After losing to the Pacers in the first leg of the preseason, Detroit's next opponent was the East's battered team, the Atlanta eagles.
If he loses to the eagles in the preseason, Richard is going to die of pain.
On the afternoon of the match day, Richard found the team's current starting point guard, lagabel. He felt it necessary to do some ideological work for the young player.
When bell walked into Richard's office, his heart was shaking
Because of the pre-season opening game, his performance is not really good, the offensive side made six shots, only hit a three point plus a mid shot, the efficiency is quite low.
As for the defensive end, his opponent Reggie Miller, the effect is also quite bad.
Now bell is afraid that Richard will be disappointed in himself, and then take his starting position
"Young man, sit down." Richard's voice was calm, he said to lagabel.
Lagabel sat nervously in front of Richard, waiting for him to continue.
"Young man, what do you think of the contract I gave you?" Asked Richard, frowning.
"It's a big contract, which I never dreamed of!" Lagabel became more nervous.
Richard mentioned the contract. It must not be a good thing.
In fact, the contract of $10 million in four years is really a high price contract for bell.
Every day after signing the contract, he was always grateful to Richard.
"It seems that you also realize that this is a considerable contract."
"But do you think your performance on the field can match the contract?"
Richard's voice rose abruptly to question lagabel.
Lagabel's face was dazed and his whole body was tense. The terrible part of Richard's anger was that he had seen it with his own eyes.
"I'll give you a ten million level contract to be a spectator on the court?"
"Don't tell me Reggie Miller is strong, you can't prevent it!"
"He is strong fart, an old man in his thirties, how strong can he be?"
"What about the antagonism on the field? What about physical contact? Have you seen Bowen's defense? Have you seen Artest's defense
"What about your desire to win?"
"To tell you the truth, I'll give you such a contract in the hope that you can play the role of Bowen or Artest!"
"And now you disappoint me quite..."
Richard stared into lagabel's eyes and said word for word.
He's really disappointed with lagabel at the moment. The young man's hands are tied up on the court, and the defensive end can't play its due power at all.
Even if you don't ask him to be a throat lock monster, you should have at least physical contact when defending?!
What's the difference between a defender who doesn't dare to fight or make physical contact, and a master who stares.
After hearing Richard's words, lagabel realized Richard's purpose today.
At present, he is still quite confused about his position.
Although I have been in the League for two years, I haven't found my position.
One season in the Spurs, a game didn't catch, Popovich naturally won't give him any positioning.
As for the 76ers' season in Philadelphia, it's basically the same. Carlisle hasn't been free to give a marginal player with little chance to play and find a position.
At present, Richard has helped him find his own position.
That's growing up in the direction of Bowen or Artest's kind of outside defense.
Don't need too strong offensive firepower, the main thing is to have the outside defense strength.
"Coach, I know what to do. I won't let you down in this game tonight!" Said lagabel solemnly.
Although Richard's tone was a little harsh, he also knew that Richard was for his own good.
If you don't know where you are on the field, lagabel is like a headless fly.
Now Richard let him focus on the defensive side, which also pointed out the direction of his efforts.
"Well, it's good, but don't fall on the offensive end. Usually practice your ability of three-point free play. Run as much as you can on the field to find the chance of three-point free play!"
"Nash is a master passer, as long as you can run out of position, his ball can be passed to you after!"
Richard pointed out the attack end of lagabel again.
In fact, Bell's peak years were with the suns and Nash as teammates.
As the starting point guard of the Suns, he can get an average score of nearly 15 points on the field, relying on his active running position and waiting for Nash's passing.
In fact, that Suns team, any player has benefited from Nash, without Nash, they are afraid that the data will shrink a lot.Richard doesn't want lagabel to completely abandon his offensive strength. This guy's three-point ability in the vacancy is quite strong.
Career average three-point shooting rate reached 40.2%, in the sun's peak year can even reach about 45% three-point shooting rate.
This three-point hit rate is pretty scary!
Lagabel can be said to be the top 3D player in the history of the league.
At least in Richard's impression, three-dimensional players who have been selected for defense for a while and whose three-point ball strength can reach Bell's level may not be found!
If this guy can fully improve his defensive strength and three-point strength without the ball, Richard feels that this product can play a considerable role in his team.
Even if we can't compare with clay Thompson in the future warriors, the gap will not be too big.
Thompson is strong in the terrible scoring explosive force, and bell although there is no such scoring explosive force, but his defense is more stable than Thompson.
If he could reach the peak level earlier, Richard would even allow bell to be an all star!
"Do well, young man, believe me, as long as you work hard enough, your name will appear in the All-Star lineup in the future!"
At this, lagabel's face turned red. Richard said he had a chance to be an all star?!
God! Now, lagabel just wants to call God
For his little transparency in the league, it's a dream he can't reach to be an all star.
In other words, lagabel would never mind.
But now Richard
How many All-Star players has Richard played since he joined the league?
You can't count!
At the beginning of Richard's first wave of Pudu nine star team, he once said that these nine players will become all star players of the league in the future!
For this reason, Richard and Larry Brown tore up
Lagabel knew about it. In fact, he didn't believe Richard at all.
But now several years have passed. At the beginning, more than half of the players in the Pudu nine star team have been selected into the All-Star team, and the rest have All-Star level strength. It's only a matter of time before they are selected into the All-Star team!
Now Richard said that as long as he works hard, he can become a member of the all star team in the future, and lagabel will believe it directly!
I believe so much!
Thinking that he might become an all star, even he thought that he might become a member of serafaye in the future, lagabel trembled with excitement!
"Coach, tonight's game, I'm going to let the backcourt players play a nightmare game!"
Lagabel clenched his fist and said solemnly to Richard.
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At eight o'clock in the evening, the pistons continue to play at home, this time against the eagles.
The eagles started to rebuild in the first two seasons, but gained some results.
For example, they got chubby Toutuo from green Kay, Rahim from Grizzlies, and jet Terry from the team draft, their lineup has become quite considerable.
However, this set of lineups has just been assembled. It is not clear what kind of effect it is.
Rahim was sold to the eagles by Grizzlies this season.
Grizzlies have trained Rahim for five years, but in those five years, Grizzlies have never been involved in the playoffs.
If you look at the data, Rasheed's data is really gorgeous. Since he entered the league, his field average score data has never been lower than 20 points in a season!
he was selected into the All-Star team successfully last season
But Rahim still has problems. Grizzlies also found these problems. They simply sold Rahim and began to do their best to train Pau Gasol.
They not only sold Rahim, they even sold Bibi.
Anyway, it's quite straightforward and thorough
Rahim's problem is not strong enough in rebounds and defense.
With an average of 40 minutes, Rahim has only eight or nine rebounds, which is too inefficient.
In the inner players, it is almost a comparison of the existence of the middle and lower reaches.
Although some inside players have five or six rebounds, it doesn't mean their rebounds are weak. It may give them 40 minutes to play, and they can easily cut down more than 10 rebounds.
In addition to rebounding strength is not strong, Rahim's defense is also a problem that can not be ignored.
The defense data can be seen in the past. The data of 1.4-per-game steals and 1-cap blocks can definitely be said in the past.
But it's just low-level data. If you look at the advanced data, Rahim's first two seasons were around 107.
That is to say, the players he matches can get 107 points in 100 rounds!It's a bit awkward for an inside player
To know the top interior defenders, such as Duncan, Big Ben or Garnett, their defense efficiency sometimes reaches about 95, which is not a little better than Rahim.
In this case, grizzlies made a decisive decision, sold the core of the team they used for five years and started a new reconstruction.
Anyway, this team is either rebuilding or on the way
……
"Doodle doodle!" The game began.
Richard didn't really care about winning or losing tonight. What he cared about most was whether lagabel would change after his own talk!
If we can make a difference to lagabel, it's not worth mentioning that he won or lost the game.
Starting players from both sides began to play.
Rahim looked at Richard awkwardly, his face a little red
In fact, he didn't expect the off-season Grizzlies to trade themselves. Now that they have been traded, he is embarrassed to see Richard.
Iverson, Big Ben
Well, I don't have to be embarrassed. At least there is a Brad miler among the brothers of the same time.
……
Rahim got the ball for the hawks and was pushed by jet Terry.
After the ball came to the front court, Terry transferred the ball to the hands of fat Toutuo outside the three-point line. The latter didn't hesitate at all, and made a three-point shot directly.
Really dare to vote, and really dare to enter
It was the Pistons' turn to attack, and Nash was able to pick and remove Okur, but in the end Nash distributed the ball to bell, who was on the run.
The eagle player against Bell is DeMar Johnson. He is a nobody. He is big and thick. He looks like a point guard, but a short and strong center.
Lagabel's crazy run without the ball, played a good effect, Nash watched bell run out of space, the first time the ball passed.
Bell is a direct three-point shot, hollow hit.
Richard stood at the edge of the field, shouting wildly to encourage the young man.
……
Nash's passing, after several years of playing, almost can be regarded as a master level.
With no defensive ability at hand and only one accurate projection ability, Nash won't get a 56 million year salary contract with old Nelson.
Just after lagabel ran out of the space, Nash's ball had arrived. The passing skill made Richard secretly nod.
On passing, Nash is better than Hu
……
When the two sides fought hard, the situation was better than Richard thought.
Apart from the three points scored by fat Toutuo at the beginning of the game, the eagles feel a little bit bad in the rest of the time. With their awkward defense, it is impossible for them to lead the pistons in the score.
The pistons are not good at the moment, but the eagles are worse
If you look at the three core players of the eagles, you can see how bad their overall defense is.
Rahim doesn't mention that fat Toutuo's defense is well known, so don't expect him to play hard to defend.
As for Terry, it's defensive initiative, but he's also a typical strong defensive player.
His small body can also compete with Nash
Such three core players can imagine the defensive level of their team.
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Richard is still watching lagabel's defensive performance, but it's embarrassing that his counterpart Johnson has never had a chance to hold the ball.
At last, in the fourth minute, the starting point guard of the Hawks got a chance to attack with the ball.
In fact, his body is more than enough to play small forward. After holding the ball, he directly collided with lagabel.
Bell saw the chance of his performance coming. Richard on the sideline must have been paying attention to his every move and posted it.
To fight, to have physical contact, this is Richard's request to him.
Just posted, bell did not rush to get the ball, but hard shoulder the opponent's charge does not step back.
Maybe he didn't find a mobile phone conference until now, so Johnson just pulled it out.
Bell saw that the other side had the momentum to take off, the body continued to work, directly let the take-off opponent out of balance.
Out of balance, he made a hurried shot, which was directly held by bell in the air, and then quickly passed to Nash.
He still has an eye. He knows that Nash is the team leader appointed by Richard Richards. It's definitely an act of death if he doesn't pass to Nash at this moment.
Nash's speed is quite good, otherwise, it is impossible to have the nickname of son of wind.After receiving Bell's pass, he drove straight in and headed for the front court, with Gerrard Wallace and lagabel on both sides catching up quickly.
At this moment, the role of Gerard's vigorous physical fitness is reflected. Fat Toutuo looks at Gerard's speed and gives up the idea of defending directly
The ball to the front court, Nash high toss, Gerrard is a step into the paint area, directly high jump, the air received Nash's pass, smashed into the basket!
Richard was stunned at the sidelines
What do you think of this attack round? It's a bit like running to the sun
The Suns with Nash at their core in the future are almost like this.
Nash controls the ball at full speed. After the ball reaches the front court, lagabel is in charge of the outside shooting, Shawn is in charge of the inside shooting, Marion is able to go in and out.
A few people don't give the opponent the opportunity to arrange defense calmly at all. When the ball catches the opportunity in the front court, it is a famous seven second running and hitting tactic for the suns.
Richard frowned, and some thoughts came out of his heart
Or, try your own running strategy first this season?
Anyway, I'm not ready to use any tactics this season. Now it's good to practice the running and bombarding tactics under the test.
Once the idea took root, it immediately grew up in Richard's heart.
At present, Richard's lineup is really a good choice.
Nash and lagabel already have them. Gerard Wallace can replace Marion. As for the lack of a strong inner line, Clarke seems to be competent.
But at the moment Clarke can't play, but he can make do with Anderson first.
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The match was going on. After bell was called by Richard to have a cup of tea, the whole person was enlightened a lot.
On the field, he has already taken the initiative to find a physical confrontation. At present, Johnson, who is opposite to him, really has no ball right, which leads to Bell's defense strength can not be maximized. Otherwise, Bell's defense tonight will definitely give a surprise.
Now that Bell's side is enlightened, Richard feels that it's much easier to do next. He shouts for tea one by one
In fact, even if it is a seven second run and bang tactic, the defensive end must not fall.
Later, the defense of the team that beat the Suns was not bad. Look at some people in the starting line-up of the team, including lagabel, Marion, Serena and Dior, the French magician. Where can the defense be worse.
That is to say, Nash has dragged a little behind the defensive end