My basketball vision is different

In the dead of night, Larry Bird frowned looking at the news gathered in his hands. After finishing training, Frank came to meet him with the news to see what to do.

Danny Granger was indeed in poor condition after returning from injury, and his role in the playoffs plummeted. In the eyes of Larry Bird, it was extremely low cost performance.

After more than half a year of recuperation, Larry Bird himself has gradually recovered. This season, he once again bid farewell to his status as a "consultant" and regained his position as the president of the Pacers.

In fact, in the past six months or so, apart from the change of his name, his real power has not changed at all.

Whether it is the authority within the team or the position of the external uniform team, Larry Bird is always the C position.

Sitting in this position, he must consider the overall cost performance of the team.

The former son of Yincheng has been in the Pacers for almost ten years, and the rookie contract in the rookie period is only 200 million for four years;

When the contract was renewed in 500, the Pacers offered five years and [-] million...

Granger can be regarded as the only superstar of the Pacers before Lin Shaojie joined the team, and he is also Larry Bird's favorite.

This is an important player to get the Pacers back into power after the Palace of Auburn Hills.

In the eyes of Larry Bird, the two sides have cooperated tacitly, and the "friendship" for many years is no longer simply limited to the court.

But players are different from coaches, coaches are different from uniforms, and uniforms are slightly different from presidents like Larry Bird.

Larry Bird has seen the video of the training game, and there are surprises and surprises.

Gobert, who made his debut in the draft, was pleasantly surprised and surprised. Larry Bird could tell at a glance that the opponent was not an ordinary player.Although the current performance is very immature, Larry Bird is very satisfied with the spirit on the court. He is confident that the big man will become the core of the Pacers' inside line.

Maybe one season, maybe two seasons, as long as the injury does not come to him, this player is worth cultivating. The helper Lynn personally selected in the draft is definitely a rare potential player in this class;

Needless to say, Scola, the age of the Argentine is very deceptive, and the technology is very mature. If Roy Hibbert has this technical ability, he can take off on the spot...

But at the offensive and defensive ends, Danny Granger showed serious discomfort.

Originally, he was a big wing player, even though his left hand was lacking, but his right hand was accurate and had a long range, but it did not affect his efficient scoring ability;

In terms of defense, it is because of his size that he will not suffer a disadvantage against a player like LeBron, and has a speed that does not match his size.

But the current Granger is not only about the speed of lateral movement, but also the absolute speed cannot keep up with the fast-paced tactical needs. When defending, he can only rely on "eyes" to defend.

Although Lin Shaojie tried his best to avoid him in the training game, Larry Bird could tell that Granger, facing the new shooting striker Rasu Butler, the former son of Indian city completely defended. Can't help it, the decline in state is too serious.

"Let the doctor take a look at it tomorrow."

Larry Bird said to Frank, and then immediately added a sentence.

"Carefully checked, I don't want it to be a problem when the season starts."

Frank left thoughtfully. He didn't know whether Larry's "here" was referring to Granger himself or the small forward position.

Either way, it's not good news.

The second day's training camp was as usual, but it was not as relaxed as it was yesterday morning. Frank took Nate McMillan.

After Brian Shaw moved to the Nuggets this season and became the coach of the Nuggets, Frank reorganized the coaching staff, and McMillan, a combo guard, became the chief assistant of the Pacers.

Although this is a player with mediocre personal data on player morale, he had a lofty status in the Sonics that year, and even retired his No. [-] jersey.

Frank's "offensive and defensive balance" needs an experienced assistant to assist him. Most importantly, McMillan is a coach who likes to sing bad faces, while Frank is a coach who sings bad faces.

McMillan's iron-blooded army is also well-known among players. After retiring, he served as the assistant coach and coach of the Trail Blazers, and he also has a group of talented players under him.

Brandon Roy, Aldridge, Batum, Oden...

The more you look at it, the more frightened you are. There are no talents, but they are all ruined by injuries. The most important thing is his "iron-blooded" character. Before Lin Shaojie and Paul George joined the team, the first few players had already seen it. .

This is a coach with a voice much louder than Frank, with a black-specific loud voice.

But he is also really good. When Lin Shaojie is not around, he goes directly to the battle and trains with the players. The professionalism of the old guy is nothing to say.

Although Lin Shaojie and Paul George came to the team to report on time and on time, in McMillan's view, they were still a bit conservative. If they were not in good condition during training, McMillan would be very angry.

However, I heard that the two were training with Kobe, and I felt much better.

Yesterday, Lin Shaojie and assistant coach McMillan only glanced at each other and did not communicate much, but in today's training match, the two communicated more.

After all, Lin Shaojie and Frank are too familiar, and they don't need too much verbal communication at all. The master and apprentice can understand each other's needs with just one look.

McMillan stood by Frank's side. Who could limit the Pacers' No. 13 last season became a major concern for many coaches in the league.

Until the end of the season, there is no final answer to this question.

Just like LeBron back then, when LeBron began to gradually adapt to this league, his ability became the point that other coaches were most worried about.

On the training ground, Lin Shaojie showed a state beyond ordinary people, both offensively and defensively, which was very exaggerated.

McMillan made a special observation during the morning training. When he watched Lin Shaojie's basic training with heavy weight, he felt a little frustrated with his professional experience.

How did Lin Shaojie, who had clear but not muscular muscles, manage to train with such a heavy weight? Those are things only weightlifters would do, but that kid actually used them as daily training.

What's even more strange is that his muscle size has not expanded explosively. Apart from becoming more obvious, you can't see any exaggerated places, as if he is constantly being refined.

With that muscular shape, there's certainly no distraction when shooting.

This is the first time McMillan has seen short-term high-frequency training that combines strength and speed.

Perhaps this is why Lynn seems to have a shortcut key on the court.

"Run up, it doesn't matter if the first line of defense can't stop you, you can't count on one line of defense to stop Lynn, you need to build a second line of defense, or even a third line of defense."

After the timeout was called, McMillan was beside Lin Shaojie, yelling at the other players continuously.

"Lynn's ability is very strong. You can't be careless about him. If you can keep him, we will be able to handle the Heat and even the Knicks with ease."

As he spoke, McMillan yelled at Lance Stephenson and George Hill.

"The two of you are the first line of defense. You have to constantly put pressure on Lynn. Don't worry about missing people. The other players combined are not as good as Lynn. Not only the three-pointers from the outside, but also his breakthrough points. ..."

The newcomers felt offended, but McMillan was right. The best performer on the bench was Scola, but at best he was a David West [-]-[-], and he exploded. the result of.

It is difficult for others to stand cheaply in front of the main Pacers.

Except for Lin Shaojie, they lack other stable scoring points.

"I need you to run and keep running. This is what you were good at last season. Use movement to make up for the lack of defense..."

Stephenson and George Hill, who got the important job, felt a little bit bitter, but the new officials had three fires, and they had to work hard to double-team Lin Shaojie in the next training.

"Lyn, you are too fast, slow down!"

"Lynn, your talent is too strong, no one from our perimeter can touch you, your shot point is too high."

"Lynn, can you adjust your rhythm, teammates can't keep up with your rhythm..."

Watching Stephenson and George Hill fail one after another, Paul George's strength gap can't block Lin Shaojie on the flank.

McMillan had to turn his attention to Danny Granger.

Granger, whose speed has declined severely, is not bad in terms of strength, so he can join forces with Paul George to try, but in this way, the height of the main force inside will be reduced.

With Danny Granger replaced, the second line of defense built by the two of them did have some effect, but everyone could tell that Lynn was trying to save face for Granger.

His previous sense of rhythm was too good, and he could make fake and real moves at his fingertips, and the defensive players suffered from it.

Throughout the training match, McMillan's loud voice could be heard at any time.

"Danny. You want to put pressure on him. Where's your strength?"

"Paul, are you a sissy? You can try to block him."

"Roy, why are you running away?"

"Luis (Scola), you're too deep and you're easily intercepted... Well, when I didn't say it, Lynn's passing was very solid."

When it was time for a break, Lin Shaojie sat on the sidelines to refill his water bill. Less sweating did not mean "bad heat dissipation." His heat dissipation skills seemed to be wrong. Anyway, compared with other sweaty teammates, he would not be so embarrassed.

McMillan, who was sitting beside Lin Shaojie with Frank, put down his whistle.

Throughout the morning, he had repeatedly overestimated Lin Shaojie's performance. This was the core of the team that won the championship last season. Except that all members were one year older, nothing had changed.

The scores of the two sides are not important, and this will not surprise people, but Lin Shaojie's feeling of lifting weights makes McMillan very excited.

The skills displayed on the court, including dribbling, shooting and passing, are almost full marks.

The kind of wide vision and passing ability, as well as the rebounding awareness that makes full use of his body are top-notch. More importantly, he is only 20 years old, which is too young.

McMillan, who can be regarded as rich in experience, realized that what was in front of him was not a piece of gold, but a diamond, a player who was more "diamond" than Scola. Chinese players.

"Nate, I think if I can, I can try to make some fine-tuning for my teammates during the game according to the situation on the court. Sometimes the players strictly implement the tactics and miss some opportunities.  …

Danny has some issues with his body and it's not a good idea to have him guarding me. "

McMillan was taken aback by Lin Shaojie's euphemistic words. He looked at Lin Shaojie and then at Frank, who nodded towards him.

Before he came here, he had heard that Lin Shaojie was used to "tampering" the coach's tactics on the court, not to grab the ball, but to adjust directly according to the form on the court.

This is almost the greatest contempt for the coach.

"If possible, I can try it this afternoon and show it to you."

Lin Shaojie "suggested" that after the second half, McMillan continued to command the home team, and Lin Shaojie still brought the substitute players.

But Danny Granger is gone, he went to the hospital, the team needs to have a full understanding of his physical condition.

After "friendly negotiations" between the two sides on the court, Lin Shaojie can't rely on his personal ability to overwhelm his opponent, he has to do his part as an "organization".

This almost tells everyone that Lin Shaojie has become a player like Kidd who can't attack. In this way, it will be much easier to defend him.

The seemingly unfair "setting" is not unacceptable to Lin Shaojie.

No matter how good McMillan's coaching is, it will take some time for the players to adapt, not to mention that the coach is Frank, and his task is more to check for omissions and fill vacancies.

And Lin Shaojie's "scheduling" on the front line obviously surprised McMillan again. Stephenson, who replaced Lin Shaojie, went to the shooting guard position, and George Hill returned to the organization position.

And Lin Shaojie's wide field of vision made the players wonder, does that kid have eyes in the back of his head?

Scola's floor flow can actually receive a lot of opportunities for counterattacks, which shows how big the main defensive loopholes are.

The outside "interception" of the main players by the substitutes does not simply rely on steals or blocks, but cuts off the connection between them, forcing them to either shoot or break through.

But with Lin Shaojie on the bench, he has a backbone. The players are not capable individually, but they can fight as a team.

Lin Shaojie's lethality on the outside is too great, and the fast movement of his feet allows him to cut in and make up defenses at any time, stealing and blocking shots are omnipotent.

In the end, the substitute lost. After all, Lin Shaojie could not score, but Scola, who scored the highest score, and Gobert, who was soft on the dunk, were very happy.

McMillan felt a little helpless when he saw that the score difference was not too big in the end.

"Nate, he's smarter than we see him, if it weren't for the jersey he was wearing, I would have thought he was a member of our coaching staff."

Frank said to McMillan during the meeting at night.

"We will send him a copy of the opponent's information collected in every game, so that he can understand the opponent's situation.

Lynn's ability to read the game is very high. The title of "commander" is not aimless, and there will be a lot of gossip between players that we don't know. Those front-line news will reveal a lot, just like Duncan a few months ago Same with the divorce case...we took a lot of advantage of Duncan. "

The Spurs lost the finals, and Duncan failed to resist the final pressure, making winning the championship in odd-numbered years an empty slogan.

The Spurs, who are one year older, have not yet entered the possibility of reconstruction, and there are fewer and fewer expectations for them.

This season's championship seed team is still led by the Heat, with the Pacers in second place. As for the Spurs, they have fallen to fifth.

"Lynn is a good player!"

After a long silence, McMillan said with some regret: "But I still say that, players should listen to the coach, and he needs to strictly implement our tactics."

"Of course, I think so too."

Frank agreed: "But when it comes to crunch time, I hope we can give some respect to this smart player, he can easily find the opponent's holes on the court, which is found by many coaches, including me. Talent. Even Brian Shaw recognizes that."

Brian Shaw, who joined the Nuggets, already knows the Nuggets' lineup after getting to know some players in the summer league and the recent training games.

He was already prepared when he came, but he was still a little uncomfortable.

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It’s like you learned to use a manual transmission, but you drive with an automatic transmission. Suddenly one day you change to a manual transmission car. The discomfort when you get started is really uncomfortable.

The Nuggets, to put it bluntly, achieved good results last season, but found a new coach and traded away Andre Iguodala.

Lawson, who controls the ball, is only 1.8 meters tall, and his actual height is even shorter;

Although Brooks has a height of 1.8 meters +, but with the addition of Nate Robinson, the height of the Nuggets' guard line in the new season is terrible. It is definitely the "dwarf country" of the NBA.

You know, the Nuggets last season chanted the slogan "Win the championship without a star" and had a good record, but this team in the new season has no championship at all.

But it's not useless. The Nuggets still have something on the front line. McGee, Fareed, and Gallinari can all be used.

However, in the training field, the disconnect between the back line and the striker line became Brian Shaw's biggest concern.

The ball cannot be delivered to the striker, and the scoring ability of the guard is not enough to play the leading role, which is still a problem.

I called Frank at night, and Brian didn't hesitate to complain about the management of the Nuggets. He didn't give him some permission, and the promised things became empty checks. Now Brian Shaw wants a qualified point guard.

Ty Lawson is actually the Nuggets' No. [-] point guard; Nate Robinson can still stick to the Nuggets' No. [-] substitute, you can know how bleak this team is.

"How are you, I feel terrible."

These are the words of Brian.

"It's not bad. After all, the main lineup hasn't changed. We should be safe in the new season."

Frank was at ease. Although there was a little bit of disagreement between Lynn and McMillan, both sides controlled it very well, leaving each other with sufficient room for buffering.

"I heard that you are going to China for the preseason?"

"Yes, we and the Lakers will have two games in China."

Frank responded: "Why, you also want to go to Huaguo?"

"No, I just miss Lynn so much right now."

Brian Xiao had a rare humor: "Although that guy has a lot of thoughts, he is very reassuring."

"Yes, Knight (McMillan) is also a coach with ideas, so they are still running in between."

While the two coaches were chatting, the Kings announced a "heavy" news that Shaquille O'Neal bought part of the Kings' shares.

As a typical small ball market in the NBA, O'Neal's move to re-enter the game is quite exciting.

After all, among these small bosses, there are many high-profile stars, including JAY.Z, Justin Timberlake and others.

Even the Grizzlies' shareholders include football superstar Manning, who made the NBA a widespread topic in the sports circle.

Of course, the most famous are Jordan and Magic Johnson, and whether the addition of O'Neal will make Cousins ​​​​better, this is a big point.

The sudden mention of this matter is mainly because O'Neill's mouth is still there, he joked when he was interviewed by reporters.

"I will let DeMarcus (Cousins) keep his mouth shut and practice his skills well. Don't provoke the Chinese people when you are free. You don't know if they can kung fu, otherwise you wait a while. Open your eyes, and you will find yourself lying on the ground..."

As the King's most anticipated big man, Cousins' physical hardware must be top-notch, which is also recognized by everyone, but only below the neck.

There was a little conflict with the Pacers last season. Cousins ​​actually wanted to take revenge after the game.

A big guy weighing more than 270 pounds was thrown out by the Pacers' No. 13. The scene was too shocking.

Now those players who are new to the league don't pay attention to this kind of gossip.

When Cousins, who was burned to himself by O'Neill, received the interview, he looked confused.

"What, I had a dispute with Lynn, no way, how is it possible, our relationship should be okay."

If it wasn't for the fact that the video on the phone hadn't been deleted, and seeing the sincerity of Cousins ​​when he spoke, it would be convincing.

Everyone doesn't know what happened behind the scenes, but this player with top configuration from the neck down obviously doesn't want to continue on this topic.

In Los Angeles, Kobe, who had finished his offseason special training, let himself go. He released a personal video show in which he jumped from a ten-meter platform in shorts and shorts...and fell into the pool.

"I can run and jump, Lynn, do you want to compare?"

In this video, Kobe also singled out Lin Shaojie.

Players who watched this video liked it one after another, but they were very dissatisfied with the Lakers uniforms.

You know, Kobe's salary in the new season exceeds 3000 million, and his Achilles tendon has been injured, in case of any accident.

The most important thing is that Kobe has already paid 80.00% of his salary in advance... They dare not imagine the consequences of Kobe being injured again.

On the phone at night, Lin Shaojie questioned Kobe's inexplicable behavior.

"Don't you know that it is more difficult to win the diving championship in Huaguo than in the world? What do you want to prove? You have a wife and daughter, and you are joking with your own life?"

A series of questions made Kobe dumbfounded. He thought that Lin Shaojie would come to communicate with him on the phone and hype up together.

"Lynn, that was just a joke."

"Yes, it was just a joke, but no one would do it, you are already an adult."

Lin Shaojie lit Kobe on the phone.

"The preseason is about to start. I don't want to see a paper man on the field in Huaguo. By the way, do you know a paper man? It's the kind that falls from a height of more than ten meters and falls to the ground. The chest and the back are stuck together... What, you say it's water? Please, even if it's water, if you fall sideways, you will definitely die. Do you think you are Fu Mingxia, Guo Jinjin?

Don't ask me who they are, you don't even know them, please don't try high diving, if you know, don't try..."

Lin Shaojie, who was like a machine gun, hung up the phone. He was completely speechless about this old boy who was arrogant but didn't know him clearly.

Driving is too slow and wastes time, so I have to take a helicopter.

Lin Shaojie sat there once, just the environment in Los Angeles, the air quality?

The seaside situation is a little better, but as long as it is close to the city center, it will not be able to mention it in foggy days. Taking a helicopter does not feel like a good choice.

Now it's even more powerful, playing by yourself, if you slip on the high platform, come on, it's possible to go directly to God.

Does Kobe want someone to sleep with his wife, beat his kids, live in his house?

Such a big person still can't carry it clearly, alas!

Lin Shaojie, who was about to fall asleep, didn't know that Kobe didn't have a good rest at night. Early the next morning, thinking about it, Kobe, who was still a little depressed, was about to call Lin Shaojie and complain about him.

Unexpectedly, in the news, Josh Haslem, an expert of the American media "Purpleandblues", announced the list of the top 100 active players in his eyes.

Looking at the list of players on the list, many people began to doubt their eyes, and so did Kobe.

Among the top ten are LeBron, Durant, and Rose.

Of course, Lin Shaojie, as the most popular fried chicken last season, could not escape, but he was ranked fourth, ahead of him were Durant, LeBron, and Kyrie Irving.

No one thought that the number one in the eyes of the experts would be Irving of the Cavaliers, which shocked everyone's attention.

Kobe is 18th, Duncan is 19th, Wade is 22nd...

Therefore, after reading this list, everyone knows the level of experts in the beautiful country.

When Irving, who was the number one, faced the interview, he said modestly: He will work hard to live up to the expectations of experts and fans, and will strive to lead the Cavaliers to a good result, and strive to enter the playoffs no matter what.

As for the reporters asking him about the special training camp, especially about Lin Shaojie, Kobe and his special training, which one is stronger and weaker, Owen avoided talking about it.

"Private training doesn't count, it doesn't count."

Irving, who was smiling a bit reluctantly, left, while the other Durant who was being interviewed was a little mad, and it was rare that he didn't play a trumpet.

"Why is Lynn not number one? I believe he is better than Irving."

As for the other interviewed stars, including Kobe, they all have great doubts about this list. They think that the media is touching porcelain and doing it on purpose.

Turning a blind eye to many obvious things, even the old guy Garnett jumped out. On the one hand, it shows that his ranking is obviously unfair. After all, he has reached the [-]s. Used it, in order to prove that this list is unfair, Garnett also said Lynn alone.

"As last season's FMVP, isn't Lynn number one? I think this expert must be blind. Who is Irving? I really want to forget."

Before the start of the preseason, the US NBA looked like a group of demons dancing.