Chapter 34 How to Define It

What defines a good organizer? To put it simply: a good playmaker is able to get the right teammates to do the right thing at the right time, not just by passing, they use everything on the pitch to contribute to the team's attack.

In all fairness, Dwyan. Wade has rarely had the opportunity to partner with top playmakers in his career, so much so that many times he has been forced to take on the responsibility of playmaker himself. '06 teammate Jason. Williams is barely a ('White Chocolate' is an imaginative point guard, but he's still some way from the 'playmaker' level. Jason, who has partnered with the Dream Team. Kidd and Chris. Paul was the other two.

The playmaker of the Heat during the 'Big Three' period was LeBron. James, LBJ, does have excellent passing ability, and he himself is known as a playmaker. But James' organization is more about letting the whole team adapt to him, and he needs the team to cater to his habits and style, which is called 'bring his own system'.

A very important criterion for a top playmaker is to be able to adapt to different team systems and different tactical characteristics. The one who did the best at this was undoubtedly Jason. Whether it's with the Suns, Nets, Mavericks, or the Knicks in the final leg of his career, Kidd has been able to quickly integrate into the team's tactics and make great contributions that the stats are far from showing.

And for this preseason game, and all the rest of the preseason, the Heat's goal is to check whether their No. 8 pick this year has the potential to become a top playmaker.

From Addison's arrival to the present, his performance has been very satisfactory to the uniform team, and has even exceeded everyone's expectations of him. A point guard like Holiday is the perfect lever to distinguish a star from a regular player, and by looking at Addison's play against him, it's safe to guess how the boy will perform against those superstars at the No. 1 position in the future.

It is precisely because of this that Wade took the initiative to give up the stage tonight, and since the bosses of the house have done so, then Bosh and Ruhr. Naturally, Deng will not have any complaints. What's more, the two of them don't need much possession due to their position and style of play, and it would be beneficial for Addison to play well.

That's why there was such a strange scene on the court - rookie Addison was skillfully dribbling slowly at the top of the three-point arc, using gestures from time to time to direct teammates to run, while all the other superstars and powerful veterans worked hard to actively run and open up space for this rookie.

Then there was a wonderful picture of Addison breaking into the interior and playing with Holiday and Davis with a fake pass from behind. Now the fans in New Orleans stadium are about to go crazy with depression, and a rookie this year has come off the bench to mess up the home team's defense several times in a row...... It's hard for them to tolerate.

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"Be cautious, be cautious, that rookie is cunning!!" Monty. Williams shouted to Holiday that although the core of the Pelicans is Anthony. Davis, but Holiday is the real tactical starting point. As an All-Star point guard, he reads the game pretty well, otherwise the Pelicans wouldn't have poached him from Philadelphia with last year's No. 6 pick.

Holiday nodded after hearing the head coach's shout, no matter how calm a player is by a rookie who succeeds in breaking through continuously, he will be a little angry, but Holiday himself doesn't like to talk trash and doesn't spray at Addison. After dribbling to the frontcourt, he used Asik to block people and cut straight inside, and a cross step shook off Sean. Williams then flicked the ball into the air. Anthony in the penalty area. Davis beat Bosh and shook off the opposition with a small counter-run, leaping high before the reasonable collision zone to catch Holiday and press the ball into the basket.

The Pelicans' two All-Stars both came into full swing, and the beautiful aerial relay finally made the New Orleans court burst into cheers. At the same time, Davis also increased his scoring to double digits, and 11 points in a single quarter is enough to prove that the Heat's interior defense is quite tight, but this is also an old problem in the Miami defense.

From defense to offense, the whole team quickly settled in the opponent's half, and Wade, who came to the bottom left corner, found Eric. Gordon's attention was not completely focused on himself, the old and spicy 'Flash' immediately accelerated to cut inside, and his big arm was hidden in Gordon's chest and abdomen, making the opponent's body stiffen, and he couldn't stop it in time. Wade, who had successfully cut through the basket, circled around the basket to the right side of the penalty area, but Gordon, who wanted to chase the defense, was delayed by Bosh's empty-handed cover. Wade, who came out, ran to the right side of the three-point line and was supposed to defend Ruhr. Deng's Tyric. Evans scolded Gordon and had to switch guards immediately. Ruhr who was released from the vacant seat. The road under the basket was unimpeded for a while, and the experienced British's eyes lit up and he took a big step to cut from the bottom line.

Addison, who was still dribbling at the top of the arc, slammed the basketball hard, leaning his weight to the right to make a quick breakthrough, and Holiday hurriedly retreated half a step back when he saw this. However, in the next moment, Addison's right wrist shook violently, and the basketball broke away from his palm and flew directly through the entire penalty area to Ruhr, who was cutting into the baseline. Deng.

The pass came so suddenly, it was seamless with the boy's breakthrough action before, and Addison didn't even move his forearm when he passed, and Holiday didn't react at all, let alone cut off the pass.

Even the Ruhr. Deng almost didn't react, but fortunately, the Briton was focused enough and Addison passed the ball comfortably enough, Deng took the basketball and strode to the basket, causing an unprepared defensive foul on Asik.

Seeing this, Spoelstra nodded in satisfaction, it was a pretty good team-to-team combination, from Wade cutting in to Bosh to covering and then to Sean. Williams pulled out the three-point line to clear the opposition's interior defense, and finally Dunnay cut and Addison made a brilliant pass. All five people on the court moved and cooperated with each other to make this impact on the inside to make the foul successful.

The Filipino glanced at Norris, who was sitting on the bench. Cole, if Cole was playing the No. 1 position just now, he probably wouldn't have been able to observe Ruhl at all. Deng had an instant opportunity to cut into the air, not to mention passing the ball to his teammates.

"Focus, Erik!! If you like bench seats, just let me know and I'll satisfy you!! "The Pelicans head coach is very unhappy with Gordon's misalignment due to his lack of concentration, Gordon has been an inconsistent factor on the defensive end, and while his physicality and reach are excellent, his often sluggish concentration and lazy defensive attitude make him always have ridiculous out-of-position, such as just ......

Ruhr. Deng hit both free throws, and the difference was chased to one point left.

Addison controlled the pace of the game, dribbling unhurried and looking like one of those old and hot guards who had been immersed in the league for a decade or two, much to Spoelstra's great relief and even some surprises.

Addison played a total of 5 minutes in the first quarter, and although he only scored 2 points, the Heat's offensive rotation played well under his organization. Even though this is only preseason intensity, and the opponent is one of the easiest teams in the league to play offensively and defensively.

Before the end of the first quarter, the Heat won the game with a lot of support. Deng's three-pointer overtook the score, but Anthony. Davis' basket hit a strong shot to re-level the score.

Spoelstra doesn't care what the score is in the first quarter, and in his opinion, as long as the team's chemistry can be trained, it doesn't matter if they lose all the preseasons.

Addison didn't show much of his individual breakthrough ability in the minutes he played, but his passing skills and ability to read the game exceeded the head coach's expectations, and Spoelstra had the feeling that a 30-year-old point guard was in control of the situation.

The only thing to note is that the boy seems to love sudden passes in a flash of inspiration, and sometimes even his teammates miss if he doesn't pay attention.

In the second half of the second quarter, Addison made a mistake just after he came on the court, he quickly broke into the interior with the help of blocking, attracted the opponent's bag and passed directly back without looking back. McRoberts couldn't catch it in time and the basketball flew off the sideline.

The boy hurriedly raised his hand to indicate that it was his own mistake, which made Spoelstra frown, in fact, this ball could have been caught if McRoberts had paid a little more attention, but Addison did pass too suddenly, it would have been much better if the boy had made a gesture with his eyes before passing back, but if he signaled, the opponent would have noticed.

This is due to the player's own style, and I am afraid that Spoelstra's words of forcibly restraining him will backfire and suppress Addison's imagination.

How to find a balance between this, this is the main consideration of the manager.

In the end, the Heat's first preseason game was lost to the New Orleans Pelicans by four points on the road. Aven played 25 minutes and scored 10 points on 10-foot mid-range shots, hitting 2 of 3 shots from inside the basket and making all four free throws. He also had eight assists, three rebounds and three steals.

Although there were two turnovers in the game, Spoelstra didn't care at all, originally he thought that Addison's turnover in his first NBA game would be around 4 or 5, and it was a surprise to control it to two.

Despite the loss, both Spoelstra and Wade looked in a good mood, and Wade praised Addison in front of the media after the game, praising him for his excellent handling of the team's organizational tasks and the incredible speed with which he integrated into the NBA.