Chapter 13: The Strongest Rocket

After a father-son conversation, David and Rick Adelman reached a preliminary consensus.

The Rockets' defensive tactics won't change much in the new season, because neither Rick Adelman, nor David, nor the rest of the coaching staff can surpass Van Gundy in defensive accomplishments.

However, Adelman and his son are ready to make a qualitative change in the offense of the Rockets in the new season.

David was also quick to move, and after being given command of the team's offensive tactics, he began to train in the first training session after the meeting.

His system, in part, is derived from the late peak James play, but not the so-called one-star shot, but combined with Rick Adelman's Princeton tactics.

At the end of the day, this is Princeton Grandmaster Rick Adelman's team.

Playing forwards are those who have the attacking ability of a striker, but are responsible for the role of a playmaker. This kind of player can not only destroy the city, but also control the team's offensive tempo, which is a rare handsome talent.

Many teams in the "future" NBA are popular to use playmaking forwards to compensate for the weakness of poor point guards or weak offensive playmaking skills, which is one of the reasons why so many excellent small forwards appeared in the second decade of the 21st century.

And the Rockets have the best swingman at the front guard today - McGrady. In addition to his crazy scoring ability, Maddie's big-picture vision, ball-handling organization, and passing skills are all top-notch.

With Yao Ming on the inside, Landry and Scola's finishing ability near the three-second line, and the projection level of Alston, Brooks and Battier, Maddie is able to play to his strengths as a playmaker.

Of course, Maddy's playmaking forward is more akin to Pippen under the Bulls or Draymond Green under the Warriors, where the point guard holds the ball over the halfcourt and hands it to Maddy near the three-point line to organize the team's offense — similar to Adelman's Princeton tactics.

However, Maddy's top-notch offense makes him a far greater threat from the three-point line than Pippen, which will make this simplified play even more powerful.

When it comes to the offensive part of the bench, it is somewhat similar to the Suns in the previous two years, and Brooks, who is bound to Ryota Miyagi, is equivalent to breaking through the better Nash and using speed to destroy the opponent's defense.

Of course, this set of tactics is not something David has come up with alone, after all, there are still many deficiencies in his tactical level, and Rick Adelman and the rest of the coaching staff have also given a lot of guidance.

In the end, after repeated discussions with the coaching staff, this set of tactics finally took shape.

So, in every training session before the start of the preseason, the Rockets began to practice this set of tactics discussed by Adelman and his son.

In the first training session after the tactics were determined, David also used a trick in order to make Yao Mai and Battier more adaptable to this set of tactics, and directly used the last 3 binding places.

As the most critical part of the tactics, the basketball star that David bound to Maddie is Jun Tsuchiya.

Tsuchiya Jun,It's the captain of the Daiei Gakuen basketball team.,Evaluated as a "tall and big command tower.,It's very similar to the style of Xiandao" player.,Superb ball skills.,Definitely good offense and defense.,At the same time, he also has very good organizational skills.。

Although, Jun Tsuchiya is only a second-grade small forward worth $4 in the "distribution system", but that's because the small forward position has the first people in the country, Eiji Sawakita and Kaede Rukawa, in terms of ability alone, Jun Tsuchiya's improvement in ability value is all-round-

+10 Shooting, +10 Three-pointers, +10 Free Throws, +5 Dunks, +10 Interior Scoring, +5 Offensive Rebounds, +10 Defensive Rebounds, +5 Bounces, +10 Strength, +5 Agility, +5 Speed, +20 Passes, +10 Dribbles, +20 Offensive Awareness, +10 Defensive Awareness, +10 Steals, +10 Blocks, +10 Stamina, +15 Key Shots!

Before binding, Maddie was already a superstar with an ability value of 93, and after binding Jun Tsuchiya, he was instantly promoted to the first 101 in the active service.

David doesn't know how strong Jordan is at his peak, but he is sure that the current Maddy's ability alone is definitely better than Kobe and James.

Because he learned in the system that after O'Neal left the Lakers, the NBA no longer has a star capable of more than 100 dollars.

Coupled with 111's offensive awareness and 100's passing ability, Maddie is very adaptable to the playing style of organizing forwards, which can be described as handy.

As the team's interior pillar, David prepared Yao Ming with a well-deserved No. 1 center in the slam dunk - Masashi Kawada, who is high in the mountain.

Masashi Kawada, the No. 1 center in the whole day of high school, super defensive skills and rebounding ability, even Akagi Gangken and Sakuragi Hanamichi are difficult to compete with him, and once forced Kanagawa's first center "Gorilla" Akagi to a desperate situation in the game with Xiangbei, covering Xiangbei's countless shots.

He was originally a guard, and because his height grew 25cm in a year, the position changed to small forward, and later to center. Because he has both experience and skill in the forward line and the backline, he can be said to be a super center forward. Even if you graduate from high school and go straight into college basketball, you are definitely one of the top three centers in the country!

As a top player worth $5 in the "distribution system", Masashi Kawada's ability to improve is naturally very amazing: shooting +25, three-point +10, free throws +10, dunking +15, inside scoring +20, offensive rebounding +15, defensive rebound +15, bounce +20, strength +30, agility +20, speed +10, passing +10, dribbling +10, offensive awareness +20, defensive awareness +20, steal +15, block +15, stamina +20, durability +20, Key Ball +15!

Originally, Yao Ming, who has an ability value of 88, is a popular candidate for the first center in basketball today, but after binding Masashi Kawada, he also came to 101 ability value, even if he met O'Neal and Olajuwon at his peak, let alone the blue-collar Howard and others.

Seeing Yao Mai of the "Double Hundred", David was also a little hesitant, because with the singles ability of these two, it seems that the Rockets playing triangle offense is also a good choice, just like the OK combination during the three-in-a-row championship, which is enough to sweep the whole league.

After all, the triangle offense is, to put it bluntly, an individual singles that uses tactics to create strong points.

But after thinking about it for a long time, he still suppressed this thought, because Yao Ming and Maddie are relatively brittle and have a tendency to glass people, far less durable than O'Neal and Kobe, and the two take turns to play individual offense for a season, and injuries will inevitably come to the door.

However, David is also ready to add some triangle offense training on weekdays, and when it comes to the key games and key time periods of the playoffs, Yao Mai's triangle offense will definitely be a big killer!

After successively binding basketball stars to Brooks, Landry, Maddie and Yao Ming, David only has the last $1 in the "distribution system", and the bound star he left for the team's outside defense gate Battier is also worth $1 Gong Yiyifan.

Gong Yiyifan, a third-year student at the High School Affiliated to Hainan University, is only 1.6 meters small, and although he looks very inconspicuous, he is the second best three-point shooter in the Hainan team after Ah Shen.

Although Gong Yiyifan's improvement ability is not as big as that of other stars of other grades, just shooting +10, three-point +20, free throws +10, agility +5, speed +5, passing +5, physical fitness +5, durability +5, but David's positioning for Battier is the top 3D role - three-point projection + defense, Gong Yiyifan's long-range shooting ability has to be matched.

And Battier, whose ability value has been increased to 81, is definitely qualified to be called the best 3D.

Two 101, two 80+, six 70+, such a lineup of rockets is not to say that it is the best in the league, it is already modest.

Yao Ming, Maddy, and Battier are excellent players in their own right, and they learn quickly, and after David selected the basketball stars for them, they have already played the pseudo-Princeton strategy of organizing forwards created by Adelman and his sons in a short period of time.

However, the power of tactics will have to wait until actual combat to test.

The Rockets' first preseason opponent was their final game of the Summer League, the New Orleans Hornets.

It's just that, unlike the fragile Hornets, they are about to face the team led by Chris Paul, the "Queen Bee"!

(End of chapter)