Card Bishop of Basketball

Chapter 5 Comments on Wisconsin
After taking Harprin through the formalities and getting a scholarship, Meng Yifan took Harprin for a stroll, and led him to the dormitory of his good brother Iverson, where the two football brothers lived together.

When I was in the office just now, there was a black and fat old man next to him looking at Harprin and making a weird "hehehe" smile. After some inquiring, I found out that this guy is the football coach of Georgetown University.

When Meng Yifan was going through the formalities, the black old man took Harprin and muttered for a long time. The conclusion is that if you are not doing well in basketball, you can join our football team at any time.

Meng Yifan, who wanted to bring Harprin into the school team, also had some problems. The old players of the team expressed their dissatisfaction with Iverson's sudden rise to the top. Opening his mouth is about to start the small forward position.

In a college basketball game, the first and second halves are 10 minutes each, and the pace is fast and the time is short. Many teams start with one team, and the situation of changing two players when there is nothing to do is basically not seen in the NCAA.

So, to keep the starting position is almost to keep the last bit of face of the players going out to brag and fart, otherwise, when the girl hears it, you are just a substitute player?You are fine, let's get back in touch later.

These old players are also bullying people. Seeing that Iverson is a short man, Harprin who is drawn here looks like a little shou, and these old ball ruffians start to bully honest people.

As everyone knows, you can't just look at people from the outside. Iverson looks like a pair of big Kazi Lauder eyes, and Bling Bling shines brightly. He looks like an innocent sunny boy. easy to use.

Halprin looks like a nerd who is bullied in an American TV series. Who knows that this football, which has been passed down for three generations, is very violent when playing.

When Meng Yifan introduced Halprin into the team and there was a team conflict, Iverson said, coach, you should go out for a meal first, and our brothers will chat with these guys.

I don't know exactly what happened, anyway, after Meng Yifan wandered outside the basketball hall for half an hour, when he went back to look, Iverson had already been promoted to the new captain of the school team.

Without asking about the situation of the players who were not present, Meng Yifan announced the main tactical system of the team. In summary, Iverson played singles with the ball,
Then depending on the situation, I would play a pick-and-roll with Harprin. Iverson's teammates, who were already fast, put in a pick-and-roll and switched to a big opponent.

Halprin has strong physical fitness, and is not very stable in the middle distance. Meng Yifan arranged for him to practice the middle distance and the top three-pointer in the middle. As long as the offensive space can be opened, I can show it.

For Iverson, the breakthrough training should be appropriately reduced, and some three-point shots directly after the pick-and-roll, mid-range, and when the big men are worried about Iverson's breakthrough, Iverson can easily teach them how to behave with jump shots.

On the defensive end, play zone defense. Anyway, this era does not pay much attention to three-pointers, and the NCAA does not prohibit zone defense, just use it directly.

As for the team's other starters, Meng Yifan left them to fend for themselves. As long as these guys dragged their feet, they would be victorious. Anyway, they didn't expect them to put up much effort in the game.

After finishing the team tactics, Meng Yifan pulled out Du Xiaoshuai's keyboard from the office that he had signed in before, recalled the details of the last game against the University of Wisconsin, and tapped on the keyboard.

It's meaningless to talk about this player review, after all, Du Xiaoshuai's keyboard is so powerful that it's useless.

Then it is to help the team's players pave the way, although there are only two players under my hands who can enter the NBA, one Iverson and one Harperin.

But Meng Yifan believes that with the help of the system, the players under him who can hit the NBA must be like crucian carp in a river.

After all, in the draft, there is one radish and one hole. If you want the players you value to be selected by the NBA, you must squeeze out the players who were selected in the original time and space. If you find out all these parallel imports, you will be able to create a lot of positions.

And Georgetown University is a well-established and prestigious school, and with Meng Yifan's training, maybe in the draft, if you are not sure who to choose, you will choose a Georgetown University player.

First of all, I will comment on the freshman who looks like Trump. Today, this guy made 9 of 7 inside shots and scored a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds. Because of the strange NCAA regulations, Paul Grant did not make free throws today. It's sitting and playing under the basket.

Paul Grant has a huge weight and an excellent height and wingspan. These are the prerequisites for becoming an excellent center forward. He has played inside since he was a child and also has this proficient inside offensive skills.

But if we watch the game, it is not difficult to find that Paul Grant moves slowly and is unresponsive. Often the opponent's small man passes him by one step, and Grant has not yet fully turned around.

And Grant's defensive habits are not good, every time he insists on blocking shots for outside assists, we can often see Finley and Grant, who are chasing defenses, colliding with each other.

As a center, it seems that 11 rebounds are terrifying, but in fact all 11 rebounds are backcourt rebounds. Grant seems to have a life-and-death hatred for the frontcourt to grab rebounds.

It is true that Grant's body can play an important role in the NCAA. Whether it is inside singles or guarding the penalty area, he will have a good performance.

But we have to be clear that with Grant's speed, the NBA's 24-second attack time and the 3-second penalty zone rule will make him unable to adapt, and finally quit the NBA helplessly.

Moreover, Grant's low-post offensive ability is simple. Every time he turns around, he makes a small hook. His turning speed is slow and it is easy for the ball to be cut out of his hands. This is also the reason why he makes many mistakes.

To sum up, Grant is only suitable for survival in slow-paced and low-intensity games. If he enters the NBA, the upper limit is at most an inside substitute. It is enough to select Grant with a medium pick in the second round.

Meng Yifan's analysis is well-founded. In fact, in the history of Paul Grant, after being selected by the Timberwolves with the 1997th overall pick in 20, he played very few games.

The highlight of this gentleman's career was when the Jazz played against the Rockets. In that game, he played on behalf of the Jazz. He scored 25 points, 6 rebounds and 6 fouls in 5 minutes, helping the team lose to the opponent 63 to 84.

In this game, Paul Grant made 8 shots and hit 3 goals. A player who is strong on the inside, his shooting rate is similar to that of an outside player's three-pointers. It is not too handsome.

Meng Yifan, who was typing for a while, found an embarrassing problem after typing. In this day and age, computers are relatively high-end things, and ordinary fans don't use them. Unlike the Internet in the later generations, everyone holds a mobile phone. You can post comments or something.

After thinking about it, Meng Yifan decided to analyze the player data he wrote and submit it to the "Washington Post", which has a long history and once exposed the Watergate incident. At least the "Washington Post" has a backbone, and it dares to say anything without fear of offending people.

As for the "Washington Post" paying more attention to political events and not paying much attention to other sections, this is even better news for Meng Yifan. The pressure of competition is small and the audience is large, so it is convenient for him to become famous.

After commenting on Paul Grant, Meng Yifan started to pick up the keyboard to comment on Wisconsin's leading star, the core of the team - Michael Finley.

(End of this chapter)