Healing Basketball

  Chapter 1078 Chapter 1078. Never care whether the opponent is strong or not

   On September 25th, the Trail Blazers gathered to start training camp ahead of schedule.

  Liu Xiu patted Gasol's **** and said, "Mark, Kwame is gone. Now, you are the second head of our team, and become the pillar of the prison team!"

  The vice president on the side was very relieved to see that the warden still admired his sister-in-law, but when did he seem to have heard this?

  Anthony looked at Liu Xiu unhappily. That stupid big man is the second boss. Could it be that his former leader of the mining bandits is the fourth?

   How unreasonable!

   Feeling that Dong Ge's eyes were gradually becoming unfriendly, Liu Xiu said: "Dong Ge, you are the boss of our team!"

  Anthony was taken aback, and asked, "What about you?"

   "Me? Of course I'm the third child!"

  Anthony couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

  Last season, the Trail Blazers were eliminated in the second round. James won the regular season MVP and led the team to the Finals; Kobe defeated Liu Xiu head-on and entered the Western Conference Finals.

  In the Finals against the Mavericks, James averaged only 21 points per game, shooting 39% from the field, and was so desperately defended by Kidd and Chandler.

   One came and two went, and so on, after the finals, Sports Illustrated gave the ranking of "personal ability: Kobe first, James second, Liu Xiu third".

   I didn't expect Kobe to change teams! Sports Illustrated's operation is purely offending Liu Xiu in vain.

   Liu Xiu has publicly mocked Sports Illustrated several times this summer.

  Ray Allen doesn't care about the boss, the second and the third. He only knows that he has to work harder this year, otherwise there may be a group of people on the team who will surpass him.

   But he can accept this situation, as long as he can win the game, it's just his competitive spirit at work.

  Bosh... the position of the boss has nothing to do with him, he is already ready to be the fourth child when he comes here, although it seems to be the sixth child now, it doesn't matter.

  Now as long as he wants to be on the news, he has interviews every day.

This is enough!

At present, the Trail Blazers have 14 officially contracted players. In the past two months, they have been favored by countless veterans and powerful players. The space that came out has long been used up, even the middle class has used it up.

  But John Nash did a good job this time. He took advantage of the temptation of the championship and bargained smoothly.

Sean Battier rejected the three-year 9 million contract offered by the Spurs, the Heat, the Mavericks and other teams. The Trail Blazers used the two-year exception to sign Sean Battier for 2 years and 4.4 million dollars .

  However, in the competition for Juwan Howard, the Trail Blazers lost, and the Heat signed this veteran with more than ten years of game experience with a basic salary.

  The Trail Blazers had to settle for the next best thing and sign Theo Ratliff, the former shot-blocking champion.

After the Bobcats sent Chandler away last season, Ratliff partnered with Dampier again, averaging 16 minutes per game, scoring 4.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks. Liu Xiu saw the team's signing and thought it was okay. Used as an insider backup.

  This year their inside line is indeed much weaker. If Birdman hadn’t renewed his contract with a minimum salary of one year, it would be difficult to find a backup center.

This is to blame for the long delay in signing Bosh and getting Anthony in the trade. Those cheap and usable backup centers, such as Dampier, Big Z, and Magloire, were all snatched by the Heat; -Smith was signed by Spurs minimum salary; Ian Mahinmi was signed by Mavericks; O'Neal was signed by Knicks…

   Tianzun, who was very promising to sign, finally chose to retire.

   Fortunately, Battier was finally obtained. Dampier, Big Z, O'Neill... are all floating clouds.

   In terms of the coaching staff, the lineup has not changed. Mustache was going to leave, but the management told him not to worry, wait, wait, wait, Anthony and Bosh are here...

  Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Anthony, Bosh, Gasol Jr. The main substitutes are Dragic, Korver, Hill, Outlaws, Diaw, and Birdman.

   Battier was also signed later!

  This shit...

   Coupled with a 20% annual salary increase from the big dog, Mustache chose to stay.

  In this year's lineup, the interior has become more brisk.

For things like lack of depth, Moustache gave constructive advice-when Gasol is resting, the center position can allow Bosh and Birdman to rotate, and Anthony, Hill, and Diaw can all appear more at power forward position.

   During the Pacers period, Bosh once said-I will never play center.

   This made the Trail Blazers management and coaching staff a little hesitant. When they first came, let them play center. Isn't that good?

  As a result, Bosh immediately agreed-"I think I was born to play a center forward. I have excellent inside footwork, and I can also stretch shots. I am also good at pick-and-roll..."

   With Pau Gasol on the bench, Bosh is not stupid. To put it mildly, he will be praised by Chinese reporters!

   As for being ridiculed by American journalists... let’s do it, it’s better than no one cared about what he was doing in Indianapolis before.

  Fuzzy position is the development direction of contemporary basketball.

  This has become very obvious in the past two or three years.

  The most typical examples are the Celtics and Eagles, both of whom have multiple players who can play 3-4 positions.

  Moustache is very advocating the blurring of positions, and Dior was trained by him.

The adjustment direction of the training camp this time is clearer than last season, or even last season, which won 73 wins. After two seasons of adaptation, although this time the lineup adjustment is quite large, but on the contrary, I know better what to adjust. .

  Moustache and the rest of the coaching staff already know how to play Liu Xiu, Hill, Gasol Jr., and Diaw, the four core tactics, and let others adjust around them.

  Originally, Mustache, the coach, and the vice president were all worried about one person—Carmelo Anthony.

   This guy is notoriously bad at coaching. Nuggets coach George Karl cried in front of the media after the management traded Anthony back for Kwame Brown, saying that Anthony is a player who cannot be coached.

   But in the end, Anthony was the one who adjusted the most.

  There is no other reason, just because the teammate of the partner is Liu Xiu.

  Since he decided to join the Trail Blazers, Anthony has been practicing catching and shooting. After officially joining the Trail Blazers, he asked Ray Allen to learn this. He also studied with Korver and Gasol Jr.

Running position, this is still the blind spot of Anthony's ability, but he is already actively learning to move without the ball, move in the designated area according to the position of the teammate holding the ball to create opportunities to catch the ball, and reduce unnecessary dribbles after receiving the ball... A genius is a genius, as long as Anthony is willing, George Karl has been nagging him for several years, and he can practice in a summer.

The needs of the Trail Blazers and the direction of Anthony's efforts are not like Ray Allen's transition to pure off-ball play. That would be a waste of Anthony's singles ability. Version transformation.

  Time passed day by day, early training camp, training camp, preseason...all passed one by one.

The adjustment progress of the Trail Blazers is very gratifying. Anthony adjusted quickly and Bosh is suitable for this style of play. The integration of the two new superstars has not encountered any major problems. This has given the Trail Blazers coaching staff a shot in the arm !

  Ray Allen's condition continues to be good. Although he is 35 years old, in terms of physical strength and shooting accuracy, there is no visible decline compared to last season.

  The three-point leader, plus the warden who played a full start in the World Championships, is the double cornerstone for the members of the prison team's coaching staff to create a tactical system and a heart.

Hill was happy to accept the role of the bench, came to the Trail Blazers for 3 years, he regained his health, won the championship, enjoyed the joy of winning that he had never had in his career...for the Warden to give up the starting position, he willingly.

  Even if everyone is saying that he seems to be in better shape this year than last year, even if he himself feels the same way, he is willing to give up his starting position and become a swingman of the backup striker.

  The outlaw fanatics are a bit bitter, haha, there is an extra capable opponent on the bench!

Diaw is the one who takes money to do things. Outside of the team's four major stars, he has the highest salary. Moreover, the Blazers management is not like Steve Kerr, who doesn't dislike his high salary at all. Only this, he I am willing to work hard for the Trail Blazers.

   Dragic is the happier one visible to the naked eye among the substitute players. The team did not continue to recruit veteran point guard substitutes, which means that he has become the team's first substitute!

Gasol has made great progress. In the middle and late stages of last season, his progress was obvious. Unfortunately, by then, the Trail Blazers' tactical system had basically been adjusted. , The coaching staff did not make tactical adjustments after discovering Gasol's progress, but this season's training camp stage, Gasol is undoubtedly the core of tactics in the eyes of the coaching staff.

Gasol did not disappoint. His performance in the training camp met the requirements of the coaching staff. In the preseason, he averaged 27 minutes per game. In 8 games, he averaged 9.5 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1.5 blocks per game. , really showed the coping ability not weaker than his brother!

   And Gasol Jr.'s biggest change, a change visible to the naked eye-weight 116 kg!

   Compared with when Gasol Jr. joined two years ago, he is 20 kilograms lighter.

   This allows Gasol Jr. to not hold back in brisk offensive coordination!

  But the Trail Blazers team felt that the biggest improvement was not the youngsters, but the warden who had turned 28 in the first half of the year!

   Three points, the gap with Ray Allen has become smaller and smaller.

   The ability to step back and shoot, shown in training and preseason, seems to be no weaker than Anthony.

  Running, catching and shooting is definitely not comparable to Ray Allenby, but compared to Korver who has made great progress, Liu Xiu's progress in this area is not lost at all!

   It doesn’t matter that he is still making rapid progress, the key is that he is still actively developing new abilities and continuing to strengthen around existing technologies!

  Anthony saw that Liu Xiu wanted to learn everything, learned everything quickly, and had to eat, drink, and play every day. As a result, he improved faster than anyone else.

   This picture is really familiar!

   This guy has become his teammate again!

   Come here, you are right!

  …

   Once again played the opening game away. This is the second time in Liu Xiu's career to start a new season away. In the first 7 years of his career, he started the new season 6 times at home, 4 of which were because he won the championship.

  Counting this time, there are 4 new seasons that are not the defending champion, 2 home games and 2 away games, which is quite balanced.

   At noon on the 29th, the Trail Blazers came to the Big Apple City and rested for the night. On October 30th, the first day of the NBA regular season arrived. After training in the morning, Liu Xiu received a system notification that the player detection report had been updated.

  He opened the system screen, and the home page was his ability evaluation.

  "Name: Liu Xiu, English name: Jess.

  Age: 28 years old (February 17, 1982)

  Net height: 188 cm, wingspan 203 cm, weight: 96 kg.

  Team: Portland Trail Blazers.

  Ability evaluation: 98.

  Athletic ability: speed 96 (explosive acceleration 91), strength 95 (explosive force 90), bounce 95 (bounce speed 91), flexibility 95, stamina 94.

Basic skills: 96 three-pointers, 95 mid-range shots, 96 layups (upper limit), 96 ball handling (upper limit), 93 passes, 93 turns, 88 strides (upper limit), 94 turnarounds, 94 emergency stops (upper limit), throwing shots 93. Step back 93...

Skills: Low post-up 93 (upper limit), high post-up 93, off-dribble shooting 94 (upper limit), acceleration layup 94 on the move, European step 84, fadeaway jumper 93, rhythm flow breakthrough 94 (upper limit), front body Breakthrough 87, emergency stop jump shot 93 (upper limit), emergency stop catch and shoot 93, step-back shooting 92, post-up singles application skills 91, pick-and-roll with the ball 93 (upper limit), pick-and-roll technique application 90, three-threat play 69 , changing direction to 73 while moving..."

After breaking through to a comprehensive ability evaluation of 98 in June, he has made great progress in the past 4 months. In the growth period of "twenty-four or five-year-old", he can feel his main attack direction after a period of time. improvement.

Now most of his basic skills and abilities have reached the peak. In terms of European step, stride, change of direction in front of the body, change of direction while walking... etc., he is not so talented, but if he has the ability, he can do it if he needs it. As long as it can be used, he doesn't feel bad about it, but focuses on those aspects of his talent.

   Like three points!

  After surpassing the top, his three-pointers are closer to Ray Allen, who is the number one in active service with a 98-point three-point ability.

  Looking at the ability evaluation of 98, it is only 1 point away from the normal limit, and the next one is off the chart... Maybe there is a chance, his current goal is to reach the limit of strength!

  According to past experience, the direction of his current efforts is to continue to strengthen the strongest point that can still be improved, and then improve more basic technical skills to surpass the top level.

   And for this, he also has a very clear plan - emergency stop, shooting after dribbling, rhythm flow breakthrough, emergency stop jump shot, pick-and-roll with the ball, etc., to break through the upper limit for these basic skills and techniques!

  He has thought about it, and his priority is to break through the pick-and-roll and shoot off the dribble.

  Pick and roll, the future will become more and more important, more important.

  Shooting after dribbling is very important. All offensive techniques are for throwing the ball into the basket.

  The direction is clear, the mood is happy, and the progress in all aspects seems to be smoother.

   Liu Xiu opened the team interface and looked at the latest reports of his teammates.

  "Ray Allen, 35 years old, 196 cm, 93 kg, SG, ability evaluation 85, offense 88, defense 83... three-pointer 98...

  Anthony, 26 years old, 203 cm, 108 kg, SF/PF, ability evaluation 92…

  Chris Bosh, 26 years old, 211 cm, 107 kg, PF/C, ability evaluation 90…

  Chris Anderson, 32 years old, 208 cm, 111 kg, PF/C, ability rating 69, offense-, defense 81...

  Grant Hill, 38 years old, 203 cm, 102 kg, SF/PF, ability rating 82, offense 78, defense 85...

  Travis Outlaw, 26 years old, 206 cm, 101 kg, SF/PF, ability rating 86, offense 83, defense 91…

  Marc Gasol, 25 years old, 215 cm, 133 kg, C, ability evaluation 84…

  Keller Korver, 29 years old, 201 cm, 96 kg, SF/SG, ability rating 75…

  Goran Dragic, 24 years old, 191 cm, 86 kg, PG, ability evaluation 73…

  Boris Dior, 28 years old, 203 cm, 102 kg, SF/C, ability rating 78…

  Sean Battier, 32 years old, 203 cm, 100 kg, SF/SG, ability rating 77, offense 72, defense 84...

  Avery Bradley, 20 years old, 190 cm, 82 kg, PG/SG, ability rating 68…

  Theo Ratliff, 37 years old, 208 cm, 107 kg, C, ability evaluation—”

   Liu Xiu only used one word to describe the strength of his teammates - strong!

  He couldn't help but let out hearty laughter again in the toilet.

  Teammates, coaching staff, management, and even cleaning staff are used to it.

  With this lineup, they want to laugh too! Laugh out loud!

  By noon, the last 3 teams and the top 3 players were also released.

   In terms of player rankings, Liu Xiu is still number one, and Sports Illustrated is no longer shrewd at this time.

   But in terms of team rankings... the defending champion Mavericks, the major media ranked first by convention, and the Trail Blazers, the three major media only gave it third.

  Sports Illustrated gave the second place to the Spurs, ESPN to the Heat, and T.N.T to the Knicks.

   This topic became hot all at once.

  And this made the Knicks players want to scold the street again, but it also made the Knicks players want to beat the Trail Blazers even more.

   At 6:40 in the evening, at the Madison Square Garden Arena in New York, Liu Xiu led his teammates to run out from the visiting team's tunnel.

  He was greeted this time with boos all over the sky!

   New York fans kneel and lick again, but there is a limit. They were repeatedly rejected by Liu Xiu, and now they have signed Pierce and Felton, Liu Xiu's two sworn enemies. New York fans no longer love the warden.

  They want to suppress bandits!

  Liu Xiu's attention was not on the fans. After entering the field, he looked at the opposite player's tunnel.

   It's time for the home team to enter the field.

  Xiaobawang, Truth, Big Zhi, Fatton, T-Mac.

  Although neither the 2003 class nor the 01 class got one, it was worthwhile for the Knicks to give up everything last season and give it a go.

After signing Little Overlord and Truth, and before giving the final middle class to Big Zhi, the Knicks still signed. They offered Felton for $11 million in three years, but the Raptors did not match; they signed Shaw for $890,000 in one year. Well - Williams, the Mavericks did not keep anyone; signed Turiaf with $4 million in one year, and the Grizzlies did not keep anyone; signed O'Neal with a basic salary...

In addition, Wilson Chandler, Landry Fields, a second-round pick who performed well in the summer league, and Timofey Moz, a Russian center who joined the Knicks without applying for re-election after being automatically undrafted at the age of 24 Goff, Jared Jeffries, who the Lakers waived on a two-year minimum deal...

The Knicks not only used up the space of tens of millions of dollars vacated, but also used up the middle class and various special cases. They also raised the total salary to 78 million dollars, almost from the tens of millions of dollars to the turnover. The luxury tax, that is, the rules do not allow it, otherwise Dolan would definitely want to pay the tax.

   These 5 people ran out of the player tunnel one after another, and Madison Square Garden fell into a carnival.

   One of the strongest starting lineups in the league!

   But after a while, watching the Trail Blazers start five, the fans on the scene cursed.

  The way Liu Xiu led the team into the field made the opponent not focus on their starters at the beginning. Now that five starters are on the field, even the five Knicks feel their scalps go numb!

  Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Anthony, Bosh, Gasol Jr.

  After Bosh came on the field, he clenched his fists with both hands and raised his neck and roared, which attracted the attention of the fans and received deafening boos.

  When Liu Xiu was applying chalk, McGrady found him and said, "I will definitely win this time! I also have such good teammates!"

  Liu Xiu smiled and said: "I see, I will tell Kidd the exact words you said... By the way, I feel good now, better than ever."

   After speaking, Liu Xiu turned and walked onto the field.

  McGrady vaguely remembers hearing something similar... When Liu Xiu came to play here one year, he said it! Then it exploded!

  McGrady's confidence was shaken for a while, but he calmed down soon.

  He doesn't believe that they can't beat the warden now!

  He wants to use this game to sweep away the warden's decline!

  He wants to lead the team to defeat the warden for the first time in team history!

   It's miserable to say that in the past 7 years, the Knicks have lost all their home games against the Trail Blazers.

   At 7:00 pm, the game started.

   Bully beat Gasol Jr. to win the jump ball, the Knicks went first, and McGrady hit a breakthrough throw, detonating the cheers of the fans.

   When the Trail Blazers attacked, Liu Xiu slowed down when he reached the middle circle.

The Knicks players guessed what Liu Xiu wanted to do. For this opening game, they studied the video footage of the Trail Blazers coming to them every season. I don’t know when Liu Xiu likes to start the game. One, and as long as you have the opportunity to throw it, you never miss it.

   But this time they didn't rush to the center line in a panic, McGrady chose to stay in the top arc.

  He doesn't believe it, their nursing home has such a strong lineup now, that guy dares to look down on them.

   Then, Liu Xiuzhen stepped on the top arc of the front half of the middle circle and shot directly! Close your eyes after the shot!

  Although praying in official matches is useless, it has become a habit.

   This prayer is useful!

   Liu Xiu hit the basket with a super long three-pointer in the middle circle and bounced into the basket!

  Not to mention the Knicks, which has changed a lot of players, the new players from the Trail Blazers were all shocked when they saw this scene. Brother Dong scolded the street directly, and only Bosh immediately rushed to Liu Xiu to hug the camera.

Just like the Knicks players thought 'I don't believe that the warden dares to look down on us', Anthony also thought the same way. He felt that Liu Xiu was so flamboyant when he played against the Knicks before because the Knicks were not very strong. Shame on the Knicks.

   Now it seems that it is not the same thing!

  Anthony read Liu Xiu's expression language—this guy just wants to show off in the Big Apple, and it has nothing to do with the strength of the Knicks!

  The information Wang Zhizhi read is more direct—Kan Er waits for a bid to sell the first...

  (end of this chapter)