 rebounds, 6.6 assists, 4 steal and 1 blocks in 1.5 games. , really showed the coping ability not weaker than his brother!

And the biggest change of Gasol, the change visible to the naked eye-weight 116 kg!

Compared with when Gasol Jr. joined two years ago, he is 20 kilograms lighter.

This allows Gasol Jr. to not hold back in brisk offensive coordination!
But the Trail Blazers team felt that the biggest improvement was not the youngsters, but the warden who had turned 28 in the first half of the year!
With three points, the gap with Ray Allen has become smaller and smaller.

The ability to step back and shoot, shown in training and preseason, seems to be no weaker than Anthony.

Running, catching and shooting is definitely not as good as Ray Allenby, but compared to Korver who has made great progress, Liu Xiu's progress in this area is not lost at all!

It doesn't matter if he is still making rapid progress, the key is that he is still actively developing new abilities and continuing to strengthen around existing technologies!
Anthony saw that Liu Xiu wanted to learn everything, learned everything quickly, and had to eat, drink, and play every day. As a result, he improved faster than anyone else.

This picture is really familiar!

This guy has become his teammate again!

Come here, you are right!

...

This is the second time in Liu Xiu's career to start a new season away. In the first 2 years of his career, he started the new season 7 times at home, 6 of which were because he won the championship.

Counting this time, 4 new seasons that were not the defending champions, 2 home games and 2 away games, it is quite balanced.

At noon on the 29th, the Trail Blazers came to the Big Apple City and had a rest overnight. On October 10th, the first day of the NBA regular season arrived. After training in the morning, Liu Xiu received a system notification that the player detection report had been updated.

He opened the system screen, and the home page was his ability evaluation.

"Name: Liu Xiu, English name: Jess.

Age: 28 years old (February 1982, 2)
Net height: 188 cm, wingspan 203 cm, weight: 96 kg.

Team: Portland Trail Blazers.

Ability evaluation: 98.

运动能力：速度96（爆发加速91），力量95（爆发力90），弹跳95（弹速91），灵活性95，体力94。

Basic skills: 96 three-pointers, 95 mid-range shots, 96 layups (upper limit), 96 ball handling (upper limit), 93 passes, 93 turns, 88 strides (upper limit), 94 turnarounds, 94 emergency stops (upper limit), throwing shots 93. Step back 93...

Skills: Low post-up 93 (upper limit), high post-up 93, off-dribble shooting 94 (upper limit), acceleration layup 94 on the move, European step 84, fadeaway jumper 93, rhythm flow breakthrough 94 (upper limit), front body Breakthrough 87, emergency stop jump shot 93 (upper limit), emergency stop catch and shoot 93, step-back shooting 92, post-up singles application skills 91, pick-and-roll with the ball 93 (upper limit), pick-and-roll technique application 90, three-threat play 69 , changing direction to 73 while moving..."

After breaking through to a comprehensive ability evaluation of 6 in June, he has made great progress in the past 98 months. During the growth period of '4 and five years old', he can feel the progress of his main attack direction after a period of time. .

Now most of his basic skills and abilities have reached the peak. In terms of European step, stride, change of direction in front of the body, change of direction while walking... etc., he is not so talented, but if he has the ability, it is enough. As long as he can use it, he doesn't feel bad about it, but instead focuses on those aspects of his talent.

Like three points!

After surpassing the top, his three-pointers are closer to Ray Allen, who is the number one in active service with 98 three-pointers.

Looking at 98's ability evaluation, he is only 1 point away from the normal limit, and the next one is off the charts... Maybe there is a chance, his goal now is to reach the limit of his strength!
According to past experience, the direction of his current efforts is to continue to strengthen the strongest point that can still be improved, and then improve more technical and basic skills to surpass the top level.

And for this, he also has a very clear plan - emergency stop, shooting after dribbling, rhythm flow breakthrough, emergency stop jump shot, pick-and-roll with the ball, etc., to break through the upper limit for these basic skills and techniques!
He thought about it, and his priority was to break through the pick-and-roll and shoot off the dribble.

Pick and roll, the future will become more and more important, more important.

Shooting after dribbling is very important. All offensive techniques are for throwing the ball into the basket.

The direction is clear, the mood is happy, and the progress in all aspects seems to be smoother.

Liu Xiu opened the team interface and looked at the latest reports of his teammates.

"Ray Allen, 35 years old, 196 cm, 93 kg, SG, ability rating 85, offense 88, defense 83...98 three-pointers...

Anthony, 26 years old, 203 cm, 108 kg, SF/PF, ability rating 92...

Chris Bosh, 26 years old, 211 cm, 107 kg, PF/C, ability evaluation 90...

Chris Anderson, 32 years old, 208 cm, 111 kg, PF/C, ability rating 69, offense -, defense 81...

Grant Hill, 38 years old, 203 cm, 102 kg, SF/PF, ability rating 82, offense 78, defense 85...

Travis Outlaw, 26 years old, 206 cm, 101 kg, SF/PF, ability rating 86, offense 83, defense 91...

Marc Gasol, 25 years old, 215 cm, 133 kg, C, ability evaluation 84...

Kyler Korver, 29 years old, 201 cm, 96 kg, SF/SG, ability rating 75…

Goran Dragic, 24 years old, 191 cm, 86 kg, PG, ability evaluation 73...

Boris Diaw, 28 years old, 203 cm, 102 kg, SF/C, ability rating 78...

Sean Battier, 32 years old, 203 cm, 100 kg, SF/SG, ability rating 77, offense 72, defense 84...

Avery Bradley, 20 years old, 190 cm, 82 kg, PG/SG, ability rating 68…

Theo Ratliff, 37 years old, 208 cm, 107 kg, C, ability rating—”

Liu Xiu only used one word to describe the strength of his teammates - strong!

He couldn't help but let out a hearty laugh in the toilet again.

Teammates, coaching staff, management, and even cleaning staff are all used to it.

With this lineup, they also want to laugh!Laugh out loud!
At noon, the last 3 teams and the top 3 players were also released.

In terms of player rankings, Liu Xiu is still number one, and Sports Illustrated is no longer shrewd at this time.

But in terms of team rankings... the defending champion Mavericks, the major media ranked first by convention, and the Trail Blazers, the three major media only gave it third.

Sports Illustrated gave the second place to the Spurs, ESPN to the Heat, and TNT to the Knicks.

This topic became hot all at once.

And this made the Knicks players want to scold the street again, but it also made the Knicks players want to beat the Trail Blazers even more.

At 6:40 in the evening, at the Madison Square Garden Arena in New York, Liu Xiu led his teammates to run out from the visiting team's tunnel.

This time, he was greeted with boos all over the sky!

New York fans kneel and lick again, but there is a limit. They were repeatedly rejected by Liu Xiu, and now they have signed Pierce and Felton, two of Liu Xiu's mortal enemies. New York fans no longer love the warden.

They want to suppress bandits!
Liu Xiu's attention was not on the fans. After entering the field, he looked at the opposite player's tunnel.

To the home team admission.

Little Bully, Truth, Big Zhi, Felton, T-Mac.

Although the 03 class didn't get one, and the 01 class didn't get one, it was worth it for the Knicks to give up everything last season and give it a go.

After signing Little Overlord and Truth, and before giving the final middle class to Big Zhi, the Knicks still signed. They offered Felton for $3 million in three years, but the Raptors did not match; they signed Shaw for $1100 in one year. Well - Williams, the Mavericks did not keep anyone; signed Turiaf with $1 million in one year, and the Grizzlies did not keep anyone; signed O'Neal with a basic salary...

In addition, Wilson Chandler, Landry Fields, who performed well in the second round of the summer league, and Timofey Moz, the Russian center who joined the Knicks without applying for re-election after being automatically undrafted at the age of 24 Goff, Jared Jeffries, who the Lakers waived on a two-year minimum contract...

The Knicks not only used up the space of tens of millions of dollars vacated, but also used up the middle class and various special cases. They also raised the total salary to 7800 million dollars, almost from the tens of millions of dollars to the turnover. The luxury tax, that is, the rules do not allow it, otherwise Dolan would definitely want to pay the tax.

These five people ran out from the player channel one after another, and Madison Square Garden fell into a carnival.

One of the strongest starting lineups in the league!

But after a while, watching the five starters of the Trail Blazers play, the fans at the scene cursed.

The way Liu Xiu led the team into the field made the opponents not focus on their starters at first. Now that five starters are playing, even the five Knicks feel their scalps go numb!
Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Anthony, Bosh, Gasol Jr.

After Bosh came on the court, he clenched his fists and raised his neck and roared, which attracted the attention of the fans and received deafening boos.

When Liu Xiu was applying chalk, McGrady found him and said, "I will definitely win this time! I also have such good teammates!"

Liu Xiu smiled and said: "I see, I will tell Kidd the exact words you said... By the way, I feel good now, better than ever."

After speaking, Liu Xiu turned and walked onto the court.

McGrady vaguely remembers hearing something similar... When Liu Xiu came to play here one year, he said it!Then it exploded!
McGrady's confidence was shaken for a while, but he calmed down soon.

He doesn't believe that they can't beat the warden now!

He wants to use this game to sweep away the warden's decline!
He wants to lead the team to defeat the warden for the first time in team history!

It's miserable to say that in the past 7 years, the Knicks have lost all their home games against the Trail Blazers.

At 7 p.m., the game begins.

Little Overlord defeated Gasol Jr. to win the jump ball, the Knicks took the lead, and McGrady hit a breakthrough throw, which detonated the cheers of the fans.

When the Trail Blazers attacked, Liu Xiu slowed down when he reached the middle circle.

The Knicks players guessed what Liu Xiu wanted to do. For this opening game, they studied the video footage of the Trail Blazers coming to them every season. I don’t know when Liu Xiu likes to throw in the middle of the game. One, and as long as you have the opportunity to throw it, you never miss it.

But this time they didn't rush to the center line in a panic, McGrady chose to stay in the top arc.

He didn't believe it, the lineup of their nursing home is so strong now, that guy dares to look down on them.

Then, Liu Xiuzhen stepped on the top arc of the front half of the middle circle and shot directly!Close your eyes after the shot!

Although praying in official matches is useless, it has become a habit.

This prayer is useful!
Liu Xiu's ultra-long three-pointer in the middle circle hit the basket's neck and bounced into the frame!
Not to mention the Knicks, which has changed a lot of players, the new players from the Trail Blazers were all shocked when they saw this scene. Brother Dong scolded the street directly, and only Bosh immediately rushed to hug Liu Xiu and rub the camera.

Just like the Knicks players thought 'I don't believe the warden dares to look down on us', Anthony also thought the same way, thinking that Liu Xiu was so flirtatious when he played against the Knicks before because the Knicks were not very good. Shame on the Knicks.

Now it seems that it is not the case!

Anthony read Liu Xiu's expression language - this guy just wants to show off in the Big Apple, and it has nothing to do with the strength of the Knicks!

The information Wang Zhizhi read is more direct——Look at Er and others inserting the label and selling the first...

(End of this chapter)