NOVEL SIMPLE start with scouting
Chapter 39 Tearing off the fig leaf
Chapter 39 Tearing off the fig leaf
At two o'clock in the morning, the plane landed in Houston.
Su Yang slept until twelve noon and got up, casually ate some self-service fried chicken at the hotel restaurant, prepared some things needed for the pre-match video conference, and then took the bus to the Toyota Center, only to feel that the pace of life was a bit tight.
Arriving at the Toyota Center, the players entered the field for warm-up training, while Su Yang and other coaches stayed in the locker room for a meeting.
"Let me first talk about the basic situation of the Rockets..." Assistant coach Bill Baino started the meeting.
The Rockets narrowly beat the Lakers in the opening game of the new season and the Jazz in the second game, making the new coach Adelman's coaching effect look good, but the main routine is not to let Adelman be good at Princeton, but to emphasize the transition from defense to offense .
Su Yang went on to say: "Judging from the video provided by the scouts, the Rockets will deploy heavy troops in the interior when defending, and then through continuous pursuit and waving their arms to defend, force the opponent to take more long-distance shots, and then grab defensive rebounds. The guards and the forwards push the break, and the most typical example is the second quarter of their game against the Lakers. …”
In Su Yang's view, Alderman is a very good coach, especially good at optimizing the allocation of team resources.
As far as the Rockets are concerned, Hayes and Yao Ming are difficult to defend, but they have strong defenses in the low post and the basket. Battier has long arms and is good at running. McGrady also has long arms and long legs. Shooting becomes the best defensive strategy.
Long-distance shots often have a low hit rate. The Rockets can grab rebounds and initiate offensive and defensive transitions. The two starters, McGrady and Alston, are masters of chaos. Same.
It is precisely because of this that the Rockets in the original historical trajectory can achieve 22 consecutive victories.
But Adelman is not good at intrigue, coupled with luck deviation, has never been able to aspire to the championship.
"In view of the Rockets' defensive strategy, I propose that Channing Frye replace Joel Pulzbilla as the starting center, let him try to pull Yao Ming out of the penalty area, create more space for other players to break through and make layups, and also facilitate passing... "
Pulzby's low-post attack threat is too low, and the pick-and-roll also leaves space for outside bounces, or catches the ball along the way. The three methods are difficult to create a threat to Yao Ming. Only Frye's three-pointer will make the Rockets and even Yao Ming. Change the defense.
"At the same time, let Aldridge get the ball more in the high post, fully weaken Chuck Hayes' low defensive ability, and use the height difference to kill Hayes. Even if the shooting percentage is low, we must persist in implementing it."
Hayes' defense depends entirely on the stability of the chassis and can provide tough confrontation, but Adelaide is good at long-range shots. He doesn't play against Hayes. The top jumper is easily cracked.
"I completely agree with these two ideas..." McMillan nodded, and Monty and other assistant coaches also nodded.
The reason why the promise was so straightforward was that the Rockets played against the Jazz in the playoffs last season was quite clear. Boozer made a long shot from the elbow area and scored 3 points in G41, leading the Jazz back to a victory. The Rockets had nothing to do at the time. .
"Then on the defensive end, when we are on the ground, we must limit Yao Ming's receiving the ball. There are three main ways, go around the front to block the passing route, directly interfere with the passer, and help the weak side to defend in advance, and we can properly empty Hayes. ..."
Yao Ming gets the ball in the low post. If there is no double-team, the Blazers will be free no matter who defends.
In addition, Frye replaced Pulzbilla as the starting lineup. After Yao Ming got the ball, it was difficult to create consumption. He could only interfere with the defense in advance. empty.
"I also agree with this point, the Jazz has shown us perfectly..." McMillan laughed.
Bill Baino and other assistant coaches also laughed. Before the Rockets played against the Jazz in the playoffs, Okur, Boozer, Kirilenko, and Millsap took turns to encircle Yao Ming, and Hayes could not help at all. Batty My help is also limited.
"After talking about Yao Ming, let's talk about McGrady. As long as we get rid of him, we can basically win..."
In the 07-08 season, the Rockets had two strengths, Yao Ming and McGrady. The slightly better Scola has not been reused. Most of the other players are tool people. As long as Yao Ming or McGrady perform abnormally, the probability of the Rockets losing increase.
"McGrady's explosive power is getting worse now. We are mainly defending against his shots and creating more physical confrontation..." Su Yang remembers that McGrady has declined significantly since this season, and he was forced to play closed games in the playoffs, leading to a cliff-like decline.
"I think it's feasible..." McMillan nodded again and again, turning his eyes to other assistant coaches.
Monty spoke immediately, emphasizing the need to remind the players to return to defense quickly to reduce the number of counterattacks.
Su Yang was the first to agree that it is really necessary to quickly return to defense when playing against the Rockets, so as to avoid the feeling of McGrady and others fighting randomly.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the video analysis meeting ended, and everyone left the locker room to get ready.
Su Yang went straight to the court, and while observing Adelaide's training, he reminded Adelaide to take the initiative to ask for the ball after the game started.
After observing for a long time, a female reporter from the Houston Post approached Su Yang and said that she wanted to interview a few questions.
The public relations director Saunders agreed, and Su Yang had no objection, so he walked to the rest area for an interview.
The female reporter introduced a few words to the camera, and then asked, "We all know that because of Yao Ming, the Rockets are the home team of China's NBA. What impression do you have of the Rockets as a fan, and what do you think of them as a coach?"
Su Yang recalled for a while, and the image of watching the rocket live broadcast in the school cafeteria suddenly emerged.
That was his youth, together with many classmates and friends, he was happy for the rocket's win and sighed for the rocket's loss.
I thought this kind of beauty would last for a long time, but the Rockets’ behavior became worse and worse, including letting McGrady play for a few minutes in each game in order to send away McGrady, who played in closed games, and displaying it as goods; and in order to force Yao Ming to retire, Instructing McHale to publicly belittle Yao Ming; and in order to save money, never find a qualified substitute for Yao Ming...
Su Yang was a little annoyed by all these things, and immediately joked, "I'm telling the truth, will you report it?"
The reporter was stunned when he heard the words, and nodded slowly.
"As a fan, the Rockets gave me the impression that the boss is very stingy. He shouts to win the championship every year and doesn't mind paying the luxury tax. In fact, he just deceives the fans to buy tickets. In fact, in order to save some money, they often give away their immediate combat power. operate…
The Rockets' basketball operations department is not good either. There are almost no potential players discovered in the draft, and the free market rarely successfully signs big-name players. There are not many S-level operations during the season.
In short, the Rockets players are good, but the Rockets boss and basketball management are not good. "
The female reporter was dumbfounded, and asked after a while, "Is this why you refused to interview the assistant coach of the Rockets?"
"The Rockets' management is good at trading to save money and is good at studying data models, but they don't know much about basketball games. Cooperating with such a management team may achieve certain results, but the probability of winning the championship is too low, let alone have a stingy boss."
"Then what do you think the outcome of tonight's game will be?"
"We're going to bash the Rockets so that Rockets fans can see what's really wrong with the Rockets..."
Ask for tickets, old irons!
(End of this chapter)
At two o'clock in the morning, the plane landed in Houston.
Su Yang slept until twelve noon and got up, casually ate some self-service fried chicken at the hotel restaurant, prepared some things needed for the pre-match video conference, and then took the bus to the Toyota Center, only to feel that the pace of life was a bit tight.
Arriving at the Toyota Center, the players entered the field for warm-up training, while Su Yang and other coaches stayed in the locker room for a meeting.
"Let me first talk about the basic situation of the Rockets..." Assistant coach Bill Baino started the meeting.
The Rockets narrowly beat the Lakers in the opening game of the new season and the Jazz in the second game, making the new coach Adelman's coaching effect look good, but the main routine is not to let Adelman be good at Princeton, but to emphasize the transition from defense to offense .
Su Yang went on to say: "Judging from the video provided by the scouts, the Rockets will deploy heavy troops in the interior when defending, and then through continuous pursuit and waving their arms to defend, force the opponent to take more long-distance shots, and then grab defensive rebounds. The guards and the forwards push the break, and the most typical example is the second quarter of their game against the Lakers. …”
In Su Yang's view, Alderman is a very good coach, especially good at optimizing the allocation of team resources.
As far as the Rockets are concerned, Hayes and Yao Ming are difficult to defend, but they have strong defenses in the low post and the basket. Battier has long arms and is good at running. McGrady also has long arms and long legs. Shooting becomes the best defensive strategy.
Long-distance shots often have a low hit rate. The Rockets can grab rebounds and initiate offensive and defensive transitions. The two starters, McGrady and Alston, are masters of chaos. Same.
It is precisely because of this that the Rockets in the original historical trajectory can achieve 22 consecutive victories.
But Adelman is not good at intrigue, coupled with luck deviation, has never been able to aspire to the championship.
"In view of the Rockets' defensive strategy, I propose that Channing Frye replace Joel Pulzbilla as the starting center, let him try to pull Yao Ming out of the penalty area, create more space for other players to break through and make layups, and also facilitate passing... "
Pulzby's low-post attack threat is too low, and the pick-and-roll also leaves space for outside bounces, or catches the ball along the way. The three methods are difficult to create a threat to Yao Ming. Only Frye's three-pointer will make the Rockets and even Yao Ming. Change the defense.
"At the same time, let Aldridge get the ball more in the high post, fully weaken Chuck Hayes' low defensive ability, and use the height difference to kill Hayes. Even if the shooting percentage is low, we must persist in implementing it."
Hayes' defense depends entirely on the stability of the chassis and can provide tough confrontation, but Adelaide is good at long-range shots. He doesn't play against Hayes. The top jumper is easily cracked.
"I completely agree with these two ideas..." McMillan nodded, and Monty and other assistant coaches also nodded.
The reason why the promise was so straightforward was that the Rockets played against the Jazz in the playoffs last season was quite clear. Boozer made a long shot from the elbow area and scored 3 points in G41, leading the Jazz back to a victory. The Rockets had nothing to do at the time. .
"Then on the defensive end, when we are on the ground, we must limit Yao Ming's receiving the ball. There are three main ways, go around the front to block the passing route, directly interfere with the passer, and help the weak side to defend in advance, and we can properly empty Hayes. ..."
Yao Ming gets the ball in the low post. If there is no double-team, the Blazers will be free no matter who defends.
In addition, Frye replaced Pulzbilla as the starting lineup. After Yao Ming got the ball, it was difficult to create consumption. He could only interfere with the defense in advance. empty.
"I also agree with this point, the Jazz has shown us perfectly..." McMillan laughed.
Bill Baino and other assistant coaches also laughed. Before the Rockets played against the Jazz in the playoffs, Okur, Boozer, Kirilenko, and Millsap took turns to encircle Yao Ming, and Hayes could not help at all. Batty My help is also limited.
"After talking about Yao Ming, let's talk about McGrady. As long as we get rid of him, we can basically win..."
In the 07-08 season, the Rockets had two strengths, Yao Ming and McGrady. The slightly better Scola has not been reused. Most of the other players are tool people. As long as Yao Ming or McGrady perform abnormally, the probability of the Rockets losing increase.
"McGrady's explosive power is getting worse now. We are mainly defending against his shots and creating more physical confrontation..." Su Yang remembers that McGrady has declined significantly since this season, and he was forced to play closed games in the playoffs, leading to a cliff-like decline.
"I think it's feasible..." McMillan nodded again and again, turning his eyes to other assistant coaches.
Monty spoke immediately, emphasizing the need to remind the players to return to defense quickly to reduce the number of counterattacks.
Su Yang was the first to agree that it is really necessary to quickly return to defense when playing against the Rockets, so as to avoid the feeling of McGrady and others fighting randomly.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the video analysis meeting ended, and everyone left the locker room to get ready.
Su Yang went straight to the court, and while observing Adelaide's training, he reminded Adelaide to take the initiative to ask for the ball after the game started.
After observing for a long time, a female reporter from the Houston Post approached Su Yang and said that she wanted to interview a few questions.
The public relations director Saunders agreed, and Su Yang had no objection, so he walked to the rest area for an interview.
The female reporter introduced a few words to the camera, and then asked, "We all know that because of Yao Ming, the Rockets are the home team of China's NBA. What impression do you have of the Rockets as a fan, and what do you think of them as a coach?"
Su Yang recalled for a while, and the image of watching the rocket live broadcast in the school cafeteria suddenly emerged.
That was his youth, together with many classmates and friends, he was happy for the rocket's win and sighed for the rocket's loss.
I thought this kind of beauty would last for a long time, but the Rockets’ behavior became worse and worse, including letting McGrady play for a few minutes in each game in order to send away McGrady, who played in closed games, and displaying it as goods; and in order to force Yao Ming to retire, Instructing McHale to publicly belittle Yao Ming; and in order to save money, never find a qualified substitute for Yao Ming...
Su Yang was a little annoyed by all these things, and immediately joked, "I'm telling the truth, will you report it?"
The reporter was stunned when he heard the words, and nodded slowly.
"As a fan, the Rockets gave me the impression that the boss is very stingy. He shouts to win the championship every year and doesn't mind paying the luxury tax. In fact, he just deceives the fans to buy tickets. In fact, in order to save some money, they often give away their immediate combat power. operate…
The Rockets' basketball operations department is not good either. There are almost no potential players discovered in the draft, and the free market rarely successfully signs big-name players. There are not many S-level operations during the season.
In short, the Rockets players are good, but the Rockets boss and basketball management are not good. "
The female reporter was dumbfounded, and asked after a while, "Is this why you refused to interview the assistant coach of the Rockets?"
"The Rockets' management is good at trading to save money and is good at studying data models, but they don't know much about basketball games. Cooperating with such a management team may achieve certain results, but the probability of winning the championship is too low, let alone have a stingy boss."
"Then what do you think the outcome of tonight's game will be?"
"We're going to bash the Rockets so that Rockets fans can see what's really wrong with the Rockets..."
Ask for tickets, old irons!
(End of this chapter)
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