NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

"Oh? You want him to skip the 'dancing with the bench' and go one-on-one?" Dawson asked.

"Yes. I think, 'dancing with the bench' is not enough for me to have a deeper understanding of him, I need to see his performance in the confrontation." Van Gundy said.

The "dancing with the bench" in the dialogue between the two is a link for players to show themselves.

In this session, the team will place several benches inside and outside the three-point line, allowing players to hold the ball in different positions to face the bench attack and show off their various offensive skills.

This link has existed in the NBA for many years, but in recent years, it has been increasingly criticized.

Because many trial players will be opportunistic and practice some offensive routines against the bench in advance, making the team misjudge their offensive strength.

Almost every year, there will be rookies who show a wealth of offensive skills in this session, but when they really go to the NBA, they can't show any offensive ability, wasting the team's precious draft picks.

Therefore, Van Gundy intends to give up this link directly.

"Jack has been warming up in the gym on the second floor early in the morning, please call him down." Van Gundy turned to the staff beside him.

"My God, you actually invited Jack."

Hearing this name, Dawson patted his forehead and said with heartache:

"Looks like I have to pay at least $3000 more for Zhang Jinshui's trial training."

"It's still the same sentence. We only have the No. 24 pick this year. I have to be cautious." Van Gundy explained: "I need someone who is experienced enough to directly confront Zhang Jinshui, and then tell me that he has an intuitive understanding of Zhang Jinshui. judge."

The Jack they talked about used to be an NBA player. He served as a shooting guard. In the eight 90s, he played as a substitute for several NBA teams, but he didn't play much time and was not well-known.

However, after retiring for a few years, he has gradually become the hottest singles coach in the NBA by relying on his unique skill of singles, and his hourly salary has reached an astonishing 1500-2000 US dollars.

Even with the price tag, there are plenty of NBA teams waving checks to book his time.

Kobe, McGrady and Iverson, the top super backcourts in the league, have all received special training from him.

If it weren't for the fact that it is now the end of the playoffs and many players have already started their vacations, it would be difficult for Van Gundy to invite him to Houston in just two or three days.

Dawson suddenly realized something, and laughed loudly: "You invited Jack behind my back early in the morning, it seems that you are not as optimistic about Zhang Jinshui as you appear on the surface, and you must be very fond of Zhang Jinshui Interested, right?"

Van Gundy nodded helplessly: "Well, I admit that I admire Zhang Jinshui's performance in the test match, and his results in the first two tests today make me even more optimistic about him.

But, again, what we need is immediate combat power.

He has to prove to me in this workout that he's more worthy of my No. 20 pick than young players like Luther Head, Danny Granger and Jarrett Jack. "

Jack is a black uncle in his 40s, with a height of 1.9 meters, and his body type can already be classified as fat.

When Jack patted the basketball, walked in front of Zhang Jinshui in a blink of an eye, Zhang Jinshui couldn't help but wonder why the Rockets arranged for such a person to challenge him one-on-one?

But when the heads-up began and Jack was attacking with the ball, Zhang Jinshui knew he was wrong. He seriously underestimated the strength of the person in front of him.

The opponent is not fancy when holding the ball, and the starting speed when breaking through is not fast.

But when Zhang Jinshui moved laterally to the left in an attempt to block the opponent's breakthrough path, the opponent changed direction at the right time and continued to break through to the right.

Zhang Jinshui hurriedly adjusted his center of gravity and moved laterally to the right, but the opponent changed direction to the left again.

These two changes of direction were not fast, but they hit the breaking point of Zhang Jinshui's center of gravity without any mistakes.

At this time, Zhang Jinshui's center of gravity was in a mess, and his figure was also a little unstable.

He gritted his teeth and wanted to stick it, but the opponent had already jumped up, held the basketball high, flicked his wrist lightly, and made a steady mid-range shot.

Although it was just a simple mid-range shot with a change of direction, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Zhang Jinshui's defense was crushed.

"It's still not good." Van Gundy shook his head on the sidelines.

"Are you asking too much? Zhang Jinshui is facing Jack. This monster's rhythm changes in singles are amazing. Even the league's top perimeter iron gates may not be able to guard against it?"

Dawson defended Zhang Jinshui and said:

"What's more, it's not yet Zhang Jinshui's offensive round. You have to watch Zhang Jinshui's offense before drawing conclusions."

Van Gundy said helplessly: "Do you still need to watch Zhang Jinshui's offense? In the confrontation match a few days ago, there was no active attack with the ball in the entire game. Isn't that enough to explain the problem?

Frankly speaking, I have long since given up much hope for his offense with the ball.

My original thought was to let Jack try his defense. If his defense is good, coupled with top-level three-pointers and tactical execution on the court, it might really be worth taking him at No. 24. .

But now it seems that I may be too optimistic, and his defensive footwork is too poor. "

"Young man, your defensive steps are a bit poor."

On the court, Jack said the same thing to Zhang Jinshui, and when the heads-up was over, he would tell Van Gundy the same thing.

"You wait, I will send this sentence back to you soon." Zhang Jinshui replied unhappily.

Jack laughed: "Young man, it's a good thing to be a little angry

Next, it was Zhang Jinshui's turn to attack.

According to Zhang Jinshui's original understanding, there is no need to be too anxious in a seven-round heads-up, especially when attacking with the ball for the first time, you can dribble more, pretend to break through a few times, and feel the opponent's moving pace and defensive habits .

But just now his defense was crushed by Jack, coupled with the stimulation of the opponent's words, he took a deep breath in his heart.

Therefore, after he dribbled the ball in front of Jack, there was no fake action, no change of direction, and no fake shoulder, and he directly started and rushed to Jack's left.

His breakthrough speed was so fast that when Jack reacted and moved to the left to block Zhang Jinshui's breakthrough route, most of Zhang Jinshui's body had already passed him, facing the empty space under the basket.

Zhang Jinshui directly held the ball in his hand, made a three-step layup, and completed the offense in one go.

The silver badge [Breakthrough with the ball, the first step of lightning] really did not disappoint Zhang Jinshui, and this badge just restrained the oversized Jack a bit.

"Strike!" In the stands, Fade Chen couldn't help shouting.

Zhang Jinshui's breakthrough was like a sharp knife out of its sheath, the flash was fleeting, and there was a kind of joy of killing without blood.

Moreover, Zhang Jinshui's original impression was that he would not make a breakthrough. It is no wonder that Fade Chen cried out in surprise when he made such an unexpected move.

Not only Fade Chen, but Dawson on the sidelines were also stunned.

"My God, is there a replay, I want to watch the replay, isn't this breakthrough too fast?"

While screaming, he patted Van Gundy on the shoulder and shouted, "Who said Zhang Jinshui couldn't break through with the ball, did you see it? Did you see it?"