I'm really not a superstar

Chapter 110

In the summer league, against the Suns, Dorsey was in very good condition.

More importantly, the coaching staff insisted on the strategy of hitting the ball inside, allowing Dorsey to gallop freely in the vast ocean of the inside like a long drought.

Robin Lopez felt unprecedented pressure. In the past at Stanford, he had an older brother to help him share the pressure of the inside line. The two brothers shared the same mind and cooperated tacitly, often getting twice the result with half the effort.

But now he has to face a strong opponent alone, and the special nature of the summer league determines that the team's defense is very loose.

Here, there will be no strict defensive system, and there will be no help from teammates for protection.

Here, the test is the individual defensive ability, you can only fight alone!
"Damn it, when did Joey Dorsey become so strong!" Robin cursed in his heart.

Dorsey played really relaxed and comfortable. In the last few official games, he had to be double-teamed or even double-teamed, but now he only needs to take care of Robin alone.

Whether it is tonnage, speed, or jumping, Dorsey has a clear advantage. Even his technical ability, which was previously a short board, has surpassed his opponents with the blessing of the system and his own hard work.

At 3 minutes and 15 seconds, Dorsey dribbled the ball with his back, squeezed to the basket with strength, and made a layup;
At 3 minutes and 59 seconds, Dorsey played a low single, turned around and passed the opponent, scoring easily;

At 4 minutes and 58 seconds, Dorsey received a breakthrough from Brooks and dunked successfully;

At 5 minutes and 33 seconds, Landry missed a shot, Dorsey took off the offensive rebound and scored a second offense.

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Dorsey opened up completely. He became more and more excited as he played, and his touch also improved. He began to try mid-range shots, and his shooting percentage was not bad.

After Dorsey expanded the attack range, Robin felt more difficult to defend.

I was able to compete at the basket before, but now that I can't come out, the cunning Dorsey shoots a sniper in the middle distance; and after he pulls out, Dorsey will use a much faster starting speed than himself to pass him and go straight to the basket. basket.

Robin Lopez remembered the Memphis-China game he had watched in his Hilton hotel room.

Dorsey's performance in that game made people unable to believe their eyes. At that time, some people said that the Chinese team was too good, but in today's match, Robin realized that Dorsey is really strong.

Although there is no such thing as flying into the sky and piercing through the three-point line in that game, the current Dorsey's style of play is more reasonable, more like an action that an insider should make.

Every move is well-organized, and every move is relaxed.The combination of speed and slowness, the combination of hardness and softness, is simply unstoppable and hard to guard against.

Robin is very desperate. This is also his second summer league game. He played well in the first game, but now he is completely abused by his opponent in the second game. It is estimated that the team's evaluation of himself will drop a lot. His NBA start Why is it so difficult!

After a nightmarish quarter of the game, Robin was replaced by the coaching staff. He sat on the bench with a sad face and sighed for the fate of his career.

But it didn't take long for his frown to relax again.

He found that the situation seemed not as bad as he thought.

Because he saw that the insider who replaced him was abused even worse!

In fact, it makes sense when you think about it. I am a graduate of Stanford University, a serious No. 15 rookie, and the guy who came off the bench was a draft pick last year. How can I compare with myself!

Happiness is indeed comparable!
The center that comes off the bench is nowhere near Robin Lopez in either size or strength, let alone Dorsey.In the first round, he was dunked by Dorsey with a face-to-face dunk, and he was cut off from the horse every round after that.

If Robin is used as a frame of reference, then he is Hua Xiong, Dorsey is Guan Yunchang who warmed the wine and killed Hua Xiong, and the substitute kid can be regarded as Pan Feng at best!

After being beheaded several times by Dorsey, the Suns coaching staff had to change again.

But the No. [-] and No. [-] center forwards in the formation were beaten to pieces, and the other youngsters were even more difficult to escape the fate of the background board.

The more Dorsey played, the more confident he became, and he completely turned on the unparalleled mowing mode.

And his teammates have a stronger sense of trust in him. From the beginning, he was passively passed by the coaching staff to pass the ball, and later he actively passed the ball to the inside.

Although the summer league is a stage for desperate self-expression, it is also a primitive jungle where the weak prey on the strong. Deep in the hearts of these fringe players, most of them hide their doubts about themselves, as well as their dependence and worship on the strong.

Now that Dorsey has shown convincing strength, he has naturally gained the trust of his teammates and passed the ball.

After the third quarter, the already desperate Suns coaching staff had to put Robin Lopez on the field again.

Although he played badly in this game, it seemed not so bad against the backdrop of other people.

And Robin himself had a big outbreak of Stockholm syndrome, and he no longer resented Dorsey. Instead, he felt that it was fortunate that he played at a high level as always, which allowed him to regain the trust of the coaching staff.

Of course, it would be even better if Dorsey could give himself some face in the next time!
Unexpectedly, Robin's wish came true. In the next game, Dorsey's shooting rate did drop a little bit.

It's not that Dorsey was merciful, but that he was also a little tired.We played for nearly 3 quarters and had a total of 2 minutes of rest, and the donkeys of the production team didn't do anything like that.

However, although he missed a few shots, he scored more. Coupled with the high number of shots, Dorsey's scoring continued to grow.

In the fourth quarter, Coach Turner finally gave Dorsey a 3-minute rest.

For Dorsey, charging for 3 minutes can give you two hours of talk time.

Back on the court, Dorsey is a lively hero again!
This made Robin feel even more that Dorsey was saving face just now, so as not to embarrass him too much when he just played.

"Brother, thank you!"

At the end of the game, Robin whispered to Dorsey.

Dorsey: "?"

thank meThanks for what?Thank you for blowing you up?So your big-eyed Robin Lopez turned out to be an M? !
"You're welcome! This is what I should do!" Dorsey replied well deservedly.

Robin Lopez is even more sure that Dorsey is deliberately trying to save face!

I was a little moved in my heart, Dorsey is really a kind and righteous guy!

There is no way, the invisible brain supplement is the most deadly!

In the end, the game ended and the Rockets beat the Suns 102:86.

Dorsey became the most shining player in the game, scoring 38 points, 18 rebounds, 5 blocks and 5 assists.

In the two games, Dorsey averaged 26 points, 14 rebounds and 4 blocks per game!
All of a sudden, he came to the forefront of the Las Vegas Summer League technical statistics list.

Although his stats in the first game were mediocre, he couldn't hold back the stats in the second game, so the average value went up.It's as if you are poor, but if you add up the assets of Xiao Ma and take the average, then you will definitely exceed 99% of the people.

Now, Dorsey ranks third among all players in points, second in rebounds, and tops in blocks!

There is another statistic that Dorsey far surpasses others, that is, the average playing time of 34 minutes per game, ranking first among all players participating in the summer league!
"..., Dorsey played amazing statistics! To be honest, his performance is really eye-catching!"

After the game, RJ Adelman reported the game to his father as usual, as well as Dorsey's personal performance.And made a high evaluation at the end of the report.

"Very good, his performance is good, but we need to continue to observe. I think we can add some tactical content of the Princeton system to him to see whether he can quickly understand the tactics and integrate into the team."

"Yes, father, we will arrange it!"

The Rockets' Game [-] is two days away from the previous one.

To the surprise of the Rockets players, the team practiced a lot of tactics in the past two days!
That's weird in summer league.Didn't it mean that the summer league is all based on individual performance, not tactics?
But here the team is the biggest!Everyone is a fringe player, so they can do whatever the team asks them to do, not to mention practicing tactics, even if the coach asks everyone to do a striptease, everyone has to bear it!
In fact, the tactics that can be implemented in two days are very superficial, especially the systematic tactical routines like the Princeton system, and it is even more impossible to master them in a short period of time.

The coaching staff can only simplify the tactics as much as possible, so that everyone has a general idea in mind, and then practiced a few basic routines.

Needless to say, several current Rockets players in the team have an understanding of tactics. After all, they have been practicing the Princeton system for a year.Among other players, Dorsey has the deepest understanding of tactics, because the DDM tactical system of the University of Memphis is similar to the Princeton system.

This is equivalent to the fact that others are learning for the first time, but Dorsey has already started to review, so it is natural to take advantage.

In any case, it is very happy for the coaching staff, because in their opinion, Dorsey's tactical comprehension is really superior.

However, the specific situation has to be tested in actual combat.

Soon the Rockets' third game against the Cavaliers will start.

And the day before the game, another guy Dorsey was familiar with but unfamiliar came to the team.

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(End of this chapter)