I just play ball

Chapter 11 Strength Evaluation
When the voice fell, there was a burst of laughter.

Howard took the lead in applauding, Thackeray and others followed suit.The five members of the coaching staff looked at each other and shrugged.

Li Yue's intention to fight for playing time is like the sun at noon in mid-June, so obvious that people can't ignore it, but from a tactical perspective, it seems quite funny.

Seeing everyone laughing, Li Yue also laughed together.

He proposed taking turns to consume Dulat. Of course, he has selfish intentions, but it is indeed for the sake of the team's victory.

Apart from Artest right now, the Lakers have many other players who can serve as small forwards, but few who can really play.

Kobe needs to focus on offense and can't take care of the main defense. Jamison is more of a power forward and has poor defense. Devin Ebanks has height, strength and physical footwork, but the impact on offense is too small, so he can only cut It is too easy to be shorted, which will cause others to suffer more defensive pressure.

Li Yue firmly believes that he is the best candidate to replace the small forward.

As the laughter stopped, D'Antoni said: "We heard your suggestion and will definitely consider it seriously."

Li Yue nodded, put down the mouse and returned to his seat.

D'Antoni's reaction was completely expected. Although at the last moment of the last game, he used the top-of-the-arc ball support strategy to revitalize the team's offense and contributed a lot in defense, he was still only a rookie player.

No matter how reasonable the tactics are, the coach will not agree on the spot.

What's more, this tactic sounds a bit strange.

It is understandable to double-team Durant, but Westbrook's impact, if he is empty, is basically equivalent to sending points.

"If there is no other proposal, let's adjourn the meeting and cancel the joint training in the afternoon." D'Antoni said.

Hearing this, Thackeray and the others got up one after another, and Bodain and Patrick began to collect tools.

Howard suddenly stood up and shouted: "Wait a minute, I support this idea!"

All the players looked sideways, and the coaching staff looked at each other. They were all surprised by Howard's high enthusiasm for participation. After all, during the previous confrontation training, he was still walking and relaxing in the restricted area, and he seemed to not care about winning or losing at all.

"Bodan, is there a video of the last overtime game?" Howard asked.

"Of course, wait a moment." Bodaen ran to the laptop and started to operate it.

Soon, the video of the overtime game between the Lakers and the Pacers appeared on the TV screen.

Howard waved his hand: "Fast forward to Li Yue's defense against Paul George. After I finish speaking, you immediately cut to the next defense."

Bodaen raised his left hand to make an OK gesture, and dragged the mouse with his right hand.

The screen fast-forwarded, and in a blink of an eye, Li Yue single-handedly defended Paul George.

"Everyone, please look carefully. Li Yue defended for the first time. After observing the position with his eyes, he did not continue to confront him head-on. Instead, he used a side interception, actively forced Paul George to go to the top of the arc, and maximized the use of his teammates to complete the defense."

"These two single defenses, the first time he was scored a three-pointer, and the second time he continued to persist, which shows that he has a clear mind."

"This time, he returned to defense after helping defend West. He chose to be very calm. He only blocked the shooting space and did not try to block shots. This indirectly contributed to the Pacers' 24-second offense violation. It can be said that he defended alone."

"In the end, I didn't defend it this time, but scoring goals in this ZONE mode is very difficult for anyone."

After Howard finished speaking, Kobe frowned, and D'Antoni rolled his eyes back and forth.

Li Yue was a little dazed, wondering when Howard paid so much attention to himself, and he analyzed it so well.

Seeing that no one answered, Bodaen paused the playback of the video, and the only sound left in the entire video room was the sound of the recorder's "sizzling".

The atmosphere suddenly became a little weird, Howard grinned: "In today's training, Li Yue's single defense and assist defense are very good, everyone should have seen it. These are enough to prove that he is an excellent defensive player, and not only It is execution, but also good at planning, we must at least give it a try, anyway, it is difficult for conventional thinking to limit Dulat.”

Hearing this, Li Yue immediately figured it out.

The outside combination of the Lakers, Nash and Blake's defense is very average, and it can even be said to be relatively poor, while Kobe often fails to switch defenses in time due to physical problems, and Artest's defense ability has deteriorated seriously. Rushing into the inside players, he was exhausted after the whole game.

If someone can help him with the defensive pressure on the wing, then he absolutely loves it.

D'Antoni coughed twice: "The coaching staff has noticed his performance. There is no doubt that he is a defensive champion with potential. We will seriously discuss it. As long as there is a suitable opportunity, we must try.

"Then I'll wait and enjoy the performance." Howard pointed at Li Yue, blinking and smiling.

"Any suggestions?" D'Antoni asked again.

"Yes!" Kobe stood up and said, "I suggest trying it for 4 minutes, and if it doesn't work, give up decisively."

"4 minutes?" D'Antoni was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Very good suggestion, then we will try it when the first official timeout of the first quarter, let's end the meeting!"

After the voice fell, everyone got up one after another.

Li Yue breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to walk towards the door, when Kobe patted him on the shoulder and said, "Let's look for videos of other teams double-teaming Durant together, and learn from each other's strengths to avoid accidents."

"Okay!" Li Yue readily agreed, but Bodaen and Patrick rolled their eyes.

...

Li Yue and Kobe searched a wide range of sources, from videotapes to online videos, from recent times to two years ago, and found more than 30 videos of other teams double-teaming Durant, and watched each one several times. all over.

Kobe wants to win too much, firstly because the Lakers were swept by the Thunder 4-1 last season, and secondly because the Lakers now need to hit the playoffs. There are only 18 games left, and none of them can be easily let go.

Both of them had lunch in the video hall, and chatted while eating.

After watching all the videos, the two went to the court to try again.

Kobe was in charge of imitating Durant, receiving the ball through counter-running and blocking. Several staff members stood in every corner to imitate other Thunder players passing the ball. Li Yue stopped by going around.

After half an hour of practice, Kobe received the ball very rarely.

But Li Yue understands that if the game is really played, the actual effect will definitely be greatly reduced.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the two left the training base together.

Li Yue returned to the apartment, turned on the computer after taking a shower, logged on to Twitter, and searched for his name as usual.

Maybe it's because the heat of the game is over, and the gossip media didn't continue to speculate about him and the Delevingne sisters. There are only 132 tweets related to him, and most of them are marketing accounts that rub off on the popularity.

Just as he was about to turn off Twitter, he suddenly got a new message from Aite.

He opened it subconsciously and found that it was the official 2K game.

“通知，我们在接下来更新中将调整部分11届新秀球员能力值。凯里欧文从81提升到83；克莱汤普森从72提升到74；科怀伦纳德从76提升到78，以赛亚托马斯从70提升到75；李越从无提升到58。”

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(End of this chapter)