NBA: I really just want to be a second-in-command

Chapter 48 [Steve Nash's Demon]

With the whistle of the referee, the game officially begins!
The center forwards of both sides jumped the ball!

Little Bully Stoudemire and Andrew Bynum jumped high at the same time!
Although the bully's wingspan and height are not as good as Bynum's, he took the lead in touching the ball with an exaggerated bounce speed and passed the ball to Lagabel.

Although Lu Yusheng was not on the court, the jump ball just now was even more shocking to watch from the audience.

He had never seen such an exaggerated bullet speed.

The last one was that high school student, Westbrook.

But to be reasonable, Stoudemire, as an inside player, can have this kind of bullet speed, which is obviously even more exaggerated.

Nash dribbled the ball across half court calmly.

Smush Parker stepped forward to defend.

This is the classic matchup of that series this year.

Smush Parker was doing okay before that series.

But that series against Nash changed everything.

Nash played him into a situation that thousands of Lakers fans spurned.

After being scolded for an entire offseason, Smush Parker was holding back his anger.

In addition, in the new season, the Lakers' No. [-] position is highly competitive.

He has to seize the time to prove himself before he can secure himself the starting position.

Therefore, as soon as he came up, Smash Parker was very active in defense and full of aggression!
Nash felt the defensive pressure of Smush Parker.

But with Nash's current situation, he will not go head-to-head with Smush Parker at all, and he is not at the same level.

Nash is now the winner of two consecutive regular season MVPs. At the beginning of the new season, what he has to consider is how to win his first championship.

In fact, like Kobe, he is eager to prove his worth with a championship.

In the 1998-1999 season, Steve Nash was traded to the Dallas Mavericks.

In Dallas, Steve Nash gradually played his worth, and Dirk Nowitzki formed the tactical basis of the Dallas Mavericks inside and out.

Nash has played here for six years and has established a deep relationship with the team.

In the past six years, in the fiercely competitive Western Conference, Nash has performed very well as the team's No. [-] position.

But he never imagined that in 2005, when his contract ended and he needed to renew it, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, finally only offered Nash a four-year intentional contract worth about $900 per year. million dollars, partially guaranteed for the fifth year.

For Steve Nash, this kind of contract can almost be said to be a humiliation to Hongguoguo!
You know, in the 2003-2004 season, Nash played 78 games on behalf of the Mavericks, averaging 14.5 points, 8.8 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game, and was selected into the league's best offensive team!
This kind of performance is worth a long-term contract with a higher amount.

But owner Mark Cuban believes that Steve Nash has passed his peak period and his ability will decline in the future, so he does not plan to offer Nash a long-term contract. Too big a contract will make the team lose its competitiveness.

All in all, because Cuban looked down on Nash, he used an insulting offer to sweep Nash out.

In a fit of anger, Nash accepted Phoenix's $6300 million six-year contract.

So, after arriving in the sun, he has been holding his breath to prove his worth to Cuban!
After joining the Suns, Nash took a team in the Western Conference directly to a strong position in the Western Conference, with an impressive record!

He also won the regular season MVP for two consecutive years!

Such an achievement is enough to make Cuban deeply regret it!

But for Steve Nash, this is not enough!
He knew that what Cuban cared about was the championship.

This has been a long-cherished wish buried in his heart since he bought the Dallas Mavericks!

But after many years, it still hasn't been realized.

Nash understands all this, so he is eager to lead the Suns to win the championship!
Use the championship that Cuban couldn't get to prove his stupidity at the beginning!

Last season, the Suns made it all the way to the Western Conference Finals, where they faced off against the Dallas Mavericks.

But was eliminated by the Mavericks.

Although the Mavericks eventually lost to the Miami Heat in the Finals.

But the loss of the head-to-head confrontation still made Nash a little unacceptable.

After the loss in the Western Conference Finals, he and head coach D'Antoni repeatedly watched the tape, looking for problems, and finally they came to the conclusion that the Suns' bench depth was too far behind the Mavericks.

That's right, the depth of the bench lineup determines whether a team can go further in the playoffs.

Therefore, this season, while keeping the main lineup unchanged, the Suns spent a lot of money to introduce players like Marcus Banks, Jalen Rose, Eric Piakowski, and Jumaine Jones. , Sean Marcos.

The addition of these players has significantly strengthened the depth of the Suns' bench in the new season.

As the leader and brain of the team, Nash must integrate these players into the Suns' tactical system as soon as possible.

Only in this way, this year, will he be able to realize his dream of being a champion this year!
Smush Parker kept oppressing Nash's dribbling space, and at the same time kept waving his arms to interfere with Nash's vision.

He is very aware of Nash's strength, as long as he is given any space, he can immediately send a second pass for his teammates.

Although Smush Parker has certain advantages in height, strength, and wingspan, Nash, as the league's top point guard, is not affected by this level of defense at all.

His basic dribbling skills are really too stable, four or two strokes.

No matter how oppressive Smush Parker is, Nash can easily resolve it.

Sitting off the court, Lu Yusheng looked at Nash's solid dribbling, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how many times he had to practice this basic skill before he could achieve his perfected feeling!
Marion stepped forward to pick and roll for Nash, which is considered a classic tactic of the Suns in battle.

Nash's ability to play pick-and-rolls is too strong, so this trick is almost unsolvable.

After the pick and roll, Marion went down!

As an old opponent who fought seven games last season, the Lakers players are no strangers to this tactic. Walton and Smush Parker directly blocked Nash's passing route with all their strength!
With this ball, the Lakers' defense is very strict!

With two tall men with long wingspans blocking, there is no way Nash has room to pass the ball!
From Lu Yusheng's perspective, at that moment, there was only a broken line to pass the ball!

It was Stockton's [Hit the Ground Pass] skill bonus to capture a weird passing route!

That is, a ground pass from Walton's crotch!
Snapped!
On the field, Nash's passing line perfectly coincides with the broken line in Lu Yusheng's eyes!
The basketball passed directly to the ground, passed through Wharton's crotch, and passed to the unguarded Marion!
Bynum under the basket wanted to step forward to defend, but was squeezed behind by Stoudemire!

Marion flying is a dunk!
There was a burst of boos and cheers at the scene!
Lu Yusheng was so shocked by Nash's ground pass that he couldn't recover for a long time.

Just imagine, if it was him just now, he could also pass the ball.

However, the difference is that
Nash passed more naturally.

Just like a normal pass.

There was no wave on his face at all.

That's right, this is just a routine operation for Nash!
I watched it on TV before, and I didn't think it was too exaggerated.

It wasn't until he sat right behind him and saw it all with his own eyes that he realized how exaggerated it was!

In Lu Yusheng's heart, he immediately had a feeling of looking up to Nash...

(End of this chapter)