Chapter 109: Commander Player
The NBA is like this, when you are old, you have to go down if you can't do it, people don't care how good you were when you were young, what kind of data you took and how many times you entered the All-Star, this is all past history, if you want to retire, you have to brag - force. Don't say any nonsense like 'since ancient times, famous generals are like beauties, and the world is not allowed to see white heads', the law of the jungle is the essence of competitive sports.
At this time, Pat Riley quietly sat next to Yang Mo, pointed to Gasol on the field and asked, "Yang, if the ball was you just now, what would you do?" ”
"I don't just have the ball to hit the inside." Yang Mo shook his head and said with a smile: "Either I'll shoot three points outside the three-point line, or I'll just use my strength to knock him away and shoot." Won't give him a chance to face me head-on. ”
"So how do you think you should defend him on the defensive end? His offensive skills are among the best in the league. Pat Riley continued to ask.
"It's impossible for me to guard him with every ball, it's a natural disadvantage. I can only use my strength to force him to get into the box and scare him with tough defense, and he has proven himself not to be a tough player in the finals last year, so... It should be no more difficult to deal with than it is to deal with kg. ”
"So what do you think you should do if your opponent is Bynum?" Pat Riley continued.
Before he could finish his words, Bynum on the court scored with a hook hand through a back-to-back single.
This is the technique he learned from Tiangou, the hook hand of the center is very difficult to defend, and his height and arm span are almost impossible to block.
"It's easier to deal with him." Yang Mo smiled slightly, and didn't take Bynum in his eyes at all: "Although he is tall, he is too poor in the lower game, and his back singles have no strength, you see that he didn't even push Anthony just now, and finally chose to hook his hand." If I were to defend him, he wouldn't have been able to pull off a single dunk. At most, let him shoot or hook on the outside. Although everyone is praising his talent, but... I'm not optimistic about him, he's too bad at playing, so it's destined that his card position and his back won't be particularly outstanding, and he may not be able to become a super center in his life. ”
Yang Mo is not optimistic about Bynum, and Pat Riley agrees. He also had a chance to pick up the seventeen-year-old interior center in '05, but he didn't, but he didn't. At that time, he found out through the trial that although Bynum's skeleton was great, the torso strength was very weak, and the calves were very slender, making it difficult to support a huge body. So I gave up on him, and now the Lakers have been carefully cultivated for almost four years, and they still haven't played convincing statistics, but everyone is praising his outstanding potential.
However, the potential is too empty.
Pat Riley doesn't believe much in potential, preferring to believe in the advantages that can be shown in the first place. For example, Yang Mo, as soon as Yang Mo came up, he felt the majestic power, coupled with the three points that were so good that they were perverted and the temperament of the court reflected in that video. The first two can immediately help the team, so he did not hesitate to give Yang Mo a promise. Later, Yang Mo was even more surprised by the systematic training, which made him believe that Yang Mo still had a lot of potential, after all, this is a wild player who has never been systematically trained.
"Huh." Pat Riley chuckled twice, paused a little and continued, "What do you think I'll trade Marion away?" ”
"Of course." Yang Mo did not avoid the truest thoughts in his heart like a hypocrite, and said directly: "What he can do, I can do." He's also going to take away my playing time, so... Trading him away is the best option, and it would be better if he could trade for a center with offensive ability. ”
"You think so too?" Pat Riley was a little surprised, he always thought that Yang Mo was a general-type player who was charging into battle, but he didn't expect that he would have the demeanor of a commander in a casual sentence, he could actually see through the overall situation and read the entire lineup.
"You see, I've got the ability on the outside, and now I've got a really good pick-and-roll with Dwyan. But... We just don't have the penalty area, we need a big man who can score inside so I can open up space for him and he can create space for us. I... Dwyan... And him, who can form a three-in-one chain of offensive axes, plus Wright and Moneymoss on the outside, our offense can form a dense network of firepower, as long as it is opened... The opponent is very difficult to defend. Yang Mo said the thoughts in his heart one by one.
When Pat Riley heard this, his legs trembled a little with excitement. Even if the front court of Chanmos was stealed by the opponent again, he still couldn't stop being happy.
As an old man who has worked in basketball all his life, he knows how rare it is to be a commanding player who can read the game. There are very few active NBA players who can be called commander-in-chief, LeBron James is one, Jason Kidd is one, Chris Paul is one, Steve Nash is one, Tim Duncan is one, Brandon Roy is half, and then... It's hard to find out again.
Not even Kobe Bryant on the court, even if he is the number one in the league today.
Yang Mo's words surprised Pat Riley far more than his speed increased, and he now finally understood why Yang Mo rarely made mistakes on the court, he was always doing the right thing, even if it was to provoke the fans, there was a careful design. It turned out to be because... He can read the game.
If a player can read the game, then the help he brings to the team is definitely not measured by statistics or anything else.
After the ecstasy, Pat Riley was a little worried. Because such a player is destined to be a leader, and Miami now has the core. Dwyane is still in his prime, and he can do it at a high level for at least seven or eight years. In other words, Yang Mo has to be subordinated to it for the past seven or eight years.
Pat Riley originally thought that Yang Mo could play the role of the second leader. But I don't dare to think that anymore, because there is a kind of player who is a natural leader, and their edge can never be reined in. Maybe you can suppress them for a while, but you definitely can't suppress them for seven or eight years.
Pat Riley was worried, but in any case, it was a happy annoyance!
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