The Whip of the God of Basketball - Chapter 410

Chapter 413

Leon and Morey talked for dinner until nine o’clock in the evening, but Leon didn’t order ice cream in this ice cream restaurant. He didn’t want to eat ice cream today, and would sit on the sidelines of the game tomorrow night and want to have diarrhea.

When preparing to leave, Morey drove his SUV from the parking lot to take Leon back to the hotel. Leon said he could take a taxi back. Morey thought Leon was polite and insisted on sending Leon, but Leon said: “I hope you can sell your car instead of wasting time in driving every day.”

Leon’s words surprised Morey. He didn’t know what Leon meant. Leon said, “Driving is a waste of time. If you send me back, then drive back by yourself. You will consume it on the road. Almost an hour and a half. For an hour and a half, you have to be mindless and can’t do other things. This is okay during the season. If it is the offseason, all kinds of trading rumors and news are flying all over the sky, and some opportunities are fleeting, you must seize Think and operate all the time. Driving will save you an hour of free time every day. This hour will determine many things.”

Morey listened to Leon’s words thoughtfully, and said: “This is why you always drive your 18-handed car?” When in Boston, Morey was impressed by Leon every season. Everyone would change a car, but not a new car, but an old car that I don’t know how many hands it has. It feels like it will be scrapped tomorrow after driving today.

Leon nodded. He never spends time in a car. If it weren’t for Boston taxis, he would not even buy a second-hand car. Now he buys more cars because of Khomeinis and his upcoming child, otherwise He didn’t want to drive. Driving is a waste of time for him, and he can’t do anything else while driving.

“If you want to be a good general manager, sell your car and dedicate yourself to basketball. After all, we are all halfway through the family.” Leon patted Morey on the shoulder. Morey is 1.9 meters tall. He had to reach for his shoulders, but that didn’t make Leon look down. Morey accepted Leon’s teachings like a junior. Morey knew that in the NBA circle, Fox-Leon’s words must be heard.

Afterwards, Leon took a taxi and left the restaurant. Morey drove his own SUV home. This SUV was bought after he came to Houston to celebrate his new general manager job. He did not expect Leon to have He sold it. Of course he is reluctant now, but many years later, he did as Leon said. He sold his SUV and took the online car ride every day. He used the time he saved to follow the league’s dynamics and became a real man. A commendable excellent general manager.

Of course, this is a long time later.

The next day, on the night of November 17, at the Toyota Center in Houston, the regular season of the Rockets and Suns will be held here. When the opening ceremony was held before the game, there were not many people on the scene. No way. Houston fans are like this. They are always late for regular season tickets. They like to leave early after watching the game. As a result, the Rockets, as a team with good league records and popularity, have a mediocre attendance.

Fortunately, the Rockets have Yao Ming. Chinese fans who come to watch Yao Ming play from all over the United States can often be seen on the scene. Their Chinese slogans are often a sight on the sidelines of the Rockets games.

After the opening ceremony, the starting players of both sides stood on the court and hugged each other to greet each other, preparing to start the game. Leon walked to the technical stage and shook hands with Rick Adelman. The old coach just signed a four-year contract with the Rockets this summer. Morey invited him to also hope to change the offensive weakness of the Rockets Van Gundy era. Disadvantage, able to play as good and smooth offense as the Sacramento Kings under the leadership of Adelman.

Of course, it doesn’t seem to be that easy. After Adelman arrived, many people, especially the Chinese media, speculated that the Rockets would play a gorgeous Princeton offense like the Kings, allowing Yao Ming to be in a high position like Divac. In response, he used his passing and mid-range shooting abilities to lead the Rockets to a new height.

However, Leon, as an industry insider, does not think so. He does not think the Rockets will play any Princeton offense, and the Rockets do not need to play Princeton offense. Facts have also proved that in the first few games of the regular season, the Rockets did not play Princeton’s high and low air cuts. Yao Ming’s support effect in the high position is far less powerful than his power in the low position.

As an excellent coach, Adelman will not make the players adapt to tactics that are not suitable for them. Instead, he will look at the food according to the characteristics of the players, and Leon also knows that Yao Ming does not like to play Princeton offense. At the beginning of the Celtics, Wang Zhizhi was a member of Leon, and every time he played against the Rockets, Wang Zhizhi would reveal to Leon some of Yao Ming’s weaknesses. As teammates of the national team, the two have been fighting since their youth. The mutual understanding of the opponents is definitely deep enough.

So Leon is very clear that with Yao Ming’s playing style and preferences, he can’t use his shortcomings and avoid his strengths to play a Princeton offense and turn himself into the next Divac. This year Yao Ming has weighed more than 300 pounds. He stands on the giant NBA court, but makes everyone look like a short man. He stands on the court like a mountain.

Today, the starting center of the Suns is Stoudemire. The 6-foot-10 Stoudemire is a bit hunched, standing opposite Yao Ming like a guard. But with a jump ball in the middle circle, Stoudemire’s explosive power came into play, his knees seemed to have fully recovered, and the scramble got the ball.

The Suns won the offensive ball. Both sides started, the Suns resumed the starting fives at the beginning of the season, while Tracy McGrady was absent due to injury, center Yao Ming, power forward Chuck Hayes, small forward Sean Battier, shooting guard Mike -James, point guard Ralph Alston. Except for Yao Ming, who is a big piece of Optimus High, the Rockets are a bit short in other positions.

In response to the shortcomings of the Rockets, Leon put Stoudemire to the center position on offense and power forward position on defense, allowing Dior to guard against Yao Ming. Of course, this is Dior’s life. Since Leon came, he has to defend against O’Neal for a while, and then to face Howard, and today he has to fight against Yao Ming. The key is that Leon has not allowed Dior to gain weight, which led to Dior. Every night I feel like I am being crushed by a road roller.

But this kind of misalignment is obviously effective, because Stoudemire can pull Yao Ming out to consume him on the offensive end. The defensive end allows Stoudemire to defend and Dior is actually not much different. The main thing against Yao Ming is to disrupt his game. Rhythm~www.mtlnovel.com~ Once Yao Ming can’t find a sense on the offensive end, his power on the court will be greatly reduced. In terms of pick-and-roll screens and offensive support, Yao Ming’s level is not enough to support a team’s half-court offense like Duncan.

And without Tracy McGrady, the offense was controlled by Alston. His offensive rhythm was inferior to Nash, but Nash was a big one. In the first quarter, he missed a three-pointer and an angry Adelman roared from the sidelines. The Suns with long rebounds can use this to launch a counterattack. Stoudemire has become the vanguard in the counterattack. Yao Ming’s defense has been very fast, but he still can’t keep up with the sun.

In the first quarter, the Suns used a quick counterattack to score 14 points, accounting for nearly half of their points. In addition to height, another weakness of the Rockets is the lack of athleticism of the players. Once they play fast offense, men who lack physical fitness often cannot keep up with their opponents. At the end of the first quarter, the Suns scored 39 points in a single quarter. The Rockets also had a good offense, scoring 30 points, but the Suns’ firepower was too fierce and they fell into the wind.

However, the Rockets are not a team like the Knicks that will be easily destroyed by the sun’s offensive power, and Adelman is not the flashy coach of Thomas. At home in Houston, they will not give up so easily. of.

(End of this chapter)