The world of basketball

Chapter 136 Lakers Head Coach, Walton
No matter how strong the Lakers are after they traded DeRozan and Ingram, at least now they have some shortcomings, and that is their inside line.

Ball and DeRozan in the backcourt, James and Durant on the front line are all first-class masters, except for their fifth position.

Tyson Chandler is very strong, and his defensive ability is definitely at the historical level. There are many descriptions in the previous article that will not be repeated here, but he is one year older. No one can resist the erosion of age, even Jordan James Kobe Nor can superstars of the same degree.

James is still very strong now only because he has not yet reached the age of decline, but Chandler is 36 years old. He really has no way to use his strength, his agility, and his lateral movement to become the team The last defensive barrier, but he still wants a championship ring, so when James personally invited him to renew his contract in the summer, he saw the potential of the Lakers clearly and renewed his contract for one year with a basic salary.

Before, many people would always compare McGee with Jr. Jordan, because at that time, these two people were too similar. Their exaggerated wingspan and jumping were not considered high golf quotient, and there would be moments of short-circuiting their brains. , have no shooting ability, and the offensive end basically depends on eating cakes.

But now Jordan is much ahead of McGee, no matter in terms of development direction or player value.McGee has started to shoot three-pointers last season, but he is a bit worse than Jordan on the defensive end.

Jordan is a regular on the All-Defensive Team, and his lower body strength is much, much stronger than McGee's, although it doesn't seem obvious.

Mu Xiaobei plays McGee alone with his back. He has a good relationship with McGee, and the two have trained together many times. He clearly knows some of McGee's weaknesses on the defensive end, for example, he is easy to be deceived.

Mu Xiaobei turned around and raised his hand high. Sure enough, McGee jumped again. Mu Xiaobei took a step across and hit the basket with his low hand.

"Good shot Mu Xiaobei, with solid footwork, McGee has good defense ability on the defensive end, but I am most afraid of encountering this kind of center with a good inside offense, such as Mu Xiaobei Embiid, his single defense ability There is indeed room for improvement," Wang Meng said.

"Mu Xiaobei can see that his footsteps have improved a little with this ball. It seems that the training with Olajuwon this summer has been very effective." Not obvious but very important progress in the north.

"We all know that it is not too difficult to improve from zero to [-], but it is very difficult to improve from [-] to [-]. Mu Xiaobei is at [-]. After constantly adjusting his It is not easy to improve one's offensive state by using footstep rhythm, but it also greatly improves oneself." Wang Meng said.

Turning around, Ball dribbled the ball for halftime, Durant came out, Ball scored the ball in time, and Durant's defense against Kuzma was an unreasonable three-pointer.

"Shua—" the sound of the ball hitting the net.

"Oh Durant, an incredible and unreasonable goal!" Wang Meng said: "This three-pointer extended the Lakers' lead to [-] points, and the Spurs' counterattack was declared fruitless again."

"The Spurs played very tenaciously. They were pulled by the Lakers to [-] points several times, but they still pulled it back, and they were close to getting back to within [-] points several times." Su Qun said: "But Whenever this is the case, Durant, Durant, will wave his death scythe, and harvest the hope of the Spurs to tie the difference."

Mu Xiaobei mentioned that Jeremy Lin made a pick-and-roll with the ball in the high position. They are such a team. No matter what happened before, the Spurs will always be able to calm down and complete their work seriously.

Jeremy Lin accelerated to the basket, and Mu Xiaobei cut to the top of the arc. After receiving a pass from Jeremy Lin, he saw McGee jumping up in time, and Mu Xiaobei passed the ball to Kuzma who came out of the bag.

Do not!No!

Mu Xiaobei put away the ball and accelerated towards the basket. McGee was caught off guard and was left far behind by Mu Xiaobei. Mu Xiaobei directly hit the basket and successfully dunked the frame.

"Good shot, everyone thought that Mu Xiaobei was going to pass the ball to Kuzma, but no, Mu Xiaobei even fooled the photographer, and the photographer pointed a fraction at Kuzma hahaha." Wang Meng Said.

Basketball is a five-person sport, that's true, but five-person basketball is very different.

For example, the Lakers, their team has the two best players on the planet, and it is unavoidable for the two of them to take more responsibility on the offensive end.

Durant put his back against Kuzma, James gave the lob very comfortably, Durant immediately turned around after dribbling with his back, and the ball hit the net again.

"Strike Durant, his offense is really unstoppable, so accurate." Wang Meng said.

"Stuck his foot, stuck his foot." Popovich yelled loudly from the sidelines, and Kuzma patted his chest to indicate that he understood what the coach meant.

The Lakers were a very speed-oriented team last season, which was determined by James, because he is the best counter-attack athlete in this league.

It was also decided by Wharton. Everyone knows that Wharton used to be the assistant coach of the Warriors and a student of Cole, so he naturally learned a lot of Cole's coaching philosophy.

Cole's biggest coaching philosophy is counterattacking three-point space and speed, and Walton has learned that the Lakers counterattacked three-point space and speed last season. The speed is good, but the defense is a bit bad.

Before the start of this season, no one thought that Walton could continue to serve as the head coach of the Lakers. Probably Walton himself did not expect it. It is not because he is not confident in his coaching level. It is common sense to infer that the team wants to make a big deal this season. , will naturally change to a more experienced coach.

but.

It's not that the Lakers don't want to look for it, but that Walton is already a very good coach, not many are better than him. These people may have deep feelings for their team, such as Sloan coach Carlisle Wait, or many coaches don't like coaching James very much.

We all know that James has a bad relationship with many coaches, such as Brown and Blatt, because James is a player who requires great control over the team.

But it's different now. Los Angeles is not Cleveland, the Lakers are not the Cavaliers, and James' mentality has changed a lot.

He is still pursuing the championship and the team's record, but he is not as young as, um, I don't know how to describe it.

He and Wharton entered the league in the same grade, and the relationship between the two parties is also good. Naturally, it will not make Wharton too difficult.

The most important thing is that he recognizes Walton's level. After all, Walton is a young coach that Magic Johnson admires.

(End of this chapter)