shooting guard era

Chapter 145 174. The Surprising Beginning
The head coaches of both sides of the Rookie Challenge are not the head coaches of NBA teams, but two assistant coaches.

These two assistant coaches are recommended by the head coaches of each team. The first-year head coach is Steve Clifford, who is the assistant coach of the Spurs, and the second-year head coach is Tom Thibodeau, who is the assistant coach of the Rockets. , both of whom are admired by their respective coaches, but not widely known.

When Clifford took over the post of head coach of the rookie group, he heard from his predecessors who had been the head coach of the rookie game that this job is easy to do. Apart from changing players, he can sit and enjoy the best position Just watch the game.

Now Clifford found that the job was really easy to do, really just need to watch the game.

Because Ye Han directly took the tactical board from the staff, called his teammates together to discuss, and didn't care about him as the head coach at all.

The same is true for Thibodeau on the other side, watching James hold the tactical board and discuss with his brothers how to play, completely ignoring him.

Soon, the game started, and the starters of both sides came to the field.

The starting lineup in the second grade is enough to compete for the championship. In one or two years, this lineup will definitely be the most popular in the championship. The premise is that the team can win these people, but obviously it is somewhat unlikely.

The second-year starters are Hinrich, Wade, Anthony, James, and Bosh.

The first-year side was much inferior, with Iguodala playing point guard, Ye Han shooting guard, small forward Luol Deng, power forward Okafor, and center Howard.

"Ace, pass me a few balls later, I want to dunk!" Howard came to Ye Han and said with a smile.

"We are here to win, not to slam dunk." Ye Han said coldly, he is now focused on how to win, and did not notice the expectant eyes of Howard, who is only 19 years old and still a child.

Howard suddenly froze, feeling very aggrieved. In his impression, the All-Star Game was just a big party for fun, and it was still a rookie game. He just wanted to dunk a few baskets.

But Howard was very optimistic. He thought to himself: If you don't pass the ball to me, I will grab the dunk myself. The skinny Bosh on the opposite side will definitely not be able to grab me.

Bosh was preparing to jump the ball and move his joints when he suddenly felt a gust of wind behind him.

Poor Bosh, just like that, was targeted by Howard, who had a beastly physique.

At 7:[-], the game officially started, and the two sides jumped the ball.

Howard easily wins the jump ball over Bosh's head with an amazing bounce. Bosh has jumped high, but it is not as good as Howard's full strength.

Iguodala received the ball and wanted to dribble it to the frontcourt and hand it to Ye Han, just like handing the ball to Iverson in the 76ers, but after just two steps, he looked up and saw the picture in front of him, and immediately He picked up the ball and threw it to the hoop.

Two seconds later, loud cheers erupted from the scene, the ball bounced on the floor, and then Ye Han fell from the basket.

Without celebrating, Ye Hanku ran back to the half court, ready to defend.

James looked at Ye Han. He was not surprised that Ye Han was so excited at the beginning. He had already guessed that Ye Han would not let them win easily.

Maybe, James felt that Ye Han knew what they were thinking, that they wanted to bring Anthony an MVP in the rookie challenge, and he just wanted to sabotage their purpose.

After receiving the ball from Hinrich, James immediately passed it back to Hinrich and ran forward.

Hinrich is a very mature player. He has played in college for a long enough time. He is a rare player after the new century who has played in college for 4 years.Came into the NBA with an immediate ability to lead a team to victory, and even on a team as talented as this, he's the best ball-handling option.

Hinrich advanced to the front, defending him is his teammate Luol Deng.

The lineups of the two sides are quite peculiar. In the second year, except for Hinrich who has mature defensive skills and good ability to defend the ball holder, the other four defenses are not very good. They all have physical fitness and defensive skills. Very bad guy.But the first-year side is completely different. The five players started out as defensive players. From Iguodala to Ye Han, Luol Deng, Okafor, and Howard, they are all among the best defensive players in their respective teams. .

"Kirk, it feels really awkward to play against you, but I am your teammate who knows you best, and I know your offensive habits too well." Luol Deng said while defending Hinrich closely.

Luol Deng stuck closely to Hinrich and worked with him for more than half a season. He knows Hinrich too well, and his physical fitness is average.

The only thing to pay attention to is Hinrich's three-pointers. His three-point shooting percentage is close to [-]%.

"Knowing my offensive habits should know my turn."

When Hinrich spoke, he was leaning against Luol Deng with his left shoulder, and suddenly slapped the ball under his crotch, passing through his own crotch and the crotch of Luol Deng behind him, while sticking to Luol Deng's crotch. -Deng turned around and received it, and continued to rush inside.

After breaking into the inside, Hinrich looked for opportunities to pass the ball. He wanted to use the defense attracted after the breakthrough to create opportunities for his teammates.

No chance to pass the ball!Hinrich suddenly found that no one was helping him when he broke through, and the two insiders ignored him. Only Okafor stretched out his hand and gathered in his shooting route when he made a circle from the baseline, and everyone else Each stand in front of the player they are defending.

Hinrich did not dare to vote by himself, and Luol Deng followed closely behind him.

What makes Hinrich even more sad is that none of his teammates are running, all standing and watching him, waiting for the pass.

It was only then that Hinrich remembered that his three outside teammates were all uncles!Where there are players who can play without the ball, there are all guys who can't play without the ball.

He hurriedly called his teammates to run, but the three of the top five picks in the 03 draft were not players who could play off the ball. Bosh was in the paint and couldn't get into the three-second zone when Okafor got stuck.

The defensive strategy of the first-year side is very simple. No matter who the opponent is attacking, they will defend alone. The advantage of the first-year side is defense. Although the All-Star Rookie Challenge is a show, winning or losing is not important at all.But they saw Ye Han's determined eyes of wanting to win, and his desire for victory in his words, they were also affected.

Why should you be a supporting role for a second-year player?

That's why Ye Han wanted to win this competition. Everyone regarded the group of first graders as supporting roles for second graders to show off their abilities. He was very upset, and he wanted to destroy the opponent's ideas.

This idea spread from Ye Han to everyone in the first grade. They are all NBA geniuses and they are only around 20 years old. Who would really be willing to admit that their opponent is better than themselves?

So the first grade here is the real defense!The offensive time was running out, and Hinrich had no chance to pass the ball when he dribbled out. The 24 seconds were coming soon, and he could only shoot against the defense.

"Snapped"

Howard snapped Hinrich's shot, and with two seconds left Howard sprinted past James and blocked Hinrich's shot.

"BI..."

The timer beeps for a long time, 24 seconds violation!
The fans at the scene and the commentators on the broadcast TV station were all taken aback. This group of young people in the first grade is very different from the rookie army who was slaughtered by others during the All-Star Weekend in the past!

(End of this chapter)