You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 598
In the preseason of the 2010-11 season, the Philadelphia 76ers achieved three wins and three losses.

Some people say that the preseason is just a warm-up match, the intensity is less than half of the main match, and the results have no reference value.But the quality of a team can be seen from the details.

In the three games won by the 76ers, Weixia played more than 32 minutes.

On the contrary, in the few games lost, Doug Collins deliberately controlled his playing time and let new players play more.

Cousins, who received the most attention, got 23 fouls in six games, including a technical foul.

When his block was slapped by the referee, he behaved like a bullied child complaining that the referee was blind.The referee saw that the kid didn't know what to do, so he gave it to T directly. No matter how he complained or got angry, it couldn't change the result.

In addition, the 76ers' bloated inside line went wrong.

Except for the starters Cousins ​​and Thaddeus Young, they also have strong players such as Speights, Hollins, and Hawes sitting off the court.

If a championship team only needs nine players who can play, how many talents are good for a position?
The answer is, of course, one or two.

The most reasonable configuration is a main force, plus a swingman, which is more flexible and diverse.

However, the 76ers have three substitutes at the center position alone.

If there are too many people and no transactions are made, no matter how good the coach is, he will not be able to control the floating hearts.

History has proved that Doug Collins is not a brilliant coach, at best he is a competent superstar nanny. It is really hard to predict what achievements a team with such a complex composition can achieve.

This year, the 76ers are the same as last year as a member of the opener.

In the opening game of the new season, the opponent of the 76ers is standing on the opposite side of the world, recognized as the ultimate villain, a group of young superstars who resolutely took a shortcut, and the Miami Heat with the young Big Three.

What is more infuriating than James' decision is that at the press conference where the Big Three gathered, James made the statement "As long as we want, we can win N consecutive championships".

His remarks provoked ridicule from many people, but it must also be admitted that the current Heat are like the US team in the Olympics. Their tactics are not the best, their tacit understanding is not high, and their chemistry is mediocre, but their talents are unreasonable. They can bury most of the teams with their athletic talent alone.

2010/10/27

Philadelphia, Wells Fargo Center

The 76ers ushered in the Big Three of the Heat on time. This was the first appearance of the two teams in the new season. During the warm-up, Wei Xia saw James and Wade throw alley-oops to each other.

They're both pass-rushers with excess athleticism.

I believe that the vacant match between these two people will become a routine operation worthy of being called a revolution number in the next few years.

A few minutes later, Wei Xia came to the middle circle alone to meet with James and Wade.

"Did someone tell you that you would be laughed at if you form a team like this?" Wei Xia asked.

Wade said flatly: "If you win, you won't."

James is very direct and realistic: "The result is the most important thing."

"The process is just as important." Wei Xia paused, "However, it seems that you only care about the result and not the process, so it's useless to say more."

The two sides had some exchanges, and since they couldn't convince each other, they could only see the truth on the field.

Needless to say, the 76ers' starting lineup, the Heat's starting lineup reflects the difficulty of building a super team in modern times.

If you only look at the Big Three, the Heat are indeed invincible. Even if the Big Three each cut their salaries, the quality of the players in the other positions of the Heat is far worse.

The Big Three are paired with the veteran Carlos Arroyo and the sturdy short center Joel Anthony. On the bench, there are Big Z who followed James to Miami, Eddie House, James Jones, Juwan Howard and so on.

The emergence of the salary cap has prevented the emergence of a super team with superstars and high-quality role players.

Like Hu Kai in the 80s, there were eight or nine All-Stars on the court, and there were many substitutes off the court who could be the main players of other teams. It is impossible to happen again.

Wei Xia is nominally the second position, but against the Heat, he is actually facing James.

Because they can't let Hayward play against the actual strongest player in the league.

"DeMarcus, are you listening to me?"

There are a few things wrong with an old coach like Collins, too pedantic, too trite, too fond of reiterating.

If he's up against mature players, that's fine.

What about an impatient player like Cousins?

"Listen to that!" Cousins ​​nodded emphatically, "Listen to that!"

As much as Collins was skeptical that Cousins ​​was really "listen to that," he had no choice but to trust Cousins ​​with the game about to start.

The referee indicated that the camera was already on the court, and the starters of both sides entered the court in an orderly manner, and Wei Xia walked gently in front of James.

"Have you and Dewayne decided who is the boss and who is the second?" Wei Xia provocatively asked.

James glanced at Wei Xia, as if Wei Xia would never understand, and said condescendingly: "We don't care about this at all."

What a healthy relationship!It made Wei Xia, who was learning how to be a good leader, feel ashamed.

"If you are successful, I hope you will publish a book called "We Don't Care". I will definitely be your first reader." Before the opening, Wei Xia's body has been attached to James, "Please, I really need it."

Even a three-year-old child could hear him being eccentric, and James let out a cold snort of disdain.

The ball is thrown into the air from the referee's hands.

Cousins ​​and Bosh jumped the ball and won easily.

Holiday held the ball across the half court, outside the 45-degree three-point line on the right, Cousins ​​decisively asked for a position.

Holiday passed the ball, and then Cousins ​​faced Chris Bosh.

During the Raptors period, Bosh made repeated orders, saying that he would not play center, and that was not a position that could show his talent.As a result, when it came to the Heat, he still didn't play center, but the center position was Joel Anthony, who was one size smaller.The Heat also approached the Spurs to learn from the experience, which is very brainwashing for the players: You are a power forward, but sometimes you need to match up with a center.

In fact, as long as you change "sometimes" to "often" in this sentence, there will be no problem.

In the first regular season of his career, Cousins ​​​​was extremely excited to face a strong opponent like the Heat.

The consequence of his excitement is that he plays casually.

He instinctively fights with Bosh. Although the opponent is a seven-year NBA veteran, he is not an orthodox center. He may not be able to fight against him. The excitement makes him raise his hand to shoot the ball casually.

"boom!"

From an offensive point of view, the Heat have no clear offensive core yet.

Maybe it's like James said, "They don't care".

Bosh goes to the low post, James and Wade have no priority, they are both on the outside to control the ball at any time.

If you don't care now, it will be calm for a while, but once the situation becomes difficult, can you really not care?

At the critical moment of life and death, both of them feel that they can save the team. Can their high-spirited thoughts still be as calm as water at this moment?
Wei Xia faced James, with his hands open, and the main defense broke through.

Unexpectedly, James suddenly pulled up and shot one.

Like this kind of ball that doesn't require too much thought, it's over. James has always been accurate, which makes Zhan Hei feel unreal.

With a swish, the Heat scored first.

Holiday couldn't find a chance to break through, so he passed the ball to Wei Xia.

Cousins ​​turned his back and raised his hand, "I have a good chance!"

"Are you sure?" Wei Xia asked.

"100 percent sure!" Their conversation highlighted a failure to see Bosh as a human being.

After Wesha's ball was sent, James spoke up for Bosh: "Give Chris some respect!"

"Children are ignorant, forgive me." Wei Xia completely forgot that he was one of the protagonists in the conversation of contempt for Bosh.

James' lips trembled when he heard it, and he only hoped that Bosh would be ashamed and courageous, and let the facts prove how stupid the conversation between Wei Xia and Cousins ​​was!
No one expected that Cousins' first reaction when he got the ball was not to act like an insider.

Don't forget, he's excited.

What is the immediate response to excitement?Of course I dare to do anything.

He used an anti-traditional offensive method—turning around to face the basket, attacking with the ball, making a large change of direction with his enchanting left hand to shake Bosh's center of gravity, directly attacking the center, and after forcibly reaching the penalty area, he dunked heavily with one hand.

In less than three seconds, DeMarcus Cousins ​​made one of the top ten shots of his rookie season!

(End of this chapter)