Chapter 379: Boston's Rookies

(Ask for recommendation)

Zhuang Fei's lecture in the training hall in the morning was very successful, at least in terms of senses. After the lecture, Zhuang Fei can clearly feel some changes in the attitude of the Celtic veterans towards himself, especially those conservatives, it is obvious that Zhuang Fei is still a young coach even if he has a brilliant record in the past, but in the eyes of these people, he is still a young coach, although he is popular but his aura is insufficient, it can be said that after Zhuang Fei's wild words in the morning, these people have a somewhat different impression of Zhuang Fei, this is a head coach who dares to throw Cardinal and Russell Bird aside, these three people are their source of pride and capital, Let's not talk about Zhuang Fei's words or whether those actions are boastful, but it also takes great courage and courage to dare to stand in front of the Lord of the Rings and say this.

This is not a coach who can be easily taken away, this person is not a gentleman like Pitino, it is obvious that although these people have become jealous of Zhuang Fei, they may not dare to fight him head-on in the future, but these people want to purify the hearts of the Celtics to drive away Zhuang Fei, at least Zhuang Fei did not bring them the championship before even if Zhuang Fei led them to the finals, they would not be recognized, of course, for Zhuang Fei, there was no way back after he said that, If he doesn't win the championship within his three-year contract period in the future, it is estimated that he will not be driven away by these Boston veterans, and Zhuang Fei will not have the face to stay. Therefore, Zhuang Fei is very light on the opinions of these conservative elders, at least it does not have much impact on him.

After the morning lecture, Zhuang Fei and Green did not go home, although Zhuang Fei's home is not too far from the team's training hall, but Zhuang Fei still has a lot of important things to do to stay in the team.

When Zhuang Fei returned to his chairman's office. The team's first assistant coach, Stephen Green, also followed. And the assistant coach also put a player report that had been prepared a long time ago on Zhuang Fei's desk.

Although the Celtics' official players' training camp has just opened, Boston has always provided training camps for player tryouts or training camps for players to participate in summer leagues in the offseason, so many of the Timberwolves' official players have participated in the team's summer training this year, such as several rookies this year, Yao Ming, Oku, and Arenas have participated in this year's summer league. And the head coach who leads these players is Green, who has already prepared a detailed scouting report for these players according to Zhuang Fei's instructions.

"Coach, I think our three rookies this year are too worthwhile," Stephen Green said excitedly to Zhuang Fei after putting down the report. The former Timberwolves assistant coach is no stranger to Yao Ming, the team's highest-pick rookie, a former Chinese who has been training in Minnesota for a long time and is one of McHale's close disciples like Garnett. Green has also taken this Chinese to train before, it can be said that he knows enough about this Chinese, although he has not seen it for more than a year now, but the ability of this Chinese center has not changed much, so Green is not a surprise, but the team's selected Arenas in the 16th and Oku in the 32nd really surprised him.

"Hehe, yes, these three people are some very good young people" Zhuang Fei looked down at the data of the three people in the summer league in his hand, and also squinted and smiled and said, among the three, Arenas's data in the summer league is simply against the sky, playing an average of 28 minutes per game, averaging 24 points, 6 assists and 2 steals per game. You must know that this was done in 28 minutes, and there are many high-pick players who participated in the summer league this year, and the players who can be compared with Arenas are only comparable to the Pacers' Joe Johnson in the scouting report, and the data of this Carter successor is 22 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds in 30 minutes per game, which is a bit difficult to distinguish with Arenas in terms of statistics. But know that Joe Johnson is the No. 5 pick and Arenas is just a No. 16 pick. …,

Of course, it's a miracle that Arenas is only the 16th overall pick with the ability he is showing now, a man who has always been in doubt, who was considered impossible by his coach to play in college in high school, and who graduated from high school without a single NCAA team willing to give him a scholarship. And after going to college, the bookmakers think that this is a man who is born with a natural flaw in terms of emotions, and as a point guard with strong offensive ability, he is an outlier in this era when Kidd and Stockton or Nash are proud, this is a point guard who has been judged to have no great future, and no one will think that he can become another Iverson, and even last year, this guy was selected by Coach Z to the Dream Team, and the experience of this guy being selected by Coach Z for the Dream Team has become a handle for these bookmakers. The only one of the Perfect Dream Quad' thought it was rubbish.

Even now, many people think that the reason why Zhuang Fei took out the precious No. 16 pick in the first round is because of garbage recycling, and some people even say that Coach Z can't bear that no one wants this dream team's own disciples, at least let him get a guaranteed contract, and then after the rookie contract ends, it is enough to go to the countryside of Los Angeles to buy a farm and be a farmer.

Zhuang Fei doesn't understand why this guy has such a bad relationship with American basketball experts, most of the rookies who participated in this year's draft have some experts or a large number of experts touting, only this guard is all bad reviews, no one applauds him, if Zhuang Fei doesn't have a dynasty system and is not because of crossing, it is estimated that he will not take a fancy to this guy.

Arenas is now the 4th highest player of all Celtic players, and the general is now 84, a top B+ player. And what surprised Zhuang Fei was that in fact, when this guy first joined the dream team last year, his ability was only 79, and when he left the dream team, his ability was 80, but only a year later, it increased by 4 points. And the most reassuring thing for Zhuang Fei is that this player's abilities are very average, and he is also a player with A-level potential. It can be said that it is completely in line with Zhuang Fei's expectations.

"By the way, Stephen, you arranged the matter of letting Yao Ming gain weight" Zhuang Fei put down the player report in his hand and looked up and asked his assistant Green with a smile, seeing Zhuang Fei ask, the assistant coach did not hide it at all and nodded.

"Yao Ming is a very agile center, although he is very tall but not slow, now his footsteps under the basket are also very good, but he lacks a little physical confrontation, such a body is difficult for him to gain an advantage in direct physical collision with opposing players, which is not good for his defense or offense, so I asked him to control his diet and gain weight in the summer, and now it seems to be very good" Green said to Zhuang Fei with a smile.

Zhuang Fei also nodded after hearing Green's explanation, the first thing any player can do when he enters the NBA is to gain weight, whether it is inside or outside, the physical confrontation in the NBA is not comparable to other games, especially for Yao Ming, who is a bamboo pole, of course, the disadvantage of gaining weight for Yao Ming is his knees and his legs, and the pressure will increase. This is also something Zhuang Fei is more worried about, there is nothing in the current dynasty system that can improve the ability of players to resist pressure in their knees and calves.

"Coach, don't worry, I'm not prepared to let Yao Ming become a big fat man, he needs to gain weight but he doesn't need to become a pure strength player, if we can usually protect it, weight gain won't hurt him too much" Stephen Green obviously saw the reason why Zhuang Fei was worried, so he immediately explained, for Green's explanation Zhuang Fei also nodded, Green's knowledge in this regard is not low, so he doesn't need Zhuang Fei's mention. …,

Although Zhuang Fei does not have too many restrictions on Yao Ming's weight gain now, but Zhuang Fei has now begun to think about how to protect his compatriot, this year's Boston Celtics have not gained much in the free market, Zhuang Fei has been telling Danny Angie to chase Olajuwon and Admiral did not chase after him, plus the team's center Tony Barty was sent away by Zhuang Fei, which made the Celtics have no veteran in the fifth position as a buffer, which forced Zhuang Fei to consider letting Yao Ming serve as the team from the beginningZhuang Fei remembered that Yao Ming's performance in the first few games of his rookie season in his previous life was not too good, and if there was an Olajuwon at this time, it would be no problem to make him top before Yao Ming grew up.

So thinking of this, Zhuang Fei also sighed in his heart, although Yao Ming now has an ability value of 76, and his potential seems to have reached A-level, but it is not an instant combat power, and the Celtics are expected to face challenges at the beginning of next season.

Of course, in addition to Yao Ming, Zhuang Fei's other big center Oku also has a very good strength, the Turkish center's ability is now 74, this player who is one year older than Yao Ming is also a player with B+ potential, and in terms of the style of the game, although this player is not suitable for Zhuang Fei's tactical system, but he is fully able to provide enough firepower for the team in the second team, and at this stage, the shooting ability of this interior line is not much worse than Yao Ming. Although he is a little inferior in footsteps and skills under the basket, he is not needed to sit in the second team at all, so now it seems that he can also provide some help to Yao Ming.

Although the team is inexperienced inside, what is more difficult than this is the team's tactical problems. RQ