basketball never sleeps

Chapter 80 I’m not interested in data

Under the cover of night, the fans in Philadelphia were still cheering hard for the home team, while in Phoenix in the West Eighth District, in the afterglow of the setting sun, a long-haired white man had just finished his daily training and was preparing to go home. His head coach with a mustache

A phone call stopped him.

"Come to the general manager's office. There's a very interesting guy here. I think you should come and take a look, Steve."

When Nash arrived at the president's office, he thought there was some "new tea", but he only saw team general manager Colangelo Jr. and D'Antoni gathered in front of the TV.

Colangelo didn't say anything when he saw Nash coming over. He just waved to him and told him to come over and sit down.

The new tea has not arrived yet, or is there any new tea that is ready to be traded?

With doubts, Nash sat over and looked at the game on the screen - the Heat and the 76ers. Only then did he understand something.

There is not much time left in the game. Looking at the time on the side of the screen, there are 3 minutes left in the third quarter.

"Now you are number one in assists, and that second-year Chinese player is number two." D'Antoni pointed at the handsome young man on the screen and said.

"I remember him. He was the sixth player of the Pistons' championship last year. I remember Mr. Colangelo wanted to trade him in the summer?" Nash turned to look at Colangelo.

Colangelo nodded and said: "Yes, I wanted to trade him in the summer, but that bastard Dumas asked for too high. They had one year left on the contract and they dared to ask me for two first-dollar coins."

draft, so I hesitated at the time, and later as a replacement, we signed Quentin (Richardson), but to be honest, I already regret it a bit now."

"Don't be too greedy. It's enough to have one person who averages double figures in assists per game. If there's one more, no one else will dribble, right?" D'Antoni shook his head and laughed.

"We don't need him to control the ball in the starting lineup. His off-ball ability, shooting ability, ball transfer ability, and defensive ability are all what we need. And with him, our second team's offensive organization can also be guaranteed.

.What a pity, what a pity.”

Colangelo knows the ball well, and the current lineup of the Suns was built by him. In addition to Nash, it includes Joe Johnson, Marion, Stoudemire, and Laga Bell, who will make important contributions to the Suns' defense next year.

They were all signed or traded by Colangelo Jr.

"It's over, it's over. If you can't buy regret medicine, let's just watch the game first," D'Antoni said with relief.

The Suns currently have 8 wins and 2 losses, ranking first in the league. Their average margin of victory over their opponents is 11 points per game, ranking first in the league. If this is not enough, how should other teams deal with themselves?

On the screen, the Heat had already taken the lead and Wade went off the court to rest. Now the Heat are led by Ou Pang and Mo Wen, who rested in the first half of the third quarter.

When Wade was away, the Heat focused on high pick-and-rolls, but it wasn't O'Brien who mentioned the high pick-and-roll, but Udonis Haslem.

Although O'Pang's body type is definitely of a historical level in terms of screen quality, except for key balls, no one would want to bring O'Pang up. His starting speed is too slow, and his pick-and-roll speed is about the same as that of a tractor. And no matter what,

It is said that O'Pang's most intimidating place is under the basket, whether it is attracting defense or competing for rebounds.

Although the 76ers knew that Mo Wen was going to play a pick-and-roll, they were not easy to defend. Rasul and replaced Wade Damon Jones were ambushing in the corners on both sides. Each of them had made a three-pointer tonight, and it was impossible to completely defeat them.

Being short, and O'Neal sinking to the bottom, their inside line did not dare to relax, and the entire space was quite wide.

And when this kind of space appears, Nash can guess the next plot.

If the pick-and-roll does not switch defenses, Mo Wen will have space to shoot. If the defense is switched, Haslem can make air cuts, and Mo Wen can also make small breakthroughs. Even if he failed to break through in the end, he attracted the defense and passed the ball.

O'Neal on both sides or under the basket also has scoring opportunities.

This kind of suppression is based on lineup matching. It is similar to the Suns. It is either a pitcher or a monster rushing to the frame. Even in positional battles, it does not require too complicated tactics to achieve a good offensive success rate.

After Wade came on the court in the fourth quarter, Mo Wen assigned part of the ball-holding task to Wade, but it did not reduce his sense of presence.

Whether it was his obviously routine interaction with Wade on the outside or his reappearance of organizational choices when the tactics were not open, Nash's eyes lit up.

Looking at Mo Wen's 17 points and 13 assists at the end of the game, D'Antoni couldn't help but nod.

"Although this data is a little misleading, I have to say that his sense of smell and response in positional battles are really terrible."

"Don't look at me. My hands are itching right now. I just want to know when we can play with the Heat." Nash spread his hands.

Colangelo took a schedule book from the side.

"December 13th, well, I remember this is the day when the All-Star voting starts. Hey, Steve, you have to be prepared. How ugly would it be to be picked over by a sophomore?"

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"Evaluation? How else can I evaluate? Without Mo, we will definitely win this game. Brother, how can you evaluate a second-year player who averages double figures in assists per game? He has already shown top-level control.

He has the characteristics of a defender, and all that remains is time to accumulate results.”

Iverson, who scored more than 40 points, said helplessly to the camera that he planned to urge the management to find help for him later.

After so many years, he had had enough of struggling alone.

"Congratulations to you Mo. After this game, your assists per game have also reached double figures. Is there anything you want to say?" a reporter asked at the press conference.

"Actually, it's all about teammates playing well. If you think about a team that has an inside monster like Shaq, a talented guard like Wade, and a bunch of shooters with accurate shots, all I need to do is

Space the floor and pass the ball, I just do what I have to do.”

Mo Wen said modestly that this was not something he could keep low-key. He knew how much water there was in his data. In the previous games, he could feel the scorekeeper's "love" for him.

Wade and O'Brien contributed half of his assists, but they are not simply catch-and-score scorers. They are more accustomed to catching the ball and dribbling it to adjust to their favorite rhythm before launching an offense to finish. If it were someone else, they would

It definitely didn't count as an assist, but the scorer counted it for him.

It would be fine if this situation only happened at the Heat's home court. The scorer at the Heat's home court is a girl, which can be interpreted as being addicted to his male sex.

But if he can also have this kind of preferential treatment in away games, the problem is very clear.

"Then are you interested in becoming the assist leader? Apart from you, Nash is the only one with double figures in assists." A reporter next to him continued to ask.

"No, I'm not interested in data. My happiest time was when I was working as a substitute for the Pistons with ordinary data."

"I'm just an ordinary player, nothing special. At most I just pass the ball a little better."

"Cutting down good data is just a casual thing. The proportion of happiness that data brings to me may not even be 5%."

Let me ask everyone, do you prefer more descriptions of the game, or do you prefer a 50-50 split between off and on the court?

(End of chapter)