Big sleep together? That's a good wish. Things didn't turn out quite like Hayes's.

Taylor lifted Hayes's past vows and refused to have any further relationship with him, so the two could only kiss and hug, and Hayes had to continue to spoil her and wait for her to be mentally prepared.

In the evening, Hayes wanted to share a room with Gao Tongxuan. Taylor didn't agree, saying that he wanted to sleep in the same room with Gao Tongxuan.

"Why?" Hayes was helpless.

"I'm jealous!" Taylor bit his lip and stared at Hayes as he said.

"Forget it, you can sleep by yourself. I'm going to train tomorrow. Gao Tongxuan whispered to Hayes.

Hayes reluctantly returned to his room. The two of you sleep in the same room, and I don't even have a chance to sneak into the room at night? Taylor asks the two to sleep together, she shouldn't have a lily tendency, right? Two beauties sleeping together, will the scene be very beautiful?

Hayes wouldn't force Taylor to do anything, but if they lived together and couldn't touch Gao Tongxuan, wouldn't he be too miserable? God, you're playing with me again? Hayes was a poor learner before he was reborn, and he never memorized ancient texts, but now he remembered some ancient texts that "can be seen from a distance and cannot be blasphemed...... Deserted, miserable and miserable. ”

The next day, Hayes woke up early for training sessions and meeting up with his new team-mates. After sending off Okafor and Petrus, the Raptors' "parallel import" champion Bagnani and the backup blue-collar Humphries finally arrived.

Hayes and Bagnani had an exchange. This big man from Italy, who has been in the United States for a year, still speaks very bad English, and Hayes has a hard time listening. He originally thought that Bagnani would be very arrogant because of his status as the champion, but he didn't expect that he was a low-key guy and very good at flattering people.

Bagnani's first words were: "Chuck Hayes, it's great to be here with the Bobcats and be teammates with you, I admire you." ”

"Admire me? Why? Hayes asked.

"You scored 101 points in your rookie game last year, and I've never seen anyone score that much in a game. You're amazing. And I can't guard against you, your style is tough. Bagnani laughed.

"I want you to be tough, too. You're 213cm tall and you've only grabbed 4 rebounds in 25 minutes, isn't that too soft? You are the champion, you should show stronger strength. Hayes couldn't sleep last night, and his breath was a little uncomfortable, and he found fault and said: "Your shooting is very good, as long as you can grab a few more rebounds, it will be even better." Let's try harder in the future. ”

The first time they met, they were said to be "too soft", and Bagnani did not get angry, but nodded very humbly and said, "I will try." ”

Bagnani gives people the image of a good big boy, he has a good temper and looks very star. Hayes didn't want him to come before, but now that they meet, they don't hate him either. If it's soft, it's soft. Playing in the NBA, soft doesn't mean weak. Nowitzki, Gasol, and Yao Ming all play softly. Generally, they can't score the three-second zone, and can only shoot at medium and long distances, can they be said to be weak? This type of player is buggy when he has a good hand.

"Chuck, the task I want Andrea [Bagnani] to give is not to grab rebounds." D'Antoni laughed from the side.

"I know, but Gerrard can average 6 rebounds per game as a small forward, and Andris (Biedlins) can average 10 rebounds per game, and rebounds are very important, especially frontcourt rebounds." Hayes looked at D'Antoni and said with a wry smile: "I'm miserable, Mike, do you want me and him to switch to the interior to play center at any time?" ”

"Your surname is Gao. Of course, this is not absolute, if you run into a tall inside, Andrea has to be in the center position when defending, and when attacking, you have to be flexible. Chuck, your frontcourt rebounds are so strong, if you don't get inside, it's a waste. D'Antoni laughed.

D'Antoni deployed a five-striker strategy in the last game, and Hayes understood why he liked Bagnani. Bagnani is 213cm tall and has a strong mid-to-long-range shooting and breakthrough ability, which he lacks in low post offense and back-to-back singles. This situation caused him embarrassment, and he could only attack and dodge the frame when he hit the inside. Bagnani's technique is actually better suited to playing small forwards and power forwards, and even scoring guards.

The five-striker tactic created by D'Antoni requires the players to "switch positions". Everybody can switch positions to attack and change positions to defend.

"Assemble, I'll talk about tactics, and everyone will fight in groups in a while." D'Antoni said.

The Bobcats' practice matches are interesting because they have two coaches and play in a variety of different styles.

Calderon, Azubuuk, Hayes, Wallace, and Bagnani donned red vests, which symbolize the main force.

The players in the green vests are Felton, Weaver, Barnes, Landry, Biedrins.

Bagnani was placed in the main squad as soon as he arrived. This made Biedrins feel very uncomfortable. He is also a player with close to 10+10 statistics, the two have similar playing time, and Bagnani can only grab 4 rebounds per game, and he feels that Bagnani is extremely humiliating as an interior player.

D'Antoni was the coach of the red team, saying: "Attacking and playing positional battles, Jose (Calderón) controlled the ball and handed it to Chuck in the front court, Andrea (Bagnani) and Gerrard both pulled high posts to cover, and Chuck went inside and chose to play singles or split the ball. Chuck, you can give Andrea more points, if they defend the joint defense and don't pull out the inside, Andrea has a height advantage. When defending, Andrea guards Andris (Bidrins), Chuck guards Karl (Landry), Gerrard defends Matt (Barnes), Corunna (Azubuuk) guards (Weaver), Jose (Calderon) defends Raymond (Felton). ”

On the other side, Van Gundy said: "Use the Eagles to attack, you must be fast when you retreat, don't press all over the court today, and retreat to the inside 122 joint defense." When Chuck gets the ball in the low post, the weak-side player goes up to the clip. ”

Run-and-gun tactics rely too much on the feel of the outside players. In the last game, several players did not feel good, and the Bobcats fell into passivity in the confrontation with the Hawks. Therefore, D'Antoni chose to practice positional warfare in this game, and his goal is to make the Bobcats play both positional and fast-breaking, and ensure offensive efficiency. Directly attack the opponent to death.

Biedrins jumps the ball to win. Felton attacked with the ball and handed it to Weaver, who hit a jumper to make it 2-0.

"Good shot! Maintain this level in the future! Hayes failed to defend Weaver and gave Weaver a few applause. He thinks Weaver is even better than he was in the '08-09 season. In the past, Weaver relied on his personal ability to impact the opponent's defense, but now Weaver is very effective in implementing the tactics arranged by the coach, doing nothing else, that is, breaking through or jumping after cutting in the air. His jump shot is getting more and more consistent, and he has a high jump height, which is a bit of a Maddie feeling.

Weaver smiled happily when he returned to defense.

The RED team attacked, Bagnani covered Hayes and Wallace pulled up the high post. Because the Green team defended 122 defenses, Biedrins and Landry did not follow up with them. After Hayes broke through from the left with the ball, Bagnani, the center, instead of going inside, dropped out of the three-point line. Landry stepped forward to defend Hayes, who passed the ball back to the perimeter Bagnani. Barnes defends Bagnani, 201cm against 213cm. Bagnani received the ball without adjusting and immediately took a shot, Barnes was in front of him, but he couldn't cover it. The ball went in. 3 to 2.

"If you use a little force when blocking and dismantling, you stand softly like that, and it's easy to be rushed over." Hayes slapped Bagnani's hand back in the back. Although he talked about Bagnani's shortcomings, what he thought in his heart was that this guy's shooting was really accurate.

The Green team attacked, and Biderins reached for the ball and wanted to hit Bagnani one. Felton complied with his request and hoisted the ball over. Bagnani weighs 112 kilograms, and his weight is not dominant on the inside, but Bidrins is only 109 kilograms, which is not as good as Bagnani. In the face of the defense of the parallel import, Biedrins couldn't squeeze in, so he could only attack with the frame and rely on breakthroughs. Bagnani is afraid of players with strength, and when he encounters fast movers, he can play to his defensive advantages. He followed closely, Biedrins turned and couldn't shoot, and Hayes grabbed the rebound.

"Good defense!" D'Antoni shouted.

"The inside players come out." Van Gundy shouted.

Bagnani smiled. He had already thought before the training session started, that he had to perform. He's fed up playing off the bench with the Raptors, and moving to the Bobcats is to grab the main position, and Biderins happens to be the type of interior line he is least afraid of, and if it's Okafor's kind of strong interior line, it's difficult for him to defend.

The red team attacked, this time Biderins followed the defense of Bagnani, Landry followed the defense of Wallace, and the green team's interior line was emptied, which is no longer a 122 consecutive defense.

When Bagnani blocks, try to tense his muscles. Hayes saw that there was no one on the inside, and broke through into the interior with the ball by covering it, and Barnes defended the tall outside line to interfere, and against Hayes, his strength couldn't resist, and he was easily scored by Hayes rushing into the basket. 5 to 2.

After more than 7 minutes, the red team led 21-14.

Bagnani once caught the ball from outside the three-point line, and strode into the interior after a one-handed dunk was successful. Van Gundy called a halt.

"Stop. It's a substitution, so you can't prevent it. Van Gundy laughed.

"No matter how you change it, I can't prevent it." D'Antoni said triumphantly. patted Bagnani on the back, "Andrea, you played beautifully, you qualified!" ”

"You have to be tougher defensively, at least you have to be able to resist most of the inside. Pay special attention to protecting backcourt rebounds. Van Gundy also smiled, he can't ask for more from Bagnani, he can only slowly adjust this young man, Bagnani is not a defensive inside, but he is no worse than Bidrins in terms of height and resistance, which is already very good. Biedrins' attacking prowess can't be compared to Bagnani.

Hayes stood in front of Bagnani and stretched out his right hand, and the two shook hands vigorously. "You're welcome to join. Actually, before you came, I didn't approve of this deal, I think your style of play is too soft, and your defense is a bit watery, and now it seems that you are really a soft mess, but you are also a suitable person for our offensive system. ”

"Is that a compliment?" Bagnani smiled brightly, knowing that it was the two coaches, as well as Hayes, the "Elvis" who recognized his strength.

"Sort of. You're a good teammate. Hayes laughed.

His teammates also gave him praise for him. Only Biedrins was still not convinced, wiped his sweat with a towel, and said helplessly: "Who are you called a center?" It's a shooting guard at all. ”

Biedrins is right, Bagnani is really a 213cm tall outside player. Except for the breakthrough dunk just now, he didn't score the three-second zone once, but it was his style of play that was softer than Yao Ming and Gasol that broke the 122 joint defense tactics that caused headaches for countless teams.

If you want to defend Bagnani, you have to let the tall players defend high posts or even outside the three-point line. Otherwise, after the block is completed, the defender who is less than 2 meters tall will face off with Bagnani, and Bagnani will throw people to death. He scored nine points on 4-of-6 shooting.

It is most powerful when it is running and fast attacking, and if the opposing player is also very fast and can fall into the joint defense, the Bobcats will have some difficulty playing. Because they still lack pitchers on the outside. As soon as a tall pitcher like Bagnani arrived, the problem was solved. The opponent's tall players don't come out and shoot you to death. Defending it out, Hayes switched into the inside line to perform ass skills, and he could also destroy people half to death.

Hayes was surprised to find that this "parallel import" was actually his good partner. The two of them are hard and soft, and they also belong to the harmony of yin and yang.

(To be continued)