basketball scientist

Chapter 8 The Flying Birdman

On September 26, the team held an open training session. The media and fans who bought team tickets were able to visit the venue. The entire training hall was full. Although Kobe Bryant’s image was greatly damaged by this incident. However, Lakers fans were very satisfied with the training session.

He is still very supportive.

To put it bluntly, players still rely on their strength to speak for themselves. Kobe Bryant is strong enough, his style of play is cool, and his appearance is considered stylish among black people, which is in line with the city of Los Angeles’ pursuit of “beauty.” Moreover, after all, the Lakers are

One of the teams with the best public relations power, creating a "prodigal son" character for Kobe is more in line with the legend and story of a protagonist, isn't it?

In addition to watching the team's training games, fans who purchased the ticket package can also get a short-sleeved T-shirt with the Lakers logo printed on it as a souvenir. Ke Yan also received one and simply put it on his own

On the long-sleeved T-shirt, this also makes him more conspicuous.

As usual, the players first ran laps with the physical trainer, and then warmed up by shooting. Ke Yan and the team's chief assistant Frank Hamblen were on the sidelines recording the players' physical conditions while discussing the allocation of training tasks. From the last

Judging from the basic shooting warm-up performance, there are not many Lakers players who have practiced this summer. Anderson, who has been training since the trial signing, and Luke Walton, who performed well in last season's finals, are adjustments.

The two good people, Butler and Atkins, are pretty good, but including the core player Kobe, it will take a period of adjustment to get back to form.

After the warm-up, the four players Butler, Atkins, Devin George, and Brian Cook began training under the leadership of Ke Yan and the shooting coach.

However, as they continued practicing, several people felt something was wrong.

Ke Yan arranged a lot of outside shooting training for them!

A tentative three-pointer from the top arc, a quick three-pointer after receiving the ball from the bottom corner, and a three-pointer after the pick-and-roll...

Normally, the training session in the week before returning from the offseason focuses on restorative training to allow everyone to re-adapt to the feeling of playing in the new season. What the hell?

"In the new season, the team's playing style will be very different. Kobe will hold the ball more and attack from the outside. The team's offensive and defensive rhythm will be much faster than last season. We will take advantage of Kobe's strong scoring ability.

And the ability to attract double-teams is a fulcrum in tactics, and the players the team needs are players who can open up offensive space and seize scoring opportunities." Ke Yan explained.

It sounds like whoever shoots more accurately will have more playing time? Of course it's not just that simple, otherwise what's the difference from O'Neal's tactically dominant insede-out? Ke Yan also continued to conduct a detailed

The explanation is that first of all, under the fast pace, the demand for outside players to run without the ball has increased. Compared with O'Neal, who is sharp in the three-second zone and can attract three or four people to double-team, the space that Kobe can create is definitely not enough.

Yes, this has nothing to do with strength, it is simply determined by the position difference between the two core players. Secondly, although Kobe is the team's main attacker, Jordan has Pippen beside him, let alone Kobe, but Pippen must first

Only by adapting to Jordan can you further demonstrate your all-around Batman attributes. Ke Yan has higher expectations for Butler than Odom.

Because it is an open training session, there will not be any public tactical drills, or the tactics used in the drills are not what the team will use in the new season. Instead, the mandatory event is the group competition. After all, it is about giving back to the fans.

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Tomjanovich and Brian Shaw led the main players, Atkins, Kobe, Odom, Grant, and Mihm to wear yellow vests symbolizing the main players. Humberton and Ke Yan selected players from the substitute lineup, especially

LeBron, Caron Butler, Luke Walton, Brian Cook, and Chris Anderson wore purple training uniforms to face the battle. Both sides can also send undrafted players to play according to the situation.

Ke Yan walked up to Butler and smiled: "Caron, I'm looking forward to your battle with Kobe later. If you can perform well, my persuasiveness in suggesting to Rudy that you be added to the lineup will be much improved."

, remember, cooperate more with Luke, he is a great passer."

Terry Brown is a point guard with a relatively mediocre playing style. Apart from being relatively stable, making few mistakes, and not easily losing position on the defensive end, he has no special advantages. In terms of Ke Yan's arrangement, his task is only to dribble the ball through half the court.

, then move around in the pick-and-roll without the ball, and the task of organizing the series is handed over to Luke Walton. This second-generation ball player is a player with a high basketball IQ. His appearance in the finals of last season smoothed the team's obscure game.

The offense helped the Lakers win the only victory in the finals. The shortcomings are that the physical fitness is average, the shooting is not accurate without much athletic ability, and the defense is still poor. Of course, that is based on the players of the championship team.

Standard, the Lakers at this stage have no right to dislike this kind of player, because there are many players worse than him.

Brian Cook is considered an alternative at the power forward position in the league. To put it simply, he is an insider who relies on outside shooting, referred to as a "spatial insider". If he had entered the league ten years later or even five years later, he might have been able to make a living.

He has more playing time and can get meal tickets for a longer period of time, but at this period, except for Ke Yan who is willing to arrange tactics for him, other coaches are unlikely to use him. In addition, except for shooting, basically everything

It's a shortcoming.

In the substitute team, in addition to Butler, another one who is expected to be brought into the lineup by Ke Yan is Anderson. Divac's absence due to injury is an opportunity for him. If Mihm can be suppressed in a direct confrontation, the team will not

The reason is not to reuse him. After all, the flying birdman is more gimmick than the honest and charming Mim, and Los Angeles is a city that attaches great importance to eyeball effects.

In the last minute, Ke Yan quickly arranged several breakthrough tactics and counter-running arrangements without ball cover, and the game officially started.

Throwing the basketball into the air, Anderson immediately surprised people.

Although he is slightly shorter than Mihm, his jumping and wingspan completely made up for his lack of height. He flew up like a spring and beat Mihm with the jump ball and passed it to Butler.

Butler quickly dribbled the ball forward, one step from the left side of the three-point line, and suddenly stopped for a jumper. Kobe retreated too far back and was too late when he wanted to step forward to block the ball. He watched helplessly as Butler succeeded in the shot.

"As the main attacker, you should take action decisively when you find an opportunity. This is a training match, so there is nothing to hesitate!" Ke Yan's instructions echoed in Butler's ears, and he followed through very resolutely.

When the yellow team attacked, Atkins brought the ball to the frontcourt and immediately handed the ball to Odom, who was closely defended by Luke Walton. Odom turned around flexibly and passed the defense. Facing Anderson's supplementary defense, Gao

Hit by throwing the bat.

Odom is certainly an all-around fighter at the power forward position, but he is not very flexible at the third position and can get past Walton so easily. This guy's defense is really fucked up.<

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Fortunately, on the offensive end, Walton handled the ball correctly and created a one-on-one opportunity for Anderson under the basket by passing the ball. Unfortunately, Anderson's strong attack was interfered by Kobe Bryant, who was covering the ball.

, failed to score the ball.

In fact, Kobe was suspected of blocking the ball, but the trainer who was a guest referee gave Kobe face and just gave the ball to the purple team.

The out-of-bounds ball came out. Walton ran to catch the ball and made an emergency stop jump shot. The ball went wide due to Odom's interference. Anderson, who had just been stunned, forcibly picked off the offensive rebound from behind Mim, took off continuously, and put the ball away.

Enter the basket.

In the opening minutes, Anderson's presence was strong, and the fans at the scene focused their attention on this exaggerated Birdman.

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