I can't be a basketball god

Chapter 42 Jones Without Spirituality!

How strong is Eddie Jones?
Kobe and Wade both played Jones' substitutes in their rookie seasons.

Of course, when Kobe and Wade grow up, Jones will have to step aside.

It can only be said that it is not that Jones is too weak, but that Kobe and Wade are too strong.

Jones' offensive ability has reached the level of quasi-All-Star strength. When he had unlimited shots at his peak, he just averaged 20 points per game. Maybe it's because of his style and personality?
It feels a little short of being a top scorer.

Jones' defensive ability has reached the top level. He entered the defensive second team once and is the defensive gate of the perimeter.

Good offense + top defense, Jones' strength is at the All-Star level.

In the Heat last season, Jones averaged 18.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game. He was once hailed as Pippen's successor, and his strength is naturally not bad.

In the heads-up, Ye Feng's face was solemn, and he put up a defensive posture, and Jones attacked first.

Eddie Jones put on an offensive three-threat posture, protruding and retracting his right foot, twisting his waist, jumping up, pulling up, and raising his hand is a three-point jumper.

Ye Feng reacted quickly, his body flew over, and he had no intention of covering it, but just wanted to cover his sight.

Jones's shooting rhythm remained the same. After all, he was also a veteran who was about to turn 33 years old.

With a shake of his right hand in the air, the basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air.

Swish-!
The pure white net flower flew, and the three-pointer fell into the net hollow.

"Strikes, Eddie Jones' [-]-point shot, it's getting better and better.

Ye Feng had defended this shot very well, but he still couldn't stop Eddie Jones from hitting. "Stan Van Gundy applauded lightly and said that he still likes the Heat's top scorer.

Because Eddie Jones is not only good at scoring, but also good at defense. If he puts all his energy on offense, his statistics will definitely be more beautiful.

If he is selfish and takes more unreasonable shots, his statistics will never fail to break through the 20-point barrier. In the case of a poor team, he has not even hit a career-high scoring record. It can be seen , Eddie Jones is a very team player. For such a player, he is naturally very popular with the head coach.

Riley next to him looked calm, without any fluctuation, "Maybe, we need to see more."

On the field, Eddie Jones scouted the ball, and Ye Feng blocked Jones' attack at all times.

Later, he also bullied himself, trying to strengthen his physical confrontation.

Bah, bah, bah——!
Jones put away his posture, dribbled the ball, and accelerated the frequency of dribbling. He changed direction and lowered his body, and accelerated to break through to the inside.

Ye Feng slid across and blocked Jones' path.

Jones made a sudden stop, dribbled one after another, slapped the basketball to the other side, and made a temptation to lift the ball to shoot, but did not shoot or break forward, but retreated back beyond the three-point line, twisted his waist, and jumped up , Pulling out, raising his hand is a three-point jump shot.

Ye Feng was swayed by all kinds of feints, and his center of gravity had long been lost. He tried his best to chase and defend Jones, just to prove that he was serious about defending, and it was useless.

In fact, the offensive rhythm has been firmly controlled by Jones.

Swish-!
The net flower splashes, and the basketball enters the net.

With a slight smile on Jones' face, he clenched his fists.

For the third ball, taking advantage of the momentum of the first two balls that made Ye Feng unable to find Bei, Jones raised the ball from the three-point line to make a shooting posture, and after luring Ye Feng to jump, he dribbled the ball with his back to avoid Ye Feng's defense. The ball drove straight into the basket, jumped up, and made a barely dunk, ending his offense.

"Great job, Jones' offensive state remains good, coupled with Wade's talent, Odom's strength, if Butler's comeback status is restored, our team may be able to do something big this season Ya!" Stan Van Gundy smiled like a bear.

It seems that they are very confident about the start of the regular season of the new season.

Riley's face became more and more dignified, looking very elegant, but frost hung on his face, "You can see that Jones' condition is very good.

Don't you think Jones has changed now? "

"What? Jones hasn't changed!

He scored in the offense just now, and made all three-pointers. I think he is in a good state.

You mean Jones's opponent is not strong?Ye Feng's defensive strength, can't you test his state and strength? "Stan Van Gundy's face changed instantly, and he asked cautiously.

Perhaps, if his genius brother is here, he should be able to comprehend what the teacher is thinking now?

And his coaching talent is far inferior to his younger brother Jeff Van Gundy, so he stayed with Mr. Riley for almost ten years before he got the opportunity to be a master coach.

And his younger brother only took 5 years, from 28 to 33 years old, to become the head coach of the Knicks, and set a record for the youngest head coach in the NBA.

Even after Mr. Riley left the Lakers, he never made it to the NBA Finals, but his genius brother did.

"Do you know what Jones' current annual salary is in the team?" Riley also knew that his disciple's comprehension ability was relatively late, so he asked questions patiently.

"1233 million dollars." Stan Van Gundy replied very clearly. It seems that he was able to fall into Riley's eyes not only because he has a genius younger brother. Stan Van Gundy still has some advantages that others can't see.

"You remember it very clearly.

Then do you know, in the current NBA league, is there any team that will spend tens of millions of annual salary to raise a pure pitcher? "

"Dallas Mavericks!" Embarrassing Stan Van Gundy actually gave the answer, and it is still a positive answer.

"..."

Can he compare with that?
Cuban is a local tycoon, and even a lunatic, who treats money as money. He deserves it because he spent so much money and failed to win the NBA championship.

Because, there is no team that is as amateur as he is.

"Don't you think that Jones' current style of play is becoming more and more outside, with no aura for breakthroughs, and gradually becoming a pure pitcher?

I spent so much money to get him in the future, do I want him to be the team's scoring attacker instead of a weak pure shooter?
do you understand?

You do not understand.

Wade and Butler are still young, and Odom has never been a superstar. When the Heat entered the playoffs and needed to attack tough positions, Jones turned out to be a pure shooter who could only shoot outside.

Do you know what will happen to the Heat by then?

You still don't know, but I can safely say the Heat were out of luck like that.

Because, on the stage of the playoffs, you are not allowed to be weak.

Now Jones's basketball has changed, and it has become the Glen Rice in 99.

The "OK combination" at that time needed that kind of Jones, but Jones was not at that time, so the Lakers replaced him.

What now?
What the Heat need is a Jones who can attack and become the main offensive point, not a Jones who just wants to play an auxiliary soft landing.

Do you understand it? "

"..."

Although I don't understand it, I feel good about it.

Stan Van Gundy nodded, he still doesn't understand Jones' situation.

but…

At this moment, he understood the gap between Mr. Riley and him.

For example, Riley's height is five stories high, but he only lives on the second floor. He can only look up to Riley.

All he thought about was the regular season, and what Jones would help the regular season, but he didn't think about the longer term, the playoffs, let alone wanting to get closer to the championship trophy.

……

On the court, Ye Feng and Jones' unrestricted one-on-one duel has ended.

On the first ball, Ye Feng was almost caught by Jones and reached out to intercept the basketball.

Fortunately, the basketball was shot off, but it was a mountain of knives.

Ye Feng used his body to bear the impact of Jones, regained control of the ball, and turned around, broke into the penalty area, made a small throw under the basket, and sent the basketball into the basket.

It's so risky, it's like in the boxing ring, Ye Feng received a heavy punch, but was not KO, and then punched back, taking down the opponent.

On the second ball, Ye Feng's breakthrough, swaying the angle, even a fadeaway jumper, was almost blocked by Jones.

good luck!
The basketball, which was not blocked, hit the basket, turned around, and still made a hit. It can only be said that Ye Feng is standing beside the goddess of fate.

In the third ball, Ye Feng temporarily copied Alston's role, and learned that Jones' defensive aggressiveness was very strong during two consecutive rounds of probing.

Ye Feng directly lured the opponent into being fooled, used a bow to Buddha, and after flying Jones, he dodged with a cat, rushed into the basket, and smashed the basketball into the basket with a strong dunk.

Although Ye Feng was a little surprised by the consecutive heads-up successes, he thought to himself: Eddie Jones is too strong, right?

How could such a strong man be squeezed away by Kobe?

This is not scientific!
Is there too much difference in strength between me and Kobe?
Or is Kobe's talent potential too terrifying?

Eddie Jones is already so strong, and Kobe who beat Jones... hiss!

If Ye Feng knew that the Jones in front of him was just Jones without spirituality, what would he think?
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(End of this chapter)