"Listen, what we have to do is to switch between offense and defense quickly, increase the speed on the offensive end, and once the offensive players make a shot, all the guards and forwards immediately go back to the backcourt and put them into the defensive end, offensive rebounding and secondary offense are not our goals! Just drag them into positional battles on the defensive end and we'll win! ”

Dallas Mavericks Summer League players gathered around the courtside dugout, listening to the coach's instructions. Ｘ

Sitting in the seat was not Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle, but Mavericks assistant coach Jamaal Mosley.

This middle-aged black assistant coach has the same bald head as Carlisle, and he is even more sparkling than Carlisle's bald head, which has begun to grow scum! His slightly narrow cheeks made him look a little different from the average black person, and he seemed quite restrained.

Prior to joining Rick Carlisle's assistant coaching team, he spent many years as an assistant coach with the Cavaliers and Nuggets, where he was a senior assistant coach before Tony Brown, who previously led the Mavericks Summer League, moved to the NBDL to seek a coaching position.

After Justin Anderson told Chen some rumors about the coach, Chen learned that the coach turned out to be a poor man.

Andrew Bynum, who was known as the little shark back then, was inexplicably banned by the Cavaliers during his time with the Cavaliers, on the grounds that he had done something to hurt the team, and it was finally revealed that the tycoon slept with Christina, the wife of an assistant coach of the Cavaliers!

And that assistant coach is Jamal Moseley.

In the past few days of training, Chen Zhi has been very familiar with this coach, he used to be mainly responsible for the team's defense, and he is a coach who emphasizes defense.

"Chen Dao, you are in control of the rhythm on the field! But I want you to understand that this is not just a game, it's a war, a war involving many people, and you should know what I mean! ”

As the players walked onto the field, Coach Moseley grabbed Chen and whispered.

Chen Zhi nodded and smiled when he heard this.

It's really not just about himself, it's about the entire Dallas Mavericks management.

After signing an undrafted pick with a 4-year salary cap of 94 million and a max salary contract to sign Barnes, Mark Cuban, as an owner who meddles more in the team's affairs, has also been questioned by some people.

Someone publicly said on social media that Mark Cuban should be a more pure fan owner and leave the affairs of the Mavericks to a more professional manager, Nelson Jr.

Moreover, as a short player from China, most of the media in the United States stated that Chen Zhi was not worth a top salary, and Chen Zhi also needed to make a name for himself.

Chen Zhi looked at the audience, Cuban and Carlisle, King Nuo Tianwang and the Mavericks' Barnes, Matthews, Powell and other players all came to watch the game, seeing Chen Zhi, Cuban clenched his fists and raised his arms, shouting: "Come on, Mavericks!" ”

Although it was only a summer league game, the confrontation between the champion and the top salary draft attracted a lot of attention for this game, not to mention that Ben Simmons responded on Twitter that he wanted to meet Chen Zhi on the court, and Chen Zhi was even more exposed to ignore this rookie.

This is destined to be a game full of gunpowder!

This summer, the 76ers are clearly Ben Simmons' team, and despite the presence of TJ McConnell as a point guard, Ben Simmons will still be in control of the ball most of the time, which he and the template James with usually sacrifice the ball to the point guards they work with.

AJ Hammons and 76ers center Holmes jumped the ball, 213 cm tall, but the heavier and bulky Hammons did not jump over the 208 Holmes, the 76ers got the ball and launched an attack, and the Mavericks immediately quickly returned to defense.

McConnell, as the 76ers' main point guard, dribbled the ball to the front court and handed it to Simmons, who started the game.

Simmons is tall, but his flexibility does not belong to the point guard at all, and his one-handed ball control skills are also very solid, and he is the same as Dorian Finney Smith and Chen Zhi, who is the undrafted pick this year, this is a small forward player, but as one of the key objects of the Mavericks, he is 203 cm tall and is placed in the big forward position, and Simmons is obviously not much advantage.

Although the willingness to pass and the offense** are not absolutely in conflict, players who usually have a strong will to pass the ball do not like to attack strongly.

The same goes for Simmons, and at the wing three-point line, it's not his range at all.

When 76ers center Holmes saw Simmons with the ball, he immediately mentioned blocking outside the three-point line, and the others ran to the off-ball position.

Finney Smith was immediately blocked by Holmes, and Mavericks center Hammons had to fill in in front of Simmons to prevent him from using cover to kill the inside, Finney Smith bypassed Holmes and continued to press towards Simmons, forming a flanking momentum with Hammons.

Simmons was really unhurried under the attack of the two, turned his head to the left to look at Finneysmith who was chasing him, but the ball in his hand was suddenly flicked, and it was passed from Hammons's side to Holmes, who was dismantled to the inside after blocking, and the latter easily completed the score.

"Oh! Don't look at people passing! Mr. Champion did a good job! This is definitely the champion of this year! Shaq O'Neal, who has already turned into a TNT commentator, saw the ball in the commentary box and was very excited to cheer for Simmons!

Buckley, the big-eyed man with thick eyebrows, and TNT ace commentator Kenny Smith were also on the commentary bench. Three of the four major commentators of TNT appeared at the same time, which shows that the importance of this summer league in the United States is far beyond Chen Zhi's imagination, and he underestimated the impact caused by the loss of the draft with the highest salary.

"Well, Ben Simmons' passing is really beautiful, with speed and accuracy, and the quality of his passing is very high, what do you think, Jazz!" Kenny Smith asked Buckley, who didn't speak.

Barkley, who was one of the most powerful strikers of all time as a player, earned the nickname Sir because of his name Charles, which is the same name as Prince Charles of England.

Barkley moved his trademark thick eyebrows, "What can I say, Simmons is the only Louisiana top pick after Shaq, he should praise Simmons, and I won't go against Shaq at this time!" ”

Barkley said this, clearly playing against O'Neill again. This is a common way of commentary for TNT commentators, and the cross talk industry has its own division of labor, they usually have different opinions, fighting with each other, so that the commentary is more interesting.

This is also the reason why TNT invited these former NBA stars to be commentators, only in this way can TNT compete with ESPN, the sports broadcast hegemon, ESPN's commentators are mostly former head coaches, with a strong college style and a head in tactical analysis.

Kenny Smith smiled when he heard this: "Although Charles didn't say it directly, I already understood what he meant, if Chen Zhi's ability to participate in the draft is used, the champion is likely to belong to Chen Zhi instead of Simmons!" Isn't it, sir! ”

"Kenny, you really know me! Hahaha! The big-mouthed Buckley opened his really big mouth and laughed, "Oh my God! Chen's pass just now is incredible! ”

is gagging, but Barkley finds that the situation on the field has changed abruptly!

Coach Mosley asked the offensive end to speed up, Chen Zhi also meant this, after the opponent scored, he was slowly retreating to the backcourt, AJ Hammons had already taken the ball to the baseline and quickly served to Chen Zhi.

After sending the ball, Chen Zhi immediately sped up and rushed to the frontcourt, and the Mavericks who had previously moved with the defenders to the frontcourt also suddenly accelerated.

McConnell tried to basket Chen Zhi, but Chen Zhi turned and flashed after dribbling directly.

Just past the logo area with the Summer League logo written on the halfcourt, two steps away from the three-point line, Chen Zhi smashed the ball to the frontcourt with his right hand like a stone, and before the 76ers players could react, he crossed the gap between the two defenders and bounced back to the hand of Finneysmith inserted into the basket, who received the ball and directly slammed the basket with his arm and dunk!