NBA’s aging star system

After finishing cleaning up, Su Tian drove to the arena and started preparing for today's training.

When Su Tian arrived at the gym, he found that there were already people training in the gym, and there were more than one.

Su Tian took a closer look, Caruso, Randall, Hart, Kuzma.

"Hey, Su!" Randall greeted Su Tian quickly when he saw him coming.

"Julius, you're here so early." Su Tian also responded with a smile.

"Yeah, I didn't play very well in these two games. I want to train more and try to get the starting position." Randall replied.

Su Tian nodded, "Julius, come on, when you perform well, I will go to the coach and ask him to start for you."

"Really! Thank you brother, I knew you would help me!" Randall hugged Su Tian excitedly.

In fact, Randall has the ability to start, but he did not play well in these two games, and it is not easy to convince the public if he is rashly appointed as the starting coach.

After saying hello to Randall, Su Tian was about to go train his own team when he turned around and saw Caruso silently practicing dribbling and shooting.

"Hey, Alex." Su Tian stepped forward and said hello.

"Su, what's wrong?" Caruso responded quickly.

Caruso participated in the draft in 16 but unfortunately failed to be selected. It was not until the Lakers signed Caruso to a two-way contract in the 17 offseason that he realized his dream of landing in the NBA.

So to be precise, this season is still Caruso's rookie season.

As a rookie, it was normal to buy things and carry bags, so Caruso thought Su Tian asked him to do the work by himself.

"It's nothing, I just want to give you some suggestions on the direction of training." Su Tian said.

"That's it, thank you Su, what's your suggestion?" Caruso breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

"Our current team has no shortage of ball handlers, so I think you can start training with defense and three-pointers. Strengthening these two points will make it easier to gain playing time than strengthening the ball-handling offense."

Seeing Su Tian's serious look, Caruso also knew that Su Tian was really giving him advice, and immediately felt very warm.

"Thank you very much, Su. I'm just an undrafted player. I didn't expect you to give me advice. You are so nice."

Su Tian smiled, "Of course, we are a team. Come on, I think you have the potential to start, at least there will be no problem in entering the rotation."

Then Su Tian left amid a burst of gratitude from Caruso.

Although Su Tian made some suggestions, these suggestions were all daily training arranged by the team, and Su Tian did not say anything nutritious at all.

Caruso also knew, but Caruso was still grateful, not for Su Tian's suggestions, but for his attention and concern for himself, including the subsequent encouragement.

In the NBA, those who are most likely to lose their mentality are not those thousand-year-old background boards or the stars who are angrily criticized by netizens, but the water cooler administrators at the bottom of the league.

You know, everyone who enters the NBA is a proud man. No matter how rubbish he is in the NBA, in his own story, he is Jordan.

Every water cooler keeper is Jordan in his or her own story.

So Caruso is very grateful to Su Tian for encouraging him.

After all, even Caruso himself doesn't know if he can stand firm.

On October 10, the Lakers' third regular season game is about to begin. This is also the Lakers' second home game.

Visiting Staples this time is the New Orleans Pelicans.

Looking at the thick eyebrows full of talent, Su Tian was really greedy.

Although there is no expression on his face, his heart has already started shouting "Come to the bowl quickly! Come to the bowl quickly!"

Today's starting lineup is still the same as the last game, Ball, Su Tian, ​​Ingram, Larry Nance, Lopez.

The Pelicans' starting lineup is Jrue Holiday, Evan Moore, Dante Cunningham, Anthony Davis, and DeMarcus Cousins.

The Pelicans formed a two-tower combination inside last season. This combination of lineups has to be said to be a bit strong.

But the Pelicans are a toxic team, always unable to make further progress, and always encountering injuries for no apparent reason.

Last year's Pelicans failed to make the playoffs even after acquiring Cousins.

This made many fans, including team management, begin to lose confidence in the pair.

Soon, the game started, and Cousins ​​took the lead.

Holiday came to the frontcourt with the ball, faced Ball's defense and passed the ball directly to Davis, who was already in position.

Facing the Lakers, the Pelicans have a huge advantage inside and there is no need to struggle on the outside.

Davis received the ball and hit Nance with his back continuously, then faked a move to get rid of the defense and scored a layup.

Although the movements are not very smooth, at least he shows the quality of a first-class insider.

0-2

The ball was transferred, and Ball came to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball to Su Tian.

At this time, it was Jrue Holiday who was defending Su Tian. Holiday's defense was relatively strong. Su Tian did not attack rashly but dribbled the ball first.

The reason why I dribble first is of course because of the purple badge.

Dribbling King (Purple): No physical exertion when dribbling, and cannot be intercepted while dribbling.

As long as Su Tian starts dribbling, Holiday has no chance of stealing.

While dribbling, Su Tian started to call Lopez for a pick-and-roll. Cousins ​​​​also came out with Lopez. Su Tian was about to break through with the help of the pick-and-roll, but the Pelicans directly switched defense, and Cousins ​​​​ faced Su Tian.

Seeing the Pelicans switching defense, Lopez took Holiday directly to the basket, and Su Tian accurately hit Lopez's hand with one shot.

Lopez didn't hit the back when he caught the ball, he just raised the ball high and hit the shot.

2-2

Davis also wanted to help defend, but Nance had a shot and couldn't let it go directly.

The ball was given to the Pelicans again, this time to Davis. Seeing that Davis was about to succeed in a single again, Lopez had no choice but to step forward to help defend.

Just as Lopez passed by, Davis passed the ball directly to Cousins, who caught the ball and hit a two-pointer.

2-4

Su Tian looked at this pair of insiders and found it really difficult to deal with.

Although these two are both inside players, their skills are not bad, they both can shoot, and they can also shoot three-pointers.

This time Su Tian came to the frontcourt with the ball, still starting from a pick-and-roll.

This time the Pelicans did not switch defenses. Holiday squeezed through the pick-and-roll, while Cousins ​​simply delayed Su Tian.

But Su Tian was very fast, and Cousins ​​succeeded without delay. Su Tian went straight to the basket and made a layup.

4-4

It's as if the two sides are facing each other. You can't guard me on the inside, and I can't guard you on the outside.

In the next few rounds, the two sides also fought back and forth, but as time went on, the Pelicans' weaknesses became apparent.

Both Davis and Cousins ​​are very capable players, but due to various factors, they are always unable to last.

When the Pelicans did not have a stable scoring point, the gap between the two sides began to appear.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 34-30, and the Lakers temporarily led by 4 point.