no shortcuts in basketball

Chapter 10 "Weaknesses"

While Xu Yong and the others were celebrating wildly, Bayless and the others had already left the outdoor court.

It's just that because there were so many people, they were pushed more than a dozen times and bumped seven or eight times before being squeezed out.

"I told you we shouldn't be here!" Hill complained.

During the training class this morning, they learned that the Devils had won the Swifts, and they also knew some content of the game, such as Xu Yongge dunking Griffin.

At that time, they were all shocked after hearing it. After being shocked, Bayless proposed to come to Tempe to try the depth of the Devils.

He refused at that time, because it was not as good as they came to watch the next Devils home game.

But Bayless finally convinced him that the next Devils home game would be in a week, and that he would get a fuller picture of the opponent with wild ball.

It turned out to be better now, they were severely humiliated, and it was in front of so many people.

Although most of the people present were students from Arizona State University, many of them were social personnel outside the school. They were ashamed!
"Jordan, don't care about winning or losing, our goal has already been achieved." Bayless was not angry because of what Hill said, but instead had a very rewarding expression.

"What?" Hill had an O'Neill question mark face.

"James Harden, Xu Yong, we already know the skills of the Devils' two new players." Bayless replied.

Hill just smiled when he heard the words, they just played a round with the three opponents.

At this time they had already arrived outside the school, and a group of people found a place to chat while waiting for a taxi.

"Harden's pass vision is very good, but the pass is risky, which is easy to make mistakes in the game; his post-up singles are all based on body weight, the turning speed is too slow, and it is easy to be intercepted when encountering pincers. Plus, he's a lefty, and we know that we can defend him better," Bayless continued.

Bayless's analysis surprised Hill, but he soon felt relieved that Bayless became their "leader" as a freshman not only because of his excellent court ability, but also because of his excellent golf quotient.

"His lateral movement speed is not fast, he can't keep up with Jerry one-on-one, and he can easily become a defensive loophole when encountering pick-and-rolls. As a defender, this is fatal." Budinger also added at this time.

Budinger's golf quotient is also very good. Of course, in addition to this, the more important thing is that he did not score a point in the third game, and the offensive end acted as an SVIP audience on the court.

"As for Xu Yong, his bounce and speed are indeed better than I expected, as well as his body flexibility and confrontation, which we don't know, but his weakness is also obvious, he can't shoot, or Said he is not good at shooting, he is far inferior to Chase in this point." Bayless said and looked at Budinger.

He not only has an excellent golf quotient, but also graduated with a full score in "Emotional Intelligence".

Of course, this is also true. Budinger is far behind Xu Yong in terms of confrontation and speed. Coupled with Xu Yong's confident playing style, Budinger was directly stunned.

But as he said, Budinger is more comprehensive, especially in terms of outside shooting, Budinger is a player who can shoot close to [-]% of the three-pointers.

The difference in the whole game is very big.

Even from a tactical point of view, they can completely release Xu Yong's three-pointer and attack Harden in the regular season, which can seize the two weaknesses of the Devils!

Hearing this, Budinger's mood improved a lot. Although he was actually the most humiliated today, it was only a field game after all.

Hill also nodded at this time. The anger they received in Tempe today will be doubled at home in the future.

……

After more than half an hour, Xu Yong and the others finally left the outdoor field.

It's not that they didn't want to leave, but that the student fans were too enthusiastic after winning the game.

Of course they also enjoy that feeling.

"It's so cool!" Ayers couldn't help shouting excitedly after he came out.

The Devils' two wins last season were ugly, but in fact, the previous season's five wins were also ugly, and they haven't had a win against the Wildcats for two consecutive years.

In these two seasons, Ayers has been there.

So after seeing hope, he was more excited than anyone else.

Xu Yong and Harden also looked happy.

If you can lead the Devils to suppress the Wildcats in turn, just like the Clippers suppressed the Lakers, that would be a really cool thing.

When they returned to the dormitory, Cooksix got a new Xbox360 from nowhere, and there was the latest NBA2K8 in it.

There is a TV set in the dormitory, and the Xbox360 can be connected to play directly.

This made the team members who were already in a good mood excited.

2K7 is an epoch-making product of the 2K series. It not only added the street mode for the first time, but also added details such as players sweating. It was also the first time to obtain the portrait rights of all NBA players. As its sequel, 2K8 is naturally very popular.

Moreover, compared with the Xbox, the picture quality of the Xbox360 has been greatly improved, and the experience is full.

Everyone had a great time playing, but no one chose the Celtics, and it became the object of everyone's complaints.

It's really what they did this past summer that had too much impact.

Garnett, Pierce, Ray Allen, this kind of "super team" has not appeared in the league for a long time.

"It's not fair to other teams to form teams like this."

"They are taking a shortcut. The gold content of such a championship is greatly reduced."

"I feel sorry for LeBron. He just led his team to the finals last season. He had a good chance of winning the championship in the new season."

……

After eight o'clock in the evening, the team members dispersed one after another.

"Why is it still here?" Xu Yong asked, pointing to the Xbox360 in front of the TV.

"Hades said it was bought for you." Harden was already resting on the bed.

Xu Yong was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile, Kuxiks was afraid that he would not accept him, so he deliberately waited for such an opportunity.

"Xu, what do you think?" At this moment, Harden suddenly sat up again.

"What?" Xu Yong looked puzzled.

"Celtics." Harden reminded, he didn't see Xu Yong playing Xbox360, nor did he express his opinion.

"There's nothing to say." Xu Yong shook his head, then stood up.

"How?" Harden was puzzled.

"It's normal for the cores of the three bottom teams in the league to form a team for a last-ditch effort at the end of their peak." Xu Yong walked to the TV.

"But all three of them are core players, which has never happened before." Harden reminded.

"No, in 1996, Barkley went to the Rockets and teamed up with Olajuwon and Drexler, but they lost to injuries. The average age of the Celtics' three cores is only one year younger than them. years old, they have the same age and risk of injury." Xu Yong said that he had already started receiving Xbox360.

Harden was silent for a while, but still shook his head: "I still don't think it's fair to other teams."

"They paid for the assets accumulated by the team over the past few seasons and overdrawn the future to form such a team. Danny Ainge chose a big gamble." Xu Yong had already put away the Xbox360 while speaking.

It was indeed a big gamble. If it weren't for the goat-level assists of Billy King, the general manager of the Nets, the Celtics would enter a rather long period of reconstruction when the Big Three got old.

Harden nodded after thinking for a while. Whether it was Ray Allen or Garnett, the Celtics paid a huge price to get them.

"So do you think they'll be successful?" Harden then asked.

"Yes." Xu Yong has already started changing his training clothes.

"reason?"

"It's still Danny Ainge, he developed and retained two of the best young players, Rajon Rondo and Kendrick Perkins, they will have a very balanced starting lineup, this is the team What the Rockets don't have." Xu Yong said that he was already putting on his shoes.

Harden nodded. The three cores of the Rockets team were all frontcourt and top-heavy. What Xu Yong said was indeed reasonable.

"And..." Xu Yong stood up after putting on his shoes, "Michael and his Bulls didn't exist in this era."

Harden was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then laughed out loud.

It is true that the current No.1 and No. [-] players in the league, one with insufficient team strength and one with insufficient personal strength, can hardly achieve the dominance of Jordan and the Bulls.

It was at this time that Harden noticed that Xu Yong was going out, and he couldn't help but asked in amazement: "Are you going to train at night?"

Xu Yong nodded, he had to hurry up and practice three-pointers.

The invitational tournament will last for about two months, that is to say, there are still two months before the real start of the regular season.

He has to practice three-pointers stably within two months, which is not an easy task.

Today's performance on the outside of the wild ball has further reminded him.

He took the Xbox360 out of the room.

"Crazy!" Harden couldn't help complaining again, and then lay down on the bed.

The entertainment bureau has turned into a quality bureau, which consumes no less than a high-intensity training session. Xu Yong still needs to train, which is crazier than training the day after the game.

But he soon became a little puzzled, what would Xu Yong do with the Xbox360 for training?
(End of this chapter)