NBA: Strongest In The History Of Holding A Large Ball

As a ball-holding core, Chang Tiancheng doesn't really need his teammates to have strong personal ability, but he hopes that each teammate should have a certain range.

After all, the most important thing to make the tactical system of the ball-holding core work, is actually the space on the court. If every teammate's shooting ability is below average, then the opponent will shrink the defense, leaving much less room for the ball-carrying core to break through.

For a ball-holding core, the ideal state is naturally that the other four teammates can pull outside the three-point line to shoot, so that they can unscrupulously impact the opponent's inside, once the opponent decides to strike, then the ball-holding core can pass the ball to teammates outside the three-point line, thus creating an empty three-point opportunity.

From the perspective of efficiency, the two most efficient ways to score on the basketball court are direct offense to the basket and three-point shooting. The efficiency of the offensive basket comes from a high shooting percentage, and although the three-point shooting rate may be lower, as long as you score a goal, you can get three points, so as long as you can shoot a three-point shot with a 30% shooting rate, it is worth shooting a two-point shot with a 50% shooting rate.

The so-called ball-holding big core theory is nothing more than a basketball tactical system that pushes efficiency to the extreme. In this tactical system, mid-range shooting is the first to be abandoned because it is too inefficient.

As mentioned before, the ball-holding core only needs to break through with the ball himself, so once a teammate has space for the opponent to clamp the ball-holding core, he will have the opportunity to complete a three-point attack. If the opponent does not choose to attack, then the offensive ability of the ball-holding core himself is particularly important.

Normally, a qualified ball-handling core is guaranteed to have at least two offensive options: a direct drive to the basket and a precise three-point shot. On this basis, if you can greatly improve your shooting percentage under the basket, or develop a three-point shot with a longer range, more space, and more difficult for opponents to defend, then it can be said that this ball-holding core is at a very good level.

For example, LeBron James and James Harden, although they are both ball-handling cores in a broad sense, their playing styles are completely different.

James has made his breakthrough his base and has played a very high finishing efficiency under the basket, and once he decides to attack the opponent's interior, he is bound to win his teammates the opportunity to shoot in the open space. Therefore, the most suitable Dafa for him is the so-called "one star and four stars". As long as he is equipped with teammates around this idea, he can easily take the team to Finals-level heights.

And Harden is not as good as James because of his physical fitness, coupled with the adjustment of Coach D'Antoni in the later period, so that he can focus more on polishing his three-point shooting skills. In the end, he finally practiced a step-back three-point shot that "everyone knows, but it just can't be prevented", and can rely on this move to pile up unlimited three-point shot production and help the team consume the ball.

Compared to James, Harden will have a higher demand for interior teammates. Theoretically, James can do without a traditional center at all, and he is more suitable for a small-ball lineup, that is, the center can also pull out and shoot threes, after all, in terms of his finishing efficiency and breakthrough means, he does not rely so much on the blocking and pick-and-roll of a big center to create breakthrough space.

Harden, on the other hand, needs a traditional center to help him with pick-and-roll and rebounding protection. This is not to say that Harden will behave awkwardly without a traditional center partner, but if he wants to really play to his full potential, he still has to find a traditional center to partner with. This season, Harden's combination with Embiid in the 76ers can be regarded as complementary.

Chang Tiancheng looked at the teammates in front of him, and their height did not even exceed 210 cm. The two interior lines, one 203 cm and one 206 cm, belong to the typical interior line of the small-ball era - short, but with a certain shooting ability.

Thinking of this, Chang Tiancheng had already made a plan for this game in his heart.

Since there is no traditional center to support the basic game of the interior, if you want to win, you need to maximize the three-point firepower of your teammates.

The five-minute time passed quickly, and the assistant coach blew the whistle. After the whistle was heard, both groups came to their own halves, and the team's starting center, Zach Collins, was already in the center circle and ready to play the jump ball.

Collins is 211 cm tall, while Sandro, the center in charge of jumping the ball on his side, is only 206 cm, so the ball is naturally taken by the opponent.

Since the team's starting point guard has been traded, the starting team has to let Devin Vassell, who has been playing shooting guard, come in as a guest point guard, and let Romeo Langford, who could only play off the bench, play as shooting guard.

Vassell carried the ball into the half-court and passed it to Sochan from the inside.

Sochan made a three-threat move from beyond the three-point line, then flicked his hands and sent the ball straight into the air.

The team's leading small forward, Keldon Johnson, had already rushed in from the bottom corner and played a perfect aerial relay dunk with Sochan.

Branham, who was in charge of defending Keldon, raised his hand a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I didn't look at him."

"It's okay, you try to find a spot outside the three-point line when you attack later, and I'll find an opportunity to pass it to you." Chang Tiancheng comforted Branham while receiving the serve from Sandro.

Chang Tiancheng held the ball all the way to the three-point line, and Vassell, who defended him, always kept a distance of about one step from him, so that no matter whether Chang Tiancheng chose to break through or retreat to shoot, he had a certain reaction time to keep up with Chang Tiancheng's movements.

Chang Tiancheng did not choose to play Vassell alone, and in his basketball philosophy, mobilizing his teammates' offense is the first priority.

Therefore, he made a gesture for Sandro to block for him.

When Sandro saw it, he immediately trotted out from the inside line to cover for Chang Tiancheng.

After Chang Tiancheng held the ball and bypassed Sandro's cover, he found that Collins, who was in charge of defending him, was a little faltering, so he simply accelerated directly, hit the basket in one step, and easily completed a layup.

Popovich, who was sitting on the sidelines, opened his mouth and asked Duncan, who was next to him, "Tim, what do you think of this kid Collins?" "

He's a good player, but it should be difficult to play as a starting center." Duncan rolled his eyes, thought for a moment, and replied.