Kyle plays a bad game, and friends and family call to comfort him, and SuperMario says he believes her son will be one of the best athletes, just like the real thing. Valeciona whispered softly and comforted, saying that she would spend a second Christmas with him as an encouragement, and compared Jordan with Jordan, who was as good as Jordan, and there were times when the boat capsized in the gutter. Allens is not numb, but his tone is serious, the Spurs have won two championships in three years, and their strength is undoubted. High school buddy Tim ridiculed, claiming that his three-point ratio is better than Kyle, and if he participates in the draft, he will become the champion without any suspense, and the Spurs' Tim is collectively known as the league double Tim, and he will definitely kill all sides.

And Smith, Larry, Martelley, and other college mentors and friends all rang the phone. That posture, as if Kyle was really hit and couldn't take care of himself. Fact Kyle doesn't have a! He just learned a lesson and figured things out. Once, he always thought that as long as he carried out the qi refining to the end, his physical fitness was improved to the extreme, and his technical training was solid, his breakthrough was matched with qualified COSCO Investment, not to mention dominating the alliance and ruling an era, at least he could surprise the situation and guide the country. But he doesn't think so now! He's learned something because of the game against Spurs.

Is Kyle strong? He thinks he's good, and he goes out to fight Parker one-on-one, Kyle can beat Parker to the point where he doesn't even recognize him, that's how confident he is. But why was Kyle so miserable in the game against the Spurs? The truth is very shallow, basketball is a sport of five people, everyone can say this sentence, and everyone understands the truth. But few people know it deeply, and even fewer people know its deeper meaning.

Basketball is a five-person sport, first it's a rule, then a slogan, and finally something else. The vast majority of people understand that sharing the ball, selfless cooperation, and cannot fight alone, and the strength of the individual can never be compared to the average strength of the five. That's right! On the basketball court, it is all about passing the ball, sharing the ball, covering the ball, and the purpose is to put the ball into the basket. That's what the fans know.

But there are also a small number of people who understand that scoring goals more efficiently, putting the ball in the basket with minimal effort and physical effort. This evolved into strategy, the cooperation of five people, which is commonly known as tactics. Tactics are ever-changing, the famous ones are Princeton Tactics, Triangle Offensive Tactics, Run-and-Bomb Tactics, Positional Tactics, Block-and-Roll Tactics, Twin Towers Tactics, Stretch Offensive Tactics, Joint Defense Tactics, Half-Court or Full-Court Pressing Tactics (mainly against the opponent's top scorers), Zone Defense, and more! There are offensive ones, and there are defensive ones, anyway, there are a lot of dazzling ones. This is the general coach and player cognition of "basketball is the sport of five people", a very simple analogy is that the coach is the soul brain, the player is the body, the coach brain directs the player's body to use the hands or feet, hips or abdomen, the two closely cooperate. Kyle is stuck at this stage, and he does whatever Sam says.

In the end, there are absolutely only a handful of people who can understand this sentence as a machine, and the machine will be old and stuck, but it will never go wrong. Spurs are one such example. Popovich is the one who built and tuned the machine, Duncan is the heart of the machine, Parker is the engine, the Ginobili booster, and everyone else is not too big or small. As long as you press the switch, it will rotate according to the setting, are there any flaws and leakage? Yes! It's a pity that the Raptors didn't meet it. Kyle was strangled by this machine.

Not to mention the strength of the Raptors, there is still a long way to go in terms of team cooperation. Their current tactic is Kyle's sudden score, and even the process of blocking and covering for Bosh has been saved, can such a simple and crude strategy work? Kyle thinks absolutely not, the Spurs have taught him a heavy lesson, people have slowly become familiar with Kyle's offensive routine, as long as the defense is deployed in advance, shrink the basket, and press Kyle throughout the whole process or directly enable the joint defense, Kyle's breakthrough will be wasted! At that time, you could only bet on three points, did the Raptors have three? Yes! But it's all at the level of vacancy, and with a little interference, I'm afraid the hit rate will be difficult to guarantee.

The current situation of the Raptors is that Kyle can't play, so the tactics will be paralyzed across the board, and he will be stuck in all kinds of solo battles. Bosh now has a good offensive ability, with a low back and a face frame breakthrough, three points and baskets, but he is far from the top, and he has no way to help defend him a little, and he is better at feeding the ball to others, that is, pulling out the gap, catching and shooting. Jalen Rose, who will be thirty-three years old after the New Year, is a little staggering in his footsteps, although he has a wealth of offensive means, but he is not as reliable as he is, and he is extremely unstable. Peterson, a 3-and-D player, is a good three-pointer, good defense, no possession, and running and cutting on the offensive end is what he does. Jamal, who is league-average in singles with the ball, also needs Kyle to feed the ball.

This is the Raptors' regular lineup, and arguably the strongest lineup. There are three more reliable people on the bench, JR Smith, a master of three-point archery, and his breakthrough ability is relatively common, and he may not be accurate. Barnes, an expert in air-cut defense, is on the same level as Kyle in three-point shooting, and can only bet on open positions. Calderon, the breakthrough is still very good, has a sense of rhythm, can pass some beautiful assists, the offensive area is within the mid-range paint area, and the finishing ability under the basket is at the level of a half-hanger due to physical reasons. What the? Three points? The 16% three-point shooting rate is terrifying. The others don't seem to be attacking much.

On the other hand, the Spurs, look at the defense first, basically do not lose their position, and they will be scolded if they lose their position. They run aggressively, have a tacit understanding of the help and complement the defense beyond the numerical estimates, and are excellent in the mismatch defense. The way to deal with the Raptors is simple and straightforward, that is, to pinch Kyle, without Kyle to exert his power, the Raptors are quite nothing. The strategy of getting Kyle is also very simple and rude, and he starts to lead the defense all over the court, as long as Kyle breaks through with the ball, it must be a double pinch, superstar treatment. Even a real superstar is probably dead or alive, not to mention that Kyle is 108,000 miles away from a real superstar.

is caught under the basket, Kyle is generally a ball, and he always tried and tested before he met the Spurs, and the assists climbed up slowly, and he couldn't assist directly, but he also had indirect assists. As a result, those opponents have to abandon this containment strategy, so Kyle will rely on his strength and body to be hard, and few people can basically block one-on-one, so his score can also rise layer by layer.

But the Spurs are different, you divide the ball out, and his defense is instantaneous, okay! Repeat! Another defense is in place, and you can't have a good chance to shoot at this time, then Kyle's breakthrough goal is simply a failure, because the people who are blocking Kyle are already in place. If it's that simple, why did Spurs do it? Can't other teams do it? That's the problem of the defensive system and the chemistry, do the Suns have that kind of defense? No! Do the Grizzlies have such defense? Originally, there was this potential, but the Stoudemire engine dragged its feet. The other teams that play against Kyle will not have any.

But now that Kyle's weaknesses have been revealed, other teams will have more ways to expose the Raptors. A good zone defense can kill Kyle, and you just have to crash into a pile of people with such defensive tactics, and then wait for death.

That's why Kyle feels the need to make a change, and it's not just him! Everyone on the Raptors is the same, including Sam.

Kyle has always been a ball-handling player, basically a ball bully, and he distributes and runs the ball. In college, because of Smith, Kyle also had an extra job, pulling aside to watch a play or catch Smith who stopped the ball. But now it's different, it's the NBA, everybody basically has a knack for housekeeping, and he needs to really learn how to turn back and run, cut in the air, shoot when he catches the ball, and make the ball for his teammates. That's what he feels he needs to change now, now he's not having the ball in his hands, he's just a fool, he's just standing stupid, and he wants to be a threat without the ball in his hands. Spurs are such a routine, the player who does not have the ball in his hand is the biggest threat, and the player who has the ball in his hand knows how to make the ball for his teammates.

Sam rushes back to Dallas overnight to meet the group, and Kyle is invited out for a coffee with him alone without any doubt. Bosh just squinted at each other and didn't have much expression, the various trade rumors about Kyle continued, he might be praying that Kyle would get out, now it's obvious that Sam is going to support this rookie as the core, and he can only be a second-in-command, how can it not make people secretly sad! Of course! Bosh probably didn't want Kyle to go either, Gasol still had a dream in his mind every night, and he didn't want to go away for a long time, and the pressure of being the boss was too great, and he was criticized at every turn. It seems safer to hide behind Kyle, for example, now, Kyle is attracting all the firepower, and there don't seem to be many critics of him! On top of that, Kyle does lead them forward, and the playoffs are no longer far away. Only the stars who walk into the playoffs are the real stars, and there is the place where the light shines.

Cafe not far from the hotel.

"I've got everything out of the way, so get ready for the game, Kyle! I hope I'm not mistaken, it's not a big deal. The old man was a little tired from flying around, and he could tell the clue from his eyebrows.

"Of course! I never disappoint, especially the people who question me. ”

"Very good!"

'Now I feel like I need to make a little change and I'm willing to give up some time on the ball. Kyle thinks it's time to talk to Sam. Reducing the ball is equal to reducing statistics, which is an iron law in the basketball world, but Kyle has no worries in this regard, he is a point guard, he can brush it if he wants!

"Did I hear me wrong?" Sam opened his mouth, surprised, there are still players who don't want the ball this year?

'I'm serious, I want to be a threat without the ball and I want to help the team.

"It's rare that you have that mindset and I'm glad you do, but the team needs you, Kyle! I'm sure you can do it well. ”

"Yes! I'm totally fine, but I think we need to make changes to make us more like a team ...... on the pitch. ”

"Kyle! I know what you mean, but not right now, I've always believed you're great, the best rookie I've ever met. Sam interrupted, lamenting in his heart that Kyle's faith had been shattered. It's horrible.

Kyle could only reluctantly say OK! (To be continued.) )