NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 30
In addition, the Rockets do not have a good point guard.

Van Gundy had to let McGrady take on more ball-handling tasks.

Will he be too tired because of this, will he repeat the mistakes of Francis who is too self-confident? ?

All this should be a mystery, but Liu Rui's heart is like a bright mirror.

All Van Gundy can do now is to pray for Sura's speedy recovery and timely adjustment.

In addition, the Rockets don't have a rookie in the team, which means that the Rockets basically have nothing to shine.

Success or failure can only be determined by the performance of Yao Ming and McGrady, and it is unlikely that any player will bring surprises out of the blue.

Except Yao + Mai is Mai + Yao, this is the current Rockets.

The Rockets still have no problem reaching the playoffs with this lineup, but if they want to win the championship, it is obvious that the general manager Dawson's operation is still almost on the fire.

But even if Dawson is poor, he will be hundreds of times better than the pig of Morey, the general manager of the Rockets in the future.

And the fact is indeed the case. Under Morey's operation in later generations, although the Rockets saved a lot of money, they still failed to bring the team a championship, and Morey contributed a lot.

Compared with McGrady, Liu Rui really paid attention to Yao Ming, which has nothing to do with being Chinese.

As the No. 2002 pick in [-], Yao Ming was considered a puppet No. [-] pick for the Rockets to tap the Chinese market when he first entered the league.

But later, Yao Ming's strength was unquestionable, and he slapped the big-mouthed "Barkley" fiercely in the face, resulting in the famous pro-donkey butt incident.

Now that the NBA generally lacks excellent centers, Yao Ming is definitely the closest player to O'Neal and the most promising player to take over the mantle of the most dominant center.

How long it will take to accomplish this goal remains a question, though.

In addition, the cultivation of the Orientals makes Yao Ming play more fiercely and fiercely. This topic will always linger on the heads of Yao Ming and Van Gundy.

In his previous life, it was also Van Gundy who asked Yao Ming to gain weight in order to strengthen his dominance in the inside line. In addition, he traveled to China and the United States for many years, which caused Yao Ming's ankle to be seriously overloaded and had to withdraw from the league early.

For Yao Ming, no one in this league knows better than Liu Rui. No matter in his previous life or in this life, Liu Rui can blurt out Yao Ming's characteristics and shortcomings without even thinking about them.

After all, this is a player who single-handedly led the Chinese men's basketball team out of the tight encirclement, and a guy who single-handedly promoted the development of Chinese basketball.

However, physical fitness and the stability of shooting when double-teamed are definitely the most important problems Yao Ming needs to solve at present, and Liu Rui is also planning to use this to teach Yao Ming a deep lesson.

The shortcomings exposed in this class are exactly what Liu Rui intends to give Yao Ming as a reward. Although it is a bit cruel, it has to be admitted that this is what Yao Ming needs most.

But what makes Liu Rui a headache is that neither Blazek nor Okafor in the team will be able to interfere too much with Yao Ming.

Not to mention Eli and CBA stars on the bench.

But Liu Rui still has a hole card in his hand, which was originally intended to be a gift to O'Neill, but it seems that it will be given to Yao Ming in advance.

The big buffalo "Jarhidi White" on the bench! !

A tank-level player with a weight of 131 kilograms, Yao Ming can't get close to the three-second zone comfortably with his powerful strength, although Yao Ming has a mid-range shot.

But forcing Yao Ming to execute the middle distance is Liu Rui's biggest killing move.

Yao Ming has shown super personal ability so far, but physical fitness and double-teamed shots are still his biggest enemies now.

The big buffalo White can push Yao Ming out of the three-second zone very well. If Yao Ming wants to use his height to overpower White, White's terrifying power will definitely consume a lot of Yao Ming's physical strength.

And when Van Gundy chooses to pull Yao Ming out of the three-second zone and use the middle distance to sanction White, it will be in Liu Rui's hands.

The Bobcats have one of the league's strongest defenders, Gerald Wallace! !

Gerald Wallace's defense awareness is the only one that Liu Rui has seen in his life. Even if he has two lives, Liu Rui believes that in the next century, there will be only one person who is better than Wallace's defense ability.

Nicknamed "Kirilenko" of AK47, the reason why the Jazz can be called the Rockets' lifelong enemy in the previous life is that they can send the Rockets home for fishing in the playoffs every year. Among them, Kirilenko has made great contributions! !
Although Kirilenko's threat on the offensive end is really indescribable compared to Wallace.

And the reason why the Jazz have been able to sanction the Rockets for many years, in addition to Kirilenko and center Okur! !

An earlier space-based "center", when Deron and Boozer are responsible for the pick-and-roll and Kirilenko is responsible for the defense, Okur only needs to stand on the arc-marked three-point line.

Excellent long-range shooting touch and high passing IQ make this center a beautiful landscape in the league.

And it was this point that forced Yao Ming to defend to the three-point line, allowing Sloan's pick-and-roll tactics to exert their greatest power, and the Rockets were defeated.

It was these two points that gave Liu Rui the confidence to win, because in addition to Gerald Wallace and Buffalo White, the team also happened to have the same center "Brazek"! !

A long-range shooting center who also has excellent touch, and a center who also has excellent passing vision! !
A big player who is also [-] meters and [-] plus can check and balance Yao Ming on the offensive end. At the same time, his excellent height can also put more pressure on Yao Ming on the defensive end and reduce his personal physical strength.

The right time, place and people are all on Liu Rui's side, and Liu Rui will not let go of this opportunity to defeat the Rockets.

You, the Rockets, worked so hard to put together a luxurious lineup in the summer. You wanted to show off your power in the new season, so I, Liu Rui, don't mind checking it out for you in the preseason.

As for McGrady, from the beginning, Liu Rui never thought of strangling him and Yao Ming at the same time. The only thing that can stop Yao and Mai's efficiency at the same time is probably only injuries. A healthy McGrady is so terrifying...

Moreover, although from a personality point of view, McGrady will not emphasize self-expression like Francis, and his playing is more holistic.

But the nature of the scoring champion will still make him take as many shots as possible, and forcing McGrady to take more shots is also one of Liu Rui's plans.

Since Wallace wants to monitor Yao Ming, the rest of the people simply cannot guard against you, so I will let you do everything you can.

In the 48-minute game, the two teams combined had 26 players on the active list. If McGrady could shoot the Bobcats alone, Liu Rui would not mind jumping into the river once and drowning once.

Besides, Liu Rui never thought that now Wallace can completely lock McGrady by defending against McGrady, even if it is to stop it, it will take a lot of effort.

You must know that just last season, McGrady scored a career-high 62 points in the game against the Wizards.

This scoring machine before the injury is obviously not understandable by the current Wallace.

"Since you love to pull it out so much, I'll just let you pull it out."

Liu Rui picked up the pen, lowered his head and drew a circle on the notebook facing Maddy, with a weird smile on the corner of his mouth.

(End of this chapter)