The perfect life of basketball

Chapter 12 012's offensive defensive gate

The black boy on the opposite side was about the same height as Ye Yingjie, but much stronger than Ye Yingjie.Although he is still not well-known in the NBA, in the next few years he will be well-known by fans as a top perimeter gate, and will be a frequent visitor to the NBA's best defensive team.

In an interview with Kobe, when the host asked Kobe who was the best defensive player he had ever experienced, Kobe said Tony Allen's name almost without hesitation.He gave Tony Allen a very high evaluation: "He is the only one who does not yell and need help when defending. When he faces you, he is head-to-head with you, even if I keep on him. For the top score, he still continues to fight you, and puts pressure on you, and never backs down. So I choose Tony Allen."

"He's just a guy who just knows how to defend, play hard, grab the floor, and every great team needs a player like that." This is the truth - Paul Pierce's evaluation of him.

Tony Allen is characterized by his strong body and fast movement.Can serve as and defend the 1-3 positions on the field.And he enjoys the happiness that defense brings him very much. He is more happy to successfully defend the next goal than to score, so he is always full of energy and passion on the court.

There are two main reasons why Tony Allen is so good at defense. The first is his love for defense; the second is his excellent physical fitness. In addition to his excellent wingspan, strength and speed, his reaction speed It is his greatest magic weapon. He can always read the offense quickly. If the ball holder is a little careless, he may take the basketball from his hand, and he often ignores the pick-and-roll.

At the same time, Tony Allen's defensive moves are clean and neat. Unlike Bowen, he needs to use some small moves to stop opponents. More often, Tony Allen uses skills and judgment to disrupt the rhythm of the ball holder.

Ye Yingjie was overjoyed when it was confirmed that he was the outside gatekeeper. He knew that his dream of the Bulls was likely to come true. At the same time, he was very grateful to Uncle Tom and would look for opportunities to repay him in the future.

After listening to Uncle Tom's introduction, Ye Yingjie knew that Tony Allen was one of his old customers. Tony Allen had suffered a serious injury a few years ago, and it was with Uncle Tom's help that he recovered. Uncle Tom was very grateful, and at the same time believed in Uncle Tom very much.

Uncle Tom told him that there was a good defensive player here who needed his help in training, and he came right away.This good seedling is of course Ye Yingjie's classmate.

Uncle Tom also suggested that he and Ye Yingjie learn to shoot three-pointers. Although he doesn't like to score, if the opponents on the offensive end always empty him and defend 5 on 4, the offensive efficiency of his teammates will definitely be greatly reduced, and the coach will also reduce him. playing time.

But if he has a beautiful three-pointer, if he doesn't ask for many points, at least the opponent will not dare to let him go. This will be enough and his career will be extended.

"Let me test your strength first, boy."Tony Allen picked up a basketball, passed it to Ye Yingjie, and said in a defensive posture.

"Okay." Ye Yingjie caught the ball and agreed quickly.He also wants to see how strong he is under the top defense in the NBA.

Next, Ye Yingjie found that he was far behind. Although at the beginning he scored a few goals with a sudden shot and a three-pointer with a step back, but later Tony Allen found that Ye Yingjie's breakthrough level was really mediocre, and his grasp of rhythm was limited. It is considered medium, and only after using the body to force the attack to be a little threatening, the defensive strategy was adjusted, and it was directly pasted forward. It is easy to be intercepted after dribbling for a long time.

Finding that the shooting percentage under Tony Allen's defense was much lower than usual, Ye Yingjie had to sigh in his heart: This is the strongest perimeter defense in the NBA! Tony Allen's single defense ability is really too strong!
Next, Uncle Tom rearranged the training plan for the two of them.

Ye Yingjie reduced the shooting training every morning, and used the extra time to learn defensive skills and some other court knowledge with Tony Allen. At the same time improve Ye Yingjie's dribbling and ball-holding level.

With the recommendation of Uncle Tom and the efforts of Bernie Lee, Ye Yingjie got the opportunity to try out the Bulls in just 10 days, so he trained very hard these days, completely immersed in basketball training, and devoted himself to improving With regard to my basketball level, I hope that I can become a blockbuster in the Bulls' trial training and pass the test smoothly.

Ten days passed in a blink of an eye. During these ten days, Ye Yingjie discovered the difference between the amateur arena and the NBA. Because amateur players generally have a relatively low shooting percentage, breakthrough layups are the defense with the highest shooting percentage, so the defense is average. Mainly to prevent breakthroughs.

Ye Yingjie did a very good job in this aspect. Every time Tony Allen made a breakthrough, he could see through him, and as he defended again and again, Ye Yingjie found that under the influence of Tony Allen, he became more and more fond of muscle confrontation when defending. Feeling, this made him feel extremely fulfilled. Although he was not as heavy as Tony Allen, Tony Allen found it difficult to squeeze Ye Yingjie away, because Ye Yingjie's foot was very stable and his core strength was strong.

If an opponent tried to squeeze Ye Yingjie away because he didn't look strong during the match, he would probably be surprised.And Ye Yingjie's reaction speed is very fast, as long as Tony Allen makes a slight mistake or stagnates in dribbling, Ye Yingjie can use his super long wingspan to poke the ball away.

Under Tony Allen's training, Ye Yingjie's defensive posture has become more and more standard, and his defensive rhythm is particularly good. He will use defensive positions to guide opponents to break through or shoot, and then use his super long wingspan to steal or block shots. is very aggressive.

Tony Allen felt that the most terrifying thing about Ye Yingjie was his ability to learn. His defensive ability was improving every day. He was a little afraid of confrontation at the beginning, and finally found confrontation by himself. He felt that he had met someone of the same kind. Therefore, the transfer of defensive skills is also very dedicated.The skills of defending against pick-and-rolls, defending close to the ball, and defending against tall pitchers were all handed over to Ye Yingjie.

Ye Yingjie also feels that his defense has become much stronger, which will be his trump card to impress Bulls coach Thibodeau.

Ye Yingjie's suggestion for Tony Allen's three-pointer was also given after a lot of thinking, because Tony Allen likes to play fast and usually stands on the weak side of the offense, so combined with the current tactics of the Grizzlies, Ye Yingjie asked Tony Allen to lead Lee Ann's left bottom corner and the three-pointer at the left 45° angle, these two positions are where he often stays.Tony Allen has a lot of strength training, so he doesn't feel good when shooting, and he hasn't improved much, but I believe that if he continues to practice, he will still make progress.

On June 6, the day before he was about to go to the Bulls for trial training, in order to prevent affecting tomorrow's trial training, the training intensity on this day was slightly weakened.

In the evening, with the encouragement of Uncle Tom and Tony Allen, Ye Yingjie left the training hall.

(End of this chapter)