Basketball starts with breathing

When D'Antoni was embarrassed, Lu Yu took the microphone.

"I think playing center is a great thing. I'm very satisfied with the team's current lineup. We have experienced veterans and young people like me. I don't think there is anything wrong with the Suns' lineup."

The reporter said: "But the outside world has commented that the Suns' bench lineup is very poor. Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to bring your teammates?"

Lu Yu smiled and said: "I have different responsibilities in each team, do my job well, lead my teammates to victory, I have confidence in them, I also have confidence in myself, I believe I will become the best in the league. One of the center's and I also believe that I will lead the Suns to the final victory."

Reporters like to hear such interviews, and it is easy to create gimmicks.

Someone immediately asked: "When you say the final victory, do you mean the championship?"

"Yes, that's what I thought. When I came to the NBA three years ago, I didn't know that I could win two championships in three years, so you believe that in the next three years, I may still be able to win two championships in three years and even lead the Suns. It's not impossible for the team to build a Phoenix dynasty."

The reporter asked: "Which teams do you think your opponents in the West have?"

"Lakers, Kings, Spurs, Mavericks, these four teams should be the four strongest teams in the West, but the Lakers' O'Neal has gone to the East Coast, the Kings Divac's shoulder injury has not healed, the Mavericks With the Spurs, there is no serious center, I think I'm in the West, and now I'm the No. [-] center."

The reporter laughed.

Then he asked, "Aren't you optimistic about the Warriors? There is Yao Ming, your national teammate, who do you think is the No. [-] center?"

Yao Ming?

Shaquille O'Neal travels east, Yao Ming does have the strength to dominate the western center position.

It's a pity that Lu Yu is here, I am afraid that Yao Ming will be suppressed for many years.

Fortunately, Yao Ming has always been very convinced of Lu Yu, but he has no temper.

Lu Yu replied, "With me in the West, no one dares to say that he is the No. [-] center in the West, not even Yao Ming."

It is easy to offend people by saying such things, but Lu Yu is already No.1 in the league, not to mention that the main offender is still Yao Ming, there is no offense at all. In this way, he needs to establish prestige when he comes to the Suns, so that his teammates believe in him, There is still no way to make them believe in themselves on the court, so some verbal hints are always necessary.

What's more, there is really no decent center in the West.

Dampier, after O'Neal traveled east, dared to call himself the No. [-] center in the West and the second center in the league. It can be seen that the talents in the center position are withering.

This is mainly O'Neal's fault.

Because of his existence, many big men would rather play power forward than center.

Duncan is the best example.

The reporter asked again: "What about the east?"

"I am optimistic about the Nets and the Bulls in the East. The Pistons are barely able to. They are good on defense, but the level of offense is too bad."

The reporter asked: "What about the 76ers, after Iverson left Larry Brown, it seems that they want to rise again."

Lu Yu shook his head: "When Larry Brown was there, Iverson might have been a gun of the league, but when Larry Brown was gone, he was a gun without bullets."

Don't look at the uproar between Iverson and Brown.

It was not until many years later that people suddenly discovered that without Brown, Iverson could have achieved such a high degree of achievement.

Lu Yu has confidence in the Suns because D'Antoni, a coach who is average in defense, does have two brushes in offense. Otherwise, he would not have won two regular season MVPs with Nash. This time, adding himself, although his teammates There have been some changes, but Lu Yu believes that a good coach and a good player can burst into different energy.

Just like the 76ers at that time, there were only Brown and Iverson, but they also reached the finals.

The reporter asked: "If the Suns meet the Spurs in the Western Conference finals, do you think you can win?"

The Spurs can be said to be the most balanced team in the Western Conference right now, with both offense and defense.

Lu Yu smiled and said: "I don't know, but the Spurs in the past were very reluctant to meet me in the finals. I think they should hate meeting me in the Western Conference finals this season."

The reporters applauded together, Lu Yu has the capital to say such arrogant words.

Even though Lu Yu is only 21 years old, the whole world knows that he is the best player on the planet, no one.

The reporter asked: "Many people in the new season say that the Suns' defense is not good enough and it is difficult to win the game. What do you think?"

Lu Yu smiled and asked, "What's the most important point in winning the game?"

The reporter was stunned: "Defense? Tactics? The gold content of the stars?"

Lu Yu shook his head: "No, not at all. The key to winning the game is to score higher than your opponent."

"We can't defend against the opponent, the opponent has 120 points, we only need 121 points to win the game."

The reporters froze for a moment, then applauded together.

What Lu Yu said is very simple, and these are the two voices in the alliance now.

The Pistons play is to suppress the opponent's score lower than their own.

This will win the game.

As it turns out, they lost to the Bulls every time.

And Lu Yu said that the score is higher than the opponent's score. This idea is more in line with the psychology of many fans who like to watch football. After all, no one wants to watch the dawdling game. It's ugly.

Lu Yu's idea was also approved by D'Antoni.

He is very strange, why can't he say such words, how can Lu Yu think exactly the same as his own?
His tactical idea is to keep speeding up, increase the number of offensive rounds, and score more points. As long as the score is higher than the opponent, the game will definitely be won.

Lu Yu helped clear the siege, which also made D'Antoni grateful to Lu Yu.

When other players were interviewed, they also raved about Lu Yu, trying to impress Lu Yu in this way.

Marion made a direct statement.

"Lu Yu is my favorite player. I was so happy to hear that he joined the Suns. I think he is the most versatile player in the league. He can play point guard, shooting guard, small forward, and power forward. Now he plays again. It's incredible to be a center, and I really don't know who is the last player in league history to be this versatile."

"During the Olympics, Lu Yu and I were opponents, and that feeling was really uncomfortable, because no matter what method we used, we couldn't prevent him."

"As a result, everyone has seen that our American men's basketball team lost to the Chinese men's basketball team. I was really beaten by Lu Yu."

"If it wasn't for Lu Yu being injured by Marbury, I think this year's gold medal must have gone to the Chinese men's basketball team."

"The Chinese men's basketball team is now the top team in the world!"

"And Lu Yu, whether in international basketball or in the NBA, he is the most powerful player in the world!"

On the day of the press conference, everyone agreed.

In the future of the Suns, Lu Yu is the core of this team, the core that no one can replace.

After the media reported Lu Yu's remarks, Bobby Knight stood up first. He felt that he was arrogant. Winning two championships in the Bulls did not mean that he could also succeed in the Suns. The Bulls have a group of outstanding young players. Well, the sun has only a bunch of old, weak and sick.

In Lu Yu's previous life, even Jordan was scolded by this guy.

He was scolded and cried by Bobby Knight, the head coach of the US men's basketball national team for the first time.

In the 1984 Olympics, Bobby Knight served as the head coach of the US men's basketball team. Bobby Knight had a hot temper and was a strict coach. He was dissatisfied with the referee's penalty in the college league. Protest, even the big bird Larry Bird has filed for dropping out because he couldn't stand his temper.

So Jordan, who was only 21 years old at the time, was just a kid who didn't grow up in Knight's eyes.

In the game against Germany in the Olympic semifinals, Jordan was sluggish and felt cold. He made only 14 of 4 shots and made 6 turnovers, accounting for almost half of the team's turnovers. Although the team won, but Bobby Knight was extremely dissatisfied, and he told Jordan: This is the worst game you ever played, and you should apologize to everyone here.

Jordan, who had just participated in the draft and had not experienced an NBA game, had seen such a scene, and was trained to cry by Bobby Knight.

Of course Jordan wouldn't admit it.

Lu Yu was scolded for being different from Jordan. Jordan was not serious about the game, while Lu Yu was too arrogant.

Many fans believed Knight's point of view. They believed that the Suns could not make the playoffs. They hoped that other stars in the league could give Lu Yu some color and let Lu Yu know that he won two championships with the Bulls. Not all because of his strength, but more because of the help of his teammates.

President David Stern has a very good impression of Lu Yu, and plans to continue to support him this year. The reasons are very simple. First, because there is a huge Chinese market behind Lu Yu, and second, because Lu Yu proposes to attack more and score more points. The style of play suits him well.

Stern feels that Lu Yu is his blessing. Since Lu Yu joined the NBA, the attention of the NBA has skyrocketed, and the overall market value has also risen.

And Lu Yu arrived in the west, more in line with the market demand.

This makes him very satisfied. In this way, with the continuous improvement of Lu Yu's exposure, the value of the entire NBA will be further enhanced.

After a few days of training open classes, the training hall was full of fans. For the Suns, this was the first time in several years. Barkley didn't have this treatment at that time, probably because Lu Yu was better-looking than Barkley. many.

The Suns don't regret trading Lu Yu at all now.

Because it has only been a few days, they have already tasted the sweetness. Not only did all the season tickets sold out, but even Lu Yu's jerseys in the official store were sold out as soon as they were put on the shelves, and the suppliers were too late to make them. .

The market value of the Suns also rose a lot with the arrival of Lu Yu.

As long as Lu Yu can lead the team into the playoffs this season, the Suns will definitely become one of the most valuable teams in the league.

Of course, if you can make it to the finals...now the owner of the Suns can't even think about it.

The media commented that the arrival of Lu Yu allowed the Suns to find a way to make a fortune. Lu Yu's popularity was unattainable by all the Suns players combined last season.

The most attractive part of the public training session is the group competition. Lu Yu did not disappoint the fans who supported him.

In the group confrontation, D'Anthony simply let the starter and the substitute face each other.

The starting lineup is:
Center, Lu Yu.

Power forward: Haslem
Small Forward: Marion

Shooting Guard: Richardson

Point guard: Nash.

The replacement lineup is:
Center, Stephen Hunter.

Power forward, Walter McCarthy.

Small Forward, Paul Hilley

Shooting guard: Barbosa.

Point guard: Jim Jackson.

When Lu Yu saw Barbossa, he was deeply worried for Nash.

Barbosa came from Brazil only two days ago, so Lu Yu didn't know about it on the day of the press conference. Now that he sees him, he thinks of the black child born by Nash and his wife.

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The substitutes played by several of their starters were powerless to fight back.

Haslem as the main force originally made the other substitutes not very convinced, but after playing for a while, everyone found that this strength can be played as the main force in any team, not to mention the Suns.

Unless that team's power forward position is a star player.

A player like Haslem may not have the scoring ability of a star player, nor the obscuring defensive ability of Ben Wallace.

But he is the most practical kind of player.

Defense, rebounding, card placement, pick-and-rolls, runs, screens, all the dirty work he's willing to do, and he's very good at it.

It's not easy to know.

There are countless players willing to do the dirty work, but not many can do well.

Dirty work is not for everyone and requires skills.

Haslem even let the backup power forward McCarthy not get a point. D'Antoni was dumbfounded. He knew Haslem was not bad during the trial, but he didn't expect the effect to be so good.

The Suns' offense wasn't all the 7-second run-and-gun that Lu Yu had in his previous life.

Because Lu Yu deliberately slowed down a bit, he had to observe his teammates' play habits. If he simply ran and fired, he wouldn't be able to see much.

Marion's counterattack is very fast, even though his shooting posture is not good, the hit rate is not bad.

Nash rarely shot, but the shot is to score.

Of course, passing the ball is what he does best.

Not to mention Richardson, he was Lu Yu's knife-wielding bodyguard in the Bulls.

The most surprising thing for Lu Yu in the bench lineup was Barbosa. Don't look at the old 6's bad character, but he played really well.

D'Antoni was very satisfied with the first joint practice. Although the offensive speed has not yet reached his expectations, it is already fast, and the Suns who are slowing down have the absolute strength of Lu Yu, so they will not be too worried about slowing down.

But he also has his own concerns.

Because there are only a few people the team can play, if someone gets injured mid-season, the Suns will probably be finished.