Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 187 Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada
"Jeff Bzdelik and Terry Stotts are both likely to be good coaches, but their environment is too bad. Once the team develops the habit of losing, then the players in the team will also become good coaches. They will sink from now on. After losing too much, victory will no longer be important, and data and money will occupy their brains. So I want to tell those players who hope that they can achieve higher achievements, if there is a chance, change the environment, to You will learn a lot from a team that can win.” In an interview, Jim gave his suggestions to the players in the league.

Of course, he has also done the same in recent years. The Lakers will never tolerate the bad habits of young players.

The first is defense. The team has always instilled this point of view in the players, "Scores may vary due to different touches, but defense depends on determination." Playing offensive basketball, the average number of rounds per game is more than that of the Dallas Mavericks and Golden State Warriors, which are known for their chaotic and fast-paced battles. But everyone knows that the basis of playing efficient and gorgeous fast breaks lies in defense. After protecting the backcourt rebounds, the quality of fast break and counterattack can be guaranteed.

Then there is the offensive end. Except for Kobe Bryant who has singles authority at a certain moment, the key for other players to pay attention to during training is sharing the ball and constant movement. The essence of the triangle offense is that both the personnel and the ball are in a state of flow. After starting from the low axis, if there is an opportunity in any link, it can be terminated. If there is no opportunity, immediately look for teammates and must not stagnate.

Take David West as an example. In the summer league, he had a lot of low-post strong hits, and the effect was not very good. In the past half season, under the influence of the pick-and-roll textbook Karl Malone, West has played I put a lot of effort into my positioning, such as how to put myself in the right position to eat cakes, adjust my traveling route according to the breakthrough direction of my teammates, respond at the right time and place instead of double-teaming my teammates, etc. .

After slaughtering the Eagles, the Lakers rested for 3 days, and their next opponent was the Cleveland Cavaliers with the new champion LeBron James.

Wearing the No. 23 jersey, with thousands of halos on his head, LeBron James seems to be the next object of the NBA.

Jordan's successor has been looking for many years, from Anfernee Hardaway to Grant Hill, from Vince Carter to Tracy McGrady, everyone is a talented, amazing talent, But compared to Qiao Gangzhu, there is still a gap in grade.

After purging Ricky Davis and completely righting the little emperor, the effect of James leading the team does not seem to be that good. The record of 11 wins and 25 losses is far from expectations.

Of course, this is related to Jim Paxson's bad policy. In the current Cavaliers, apart from Ilgauskas and Dajuan Wagner, only parallel importer Darius Miles can be regarded as a good player. characters.

James served as point guard, but the Lakers did not send Billups to match him according to the position, and Artest became the first line of defense without hesitation.

Although Ilgauskas is tall and burly, the matchbox bounce is not enough for him to jump from Garnett to the ball.

The two end-of-the-bench players Eric Williams and Kendrick Brown acquired from the Celtics traded to the Cavaliers quickly promoted to the starting lineup, but their strength did not keep up with the status promotion.

After Nene made an off-ball screen for Kobe, he ran back to the basket. Williams and Brown rushed to Kobe, who was on the outside, and missed Nene.

Garnett passed the ball over Ilgauskas, caught the cake inside, completed the iconic dunk, and opened the scoring.

James dribbled the ball across the half, and Artest was ready.

Just taught Anthony a lesson a few days ago, and Artest has long been looking forward to this game to see what kind of quality James, who is capable of overpowering Anthony, is.

Seeing that Artest was a little tight, James showed his speed. He passed Artest with a smooth step.

Zen master frowned, Artest obviously forgot the arrangement in the pre-match preparation meeting, the ball was thrown too hard.

The Cavaliers' defense was really poor. Kobe used Larry Brown's Iverson roll-cut tactics, came out from the bottom line, used double screens to get to the high position, and after receiving the ball, he easily made a mid-range shot with almost no defense.

The Cavaliers' offense was still initiated by James. This time he passed the ball to Ilgauskas, preparing to single Garnett in the low post.

Big Z took advantage of his size to take two steps, and was about to turn around and force himself up. As soon as he raised his hand, the ball disappeared.

Garnett's chip was quite Ma Long's charm, and it was crisp and neat. When Big Z thought he had opened up the defense and let down his vigilance, he dropped the knife.

The ball was cut on the big Z's foot and popped out of the baseline. Garnett quickly launched a pass and threw the ball to Billups who was about to go down the frontcourt.

Seeing no one around, Billups was ready for a layup.

As soon as the ball left his hand, a black shadow had already arrived. James rushed back at some point and flew to hit the ball on the backboard.

The arena was amazed, this chasing cap showed James' amazing physical fitness.

But Artest has followed up, picked up the popped basketball, hung Kendrick Brown, and flew at low altitude with one-handed violent dunk.

Although James played very lively, the Lakers' system was running in an orderly manner, and the point difference became wider and wider.Less than 4 minutes into the first quarter, the Lakers had scored 11 points.

Seeing that Big Z and Wagner's internal and external lines were at a loss, James felt that he should do it himself. After calling a pick and roll from Eric Williams, he forced Nene to the basket.

Garnett's supplementary defense is always so timely, and Nene has been fighting on the side, James can't take off, and Artest has recovered, waiting to cut off the passing route.

James, who had already received the ball, saw that he was caught in the sky, but he made an amazing move. He took two steps after a jump, easily broke through the double-teaming of Garnett and Nene, and made a layup under the stunned eyes of the Lakers defenders. Score.

Garnett signaled to the baseline referee that James was violating the walk, but the referee said it was a strike.

The Zen Master blew his whistle, apparently dissatisfied with the referee's decision.

The Lakers were clearly affected, and on the next possession, Garnett kicked his hip in a pick-and-roll, knocked Wagner over, and was called for an illegal screen.

Ilgauskas received a pass from James and hit a turnaround shot.

Finding that the situation was not right, the Zen master immediately requested a timeout.

Artest took the towel handed by the staff and was wiping his sweat when Jim, who was sitting in the auditorium, came over and whispered something in his ear.

"When defending LeBron, put him three steps away."

(End of this chapter)