Basketball: Dayao Reopened

At the end of a week, the closed training camp for the new season of the Trail Blazers officially arrived.

Yao Ming arrived at the arena ahead of schedule as usual.

As soon as I entered the locker room, there was already a rookie on the locker cabinet that originally belonged to Chris Paul, with the No. 30 jersey. You don't need to guess who's the cabinet.

The one who can use the Chris Paul cabinet is naturally Stephen Curry, who was selected by the Trail Blazers at a high price this year.

Soon Stephen Curry also came. He didn't come alone, and Dell Curry followed.

As far as Stephen Curry looked, he followed. If it weren't for this height to be higher than the average adult man, Yao Ming could feel that this was an old father sending his son to kindergarten.

"Hey guy!"

In the past two years, Stephen Curry has had a lot of calls with Yao Ming, including choosing to stay in school and participating in the draft, which all have Yao Ming's suggestions in it.

So when I saw Yao Ming, Stephen Curry, who was already a little nervous, immediately stopped nervous.

Excitedly greeted Yao Ming.

Yao Ming fisted with him, and fisted with Dale Curry.

"Unexpectedly, Stephen Curry would be a teammate with you as soon as he entered the league!"

It is not difficult to see that Dale Curry's face is relieved.

Hmm...This is also quite normal. After all, Stephen Curry has had a clearer career path under Yao Ming's advice in the past two years. If he can continue to grow up under Yao Ming's advice, he believes in his son's future. Can fly higher.

At least better than his eyes and opinions.

Yao Ming didn't expect that he would become an opponent with "Youku". Before, he was worried that he would make a big enemy for himself. Now it is good. It is not a big enemy, but a powerful leader. This makes Yao Ming a powerful opponent. I couldn't help but give myself a like, I'm really too witty.

Then little Jordan also entered the dressing room.

There was a bit of anxiety on his face.

In the future, the stabbing head in the dressing room now has the good-looking delicacy on his face.

It is said that this year has been quite ups and downs for Jordan. Before the "March Madness", he was still the first round of lottery in the mouth of many media. As a result, he was caught by the latter in the match against Kevin Love. He dropped to the second round of the draft with a slam, but in the end the Trail Blazers picked him with the 29th overall pick in the first round.

Although compared with his original prospects, there is still a big gap, but the four-year contract wins in stability, and now he urgently needs time to grow.

This result is not the best, but it is really not bad.

"Hey, bro!"

Yao Ming also took the initiative to greet him, and when he looked at his outstretched hand, he couldn't help but sigh: Only the arm span is really abnormal!

Also, how about the nickname "Uncle Liu Huang"?

But it's not just the appearance, if this arm span is slamming A Dou in front of Zhao Yun, I don't know it, I thought A Dou was playing on a swing!

If I had this wingspan...

Don't say the world is invincible!

Isn't it because of the many insiders in the NBA that no one can match him?

In addition to these two rookies, the Trail Blazers have an older rookie Pekovic who was drafted in the second round this year...

This guy is known as the "European White Bear", not to mention how high the upper limit is, that is, the combat power is still very good.

In addition, the most important thing is that Yao Ming feels that he has such a little brother at ease!

With him in the Trail Blazers, I would like to see who else would dare to bargain with me!

The former "Meat Shield", then Karl Malone and Kevin Cato, and now Pekovic, Yao Ming feels that his career has gone smoothly for no reason, hehe~

This should be the biggest change for the Trail Blazers this summer.

Stephen Curry and Jordan are also the main players for the Trail Blazers to pursue the next "three consecutive championships."

The two of them, plus Yao Ming, Carter, Kwame Brown, Lagarbelle, and Louis Williams, said how luxurious they are, but there is certainly no such luxurious lineup when the Blazers won their first championship. But if you don't want to say enough... it's definitely impossible.

In the next few seasons, Yao Ming believes that no matter what kind of shocks occur in the NBA, even if Kobe and LeBron James team up, Yao Ming believes that they will have the power to fight.

The coaching staff of the Trail Blazers has not changed much, it is still based on the combination of Cheeks and Stevenson.

However, Yao Ming heard that John Nash is about to leave the Trail Blazers and go to other teams as vice presidents. At that time, Cheeks may be transferred to management and Stevenson will be the head coach.

As for the specific date, Yao Ming is really unclear.

Of course, this is not a big problem. If such a change occurs, Yao Ming will be waiting.

With the departure of Chris Paul, the way the Trail Blazers play in the new season naturally needs some changes.

After a week of cooperation, the Blazers' style of play in the new season is almost determined.

Vince Carter and Yao Ming demanded more organizational responsibilities in the lineup.

This is not unexpected by Yao Ming. Organization is not Stephen Curry's strong point, but Vince Carter and Yao Ming's passing awareness can make up for his shortcomings in this regard.

It can be regarded as a good solution to the problem of loss of organizational ability after Chris Paul is absent.

There is also the defensive aspect. The other four players in the lineup have to help Stephen Curry with defense.

This is also a loss for Chris Paul to leave, the first position.

Fortunately, the biggest problems are these two, and they are not difficult to solve, and if Jordan can be tuned out in advance, then there is really no problem with the Blazers' defense at all.

Not to mention a colander on the outside line, even if it is two colanders, it can be clearly prevented.

Again, Stephen Curry’s defensive problems are classified as defensive problems, but his defensive attitude is not bad.

This is the bad side.

As for the good side... Stephen Curry is more willing to share the ball, which allows the Trail Blazers to play without asking Yao Ming to remind Chris Paul to pay attention to the running position.

Stephen Curry's running awareness is much better than Chris Paul.

Another is Stephen Curry's shooting ability.

As soon as he entered the league, he partnered with Monta Ellis, a guy who can get 176 three-pointers in his rookie season with "hand control". His three-pointer ability is really above the league's first-line level when he enters the league. .

What's more, his current dribbling ability and three-point shooting ability, under Yao Ming's suggestion, are two weapons that he pays more attention to than the original.

This makes even Stephen Curry entered the NBA in 2008, but his abilities in these two aspects have kept up with him in 2009.

The only thing that needs attention now is his ankle.

For this, don't worry about it.

Don't forget that the Trail Blazers can be said to have the best medical team in the league.

Make it wrong, this time Stephen Curry won't even be reimbursed for the season!

It’s no wonder that Yao Ming is so self-confident. It is indeed that his physical fitness has proved that the ability of the Blazers team doctors is really not out of it...

Overall, the Trail Blazers are now playing more teamly.

This is what Yao Ming hopes to see.

The more you play the team, the farther you can go.

Just like the Warriors, although the atmosphere in the team has been shattered in the last year of "Cosmic Brave", because of their better team play, they still made it to the Finals well, if not for too many injuries. , Plus that year's small card really broke, maybe they really played another "three consecutive championships" for them.

But the triple crown in four years is actually very good!

The style of play is almost certain, and the Trailblazers' next training will mainly focus on running-in.

At the end of the closed training camp, Yao Ming heard that the changes have also arrived. John Nash officially resigned, Cheeks entered the management team, and Stevenson also officially corrected himself.

But after all, he has only been the head coach for a year, so Steve Patterson specifically discussed with Yao Ming to see if he could get a significant assistant coach.

Yao Ming really has a personal choice: "Don't worry, people will be there soon!"

Then he called the candidate he had thought of: "Old man, I'm almost sick, and it's time to come back. Didn't you say you want to defend your title together?"

"Now comes the opportunity!"

That's right, Yao Ming's favorite candidate is Rudy Tomjanovich who has been resting at home for many days!

He always remembered it!

This guy regretted that he didn't fight for the "defending champion" with Yao Ming.

Although Yao Ming knows that his illness is not so easy to heal, but as an assistant, there are fewer things to do than the head coach, and it is mainly for him to help support the field, and he does not need to do too much to stay up late. matter!

Besides, after raising him for so many years, it shouldn't make his condition worsen.

And Tom really has a heart ready to move.

After thinking about it for two or three days, he also officially replied: I'm here, buddy!

About two days later, the news that champion coach Rudy Tomjanovich became the new assistant coach of the Trail Blazers also spread in the league.

Rudy's integration into the team is still very fast.

Of course, it’s not surprising. Yao Ming is from the old Rockets, Lagabe is also from the old Rockets, plus Kevin Cato is also from the old Rockets. With so many familiar faces, he will be uncomfortable. Ghost.

Then the media public day of the new season officially arrived.

As usual, Yao Ming was surrounded by a lot of reporters.

Chris Paul's departure caused many reporters to speculate whether there was a contradiction between Yao Ming and him.

After all, no one thought that Chris Paul would leave suddenly.

You need to know that the average age of this lineup is still in shape, and there is no need to rebuild or trade.

Apart from contradictions, they really can't think of any reason.

Yao Ming replied: "Everyone’s career is staged, and Chris is the same. He has his career plan. This is his choice. In my opinion, all I can do is respect his own choice. , We don’t have any contradictions. If there are contradictions, we cannot go that far last season!"

After that, the reporters asked a lot about the Blazers' next plan.

Yao Ming answered roughly: "Does the Trail Blazers plan to continue? Of course, it is still focused on winning the championship, but as you know, Chris' departure will have an impact on this team. We may There will be some failures, but these are within our acceptable expectations, so... let's see what else will happen next!"

In addition, the schedule for the new season has also been released. When asked about the Lakers in the first game of the new season, what do you want to say, Yao Ming said: "This is a tough game, no doubt. But that is our night, I will try my best to guard this night, and there is nothing else to say about it!"

With the end of the media open day, the preseason came immediately.

Because the first game was played by the Lakers, the Trail Blazers did not relax in any of the six preseason games, all of which were the main players.

When other teams were only half-main and half-run, the Trail Blazers naturally won easily and eventually won six straight preseason games.

But the preseason is only the preseason.

For the Trail Blazers, the real test is in the first game of the new season.

Yao Ming consoled before the game: "It's okay, this is just the first game of the season, don't worry too much!"

He tried his best to relieve the pressure of these newcomers.

But everyone knows how it is possible not to care about the night to receive the championship.

This time Paul Allen has made a big money again, but when he saw Yao Ming, he still said: "I really don't know how to express my gratitude to you!"

"If it weren't for the league that only allowed one championship ring to be awarded..."

It is worth mentioning that Yao Ming’s ring this time was not just given to him by Paul Allen, and Yao Ming’s son’s name was engraved beside the ring.

Yes, son!

Think of it as the "butterfly effect", anyway, Yao Ming thinks so.

This is naturally a news that delights domestic fans.

The game started soon.

As Yao Ming expected, this game was extremely difficult because the opponent was Kobe.

The intensity of the game is also in the playoffs. Such an offensive and defensive intensity is obviously not well adapted to newcomers like Stephen Curry.

This also allowed the Lakers to score several goals at this point in the beginning.

At the end of the first half, the Lakers had a 58-53 lead.

Fortunately, Vince Carter and Yao Ming worked together in the second half. The UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Trail Blazers still caught up in the third quarter, and finally completed a go-ahead in the fourth quarter.

But this time Kobe made a 3-point buzzer lore and pulled the game into overtime.

Fortunately, Yao Ming and Vince Carter made shots at critical moments, winning the game with a 117-114, 3-point difference.

The first game of the new season was won by overtime. Yao Ming couldn't help shaking his head. It seems that this season is really difficult to play!

Fortunately, this is the Lakers. It is still the championship team of this season. Otherwise, Yao Ming will have to question the strength of the Blazers in the new season!

However, Stephen Curry's performance of 2 of 7 shots from outside the three-point line still reminds him that the Trail Blazers do have a long way to go before they reach their peak again.

Fortunately, Yao Ming is not in a hurry, he can even give Stephen Curry a season or two to grow.

"Anyway, the same sentence, let us see what will happen next!"

(End of the book)