stadium ambition

Chapter 11: Secretly Observing
The thought flashed, and Su Yang subconsciously recalled it.

Butler led the bench to defeat the starter, which was full of too much drama.

At the beginning of the matter, Butler had just helped the Timberwolves reach the playoffs after many years.

Although he stopped in the first round, his performance on the field is remarkable, and he still wants to stay in the Timberwolves and do a good job.

However, the Timberwolves boss and management seemed to feel that Butlert's ability was limited and he was not worthy of a maximum salary contract, so they made public opinion and hoped that Butlert would renew his contract in advance. Butlert felt that he was not respected and decisively sought a deal.

The paradox is that the Timberwolves management's evil plan failed, and they wanted to exchange Barrett for as many chips as possible.

It's a pity that news has been spread many times, but the transaction has never been formed. Barrett's dissatisfaction has increased, and he gradually stopped participating in team training. Son.

One day, Barrett came to the arena, brought a few substitutes and fringe people, and ruthlessly defeated the starting lineup led by the top picks Towns and Wiggins in front of the Timberwolves management team. Yelling: "You guys need me so much!"

This incident made the news, and countless netizens lamented that the difference in strength between the bench and the starters in an NBA-level team is too great.

While the bench beat the starters in practice, other teams have, too.

But in Butler's obviously provocative game, Towns and Wiggins can still lose, and they really shouldn't.

But the biggest reason why Barrett led the team to win is "heart and appeal". The substitute players are willing to believe in him and are willing to attack and defend with all their strength under his organization. Towns and Wiggins don't have that kind of leadership temperament, and their play style Soft.

Afterwards, Barrett was interviewed and said the famous sentence: Who is the most talented player?It's Downs!Who is the most favored player of God?It's Wiggins!But who is playing the hardest?it's me!
Thinking about it now, it still makes people feel bloody.

"I knew you would be like this." Ron said, "I've seen the heads-up video of you and Gabe Pruitt. To be honest, you were lucky. His last attack was too careless. If you use a safer strategy , your chances of winning will be very low.”

Su Yang came back to his senses and realized that his teammates had already known about his duel.

"you're right."

There is nothing to refute. Gabe Pruitt has the advantage of height and speed. At that time, as long as he insisted on dribbling the ball, Su Yang could only defend 10 or 2 times out of 3 times, and only counted [-] goals. , and also reduced his physical disadvantage.

"Then I look forward to your challenge." Ron turned and went back to the closet, silently preparing for training.

The other teammates dispersed, Gay glanced at him with a smile, and the team entry ceremony was hastily concluded.

...

Su Yang walked to his exclusive wardrobe, raised his hand to open it, and suddenly found a pair of smelly socks.

After thinking about it for a while, I grabbed it and threw it on the floor, pretending that nothing happened, it was just a small problem.

It is very normal for this kind of thing to happen, because people like to stay in the comfort zone, hate talking about unfamiliar environments, unfamiliar things and people, and suddenly show their strength, which will make many people instinctively resist and resist.

The team lineup will change, the playing time will also change, and there may even be relegation or layoffs.

It may also be because I am Chinese, some prejudices have already been deeply planted in my heart, and it is useless to be powerful.

They may not have malicious intentions, but they just want to achieve a balance in their hearts in some way.

As long as everything stabilizes, they are all stupid and cute teenagers, at least they can maintain harmony during the game.

After thinking about the joints, Su Yang thought about how to complete the imitation challenge. This time the difficulty was higher than shooting basketball all day.

First of all, it is necessary to select four people from the substitute teammates to form a team. It is difficult to predict how long it will take to complete this matter, because even if you are very strong, your favorite teammates may not be willing to agree. There may be some reasons. a lot of.

For example, they are afraid of conflicts with Ron and others, or they just want to play ball and don't want to get involved in such crap.

In addition to building a team, it is also necessary to observe and analyze the technical characteristics of the starting players. If one of them is particularly stuck, it is necessary to find a player who can quickly circle the screen, otherwise the high pick-and-roll cannot be prevented, and the follow-up defense will collapse.

The two things need to be carried out at the same time, and they must be referred to each other to avoid doing too much useless work.

After forming a team, special training may be required. Otherwise, it will be a group of stragglers. In addition, there is a gap in strength. There is no way to beat the elite soldiers formed by the starting lineup. Therefore, the overall planning is equivalent to being a coach.

...

The whole team changed into their training uniforms and went to the field to shoot to warm up. Coach David quickly gathered the whole team to surround him.

"Today, we continue to practice single-action shooting, and then there will be a 5V5 wheel battle practice. I hope you will use more single-action shooting and fast-paced offense. Trying this change first will have an impact..."

Coach David talked eloquently, and finally said: "Let's take a look at Su Yang, who had the worst shooting before and had four consecutive non-stick shots, which almost made me doubt whether he has improved compared to before. Everyone give him a little applause. encourage!"

clap clap clap!
Sporadic applause sounded, only a few people applauded.

Su Yang took a glance, ready to pay attention to those applauding teammates first, at least they didn't have such deep resistance.

Determined to pay attention, strode to the three-point line, took the basketball from the assistant coach, and immediately started long-range shots.

This time, there was no invisible pressure, no worry of embarrassment if the shooting percentage was too bad, Su Yang was extremely relaxed, he jumped like his feet were on a spring, and his shots were like wind in his hands. He took [-] shots from [-] positions in the half, and only hit [-].

Seeing the last shot smashing the basket into the net, Su Yang decided to make another long shot.

He strode out of the court, aimed at the basket and jumped with the ball, deliberately imitating Curry's agility.

bass!The basketball is hollow into the net.

This ball can be described as the finishing touch.

"Yeah!" There were cheers and applause in the arena. It was not Coach David who took the lead, but many teammates spontaneously.

In detail, it sounds like a kind of appreciation for the charm of basketball itself, and it will not be suppressed forcibly because of prejudice and resistance, just like fans from all walks of life will only be amazed at the moment when they see Leonard complete the tiebreaker against the 76ers .

"OK, as you have just seen, as long as we put in the time and sweat for training, we will get good results, and then we will do consolidation exercises, everything is under our control."

David paused for a moment, raised his arms and shouted: "Come on, this is the beginning of defeating James Harden!"

Perhaps inspired by it, many teammates entered the court excitedly to shoot, which can be described as full of enthusiasm.

When the shooting was over and the 5V5 wheel training began, Su Yang was in the third team and stood on the center line to wait.

After a while, Coach David came over and said casually, "What are you doing?"

This is definitely not asking superficially, Su Yang replied truthfully: "I am observing in secret..."

"What are you observing?" David chuckled, "It looks like a special FBI operation, pretending to be secret?"

"Observe those teammates who have a certain outstanding characteristic, such as rebounding, or blocking..."

"Don't bother, I know this team best. If you want to select four people from the bench, I can tell you directly."

"Coach, you put an undercover agent in the locker room?"

(End of this chapter)