Believe in Mutombo?

Brown glanced at Chang Wei with some suspicion, basketball is not something that can be done with words. Although Mutombo's performance this season is really good, averaging 14.5 points, 13.8 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game, but in the face of O'Neal's historic inside, he is at least a notch behind in terms of physical fitness, I believe he is not easy?

Not only was Brown skeptical, but everyone else in the room was talking about it, and everyone didn't believe that Mutombo could cause problems for O'Neal on the inside. In fact, O'Neal is now the league's No. 1 center, and he was selected as one of the top 50 NBA stars in history at a young age, and Mutombo is really hard to compete with.

Chang Wei spread his hands and said: "Everyone, it is impossible for us to give up the inside attack and defense, Deacon Bay is already the best inside player in our team, if you don't let him fight against Shaq, will you let that big shark turn over the river and the sea inside?" Whether we believe in Deacon Bey's ability or not, we have to have faith in him now, and I don't want to see Shaq score fifty or sixty points every game on the inside, so that there is no suspense in the whole series, and we can roll up and go home early. ”

Indeed, whether or not they can hold O'Neal or not, the team must trust Mutombo. Chang Wei is well aware that in the first decade of the 21st century, the man who could restrain O'Neill when he was not yet old is still working on the other side of the ocean for his first league title. In the 90s, when the big four centers had entered a period of decline, it was difficult for the league to have an interior player who could carry O'Neal in a short period of time, and Mutombo was already one of the best.

In this case, whether or not everyone believes that Mutombo can carry O'Neill on the inside, they must choose to believe it at this moment. Brown sighed, nodded and didn't speak, he had already begun to think about what interior players he would bring in in the offseason if he didn't win a championship this season. If the 76ers want to win the championship, the Lakers are the hurdle that they can never get around, he doesn't know like Chang Wei that the OK combination will fall apart after a few seasons, and in the previous life, O'Neal joined the Heat after leaving the Lakers and helped Wade win a championship, and the 76ers still can't avoid this inside monster after all.

Seeing that Brown had acquiesced to his statement, Chang Wei took the lead in getting up and said with a smile: "Time is pressing, I'll go and discuss with Deacon Bay now how to fight Shaq, no matter what the result is, we must at least be prepared." ”

Looking at the back of Chang Wei pushing the door out, Brown shook his head slightly, he has always been very confident in Chang Wei, but this time he doesn't know how Chang Wei is going to make Mutombo able to fight O'Neal under the basket, I hope he can surprise everyone, if it fails in the end, it seems that it is time for the team to further upgrade......

In the players' cafeteria, Chang Wei saw Mutombo, who had just eaten and drunk and was about to leave, he strode forward and said to Mutombo: "If there is nothing else to do later, how about we talk?" ”

Mutombo felt a little strange, and he asked curiously, "Chang, are you going to discuss the game with me?" It's up to the coach to arrange how we play, I think...... That doesn't seem like much to discuss, right? ”

Chang Wei smiled and said: "There are still some, such as how to fight O'Neill on the inside, how about this topic?" ”

Mutombo's face changed, and he was speechless for a while. O'Neal's horror is best known to him as a client, and although the two teams played evenly in the regular season, the fact is that he was completely suppressed by his opponents on the inside.

After the two came to a remote corner and sat down, Chang Wei said straight to the point: "What do you think of Shaq?" It's not the first time you've been in a position with him for so many seasons, so you must still have some experience, right? ”

Mutombo smiled bitterly: "Forget what I learned, I have been in the league for so many years, and I have basically been pressed and beaten by him on the inside." Shaq is indeed a gifted top-tier interior lineman, with a huge weight and a completely mismatched agility, and he has a lot of scoring tools on the inside. To put it mildly, any inside line facing him, no matter whether he tries his best or not, will be crushed by him, and the only person who can beat him may be Hakim who is still in his prime, right? ”

Chang Wei certainly knows who he's talking about, Hakeem Olajuwon, one of the greatest centers in NBA history. In the 1994-95 season, the Rockets reached the Finals as the sixth seed in the West, facing the Magic led by O'Neal. In front of the veteran Olajuwon, O'Neal was completely defeated, and the Magic were swept 4-0. However, although Olajuwon averaged 32.8 points, 11.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2 blocks per game, and used his famous fantasy dance moves to turn the immature O'Neal around, the latter still averaged 28 points, 12.5 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 2.5 blocks per game.

Although Chang Wei used props for Mutombo, his strength cannot be compared with Olajuwon at his peak, so it is impossible to defeat O'Neill one-on-one, so he can only find another way to limit this big shark.

Chang Wei thought for a while, then pondered and asked, "If someone helps you resist Shaq, can you restrain him when you are assisting in defense?" To put it simply, it is to use the cap to teach him how to be a human being when he is busy with physical confrontation......"

'It's a good idea, but do we have players like that in the squad? With all due respect, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Rashad to take on this heavy responsibility, right? I'm afraid that Shaq will just knock him out of the air. ”

Chang Wei smiled and said: "Of course it can't be Rashad, my idea is to let your substitute Todd Makloch play, the two of you form a twin tower, he is responsible for defending Shaq, and you are responsible for assisting in defense, so that you may be able to restrain him." ”

It's certainly okay to have a double bag against O'Neal, but not many teams do anything like that, after all, it's the equivalent of emptying the opponent's other interior line. Although the Lakers' starting power forward Grant has only averaged 8.5 points per game this season, he still needs to be careful with his one-handed distance shots. Mutombo also considered the question: "What about Grant, the power forward who started with O'Neal? Let him score unscrupulously on the inside? ”

Chang Wei shrugged: "The lesser of two evils, it's much better to let Grant cut points than to let Shaq cut points, right?" Besides, I believe in our scorers, as long as they can score more points than the Lakers, then that's fine, right? ”