Chapter 825: Not just a rookie
The summer of 2017 is destined to be a crazy summer. Carey. Owen voluntarily left Cleveland and joined the ranks of the Green Shirts. I made enough money in New York, but when I came back, I found that I didn't have a championship Anthony and Paul. George settled in Russia, and the new Big Three of the Thunder were born. Chris. Paul landed in Houston, and the rocket launch was just around the corner. Jimmy. Butler is stationed in the Minnesota Timberwolves, and Thibodeau is expected to lead the team back to the top. Zhou Qi officially signed a contract with the Rockets, and after the continuation of Yiyang, the NBA added Chinese elements......
Compared to these transfers that have turned the league upside down, the Dallas Mavericks are not so dazzling. The West has become so powerful that even if Yiyang and Hayward join forces, it may not be able to bring the Mavericks back to glory.
The new season is sure to be very tough, because almost all the big guys are piling up in the west. If you want to fight your way out of the encirclement, you are destined to put in a lot of effort.
And the effort, if it only starts from the new season, is already too late. Under Yiyang's call, Moodier, Mitchell, Kuzma and Gobert threw themselves into the hard training camp early. The championship will not be sent to the door by itself, Yiyang knows very well that if you want to get this honor, you must pay the sweat that can match it.
Under Brickley's tutelage, several people spent almost the rest of the summer in the gym. Mitchell and Kuzma are okay to say, after all, they're just first-year rookies. But Yiyang and Gobert, two superstars worth more than 100 million, put a lot of money and don't squander it, and only know how to practice every day, which makes Brickley feel a little incredible.
But this is precisely the reason why Yiyang can succeed, Gobert has practiced with Yiyang every year, and now he has developed such a habit. But without these efforts, Gobert, who was only drafted with the 27th pick, would not have had the opportunity to renew his contract with the highest salary in his life.
Rudy. Gobert's progress has been very fast, and last season, he was able to average 14 points, 12.8 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game. Previously, one could only say that Goebel had a lot of potential. But now, he's definitely worthy of the title of the league's top center.
Goebel's progress inspires the other three young people, who also want to change their destiny through their own efforts, just like the "Suffocating Tower"!
In the training camp, the performances of Mitchell and Kuzma both made Yiyang happy. This year's Summer League, the Mavericks with Mitchell and Kuzma won the championship, and Kuzma also won the Summer League MVP. Some people may say that there is nothing remarkable about winning the Summer League.
But it's unusual for a championship team to still win a Summer League title on a rookie.
What worries Yiyang the most now is precisely Moodier. During his years with the Nuggets, Moodier didn't get efficient training. This guy's defense and shooting haven't improved much compared to his college days.
But the strange thing is that Moodier's shooting accuracy during shooting practice is actually very good, second only to Yiyang, and much more stable than Kuzma and even Mitchell. In the game, Moodier lost his crosshairs.
Moodier's shooting has been taught by Yiyang since he was a child, and when he arrived at Butler University, the shooting coach was a master who rescued Yiyang. Moodier's shooting is also very beautiful, and it stands to reason that there shouldn't be any problems.
After thinking about it, Brickley and Yiyang came to the same conclusion. Moodier's problem isn't really in the shooting itself, it's in the shot selection!
"Hesitant when it's time to shoot, and force when you shouldn't. If you fight like this, you can only have a ghost if you can be efficient. Watching Moodier lose frequently in one-on-one, Yiyang and Brickley both shook their heads.
The same problem arose with Mitchell and Kuzma. While they weren't as extreme as Moodier, it was clear that the field of view was a bit narrower. If Yiyang, a master tactician, can help this group of young people solve this problem, then this group of young people of the Mavericks will definitely be a blockbuster next season!
'A couple of them need to improve their off-the-ball movement, awareness and vision, otherwise they're just a rookie.'
"But they're rookies." Brickley spread his hands.
"No, I need to make them different. Otherwise, we won't be able to fight the warriors! Yiyang clenched his fists, don't think that this harsh guy will lower his standards for rookie players. Everyone here in Yiyang is treated equally.
So on the fifth day of the camp, Brickley canceled one-on-one training. After each day's special training, Brickley arranged a 3-on-2 fast-break practice for them. Moodier, Mitchell and Kuzma played against Yiyang and Gobert.
"3 to 2?" When he first heard about this exercise, Kuzma was both excited and nervous. Yiyang is the only pure point guard since Payton to win the Defensive Player of the Year award, while Gobert was the second-place player of the Year poll last season. It's going to be a lot of fun to play against these two! But it is also possible that it will lose decently.
"That's right, 3 to 2, fast break practice. Offense and defense alternate, a set of 10 balls, followed by an exchange of offense and defence. Let's see how many points you can score in 10 balls. ”
Brickley is a well-known trainer, and this kind of practice has a very good effect on motivating rookie players. Seeing the three guys gearing up, Brickley knew that he was about to have a good show!
The training was quickly organized, with Kuzma serving from the baseline and Yiyang and Gobert starting to deploy on the midfield line to simulate a fast break.
After receiving the basketball, Moodier accelerated directly to the basket, and there were no two rookies in his eyes, Mitchell and Kuzma.
In this way, his pull-up jump shot in the mid-range position was flown out by Yiyang Fan, and the first attack failed!
The second time, Mitchell went inside, and it stands to reason that they had a lot of gaps in 3 to 2, but Mitchell insisted on killing the basket.
As everyone knows, Gobert easily used his height to complete the block, and failed to attack twice in a row!
The third time, Kuzma made a pull-up jump shot from beyond the three-point line, and the basketball slammed into the frame. Yiyang shook his head, such a move was too impatient, and there was no need at all. With Kuzma's physical condition, he should have shot closer to the basket.
Moodier, Kuzma and Mitchell were disorganized in attack, and they were not unable to pass the ball to each other, but they were unable to make effective passes. Passes that can't tear up the defense but just turn each other over don't really mean much.
Moodier played 10 goals in a group and scored only a pitiful two. These two, in Brickley's words, are still blind cats and dead rats.
After that, it was time for Yiyang and Goebel to perform. The tacit cooperation between Yiyang and Goebel made the three rookies unguardable. There were several balls, and Yiyang could assist Gobert to score an easy dunk just by passing the ball in the half.
"It's not fair, your height is terrifying!" Kuzma complained, he simply couldn't guard a center of Gobert's height.
"Oh? Is it just because of the height? Oh well, Kyle. Next round, Moody's and I are in a group! ”
"Good! We're definitely going to win! Hearing that he was going to be in a group with Gobert, Kuzma was overjoyed. The two guards couldn't resist Gobert's destruction at all.
However, Mitchell and Kuzma found they couldn't feed the ball comfortably to Gobert. It's either early or late. Gobert also struggled with the duo because both little guys were a bit sluggish in their off-ball runs.
With an absolute height advantage, Yiyang and Moodier played three of them 10-4, 4 of which were all dunked by Gobert by his height.
After Moodier and Yiyang teamed up, they had a completely different experience from just now. As long as he has a vacant position, Yiyang's pass can also arrive. No longer shooting against the defense, Moodier's offensive efficiency is also much higher.
Why are you struggling more and more? Moodier seems to have found some reason.
"Who else wants to try it? Mitchell, this time you're in a group with me. I'm sure when you were training in Paul's training camp, he told you what it means to run off the ball. You have to take what you've learned and apply it to the real world. It doesn't mean you're not qualified to attack with the ball, it does mean you're going to get more and easier scoring opportunities!"
Mitchell nodded thoughtfully, and then played a wave of devastating 10 to 3 with Yiyang. Of those, 7 goals came from Mitchell!
In the end, it was Kuzma's turn. Kuzma has learned to be good, and with the examples of Moodier and Mitchell, Kuzma finally knows the importance of running off the ball. Offense is not about throwing the ball around, it's about going through layers of coordination. If you throw the ball and win the game, that's Kobe.
Kuzma's performance is so gratifying that you can't believe he's a 27th overall pick. Yiyang feels that with Kuzma's strength, there is no problem at all in entering the lotto area. Perhaps, this is the sadness of older rookies. As long as you play four years in college, you are already inferior. It turns out that such a judgment is biased.
Together with Yiyang, Kuzma found gaps by running off the ball and scored 8. Yiyang told everyone with practical actions that the offense depends on more than just height. Even if you don't have height, as long as you cooperate properly, you can still complete the attack.
In the end, Gobert returned, and the three rookies teamed up again.
After Yiyang's "education", these three people finally had some simple cooperation. Although they are still immature, compared to the beginning when they only knew how to take the ball and do it themselves, the three young people have undoubtedly improved a lot.
A Moodier who doesn't shoot randomly, a Mitchell who can attack without the ball, and Kuzma who knows when to attack and when to pass. Although the three youngsters still haven't won against Yiyang, this time, they can already score 6 goals in 10 rounds!
"Oh my God, where did you get these guys?" Brickley watched in disbelief at what was happening on the court, the three rookies, one was selected with the 13th pick because of the Mavericks' chips, one was despised for playing four years in college, and one was waived by the team because he was playing worse and worse. From the eyes of ordinary people, they are all players with little future.
But when they arrived at Yiyang, they all turned waste into treasure. The speed at which they have progressed is simply jaw-dropping. It's not because of how well Yiyang teaches, but because the talents of the three of them are terrible! As long as the guidance can be obtained, the future is limitless!
If you keep practicing like this, Brickley is sure. When the new season starts in October, these three people are really no longer ordinary rookies.
Those who are still complaining that the Mavericks are not recruiting enough, get ready to fall through the glasses! (https:)
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