I'm a big shot in basketball

At eight o'clock in the morning, Su Yang woke up from the dream of two glamorous superheroes, the Black Widow and the Scarlet Witch.

A carp stood up and got up. After working overtime for many years to make the game version, he has already developed a super execution ability. Since he decided to become famous through forum predictions and apply for a Rockets scout or video analyst, he must act as soon as possible.

Grab a piece of bread, get a box of milk, turn on the computer and sit in front of the computer, watching the Windows2000 screen pop up, thinking that the system update is quite timely, then click on the IE browser, log in to the RealGm forum and prepare to register.

To surf the Internet, you must first get a resounding nickname.

Suddenly, Su Yang thought of the two nicknames 'Xu Xiujun' and 'Lu Tianxia', and suddenly felt a kind of absurdity that was entwined by Kesuen's whispers, so he continued to think about it. The nickname should be the type that is immediately interested in clicking after seeing it .

sunshine Boy?

The strongest boy Yuki Yuzuru?

Aloof male god Dai Jiawei?

Do you eat pancakes?

They are all good nicknames, but those foreigners must not understand them, and they have to quickly relate to my potential professional status.

After thinking about it, real men are required to use their real names when surfing the Internet, and they are called 'Su Yang - the man with the most accurate prediction of NBA'.

After registration, click on the forum page to post.

[If there is a player in the future who has 40000 points, 10000 rebounds, 10000 assists in his career, four MVPs and four FMVPs, can he be tied with Michael Jordan for the strongest player in history?If not, where should it be ranked in history? 】

It is not enough to post a discussion post, but also a forecast.

[I knew about the finals - I'm from Houston? Katy City, my name is Su Yang, I'm a rocket professional, I predict that the Los Angeles Lakers, who won all the playoffs before, will lose to the Philadelphia 76ers in the first game of the finals, Because they underestimate the enemy.

Iverson will play the best game of his life.

But the Lakers will react quickly, and then win four games in a row to defeat the 76ers. You can gamble according to my prediction. 】

Post two posts in a row, go back to the homepage and look again, no one has responded yet, it’s normal to think about it, not many fans will get up at [-] o’clock in the morning to browse the forum, let’s wait for a while, come back at night and look again, if the number of replies is too high Less, register a few more trumpets to top posts.

I took another look and found that Vogel and Spoelstra were promoted to assistant coaches last month.

Turn off the R forum, search for online gambling on Google, and a row of fraudulent websites pop up. If you look carefully, you don’t dare to place a bet. American online gambling is not protected by law for the time being, and Google is still in the bidding ranking to sell all kinds of medicines casually. stage.

After eating milk and bread, he hurriedly took a shower and dressed up, found the super thick phone yellow pages, and searched to find the rocket office number.Called to inquire about applying for video analysts and scouts, and learned that you can go for an interview today, as long as you have a resume.

In the past, the two positions were internally recommended. Originally, the Rockets did not plan to openly recruit from the public. Unable to withstand the sudden whim of the boss, Alexander, there were quite a few people who tried after the release of the recruitment. He also emphasized that he would take a written test first, and there would be a physical test and interview.

There is no way, there are too many people, and we can't chat in detail one by one, and they are not the kind of acquaintances like retired players.

There is a ready-made resume. Young? Su prepared a lot when he was looking for a job before, and all kinds of documents were also packed together.

Putting on his bag, Su Yang opened the garage and got on the Mazda. He checked the map. If he wanted to go to the Compaq Center, the home of the Rockets, he had to take Highway 10 first, then turn south to Highway 610, and finally turn east to Highway 69. Only 30 minutes in traffic jam.

"You have to get acquainted with how to drive on the U.S. Highway first. If there is no problem, the police will catch you, and the magazine will be emptied..."

...

After some tossing, ten o'clock in the morning.

Su Yang arrived at the Compaq Center, home of the Rockets, parked his car and walked quickly into the hall. He was about to ask the staff where to go for the interview, when he suddenly saw a group of young and middle-aged people queuing up, all holding paper bags and the like. Dress is also quite formal.

That's obviously the queue waiting for interviews.

Standing at the end of the queue, I asked casually. It turned out that the Rockets only openly recruited video analyst assistants to the public, because the Rockets boss Alexander is very stingy. I will continue to be responsible for video analysis with several other teaching assistants, but I need an assistant to preprocess the vast number of videos.

There is no technical content in the assistant job, just responsible for categorizing and editing offense, defense and mistakes, purely mechanical labor.

However, the requirements are quite high, and you need to understand basketball-related terminology and tactics. It can be called interviewing to build rockets and entry-level screws.

The key is to recruit only one, the starting salary is 35000 US dollars, at least 10 hours a day, there will be a lot of overtime, during the season, there is no normal rest day except Christmas, even the All-Star weekend has to prepare a lot of videos in advance, compared to many There is no competitive advantage in work, but there is an opportunity to be promoted to assistant coach, and assistant coach is one of the important ways to be promoted to head coach.

In short, it is quite hard work, just like writing online articles, the entry requirements are relatively low, but if you want to be at the top, you need both strength and luck.

"You can probably guess why so many people..."

Recalling the hot discussion on the forum before, this summer, Frank Vogel, who has edited videos for many years, was officially promoted to assistant coach of the Boston Celtics, and Erik Spoelstra of the Heat also changed from The video analyst was promoted to a player development assistant. Both of them have no professional experience, which may give a lot of people confidence. After all, many people are more confident than Tyronn Lue can coach.

Queue for a while and get the written test questions.

Open it casually, two pages per side.

First fill in the basic information, so that you can quickly associate the results of the answer sheet with the individual, and provide some useful additional information by the way.

Su Yang, an American citizen, was born on December 1979, 12. His resident address is 31, Greenwood Community, Asia City, Katy, Texas. He is 203 cm tall and has an 186 kg bench press. He has no professional basketball experience before .

"I haven't had time to test the 84kg bench press. I should be able to push a few. It's definitely better than Durant pushing zero..."

As a video analyst, he often has to participate in team training and act as a defensive player, even stronger than the US team assistant Monty, he also has to personally defend LeBron and help LeBron practice back-up skills, so he needs to have a certain amount of physical fitness and strength Basically, not to mention that the Rockets are still such a stingy team. At that time, one person must be used as three people, and they have to do everything.

Fill in the basic information, and then answer the term explanation.

Going through it quickly, the terminology explanations are divided into three categories, which are basically the types that need to be used in video analysis work.

The first category is data terms, explaining plus/minus, points scored/losed over 100 rounds, 48-minute statistics, assist percentage, and more.There is no difficulty, everything is done quickly and the calculation method is given, and by the way, it is pointed out what the statistics of relevant data are useful for.

The second category is tactical terminology, from tactical classification ATO after timeout tactics, SLOB sideline ball tactics, EOG ending tactics explanation, to basic screen types such as Flarescreen far cut screen, pindown screen, Backscreen back screen, and then to RAM for screen There are many types of human beings as screens, screeners before STS screens.

Except for heads-up, all tactics are composed of one or more covers, which will inevitably be used extensively in video analysis, and it is necessary to understand such terms.Su Yang wrote down the explanation casually, and drew out each cover method to show that he is not good at memorizing.

"Only relying on these three questions, it is difficult to distinguish who is better, but video analyst assistant is considered a basic position."

The third category is tactical terminology. It is necessary to briefly draw the tactical start and various ending methods. There are only two basic tactics, one is the chin tactic represented by Princeton, and the other is the blindpig tactic represented by the triangle offense.

"Chin tactics, starting with one inside and four outside formation, the 1st and 2nd guards are placed in the top area of ​​the arc, the 3rd and 4th strikers are placed on the right and left wings, and the 5th is placed on the inside and the right waist. After the tactic is started, the two groups of outside players do Crossover movement, after 1 and 3 on the right side make a hand-off pass, 3 switches the ball to the left to 4 to disrupt the defense, and then 3 uses 5's back cover to rush to the basket..."

The chin tactic is mainly used in conjunction with the back screen and the far-cut screen, and emphasizes continuous running to pull the defense. As for the blindpig tactic of the triangle offense, it is also a combination of strong side high post support and weak side back screen.

In general, Princeton and the Triangle are big classifications of dynamic offenses that also emphasize power transitions and off-ball movement.

"This question is a bit difficult, but with a little research, it can be answered perfectly. It is also difficult to distinguish who is better."

Finish the drawing with a few quick strokes, and then look at the last question.

[According to reports, the league decided to reset the defense for three seconds after the finals and completely legalize the zone defense. At present, our center is doing relatively poorly in defending pick-and-roll offenses, trying to help us make some improvements. 】

"Finally increase the difficulty, this question can well widen the gap with others, you have to think carefully..."

The 01 finals have not yet started, and free market-related transactions have not yet started. The center forwards of the Rockets are Olajuwon, Kevin Cato, Jason Koller and Carlos Rogers. The latter two rarely play Chances are, Olajuwon should leave after the free market opens. With the Rockets' reluctance to spend money, the main center next season will definitely be Kevin Cato.

Cato is a pure tank center, like Capela, who is stronger but slower and less able to eat cakes.When defending for three seconds, it will inevitably become more difficult to defend against pick-and-rolls. First of all, it is difficult to switch defenses, and quick double-teaming is impossible.After thinking about it, only shrinking squats and ICE are more suitable to make up for Cato's shortcomings in preventing pick-and-rolls.

The so-called ICE freeze defense means that when encountering a wing pick-and-roll, the defender with the ball blocks the space in the middle in advance, but even if the squat and ICE are shrunk, other people are needed to assist, and the Rockets can only trust and rely on Mobley for outside defense .

"With Kevin Cato as the target center, it is recommended to use the shrinking pit to deal with the pick-and-roll in the middle, and use ICE to deal with the pick-and-roll on the side. The idea is that when the pick-and-roll occurs, the defender with the ball forces the ball-handler to go to the sideline in advance, and Cato, as the center, follows the compression space simultaneously..."

ICE pick-and-roll defense can minimize the moving distance of the center forward and reduce the risk of continuous turning, but it needs someone on the weak side to rotate to defend the fast-down center to prevent the ball holder from quickly hitting the ball. It is not perfect, but it can make up for Cato's shortcomings. .

By the way, I also wrote out the idea of ​​​​rotating the weak side to supplement the defense, and finally suggested that the Rockets trade up in the draft and choose Eddie Griffin, who moves quickly and is good at blocking shots. easy to use.

It is recommended to choose Eddie Griffin. It is a bit of an attempt to cater to the Rockets. It is too weak for the time being, so please flatter.

However, Eddie Griffin is indeed good at assisting defense and has extremely high talent, but it is relatively difficult to realize his talent.

"It's done!"

Five people in the same room took the written test, and Su Yang finished answering in 10 minutes, and the other four people all looked surprised, it was too fast.

Hand over the test papers to the staff as required, then go to the waiting room to wait, pass by the player tunnel and see the huge poster of the Rockets winning the championship in 95, as well as the Rockets' team training: Individual strength is always small, and a united group will be omnipotent.

It's a mouthful to read, far worse than Tomjanovich's phrase "never underestimate the heart of a champion".

After thinking about it, he arrived at the lounge, sat down and flipped through the "Slam Dunk" magazine. The cover was Richardson's flying dunk.

"Smooth than expected. Unfortunately, I haven't measured the number of bench presses and I don't have professional training experience. I may suffer. Now that I have time to rest, I need to think about how to answer if I am asked..." Quickly review the various muscle-building exercises I have seen before. Videos related to weight gain, such as "Nothing is Zero Calories", "My Good Junior Brother Arnold", and videos of various well-known basketball trainers.

Fortunately, I have almost a photographic memory, and I remember it very clearly.

...

Outside the Rockets head coach's office.

The chief assistant Larry Smith, who had a dimple on his forehead, was staring at the two test papers in his hand with a sad face.

One from his undisclosed illegitimate son.

The other one is from Su Yang.

He never expected that he was in charge of drafting the content of the written test, and specifically told his son the final answer of "how to improve the center's defense".

It's almost a perfect answer.

Especially the finishing touch is the ICE defensive strategy, which was created by New York Knicks assistant Tom Thibodeau last month to deal with the upcoming defensive three-second and zone defense legality. It has only been communicated in small circles, if it is not for going to Chicago I have communicated with the joint trial training, but I don't understand it at all. Many coaches in the league don't know about it. How could Su Yang know?

Embarrassingly, the son also perfectly wrote the ICE defense strategy according to the answer he told in advance. In order to avoid suspicion, he also deliberately changed the name to the Freezing defense strategy, pretending that his son thought it up painstakingly to show his strength.

"The three of Melvin and the others also saw Su Yang's test paper just now. I shouldn't have exclaimed to attract their attention, otherwise this test paper could be classified as unqualified. However, Coach Tom also started as a video analyst in his early years. Great emphasis is placed on selection.

Alas, what should I do now? This Su Yang is obviously very strong. If he participates in the follow-up interview normally, he will definitely not be able to compete with him. I have to think of other ways to ask some difficult questions during the interview to lower Rudy's evaluation of him. , can only do so.

That's it, I'm not cheating.

I only revealed the answer to the last question, the answer that can best distinguish who is better, and did not disclose the answers to all the test questions.

An assistant coach who has worked in the Rockets for eight years like me is fully qualified to directly appoint my son as a video analyst assistant. In the past, he was introduced by an internal acquaintance, but Alexander has never cared about him. This time he suddenly engaged in social recruitment.

Can't you recruit one more?With a starting salary of only $35000, can you make Alexander lose his pants?

Fake!Shet!

God will forgive my selfishness as a father. "

After making up his mind, Larry Smith raised his hand and knocked on the door. When he heard please come in, he pushed the door and strode in, smiling instantly.

"Two bosses, our talent pool is about to take off like a rocket. There are actually two guys in this written test. At the same time, I thought of the ICE defense strategy that Tom Thibodeau in New York just came up with. Both of them are geniuses, but we plan to only recruit one person.

So we need to continue to investigate…”

Hearing what Smith said, the head coach Tomjanovich took a test paper and quickly checked the answer content.

Dawson, the general manager, took another test paper and saw the name of Young Su. He unexpectedly turned out to be an Asian. Looking carefully at the answer, Eddie Griffin’s name popped up again. Specifically, he suggested trading the draft pick up. Take Griffin.

"This guy actually does what I thought. He would rather send two first-round trades to get Eddie Griffin. It's very interesting. I need to see what's going on..." Dawson was a little excited, thinking that he could Additional investigation related to scouting.

Tomjanovich took Su Yang's test paper to check again.

Then he smiled and said, "Good! Very good! In a small written test, two talents can appear at the same time!"