basketball pope

Chapter 218 [Rush Bubble Dragon, Jagged Jumper]

The Blazers' lineup this season is recognized as strong. In the summer, the word "best" will be added in front of strong.

The center position has veteran Sabonis, who is an excellent meat shield; the substitute is Marcus Camby, the second place in the golden generation of 96, a young blue-collar who is good at rebounding and assisting in blocking shots.

The starting lineup for the power forward is Rasheed Wallace, an all-around fighter who is excellent in both offense and defense. Many basketball experts consider him to be the No. 4 in the top five in the league; the substitute Brian Grant is a stable mid-range shooter, outstanding defense, and robbing. rebound.

Small forward Scottie Pippen, who has secured the top [-] superstar seat in the league, is a super wing defender and a point forward.

Shooting guard Steve Smith, known for his jumper and a smooth fake turn, averaged 20+ points per game in two seasons and was selected to the All-Star Game once.

The swingman's backup, Bunch Wells, has a super impact, and the veteran Stacey Ogmon is experienced.

The starting point guard is "Little Flying Squirrel" Damon Stoudamire, the backup "Little Bug" Muggsy Boggs, and the team's third point guard veteran Greg Anthony, who played in the Grizzlies in the 95-96 season Both have 14 points and 6.9 assists.

Like the Raptors, the Blazers play a lot and can make a difference.The difference is that Blazers coach Mike Dunleavy pays more attention to defense. The team averaged 98 points and lost 91 points per game.

The Trail Blazers trailed the Lakers with 24 wins and 6 losses, ranking second in the Western Conference. The Spurs and Jazz had 10 losses and were already behind.The Blazers' goal is to have the best record in the regular season in the Western Conference, and they have to fight for every win for the playoff advantage and not to be left behind by the Lakers.

After the team arrived in Toronto, Dunleavy first emphasized discipline, requiring all players to stay in the hotel to rest at night, not to go out to nightclubs, and to play the game as a playoff.

Dunleavy wants to beat Yang Rui more than any other coach.

The Trail Blazers improved their record last season, and Dunleavy ranked second in the best coach selection. If Yang Rui hadn't brought the Raptors out of the blue, he would have won the highest coach honor.Without the title of best coach, you can't really step into the ranks of famous coaches.It became a thorn in his heart.

Yang Rui is also eager to win, but he does not mention the victory or defeat in training to relieve the players.He did not arrange a confrontation, and the core players practiced three-pointers, especially McGrady, Carter, and Miller.

The Blazers' defense is very tight. The outside line must be shot wide, so that the opponent does not dare to shrink too much, so as to have space to break through and dislocation to the basket.

It's not easy to defend the Blazers' little Kuailing point guard. Yang Rui talked to O'Neal alone, and he will arrange tactics for him this time.On both ends of the offense and defense, his role is critical.

After chatting for a while, Yang Rui found that little O'Neal had a knot in his heart. He didn't know how to fight correctly. Recently, the media's low evaluation of him made him very depressed and a little confused.

O'Neal made significant progress, averaging 18.3 points, 8 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game, but his evaluation was far inferior to McGrady and Carter.No one said that he was the successor of a well-known insider, only that he was soft.The media said, celebrities said, and fans also said.

Carter and McGrady were among the best in the star vote, with [-]% starting.The number of votes O'Neal received was outside the starting lineup, and it was not known whether he could be selected as a substitute.

He aspires to be a star, to be sought after, but the reality is that his sneaker contract is far worse than the two brothers.In fact, this is normal. Inside players are not as good as outsiders to sell shoes.

People are more likely to die than others. In Yang Rui's previous life, O'Neal Jr. also started in the All-Star Game and was very popular because he was the leader of the Pacers, the one with the most passion and the best data in the team.Now that he's paired with Carter and Tracy McGrady, the style of play doesn't look as appealing, and it's not the core.

When people mention O'Neal Jr., the most common thing is "He's too soft, he's a 211cm shooting guard." "He's really soft, and he looks soft, like a child."

As a result, O'Neal wanted to show his toughness in many games and try to hit the basket instead of waiting for the ball to return after covering and making a dislocation jumper.Even so, the media's evaluation has not changed.

Yang Rui did ideological work for him. "Jermaine, I need you to play as much as possible in this game. Don't be persistent in a one-on-one match against Rasheed. You are also very important on the defensive end, and you can switch to pick-and-roll quickly. Don't judge in unexpected circles. Winning is the most important thing."

The Blazers' point guards are all skinny, and switching defenses after dislocation is a weakness. Under the premise of Billups' absence, they have to rely on the inside to bully the smaller ones.

O'Neal Jr smiled bitterly: "Jerry, fans always say I'm soft, I've increased air cuts and low post attacks, but they still say that, is there any way to change everyone's opinion?"

Yang Rui thought about it for a while, and said sternly: "Yes, every time you dunk, you stretched your neck and snarled; every time you hit a jumper, you stretched your neck and snarled; every successful defense, you stretched your neck and snarled. I suggest you Add a chest thump, or smash the pads of the basket after a normal layup."

Little O'Neal Khan said: "Don't be joking, can you be serious and help me think of a way? Isn't this asking me to imitate Garnett?"

Yang Rui rolled his eyes. "I'm not serious enough? Garnett is thinner than you, blocks less than you, and shoots more jumpers than you. Have you ever seen someone say he's soft? Don't you want to upgrade your soft jumper to a big jumper?"

Little O'Neal could not laugh or cry. "That...is there any other way?"

"There is another way, go to plastic surgery, make your baby face more aggressive, the simple thing is to hire a makeup artist to draw a scar on your face, from the eyes to the corners of the mouth, and then put on a buck teeth braces Play again." Yang Rui gestured at the position of the scar.

Making his face look like a "two-knife turkey" would indeed be very deterrent, but little O'Neal didn't think so, his mouth opened into an O shape.

Yang Rui sighed: "Give it up, Rasheed Wallace roars like a roar, and Garnett roars like a wolf king, all because of your looks. The way you roar...how can you describe it? I really don't want to be excited. You, do you play PS? Do you know there is a game called Bubble Bobble? There is a little black dragon in it, that is, when playing, it will call out Inguru, that Ayoga..."

Little O'Neal's chin hit the top of his foot, a black line on his head.

Is it too detailed?Does this mean you don't want to irritate me?I'm this Bubble Bobble?

Yang Rui's face was calm and he said earnestly, "So, my suggestion is to follow the tactics and don't care about the rumors and the ridicule of the enemy."

O'Neal Jr.: The enemy didn't laugh at me, the one who laughs at me is you.

"Don't care about those guys who look at people with tinted glasses. The record will tell everything. They are just rubbish who are jealous of our results and lick the bear's face."

O'Neal Jr.: The guy who looks at people with tinted glasses is clearly you, right?What is a trash licking a bear's face? Is there such an adjective in English?Should I change a dictionary?

In any case, after the conversation, O'Neal gave up the idea of ​​proving tough, and let's just follow the tactics.

After all, this is a face-to-face world.

(End of this chapter)