I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 59
Min Congda was worried about the Lakers' defense. He felt that the Lakers should let Kobe play early.

If Kobe doesn't play, the Lakers' backcourt may be in danger.

"Although Curry is someone I don't like, these Lakers guards are obviously worse!"

In Min Congda's mind, Curry belongs to the lottery area, and the worst candidate for the No. [-] pick is likely to become a parallel importer.

However, after observing the summer league and preseason games, Min Congda believes that Curry should not be too watery, and he is still qualified to be a smart starting point guard.

The small guards of the Lakers are all functional players with little talent, and none of them have the ability to attack independently.

Curry's defense is limited by talent, and it is more difficult to face small offensive guards.

If no one on the other side can consume Curry on the offensive end, Curry will play more comfortably and be able to organize and shoot normally.

"It's too comfortable to let Curry play like this. Only Kobe can give him strength on both ends of the offense and defense. That monk, put Kobe on, put on it."

Phil Jackson was nicknamed the Zen master, and Min Congda called him the monk directly, hoping that the monk could adjust in time and use Kobe to suppress Curry.

Unexpectedly, after the short timeout ended, Jackson did not replace Kobe, but continued to keep Jordan Farmar on the court. Obviously he wanted Kobe to rest more, and it was impossible to replace Kobe in advance because of Curry.

Min Congda clenched his fists, cursing in his heart that the monk doesn't know how to play the game, why should Kobe be left on the bench?

Back on the court, Curry saw that Kobe was still sitting on the sidelines, and he really wanted to open his mouth to ridicule him. After thinking about it, he decided to forget it, why provoke him, don't make fun of himself.

The game continued, and the Lakers' second team lacked core points. Originally, Odom was the Lakers' sixth man, but tonight Odom served as the starting power forward.

Jackson lined up a CBA-style lineup of Mbenga, Farmar, Vujacic, Walton and Powell. The offense has no focus at all, low post, breakthrough, singles, nothing.

The timeout did not bring any improvement to the Lakers' offense. The ball was passed back and forth on the outside, and no good offensive opportunities could be found.

In the end, it was Jordan Farmar who held the ball and forced Curry!

"It's right to rush to Curry, rushing to the basket... Ouch, what are you laying up for?"

Min Congda was very happy to see Farmar's strong attack on Curry, and felt that this kid had found the weakness of the Clippers' defensive end.

I didn't know that Farmar's breakthrough speed was not enough, and he passed Curry, but the layup was slapped by Marcus Camby.

Although Camby is no longer as brave as he used to be, after all, he was the best defensive player ever, a man who made Tim Duncan avoid him and dare not participate in the draft.

Farmar's mediocre breakthrough with such speed and explosive power is not looking for a cap.

It was the Clippers' turn to attack again, and Curry held the ball for half the court, and the Lakers changed their defense strategy against him.

The man who marked him changed from Farmar to Vujacic. Vujacic followed up from the frontcourt and followed all the way through halftime.

Jackson just focused on the defense during the short timeout, reminding Vujacic to confront Curry and disrupt his game rhythm.

Curry dribbled the ball very steadily and was not disturbed by Vujacic's strong confrontation. Camby stepped forward to screen again.

Vujacic stuck very close, and kept shouting: "Leave him to me! He handed it to me! I won't let him pass!"

Vujacic was the 27th overall pick in the first round. As a European player, what he gained a firm foothold in the Lakers was not offense but defense, which is relatively rare among European players.

He won the trust of head coach Jackson with his unrelenting mad dog defense in the game. In Phil Jackson's triangle offensive system, point guards do this job, and it is OK to make a few spot-up three-pointers by the way. up.

Organizations, breakthroughs, and singles don't need you to come, someone will do it well.

Facing Curry, the No. [-] pick with a baby face, Vujacic, as a veteran, wanted to teach the newcomers a little bit.

But Curry protected the ball very steadily, and he still controlled the ball well under strong confrontation. At the same time, his eyes looked around, Camby came to cover, and he decided to use the pick-and-roll to break through the Lakers' defense in the middle.

"Okay, Curry goes to the pick-and-roll, this is a trap, go to the pick-and-roll!"

Min Congda sat in the front row and could see the situation clearly. Camby came to block the cover. He saw Mbenga's small movements and knew that the Lakers were going to set up a defensive trap.

Sure enough, after Curry and Camby picked and rolled, Mbenga and Vujacic surrounded Curry!

With a fierce attack, Curry was caught off guard and almost lost the ball. He had to hold the ball and fell into a dead ball state.

"Oops, double-teamed, give it to Camby? No, Camby doesn't have mid-range, give it to Davis on the far end!"

Curry chose to jump up and pass the ball to Davis on the weak side, but the pass was seen by the Lakers.

Luke Walton succeeded in stealing the ball, the Lakers launched a counterattack, Vujacic rushed to the front, received a pass from Walton, rushed to the basket and made a layup!

"I said, just leave him to me! I can handle it!"

After the goal, Vujacic shouted at Curry.

Curry replied: "It wasn't you who did it, it was your teammates who flanked you with you."

Vujacic leaned over and said, "Welcome to the NBA boy. Just now Kobe asked me to give you a welcome ceremony during the timeout. Do you believe me when I say I can handle you? You are still young."

Min Congda saw all this clearly from the sidelines, "If I had hit the ball just now, I wouldn't have picked and rolled it. It's obviously a trap."

If Curry heard Min Congda's thoughts, he would definitely ask, why is it obviously a trap, where is it obviously?Why can't I see it?

In fact, not only Curry can't see it, but most NBA players can't see it when faced with such a situation, and they don't know how to deal with it when they fall into a trap.

Only a small number of talented superstars, geniuses with a keen sense of smell on the offensive end, and experienced veterans can see through the murderous intent hidden in this defensive formation at a glance.

Min Congda saw through it easily, he thought it was just a single person who would know.

After all, he has only been in touch with basketball for three months, and he has watched no more than 10 games on the spot. He only read relevant articles and materials, and had some simple exchanges with the coach, that's all.

He can see it like this, can't he see it since he was a kid?

In addition to basketball, Min Congda also developed a strong interest in NFL football during the more than two months of the offseason.From August to February of the following year is the NFL season. When he has nothing to do at home, Min Congda watches live football.

The tactics of rugby are much more complicated than that of basketball. Basketball can turn the situation around on the field by personal ability, but in rugby it is absolutely impossible to score and win without tactics.

There are tens of thousands of various tactics, and ordinary fans have to read the rules for a long time, let alone understand tactics.

Min Congda spent about 15 games watching time to understand the basic ideas of rugby tactics and have a deeper understanding.

To reach the same level of understanding, it only took Min Congda one and a half games to watch basketball.

"Curry's brain is not good. He really doesn't have any talent. This kind of defensive trap can't be seen. I can feel it after watching a few games."

Min Congda was convinced once again that Curry's talent is not good, not the top pick.

(End of this chapter)