Chapter 233 Just ask if you are looking forward to it?
On May 6, the Bulls faced the Pistons at home.
If Yao Ming had not returned to China two days ago to watch this game, Bulls general manager Jerry Krause, who originally thought he had no chance, saw the Chinese players who had tried out a few days ago at his home court. Yao Ming was overjoyed.
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He didn't know that Yao Ming had actually been working as a sparring partner for Lu Yu in the team's training hall these days.
"Hey, Yao? I'm Jerry Krause, the general manager of the Bulls. Leave your phone number. If there is a chance, maybe we can cooperate?"
Yao Ming was flattered, but he did not have an American phone number: "I'm sorry, Mr. Claus, I haven't applied for an American mobile phone card yet. Can you give me your business card? When I apply for a mobile phone card, I will be the first to do so."
I’ll send you a text message when the time comes.”
"certainly."
Klaus didn't expect Yao Ming's English to be so good. It seems that Yao Ming has made a lot of preparations to enter the NBA.
He handed the business card to Yao Ming: "Actually, I'm very optimistic about you. It's a pity that the Bulls don't have a higher draft pick, but I will find a way and look forward to you and Lu Yu wearing the same team uniform."
The way he is on the court."
After Yao Ming trained with Lu Yu during this period, he realized that the training intensity in the NBA is completely different from that in China.
In China, he is a superstar who dominates the court, but in the United States, not to mention other teams, what I have seen in the Bulls these days is that every player in terms of tactical literacy and physical fitness is several levels higher than that in China.
But Lu Yu can become the team boss in such a team.
How strong is Lu Yu?
Although it is impossible for Lu Yu to win the regular season MVP this year, there should be no problem with the best team, and Lu Yu has already locked up the best rookie.
If the NBA has the 500 best players in the world, then Lu Yu is among the top 50 of the 500 best players?
Maybe it will be higher!
When will I reach the level of Lu Yu?
The chances of Yao Ming joining the Bulls are pitiful. Based on the Bulls' record this season, it will be difficult to get a high draft pick. Klaus has a great idea. Lu Yu has already given him a lot of opportunities in the Chinese market.
Bonus, if there is another Yao Ming, as long as Yao Ming can become a star player, won't he have the Chinese market at his fingertips?
The other twenty-eight teams in the league can only envy him.
Not all Chinese players will be able to share the market pie with their teams after they come to the NBA. It must be analyzed objectively from the player's influence.
Just like Wang Zhizhi, his influence is definitely stronger than Yao Ming.
Because Wang Zhizhi is the first person from China to enter the NBA.
Lu Yu is also a Chinese player, but he was not trained by the domestic system, so he does not count. If Yao Ming wants to surpass Wang Zhizhi's influence, he must play better and become a star player as soon as possible.
In Krause's eyes, Yao Ming has the potential to become a star player.
And Wang Zhizhi is still just a substitute.
After the game started, Yao Ming finally understood why Lu Yu kept letting him stay to watch an NBA game. Because training and official games have completely different intensities. Of course, this is the playoffs, and the intensity is even greater. Under this intensity
, let alone playing CBA-like dominance, it will be very difficult to perform normally.
Ben Wallace led the regular season in rebounds and blocks this season, and is a key player for the Pistons on the defensive end.
Without a big budget, how can the Pistons get into the playoffs just relying on Stackhouse's shameless tactics?
At his peak, Stackhouse averaged 29.8 points per game, but his shooting percentage was extremely low and he took crazy shots. The fans gave him the nickname "Brickhouse", where brick translates to brick, probably
It means poor pitching, which is similar to what we call blacksmithing.
Before the game started, Ben walked to the Bulls bench and gave Oakley a deep hug.
The two of them have a deep mentor-disciple relationship, and everyone in the league knows that without Oakley, Ben might not be able to play in the NBA.
Cartwright was deeply moved by the result.
With a wave of his hand, Chandler, who had only played two minutes in the starting lineup, was directly replaced and replaced by Oakley to face Ben Wallace.
"Bill, I'm not saying that Tyson can't beat Big Ben. Look at the matchup between Charles and Big Ben. Will the league like it more? If the league likes it, what does it mean? It means that the ratings have gone up. The ratings have gone up. We
Will it be more influential and more fans will like us, so that we can make more money?"
Cartwright recalled Jerry Krause's earnest instruction to him before the game.
For the sake of money, these managements don't even have the courage to show their face.
But it’s not surprising that Krause is anxious. Anyone playing against a team like the Pistons would be anxious.
Pistons head coach Rick Chrissy focuses on defense, grinding the opponent's score to 80 points, and the game is half won. If he grinds the opponent's score to 70 points, the game is half won.
He won three-quarters of the score, reduced his opponent's score to 60 points, and basically defeated him with his hands.
Their own scoring has been very stable, around 80 points.
As a result, Oakley went up and was directly slapped by Ben and a ball flew away.
Cartwright looked back at Jerry Krause, who was sitting next to him chatting with Yao Ming: "Didn't you say that they have a deep master-disciple relationship?"
Klaus looked embarrassed: "I didn't expect Ben Wallace to be so ungrateful."
These are not their original words, but this is what Yao Ming meant in his ears.
Fortunately, although Ben Wallace is very good defensively, his offensive level is average. Yao Ming feels that he can beat a dozen players of this type.
Because Wallace's offense was average, the pressure on the Bulls' interior wasn't very great.
And what the Bulls are best at is defending perimeter players.
The result is that Stackhouse is crazy on the outside.
When the Bulls attacked, Lu Yu and Richardson fired frequently from the outside, hitting one, two, and three consecutively.
Wallace stayed inside and was worried. The Bulls didn't attack inside, so he had no defense inside. Even the Bulls' big center Miller was pulled to the outside to shoot. What could he do?
Except for blocking one shot by old master Charles Oakley in the opening quarter, he turned back and ran away in the first quarter.
Because of this block, Oakley stared at him with resentful eyes for the whole quarter.
The Bulls led 30 to 16 in the first quarter. If Artest hadn't had a bad touch today and missed three or four three-pointers from the corner, the Bulls would have scored 40 points in the first quarter.
The Pistons' defense is very good, but the good thing is their rotation in the zone and the protection of the inside.
If they really encounter this kind of outside shooting situation, they have nothing to do.
If Stackhouse hadn't scored two goals in the end, they would have fallen behind by 20 points in the first quarter.
The commentators of the CCTV live broadcast, Sun Yiping and Zhang Weiping, looked very happy. The better Lu Yu played, the happier they were, and they also saw Yao Ming of the Sharks in the camera.
Could it be that Yao Ming is going to the Bulls?
Lu Yu and Yao Ming join forces?
Just asking are you looking forward to it? Looking forward to it or not? Looking forward to it or not?
"I'm very, very looking forward to it."
These are Zhang Weiping’s original words.
In the second quarter, a group of bench gangsters including Crawford, Hassell, Mercer, and Chandler bombarded the Pistons with obvious advantage.
This lineup needs to be offensive and defensive, and sometimes it can perform better than the main team. When placed on other teams, this is a main lineup, although this main lineup may only have the bottom record in the league.
But it's more than enough to be used as the opponent's substitute.
Many teams envy the Bulls because they received an absolute rookie bonus. Whether it was Lu Yu, Chandler, or Hassell, they were all rookies that season, while Richardson, Crawford, and Fetzer
I was a rookie last season, and even Artest was only a third-year player. The contract of Miller, the biggest player on the team,
They are young, impactful, and can help the team save a lot of salary.
The team's highest salary is Ron Mercer, with 6.75 million this year, and the second highest salary is Charles Oakley, with 6.5 million this year.
Next is Brad Miller.
The total salary of the entire team almost fell below the poverty line.
Such a team has made it to the second round of the playoffs, making the entire league envious, and Jerry Krause is very likely to win the honor of this year's best general manager.
Originally, Cartwright had a high probability of winning the honor of best head coach, but now it seems that the one who is more likely to be selected may be the head coach of the opposite Pistons, Rick Chrissy.
He is another head coach who led a team with a poor payroll to the second round of the playoffs.
That's right, what everyone is watching now is the second round of the playoffs between the two teams that spend the least money in the league.
It seems that they are not competing against who can play better, but who can save money.
In the final game, 118-84, the Bulls slaughtered the Pistons by 34 points at home.
Neither Lu Yu nor Miller played in the final quarter of the Bulls. The five players they sent on were Crawford, Richardson, Artest, Marcus Fizer and Ron Mercer.
The Pistons took the opportunity to recover some points.
Cartwright understands that it doesn't matter whether Chandler and Lu Yucai get points in their first year as rookies in garbage time. Miller's next contract is expected to be signed at the end of the season, and it will definitely be around 10 million, so there is no need to worry.
Crawford, Richardson, Artest, Mercer and Fizer still need to obtain more data for their next contracts.
There's also Trenton Hassell, whom Cartwright usually plays more in garbage time.
He is a second-round pick and signed a two-year contract, with the second year being a team option. Only if his statistics are good enough can he get a bigger contract for himself.
Being a head coach is not only about arranging tactics, but also considering whether the players are in contract years. On the basis of ensuring the record, let them brush up the data in garbage time, and sometimes even let them play one more game in the regular season.
beat.
Firstly, you need to help your players get a good contract, and secondly, if necessary, you can put them on the shelf with good statistics in exchange for better trading players.
Therefore, many teams trade a player with good average per game statistics and give him a big contract, only to find out that this player is a parallel import. This is partly the case.
Lu Yu played casually and only played 27 minutes, scoring a near-double-double with 17 points and 9 assists.
The Pistons' Stackhouse also scored 17 points, but his shooting percentage was as low as 30%.
In Lu Yu's previous life, Stackhouse was also a player who competed with Iverson for the 76ers boss. Now the two are facing each other. Lu Yu completely beats the opponent without any pressure. When Lu Yu concentrates on defense, he keeps getting close to him.
When pestering him, it was difficult for Stackhouse to get a shot.
Lu Yu also probably knows what kind of strength he is among the league's backcourt players.
With 33 points and 6 rebounds, Richardson almost stood in his opponent's face and shot.
Richardson originally wanted to break through Pistons point guard Atkins, but when his opponent guarded him, he was more than a meter away. Lu Yu suggested that he shoot directly and make the opponent cry until he cried.
The main reason is that Atkins is too short, even if he goes up to interfere with shooting, he can't reach it.
Richardson is 196cm, and Atkins' official height is 180cm, so he most likely looks like 175.
In Lu Yu's previous life, many people boasted about the strongest 175 on earth, because not many teams would retain such a short player, but twenty years ago, there were actually quite a few players who were over 1.7 meters tall, but they
It's just that I'm not that short.
Anyway, after Richardson finished playing, he felt that he had evolved, so he asked Lu Yu to practice three-pointers.
After the game, a reporter asked Lu Yu to evaluate Ben Wallace, who only scored 3 points today.
Lu Yu said: "For Hua Laishi, defense is his special skill, but it cannot be his only skill. When a player can only defend, his functionality will be much simpler. Enriching his offensive methods is the key
What he needs to do most."
In fact, it’s okay not to practice. If you can get together the top five Pistons from the previous life, it’s okay if others can attack. But after seeing many transactions in the middle of the season during this period, Lu Yu knows that times have changed, and the Pistons want to get together the top five.
The difficulty has become greater.
When other members of the team cannot attack, Wallace absolutely needs an effective offensive method.
At least you can't just score 3 points in a game.
The reporter asked: "People often say that the playoffs are fierce and are a big test for newcomers. However, your performance in the playoffs was very easy. What is the reason?"
Lu Yu said with a smile: "Because my teammates have given me enough support. They are so strong. Quentin has stable shooting ability. Ron's shooting is also good. Although he is not very good at mid-range, Brad can also shoot in the mid-range."
When hitting high posts, we rarely hit the inside hard, but our inside line has always been very tough. The most important thing is that every player on the court can defend."
Lu Yu was right, everyone saw that the Bulls played extremely easily on the offensive end.
But no one knows that the foundation of their lives is actually defense.
Yao Ming was sitting in the audience thoughtfully. He seemed to think of the Bulls and the Chinese men's basketball team that was currently training. He decided to tell Lu Yu's words to head coach Wang Fei. Maybe the Chinese men's basketball team could learn from the current Bulls.
The team’s style of play.
After a day of rest, Yao Ming has returned to China.
The second game between the Bulls and Pistons will still be held at the United Center...
