full court guidance

Chapter 211

At the end of August, Wang Zhizhi finally finalized his contract extension with the Cavaliers. He got a four-year contract, of which the fourth year is a team option, with a total value of 8 million.

The amount of the contract is not very large, but the sincerity of the Cavaliers is quite sufficient, especially James has approached Wang Zhizhi many times for communication, hoping that he can stay on the team.

After much consideration, Wang Zhizhi realized that he had no good place to go.

The teams that are interesting to him include the Clippers, Bucks, etc., either because the team is too weak, or because the city is too small to be competitive.

The benefits of staying in Cleveland are obvious. He doesn't need to reintegrate into the team and adapt to new tactics. More importantly, the Cavaliers have James, a superstar, who can attract a large part of the opponent's defensive energy. Let Wang Zhizhi get more chances to shoot outside.

Wang Zhizhi believes that with his hard training for a summer and his improved shooting ability, he can squeeze out Ilgauskas and become the starting center of the Cavaliers. Even if the Cavaliers still play the same double tower lineup as last season, He can also become the team's second offensive point.

Shortly after Wang Zhizhi reached a contract extension with the Cavaliers, the late training camp also came to an end.

Under the careful guidance of Yao Ming, Milicic and Horford's ability to play hard at the basket has been greatly improved.

Coupled with the coping ability taught by Paul Gasol, the performance of Milicic and Horford in the new season is worth looking forward to.

Yi Jianlian also clarified his training direction. With Wang Zhizhi's personal experience and advice, he chose to strengthen his three-point shooting and defensive ability, and first strive to gain a foothold in the Celtics.

Originally, his agent wanted to make Yi Jianlian the core of a team, but Yi Jianlian thought about it and found that his physical talent was not outstanding among those black players flying to the sky, and his psychological quality was not very good. , is not a seedling to become a core player, so it is better to listen to Wang Zhizhi's suggestion and exercise one or two abilities to the extreme.

Besides, if he can practice three-pointers to the extreme, it is not impossible for him to become the core of a team. Being late is a living example.

It can only be said that a few Chinese players always get together, which is not bad.

Yi Jianlian did not follow the old path of the original world, but clearly realized his own shortcomings and set a more realistic goal for himself.

After the training camp is disbanded, it will be the private training time for several Chinese players.

If you are late, you have to check the physical condition of Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian, and draw up a new training plan for them.

I have been busy training until October, when the NBA preseason officially starts. The Warriors need to participate in the China game this year. They will play against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center.

The arrangement of the league can be said to be painstaking. The popularity of the Lakers in China is very high. Kobe is widely sought after by fans with his comprehensive skills, often scoring magic balls under the double-team of two or three opponents.

Even the two local Chinese players, Late and Yao Ming, may not be as good as Kobe in terms of the number of fans!

Incredible?

Not at all.

Everyone has a curiosity-seeking mentality. Kobe is farther away from Chinese fans, and his style of play is indeed much better than Yao Ming and late. Of course, there will be fans who like him.

It doesn't seem like being late, anyway, it's just throwing three-pointers from the outside. He almost never shoots when double-teamed, and naturally he is even less likely to fight in and out of the enemy's camp like a lone hero like Kobe.

But the popularity of the Warriors in China is actually not low. After the Warriors won the championship this year, they immediately conducted a round of tour in China, which has laid a solid foundation for their popularity in China.

This game between the Warriors and the Lakers can be said to be hard to get a ticket. Even the area farthest from the stadium has been fired at a high price of thousands of dollars. There are still countless people waving money and wanting to go there in person. Take a look at the battles between the top teams from the NBA.

Many stars in the entertainment industry in China, no matter whether they know basketball or not, have tried their best to get a ticket, in order to gain a wave of popularity.

The sincerity of the two sides is very high, and all the main players start, especially the Lakers let Sun Yue also start.

Their lineup is Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, Luke Walton, Kobe Bryant, Sun Yue.

In the official strength ranking given before the start of the preseason, the Lakers ranked seventh in the league. The official reason given was that after half a season of running-in, the cooperation between Pau Gasol and Kobe became more and more proficient , As the most terrifying super scorer in the league, Kobe has finally found a trustworthy inside helper. I believe that under the guidance of Phil Jackson, this Lakers team will explode into frightening fighting power.

Although the Warriors left two inside players, after adding two rookies, the media still didn't think much of them, and only ranked them third in the league.

Seeing Sun Yue starting the game, the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center burst into thunderous cheers.

He has a stature of 205cm, but his physical talent is very strong, not much inferior to Yi Jianlian. Many people think that he has an extraordinary basketball talent.

The Lakers are willing to choose him, but they are not only interested in the Chinese market behind him, you must know that the Lakers want to win this season!
But this is also unfortunate for Sun Yue. His current ability, if he can play for a weak team and get a stable playing time, he may still be able to improve, but in the Lakers—sorry, even if he is on the plane The seat is right next to Kobe, and he has to get up from the bench first.

There are so many draft picks in the NBA every year, how many of them can finally get out of the bench and realize their talent potential?

And gaining a foothold in the NBA depends not only on chance, but also on character.

After being selected by the Lakers, Sun Yue was already a little drifting.

In the original history, the domestic media did put a lot of pressure on Sun Yue, but he also had a strong personality. At that time, the Lakers had a good record and hoped to hit the championship. Naturally, it was impossible for Phil Jackson to give Sun Yue too many appearances. Opportunity, and they also think that although Sun Yue's defensive ability is qualified, he really can't provide much help to the team on the offensive end. They wanted him to go to the development league to train juniors, but Sun Yue chose to refuse.

Everyone knows the final result. After winning a championship for nothing in the NBA, Sun Yue was waived by the Lakers.

Late contacted Sun Yue before the start of the summer training camp, and wanted to invite him to train together. I believe that with his ability, Sun Yue's fate can be changed.It's a pity that Sun Yue "declined" directly. He didn't even find an excuse, and directly expressed that he didn't want to train with Late.

It's not a nice person to be late, and you'll put your hot face on someone's cold ass. Since you don't even bother to find an excuse, then I don't bother to talk to you.

So when the Warriors played, Late and Kobe hugged, but simply shook hands with Sun Yue, and didn't even say a word.

Lao Sun and Lao Zhang, who commented on this game, had never heard of this incident, and were still imagining what kind of power the outside combination of one offense and one defense formed by Late and Sun Yue would explode in the Olympic Games in the future.

After a brief hustle and bustle, the preseason match between the two sides officially started.

Milicic, with outstanding physical talent, beat Gasol on the jump ball and the Warriors got the first possession.

The Lakers immediately retreated with all their strength, and the five Warriors quickly pressed forward.

Milicic quickly entered the paint. He originally wanted to rely on Gasol to show off the basket skills he had practiced with Yao Ming for more than a month.

But after thinking about it, this is China, and the boss's home field, so he must be the one to complete the first attack.

So Milicic immediately pulled it out, planning to cooperate with being late.

But this is a preseason game after all, and the Lakers' defense is not that active. Sun Yue is young and energetic at this time, and he is very dissatisfied with Late's achievements. He is guarding near the three-point line and waiting for Late to attack.

He has an obvious advantage in height. If he dares to shoot in front of him late, he is confident to block the late attack.

But some people seem to forget that the late shooting range is not just beyond the three-point line.

Just after halftime, he saw that the Lakers didn't come to interfere with him, so he immediately shot at the logo position in the midfield.

The basketball drew an arc in the air, and successfully swiped the net easily and hollowly.

The fans at the scene couldn't help but exclaimed.

Although I have long known that Late's shooting range is very exaggerated, it still feels a bit unreal to see him hit three-pointers in the middle of the field like walking in the courtyard.

Lao Sun said with admiration: "Ancient sharpshooter Yang Youji's hundred-step piercing Yang is probably nothing more than that? Being late is considered to have trained his shooting ability to an unprecedented level. I believe that even in the future for a long time, there will be no more There are other players who can shoot at his level."

Zhang Lili smiled: "Hey, yes, every time I watch a late three-pointer, I sweat for his opponent. As long as no one interferes in front of him, his shooting percentage is really very high. Actually It was unreasonable to play the ball late in the game. We can see through slow motion that Milicic chose to pull out from the inside. The outside shot, if the ball doesn't go in, the rebound must belong to the Lakers, but he is so confident."

Before the words fell, the Lakers organized an offensive.

Maybe Kobe wanted to try the quality of the Warriors inside. He didn't choose to play by himself, but hung the ball to Paul Gasol inside to watch Gasol play singles.

Pau Gasol is a typical European insider. He has accurate mid-range shots, solid footwork at the basket, and tough rebounds. His offense mostly relies on jump shots from the left and right corners, small hooks and layups in back-up singles. , When facing Milicic, who is also a European insider, can he take advantage?

(End of this chapter)