Chapter 36 Contradictions
"Pass beautifully, 1st grade!!" Ruhr. Deng pointed to Addison, who ran back to the half-court, and shouted, the British usually don't communicate much with the boys, but the style of play of the two on the field can make them cooperate very smoothly.
Ruhr. Deng's characteristic is that he has an advantage in height and reach, and he is a tall and large presence among small forwards. And he has a very deep understanding of basketball, has a high IQ on the court, and is extremely good at shooting and cutting the basket after running without the ball, which is quite a bit of a black version of "Big Bird" Bird.
Such a good wing cutter is of course willing to partner with a pass-oriented, playmaking point guard like Addison, so that his running awareness and stable shooting can be fully exploited, and it can also cover up his shortcomings in attacking with the ball to the greatest extent.
What wing player would want to partner with a solo point guard? A few years with the Chicago Bulls have had Ruhr. Deng suffered from running out of position but not receiving the ball, Derek. Rose, while excellent, is the most typical offensive point guard, either unable to see the open space of his teammates running out of the offense, or preferring to complete the task of attacking the basket by himself even if he does......
As for half a season in Cleveland, Kyrie. Irving is no less obsessed with offensive power than Rose, except that Rose likes to hit the basket, while Irving prefers long-range bombing. Ruhr. Deng continues to get too many opportunities, and his declining stats in the past two years are inevitably related to his teammates.
Naturally, Addison wouldn't waste Ruhl like this. Deng's ability to play the last game against the Pelicans Ruhr. Deng scored 18 points in the game, 10 of which came from the boy's passing or indirect playmaking, which made the British excited.
Finally a point guard who can get the ball to me as soon as I get out of position!! Finally, I have a point guard who can let me run around and brush my stats happily!!
Ruhr. Deng Cai didn't care if Addison was a rookie or not, and he didn't care about Norris, who had some gap with the boy. Kerr is not a veteran of the team...... He only has a two-year contract with the Heat, and next year will be his contract year, and at this time only data is king!! Only enough glamorous data can allow him to get the last big contract of his career before his physical function declines!! And Addison is the teammate who can make him brush up on good data the most, so he will naturally fully cooperate with this rookie on the field, even if there is a conflict in the locker room, he will be on Addison's side.
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This side LeBron. James was obviously unhappy with the team conceding three points so easily, and this defense was not a mistake on the part of LBJ, if he didn't come to make up for it, then the basket would be empty for the opponent to score.
"Help, Kevin!! Pay attention to the defense!! James clapped his hands and yelled at Lefou, who had just failed to return in time, "I don't want to deal with mistakes for you all the time!" ”
Kevin. Lefu nodded, but the expression on his face was unnatural. After all, he was also the leader of the Timberwolves before, and he was a little annoyed that he was yelled at by his teammates in front of him.
But after all, this is a team led by LBJ, and Love also switched from the Timberwolves in order to win the championship, and he has to learn to endure it for the sake of the team and the championship.
After all, the current leader of the Cavaliers is LeBron. James, at least that's what most people think......
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Cavaliers offense, Kyrie. Irving crossed the half-court and faced Addison, who was guarding in front of the three-point line, this was the second time the two men had faced each other on the court, and Irving pursed his lips tightly, he desperately wanted to score the shot.
LeBron. James runs and temporarily shakes off Ruhr. Deng came to the three-point line and beckoned to Irving for the ball, which was his usual style, and the basketball should have been obediently passed around at this point in his previous career.
But this time it didn't......
Almost everyone knows that LBJ is a man who is extremely paranoid about possession, and his team has to be the one who plays with the ball, and the other players run without the ball, and James is also known as a 'playmaker'.
He was the absolute leader of the former Cavaliers, and of course no one would dispute his ball handling. When it came to the Heat, Wadewin's personality made him voluntarily give up a large part of the ball for his friends, and LBJ was still the center of gravity of the organization.
But now this Cavaliers team is not as completely subordinated to James as it was a few years ago. Irving is also a keen ball-handling player and is also a sought-after superstar in the league.
Irving and James didn't have any friendship before, so naturally they couldn't talk about giving up the ball for friendship, not to mention that Irving himself is a person who is extremely confident in his own ability, he has been the core of the Cavaliers since he entered the NBA, although the team's record has been poor, but his personal strength has long been recognized by the league. Even though LBJ is a long-established superstar and bears the title of 'No. 1 in the league', Irving just sees him as a teammate, not the leader of this team.
In Irving's eyes, the leader of the Cavaliers is still himself, and he didn't say anything like 'LBJ is the leader' when he faced the media all summer, and the stubbornness of the young man and his confidence in his own strength made him not so easy to recognize James' leadership.
Naturally, he wouldn't have conceded possession so easily, even if Irving had just seen LBJ beckoning for the ball.
The atmosphere of the Cavaliers on the court was a little awkward for a while, and all the players saw this scene, but they didn't know how to react. Lefu had just joined the team, and at this time he could only pretend not to see it, and he should do whatever he wanted. Vallejo was meant to favor James, but Irving was also teammates with him for three years, which undoubtedly embarrassed him even more.
As for the shooting guard Dieng. Vitesse, this guy himself is a stunned young man, he fought with Irving for the ball last season and caused a conflict in the locker room, at this time he was even more unbiased, and he was thinking about how to get the ball in his hands after falling into the corner. Vitesse has his own thoughts, and he was already unhappy with the management pressuring him last season due to ball ownership issues. James' arrival has further reduced his time on the ball, and Vitesse still thinks that he is the strongest himself when he attacks with the ball.
He's ready to leave this team, and while the championship is tempting, it's more important to have a space where he can play, otherwise how would he get a bigger deal after his rookie contract ends? In Carey. Owen and LBJ and Kevin. His stats can't look good under the triple compression of Love, and Vitesse is not willing to be a 3-and-D player.
This is the current Cavaliers, with a strong lineup and amazing momentum on the surface, but in fact there are many contradictions inside, full of mutual disbelief and friction, and there are countless places that need to be rectified and run-in.
Cavaliers head coach David Murphy. It's impossible for Blatter not to see this, but as a coach who has just entered the NBA, he also has a low say in the team, and even his status is still below James and Irving, so the leadership contradiction in the team can only be gradually found by those star-level players running in with each other, and Blatter's words can't play a big role at all.
LBJ waved his hand a few times but found that the ball did not pass as before, stunned and a little frustrated, Owen was already using practical actions to express his unwillingness. James doesn't have a lot of trouble with his teammates on the court, and he knows that it takes time and a way to become the absolute leader of the Cavaliers again, and it's never a good idea to complain on the court.
In desperation, James had to move back to the wing and wait for a way to cut to the basket. This made Ruhl, who was keeping an eye on him. Deng breathed a sigh of relief, everyone knew that the most terrifying thing about LBJ was his heavy tank-like breakthrough with the ball. There is a difference of at least 10 kilograms between Deng and James, and even if the Englishman is an excellent defensive striker, he will be quite distressed to face such a physical disparity.
Once James can't hold the ball, his threat will drop to a certain extent, and LBJ's relative weakness off-ball offense and mid-to-long-range shooting is known to everyone in the league (but relative weakness...... Almost all teams defend LBJ by cutting off their teammates' passes to him as much as possible, allowing the defensive elite to shoot at the free throw line or simply setting up a joint defense.