shooting guard era

Chapter 73 90. Evenly Matched
Currently eighth in the East, with the same record as the Nets, the Cavaliers are undoubtedly a team that will surprise people this year.

Look at the teammates around James, the best is Zaidrunas-Ilgauskas, a veteran of the 96 golden generation. He was surpassed by Yao Ming in two years, and people nicknamed him Big Z.

James' best teammate is him, barely an All-Star-level center.

Well, from the new century until the arrival of James, the Cavaliers led by Big Z were at the bottom of the league every year, and it was difficult to win in the weak Eastern Conference.

So you can see how difficult it is for James to bring this team to the playoff level!

Comparing the lineup, if Ye Han and James are removed, the Bobcats are stronger than the Cavaliers!What an incredible thing.

In addition to James and Big Z, the Cavaliers' best players are point guard Eric Snow and third-year player Drew Gooden. The former is a veteran of the 76ers who passed the ball to Iverson last season. It was the No. 2002 pick in [-] who played well in the Magic last season. He was given up by the Magic in order to make room for Howard.The Cavaliers were expecting the trio of James, Boozer, and Big Z to have a good fight this year, introducing many veterans and young players, but Boozer put the Cavaliers together for more money, as the most critical Inside the core, Boozer left a huge blow to the Cavaliers.

At this time, James stepped forward, jumped directly from the point guard to the small forward, and occasionally even went to fight the inside.

Who knew it would work so well!James not only took on the heavy responsibility of scoring after Boozer left, but also grasped the rebounding organization by the way. He became the top player in the league in the second grade, second only to those superstars, and the team's record exceeded expectations.

Soon the game started.

The Cavaliers' backcourt is really miserable, with veteran Snow and third-year player Dajuan Wagner, the frontcourt looks pretty good, James, Gooden, Big Z.

Bobcats here is still the same old.

Jump ball in the middle circle.

Big Z's [-]m tall man made Okafor feel great pressure, but he was too tall to move and bounce. Okafor won the jump ball with one hand.

Blevin Knight got the ball, and James and Gooden on the opposite side retreated quickly. Both Ye Han and Blevin Knight were surprised. Few teams retreated so actively at the beginning of the game. Obviously, they did a good job. Preparation for jump ball failure.

After quickly advancing to the frontcourt at the beginning of the game, he glanced at the coach on the sidelines. Blevin Knight slapped the ball vigorously, and handed the ball to Ye Han in the top arc as usual.

Seeing Ye Han take the ball, Kapono scrambled to the bottom corner. After he became the starter, his scoring skyrocketed, averaging 13.5 points per game, a new career high. And he was able to score so many points because he had a lot of open shots and received the ball. The shooting percentage is very high.Kapono got most of the open shots when Ye Han was holding the ball, and Blevin Knight, who was open, rarely passed the ball to him.

It was James who defended Ye Han!

The first matchup between the two!
Ye Han tentatively confronted James, and the strength of the opponent was no less than him!

It was the first time Ye Han encountered an outside line that could compete with him in strength!

However, James' defensive skills are really bad. In high school, he had no defensive tasks at all, and he could win casually. In his rookie season, he was also mainly responsible for offense, and defense was nothing to do with him. His defense now relies more on instinctive awareness.

In a word, James' defense is really bad!It was not much different from an ordinary jumper, he flew away in a flash, not to mention Ye Han, who mainly used shooting as his main scoring method, James was sent flying at a touch.

Ye Han used his more and more decent breakthroughs to break into the inside line, with no one to help him defend!Ye Han made an emergency stop at the free throw line and made an easy jump shot!

The defense sucks!

Ye Han was very uncomfortable with the fact that a team in the Eastern Conference playoffs had such a bad defense.

In fact, this is really not to blame the players of the Cavaliers. Before 03, they were always a defensive team. A good defensive player, Big Z is good at protecting the basket, but his movement speed is very slow. Without a good defensive power forward, he is not very effective on the defensive end. In the past two years, the inside line composed of him and Boozer was very popular. Every team loves to run into them.

Therefore, the owner of the Cavaliers learned from the painful experience. After selecting James in 03, he found Paul Silas, the main offensive coach. When the Hornets were doing well in Charlotte a few years ago, he was the head coach.

Speaking of this coach Silas, he is really a surprising master. He started as a player on defense, and even made the best defensive team. He averaged 16 rebounds per game in his 9.9-year career, almost hitting double figures!You must know that his scoring average is only 9.4 points, and his career rebounds rank 16th in NBA history.

Who knew that after he became the head coach, his style changed suddenly, similar to D'Antoni of the Suns, and old Nelson, the mad scientist of the Mavericks. A disciple with outstanding offensive talent helps him fulfill his unfulfilled offensive dream that he can't regret?

That's it. Silas's coaching career was very successful. He built the Hornets into a strong team. After coming to the Cavaliers, he coached James very well, showing James' advantages very well.

To be honest, James' offensive skills are really poor, and his offensive methods are very simple. If he changes coaches, it is estimated that it will be difficult for him to get so many opportunities in his rookie year. If he meets Larry Brown...Look at James' second pick in the same year Milicic now knows what will happen to the Pistons.

It's the Cavaliers' turn to attack and James has the ball.

James doesn't mention anything else, this ball control is really good!Ye Han's crappy dribbling was a bit embarrassing compared to James.

James' offense is just one way, breaking through the inside!

As soon as James made a breakthrough move, the audience immediately burst into cheers. They have never had such a talented talent!

Tank-style breakthrough, James' extremely strong body, and the strength that few people can match make it difficult for anyone to guard against him when he breaks through. Those top defensive players have no way to fight head-on. They can only use unloading detours or small moves To block, such as the Spurs, Pistons, and only the Pacers... The Pacers in the Artest period can lock James head-on, and more teams choose to double-team.

Now there was another one like the Pacers who chose to use the best defensive player to resist James' breakthrough. Ye Han and James collided and each took a step back!
Evenly matched!

(End of this chapter)