I'm really not a superstar

Chapter 108

On the morning of July 7, the Rockets ushered in the first game of the Summer League against the Golden State Warriors.

At this time, the Warriors did not have the Splash Brothers, and they were on the verge of the playoffs all year round.Although it just created a black eight miracle last season, as a team with the best offense and worst defense in the league, its overall strength is not strong.

As for those who participated in the summer league, they were a group of young, weak, sick and disabled.

Only Azubuike and this year's No. 14 rookie Anthony Randolph can be named by Dorsey.

Dorsey has watched Randolph play up close. He served as the starting power forward of the U.S. youth team in the 2007 Nike Summit in Memphis, defeating the so-called world youth star team.

Although the name of that game was very loud, it was a peak match, and it was the US Youth Team, the World Youth Star Team, etc., but according to CD Roberts, who watched the game together at the time, the two warring parties together, played against the Memphis Tigers. In one game, "you will be beaten out of shit"!
In this game, Anthony Randolph was placed at the starting center position of the Warriors, which happened to be against Dorsey.

Dorsey knows very well that his task in the summer league is to score more points while allowing his opponents to score less points.As for being familiar with the tactics and integrating into the team, these are not important in the summer league.

Sure enough, the system released the task:
Tasks in this game: 1. Team winning reward 100sp
2. Reward 300sp if the technical statistics exceed that of the opponent
In addition, an overall Summer League mission has been released:

1. Win the summer league scoring champion reward 2000sp
2. Reward 3000sp for winning the rebounding champion in the summer league
3. Reward 4000sp for winning the block leader in the Summer League
4. Reward 8000sp for winning the assist king in the summer league
5. Reward 10000sp for winning the steal king in the summer league
Compared with the single game rewards that are better than nothing, the overall task rewards are very attractive.Especially for the last two items, the reward has reached the level of 8000+!
However, Dorsey is self-aware. As an insider, don't think too much about assists and steals.

Dorsey even had a faint suspicion that these two tasks were deliberately typed out by the system to disgust him, or to disturb his mentality so that he could not concentrate on completing the first few relatively promising tasks.

Although the level of the summer league is not high, it is an officially recognized event by the NBA after all. Before the game, Dorsey was still a little worried, worried whether he could adapt to the rhythm of professional NBA games.

But soon, he realized that he was thinking too much.

Although the summer league is a part of the NBA, and the participating teams are also familiar NBA teams, most of the players are low-level players.

It's like the Chinese men's football team replaced their jerseys with Barcelona jerseys, but they still can't play Tikitaka.The team composed of these messy marginal players still can't play the NBA level.

Even, because the participating players are mixed, unfamiliar with each other, and lack of technical and tactical drills, the team's tactical quality and level are not as good as some of the famous NCAA teams!
Take the Rockets as an example. At the tactical deployment meeting before the game, executive coach Elston Turner's request was to run and improve the rhythm of the game.

In addition there is no more!

As for the Princeton tactical system on the offensive end, and the defensive end of the transposition, there were no requirements.Let everything go!

At the beginning, Dorsey was really shocked. I used to read NBA materials. It is said that each team has dozens of sets of tactical moves. Some coaches even print and distribute a booklet of tactical rules so that players can memorize them by heart. .

However, it is a bit too casual to see it once you hear it a hundred times!
What he didn't know was that due to the large changes in the personnel of the summer league, there are often not one out of ten players who stay on the team in the end. Today is your player, maybe tomorrow he will go to the opponent's side.

Therefore, due to the need for tactical confidentiality, the team often does not arrange specific tactics, but allows the players to play freely, so that they can better observe the players' playing styles and abilities.

When it was time for the game, Dorsey discovered that his opponent had no tactics.

If there is, it is also total attack and total defense.As the ball ran, a group of people "whooped" ran to the opponent's basket, and then all "whooped" ran to the other end of the court.

It is not uncommon for teammates to collide with each other in running positions, and it is not uncommon to pass the ball directly out of the sideline without receiving a response.

The competition in this kind of game is pure strength. Which team's players can score more points, defend individual players better, or even run faster, jump higher, and shoot more accurately? bigger.

In terms of hard power, the Rockets with Dorsey, Brooks, Landry, Weaver and others are obviously stronger, and they can crush opposing players in almost every position.

Needless to say, Brooks and Landry, two second-year players have proved their strength in the NBA arena.

And the performance of free agent Weaver is even more amazing. In front of Azubuike, his performance is not timid at all, he breaks through sharply, shoots steadily, and defends very hard. Zubuk was exhausted.

Dorsey faced Randolph, and the fight was relaxed and enjoyable.

Although Randolph is 2 meters tall, but weighs only 11 kilograms, he is like a bean sprout in front of Dorsey, who weighs 104 kilograms.

Moreover, he has only played college basketball for one year. In front of Dorsey, the "elite monster" of the NCAA, he is in a state of being crushed in terms of ability, experience, and consciousness.

Dorsey didn't even need to use too many means, he just used his body to make arrangements for Randolph clearly.

On the offensive end, Dorsey was sitting with the ball, and Randolph was staggering at the top.

When defending, Dorsey leaned against Randolph, and the opponent seemed to hit the wall, all kinds of things.

But the fly in the ointment is that, as an inside player, Dorsey has significantly fewer chances to touch the ball.

In Memphis, my little brother Rose was in charge of the organization. Everyone played brother basketball, feeding cakes to the inside crazily every game, not to mention the super cooperation of "Dawei Tianlong".

But when it comes to the summer league arena, if you want to eat cakes, you have to bake them yourself, no one will feed you.

Brooks is a fast and flexible defender. Although he is not tall, his extremely fast speed and changeable ball-handling skills ensure sharp breakthroughs and extremely accurate three-pointers.

However, organizational skills have never been his strong point, and the combination of breakthrough points cannot be compared with top PGs like Rose.Especially when he was on the rise, he completely forgot that he still had a pass button, which earned him the title of "Blood Cloth".

Don't you see, in the Rockets, Yao Ming often had to run back and forth behind his ass.If the boss of the team is treated like this, who is Joey Dorsey?
Fortunately, Dorsey has super athletic ability. Although he is an insider, he can still keep up with the rhythm of blood cloth. Although he didn't receive too many active passes, he also found some opportunities for rebounds and putbacks.

Dorsey originally thought it would be difficult enough to play with Brooks, but after Xiaobu took a break, Dorsey understood what the hell difficulty mode is.

As a player who has already made a name for himself in the NBA, Brooks actually doesn't need to play too hard in the summer league. He just walks through the motions, finds his feeling, and clocks out after get off work after the score is drawn.

But the other point guards who replaced them had to work hard for a contract. They would not let go of the slightest chance to show themselves. Go in, this goal is not the same as two points.

This is a pain for Dorsey, who can only run back and forth with them, and even touch the ball when defending far more than the team's active offense.

After a game, the voice of shouting "pass" was almost smoking, and I didn't see the ball fly into my hand several times.

Dorsey suspects that he is not participating in the basketball summer league, but the switchback race!
However, although there are not many opportunities to perform, fortunately, the coaching staff is enough to save face. Others traded around like a lantern.

Relying on staying on the court long enough, Dorsey's technical statistics are not too ugly.

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Golden State Warriors 88:62.

Dorsey played 33 minutes and scored 14 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks.

On the other hand, Randolph, who was given his first lesson in the NBA, only scored 4 points and 5 rebounds.

400sp steady income!

But Dorsey couldn't be happy at all. If he continued to fight like this, he wouldn't have to think about the sky-high rewards in the overall mission.

I have to think of a way!

After the game, after returning to the hotel, RJ Adelman dialed the phone number of his father who was on vacation in Hawaii.

After reporting the game situation to his father coach, he focused on the situation of Joey Dorsey.

This is a task given to him by the old Adelman before the start of the summer league.

"Joey Dorsey played 33 minutes today, scored 14 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 assists. His performance completely crushed the opponent's No. 14 rookie Anthony Randolph. According to my observation, his speed is very fast , can keep up with the advancing speed of Aaron Brooks, and can play a fast break; the body is also very strong, and can rely on the body to gain a favorable position in the interior at both ends of the offense and defense. The physical fitness is also very good, although he played for 33 minutes , but still walking like flying."

The old A on the other end of the phone seemed more interested in Dorsey's performance than the team's victory, and asked a series of questions like a cannonball, "What about his technical level? How is his shooting stability? The low-post offense and high-post support How is the performance? Are there calls with teammates? Is it suitable for the Princeton system?"

RJ shrugged, "You know how the summer league is going. As an inside player, without the support of his teammates, those things can't be seen for the time being."

Old Allo pondered, "Communicate with Elston, find ways to increase Dorsey's chances of holding the ball, and conduct a more comprehensive inspection of him. If Yao's injury recovery is not optimistic, we need a qualified inside substitute Come on, if Dorsey can't do it, you have to hurry up and let Daryl make early plans in the trading market!"

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(End of this chapter)