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Chapter 123 Times change
"The center forward is very slow and cannot keep up with the times and trends."

I don’t know since when, this view has become more and more popular. It seems that in people’s impression, centers are like Yao Ming of the Rockets, and Shaq O’Neal who is getting older and fatter. If you can't pull it out, even if you pull it out, you can't retreat, and the offensive end can't keep up with the speed of your teammates. Therefore, more and more teams are abandoning traditional centers and adopting small ball tactics. Road, and the center has gradually developed from the former pillar of the inside and the core of offense and defense to the direction of blue-collar and coolie. Even in some teams, they have begun to use short height and small weight, but fast movement and wide shooting range. The power forward came to play center.

When Yan Hua first came into contact with basketball, he also had similar thoughts, because the centers Yan Hua came into contact with, such as those centers in Shanghai Sports School, such as Battelle, a template in the first system, all of them moved at average speed. The offensive range is limited to the centers near the basket. Even Yao Ming and Kwame Brown, who came into contact with them later, although their offensive range and moving speed are much stronger than Battelle's, their moving speed is still slow. .

So after meeting Dwight Howard who can run and jump, Yan Hua always thought that this guy was an outlier among centers. However, when Yan Hua came into contact with Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, and Moses -After Malone and these legendary centers, Yan Hua realized that Dwight Howard is really not an outlier. The so-called traditional centers are not bad in terms of athletic ability, especially Yan Hua used Moses Malone before the start of this game. When trying out the card, looking at Moses Malone's speed attribute of 97, Yan Hua couldn't believe his eyes. Although the speed attribute of the center forward cannot be directly brought into the defender with the same value, but at the beginning of the game After that, Yan Hua clearly realized how terrifying the speed attribute of 97 is.

In the retreat just now, Yan Hua intentionally tested his sprint speed after using the Moses Malone experience card, starting from Yan Hua's high-five with John Salmons in the frontcourt. Hua, John Salmons, and Nuggets center NN Hilario were basically on the same line. However, when Yan Hua started to speed up, he was instantly separated from NN Hilario, and The distance between John Salmons and easily surpassed Kenyon Martin who was already running on the other side, and when Yan Hua retreated to the basket, NN-Hilario had just crossed the three Sub-line.

As for NN-Hilario near the free throw line, when he received the pass and was about to make a shot, Yan Hua just rushed over subconsciously, but the result was something that even Yan Hua didn't expect, because in the usual games, When the opponent made a shot from that position, Yan Hua at the basket had no time to make up the defense, but in this defense, Yan Hua rushed to NN-Hilario in a timely manner, and used the defense from Mourning The shot-blocking skills learned there locked the basketball thrown by NN-Hilaryo.

After successfully blocking NN-Hilario, Yan Hua, who had just landed, rushed towards the basketball shot by him, and while sprinting, an idea vaguely rose in Yan Hua's mind , That is to prove to everyone that the so-called traditional center is not the big guy who can't run or jump as you imagine.

With a net height of 2 meters and a height of 14 meters in shoes, Yan Hua's weight is less than 2 kilograms. He is a typical hemp insider, so compared to "traditional centers" like Yao Ming and O'Neal, Yan Hua's movement The speed is much faster, and after using the Moses-Malone experience card, Yan Hua's speed attribute has reached 17, and with Yan Hua's explosive power of 110, you don't need to think about how incredible the start-up speed is.

Therefore, when Yan Hua, after landing, passed NN-Hilario in an instant, and started sprinting towards the direction where the basketball flew out, NN-Hilario, who was also turning around to grab the ball, felt that he had just been swept away by him. What passed was not a big living person at all, but a gust of wind!

"Oh, shit, is this a center? Kenny, tell me, is the guy who launched a fast break after the block just now a center?" After taking a few steps forward to the basketball and hanging it on the basket, Charles Barkley, who had been smiling just now, froze in an instant, and was replaced by a full face of surprise .

"If all the centers were like Yan Hua, I'm afraid there would be no so-called small ball trend in this league!" Seeing that he successfully blocked NN-Hilario's shot, and then accelerated all the way to grab the roll Yan Hua played forward basketball and completed the fast break before the Nuggets retreated. Kenny Smith, who was on the sidelines, immediately thought of his former teammate, Ha, who was nicknamed "Big Dream". Kim Olajuwon.

Hakeem Olajuwon at his peak was just like Yan Hua just now. As a center, his moving speed was comparable to that of the outside line. Near the free throw line, destroying the opponent's outside player's shooting attempt, and the opponent's defender chasing the cap and fast break, as well as stealing the opponent in the backcourt, and then directly launching a fast break, it is commonplace for Olajuwon, Jordan God I often complain that Olajuwon should play small forward instead of center.

As for the Yan Hua in front of him, although in Kenny Smith's view, he is far behind Olajuwon in terms of abilities, even worse than Olajuwon in his rookie season, but this guy His talent is visible to the naked eye, with super long wingspan, top-level movement speed, explosive power and jumping. Although his body looks thin, his strength is not weak at all. Rough, but Yan Hua's improvement speed is also visible to the naked eye. From the center forward who only knew how to attack and defend in the low position when he first entered the league, he has gradually developed in the direction of comprehensive skills and integrated offense and defense. Perhaps it is true as those media said. Guy is going to be the next Hakeem Olajuwon.

"Small ball trend?" After hearing Kenny Smith's evaluation of Yan Hua, Charles Barkley seemed to think of something. In fact, to be honest, Barkley both likes and hates the current NBA. Because the current NBA is more and more encouraging offense, abandoning confrontation, and advocating shooting. Although this is the trend of the times, it cannot be changed by one or two people, but Barkley is becoming less and less fond of this kind of basketball that lacks blood and passion. .

However, for the players of this era, Barkley is extremely envious. Although those teams that mainly play small balls have not really dominated the league, anyone with a discerning eye can see that that day will come sooner or later. The more obvious this sign is, the more Barkley feels that he was born in the wrong era, because in Barkley's peak period, the team he played for was repeatedly beaten by those strong inside teams, especially the strongest small ball tactics of that era. The Phoenix Suns were eliminated by the Rockets and Spurs for three consecutive seasons. If Michael Jordan is the darling of that era, then Barkley is undoubtedly the tragedy of that era.

　Thanks to Emiya Wei Gong for the reward, thank you.

　　
　
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