Liu Xiu still has a sense of responsibility as the boss.

Like teammates who win a championship together, he hopes each other can become better.

Of the 14 teammates who won the championship together last season, Van Horn no longer had any nostalgia for the NBA after winning the championship and chose to retire; George Lynch couldn't play anymore; Derek Anderson's big contract was bought out and is now playing for the Lakers.

The sixth man played very well; Lynch-Hunter did not renew his contract because the team had Payton and his position was no longer available. After friendly negotiations with him, the team did not renew his contract.

The 11 players who remain on the team are all in good condition. Even Delfino, who has made slow progress, is improving, but slowly.

Only the dunk king is a special case. There has been almost no progress since joining last year!

Liu Xiu estimated that in 2002, the 23-year-old Fred Jones was already complete when he entered the NBA. When he faced off against the second-year Fred Jones on the court in his rookie year, what he saw was

Fred Jones' player scouting reports were much the same as they are now.

It’s not that Fred Jones doesn’t work hard, on the contrary, his training time has long been among the top five in the team!

It's like those students in school who seem to study hard every day, take class seriously, complete their homework on time, and even buy their own exercises to do, but their grades are poor.

This is not a matter of physical fitness. The slam dunk king has a good physical fitness. He is 193 centimeters tall in shoes, weighs 95 kilograms, has a body full of tendons, has a speed of 89, a strength of 90, and a jumping of 97. His physical fitness is absolutely top-notch.

But even in his best three-point game, he has made very little progress after joining the Trail Blazers for a year.

He is a sports genius, but maybe he chose the wrong sport.

Under such circumstances, Liu Xiu could only say to McDyess: "Do your best to obey fate, and just do what you want."

McDyess nodded: "May God bless him. Hey, I really don't want to see him being traded."

"Trade? I don't think the Slam Dunk King will be traded."

"real?"

McDyess is very happy. Fred Jones plays with passion and has a good personality. As a veteran, McDyess likes this teammate very much.

Liu Xiuying said: "If the team wants to trade him, they should give him playing time, let him improve his statistics, and sell him at a good price. However, they did not give him much playing time at the beginning, and he did not even play in most games. They have to trade him."

Other teams will definitely lower the price."

It dawned on McDyess: "No wonder so many deals seem so sudden."

However, is it possible that a player whose playing time suddenly increases will be traded? McDyess, who always loves to worry about his young teammates, is starting to worry again.

…

Before the morning training, after the morning team training, and after the afternoon team training, at these three points today, Liu Xiu practiced pick-and-roll coordination with Blake, McDyess, and Kwame Brown.

The pick-and-roll is easy to learn but difficult to master. The reason why it is difficult to master is not only the technical skills, but also the tacit understanding.

Unless they have a natural tacit understanding like Nash and Stoudemire, they can only get used to each other slowly. Even Malone and Stockton spent a lot of time adjusting their pick-and-roll offense to fit each other.

Liu Xiu and McDyess can cooperate well. They have cooperated for such a long time and have a tacit understanding. However, McDyess is only a substitute and his playing time is limited. Therefore, McDyess took the initiative to teach Kwame Brown, who has good pick-and-roll talent, to play pick-and-roll during the season.

In the early stage, you have sufficient physical reserves. Practice when you have time to strengthen your skills and cultivate tacit understanding.

After the extra training in the afternoon, McDyess chatted with Liu Xiu alone.

McDyess said: "Warden, I have been observing your pick-and-roll offense for the past month, and I think you sometimes care too much about passing the ball."

Liu Xiu immediately concentrated on listening to the lecture.

Although Liu Xiu has many problems, he is very focused and serious when learning things, which McDyess likes very much.

McDyess continued: "As a point guard, it's good to focus on passing, but you are different from others. You are not Kidd. You have a strong scoring ability. I know you want to take into account both scoring and passing, but you care too much about this.

, sometimes it will affect your offensive performance. We encountered this situation against the Heat.

I talked to the coaches yesterday, and I talked to Zach and Ray, and they also believe that when you launch a pick-and-roll attack, your own scoring should be your first choice...either to create a shooting threat to attract the opponent, or to firmly aim to

Score the first goal.

You have been pursuing to reduce the ball possession rate and prevent the ball power from being concentrated on you alone. This is actually a good way. If you simplify the choice, only when the ball is passed out will we have more room for independent play and can we truly

Achieve the effect you want..."

McDyess made very thorough preparations for this communication, and every word he spoke spoke to Liu Xiu's heart.

Liu Xiu had actually thought about these things, but he had not been able to successfully straighten them out or adjust the direction so clearly. After listening to McDyess's words, he suddenly became enlightened and the road in front of him seemed to become clear.

Liu Xiu said sincerely: "Thank you, Antonio, I will think about this matter carefully."

McDyess: "..."

"..." Liu Xiu took a deep breath and said, "Antonio, although you weren't very good at playing when you were young, your 10-year NBA career was really not in vain. At least you still have this perspective."

McDyess nodded with satisfaction and turned to leave.

This is the warden he knows!

Being polite is polite, but not being irritating is not customary at all.

…

The two-day break passed by in a flash, and on November 16th, the game day came when the Trail Blazers faced the Bulls at home.

These two days of rest are the last multiple rest days for the Trail Blazers in November. The rest period between the next two games is one day, but there is no back-to-back, and there are not too many top teams, which is very good.

's schedule.

At 7:10 pm, the Bulls and Trail Blazers entered the stadium one after another.

"Chicago Bulls, 4 wins and 4 losses, averaging 97.3 points per game, conceding 98 points per game..."

Liu Xiu looked at the information about the opposing team and found that the offense was average and the defense was slightly below average. The Bulls had a poor start to the year.

Losing Eddie Curry will, in the long run, give other players on the team space and the possibility of improving interior defense.

However, Tyson Chandler's progress is estimated to be far slower than the Bulls expected. At 23 years old, he is a player who needs a long training period. In Liu Xiu's impression, the second overall pick will have to wait until 2009 or even 10 to reach his peak.

In the 20s, you can only reach the peak of your career in the golden period of your career when you are 27 or 8 years old, and you can have the strength of the best defensive team. Although it was not bad before, it was difficult to serve as the core of interior defense. Otherwise, such a person who does not occupy the ball rights and has a high football IQ is difficult.

As a defensive power center, he would not have been displaced in the first 9 years of his career and was traded and sold off several times.

The Bulls expected that Chandler could improve as quickly as Randolph and Murphy, and that no matter how bad he was, he could rise like Kwame Brown and Gerald Wallace after getting the opportunity, but he didn't.

Chandler's progress was not up to expectations. The lineup and play style prepared by the Bulls did not perform well at the beginning.

The current Bulls team only relies on three players.

"Kirk Hinrich, 24 years old, 193 cm, 86 kg, PG, ability evaluation 84, offense 79, defense 88, passing 91... played 8 games, averaging 14.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 1.6 steals...

"

"Luol Deng, 20 years old, 206 cm, 100 kg, SF, ability evaluation 81, offense 80, defense 81... averaged 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 0.5 blocks per game..."

"Ben Gordon, 22 years old, 191 cm, 91 kg, SG, ability evaluation 82, offense 88, defense 73... averaged 17 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 0.6 steals per game..."

The most outstanding performer is Ben Gordon, who averaged 17 points per game as a substitute.

Hinrich's strengths are field control and defense. Professionals like him, but fans don't pay much attention to him.

Luol Deng is the youngest and most talented. If the three of them develop normally, they will not be destroyed by a single word from the master. Liu Xiu feels that Luol Deng, who develops normally, will make more All-Star appearances than Hinrich, who develops normally.

,More.

Both teams disliked each other. Hinrich regarded Liu Xiu as his mortal enemy, and Kwame Brown resented Chandler's verbal bullying. There was little communication before the game.

At 7:28 pm, Liu Xiu received a system prompt and chose talent copy.

Teammates, we have to fight on defense tonight, Liu Xiu chose to copy the little flying squirrel.

opponent……

"Ben Gordon, matching degree 60%, characteristic transformation talent: Jordan on the bench, bonus effect: when the host comes on the field as a substitute...; when the host comes on the field as a starter, it is easy to get into a panic and uneasy mood.

"

After reading it, Liu Xiu issued an instruction in his mind - 'Cancel the copy - Gordon!'

A beast and a bench Joe, Liu Xiu was convinced. They had two weird talents, so forget it, but the bonuses were not particularly good. They actually had such sharp negative bonuses!

Originally, because of the 'General' buff, copying Hinrich would lead to copying other talents that were not so suitable for him. Liu Xiu tried to copy other players on the Bulls. Now he feels that it is better to copy Hinrich next time.

Even if it's not that suitable, it shouldn't be that weird.

Wait, there is a big guy there who will win the Defensive Player of the Year Award in the future. Do you want to give it a try?

No, no, you can't have such immature ideas.

…

With Kwame Brown narrowly beating Chandler to win the jump ball, the Trail Blazers' home game against the Bulls started at 7:30 pm.

The Trail Blazers' starting lineup is still the same, and the Bulls sent out Hinrich, Nocioni, Luol Deng, Osela Hanington, and Chandler in the starting lineup.

Liu Xiu advanced to the frontcourt, and Hinrich cautiously guarded the top arc.

Liu Xiu tentatively changed direction in front of his body to break through, but failed to get out of the space. He exited the three-point line in time.

Beautiful defensive position, excellent small steps, very calm demeanor... Liu Xiu feels that Hinrich's defensive skills are better than Wade!
Chapter completed!