I stole James

Chapter 182 Cavaliers New Season Main Lineup
For players, intense training can feel like time flies by.

It's just that for fans who don't watch games, the offseason always seems long and boring, especially when the dust of a big deal and signing is settled, the fans are more eager to see the season start as soon as possible, See your favorite players playing against each other on the field early.

The deals in summer, the hard training in summer, will always fall into the regular season.

And whether time is fast or slow, it will eventually reach that point.

The 2004-2005 season is about to start.

Prior to this, there were a few warm-up preseason games, which not only helped the players who had been out of the battle for a long time to find the feeling of the game as soon as possible, but also allowed the team to better adjust the lineup and play in a good state at the beginning of the new season .

For the head coach of the Cavaliers, Paul Silas, he has a lot of work to do. Originally, in James’ previous life, he had already dismissed get out of class and failed to keep the position of the head coach of the Cavaliers. But in this life, James leads the team. Unexpectedly broke into the second round of the playoffs, the results really surprised the senior management of the Cavaliers, so Silas also successfully kept his job.

The first thing Silas needs to do is to find a suitable starting lineup and substitute rotation in these preseason games.

At present, there are only three starting positions that he can determine, and that is James' small forward position. -Randolph.

The substitute players behind these three positions are also easy to determine. Ariza can substitute for James, Varejao can substitute for Big Z, and Drew Gooden can substitute for Randolph.

What gives Silas a headache is the point guard and shooting guard positions.

McGinnis was the main point guard for the Cavaliers in the second half of the game last season. From the data point of view, it is still unsatisfactory, barely.

Is it possible to replace McInnis with rookie Paul as the main control as soon as the new season starts?
This made Silas a little vacillating. Yes, Paul showed a good talent in training, but whether the real situation on the field will still be like this, Silas has no way to be sure.

Because there are always some training-oriented players who perform very well during training, but they wither when they arrive on the field.

For example, Mou Qi, many people said that he performed well in NBA training, but he failed at all when he played.

Whether Paul will do the same, Silas will have to wait and see.

Then there is the position of shooting guard. Last season, this position was the weakest position of the Cavaliers. Several players were used successively, but none of them satisfied Silas.

Wagner can attack occasionally, but he can't defend well. Using him is tantamount to leaving the door open for opponents to score points against him.

As for Newbell, his offensive ability is not good, but he can defend. Now there is another Tony Allen who is somewhat similar, and Silas has a headache.

If according to his thinking, he shouldn’t have chosen this way in the draft. He chose JR-Smith with the eighth overall pick and Kevin Martin with the No.19 overall pick. up.

The rookies currently selected are actually not very in line with Silas's wishes, but he can't say anything about this matter. As far as he knows, even the general manager of the Cavaliers seems to have nothing to say. down.

As for why the boss made such an arrangement, it is said that it was made after a secret discussion with a certain privileged player in the team.

From this, it is not difficult to infer that the team's draft decision is inextricably linked to that franchise player, and even the Boozer deal seems to be the same.

It is precisely because these causes and consequences can be deduced that Silas is in a dilemma now. Should he consider the face of that privileged player and replace Paul and Tony Allen with starting positions?
He couldn't help but want to sigh, alas, actually being a head coach is a very difficult job, it's difficult, I'm too lazy.

The way he thought of was to use the preseason to experiment with different starting lineups as much as possible to see which one works better.

After all, on the premise that there are facts and data to prove it, it can also make your decision easier.

In the first preseason game, he put McGinnis and Newbell in the starting position, along with the other three players who had already confirmed the starting position.

Then McGinnis only sent 3 assists in this game, which was less than half of James' 10 assists. On the contrary, Newbell's state was relatively better. Duan was still conscientious, sending out 2 blocks and 2 steals.

In the second game, Paul and Tony Allen entered the starting lineup. In this game, James and Paul were on the court at the same time. Kill the player he was facing.

In this game, the Cavaliers won by 17 points.

Followed down, Silas used it in disorder, sometimes put McGinnis in the starting lineup, and then set up Tony Allen to form the back line, and sometimes reversed, using the combination of Paul and Newbell, and he even set up a McGinnis and Paul's double-control backcourt.

Not to mention, when the Cavaliers played dual control, they played really well.

Paul is not as tall as McGinnis, so he plays the 1st position at this time, McGinnis tops up to the 2nd position, and then James, the Cavaliers' ball transfer speed is faster, and they run up and play a few times on the court. In the round, the scoring efficiency is quite high.

And as the preseason progresses, Paul's performance on the court is getting better and better. He and James complement each other. When Paul is on the court, James attacks more resolutely, and Paul also showed a very good performance. The offensive power shows that he can become a good offensive option for the Cavaliers, so he can also help contain opponents when James is attacking.

In addition, don't forget, Randolph's low-post strong grabs and accurate mid-range shots, as well as the pick-and-roll screens and happy pies that Big Z pulled to the high post.

The cooperation between the Cavaliers players seems to be slowly finding a feeling, which means that the chemical reaction is slowly producing.

When James, Paul, Randolph and Big Z can all attack, it doesn't seem to matter much if the offensive ability at the shooting guard position is weaker in the starting lineup.

So when the last preseason game started, Paul Silas finally determined the Cavaliers' starting lineup for the new season: Paul, Newbell, James, Randolph and Big Z.

(It’s Double Eleven tonight, is anyone already planning to snap up? After coding this chapter, I’m going to grab a desk and chair to make myself more comfortable when typing, hehe.)
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