pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 418 Return the Basketball to the Streets

As one of the few players with street basketball experience in the Heat, the burden of the game is all on Barrett alone.

The players of the Streetball Legends team didn’t need to adapt to the field and each other at all. They were very familiar with these. However, the players of the Heat team obviously didn’t adapt very well to such a situation.

"This is the top strength of the NBA? It's just too disappointing." The opponent was playing up, and the trash talk followed like a spring.

"They're really going too far." Standemire couldn't take it anymore, and planned to argue with the other party, but was stopped by Barrett.

"Don't worry, the game has just begun." Barrett said, and Standemire saw firm belief in his eyes. "Now the game is completely the way they like. We must find a way to bring the game into our rhythm."

The game of street basketball is good-looking, fast-paced, gorgeous dribbling, fancy offensive skills, and the scene is very hot, but street ball also has a fatal weakness, that is, insufficient teamwork. Because most of the teams playing street basketball are formed temporarily, the tacit understanding between each other is not high. They are all straight-forward passes, the passer directly passes the ball to the finisher, and it is not completed through the cooperation of the team. This is the difference between street basketball and regular basketball.

One is a game format that highlights individual abilities, and the other is a game format that relies on teams.

Although the game of Streetball Legends was in full swing, there was a lack of cooperation between the teams. Although Johnson had 3 assists in the opening game, the cooperation between the teams was still not perfect. It can be seen from the running positions that the tacit understanding between these five people is not high.

The reason why Barrett has not participated in the Heat's offense is that he has been observing the characteristics of the legendary team and finding the key to victory from their style of play.

It has to be said that these five legendary players have developed to the extreme in their respective fields and are impeccable, but their only weakness is that they don't have enough tacit understanding. The reason for this is that their personal abilities are so strong that they ignore the existence of their teammates.

This is a watershed for the strong.

The strong are also divided into grades, some strong can't see their teammates at all when they are strong, and some strong can take care of their teammates while they are strong.

Miller, Bronny, Jones, and Davis all belong to the first category of strong players, but Johnson is the only one who really belongs to the strongest. He can always see his teammates and give the ball to the most suitable person.

Johnson is the real core of this team.

After Barrett broke through, facing Miller's defense, he forcibly hit a mid-range shot, which helped the Heat get the first point of the game. However, in the next round, Johnson gave Barrett a strong response.

The Heat are far from being able to compete with the entire legendary team with Barrett's performance alone, and someone on the team must stand up to help him share.

And Mu Chenfeng is the best candidate. First, he has the experience of playing street basketball in China. Although the intensity cannot be compared with Rock Park, he is better than someone who knows nothing about street basketball. Second, Mu Chenfeng really wants to help Barrett, and only he can help him share the burden. It is not difficult to see from Mu Chenfeng's positive performance just a few rounds that he really wants to win this game.

So the Heat's double arrows began to exert force. Since Miller didn't pay attention to Mu Chenfeng, a fledgling kid, he was defensive and focused on Barrett. This gave Mu Chenfeng a chance to make a shot. As a result, Mu Chenfeng finally made a 4th shot in this game, and it was a three-pointer.

This ball "woke up" Miller. Unexpectedly, the kid really dared to shoot, and he hit it in his field of expertise. This made Miller very unhappy, so he planned to save face in the next round.

Facing Mu Chenfeng's defense, Miller did not hesitate to choose a three-point shot from the outside, but his shot was blocked by Barrett.

"I thought you would shoot a three-pointer!" Barrett's blocking was very ruthless, as if he had seen through Miller's heart, he quietly approached him from the moment he touched the ball, and waited until he made a fatal block the moment he shot.

"How did you know he was going to shoot?" Mu Chenfeng asked suspiciously.

"This is the instinct of a street player." Barrett said slowly, "If he finds that you have offended him, then he will definitely fight back in the same way, that's all."

Although Barrett's explanation is very short, it is easy to understand. It is what the Chinese often say, "Tit for tat". Mu Chenfeng just hit a three-pointer on Miller's head. Miller has the instinct of a street player, and it is also his field of expertise. Naturally, he wants to pay back. Barrett is betting that he will do this, so he will complete the block.

"Don't forget, I used to be a street player." Barrett said, yes, before entering the NBA, Barrett was also a frequent visitor to Rock Park, and he was also a little famous here. At that time, the five players on the opposite side had already achieved great success.

"You are no longer a street player." Johnson lowered his eyes and said softly.

"But at least I haven't left basketball." Barrett's voice softened a lot, "After so many years, are you still unable to let go? Master!!!"

Master?It turns out that there is still such a relationship between Barrett and Johnson. Although it is not a master in the true sense, Barrett's streetball skills were indeed taught by Johnson. At that time, Johnson wanted to train him into a new generation of streetball legends.

This has also become a permanent knot in Johnson's heart.

"Whether it is street basketball or regular basketball, they are all part of basketball. Why should we draw a clear dividing line between them?" Barrett asked.

"It's all a part of basketball?" Johnson sneered. "Have you, the so-called regular basketball, really given the soil for the development of street basketball? It's you who make the living space of street basketball smaller and smaller. It's you who make the world think that street basketball is not a popular basketball. Does anyone know that real basketball originated on the street?"

Johnson's angry question made Barrett shut up. Yes, it is precisely because of the role of regular basketball that street basketball has gradually become lonely and declining.

"Give the basketball back to the streets," Johnson yelled.

(End of this chapter)