I'm the boss in the NBA

Chapter 240 The Trident

Not only did Stoudemire perform well, but Marion also showed a destructive power beyond the expectations of the Suns. This player who renewed his contract with the Suns for 6 years and 7900 million US dollars after the end of last season is now a member of the Nuggets. The one with the most stable foreign investment.

Stoudemire's biggest shortcoming now is that he can only attack at the basket and has not yet practiced outside shooting. However, Marion, who has been training for several years in the Suns, is different. He has a sharp breakthrough, excellent defense, and a certain range of shots Ability, although Marion's three-point shooting posture is ugly, like a basketball is hot, the orchid fingers are unsightly.

Of course, he is not the only one who shoots ugly shots. The Nuggets also have two who are almost ugly. One of them is Tyshawn Prince, who was selected by the Nuggets this year with the 22nd pick. Su Yi called him The gibbon guy's shooting is also very strange, so Su Yi can't learn it even if he wants to. It's really too difficult to turn his elbows out when he jumps up and shoot, and still maintain a certain shooting percentage.

The other one is Marcus Camby. God knows why so many guys with ugly shots all ran to the Nuggets. His one-handed shot behind the back in slow motion like a snail is also listed as the ugliest in Su Yi's mind. One of the shooting positions.

But the ugliness is ugly, Marion's shooting rate is still very good, and Marion is also very good in defense. As the team's part-time starting power forward, he can get nearly 10 rebounds and 2 steals. Although there are only 1 assists in blocked shots, this has exceeded Su Yi's expectations. After all, a player who leaves his original team system will always feel uncomfortable, and even his statistics will drop sharply.

But Marion is as seamless as it is, it matches the Nuggets' tactical system very well, and he gets along well with coach D'Antoni. Coach D'Antoni likes to let the players adjust themselves on the court, which also makes Marion, a comprehensive player, There is a kind of carefree like a duck in water.

What's more, Marion is not only himself, his teammates also help him very well, especially the pitching teammates of the Nuggets. Although Su Yi mainly passes the ball, he will still pass the ball when faced with open opportunities. Happy to accept it.

Faced with Stoudemire and Marion who were running empty-handed, Suns coach Frank Johnson was very troubled. He only now knew that Stoudemire was the most suitable inside player for small ball tactics.

Being able to run quickly, find that little breakthrough space in the tight defense, gouging through the Suns' defense and attacking the basket again and again, this Stoudemire really makes him greedy!

Because of the outstanding performances of Stoudemire and Marion, Coach Johnson's well-planned offensive battle did not end with the Suns' victory as he expected.

At the end of the third quarter, Su Yi received a return pass from Marion and made an open shot from beyond the three-point line, increasing the lead to 18 points!
After the start of the fourth quarter, Coach Johnson also tried to break the boat and give it a go, but the result was not good. Their offense was not as fast and efficient as the Nuggets' Trident, and their defense was not as good as Posey and Prince. For such a player, it is reasonable to lose.

The Suns didn't even make it to the last moment. Just after halfway through the fourth quarter, the Suns had fallen behind by as much as 25 points. In desperation, Coach Johnson had no choice but to give up that unrealistic fantasy.

He called a timeout, replaced all the main players with substitute players, and completely gave up the game.

Coach D'Antoni also reciprocated, removing the main players and putting Marcus Camby, Wang Dazhi, Matt Barnes, Anfernee Hardaway, and Tim Hardaway on the bench.

In this lineup, coach D'Antoni attaches great importance to the player Matt Barnes. Although this player is a second-round pick, he has excellent athletic ability, especially good at running positions and air cuts. Tough, willing to engage in physical confrontation with stronger opponents.

Although coach D'Antoni is not the rigid coach of the academic school, he also likes young people who can do a good job offensively and escort the team on the defensive end.

Of course, Barnes still has many shortcomings. For example, although he is willing to defend toughly, his body is not strong, his athletic ability is also average, his shooting is unstable, and he has no pass control ability to help his teammates.

But for a second-round rookie, there is no way to give him more expectations, otherwise he would not fall to the second round. Even in the draft predictions, he was at the end of the second round, and the Nuggets selected him in advance to select him from the second round. The first pick in the round goes to the chosen one.

In the last 5 minutes, even though they were all on the team's bench, the Nuggets were still better. I don't know why the Suns were so confident before the start of the game.

Marcus Camby and Barnes have excellent defense, Wang Dazhi has outstanding shooting, Anthony Hardaway and Tim Hardaway are injured and old, but they can still play at their best in 5 minutes.

Although the Nuggets' bench lineup does not play small ball tactics, but standard positional warfare, this does not affect Coach D'Antoni's perception of them. The NBA is a place where the winner is king. If you can play in a pure The offensive team plays a good defense, I believe no coach will not like to see it.

Especially after Wang Dazhi made two consecutive mid-range and long-range shots, the lead of the Nuggets has been increased to 32 points. D'Antoni nodded very satisfied. He is very satisfied with Wang Dazhi's transformation. The speed can be seen, the shot is quick, no longer procrastinating like before.

On this point, Wang Dazhi would really like to thank Tom Gugliotta. Without the guidance of this former top shooter in the league, he would not be able to improve so fast. Although his speed and sprint speed still have a long way to go, But only for shooting, he can be regarded as meeting the requirements of coach D'Antoni.

At the end of the game, the difference between the two teams reached 31 points. The Nuggets defeated the Suns 117-86. Su Yi played 32 minutes and scored 15 points, 2 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 steals and 1 steal. Mistakes, a new season low in shots, only 7 times, but the shooting rate is extremely high, 7 of 5, 4 of 3 three-pointers, all from open shots.

Su Yi played very smoothly in this game, which can be seen from the number of his mistakes, which also means that the tacit understanding between him and his teammates is slowly improving.

Marion was the best player in this game. His inside and outside shots were very efficient, and he lost his temper in his old club, the Suns.

In 36 minutes of playing, he scored 33 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. He shot 19 times and hit 9 goals. The ugly three-pointer also went smoothly, and he shot 6 of 4. He also got 12 free throw opportunities and hit 11 of them. Marion was in high spirits in this game.

It seems that after being traded, an NBA player must not be a good player if he does not break out on his old club. For example, the Mosaic team in the previous life, every ordinary player who was traded by him can play All-Stars when facing it The level of performance, so the NBA has been circulating the legend of the Mosaic team = star level.

In the future, the legend about the old players of the Mosaic team has been passed on as "metaphysics" by Huaxia fans. After being traded by the Mosaic team, those old players will definitely develop better than before. Among them are even all-star players, such as the one in Kincaid Lowry played in high school.

Su Yi now feels that it is too much value to trade a 2003 first-round pick for Marion who does not know the draft pick.

But compared to Su Yi's current excitement, the general manager of the Suns feels like the sky is falling: "I knew it would be like this, as long as the players Su Yi likes will perform well, could it be that the decision we made was wrong? Fortunately, this transaction was the result of a show of hands, otherwise I would have been expelled."

(End of this chapter)