I'm the boss in the NBA

Chapter 237 Powerful New Aid

In early October, the Nuggets' first preseason game will be against Su Yi's former team, the Houston Rockets, in Houston.

At 7:2001 p.m. that day, before the game between the Nuggets and the Rockets, the Rockets presented Su Yi and James Posey with the [-] championship rings. In fact, Su Yi had seen and worn this precious championship ring a long time ago. As for the ring, even the design was drawn by Su Yi himself.

The moment Su Yi put on the championship ring, all the fans of the Rockets stood up and sent their sincere wishes to Su Yi. They never forgot this first-year rookie who helped the team defeat strong opponents in difficult times.

Although Su Yi has already left the Rockets, it was not his personal reason, but the instructions of the alliance. The alliance just couldn't see the Rockets standing up again. In order to make the Rockets continue to sink, they forced the Rockets to trade Su Yi. It was the league's fault for Michael Jordan to retire early to become the owner, so even though he has left, it hasn't affected the love fans have for both of them.

After the game started, the scores of the two teams rose alternately. Since it was an unimportant preseason game, the head coaches of the two teams focused on training and kept changing the lineups on the field.

Su Yi saw Marion at the small forward position running all over the court, and felt that this guy was enough to play power forward. He was not bad in height, weight, and he had good mid-range shooting ability. Knowing that last season, Marion made nearly [-]% of his three-pointers, moved fast, and was even better at fast breaks.

Sure enough, not long after the game, D'Antoni made adjustments, replaced Marcus Camby, and sent Prince to the court. The effect was immediate. Si is a good replacement for Marion's defensive position, and his three-pointers are not bad, especially the open three-pointers. This year's No. 22 pick, the open three-pointers can reach 45%, which is better than Su Yi at some times. Both are high.

This gave Su Yi an illusion. In his previous life, he remembered that Prince was one of the top five players of the Pistons, and the Pistons started off as a defensive player. But now it seems that Prince not only defends the line, but also has three open hands. The score is really good.

Because this game was a preseason game, D'Antoni didn't care about the outcome. He sent all the players on the court, and he really made some discoveries, not just Prince, a first-year rookie.

The team's No. [-] pick Stoudemire made D'Antoni's eyes shine even more, and it almost made him feel like Bole met Maxima.

Although Stoudemire's mid-range and long-range shots are not accurate, his lethality at the basket is amazing. He can always find the best cutting opportunities at the fastest time, and attack the Rockets' basket with lightning-fast and tiger-like impact. basket.

The others were not bad either. Under Su Yi's distribution of the ball, Posey got shooting opportunities that he seldom got in the Rockets, but it may be that there are few shooting opportunities in normal times. He didn't show his usual training level at all. The shooting percentage is only 27%, but the overall shooting percentage is still 40%, because he got a lot of opportunities to attack the basket in the fast offense.

Sun Ce was very puzzled. How could Prince, who is as thin as a stick, defend so well? Could it be that the long-handed monster has such an advantage in the NBA, as long as he has a pair of long hands, he can improve his defense.

In this game, Big Zhi got a little less chance, because he was underestimated by coach D'Antoni, and even asked him to lose weight and improve his movement speed. Since there is no confrontation, try not to confront it. Step down and hook to participate in the attack.

So Dazhi was out of touch with the team's tactics in this game like Camby. He couldn't keep up with the team's fast break when he attacked, and he didn't switch defenses quickly enough. Put it on the bench.

The offensive speed in the bench lineup will not be as fast as the starting lineup, but their offensive position has just become more stable.

In Coach D'Antoni's mind, the Nuggets' bench lineup for the new season has already been arranged by him, consisting of Marcus Camby, Wang Dazhi, Matt Barnes, Anfernee Hardaway, Tim Hardaway The second echelon lineup formed, this is also the best substitute team that the Nuggets can send out for the time being.

Kobe played very passionately in this game. Although Su Yi didn't mean to compare with him, but instead focused on motivating his teammates, Kobe still aimed to break through Su Yi's defense. He defended Kobe well, and his focus in this game was not to participate in the defense, but to serve as the center axis of the team in the counterattack, delivering shells to his teammates.

The performance of his teammates satisfies Su Yi. He is basically copying the tactics of the Suns. He plays the role of Nash, who has strengthened offense, poor passing, and fair vision. Teammates complete the final attack.

If possible, Su Yi wouldn't even mind if he kept playing like this for most of the season, sacrificing his offense so that his young teammates could get more training opportunities, and use the fastest time to help them grow.

Under the guidance of Tang Shuai, the Rockets also played a gorgeous offense, but their offense and defense were more reasonable than the Nuggets. The offense relied more on Kobe's singles, and Kobe attracted the Nuggets' defensive attention. After that, either pass it to Dayao or Artest.

Facing Dayao, the Nuggets were almost unable to defend, even if Stoudemire had followed Su Yi's arrangement to go around the front to defend, but at this time Dayao's weight was not as heavy as later. Si received the pass before, not to mention that the person who passed the ball to Dayao was Kobe or Billups. The passing skills of these two players are not comparable to that of Sura, who can't pass the ball in later generations.

So Dayao played his hook ability very well under the basket, and even showed Stoudemire the dreamy footwork he had just learned from Olajuwon.

This almost became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Although there was still nearly a quarter of the game, the Nuggets still gave up the idea of ​​chasing points. Coach D'Antoni replaced all the main players and let the substitute players play for a while .

The Rockets also replaced all the main players of the team, including Nenad Kostic, Boozer, Grant Hill, Lagabel, and Damon Jones.

After playing, Boozer of the Rockets gave the Nuggets a good look. He leaned on Wang Dazhi's elbow and swung his elbow, as if accidentally touching Wang Dazhi's abdomen. Get to the rim quickly and end the drive with a slam dunk that's as easy as crossing the street.

"Wang, you have to be tough. Don't leave your defensive position under any circumstances." D'Antoni instructed off the court. He couldn't understand Da Zhi's soft behavior.

In the next round, Wang Dazhi was going to return Boozer, but he still underestimated Boozer's defense. He swayed Boozer away with his footsteps under the basket, and then used a small hook to throw a shot. Zell jumped high and slapped the basketball out. Damon Jones picked up the basketball and pushed forward quickly. Just after entering the three-point line, he threw the basketball to the basket. Boozer chased after him. Bee also pushed into the free throw line, but Boozer had jumped into the air, caught the ball over Camby's head, and dunked hard into the basket behind Camby.

Camby was dunked by Boozer, and he looked at Wang Dazhi who was back on defense very dissatisfied: "The man who guards you, and your shot is as slow as an old lady. My father can block this kind of shot for you." come down."

Coach D'Antoni called a timeout and replaced Wang Dazhi, who looked frustrated and had no fighting spirit.

Seeing that Wang Dazhi's confidence was blown by Boozer, Su Yi stepped forward and gave Wang Dazhi a hug: "It's okay, what you need to do now is to maintain your advantage on the court, and increase your shooting speed and movement speed by the way." Get up, as long as you work hard, I will give you a chance to perform."

"Thank you, Su Yi, I will work hard."

(End of this chapter)