basketball pope

Chapter 55 [Dead horse as a living horse doctor]

On the 25th, Yang Rui and Thomas Bentley did not attend any parties. They ate Kung Pao Chicken, Lao Mei's favorite Chinese dish, and watched basketball games for the holidays.

The NBA's selection criteria for the annual Christmas battle team is a "feeling".Or a public arena where popular stars compete for popularity and the market, all for the sake of attracting attention.

Two games are scheduled this year, the Bulls VS the Heat and the Rockets VS the Jazz.

Of course, the Heat and the Knicks are more in line with the standard of the enemy, but the hatred is too great, and the league dare not arrange for them to compete on this day, for fear that the Knicks will beat up PJ Brown and nail him to the cross.

The Heat were 17-8 and the Bulls were 17-9. Without Pippen, the Bulls did lose a lot of strength. They only lost 10 games that year.

In the face of the trident composed of Mourning, Hardaway and Mashburn, Jordan led the team independently and won 90 to 80.The Bulls are only conceding 90.7 points per game and can still rely on defense to win.

After watching the game, Thomas said: "It seems that the Bulls and the Heat are not good this year. The game is really boring, but the Knicks are good looking and score more points."

"The Knicks are still too conservative. If the tactics are all up to me, I will score more points." Yang Rui laughed: "The Knicks are likely to win the championship this year, but Jordan will not."

The top two in the East are still the old-fashioned way of playing, fighting in positions and fighting hard on defense.

Jordan can score a lot of points, but people see his regression, his ability to attract double-teams has declined, and many of his shots are turnaround jumpers after taking the ball in the low post. At his peak, Jordan broke through the face frame to attract double-teams, and he could shoot and score sharply.

Backplaying is a very important skill, but the most efficient play on the basketball court is always the running tactics, or the one-on-one duel with obvious match-up advantages and formation of dislocations.

Jordan, who couldn't attract double-teams, didn't have much dominance because he rarely shot 28-pointers.This season, he averaged 23 points per game and used 2004 shots. His offensive efficiency was actually not as good as that of Kobe Bryant, who did not lead the Lakers to the playoffs in Yang Rui's previous life in the 2005-[-] season.

Thomas suddenly asked, "Jerry, how are you and that girl student?"

"Which one?" Yang Rui was taken aback.

"The one at the snack bar, she seems to like you very much. Isn't it because you often go to the snack bar to find her? Part-time, part-time, hard-working, nice person."

"No, we are just ordinary friends." Yang Rui knew that it was Xiao Xiao and shook his head.He really just simply went to eat.

Thomas smiled: "Didn't you like that kind of good baby before?"

"What I need most now is my career. Before I became the head coach, I didn't want to be distracted and fall in love, and I don't like that kind of thing now..." The English name "baby" made Yang Rui embarrassed.

"People have to have fun, and when you get old, you may feel that work is not the most important thing."

Thomas was a playboy in college, he played crazy, and now he is in contact with a lot of people. He doesn't have a fixed girlfriend. When Yang Rui goes out to play away games, he often leads people home.

Jerry has always been alone, which led to the gossip media suspecting that they were gay, which made Thomas a little bit broken and wanted him to find one quickly.

Yang Rui didn't have this idea, because he didn't want to stay in the Knicks for too long, he said perfunctorily: "I won't miss it when I meet someone I like."

After Christmas, the Knicks fought the Raptors again on the 27th, winning easily 114 to 97.

Ewing had 29 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, and Camby, who had 9 points and 6 rebounds, had the same pick-and-roll dislocation as he did against the Raptors last time.

Houston scored 21 points, an eye-catching performance, becoming the team's second stable scoring point.

"Little Flying Squirrel" Stoudamire felt hot and scored 30 points and 5 rebounds, helping the team top three quarters.The Knicks strengthened their defense against perimeter shooting, and the Raptors misfired at the end.

The weak inside attack is the main reason why the Raptors have been unable to improve their record. After this game, they were at the bottom of the league with 3 wins and 25 losses and went straight to the top pick.

After the game, Raptors manager Glenn Gruward was called into the office by owner Richard Peddy to scold him.

"I really hope to get the No. 10 pick next season, but not in a way that breaks the worst record in NBA history. Can they win more than [-] games? Why don't they trade Damon?"

Glen Khan said: "Trade Camby and Stoudamire can't get any strongmen back now. I want to wait until the end of this season to trade."

Richard roared: "What if the league shuts down next summer? How can you trade? If you don't trade, this kid will have to make trouble for a season, and he will be traded away in the mid-term. Find someone who can defend, or someone with a contract year. Row."

Players with a contract year can not renew their contracts and free up salary space, but this is equivalent to giving the other party a second-rate star with super data for nothing.

Management hates Stoudamire to the point now.He was a rookie hand-picked by the former manager "Smiling Assassin" Isiah Thomas. Now that Thomas is out, there is no need to give him face.

Glenn could only bite the bullet and say, "I'll think about it."

"Give me a plan as soon as possible, don't let me see him after the star game." Richard's attitude was very tough, leaving no room.

Glenn did not express his concerns.Stoudamire is already the best player in the Raptors' offense right now. After sending him away, will the team still have offensive power in the second half of the season?How can you win if you can't break the opponent's defense system?
McGrady is just a defensive player now, and the Raptors management is optimistic about his quality, but does not think he can score many points.Christie is also mainly defensive, and it is difficult to guarantee the hit rate with many shots.

Glenn suspects that Stoudamire will be sent away. If he can't select another offensive rookie next year, he may be fired next season. The Raptors may become the worst offensive team in the league.

At this time, he thought of Yang Rui again and called his assistant. "Jimmy, have you investigated Jerry Young's details? Did he arrange the Knicks' offensive tactics?"

Jimmy Walker replied: "Definitely, players and Van Gundy have praised him, and there have been interviews with the media. He is the team's first assistant in charge of offense."

"The Knicks' strong offensive power this season must be related to their strong lineup... If Jerry Young coaches the Raptors next year, what do you think he can bring the team to?" Glen asked.

"How do I know this? If no players are willing to join, our lineup is still so bad, it's useless for anyone to come?" Jimmy said with a wry smile.

Glenn sighed. "Let's do it for now, continue to pay attention to the situation of the Knicks. After we end this season, I will call him to try his words. He should be interested in changing from an assistant to a head coach. Even if it doesn't work well, at least it can attract Look at the Chinese fans."

Jimmy was shocked: "You really plan to find him? He will only be 24 years old next year, and he has no experience at all."

"Otherwise? Will big-name coaches come to the Raptors?"

Of course not, the Raptors have never attracted big-name players or coaches from the establishment of the team to the rebirth of Yang Rui.

The manager of the Raptors took a fancy to Yang Rui, and was preparing to use a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

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