Chapter 108 The winner of life teaches the back
Gu Fei's comeback can be said to have brought qualitative changes to the Clippers, so that the Clippers have given birth to many changes in tactics, not just an offensive firepower point, Gu Fei's ability to attract defense and the ability to divide the ball after the breakthrough have given the Clippers great help, and the tactical core is no exaggeration!
After playing the Hawks Clippers in January, even if it is over, of course, all teams have ended in January, and the Clippers did not play on February 1st, but Gu Fei still got up early in the morning, changed his clothes and started his morning run around the nearby streets, Los Angeles in February was already very cold, there were basically no people on the street at this point in time, office workers had not gotten up, and there were few people who exercised in the morning, Gu Fei seemed a little quiet running alone on the street.
An hour later, Gu Fei returned to his apartment, washed up, ate breakfast, Gu Fei came to the training ground with his bag on his back, when Gu Fei arrived, there were already people in training, and when Gu Fei walked inside, he found that it was the old demon Cassel and Noah who had arrived, Noah was still practicing his free throws, and Cassel was doing warm-up exercises, and it seemed that it should have only been there for a while.
Looking at Kassel, Gu Fei suddenly remembered the Clippers lineup before his arrival, with Carman in the center, "Captain" Brand in the big front, Corey Margetti in front of the small front, who is known as having the strongest upper limbs in the league, and the "old cat" Mobley who had conflicts with Gu Fei on the court before, and the point guard is Sam Kassel, the "alien" in front of Gu Fei now.
The Clippers' roster is arguably not good, with Quentin Rose, Livingston, Tim Thomas and others on the bench, and the team's record has continued to improve over the course of a season.
But this season's Clippers have begun to fall, and before Gu Fei arrived, they were completely running for the rhythm of signing for the champion, and if Gu Fei didn't show up, it was estimated that he would really go.
Throw away the strange thoughts in your mind, look at Cassel's very distinctive face, in terms of appearance, Cassel can beat anyone in the NBA, even a talented person like Marion is inferior to him, but let's let go of his appearance, Cassel can be regarded as a winner in life.
The old demon who once released the words "Only Jordan is more accurate than me in shooting half a volley" has nothing surprising about his movements, which looks very smooth and supple, and every movement is as smooth as Dove.
Limited by physical fitness and other factors, Kassel has not become a superstar player, and even it is a bit reluctant to say that he is a star player, in addition to constantly rejuvenating the Nth spring in different teams, this player nicknamed Alien looks like a legend in his career.
Playing for eight teams in his career and winning championships in his first two years, Kassel's stats have never been great, but he has always been able to play his part in a different system.
Having only entered the professional league at the age of 24, Kassel's technical moves have not changed since the beginning, and his style of play has been constantly adjusted, and he has been surprisingly adaptable.
From a death in Houston, to a brief stay in Phoenix and Dallas, and then to New Jersey, Cassel seems to have reached the peak of his career in his thirties, averaging 19.6 points and eight assists per game.
Then he went to Milwaukee to form a trident with Ray Allen and Big Dog, averaging more than 18 points per game for four consecutive seasons, and a career-high 19.7 points in the next two seasons.
Just when everyone thought that the 33-year-old alien was already old, he transferred again and actually entered the All-Star!
At the age of 34, the career high was refreshed again, reaching 19.8 points. Under his catalyst, the Timberwolves made a historic break to the Western Conference Finals, defeating the Nuggets and Kings, and finally losing to the Lakers.
And Kassel actually entered the All-Star for the first time at the age of 34.
In the following year, Kassel showed his old age, his playing time was greatly reduced, and his scoring plummeted to 13.5 points, and at the end of Minnesota's glory, this time, everyone could finally breathe a sigh of relief and say, "That's right, he's really old this time, absolutely!" ”
But at the age of 36, he came to the Clippers, but TM actually broke out again, scoring 17.2 points and 6.2 assists in his first season with the Clippers.
"Sam, morning!" Gu Fei recalled Kassel's career in his mind for a moment, and then walked over to greet him.
"Gu, you are also very early, young people nowadays are rarely so diligent!"
"We have an old Chinese saying that 'early birds eat worms', and only those who pay will be rewarded!"
"If you are very philosophical, it is a magical country, and I hope to have the opportunity to go anywhere!"
"Okay, I can be your tour guide then."
"Well, now I'm training."
After Cassel finished speaking, he turned around and was about to shoot continuously, but Gu Fei seemed to have something else to do, so he called him out.
"Sam, wait a minute."
"Huh? Anything else? Cassel asked, a little confused.
"It's nothing, it's just that I want to learn from you how to attack the back and how to defend the back."
"You want to learn to carry your back?"
"Well, I think my offensive means are a little lacking, just a few moves, if the opponent is clear, it will be difficult to score."
"My back skills don't rely on strength, it's all about skills, do you want to learn it?"
"My strength is not good, I just want to learn a skill like yours, can you teach me?"
"Of course it's no problem, then you come here with me."
Seeing that Cassel agreed, Gu Fei hurriedly nodded and followed.
Cassel first asked Gu Fei to defend him, and then he taught Gu Fei a lesson; Dribbling, continuous shoulder shaking, the center of gravity is high and low, Cassel's back movements are complicated, there is no law at all, although Gu Fei's physical fitness has improved, but in the face of a player like Kassel, he is completely powerful and has nowhere to go.
Another feint tricked Gu Fei's center of gravity, and Cassel easily turned around and hit a jumper.
In the next heads-up again and again, Kassel either leaned back and shot, or turned around and swayed, or went to class with a low hand, or threw a high board, and from time to time he also made one or two dream steps, which deceived Gu Fei was stunned, with Gu Fei and Kassel's heads-up, there were more and more onlookers around, watching the new stars of the team who were usually high-spirited on the field being cleaned up by the old monsters, and those who had a good relationship with Gu Fei gave a good-natured ridicule, which made Gu Fei feel very angry, but he couldn't help it!
Gu Fei continued to improve his defense under Kassel's constant explanation, and occasionally Kassel would let him play one or two, but when he turned his back, Gu Fei's usual hot hand was gone, and he was only constantly cleaned up by Kassel.
Gu Fei gritted his teeth but was helpless, more than ten years of experience on the court made Kassel's grasp of space and time on the court already tended to be a state of flux, even if his body had already degraded to the point where he could not adapt to the top-level confrontation, but there was no problem with using his back to bully a newcomer like Gu Fei who couldn't turn his back.
The surrounding players had already dispersed to their respective trainings, only Dunleavy was still watching, he just quietly watched Gu Fei being bullied by aliens and didn't speak, but from time to time he was nodding!