"That's a bit too bullying, isn't it?"

After officially preparing for the summer league, David's golden finger finally recovered from dormancy.

Compared with other ungodly gold fingers, David's gold fingers can only be regarded as mediocre, with only 2 functions.

The first function is to be able to see the ability values of the coached players and the players of the opposing team, specifically to be able to see the 20 individual values and total scores of their own players, such as three-point points, frontcourt rebounding ability, etc.; Players from the opposing team can only see the overall evaluation score.

This feature may be important to others, but it doesn't mean much to David at the moment, because he knows more or less about the current group of NBA players.

It's like when he sees that Mark Gasol's stats are 69, Brooks and Landry are 71, and Scola is 73 when the system is turned on, which is basically the same as his judgment when Goldfinger is dormant.

While Marc Gasol has a much better future than Brooks, Landry and Scola, he lacks the experience of his final season in Spain and is not yet a future All-Star center.

The stats of these four rookies immediately stand out against the other NBA fringes in their early 50s in the summer league.

That's why David said, "That's a bit too bullying, isn't it?" ”

The first function of Goldfinger is more inclined to scouts and team general managers, and it is of limited help to David, but its second function is more or less against the sky.

This function was named by David himself as "$15 with a group of 5 people to distribute the Slam Dunk ability value system", referred to as the "distribution system".

As the name suggests, this is the system that divides the 50 players in Slam Dunk into 5 groups and 5 grades according to center, power forward, small forward, scoring guard and point guard according to 1-5 dollars.

For example, Akagi is a $4 center and Ryota Miyagi is a $3 point guard.

David can arrange 5 players at will for no more than $15, and then attach the promotion value of the selected players in the system to the players he coaches in reality.

For example, if he chooses the $4 Akagi Goken in the center position, and he decides to attach Akagi's ability boost to Mark Gasol, who is already at a good level, then Mark Gasol's shooting ability stats are +10, free throws +10, dunks +15, interior scoring +15, offensive rebounds +15, defensive rebounds +20, bounce +10, strength +20, offensive awareness +10, defensive awareness +20, blocks +20, stamina +10, durability +5, +5 key ball.

Not to mention that such Mark Gasol locked up the best rookie of the new season in advance, even the competition for the NBA's No. 1 center is quite promising.

It's more or less similar to a card game.

In addition to Adelman's words and deeds, David's success at Lincoln Middle School was based on this "distribution system".

No Jordan?

Then I'll give a Rukawa Kaede added value.

No O'Neill?

Then I'll give you another template for Mori Chongkuan.

In this way, Lincoln Middle School, which was originally composed of stinky fish and rotten shrimp, was stunned by David to make the middle school version of the all-star lineup.

However, this "distribution system" is not perfect, because once a player is bound, it cannot be changed for at least 3 months, so David's initial selection must be cautious, otherwise it will not be wonderful if he is injured or traded away the next day just after the binding.

Don't ask him how he knows, it's all a lesson in blood and tears!

The Rockets have a total of 14 players participating in this summer league, in addition to the four rookies of Mark Gasol, Brooks, Landry and Scola, David is only familiar with Steve Novak and CBA "celebrity" Mike Harris.

In fact, Marc Gasol and Scola were not ready to play in the summer league before, but at David's request, the two had to return to the team obediently.

It's not that they respect David as the team's No. 1 assistant coach, but it's for the sake of Rick Adelman's face.

Whether in China or in the United States, the crown prince is an existence that is looked down upon.

Summer league doesn't matter about results, and David knows that, so he doesn't demand much from this team, as long as the four rookies he values play with characteristics.

The Toyota Center is the home of the Rockets, and many people think that their usual training takes place here.

Well, these "a lot of people" are purely pseudo-fans.

The Rockets' training gym is one of the most shabby in the NBA, and it can't compare with the stadiums in third-tier cities in China.

David remembers that the new Rockets owner of the previous life, Tillman Fertitta, said that he was planning to build a new training facility for the Rockets, but there was no news about this later.

I guess it's also a mouth-opening cannon.

In this humble training gym, David ushered in the first training session of his NBA career.

He entered the training hall and beckoned the players together.

Marc Gasol, Brooks, Scola, Landry......

Compared to the memory, the faces of these players are full of youth and immaturity.

These players have talent and potential, but they are all in the stage of development, although they can play in the future in the memory, but if they are not trained well, they will be lost.

"I'm your coach David Adelman, you can call me David."

When David spoke, some of the team members stood very lazy, and some were still communicating something in private, but no one would come out to confront him, but noticed that when David looked at him, he would nod politely.

Most of the summer league players are on the fringes of the NBA, and even if they are thorns, they have long been smoothed out by life.

What's more, almost everyone noticed David's last name.

To offend David Adelman is to offend Rick Adelman.

No one likes to joke about their work.

David nodded, his serious face softening.

"You came to the summer league for only one purpose, and they were all to fight for the opportunity to enter the NBA, so some people will keep brushing up on the data in order to stay, hoping to use the beautiful data to keep themselves and provide more chips."

David knew he had something he had to make clear before Summer League began.

"But, I don't need to! The Houston Rockets don't need it for the new season! In the summer league, the tactics I want to use are the Princeton system, and no one is allowed to score as crazy as Kobe! What I need is for you to play your own character and prove your worth in the Princeton system. I can guarantee that if you can prove that you are a good fit for the Princeton system, even if your stats are not good, even if you are not the best of the team's 14 men, I can take you to the preseason and offer you a non-guaranteed contract! ”

David's words are clear, because the Houston Rockets are Yao Mai's team, Rick Adelman's team, and the summer league is all about finding corner scraps that match Yao Mai, looking for team players who match Adelman's Princeton system.

So, even if there were dusty potential stars like Jamie Butler among these people, David wouldn't have chosen them.

Seeing that the players understood what they were saying, David didn't talk nonsense, and then started training.

In fact, he doesn't expect any surprises from these marginal people, on the one hand, because he can see the ability of these players at a glance, and on the other hand, this time the Rockets' summer league goal is clear, which is to give the four rookies more experience.

Especially for the two overseas rookies Marc Gasol and Scola, it is to allow the two to integrate into the rhythm of American basketball faster.

Princeton's tactics focus on the four links of "space, timing, observation, and execution". Space refers to the position and distance between players on the field, timing refers to the timing of passing, running, and reversing, observation refers to observing the opponent's defensive position, and execution refers to the execution of basic techniques.

This style of play focuses on inside passing, inside command. The center who practices this style of play is called the playmaker. On the court, all five people can pass the ball, they can shoot, they all love to organize, and they stick to overall basketball and team spirit.

Because the summer league officially started a week later, the complicated Princeton tactics obviously couldn't be practiced, so the Princeton tactics arranged by David were simplified to the extreme.

In positional offense, Marc Gasol or Scola holds the ball at the free-throw line, or organizes offensive passes, or attacks themselves.

Others have only two offensive options, one is to shoot when they have the opportunity to catch the ball on the outside, and continue to pass the ball if they don't have the opportunity; The second is to cut inside without the ball, go to the basket or continue to pass.

Individual singles, except in the three-second zone, are absolutely not allowed!

Defense, it is man-to-man + zone joint defense.

With such a tactic, it is difficult for the player statistics to be outstanding, but with David's previous assurance, the players are training quite hard.

After a week, although Princeton's tactics were still awkward, some tacit understanding was established between the players, at least there was a small cooperation between the three interior players of Marc Gasol, Scola and Landry.

A week later, David and his team boarded a plane to Las Vegas.

There, they'll be on their way to summer league.