basketball scientist

In the subsequent public training session, the arena was full.In the auditorium, there were even Chinese female fans holding signs of support, which said in Chinese to propose to Ke Yan.

Ke Yan's coaching has attracted the attention of a considerable number of Chinese fans for the Eagles, just like after Yao Ming joined the Rockets, many Chinese people went to Toyota Center to watch the game.

That came as a surprise to owner Ressler, whose attendance for the Hawks was just 83 percent last season.Even if the Chinese audience who came to watch the game because of Ke Yan can increase the attendance rate of the team by 3%, that is enough to pay Ke Yan's salary for a year, not to mention other things!

Don't talk about the improvement in competition, just talk about the help to the team in business, hiring Ke Yan is a good deal!

The climax of the public training session was a 20-minute group confrontation. Ke Yan continued to cooperate with his old partner Hamblen, and let Hornacek and Snyder form a team.The two sides take turns to select players until 14 people are divided into groups.

Ke Yan asked for Paul, Dior, David Lee, Barnes, Mason, Dota Smith, and Hayes respectively, and the players wore black training uniforms.

On Snyder's side are Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Posey, Mickey Moore, House, Kittles, Royal Ivey, wearing white jerseys.

Josh Smith was a little depressed. During this period of training, he cooperated with Paul very comfortably, and he wanted to cooperate with Paul even more.

Last season, Ke Yan led the team to compete with the main lineup in the training match and did not lose the wind. He initially gained fame. In this game, Snyder did not intend to be soft when facing Ke Yan. He wanted to lead the team to teach Ke Yan how to behave. Show your face by the way.

However, Ke Yan dared to adopt the "rotational selection" system, and had already designed a tactic to dismantle Snyder's defensive system in his heart. He put David Lee in the starting lineup, and Ke Yan arranged a high-position double-screen tactic for the players.

Diaw holds the ball at the top of the arc, and Barnes runs from the bottom corner to the right 45 degrees, covering Paul to the top of the arc and receiving a hand-off from Dior. After Paul receives the ball, Barnes bounces outside the three-point line; Diaw Cut to the basket.

Subsequently, Paul can evolve a variety of offensive routines according to the changes in the opposing defensive formation: it can be the person who is being screened to catch the ball, or the screener to attack, or the ball holder to attack. (The specific application and changes of the high-position double pick-and-roll will be explained in detail later in the game)

Relying on the cooperation derived from this high-position double screen, the black team beat the white team 6 times in a row in the opening game. Snyder's face was ashen on the sidelines. The face of the "pervert murderer" was even more terrifying. He didn't even dare to pat his face, for fear of scaring Xiaopengyu.

Snyder is a coach who came out of the NCAA. He knows the tactics of breaking the "pick-and-roll". , to clear the opponent's screener.This move is suitable for use when one's own defense ability is excellent and the opponent's ball-handler's ability to escape is weak;

The second is to switch defenses: that is, the big man switches defenses against the opponent's ball holder, and the perimeter switches defenses against the opponent's screener.This move is suitable for use when one's own defensive ability is even.The advantage is that it is not easy to leak space, which can minimize the opponent's chances of cooperation; the disadvantage is that it is easy to be misplaced by the opponent.

The third is to retreat, that is, the single defender on the outside chases the ball holder, and the inside takes a step back.This move can protect the inside line, but it will leak the air distance or even the periphery. It is suitable for use when one's own big man has poor mobility.

The fourth is to delay the return.That is to say, the big man first delays the opponent's ball holder, and at the same time, the guard quickly squeezes or bypasses the screen wall to get back in position. This can ensure that he will not lose his position, but it requires a high degree of tacit cooperation between the guard and the inside line.

However, Snyder has tried these four methods over and over again, and none of them can be used to deal with the pick-and-roll designed by Ke Yan.Not only the academic Snyder, but even Hornacek, who has played pick-and-roll with the Jazz for many years, is helpless.

Top-level tactical design combined with top-level tactical execution is the combination of "Ke Yan + Paul".

Inside the door to see the door, the layman to watch the fun!The fans watching the game on the sidelines didn't have the interpretation of the media people, and couldn't see the tactical battle between the two coaches. They just felt that the team's No. [-] pick, Chris Paul, was really good. He could shoot and pass the ball. There is hope for the new season.

Ke Yan is also very satisfied with Paul.After the draft, Ke Yan asked Paul to "strengthen the confrontation while ensuring the shooting feel". It can be seen that Paul has worked hard. He made 10 of 7 shots from the middle distance in the practice match, and the quality and quantity were guaranteed.

On the defensive end, Ke Yan could have focused on Josh Smith, but considering that this is a public training session, if his idea of ​​​​"clamping" Josh Smith is learned by other teams, the gain will outweigh the loss, so Smith will let the black The team's basket was bombed.

After finally getting the chance to play for the Eagles, Roger Mason played hard on both ends of the offense and defense, with a full sense of presence, but he almost hurt Joe Johnson, who made a breakthrough in a defense.Seeing this, Ke Yan immediately called a timeout and said a few words to Mason.

In the following games, Joe Johnson began to "keep in good health", basically shooting in the middle distance, and basically not rushing to the three-second zone.Even so, he still scored a game-high 18 points. "Murder and death"!

Right now, the league's strongest back line combination should be Kidd + Carter or Parker + Ginobili.Ke Yan felt that the combination of Paul + Joe Johnson could also compete with them.

The final score was fixed at 66:55, and the black team won by 11 points.

Outside the stadium, all the fans who watched the team training are still reluctant to leave.

A group of half-grown children gathered around the aisle, holding basketballs or jerseys in their hands, and yelled after seeing Paul come out.

"Chris! Sign me now, I'm your fan from now on!"

"Your shooting is so accurate, can you teach me!"

With a smile, Paul signed autographs for the little fans and took a group photo with them.

Compared with "foreign" stars like Joe Johnson, players like Paul who were selected by the team and positioned as the core of the team immediately after the draft are more likely to be favored by fans.

Although he was "tactically beaten" in this game, Ke Yan was quite satisfied with Snyder's performance. He still played the role of Smith on the defensive end and allowed House to find an opportunity to make a decisive shot from the outside. Some "magic ball" ideas.

In the evening, Ke Yan invited Hamblen, Schneider and Hornacek to have dinner together.

Snyder asked Ke Yan for advice immediately, how should he break this high-post double pick-and-roll?

"Frank knows that I have always been responsible for the design of offensive tactics, and I am not good at defense." Ke Yan laughed at himself, "It's like Einstein participated in the development of nuclear weapons, but he couldn't contain the dangers of nuclear weapons."

"..." Snyder choked on Ke Yan's words, if the opponent follows suit, what can you do?

"However, when I was in the Rockets, I met a guy who had a very different way of defending against pick-and-rolls. He likes to use a partial three-defense and two-defense defensive strategy. Usually, two people pinch the ball holder, and at the same time, the weak side rotates to one person. Block the screener, or cause the ball handler to make a mistake, or force him to leave a dangerous position, and then quickly rotate back." Ke Yan took out a pen and paper, and drew a tactical map on it, "Such a defensive strategy may be feasible!"

Unlike Hamblen, Snyder will definitely "stand on his own" in the future, but Ke Yan didn't hide his secrets from him, and directly told him his thoughts.

In many cases, tactical literacy is improved in this kind of communication and collision!

"But I don't think I've seen the Rockets defend against pick-and-rolls in such a way~" Hornacek thought for a moment, wondering.

"Because they have Yao Ming!" Snyder said, "This kind of defense needs a big man with enough coverage, which is not suitable for Yao Ming."

Ke Yan nodded. As expected of the future head coach of the Jazz, he really saw clearly and found the key point at once.

"That friend of yours is amazing! What's his name?"

"Tom Thibodeau! An old virgin." Ke Yan scolded with a smile, "Also, you are wrong, we are not friends."

Snyder has his own understanding of defense. With him, maybe the Eagles' defense will be slightly better than imagined.

. . . . . .

In the next two weeks, the team's training plan was adjusted, from two training sessions a day to three training sessions in two days, and the training intensity was appropriately reduced.Players can moderately arrange additional training according to their own physical conditions, and the coaching staff does not insist.

People are not made of iron. After a long season, Ke Yan and the others will feel that they don't have enough energy to use their brains, not to mention that the players often fight on the court!

On October 10th, the Eagles played their first preseason game. Due to the China game, they only have 5 preseason games to play this season. The main team, plus a Grizzlies, are relatively close opponents.

And in order to compensate the Eagles for traveling to China, three of the four games will be played at home, allowing boss Ressler to earn more ticket money.

The opponent in the first game was the Wizards, which also underwent a core change this season. Although it was a preseason game, fanatical Eagles fans still filled the entire Phillips Center, and a considerable proportion of Chinese fans came to watch the game. It is estimated that More than 10%.

In the preseason games, the team's main general will generally make an appearance, play for about 20 minutes, and give back to the fans, and the Wizards are no exception.Arenas, Daniels, Butler, Jamison, and Haywood are basically the team's main lineup for the new season.

Before the start of the game, Butler came to Keyan and greeted him.

Thanks to his wonderful performance last season, Butler has just reached a five-year 5 million early contract extension with the Wizards. Although it is still not tens of millions, for Butler, he has come to a new environment. To determine what your prospects are in the Wizards, it is decisive to settle down first.

In fact, Butler is more willing to be traded to the Hawks than to the Wizards, and he is more willing to play under Ke Yan. Unfortunately, in the NBA, players cannot control their own destiny.

Ke Yan also encouraged Butler a few words, and even Wiltz, the home commentator of the Eagles, praised Ke Yan: "It can be seen that although Kimi only stayed with the Lakers for one season, his performance still conquered the Lakers players. Both Eddie House and Matt Barnes chose to follow him, and Caron Butler is equally grateful to Kimi. We look forward to Kimi's good performance in the Hawks as well."

Before the home DJ introduced Ke Yan, he made up a long prefix and added it before "Kimi", such as "the brain of the oriental dragon", "mad scientist", "Earl Lightning" and so on. . . . . .

Ke Yan once studied theoretical knowledge at the Cologne University of Physical Education in Germany. He has an eclectic array of troops and is good at taking surprises and launching surprise attacks at unexpected times for his opponents.Regardless of the differences in their respective fields, it is quite a bit like Manstein, a famous World War II general. DJ put this title on his head, which is apt.

Ke Yan just smiled at this, he still likes the title "scientist".

The ball was thrown into the air by the referee, and Josh Smith lost the jump ball without accident. Butler grabbed the basketball, squeezed it with both hands, went through a ceremony, and then handed the ball to the team boss Arenas.

Arenas received the ball and advanced quickly, and the five Eagles quickly returned to defense.Paul took the first step to stop Arenas who had reached the three-point line and was about to rush in.

Arenas forcibly broke through and bumped Paul, causing Paul to lose his footing. With a change of direction, he immediately threw away Paul and dashed horizontally towards the basket.

After Paul was knocked away, Josh Smith immediately came back to make up the defense, using his speed to merge with Arenas into the three-second zone.

Arenas came to the right side of the basket and suddenly stopped, raising the ball with both hands and making a shot. Josh Smith jumped high, ready to block the shot.

A smile flashed in Arenas' eyes, he closed his hands and shook Josh Smith away, easily made a time difference and scored with a rebound. (2:0)

In the next five years, Arenas will be one of the top scorers in the league. With a strong body, he is also the type that Paul is afraid of.

The Eagles attacked in a positional battle. Paul dribbled the ball across the half court. Diao reached the corner and asked for the ball. Paul handed the ball to him and went inside. Received the ball and passed the ball from the waist of Jamison who was defending. Josh Smith cut in from the right side, just caught the ball, took a run-up and flew into the air, smashing the ball into the basket with one hand.

The fans at the scene immediately cheered. This was an offense that had not been played in the training game. From the gorgeous conduction of the ball to Smith's dunk at the end, it was a matter of course!

The Wizards continued to attack. Arenas used his body to resist Paul's defense. After a three-step layup, at the last step, he suddenly twisted in the air and passed out. Jamison pushed Josh Smith, just behind Withdrew to the outside of the three-point line, made a slight adjustment to catch the ball, and then got up to shoot a three-point jumper.

Josh Smith took a big step forward, slanted his body and stretched his arms, but he still couldn't block Jamison's shot, and the basketball drew an arc that gave out seconds and flew to the basket.

"Shua!" Hollow into the basket.

Before the Wizards returned to defense, Diaw, who served from the baseline, sent the ball directly to the center line. Josh Smith, who had just saved to defend Jamison's three-pointer, received the ball directly, and rushed directly to the Wizards penalty area like a tiger descending a mountain, facing Bart. Le's supplementary defense, a European step changed direction and flashed.

Although no one was defending in front of him, Josh Smith couldn't find his layup rhythm. He kicked out the last step of the European step and barely adjusted to a comfortable shooting rhythm. Josh Smith tried to hit the board, but failed to hit!

Fortunately, Joe Johnson, who followed up in the back row, grabbed the rebound and held Daniels to make up the ball, which prevented Josh Smith from being on the "five big embarrassments".

"..." At the beginning, Eddie Jordan also questioned whether Ke Yan put a 203 player in the center position, whether it was a bit overbearing.But after two rounds, Dior's two wonderful passes dispelled his doubts. If the first goal can be explained by "a flash of inspiration", then the position, method, and technique of the second pass are all different. It means that Ke Yan recognized Dior's ability to arrange this way!

Just, what about the Eagles' penalty area defense?

Eddie Jordan's doubts were quickly answered. Arenas held the ball for halftime, and the Eagles suddenly had Paul and Posey pinching the ball holder. Under pressure, Arenas turned around to protect the ball and couldn't find a suitable exit The opportunity for the ball, he had to force the ball after taking off, was interfered by Josh Smith, and Joe Johnson behind him completed the steal. At the first time, the Eagles made a fast break on the fourth line, and Joe Johnson stepped on the joint battalion and scored a dunk!

The team's offense after the opening game was like a rainbow. In the eyes of the fans, it already has the feeling of the Suns last season.The crowd at Phillips Arena cheered, while Eddie Jordan signaled for the players to hold on.

The Eagles played fast, but the Wizards played slowly. Arenas slowly held the ball across half court, asked Jamison for a pick-and-roll, opened up a space, and directly shot Josh Smith, but failed to make a hit.

Joe Johnson retracted and helped Dior protect the rebound. Caron Butler immediately stepped forward to block, trying to prevent the Eagles from making a pass, but he did not allow Dior to pass the ball. Dior made a fake move and shook Butler. , and then directly dribble the ball to accelerate. . . . . .

During the march, Diaw discovered the loopholes in the Wizards' defense. He made a gesture to pass to Josh Smith, who was diagonally into the penalty area. With a flick of his wrist, it was sent to James Posey on the flank. The latter made an open three-pointer and missed.

"If we had Dior last season, maybe we could really keep up!" Hamblen said excitedly.

In training, being good is not enough, but in the actual competition, Hamblen really saw the magic of Dior!Even better than in training!

Compared with Lamar Odom last season, Diaw's physical fitness is much worse, his dribbling is not as fancy as the opponent's, and his ability to hit the basket should also be worse, but his passing is really "top point guard" level Not only does it happen to be the opponent's "unexpected" or "unpreventable" line, but even the strength is the most comfortable for teammates after receiving the ball.

Odom advances after rebounding, more like a tank, advancing to the top of the arc, if the opponent does not return to the defense in time, he will go straight to the basket to kill, if there are teammates on both sides, he will divide the ball, if not, he will put down the rhythm and play positions ; From the moment Dior grabs the rebound, he is like a mobile fort. He can see the opponent's defensive loopholes at any moment during the march, and send out "long passes", "middle passes" and "short passes" to attack yours. danger zone.

Only 7 minutes into the game, the score has come to 23:14, and the Eagles lead by 9 points at home.

You know, the Wizards were the top four teams in the Eastern Conference last season!

This TM is an eagle?

This TM is "African horned eagle"! (the most fierce eagle in the world)

The official pause time, the fans on the scene cheered heartily, even if it was just a preseason game, they haven't had such a good time for too long!