basketball scientist

At the subsequent public training session, the stadium was full. In the auditorium, there were even Chinese female fans holding supportive signs with Chinese words proposing to Ke Yan.

Ke Yan's coaching has attracted the attention of a considerable number of Chinese fans for the Hawks. Just like after Yao Ming joined the Rockets, many more Chinese went to the Toyota Center to watch games.

This is a surprise for owner Ressler. Last season, the Hawks' attendance rate was only 83%. Even if the Chinese spectators who came to watch the game because of Ke Yan could increase the team's attendance rate by 3%, that would be enough to pay for Keyan's salary for a year.

It’s salary, don’t talk about anything else!

Let’s not talk about competitive improvement, but just talk about the commercial help to the team. Hiring Ke Yan is a good business!

The climax of the open training session was the 20-minute group confrontation. Ke Yan continued to cooperate with his old partner Han Bron, allowing Hornacek and Snyder to form a team. Both sides took turns selecting players until the 14-person group was completed.

Ke Yan asked Paul, Diaw, David Lee, Barnes, Mason, Dotta Smith, and Hayes respectively. The players wore black training uniforms.

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

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

Last season, Ke Yan led the team to compete with the main lineup in training matches and initially became famous. In this game, Snyder was not prepared to show mercy when facing Ke Yan. He wanted to lead the team and teach Ke Yan how to be a good person.

Show your face by the way.

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

Diaw holds the ball at the top of the arc, and Barnes runs from the bottom corner to a 45-degree position on the right, covering Paul and lifting up the top of the arc to receive the pass from Diaw. After Paul catches the ball, Barnes bounces out of the three-point line; Diaw

Cut to the basket.

Subsequently, Paul can evolve a variety of offensive routines based on the changes in the opponent's defensive formation: it can be an offense with the person being screened catching the ball, an offense with the screener, or an offense with the ball carrier. (It will be explained in detail later in the game.

Specific applications and changes of high-post double pick-and-roll)

Relying on the cooperation derived from this high-post double screen, the black team beat the white team 6 times in the opening game. Snyder's face was ashen on the sidelines after the beating. His face, which already looked like a "perverted murderer", was even more terrifying. The reporters

I didn't even dare to pat his face for fear of scaring Xiao Pengyu.

Snyder is a coach who broke out from the NCAA, and he knows the tactics of breaking the "pick and roll" very well. According to the different technical characteristics of the pick and roll player, it can be roughly divided into four types: First, "pinch the ball holder", that is, double team the opponent's ball holder.

, to release the opponent's screener. This move is suitable for use when your own team's defensive ability is outstanding, but the opponent's ball holder has weak escape ability;

The second is to switch defenses: that is, the big man switches to defend the opponent's ball holder, and switches to defend the opponent's screener from the outside. This move is suitable for use when one's own defensive ability is even. The advantage is that it is not easy to leak openings and can minimize the opponent's cooperation opportunities; the disadvantage is that it is easy to be created by the opponent

Misplaced singles.

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

The fourth is to delay and return to position. That is, the big man first delays the opponent's ball carrier, and at the same time, the defender quickly squeezes through or around the screen wall and gets back into position. This can ensure that he does not lose his position, but it requires a high degree of tacit understanding between the defender and the inside.

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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 Keyan. Not only the academic Snyder, but also Hornacek, who has played pick-and-roll for the Jazz for many years.

, all helpless.

Top tactical design coupled with top tactical execution, this is the combination of "Ke Yan Paul".

Experts watch the door, but laymen watch the excitement! The fans watching the game on the sidelines did not have the interpretation of the media people, and they could not see the tactical battle between the two coaches. They only felt that Chris Paul, the second overall pick selected by the team, was really good and could break through.

If he can shoot and pass, the team has hope for the new season.

Ke Yan is also very satisfied with Paul. After the draft, Ke Yan made a request to Paul to "strengthen confrontation while ensuring shooting feel." It can be seen that Paul has worked hard. In practice, he made 7 of 10 shots from distance, maintaining quality and quantity.

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On the defensive end, Ke Yan could have focused on targeting Josh Smith, but considering that this was a public training session, if his idea of ​​"containing" Josh Smith was copied by other teams, it would not be worth the gain, so it would be up to Smith to play against Black.

The team's basket is bombed.

Finally got the opportunity to play for the Eagles. Roger Mason was very hard-working on both offense and defense and had a strong presence, but he almost injured the breakthrough Joe Johnson during a defense. When Ke Yan saw this, he immediately called a timeout and said

A few words from Mason.

In the following games, Joe Johnson began to "recuperate", basically shooting from mid-range, and basically not rushing into the three-second zone. Even so, he still scored a game-high 18 points. "Killing and heart-breaking"!

Right now, the strongest back line combination in the league should be Kid Carter or Parker Ginobili. Ke Yan feels that Paul Joe Johnson's combination can 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 were still reluctant to leave.

A group of half-grown children gathered near the passage, holding basketballs or jerseys in their hands. After seeing Paul coming out, they shouted.

"Chris! Give me your autograph now, I will be your fan from now on!"

"Your shooting is so accurate, can you teach me how to do it?"

Paul smiled and signed autographs for the young fans and took photos with them.

Compared with "foreign" stars like Joe Johnson, players like Paul who are selected by their own teams and immediately position themselves as the core of the team after the draft are more likely to win the favor of fans.

Although he was "tactically defeated" in this game, Ke Yan was quite satisfied with Snyder's performance. He still played Smith's role in assisting defense and allowed House to find opportunities to decisively take action from the outside.

Some "magic ball" ideas.

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

Snyder immediately asked Ke Yan for advice on how to break his high-post double pick-and-roll?

"Frank knows that I have always been responsible for designing 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 was unable to curb the harm of nuclear weapons."

"..." Snyder choked at Ke Yan's words. If your opponent imitates this, what can you do?

"But when I was with the Rockets, I met a person who had a very different approach to pick-and-roll defense. He liked to use a local three-and-two defense strategy. Usually, he would double-team the ball carrier, and at the same time, one person would rotate to the weak side.

Block the screener, or cause the ball carrier to make a mistake, or force him to leave a dangerous position, and then quickly rotate back to his position." Ke Yan took out a pen and paper and drew a tactical diagram on it, "This defensive strategy may be feasible!"

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

Many times, tactical literacy is improved through this kind of communication and collision!

"But I've never seen the Rockets defend the pick-and-roll in this way~" Hornacek thought for a moment and said doubtfully.

"Because they have Yao Ming!" Snyder said, "Such a defense requires 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 things clearly and found the key point right away.

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

"Tom Thibodeau! An old virgin." Ke Yan laughed and scolded, "Also, you are wrong, we are not friends."

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

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

Force.

No one is made of iron. In the long season, Ke Yan and others will feel that their energy is not enough even if they use their brains, not to mention that the players often fight hand-to-hand on the court!

On October 5th, the Eagles played their first preseason game. Because they had to play in the China League, they only had 6 preseason games to play this season. Their opponents were the Wizards, Magic, and Bobcats, which also belong to the Southwest Division.

The main team, plus a Grizzlies, are relatively close opponents.

And in order to compensate the Eagles for traveling far and wide to play in the China League, three of the four games are at home, allowing owner Ressler to earn more ticket money.

The opponent in the first game was the Wizards, who also underwent core changes this season. Although it was a preseason game, the entire Phillips Center was filled with fanatical Eagles fans, and a considerable proportion of them were Chinese fans. It is estimated that

More than 10%.

In preseason games, the team's main players usually make an appearance and play for about 20 minutes to give back to the fans, and the Wizards are no exception. Arenas, Daniels, Butler, Jamison, and Haywood are basically ball players.

The team’s main lineup for the new season.

Before the game started, Butler came to Ke Yan and said hello to him.

Thanks to his wonderful performance last season, Butler has just reached a five-year, 46 million early contract extension with the Wizards. Although it is still not tens of millions, for Butler, he has entered a new environment.

To determine what your future prospects are with the Wizards, you should make a decisive decision and settle for safety first.

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

Ke Yan also encouraged Butler. Even Wirtz, the Eagles' home commentator, also 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.

Eddie House and Matt Barnes both chose to follow him, and Caron Butler is equally grateful to Kimi. We look forward to Kimi also performing well with the Hawks."

Before the DJ at the main venue introduced Ke Yan, he made up a long prefix and added it before "kimi", such as "Brain of the Eastern Dragon", "Mad Scientist", "Lightning Earl", etc...

Ke Yan once studied theoretical knowledge at the Sport University in Cologne, Germany. He has an eclectic approach to troop formations and is good at surprising his opponents, launching surprise attacks at unexpected times. Regardless of the differences in their respective fields, he is quite similar to the famous World War II general Manstein.

Fengfeng.dj put this title on his head, which is quite appropriate.

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

The ball was thrown into the air by the referee, and Josh Smith lost the jump ball as expected. Butler grabbed the basketball, clenched it with both hands, performed a ritual, 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 lead and stopped Arenas who had already reached the three-point line and was about to break in.

Arenas broke through forcefully and bumped Paul, causing Paul to lose his footing. He changed direction and immediately threw Paul away, charging horizontally towards the basket.

After Paul was knocked away, Josh Smith immediately came back to cover and used his speed to merge into the three-second zone with Arenas.

When Arenas came to the right side of the basket, he suddenly stopped and raised the ball with both hands as if to shoot. Josh Smith jumped high and prepared to block the shot.

A smile flashed in Arenas's eyes, he stopped and shook off Josh Smith, easily made a time difference and scored on the board. (2:0)

In the next five years, Arenas will be one of the top scorers in the league, and he is also the type that Paul is afraid of because of his physical strength.

The Eagles were attacking in a positional battle. Paul dribbled the ball past half court. Diaw reached the corner and reached for the ball. Paul handed the ball to him and directly went inside.

After receiving the ball, Josh Smith passed the ball from the waist of Jamison who was covering the defense. Josh Smith cut in from the right and just caught the basketball. He took off in the air with just one step and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand.

The fans at the scene immediately cheered. This was an attack that had not been used in training games. From the gorgeous passing ball to Smith's dunk at the end, everything came naturally!

The Wizards continued to attack. Arenas used his physical confrontation to fend off Paul's defense. After a three-step layup, he suddenly twisted in the air and passed out in the last step. Jamison pushed past Josh Smith, just in time.

He stepped back to the outside of the three-point line, made some adjustments after receiving the ball, and then stood up and shot a three-point jumper.

Josh Smith took a big step forward, leaned over and stretched out his arms, but still failed to block Jamison's shot. The basketball drew an arc and flew into the basket in seconds.

"Shua!" Hollow entered the basket.

Without waiting for the Wizards to return to defense, Diaw, who served from the baseline, sent the ball directly to the center line. Josh Smith, who had just saved Jamison's three-pointer, directly received the ball and rushed directly to the Wizards' penalty area like a tiger descending a mountain, facing Bart.

Le's cover defense, a European step changed direction and flashed past.

Although no one was guarding him, Josh Smith couldn't find his own layup rhythm. He took 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 tip the ball in, thus avoiding Josh Smith's "five major embarrassments".

"..." At the beginning, Eddie Jordan also questioned whether Ke Yan was overstating a 203 player at the center position. But after two rounds, Diaw's two wonderful passes dispelled the problem.

If the first ball can be explained by a "flash of inspiration", then the position, method and technique of passing the second ball all show that Ke Yan recognized Diaw's ability and arranged it like this!

But, what about the Eagles' penalty area defense?

Eddie Jordan's doubts were quickly answered. Arenas held the ball past half-court. The Hawks suddenly had Paul and Posey flanking the ball carrier. Under pressure, Arenas turned around to protect the ball and could not find a suitable outlet.

With the ball opportunity, he could only forcefully distribute the ball after taking off, but was interfered by Josh Smith. Joe Johnson behind him completed the steal. In the first moment, the Eagles' fourth-line fast break, Joe Johnson stepped on the team and scored a dunk!

The team's offense after the opening was full of momentum. In the eyes of the fans, it already felt like the Suns last season. The fans at Phillips Arena cheered, while Eddie Jordan signaled the players to hold on.

The Hawks played fast, but the Wizards played slowly. Arenas slowly held the ball across half court, asked Jamison for a pick-and-roll, got out of the way, and then directly hit Josh Smith, but failed to hit.

Joe Johnson moved inward to help Diaw protect the rebound. Caron Butler stepped forward immediately to try to prevent the Eagles from passing the ball, but he did not let Diaw pass the ball. Diaw made a fake move and shook Butler.

, and then directly dribble by himself to accelerate...

During the march, Diaw discovered a loophole in the Wizards' defense and tried to pass to Josh Smith who was diagonally crossing into the penalty area. With a flick of his wrist, it was passed to James Posey on the wing. The latter took an open three-pointer and missed.

"If we had Dior last season, maybe we could really go one step further!" Hamblen said excitedly.

Being great in training doesn't mean being great, but in the actual competition, Hanbron really saw Dior's magic! It was even more amazing than during training!

Compared with Odomby last season, Diaw is far behind in physical fitness, his dribbling is not as fancy as his opponent's, and his ability to attack the basket should be worse, but his passing is really at the level of a "top point guard"

Not only is it an "unexpected" or "unpreventable" route for the opponent, but the force is also the most comfortable for teammates after receiving the ball.

Odom grabs rebounds and then advances, more like a tank, advancing to the top of the arc. If the opponent cannot return to defense in time, he will go straight to the basket to kill. If there are teammates on both sides, he will distribute the ball. If not, he will put down the rhythm and play position.

From the moment he grabs the rebound, Diaw is like a mobile fort. He can see through the opponent's defensive loopholes at any time while traveling and send "long passes", "medium passes" and "short passes" to attack you.

Dangerous zone.

Only 7 minutes have passed in the game, the score has reached 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!

Is this an eagle?

This is the "African Horned Eagle"! (The most powerful eagle in the world)

After the official timeout, the fans at the scene cheered heartily. Even if it was just a preseason game, they had not enjoyed this much in a long time!