NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 49 Sad and Deplorable
But Jones' poor shooting made the Heat's already crowded interior even more crowded.

Today's Wade has not yet developed the fairly stable projection ability of later generations.

More is to use his super explosive power in the first step and the disturbing stray step when he breaks through to break through the basket.

This makes it even more difficult for the Heat, which already has Shaquille O'Neal, to play inside.

Haslem at the fourth position is also known in the league for his physical strength and toughness.

Although there is a mid-range shot, it is not a conventional weapon.

There is no guarantee for the accuracy of the middle distance.

The only other player in the Heat that has any hope of threatening other teams from beyond the arc is starting small forward Rasu Butler.

But even Rasu Butler is hitting just 34.6 percent of his career [-]-pointers.

And, most importantly, Butler's three-pointer is extremely threatening only at a 45-degree angle on the left.

As for the three-pointers at the top of the arc, Rasu Butler's three-pointers are only a dismal 7.6%.

Moreover, he is really a product of this era, and most of his shots come from long two points.

Most of the three-point shots come from open opportunities.

Therefore, even though the Heat's personal ability is very strong, Liu Rui, who came from later generations, knows that this Heat team still has great weaknesses.

And it was the inability to use outside shots that made the Heat have to hit the basket more, which led to the Heat's poor performance this season.In the Eastern Conference finals, they were finally eliminated by the Pistons 4:3.

Although the aging O'Neal still beat Ben Wallace in the Eastern Conference finals, the shortcomings of the Heat's lack of shooting ability were gradually magnified.

As for the Pistons, which has a big base and roaring Tianzun, it is still one of the most threatening teams in the league for blocking the inside.

And on the front line, they also have the little prince "Prince" who is tall, long and has excellent movement speed.

This also made Wade feel very uncomfortable every time he broke through in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Although relying on the performance of Wade and O'Neal, the Heat once dragged the game into the tiebreaker, but in the end they lost to the Pistons 3:4 and stopped in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Knowing this well, Liu Rui made arrangements and adjustments to the players before the game.

Even this still can't cover up the Bobcats' lack of stars and weak execution ability of key balls.

But taking advantage of your illness to kill you, Liu Rui's style of play, even in this game, still can't beat the Heat.

At least it is enough to compete with this Big Mac. If the players feel better, it is not impossible for the whole audience to play against the Heat.

Regardless of the outcome of this game, this effect is indeed what Liu Rui needs most at the moment.

Because Liu Rui needs to instill an idea in the players from the very beginning, no matter how strong the opposing team is, they still have fatal weaknesses.

Even if the outside world is not optimistic about us, we still have the strength to knock them down.

This is definitely the one that needs the most spiritual support in a team that lacks super giants.

If you put yourself at a disadvantage from the very beginning and feel that it is impossible for you to win the opponent, then the only thing you will face in the end is elimination.

Just like the Raptors in later generations, their lineup depth is really not bad, and they once had the No. [-] record in the Eastern Conference during the regular season.

But in the playoffs, every time they faced the Cavaliers led by James, they were basically shaved and out.

The root cause of all this is not that the team's lineup is not deep enough, but that the players have fear of James from the bottom of their hearts, and feel that it is difficult for them to cross the mountain of James.

This psychological performance of fear before fighting also ushered in the title of "hot chicken" brothers for Lowry and DeRozan.

All of this, until the arrival of Leonard, this is a cold-blooded killer with no expression, people will never know what he is thinking in his heart.

Rather than saying that his arrival has enriched the depth of the Raptors' lineup, it is better to say that he has essentially changed the mental outlook of a team.

In the end, it was precisely because of this spirit, as well as the outstanding performances of Lowry, Sika, Xiaojia and Van Jordan.

In the end, the Warriors defeated the Warriors 4:2 to win the championship trophy for the first time for the Raptors.

This is how a team responds to a change in spirit.

No matter how strong you are or not, no matter how strong your opponent is.

You have to make the opponent feel scared for you from the beginning, even if you are just a weak team, you have to make others feel headache when facing you.

Maybe I'm really not your match, but I will definitely bite off a piece of meat from you.

This is the correct path for a strong team to gradually transform.

The biggest shortcoming of the Heat at present is that the forward line and the depth of the bench are not enough. In exchange for O'Neal's move, it is definitely a desperate move.

Because O'Neal occupies a huge salary space, the Heat can only let Rasu Butler and Haslem, who have not yet reached the starting level, play the important role of two forwards.

And a bunch of substitute players off the court can't provide enough support for the team. Once O'Neal and other main players are injured, the Heat will face the danger of no one available.

Therefore, the current Heat team is not only facing running-in and tactical problems, but injuries will also become the Heat's number one enemy.

But there is the most interesting point, which is also the main reason why the league arranged this game.

It is the Chinese player Wang Zhizhi who served as the team's substitute for the Heat this season.

The duel between Liu Rui and Yao Ming has already been staged in the preseason.

In the league's opening game, the NBA, which is exploring the Chinese market, will inevitably make up this matchup to maximize its own interests.

After the team traded to O'Neal, the Heat's bench players were seriously insufficient.

This also brought a certain improvement to Wang Zhizhi's playing time.

For Wang Zhizhi, in fact, many fans still feel sorry for him in his previous life, thinking that he was born in the wrong era, if he was in the current small ball.

That one-handed shooting ability and the flexible pace under his feet will definitely have a place on the court.

But in fact, his soft style of play and shooting after confrontation are still below average in the NBA.

But in any case, the Chinese Basketball Association did delay Wang Zhizhi's growth.

Otherwise, no one can say whether Wang Zhizhi can really gain a foothold in the NBA.

In the 1999 draft, Wang Zhizhi was selected by the Mavericks with the 7th pick in the second round, but Bayi and the Chinese team would not let him go.

It was not until April 2001, after winning the CBA Bayi Championship, that Wang Zhizhi went to the United States to join the Dallas Mavericks and became the No.4 Asian player to land in the NBA.

And this also became a turning point in Wang Zhizhi's basketball career.

As we all know, Nowitzki was traded to the Mavericks after being selected by the Bucks with the ninth overall pick in the first round of [-].

In the new season, the Mavericks gave Nowitzki an average of nearly 20 minutes per game, and Nowitzki can only hand in an average of 8 points and 3 rebounds per game.

And due to frequent mistakes at critical moments, he was abandoned by the Mavericks head coach for a while.

As for Wang Zhizhi, who was supposed to join the Mavericks in the second year, he was forced to join the Mavericks until [-] by the Basketball Association.

It's just that Nowitzki at this time has become the Mavericks' star and future hope.

The two have similar styles of play, but different fates, which makes domestic fans feel very sorry.

If Wang Zhizhi can report to the Mavericks two years in advance, no one knows whether history will change...

(End of this chapter)