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Chapter 167 World Championships, Pursue Greatness! (4000, please subscribe)

It is said that after the end of the playoffs, Huo Song only rested in the United States for a week, and returned to China soon.

It was agreed before that Huo Song will fight for the country this summer, and will compete in the World Championships with other players of the men's national basketball team.

Since Huo Song was not a member of the men's basketball team before, and he was very unfamiliar with other teammates, it will take a period of running-in to achieve the desired results in the World Championships.

However, there is still too little time, and the men's basketball team used to play with Yao Ming as the core.

The sudden addition of a thigh thicker than Yao Ming made most of the men's basketball team unable to play.

And Huo Song had to adapt to the FIBA ​​rules, so he didn't play as well as he did in the NBA.

Huo Song is very good at singles in the NBA because the NBA has a three-second zone, and Huo Song has developed corner three-pointers and high-post support capabilities.

But in FIBA, Huo Song can play in the paint, but his dominance in the penalty area is not so strong.

In fact, it was not as comfortable as Yao Ming.

In addition, the guys in the men's basketball team are not good at defense, and they are even less good at defensive counterattacks.

This made it impossible for Huo Song to display part of his scoring ability.

After more than a month of running-in, the core style of play of the men's basketball team changed from Yao Ming to Huo Song, and then returned to the style of play with Yao Ming as the core.

The overall strength of the men's basketball team has not actually been enhanced much because of Huo Song's arrival.

It is true that the men's basketball team plays the inside twin towers, Yao Ming plays the center, Huo Song plays the power forward, or the second center.

But the ball has to be passed in from the outside, but Huo Song can play a high pick-and-roll with Liu Wei.

Being a pick-and-roll is a very cooperative tactic, and the strength of the pick-and-roll players also has a great impact on the effectiveness of the tactic.

Huo Song and Liu Wei have a high pick-and-roll, and Huo Song is simply a point to catch the ball.

If you can't find a chance to make a mid-range shot, just go overboard, attract the defense, and then pass the ball to Yao Ming.

But Yao Ming's biggest problem is his lack of physical strength.

Once Yao Ming attacked a lot at the basket, his physical strength in the second half would be even more insufficient.

And if Huo Song is squatting under the basket, no one can effectively pass the ball to the basket.

All in all, the men's basketball team can't strengthen the flanks and outside lines, so Huo Song's strength can't be used, and it seems out of place with the men's basketball team.

Huo Song wants to achieve a good result in the World Championships, but he knows the symptoms of the men's basketball team in a short time, and there is no practical solution.

I can only wait until the warm-up match comes, practice with the match, and slowly find the feeling.

The result is that I feel various discomforts during the game, and feel quite tired after the game.

But there's no other way, they're here.

The time for the World Championships is approaching again.

If Huo Song denies everyone's hard work during the one-month break-in period at this time, it would be a bit inappropriate.

Huo Song could only forcefully endure this uncomfortable and uncomfortable style of play.

In many cases, as the team's organizational core and defensive core, sort out the team's offense and defense.

During the warm-up match, it is true that because the sparring opponents were average, the record was relatively good.

But until the World Championships, but in the group stage, they played bumps and bumps, and almost failed to break through the group stage.

However, as soon as they got out of the group stage, they were met by the Greek team with extremely strong defense.

In this game, the Greek team fully demonstrated what is called a textbook full-court press.

In the first quarter alone, the men's basketball team exposed the defender's lack of ability to dribble the ball across the half court under full-court pressure.

Even after half court, there is no way to pass the ball directly to the inside hands, so he can only use Huo Song's physical advantage to accomplish this.

However, Yao Ming played well, but the team made terrible mistakes.

The pass of the offensive round is intercepted from time to time, let alone the outside shot under the high-intensity defense.

Considering such a serious problem, a big center like Huo Song had to play as the team's ball handler.

Huo Song's dribbling ability is fine, but he is limited by his height and high center of gravity.

Huo Song faced the Greek team's small defenders and pressed the defense. He was suddenly intercepted and then turned into a switch.

The men's basketball team lost a lot of points that shouldn't be lost. Even if Huo Song and Yao Ming scored 22 points and 26 points respectively, there was no way to help the men's basketball team go further in the World Championships.

Perhaps it was Huo Song's return that burdened the men's basketball team with undue expectations.

Stopping in the quarter-finals of the World Championships also caused Huo Song and the men's basketball team to bear a lot of infamy.

Huo Song originally wanted to rest in China for a while before the start of the preseason.

Seeing the public opinion in China, Huo Song was worried that if he found a suitable scenic spot to travel, he would be scolded by passersby and fans for not being enterprising and not knowing how to repent.

So, after staying in China for a few days, I went to the United States early and spent the rest of my summer vacation in Los Angeles.

After the vacation, the new season will come soon.

This summer, the Pistons lineup changed again.

As early as July, the Pistons negotiated a new contract with Big Ben, a four-year maximum salary contract of 4 million.

As an undrafted pick, Daben can get a maximum salary contract of this level. It can be said that the Pistons respect Daben quite a lot.

However, Big Ben just called Huo Song to share the joy of signing the maximum salary contract. Within a few days, the Pistons reached a deal with the 75ers.

The main body of the transaction is Big Ben and Samuel Dalembert.

There is no need to think too much about draft picks. Basically, this is Dalembert's single exchange for big money.

You know, Big Ben is a two-time NBA champion, a four-time All-Star player, a four-time best defensive player, as well as a two-time rebounding champion and a one-time blocking champion.

But who is Dalembert?There are no honors, the only thing worthy of praise is that, as a center player, he has the ability to dunk from the free throw line.

However, no matter how good his athletic ability is, it cannot conceal that he is a rough guy.

Dalembert averaged 27 minutes per game in the last two years and was able to score 8 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks.

But looking at the blocking data, it feels like an inside player with good frame protection ability.

But in fact, his talent is all about jumping, and his defensive awareness is relatively poor. Basically, he jumps immediately when others shake him.

Because the frequency of jumping is relatively high, it is easy for blind cats to encounter dead mice and average 2 blocks per game.

In fact, Dalembert is a mid-to-lower inside player, whether it is a single defense or an assist defense.

But I have to say that Dalembert is in very good physical condition. Not only is he tall, but he also has a long wingspan and excellent bounce, which gives people infinite reverie.

This is why the 75ers retained Dalembert with a six-year 6 million maximum salary contract last summer.

Looking at the championship teams in recent years, the core of the team is either O'Neal, Duncan, or Huo Song.

Without exception, winning teams need a talented inside player.

To a certain extent, Dalembert has this potential.

But how to excavate and develop specifically depends on how the team cultivates.

The 75ers felt cheated a year after signing Dalembert.

A rookie looks at three years. Dalembert has played in the NBA for more than three years, and six years.

The 75 people continue to keep Dalembert, and the possibility of water is getting bigger and bigger.

But why did the Pistons trade Dalembert with big money?
On the one hand, it's because Joe Dumars has expectations for Dalembert.

A player with good physical condition like Dalembert, as long as he hires a better defensive coach, it is still possible to develop a good inside defense.

In addition, relying on his personal jumping ability, you can also feed him cakes.

Look at the Magic's No. 10 pick, Dwight Howard, and you will understand that as long as someone keeps feeding him, it is still very easy to score [-] points on the offensive end.

On the other hand, Big Ben is old after all.

Joe Dumars worried that after Big Ben got the maximum salary contract, not only his physical condition would further age, but his mentality would also get old.

After a well-known veteran player gets a maximum salary contract, what will happen?
It is very likely that after one summer, he will not be able to play at all and become a CBA player.

Dalembert's development prospects are not particularly good, but he is young after all.

Because I haven't made any achievements yet, it is possible to evolve when I come to the Pistons and accept the influence of the Pistons' winning culture.

All in all, betting on a young player is less risky than betting on a veteran.

Not to mention, in this deal, the Pistons also got a first-round pick and compensation for second-round picks.

The Pistons are a championship team, and they don't actually need draft picks for the time being.

But as the general manager of the team, it is impossible to only focus on the present, but also to see the future.

For the future of the Pistons, in this summer's draft, Joe Dumars selected another center -- Ryan Hollins.

Hollins, like Dalembert, was a jumper.

Hollins played all four years at UCLA. His scoring and rebounding statistics were mediocre, but his blocking statistics were not bad.

It is worth mentioning that when Hollins was a freshman, he won the ninth place in the entire NCAA high jump competition.

If it weren't for the richer prospects of playing basketball, Hollins probably wouldn't have entered the NBA.

However, it was also because his potential was basically exhausted after playing in college for four years, so the Pistons signed Hollins with only one second-round pick.

In the new season, the Pistons will carry out the inside line to the end.

Considering that Huo Song is in his prime and does not need so many substitute players, the Pistons will focus on the Twin Towers in the new season.

Huo Song is going to put Huo Song at the power forward position, just like the Spurs protect Duncan, protect Huo Song.

Byron Scott once used Kidd to activate Kenyon Martin, and he still has good coaching experience for jumpers like Dalembert and Hollins.

In the tactical arrangement, Huo Song in the new season will shoot more mid-range and corner three-pointers than in the previous three seasons, in order to help the team open up space.

And the Pistons always have a center at the basket to do the job of eating cakes, which can also facilitate outside players to work inside.

Of course, it is also important to rebuild a suitable defensive system.

With the constant changes in personnel, the Pistons need to re-establish a high-quality defensive system.

Last year's Gerald Wallace, this year's Dalembert, is all about strengthening the Pistons' defense.

Perhaps their current defense is not good enough, but their physical condition is indeed suitable for strengthening defense.

As for the score, it will be handed over to someone who is better at these tasks, such as Huo Song.

When they practice their defense well, they will naturally have more chances to score.

The time soon came to mid-October. With the start of the new season's preseason, Huo Song also began to warm up to find his condition, and re-trained his abdominal muscles by the way.

As Da Ben and others left one after another, and a group of newcomers came to the team, Huo Song seemed a little uncomfortable at first.

However, with the preseason skills, Huo Song finally had some tacit understanding with the new players.

Huo Song understood that there were indeed more animals in the team.

Whether Huo Song can win the championship in the new season is not very clear, but if he wants to average a triple-double in the new season, there may be a good chance.

Before Huo Song cooperated with Daben at the basket, it was no problem to average three assists per game.

But now with Dalembert and Hollins, the assist data can be doubled.

In addition, as early as last season, Huo Song knew that Gerald Wallace also had the ability to eat cakes.

Now the Pistons team tends to be younger. Except for Huo Song and Hamilton, there are not many veteran players, and most of them need a certain amount of time to practice.

On the side of Ellis' organizational ability, his scoring ability also needs to be strengthened.

Although he has secured his starting position in the second half of last season's regular season, he still can't play as a big core with the ball.

Just right, let Huo Song come.

The Pistons' possession of the ball is concentrated in Huo Song's hands, and Huo Song can develop more abilities and skills in the new season.

Anyway, practicing mid-range shooting also requires possession of the ball.

Wouldn't it be better for Huo Song to organize it again?

In the future, there will be more choices and greater competitiveness in playing brother basketball.

However, Huo Song still wanted to try to see if he could win his third championship in the last year of his rookie contract.

The dynasty with three crowns in five years is also a dynasty!
Huo Song wants to establish his own dynasty within the rookie contract.

Whether it will work or not will be discussed later.

But it takes effort anyway.

Now the state is just right, it is impossible to wait for playing brother basketball, and then set such a great goal in advance, right?

So Huo Song didn't act like a cancer, he just gave up the team's training of other players in order to brush up the data.

As we all know, scoring ability requires the cultivation of ball possession.

And sometimes giving penalty kicks can also make defensive players more active in defense.

The regular season has just started, and it's hard to say who will win the championship next season.

Can the Spurs win the title?Huo Song thinks he is better than James at this stage, and the overall strength of the Pistons is also much stronger than the Cavaliers.

Anyway, Huo Song has a helper of Hamilton's level.

And Ellis and Gerald Wallace were also rapidly evolving.

In any case, the Pistons have the hope of winning the championship in the past two years.

If it drags on, maybe the Celtics Big Three in memory and Kobe's real peak period will come.

Time waits for no one, and it is time to become famous as soon as possible.

With the help of the next regular season, Huo Song must integrate the strength of the team.

Strive to achieve the same results as the previous two years in the playoffs.

In fact, when Da Ben and others left one after another, it was time for Huo Song to really prove himself.

It is true that Huo Song has two FMVPs.

But a championship team is far more than just a star.

It is impossible for Huo Song to prove his greatness after leaving the Pistons. Huo Song has to prove that he is the No.1 in the league during the few years he stayed in the Pistons.

(End of this chapter)