NBA: Start with a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar template card

Chapter 5 Stand firm
Going back to the white team's offense, the American basketball circle has always had a tradition of responding to the ball. Mason stepped forward to take the ball in one step from the three-point line, and chose to hold the ball in a high position to launch the offense.

In Chen Xiao's impression, Mason Plumlee is in the NBA. In terms of high EQ, he is not good at shooting. Low EQ means that this guy has no long-range shooting ability at all.

But it is worth noting that in the NCAA, the three-point line is only 20.75 feet, and the top of the arc is almost 1 meter closer than the NBA's three-point line. One step inside the line is almost approaching the penalty area.

Besides, it may be said that they just don't have the ability to shoot in the NBA, and who can enter the NBA players, who is not Jordan and Olajuwon in their respective amateur basketball careers?Therefore, Chen Xiao still chose to respect one hand, to give face to this kind new teammate, and raised his long arms to block Mason's shooting angle.

Seeing Chen Xiao stepping forward to defend, Mason feinted and shot the ball diagonally into the penalty area, but just after taking two steps, his hand was empty, and Chen Xiao was no longer by his side.

Looking back, Chen Xiao had already played a fast break with Seth Curry. Before running back to his own half, Chen Xiao's huge body was already hanging on his own basket.

"Hey, just play like this, get the assist." Seth Curry couldn't help shaking his head at Chen Xiao.

Why does it feel so familiar? It turns out that shaking your head is a family talent of your Curry family.Chen Xiao was happy, following the good example of Stone Buddha, he gave Seth a "hair removal operation on the back of the head".

After two consecutive rounds of matchups, Mason wanted to cry but had no tears.People who are taller than you, faster and stronger than you, how to prevent this?

In the next round, Seth decided to strike while the iron was hot, and immediately signaled Chen Xiao to go to the low post as soon as half of the dribble passed.

But with the previous experience and lessons, whether it is Rivers Jr. or Mason Plumlee who is facing Seth, they have chosen a more aggressive defensive strategy.

Rivers Jr. stuck close to Seth, waving his arms, making it difficult for Seth to play the ball easily, and Mason Plumlee had a flash of inspiration, remembering the Jazz's strategy against Yao Ming, and chose to go around the front to defend.

This attack ended with Seth's mistake. Seth, who lost the ball, had no time to be annoyed, and hurried to catch up with Rivers who was running forward with the ball, but it has to be said that Rivers really has two brushes.

Has super athletic ability, excellent flexibility, but also has enough explosive power, speed and agility.

This embarrassing defense ended with Rivers Jr.'s one-handed dunk.

Chen Xiao saw that Seth was a little dizzy from the blow of Little Rivers, so he hurried forward to pick and roll in the next round.

The thin Rivers bumped into Chen Xiao's arms, and because Mason Plumlee didn't follow too closely, Seth Curry got a big chance.

Open three-pointers are Seth Curry's forte. After adjusting his breath, he gently pulled out the ball, "swiped", and the basketball hit the net.

Old K, who was always paying attention to the situation on the court, was brightened, not because Seth seized an open opportunity, but because he thought of the team's next lineup composition and style of play.

If Chen Xiao is used as the backbone of the inside line, as the core of the low-post offense, while doing a lot of work in the low post, it is supplemented by inside and outside pick-and-rolls and screen coordination.

What you need to know is that although the team lost Kyrie Irving on the outside this year, Rivers Jr. is a good pick-and-roll player, while Seth Curry and Quinn Cook all have shooter attributes, and Andre Dawkins can also shoot.

Old K slowly conceived the next changes in the team's structure, and this training game gradually came to an end.

In the 20-minute training match, Chen Xiao showed his talent and strength to all his teammates and coaches, far surpassing the Plumlee brothers who were selected to the second team of the Atlantic Coast Conference All-NBA Team last season and won the Honorary Choice Award of the Atlantic Coast Conference.He is fully capable of supporting the inside of the entire team.

After training in the afternoon, Seth Curry greeted Chen Xiao to the physical therapy room.The Duke Blue Devils have the best training facilities and guarantee conditions in the United States.

There is an ice bath in the physiotherapy room. Studies have found that after intensive training, the body's capillaries dilate and lactic acid accumulates.Ice baths can quickly shrink capillaries, reduce swelling, pain, and muscle soreness, and help players recover quickly for the next round of training.

"Hiss, it's cool!" This was Chen Xiao's first feeling when he stepped into the ice bath. When he heard about the ice bath, he originally had the impression that the players were soaking their feet in the ice water. Well, Chen Xiao's previous understanding was so superficial.

After the 2-minute ice bath, it is time for physical relaxation.Chen Xiao lay comfortably on the physiotherapy bed, enjoying the physical therapist's movement with the fascia gun on various parts of the body where lactic acid had accumulated.

Chen Xiao had never been in contact with formal training before, and he had only participated in squads, so he didn't understand that there are so many details in training.This time Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden and opened her eyes.

The next few days were so unpretentious and boring.

Chen Xiao has gradually adapted to the team. Originally, after joining the team, Chen Xiao was still a little uncertain, because he had the impression that professional teams had many tactics and arrangements, and many teams even had thick tactical manuals.

But as a center, especially a center who hadn't fully entered the small ball era in the early 10s, the team didn't need his outstanding organizational skills, and old K also focused on designing low-post receiving tactics and pick-and-roll cover tactics for him.He just needs to memorize a few point guard gestures and come to the plan.

And as a "high-achieving student" in the business school, Chen Xiao felt that these tactics were much simpler than finance and accounting.

After a few days of sharing joys and sorrows, Chen Xiao also got acquainted with his teammates, and had a preliminary impression of the characteristics of the players.

Duke really has a lot of guards, and Old K really likes to play the 3-guard tactic. Hearing the [-]-guard tactic, Chen Xiao somehow felt a little ptsd. It seemed that the game he had watched before was someone who liked the [-]-guard and finally lost the game.

But the difference is that Duke's guards are serious guards. Rivers, Curry, and Cook are lined up, and the opponents dare not let them go. This allows Chen Xiao to have enough space in the low post to display the [-] skills he inherited from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Don't think that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar can only hook. The hook is just his signature move. Why use other relatively low-efficiency methods when he can eat it all over the world?
Before, Chen Xiao didn’t know much about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, at least he didn’t know much about the period when he was called “Acindor”. In chatting with teammates and coaches, he found that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s achievements and status in the NCAA even far surpassed the NBA.

For three consecutive years from 1967 to 1969, Alcindor took control of the MOP Award and the center position of the NCAA All-NBA Team, and won the NCAA championship trophy for three years.Throughout his college career, Alcindor scored 88 wins and 2 losses for the team.

And he was not famous for his hooks at the beginning. His dunks were so easy that the NCAA issued a dunk ban in the 60s.

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