NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 239 Wang Chao or Rodman, who is better at rebounding?

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The Rockets' all-outline lineup looks ridiculous, but the actual effect is surprisingly good.

The almost exaggerated mobility allows players to easily find opportunities to cut to the basket by cross-running or off-ball screens, and in the transition between offense and defense, the probability of directly forming a fast break is quite high.

And people imagined that such a short lineup would definitely be blown up inside the field, and it didn't happen at all.

After all, the center Jason Smith of the Pelicans is not a player with the ability to attack the ball inside. Even if he has a height advantage at the basket, he can't use his own advantage to hold the ball and play Wang Chao in singles.

What's even more surprising is that it's okay if the offense is not good enough. In terms of rebounds, Smith has no advantage against Wang Chao. Not only that, in a few short rounds, he was even blocked by Wang Chao one step ahead of time. , grabbed an offensive rebound.

Don't underestimate Wang Chao's rebounding ability.

Dennis Rodman, recognized as the player with the strongest rebounding ability in the history of the league, is only a player with a height of 2 meters and a weight of 01 kg. Compared with Wang Chao, who is 95 meters and weighs 2 kg, he is not as good.

However, Rodman was able to grab an average of 18.7 rebounds per game when facing a group of inside players who were taller than him, heavier than him, and stronger than him in the era when the center was paramount.

First, the keen sense of smell and judgment of rebounding points.

Second, excellent bounce and explosive power.

Third, the attitude of not being afraid of physical confrontation, never admitting defeat and actively fighting for every ball.

There is no problem with Wang Chao's basic ability value at all. He is 2 meters tall and has a wingspan of 06 meters. While his static talent is outstanding, his jumping ability is as high as 2, and his explosive power is currently as high as 18.

In terms of rebounding ability, Wang Chao's current defensive rebounding ability value has also reached 95, and his ability to judge rebound placement is extremely outstanding. Of course, the value of 95 is quite high, and it is obviously far away to compare with Rodman. Far from enough, the latter, as a well-known rebound maniac in the league, must have reached a full value of 99 in both defensive rebounds and offensive rebounds.

It's just that Wang Chao doesn't think his rebounding ability is necessarily inferior to Rodman's. Although there is a slight gap in basic statistics, the lack of ability can be made up for with talent.

Rebound idiot, the name of this talent that Wang Chao is usually reluctant to mention, but the effect is real.

Last season, the reason why Wang Chao was able to average a triple-double per game was that this natural skill played a vital role. After all, Wang Chao did not ask his teammates to help him grab rebounds like Westbrook did when he averaged a triple-double per game. Even as the player with the fastest fast break in many cases, he often has to rush to the forefront, and there are not many opportunities to grab defensive rebounds.

But with the blessing of the rebounding idiot's talent, Wang Chao's sense of rebounding is astonishingly keen, and he can often break out suddenly when his opponents don't expect it, and get the rebounds in his pocket.

Last season, Wang Chao averaged 10.6 rebounds per game. Although he barely ranked among the top ten in the rebounding list, his offensive rebounds were 3.9, which was even higher than the rebounding king Howard's offensive rebounds. Tyson Chandler with 4.1 offensive rebounds.

In the small ball lineup, Wang Chao is a guest center, and his most important duty is to protect his own penalty area, especially defensive rebounds.

With a defensive rebounding ability value of 95 plus the blessing of rebounding idiot talent, Wang Chao is fully confident that he will compete with the well-known rebounding champions in the league. For example, in the next new season, there is a high probability that he will show the same strong rebounding ability as the original history. Jordan and Andre Drummond.

In the 13-14 season, these two people both averaged 13+ rebounds per game. Jordan was slightly better and won the honor of the rebounding champion with a slight advantage. Although Drummond lost the competition for the rebounding champion, he averaged Can grab 5.4 offensive rebounds, 1.4 more than Jordan, so it is not considered a loss.

Wang Chao felt that even if he faced these two guys, he would not lose in rebounding.

Of course, even if Green appeared on the court as the position of Green in the small ball lineup, Wang Chao couldn't really put all his energy on defense and rebounding. With Jordan's strength, he ran to do Rodman's. It would be too wasteful.

The Rockets' small-ball lineup is currently only in the testing period, because Wang Chao knows the small-ball style and core of the Warriors in the future, so let him play an important part of this tactic, and wait until other players gradually adapt After that, some adjustments can be made according to the characteristics of the Rockets, and that will be after Dayao and Garnett completely retreat to the second line.

The Rockets' small-ball lineup played for 5 minutes, and the Pelicans couldn't play at all. They couldn't attack inside, and the defense on the outside was still very solid. The result was that in these 5 minutes, the Rockets' offensive rhythm was exaggerated. , scored 15 points, while the Pelicans only scored 4 points.

Fortunately, this is a preseason game. After the Rockets played the first 5 minutes, they went straight up and down, replaced all the starters, and then Dayao and Garnett led the Rockets to the second place. The lineup continues to play on the field.

Then there is no more.

Dayao just played casually, and the Pelicans, who were completely unable to resist his offense inside, collapsed across the board. At the end of the first quarter, the point difference was close to 20 points.

There will be no suspense or interest in the next game.

The substitute players of the two teams played in full swing on the field, while the main players on the bench sat and watched.

This kind of situation is very normal in the preseason. Usually the core of the team can play more than 20 minutes per game in the preseason, which is regarded as giving back to the support of the fans. There are only two purposes for the organization. The first is to help the team quickly regain their game status after a long vacation. The second is to take this opportunity to buy tickets to make money, including some international preseason games. It is to expand the influence of the NBA and increase Peripheral income.

Of the Rockets' eight preseason games, two were played in Huaguo. They were in the capital on October 8 and the two games against the Lakers in Shanghai on October 10.

It must be admitted that the Alliance understands traffic passwords.

Although it is foreseeable that the Lakers will sink completely in the new season, Howard defected to the Spurs, Nash chose to retire, and Kobe’s injury is expected to take at least December to return. There is only one Pau Gasol left in the team. Can the new season record be good? The bottom of the league can be a joke.

But the Lakers managed to get Jeremy Lin in the summer. Even if Jeremy Lin's arrival can't help the Lakers' status quo, at least in China, the fans still like it.

Unlike the original history, Jeremy Lin finally chose to stay with the Knicks without the disgusting poison contract provided by Mogou. The contract is 3 million for 1500 years.

But Jeremy Lin in the Knicks is also facing the same problem as the original history.

The magical Linsanity is a short-lived miracle after all. After the magic, Jeremy Lin's strength as a point guard is there. He is strong enough to be the starting point guard of any team, but that's all. .

Jeremy Lin averaged 12.7 points and 4.6 assists per game for the Knicks last season. His performance can't be said to be bad, but it's not particularly good either.

Especially in the middle and late stages of the season, the conflict between Jeremy Lin and Anthony began to become sharper.

Jeremy Lin's style of play is doomed that he needs the ball to achieve results.

But the boss of the Knicks is Anthony.

In the 11-12 season, Jeremy Lin has already done his best, making him, the nominal core leader of the Knicks, dim. Although Anthony didn't say anything, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

Last season, Jeremy Lin's competitive state declined, and Anthony also ushered in the peak of his career. His average of 28.8 points per game was the second highest in his career, although he was still a little behind Wang Chao and Durant. , but enough to satisfy him.

Although Anthony's style of play is not as highly concentrated as James's, but a lot of offensive points come from him in low-post singles, and he has a lot of requirements for the ball in the game. This naturally has a little bit of Jeremy Lin's ball possession The conflict, plus Anthony was unhappy seeing Jeremy Lin.

The result is that this summer, the Knicks traded Jeremy Lin to the Lakers, even if only in exchange for some minor additions.

This is why the league arranged for the Rockets vs. Lakers to play preseason games in the two largest cities in China.

Dayao and Wang Chao of the Rockets are definitely the most well-known and most popular sports stars in Huaguo. Although Jeremy Lin is not from Huaguo, his Chinese-American identity and the rise of grassroots miracles also make him have many fans in Huaguo. .

Being able to see scenes like Wang Chao and Dayao vs. Jeremy Lin with his own eyes, naturally a large number of fans flocked to them. From the perspective of the league, it was all worthless money!

The timing and location are favorable, and the results are natural. These two games were very successful. Whether in the capital or Shanghai, a large number of fans came to the scene, full of enthusiasm.

For the first time, Wang Chao and Dayao played more than 25 minutes in these two games, which are the two games with the longest playing time in the preseason.

In 8 preseason games, the Rockets scored 6 wins and 2 losses. The team's record did not affect the league's judgment on the strength of the Rockets in the new season.

The regular season is approaching, and ESPN has announced the strength list for the new season as usual.

The defending champion Houston Rockets has no suspense at the top of the strength list. Although the summer did not carry out any substantive signings, and the team even rejected the intention of some veterans to join their thighs to win the championship, but even with the Rockets originally The winning lineup is also enough to ascend to the league's strongest throne.

In the new season, Dayao and Garnett are one year older, but at the same time, all the young players of the Rockets are also one year older, and their strength is getting better.

It can be seen in the preseason stage that the starting players Leonard and Butler are more capable than last season, and they can even host the ball and attack independently, instead of simply relying on Wang Chao's pass assists.

Ranked second in the strength list is naturally the biggest loser of last season, the runner-up Miami Heat.

The Heat were swept by the Rockets ruthlessly 4:0 in the finals, losing again and again. This also led to the Heat frantically supplementing center players in the summer, signing Oden, Kenyon Martin and many other inside players one after another. It is to target the Rockets' invincible inside two-tower combination.

But no matter how desperately they sign, the salary of the Big Three determines the strength of the team's signings. They can only sign this kind of basic salary players with their own problems, and then expect their "faults" to recover immediately. Rejuvenate the second spring of your career.

Although they did not do well in signings, as long as the Heat's Big Three are present, they will always be one of the favorites to win the championship. After all, even in 2014, the average age of the Big Three is only just 30 years old. At the peak of an athlete's career.

The Rockets and Heat ranked first and second in the strength list, and the subsequent strength rankings were the Spurs with Howard, the Thunder with Durant and Westbrook dual-core, the Clippers with Paul and Griffin and a group of outstanding role players. , the Grizzlies with the combination of black and white double evil towers, and then the Golden State Warriors who have gradually emerged and got Iguodala from the Nuggets.

In the 2013-14 season, the highlights of this new season are generally good.

Then on October 10, the NBA regular season officially begins!
(End of this chapter)