One Guard

The summer of 2017 is destined to be a crazy summer. Kyrie Irving voluntarily left Cleveland and joined the Celtics. After making enough money in New York, but looking back and finding out that they had no championship yet, Anthony and Paul George settled in Oklahoma City, and the Thunder's new Big Three were born. Chris Paul landed in Houston, and the rocket is about to take off. With Jimmy Butler joining the Minnesota Timberwolves, Thibodeau is expected to lead the team back to the top. Zhou Qi officially signed a contract with the Rockets. After joining Yiyang, the NBA has added Chinese elements...

Compared with these transfers that have turned the league upside down, the Dallas Mavericks are not so dazzling. The West has become so powerful that even if Yiyang and Hayward join forces, they may not be able to bring the Mavericks back to glory.

The new season will definitely be very difficult, because almost all the top players from all walks of life have gathered in the Western Conference. If you want to break out of the siege, you are destined to put in a lot of effort.

And if we only start working hard in the new season, it will already be too late. Under Yiyang's call, Mudiay, Mitchell, Kuzma and Gobert invested in the hard training of the training camp early. The championship will not come to your door by itself. Yiyang knows very well that if you want to get this honor, you must put in the sweat to match it.

Under Brickley's guidance, several guys spent most of the rest of the summer in the gym. Mitchell and Kuzma are okay, after all, they are only first-year rookies. But Yiyang and Gobert, two superstars worth over 100 million, don't squander a lot of money and only practice ball every day, which makes Brickley feel a little incredible.

But this is precisely the reason why Yiyang is successful. Gobert practices with Yiyang every year and has now developed this habit. But without these efforts, Gobert, who was only selected with the 27th overall pick, would never have the chance to renew his contract with the maximum salary in his life.

Rudy Gobert has improved very quickly. Last season, he averaged 14 points, 12.8 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game. In the past, people could only say that Gobert had great potential. But now, he is definitely worthy of the title of the league's top center.

Gobert's progress inspired the other three young people. They also hope to change their destiny through their own efforts like the "Tower of Suffocation"!

In the training camp, Yiyang was delighted with the performances of Mitchell and Kuzma. This summer league, the Mavericks with Mitchell and Kuzma won the championship, and Kuzma also won the Summer League MVP. Some people may say that the Summer League championship is nothing special.

But it is very unusual for a championship-contending team to still win the summer league championship with its rookies.

What worries Yiyang the most now is Mudiay. In his several years with the Nuggets, Mudiay did not receive efficient training. This guy's defense and shooting have not improved much compared to his college days.

But the strange thing is that Mudiay's accuracy during shooting practice is actually very good, second only to Yiyang, and much more stable than Kuzma and even Mitchell. During the game, Mudiay would lose his sight.

Mudiay's shooting has been taught by Yiyang since he was a child. When he arrived at Butler University, the shooting coach was a master who saved Yiyang. Mudiay's shooting action is also very beautiful, so it stands to reason that there should be no problems.

After much thought, Brickley and Yiyang came to the same conclusion. Mudiay's problem actually does not lie in the shooting itself, but in the selection of shots!

"Hesitate when you should take a shot, and make a strong shot when you shouldn't take a shot. Playing like this, you can be efficient." Seeing Mudiay frequently losing in one-on-one situations, both Yiyang and Brickley shook their heads.

The same problem also occurs with Mitchell and Kuzma. Although they are not as extreme as Mudiay, it is obvious that the court vision is still a little narrower. If Yiyang, a master tactician, can help these young people solve this problem, then this group of young people from the Mavericks will definitely be a blockbuster next season!

"The movement, awareness and vision of several of them need to be improved.

Otherwise they are just a rookie. "

"But they are rookies." Brickley spread his hands.

"No, I need to make them different. Otherwise, we won't be able to compete with the Warriors!" Yiyang clenched his fists, but don't think that this harsh guy will lower his standards for rookie players. Everyone here in Yiyang is treated equally.

So on the fifth day of training camp, Brickley canceled one-on-one training. After everyone's special training every day, Brickley arranged a 3-on-2 fast break practice for them. The three of Mudiay, Mitchell and Kuzma faced off against Yiyang and Gobert.

"3 versus 2?" When he heard this exercise for the first time, Kuzma was both excited and nervous. Yiyang is the only pure point guard to win the Defensive Player of the Year award after Payton, and Gobert was second in the voting for the Defensive Player of the Year last season. It will definitely be very interesting to play against these two people! But it is also possible that you will lose completely.

"That's right, 3-on-2, fast break practice. Attack and defense alternate, a set of 10 balls, and then the offense and defense switch. Let's see how many points you can score within 10 balls."

Brickley is indeed a well-known trainer. Such exercises have a very good effect on mobilizing the enthusiasm of rookie players. Seeing the three guys gearing up, Brickley knew that he was about to have a good show!

The training was quickly organized. Kuzma served from the baseline, and Yiyang and Gobert began to set up at the midfield line to simulate a fast break situation.

After receiving the basketball, Mudiay accelerated directly to the basket, not seeing the two rookies Mitchell and Kuzma at all.

Just like that, his mid-range jump shot was slapped away by Yiyang, and his first attack failed!

The second time, Mitchell got inside. It stands to reason that they would have a lot of gaps in 3-on-2, but Mitchell insisted on killing the basket.

As everyone knows, Gobert easily used his height to block the shot, and failed to attack twice in a row!

For the third time, Kuzma made a sudden stop outside the three-point line and made a jump shot, and the basketball came out of the frame. Yiyang shook his head, such a move was too impatient and unnecessary. With Kuzma's physical condition, he should shoot closer to the basket.

The offense of Mudiay, Kuzma and Mitchell was unstructured. It was not that they did not pass the ball to the opponent, but that they were unable to make effective passes. Passes that cannot break up the defense but just pass each other are of little significance.

Mudiay finished a group of 10 goals and only scored a pitiful two. These two, in Brickley's words, are like a blind cat meeting a dead mouse.

After that, it was time for Yiyang and Gobert's performance. The tacit cooperation between Yiyang and Gobert made it difficult for the three rookies to guard against them. There were several balls, and Yiyang was able to assist Gobert for an easy alley-oop dunk just by passing the ball in the half court.

"This is unfair, your height is too scary!" Kuzma complained. He simply couldn't guard a center with Gobert's height.

"Oh? Is it just because of the height? Okay, Kyle. Next round, Moody will be with me!"

"Okay! We can definitely win!" Kuzma was so happy when he heard that he was going to be paired with Gobert. The two defenders simply couldn't withstand Gobert's destruction.

However, Mitchell and Kuzma found that they could not feed the ball to Gobert comfortably. It's either early or late. It is also difficult for Gobert to cooperate with the two, because the two little guys are a bit slow in running without the ball.

With an absolute height advantage, Yiyang and Mudiay beat them three times 10 to 4, of which 4 goals were all scored by Gobert due to his height.

After Mudiay and Yiyang were paired together, they had a completely different experience. As long as he reaches an open position, Yiyang's pass can also reach him. No longer shooting against the defense, Mudiay's offensive efficiency has also become much higher.

Why do I struggle more and more? Mudiay seems to have found some reasons.

"Who else wants to try? Mitchell, you are with me this time. I believe that when you were training in Paul's training camp, he told you what running without the ball is. You have to put your Use what you learn in actual combat. This does not mean that you are not qualified to attack with the ball, but it means that you will get more and easier scoring opportunities!"

Mitchell nodded thoughtfully, and then played a devastating 10-3 with Yiyang. Among them, 7 goals came from Mitchell!

Finally, it was Kuzma’s turn. Kuzma has learned well. With the examples of Mudiay and Mitchell, Kuzma finally knows the importance of running without the ball. Offense is not about holding the ball and throwing it around, but requires coordination at all levels. The one who can still win games by holding the ball and throwing it is Kobe.

Kuzma's performance is gratifying. You really can't believe that he is the 27th overall pick. Yiyang feels that with Kuzma's strength, there is no problem entering the lottery. Perhaps this is the tragedy of older rookies. As long as you have been in college for four years, you are already inferior. Facts have proven that such judgments are biased.

Kuzma and Yiyang worked together to find gaps by running without the ball and scored 8 goals. Yiyang told everyone with his practical actions that attacking depends on more than just height. Even if you don't have height, as long as you cooperate properly, you can still complete the attack.

Finally, Gobert returned and the three rookies teamed up again.

After experiencing Yiyang's "education", the three people finally had some simple cooperation. Although they are still immature, the three young people have undoubtedly made a lot of progress compared to when they only knew how to get the ball and do it themselves.

A Mudiay who doesn't take random shots, a Mitchell who can attack without the ball and a Kuzma who knows when to attack and when to pass. Although the three young men still failed to defeat Yiyang, this time, they were able to score 6 goals in 10 rounds!

"God, where did you find these guys?" Brickley looked at everything happening on the court in disbelief. Of these three rookies, one was selected with the 13th pick because of the Mavericks' chips, and the other because He played in college for four years and was looked down upon. One was given up by the team because his playing was getting worse and worse. From ordinary people's perspective, they are all players with little future.

But when they arrived in Yiyang, everything was turned into treasure. The speed of their progress is simply jaw-dropping. This is not because Yiyang teaches well, but because the talents of the three of them are too terrible! As long as we can get guidance, the future is limitless!

If he keeps practicing like this, Brickley is sure. When the new season starts in October, these three people will really no longer be ordinary rookies.

Those who are still complaining about the Mavericks' insufficient recruitment efforts, prepare to be shocked! (https:)

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