the great gatsby

Chapter 61 Tragic Price!

Of course Gatsby couldn't hear the discussion between Yang Yi and Zhang Weiping, but he was also thinking about this issue.

Defense is indeed a big problem. He was a hard-working Saburo in the CBA. When he came to the NBA, he could compete with weak players like Lu Wei in the open space, but he was really powerless against a point guard like Deron.

One is the level of competition. There is still a big gap between the CBA and the NBA. The defensive skills he honed in the CBA are not useless in the NBA. Now Deron Williams is the top level.

The second is that he is facing the Jazz. A pick-and-roll team like the Jazz, not to mention Gatsby, even some players who are good at defense will be powerless. There are too many pick-and-rolls!Maddeningly many!
Gatsby decided to save some money to hone his defensive skills. Now that he has the physical strength to support him, if he learns some more skills and his attitude, at least he will no longer be a drag on the team.

In fact, his current defense is not bad, but it is not enough for a team that wants to become a champion. What a champion team needs is balance, and at the level of a champion team, the opponents to face are not easy. Now, not only do opponents in the same position need to defend, but they also have to face dislocations.

A team like the Jazz forces you to mismatch your defense almost every round, but who are the teams capable of competing for the championship in recent years:
Phoenix Suns, Nash and Stoudemire’s classic pick-and-roll combination;

San Antonio Spurs, Tony Parker and Tim Duncan's pick-and-roll combo;

Oklahoma City Thunder's three Thunder;

Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers.

If Gatsby meets these teams, he will definitely be targeted non-stop. These teams have their own unique skills, and they must torture Gatsby to the point of death.

Gatsby shook his head. This is not something that can be accomplished overnight, but if you have money...forget it, you might as well practice more by yourself. Using the system to practice skills is really expensive, and it makes him feel heartache, and The key is not that he is reluctant to part with it, but that it will be difficult to negotiate advertising and get money quickly for a while.

But tonight he broke the three-point record and scored 27 points in the first quarter. He played well in the next three quarters and hit a very high number. Advertisers should be interested. If he can receive sneaker advertisements, then Having made a lot of money, Gatsby looked at the nirvana skill room where the system in his body hadn't entered before, and his mouth was watering. If he wants to get rich, he has to find ready-made skills!

Gatsby set a goal for himself, and the next goal of burning money was defense. As for whose defense to learn, Gatsby set his sights on Gary Payton.

For the best defensive player, the average center player has a natural advantage. The team's defensive core is generally on the inside player. In NBA history, there are only seven guards who have won the best defensive player, and six are shooting guards. Because their size is more advantageous, they can defend point guards and small forwards on the outside, and they can temporarily defend power forwards and centers on the inside.

The natural physical disadvantages of point guards make it difficult for them to become an excellent defensive player, but there are not no examples in history of point guards becoming the best defensive players. Gary Payton is the exception and the only one!
Payton had the title of glove back then, because his defense could always complete steals inadvertently, and in the season when he won the best defensive player, his average of 2.9 steals per game made him the steal king, and with this data, It also gave Payton a head start when selecting the best defensive player.

Coupled with Payton's forced close defense and trash talking skills, this also allows Payton to often defeat the opponent's interior on the defensive end.Although the team ultimately lost to the Bulls in the Finals this year, Payton's performance also made him the player who was best at defending Jordan.

If Gatsby can possess Gary Payton's defense and his offensive ability, it is not impossible for him to become the league's top point guard.

Of course, the title of top point guard is not that simple. He has too strict requirements on players, at least they must be top in some aspects.

"Forget it, it's useless to think so much. Let's start with the game in a down-to-earth manner. Although the effect of the game is much worse than the training in the system, if you put in every round and put in all your strength to defend, you will improve. It will be very fast, and it will be appreciated even more, now that my physical strength is overwhelming, I just want to squander it!" Gatsby thought fiercely.

"Gatsby, get ready to play." D'Antoni pointed at Gatsby.

Gatsby immediately stood up to warm up, and there happened to be a dead ball opportunity. Gatsby came on, and Deron Williams was also substituted. He was replaced by Ronnie Price.

The Jazz had the ball, and Gatsby clung to Price as soon as he went up. Price ran to catch the ball, but Gatsby followed suit, turned sideways to the ball holder, and stretched out his arms to interfere with Price's catch. Seeing that Price couldn't catch the ball, Matthews had to attack by himself.

Price is only 188cm tall and weighs 86kg. Although he is much stronger than Gatsby, Gatsby is ready to fight to the death, otherwise Price will have a chance to catch the ball.

Fuck you, you are a rookie. I'm not very good at offense. What's the point of you defending me like this?
In the next round, Gatsby still didn't let Price catch the ball. Although Price couldn't shoot the ball himself, he had an excellent attitude in the game. Although he was a drifter in the league, he could provide energy on the court. Gatsby was locked, and the Jazz lost one passer, which made the Jazz's pass less smooth.

Coach, I want to catch the ball!Price wailed in his heart. This neurotic rookie has never let him catch the ball since he came up, and his physical strength is also absolutely exhausted. Price himself is a player with unlimited physical strength. Now he meets a player who is more physical than him The rookie also knelt down.

"Hey, brother, I'm also an undrafted pick. Let's put water on each other. How about some good data?" Price pleaded with Gatsby in a low voice.

Gatsby glanced at Price in surprise. Is this man crazy?
"Gatsby's defense is pretty good. His defense in the first quarter was not good because he faced Deron. After all, Deron is a top point guard. Not to mention Gatsby, there are not many point guards in the league who can defend him well. , now you can see by defending Price that Gatsby’s defensive level is actually pretty good.” Zhang Weiping said with a smile.

"That's true. We have too strict requirements on him. He is only 19 years old. It is unrealistic to ask him to be proficient in everything now." Yang Yi said.

(End of this chapter)