Basketball starts with breathing

Chapter 271 Organizational Forward 【Subscription】

An event of Lu Yu not only changed the perception of many fans of NBA stars.

It also allowed Wu You and the street players to find their future direction.

The atmosphere of Chinese streetball has reached its peak many years ahead of time. Not only will a group of excellent streetball players emerge, but in the future, a group of streetball players will embark on a professional road from the streets.

Of course, this is something.

On August 8, Lu Yu had quietly returned to Chicago.

And his and Kobe's streetball activities in China were also filmed by Kobe's colleagues and uploaded to the Internet, which spread in the United States, became popular on the Internet, and caused heated discussions among countless fans.

American fans have always known that many NBA stars will go to China for activities in the summer. In their understanding, the stars go to China to make money.

It was not until the video of this event came out that they discovered that the players were really promoting basketball, and that basketball really has no borders.

In fact, this matter is very embarrassing. For Adidas, they are going to make money, but they didn't expect to be caught in such a way by Lu Yu. They originally wanted to set up a high-cold person for Kobe to stand still. In the eyes of Chinese fans Instead, Kobe became an obsessed idiot who was obsessed with basketball.

In order to win or lose a goal with Lu Yu, the two even quarreled on the field.

There are also fans who have seen it and found that the event in the video is not Adidas' China trip event at all, but a temporary streetball event.

Some basketball experts say that such activities have seriously affected the image of NBA stars in the hearts of Chinese fans. The NBA went to China to promote itself. As a result, the players lost their prestige in the hearts of fans.

However, many fans believe that NBA stars are also people, and they also have their own shortcomings. Only by showing the true side of the players will they be loved by more fans.

Both sides quarreled.

At this time, NBA President David Stern is also thinking about this issue. If players go to China to do activities, do they need to use big names to prove their superiority? The personality of the stars is mainly down-to-earth, or it is necessary to establish a certain The image of some players as a lone hero.

Just like last year's Iverson, he was established as a lone hero.

He originally wanted to develop the Chinese market and set up a character for Lu Yu. Lu Yu lost to the Lakers last year. It is best to set up the same lonely hero character as Iverson, or make some changes. This means, but Lu Yu's event gave him some different inspirations.

Who said that such a person must be set up thousands of miles away from fans?

Like Lu Yu, getting along with the fans is of course not the kind of funny O'Neal, but makes the fans feel that this is a fan who really likes him, and also makes the fans feel that the star is not so far away.

The league is planning to vigorously develop the Chinese market and push the NBA to Asia. Lu Yu is undoubtedly the best choice.

As for Yao Ming, he has just entered the NBA, so it remains to be seen, and Wang Zhizhi is a little too boring. As for Battelle, he may be a little bit worse. The most important thing is that they are not as handsome as Lu Yu. Handsome and friendly, he is simply the most perfect high-quality idol.

Another point, Lu Yu is a defender.

Stern has been looking for a perimeter star as the league's face all these years.

Since Jordan retired, the entire NBA has entered the era of the center. In recent years, the slogan of all teams is that the center will win the world. There have been many outstanding big men in the league, such as Shaquille O'Neal, Duncan, Nowitzki, Kevin Nate, but the box office and ratings across the league have gone from bad to worse.

With these inside teams, they can win, but they don't play well.

If the ball is not good-looking, the ratings will naturally not be good.

He decided to adjust the whistle-blowing scale for the referees. The illegal hand-defense whistleblower that started last year must be strictly whistled to prevent perimeter defenders from pulling opponents with their hands. In this way, the defender will have enough room to play.

Stern doesn't know that because of his decision, it will only take a few short years for the entire NBA to find excellent inside players.

In the future, after Kobe's generation of players retire, the US team without an inside line will plummet in its dominance in the world of basketball.

This decline is not like the US team was beaten by other countries this year.

The loss of the US team this year is entirely due to the second or third team they sent to the US team, while other countries in the world such as the Chinese men's basketball team, the Yugoslav men's basketball team, the Argentine men's basketball team, and even the future Spain have begun to slowly rise. .

But as long as the U.S. team has a lineup like Mengba, the U.S. men's basketball team is still the dominant player in the world.

But what about after Dream Eight?

A dream team that lacks interior dominance, even if it gathers all the top players in the NBA, it is still difficult to guarantee its dominance.

After the news that the rules were strengthened, the first person to be dissatisfied was O'Neal.

Originally, the area pinch attack has limited the strength of his center. Now that the defender has such an advantage, his defensive task in the interior is getting heavier and heavier.

"I think the emergence of this rule will allow a small player like Iverson to rule the entire league!"

He didn't know that it wasn't Lu Yu, a small guard, who ruled the league, but a perimeter like Lu Yu, who had both the technical speed of a small man and the body of a big man.

Of course, also take advantage of McGrady and Kobe Bryant.

It's just that they met Lu Yu in the same period, and they can only regret their entire career.

At this time, Lu Yu didn't pay much attention to the rules. He spent all his time with Anne Hathaway and Charlize Theron.

After escaping for so long, the mood of the two of them has also calmed down a lot.

It's just that Annie is still a little aggrieved.

Seeing that he couldn't go on like this, Lu Yu said with a bluff face: "If you are wronged, then you can choose to abandon me."

"I, I can't bear to..."

Annie raised her head, her eyes were full of tears. She was wronged at first, but her heart was broken by Lu Yu's bluff.

Lu Yu helped Annie dry her tears, and then pinched her little cheek: "I know, I can't bear to part with you. Go back to your room now, and I'll go out for a cigarette."

In fact, he was reluctant to anyone.

Annie nodded obediently. She also wanted to go back to the room to calm down. When she returned to the room, she suddenly found that the room was actually filled with roses and a huge teddy bear.

For Lu Yu, women naturally want to coax when they feel grievances in their hearts, and any man is no exception, but the way to coax each woman is different.

Annie, for example, needs her own careful preparation.

Another example is Charlize, she just needs to drive the car a little faster with her own cigarettes.

Annie was sitting in the room, distracted. She didn't know if she should forgive Lu Yu. She wanted to be mad at Lu Yu. After all, Lu Yu was hiding from her that she had a different relationship with the girl named Jessica. .

But she couldn't let it go, especially when she liked Lu Yu.

Suddenly, she was a little puzzled. Lu Yu went to smoke a cigarette, why did it take so long?
Cartwright has been distressed these days.

His mind is full of preparations for the new season. The team has new players, and tactics need to be adjusted. How to play in the new season. Last season, he reached the finals. If his performance deteriorates this season, he is the only head coach who is to blame.

The core is that Lu Yu won't change, otherwise Lu Yu won't even sleep well in the few days he played in the World Championships.

He was afraid that Lu Yu would be injured at the World Championships.

Lu Yu is the core, but his tactics still need to be adjusted. Boozer performed well in the summer league, which made him seem to have found the answer to the team's power forward position. Although he did not lead the Bulls to win the summer league, Boozer played a good role in the summer league. With a true shooting percentage of 65% and excellent defense, Cartwright knows that the power forward position is his.

But here comes the problem.

Not only Boozer is a newcomer to the team, but also the team's highest-paid player, Hamilton, who has just been traded from the Wizards.

He is here. In theory, he is the starting shooting guard. He can substitute for Lu Yu, but is it a bit too extravagant to use a scorer who averages 20+ per game as a substitute?

What's more, he substitutes Lu Yu, so what is Crawford doing?

He doesn't think Crawford has been reduced to the level of playing as a second backup. To know Crawford's ability, there is no problem in playing a starter on another team.

In fact, in Lu Yu's previous life, many people thought that Crawford was only the sixth man, and even many people thought that Crawford was not as strong as Ginobili.

This idea is wrong.

In terms of personal honors, Ginobili is indeed enough. The championship, the sixth man of the year, and even the Spurs owe him an FMVP. Even the American Dream Team failed in Argentina led by Ginobili. under the team.

But many NBA players have said that Crawford's personal strength is definitely not under Ginobili.

Especially after retiring, Arenas said in an interview: "If you only refer to the individual's scoring ability, Crawford is a better player than Ginobili."

Whether this sentence is right or wrong, it is enough to see that in the eyes of many NBA professional players, Crawford's personal ability is very good.

He can come off the bench, but he certainly won't be a second off the bench.

Therefore, Cartwright's idea was that Hamilton would play shooting guard and let Lu Yu play in another position. There are two positions for Lu Yu to choose.

One is the point guard.

Lu Yu played point guard, Hamilton shooting guard, Artest small forward, Boozer power forward, and Brad Miller center.

This lineup is fine, but there are a lot of problems. In this way, Richardson will have to substitute Lu Yu, and there will be a lack of a stable outside pitcher in the lineup.

Artest can shoot three-pointers.

But only in the bottom corners.

There he has the highest hit rate.

The second is small forward.

Lu Yu played small forward, Richardson played point guard, Hamilton shooting guard, Boozer power forward, and Brad Miller center.

This lineup Cartwright feels most reasonable.

After putting such a lineup, there are Crawford, Artest, Charles Oakley, Tyson Chandler, Trenton Hassell, Ron Mossel on the bench.

Such a lineup first ensures that both the starter and the substitute have sufficient defensive strength, and the offensive firepower is absolutely a mess.

The only problem is that if Lu Yu is still the core and plays a small forward, then he must be a playmaker. What type of playmaker should he play?

Since the small forward was split from the forward, the task of the small forward was to score and defend.

With the changes in the game, due to the different characteristics of the players, the small forward position has emerged as a playmaker who can not only score, but also organize.

Among the playmaking forwards, there are those who are low post and the representative is Bird, and there are also those who hold the ball, and the representative is Pippen.

These two are two directions.

Among the many point forwards, one of the first ball-handling point forwards was named Paul Pressey.

Paul Pressey is unknown now, but in the mid-80s, he appeared on the court as a ball-handling point forward, and he still gave people a lot of shock. He showed the tactical system brought by the ball-handling point forward. I gave it to everyone and made it clear to everyone that the power brought by a ball-handling playmaker is great. When Pressey was the team playmaker, the Bucks won the division championship twice and played once. To the Eastern Conference finals, the results are very good.

In the 82 draft, the Bucks selected Pressey with the 20th overall pick in the first round. Pressey is very physically fit, can jump and buckle, has long arms and a good size, and is 196 meters tall. The perimeter of the era is also considered high, and it is because of these that the Bucks selected Pressey.

Coming to the Bucks, it is not good news for Pressey, because the Bucks have several good guards, such as Mark Johnson, Moncrief, Bridgeman, the existence of these people gives Pressey a chance It is destined to be not much, and there is little room for growth.

Sure enough, Pressey averaged 19.3 minutes per game in his rookie season and could only make 5.9 shots per game. Such years lasted for 2 seasons.

In the 84-85 season, Don Nelson, later known as the "Mad Scientist", began to figure out how to position Pressey.

He didn't want Pressey to be just a substitute, he wanted Pressey to start, but there was no 3-back strategy at that time, Pressey had to transform before he could play, and then assistant coach Harris gave Pressey an idea , let Pressey play the point forward.

After thinking for a long time, Nelson made a bold decision to let Pressey play a small forward and let him hold a lot of the ball as the team's offensive groomer.

This move was very bold at the time, because at that time, small forwards had to organize, almost like Bird, sitting low and then pivoting to guide the air cut and control the offense.

Nelson makes a bold decision, and Pressey gets it right.

From then on, Pressey began to hold the ball in the half court or on the counterattack, delivering cannonballs for his teammates. The Bucks also began to play the tactic of centering for the guard, Pressey passing the ball at a high position, and the guard receiving the ball and making a jumper.

Moreover, after passing the ball, Pressey can pass the ball to the center better, because Pressey is taller, has better vision, and his position is closer to the inside line. At the same time, he can also cut the ball directly after passing, which is full of impact. .

On a general level, Pressey acts as a playmaker, allowing the Bucks to have more passing points, a quicker rollback, and a quicker counterattack.

Pressey's starting debut not only allowed the Bucks to add new tactical content, but also added new offensive firepower and defensive capabilities. Pressey's offense can burst and shoot, and it has great lethality. The mid-range shot is also very accurate. , Pressey will also receive the pass from his teammates to complete the mid-range shot. The important thing is that Pressey's efficiency is not low, and it is a very threatening point.

In the two years off the bench, Pressey also practiced a good defense, often effectively limiting the opponent's offense.

Pressey's playing as a point forward has brought a lot of improvement to the Bucks, and it has also allowed people to see the benefits of forwards holding the ball and let more teams begin to try forwards as organizational tasks.

Around the beginning of the NBA league in the 90s, the function of the forward began to penetrate into the scheduling and organization that the point guard was mainly responsible for. Rare but excellent point forwards began to be active in the league.

Over time, the task of controlling the ball or organizing is no longer the patent of point guard players, and more and more large and small forwards who are good at organizing have occupied the position of the team's number one organizer.

Such as Grant Hill before the injury.

Such as Cartwright's old teammate, Scott Pippen.

After thinking about it for a long time, Cartwright decided to call Pippen and ask Pippen to teach Lu Yu a lesson. He was really worried that Lu Yu could not play an organized small forward.

　Thank you for your support, this month is really not easy, come on, it will be August tomorrow!
　　
　
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