Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 257 177 [Good News]

To be honest, coming to the Dallas Mavericks this season, although with the deepening of the schedule, the team's record remains as good as ever.

But at the same time, as the playoffs approached, Jiang Hao's inner anxiety gradually became more intense.

The reason is simple. He has experienced the playoffs in a real sense, so he knows how far the team can go in the playoffs with the current configuration.

It is no exaggeration to say that Jiang Hao feels that once the lineup of the Dallas Mavericks encounters headwinds in the playoffs, it may not last long.

Nor can he hope that the team will not encounter headwinds in the playoffs.

From the perspective of the head coach, there is a certain gap between Rick Carlisle and Gregg Popovich, but not too much, because Rick Carlisle has been in the Dallas Mavericks for a long time. Excellent coaching ability, this point, Jiang Hao has experienced in the half season that has ended.

Therefore, the head coach is not what he is most worried about.

From the perspective of the team's veterans, with Dirk Nowitzki and Barea, Jiang Hao believes that these two old guys will help the team at critical moments. In other words, Dirk Nowitzki The veteran combination of Ski and Barea is not much worse than the veteran combination of Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili.

So he is also at ease about this.

From the perspective of the team's overall offense and defense, Jiang Hao is very confident in the team's defense. After all, the team has a defensive line from the inside out of DeAndre Jordan + Trevor Ariza + himself and Dwight Powell.

From the offensive point of view, this is undoubtedly what he is most worried about. Strictly speaking, with Harris Barnes, himself, and a group of shooters, they do not lack players who can stand up and score. players.

In a real sense, what Jiang Hao is most worried about is the team's ability to organize and attack, which is very important. Judging from the games that have been played in the regular season, he and Dirk Nowitzki can often help Lu Kadoncic shares some of the organizational pressure.

But the playoffs will not work, so, in this case, the pressure to organize the offense completely falls on Luka Doncic.

Jiang Hao has to admit that this season's Luka Doncic is already a surprise for the Lone Ranger. He is the best player among the rookies so far, and he is also the biggest favorite for the best rookie.

However, this is not enough, and Jiang Hao must not put all the task of organizing the offense on Luka Doncic.

After all, Luka Doncic is still a first-year rookie. After all, not everyone has the same mysterious blocking and upgrading system as him.

Therefore, Fuwa is worried in his heart. He hopes that Luka Doncic can take on greater responsibilities, but at the same time, he also knows not to put too much pressure on Luka Doncic.

However, judging from today's game, Jiang Hao feels that his hanging heart can be more or less relaxed, because Luka Doncic is better than he imagined, that is to say, if he maintains this At the level of the game, he is capable of taking on more responsibilities in the playoffs.

So, this made Jiang Hao excited.

If the problem of the weak link of organizing offense is solved, then Jiang Hao will have greater confidence to lead the Dallas Mavericks to the O'Brien Cup.

"Luca, I mean, from now on, you need to prepare for the playoffs, it's your first season, you've never played in the playoffs, but you should know, the playoffs It’s not the same thing as the regular season. Frankly speaking, the team will rely heavily on your ability to organize offense in the playoffs, so I hope you can prepare in advance, for example. You can discuss some experiences with Barea.”

Jiang Hao took the initiative to find Luka Doncic. He placed great hopes on Luka Doncic, so he hoped that Luka Doncic would know this.

Of course, he is definitely not rushing ducks to the shelves, and Luka Doncic should understand what he means.

"Jiang, I understand. In fact, I feel that after an All-Star Weekend, my level seems to usher in an improvement, as if I have broken through a bottleneck."

Luka Doncic's unusually confident expression made Jiang Hao laugh. He just likes this kind of confident player.

"DeAndre, if you can improve your free throw percentage to over 70.00%, I'll give you the latest luxury car from GM"

When Jiang Hao saw DeAndre Jordan practicing free throws in the training hall, he also laughed and said.

To be honest, he likes DeAndre Jordan's state. In fact, from the beginning of this season to the present, Jordan has been working hard on his free throw skills.

And it needs to be pointed out that the rewards received by Jordan are huge. His free throw percentage so far this season has increased to 60%, basically quitting the group chat.

Before this season, Jordan, Dwight Howard, Capela, and Drummond were called the four "free throw masters" in active service.

No one thought that it really allowed Jordan to find a way to improve his free throw percentage. His free throw technique has made very good progress.

Jiang Hao knows that this will be good news for the Dallas Mavericks, because as the team's inside defensive gate, Jordan will definitely start in the playoffs.

Then, at a critical moment, once the opponent uses the "shark-cutting tactic", the team will suffer.

But it’s okay now. After hard work, Jordan’s free throw percentage has improved a lot. In this case, if Jordan can further improve his free throw percentage, then the opponent must seriously consider whether he can use "" Shark hacking tactics".

In addition, if Jordan can further improve his free throw percentage, he will not only be able to deal with the shark-killing tactics, but also help the team's offense.

Relying on his excellent athletic ability and strong physical fitness, Jordan has a good dominance at the basket, but in the past, he can only rely on eating cakes to score on the offensive end.

But if he has a good free throw percentage, the situation will change immediately. He can make kills at the basket, and he can score through free throws to help the team score.In this way, the Lone Ranger's inside line has truly become a restricted area.

"It's a deal, Jiang"

Little Jordan turned his head and laughed loudly. He knew that Jiang Hao was a guy who kept his word, so if he could really increase his free throw percentage to 70.00%, then he would indeed get the luxury car presented by Jiang Hao.

(End of this chapter)