NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 5 Lineup Fault Tolerance
The existence of Kapono did bring Liu Rui a surprise. After all, he is a cross-generational player, and Liu Rui happens to be a cross-generational coach.

Coincidentally, Gerald Wallace is one of the players with the best forward defense ability in NBA history.

Like Kirilenko, Pippen, and Josh Smith, their excellent defensive awareness and quick lateral movement make them a gate on the defensive end.

It can make up for the defects brought by Kapono's defensive end to the greatest extent.

But Liu Rui obviously doesn't want Blevin Knight to be the starting backcourt for the new season.

Even though he's the team's best ball-handling player, that means Knight needs a lot of the ball on the court.

Because no one knows better than Liu Rui the potential of the current and future Elvis "Wallace".

This pure wild Elvis Presley with a height of 201, a weight of 100 kg and a No. 3 jersey.

At the peak of his previous life, he was called the second Pippen, but Liu Rui obviously felt that Wallace's upper limit was far more than that.

In the previous life, Wallace was elbowed by "Bynum" and his lungs exploded.

In the second season, he returned strongly and averaged 18.2 points, 10.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.1 blocks per game.

And led the Bobcats to the playoffs for the first time in history that year, and also the last playoffs in the history of the Bobcats (after the Hornets were renamed the Pelicans, the Bobcats later changed their name to the Hornets).

In the 06 season, he won the NBA steals title with an average of 2.5 steals per game, and there are only a handful of strikers in NBA history who have won the steals title.

Gerald Wallace's comprehensiveness makes people feel scared. Breakthroughs, mid-range shots, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, and dunks among the five best shots make people feel omnipotent.

Even for the weakest three-pointers, the career shooting percentage is over 3%, and the peak season can reach 38.5%.

In the previous life, Leonard's draft template was Gerald Wallace because of his annoying defense, but Liu Rui believes that if he had to find someone, the Alphabet Song in the previous life was obviously more suitable for Wallace.

A Wallace who was thinner than Alphabet, with a shorter wingspan and smaller steps, but was faster and wilder.

It's a pity that he was born in the wrong era. In this era of tough guys, Gerald Wallace's playing style is too easy to make himself hit.

His wild and easy-going style of play made him unaware of potential dangers.

As a result, he was forced to change his style of play after the injury came, that is, the Trail Blazers period.

In addition to being wild in the fast break, he increased his mid-range and long-range shots in positional battles, and reduced the direct kills in the penalty area after pick-and-rolls. Wallace was rarely seen in the top five shots.

A generation of Elvis Presley fell, and people couldn't help but sigh.

Once again, since Liu Rui can play under his own hands, unless Liu Rui is a fool, he will continue to be trained as a defensive blue-collar.

When the ball is needed, it is the best result to arrange for Knight to come off the bench. The presence of the two at the same time can indeed give Wallace a better chance of fast-break lobs, but Liu Rui obviously does not want him to become a fool who can only jump.

What can maximize Wallace's advantage is to let him be the 4th position. Like the egg-chasing "Green" and Alphabet Song in the previous life, the real liberation starts from the 4th position.

With Brezek's starting lineup, it can open up space for Wallace well. In the lineup with Kapono and House, it can pass the ball faster, so there will be opportunities for open three-pointers.

However, the depth of the team's lineup is really poor. In order to prevent the bench from being overwhelmed, Liu Rui plans to arrange Okafor as a substitute, with Knight and Steve Smith, to maximize the output.

But having said that, if Okafor is the future hope of the team, the player who competes with Howard for the No. [-] pick in the draft will come off the bench. If no satisfactory results are achieved, the management may turn against him.

With the axis of holding the ball, a point guard like House, who can only shoot and not organize in his career, can exert his greatest strength.

The most troublesome thing for Liu Rui is whether to use Karim Rush or Jason Hart as the starting shooting guard or rookie Bernard Robinson.

As a second-round pick, Bernard Robinson, except for his perfect body, did not show it in his previous life. Liu Rui didn't think he could turn decay into magic.

With the increase of playing time, the players may change, but I can only guide them to take the path that suits them best, avoid some detours, and grow as much as possible.

As for Karim Rush, Liu Rui really shy away from using it. Liu Rui can remember him only because Rush played for the Lakers for a short time in his previous life.

This person is known for his accuracy from the perimeter, but his three-point shots are very weird, so he was nicknamed "Left-handed Throwing Knife".

But the defensive ability is so bad that Kapono may need to teach him to defend. When House, Kapono, and Rush are on the court at the same time, Liu Rui really can't imagine the scene.

Liu Rui fully imagined that Wallace would help defend on the court
Left foot, center, right foot, left foot, center, right corner...

Running back and forth half court, being forced to kneel in the middle of the field and yelling "COACH!! I don't want to play anymore...".

Even among the main players who scored in double figures in the Bobcats in the previous life, other players played more than 30 minutes, but even Bickerstaff only dared to let Karim Rush play for 20 minutes in a game, which shows how terrifying his personal defense ability is...

As for Jason Hart, with a height of 191, a player who is accurate in everything except free throws, Liu Rui really wants a 3D player.

But in his last life, Jason Hart couldn't do three-pointers, nor could he defend.

Liu Rui thought about it, maybe it was when a technical foul required a free throw, and he needed him most.

News reports the next day, "Shocked!A certain player didn't play for 1 minute, scored 1 point angrily, and set a new record for the team... ".

Being able to gain a foothold in the NBA, Hart is not without a foothold. Hart's counter-running and opening the back door is very good, he has a smart running position, and he doesn't know fatigue on the court. This is similar to Hamilton. A Hamilton who can't shoot...

The most suitable tactic for him is the "Princeton" tactic.

The motto of "Princeton Play" is "Strong takes advantage of the weak, and smart takes advantage of the strong."

The essence of this style of play is "people move, ball moves, and coordination."

Human action refers to moving without the ball, cutting and back running, and ball action refers to constantly passing and sharing the ball.

Among them, the reverse run is the signature of Princeton's style of play.

Princeton is also one of the tactics that requires the least personal ability of the star so far. It does not require strong personal ability. It only needs 5 players on the court to have excellent passing awareness and quickly transfer the ball.

However, Princeton tactics also have great requirements for the cooperation between the executors. A wrong position and a pass error may lead to a tactic wasted.

The motto of this tactic is "don't turn your head away, or you'll open the back door!"

Judging from the current time, it is too tight, and I am afraid it will be difficult to make breakthrough progress.

As for Temarsley, Jahidi Hunter, and Tron Smith, without this list, Liu Rui doesn't even know what these people do. It seems that we have to see what they all do...

Forget it, don't read it, the scouts of the league in the previous life should not be blinded by 30 teams at the same time...

"Hey, there are still too few people who can use the outside line. It seems that it is necessary to find a team for a trade in the middle of the season." Liu Rui looked at the list in his hand, and the more he looked at it, the more chilling he became.

The familiar music seemed to sound in my heart, "A cut of plum blossoms~~

Standing proudly in the snow~”

But then Liu Rui thought that there are still many future stars who are playing marginal players in other teams in the league, or who have not yet participated in the draft, and no one knows their development prospects better than him. Thinking of this, Liu Rui became silly again.

"Oh, by the way, Mr. Liu Rui, I forgot to tell you that the league limits our salary cap to two-thirds of other teams. This is to prevent us from using our salary space to directly grab people from other teams in the first year."

"Because of our joining, the total number of teams in the league has reached 30. The league has divided the teams into 6 divisions, and divided us from the west to the east." Smith, who was standing behind him, heard Liu Rui talking to himself and thought it was necessary to remind him, although it was a bit cruel...

"???"

"I know that we will be divided into the East, but I have planned it all. Now you tell me that our team's salary cap is only 2/3 of others??"

"Mr. Smith, please tell me that you were actually teasing me before this." Liu Rui looked at Smith seriously.

"Oh, no, no, Mr. Liu Rui, what I said is true."

.........

"A cut of plum blossoms~~

Standing proudly in the snow~”

(End of this chapter)