full court guidance

Chapter 119

On September 9th, Wan Lai brought his junior sister Chen Ying to Auckland, where he will usher in a new journey in his career.

With the help of Bill Duffy, Late bought a mansion villa in the North Bay area of ​​Oakland as his new home. It is less than 20 minutes’ drive from Oracle Arena, the home of the Warriors. The environment is pleasant and the law and order are in good condition. , is a good place to live.

Then he joined the team training late and gradually became familiar with his new teammates.

On September 9, the Warriors finally confirmed their 25-man roster: Centers: Troy Murphy, Andris Biedrins, Adonal Foye.Power forwards: Darko Milicic, Al Harrington.Forwards: Stephen Jackson, Grant Hill, Michael Pietrus, Matt Barnes.Guards: Late, Mike Dunleavy, Brandon Roy, Tony Allen, Kelana Azubuike, Anthony Robertson.

Don Nelson is indeed a mad scientist. In the previous tactical drills, his new tactics were completely different from the mainstream of the current league. He asked the players to bravely shoot three-pointers, and don't hesitate as long as the opportunity arises!
In Don Nelson's tactics, lateness is the first choice point of attack, and in order to exercise lateness's offensive ability with the ball, the offense is launched from lateness in most cases-this means that lateness really becomes a point of control Ball back again.

In addition, the old Nelson designed a lot of cover tactics for Late, the purpose of which is to allow Late to better get three-point shots.

In the words of the old Nelson, it is "the late three-pointer is so stable, why not let him shoot more".

As for the physical problem of being late, Nelson will guarantee that he will not play more than 35 minutes in each game if he is late. Even if the team falls behind, he will not change his decision.

But the current lineup of the Warriors has a lot of problems. Among them, Grant Hill has high hopes from the old Nelson, but he still needs some time to recover from his injuries. He got the latest CDPPE there, and it is estimated that his number of appearances this year will be suspended again.

The problem of power forward Milicic is even more serious. During the time he played for the Pistons, it was a nightmare for him, which led to the complete breakdown of the Serbian genius's mentality. Confrontation always appears to lack confidence.

In addition, old Warriors players like Stephen Jackson and Al Harrington are not convinced about being late—they know that being late has a strong scoring ability, but implicit discrimination is something that cannot be changed in twos and twos.

On the contrary, Matt Barnes has a good relationship with late. He used to fight against late when he was in the king. At that time, Mobley was still in the king. Because of the influence of Mobley, late and Barnes had several brief exchanges. chat.

On October 10st, the preseason started. Old Nelson limited his late playing time. He averaged less than 1 minutes per game. Milicic and Brandon Roy became the key objects of investigation for Old Nelson.

The result is not optimistic. Not only the Warriors had a bad preseason record, only got 2 wins and 5 losses, but Milicic's mentality problem is seriously beyond everyone's expectations.

In the official game, Milicic's ability is not even half of his training!
The Warriors' interior is also very bad. As the team's starting center, Troy Murphy has a huge defensive problem in the penalty area, and he can't help the Warriors much on the offensive end.

Murphy likes to shoot from the outside, especially one step inside the three-point line. He averaged 3.6 shots per game, accounting for more than half of his total shots. The shooting rate of 46% seems good, but the efficiency is not high.

This is also a jerk, but no one in the league hates him.

Of course, there is also good news. Brandon Roy can be regarded as the treasure picked up by the Warriors this year. He has a mature style of play and excellent skills. He is a very good immediate combat power.

The fans of the Warriors were disappointed. They thought that the team was late, and with the addition of several star players on the original team, they could see the team rising rapidly, but looking at the results of the preseason, it seems that the future is still bleak , The late magical three-pointer doesn't seem to bring the team victory.

The only consolation is probably that the late playing time is very small, which proves that the Warriors did not do their best.

After the preseason, the league officially released the second season of team strength prediction rankings. The Miami Heat ranked first. They basically retained the finals lineup from last season. It is said that Wade has achieved remarkable results in training this summer. There has been a greater improvement.

Ranked second is the San Antonio Spurs. Their core of the Big Three has never changed. Under Popovich's wise leadership, they only need to make some simple repairs, and they are still a strong contender for the championship.

The sun ranks third. Stoudemire finally came back this year. He performed well in the preseason, fulfilled his promise, and showed the fans the improvement of his mid-range shooting skills. Coupled with his strong athletic ability, he He is still the top inside player in the league.

The Houston Rockets, the champions of last season, only ranked No.5. Yao Ming was the only one left in their original Big Three. Professionals gave a lot of affirmation to the transfer operation of the Rockets management this year. They spent the least money and did the most beautiful things.The total salary of the team is only just over 6000 million, which ranks in the lower reaches of the league. Looking at the salary list of the players, there is not a single player with a maximum salary.

Yao Ming started to implement a new contract this year, which is not small at 5 million for five years, but this year his contract amount is only 8500 million US dollars, which is really not a maximum salary.

However, this also reflects from the side how stingy the Rockets owner Alexander is. His fundamental purpose of investing in this team is just to make money, and he never thought of getting good results.

The Pistons, which ranked first in the regular season last season, only ranked tenth in the official rankings. After sending away Billups and Prince, their defensive core Ben Wallace joined the Chicago Bulls freely, resulting in The Pistons lost all their money. Although they signed McGrady, it is obvious that McGrady alone cannot lead the Pistons to achieve good results.

The Golden State Warriors are ranked 14th. The league's assessment of the strength of this team is a strong team that is qualified to compete for the playoffs-after they sent away several core players last season, the strength of the team has declined significantly. Although Grant Hill has proved that if he is healthy, he can still perform brilliantly, but his age is there after all, otherwise the Magic would not be able to trade him.

The Warriors can be ranked in this position entirely because of their excellent record when the single-core led the Rockets late last season.

After a brief adjustment, the opening game of the 2006-2007 season started in Houston on November 11. The Golden State Warriors challenged last season's championship Houston Rockets away.

This was deliberately arranged by the league. The Chinese Derby would face off against his old club. It was full of gimmicks. In addition, he went to practice hard this summer late, which greatly exceeded everyone's expectations. Both Chinese and American fans wanted to see it. What he has gained this summer, let's see if he has no potential at all, as some media said.

ESPN broadcast the game live. Van Gundy, who resigned as the head coach of the Rockets, joined the ESPN commentary booth and got into trouble with Pippen before the start of the game.

As we all know, Pippen is not only an idiot, but also the most famous late black in the league. He often makes some outrageous remarks to discredit his late performance.

Now that Van Gundy has joined, it is naturally impossible for Pippen to talk nonsense.

The game hasn't started yet, players from both sides are warming up, and ESPN TV has already started to warm up.

Pippen boasted in front of the camera: "I think the Rockets will win easily today. They have Yao Ming inside, Billups, a top point guard who is seriously underestimated, and Prince, a super defensive player. Dazha, the Warriors' weak lineup is simply impossible to be their opponent."

Van Gundy wanted to interrupt, but out of politeness, he didn't interrupt Pippen.

So Pippen went on and on, and he routinely began to belittle Late: "Late's physical talent is not very good. This is something we all know. With the development of ball ability, I think the Warriors will regret it at any cost to acquire him and establish him as the core of the team."

Van Gundy finally couldn't take it anymore, and immediately interrupted Pippen's words: "Sorry, let me interrupt, the late physical talent is indeed not as visible to the naked eye as many players, but please don't ignore his brain, that's him. The biggest talent. Late is the most team player I have ever seen, he actually never cared about his personal data, otherwise with his excellent three-pointers, he could have averaged 30 shots per game! Broke the league's scoring average record It's not difficult at all. I have worked with him for two years, and every time I come into contact with him, I feel scared! Yes, I am really scared. His genius is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, as if no matter what happened to him It can be done easily, and I believe that if it is not limited by physical talent, he will truly dominate the league and make all games lose suspense."

Pippen immediately retorted: "We all know that the NBA is a place for physical talent. I don't think his smart mind will bring him much help."

Van Gundy said disdainfully: "That's because you have never seen what a real genius is. It was because of him that I realized my lack of coaching ability, which made me determined to leave the coaching bench. The last In the second half of the season, after I decided to resign as the head coach, I planned to try to tap the late potential, so I let him arrange the team's offensive tactics. He completed his task perfectly. If it wasn't for McGrady in the finals He is not in good form, the Heat have no chance at all, he knows how to arrange to attack the Heat's weaknesses, and Pat Riley's tactics are completely seen through by Late!"

(End of this chapter)