Chapter 97: Preparing for War
"Tracy McGrady signs with Spurs!"
The first thing that broke the news was the most well-informed Yahoo reporter Adrian Wojnarowski, nicknamed Woshen. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
According to the experience of fans, the news of Woshen is basically the same as the official news, so this matter immediately caused people to discuss, especially Spurs fans.
As a superstar in the second and third positions of the league, Maddy's form has declined so seriously in the past two years, but fans also think that his joining may be able to help the team, because the Spurs are in the second and third positions when Ginobili is injured and Jackson is cut.
In this position, the four players that the Spurs used a lot in April, Leonard, Green, Li Yang, and Neil, are all young players and need an older player to help them.
However, there are also some people who believe that Maddy's form has declined significantly in the past two years, and coupled with the fact that he has not played in the NBA in the past year, it may be difficult to help the Spurs.
However, there is one thing that many people can guess, Jackson was cut, and several of the Spurs' bench players were able to get more playing opportunities, and based on the performance of several players during the rest at the end of the season, it is very likely that Li Yang will benefit the most.
Li Yang got regular playing time at the end of the regular season, and his performance on the defensive end was also very consistent, and it is widely believed that Li Yang's performance on the defensive end will earn him more playing time in the playoffs, after all, the playoffs are more defensive than the regular season
Maddie joined the Spurs, and some people began to ridicule that Maddie had never made it to the second round, is this ready to give the Lakers a black seven?
No matter how the outside world comments and speculation, Maddie's joining the Spurs is still real, and in the team training the next day, Li Yang met Maddie who came to the team to report.
Compared with before, Maddie's body shape has indeed benefited a lot, seeing Maddie's body shape, Li Yang even wondered, is it possible that Popovich signed Maddie not to replace Stephen Jackson as the outside world speculated, but to replace Dior?
The two of them are really in shape now, and they are both slightly fat.
As a star who has been famous in the league for a long time, Popovich naturally didn't need to introduce Maddie, and after a simple sentence, Maddie began to greet everyone.
Maddie and the Spurs are very familiar to many people, he and Duncan were both Ady's stars before, of course, if he and the Spurs' biggest connection is probably the Maddie moment, the original 35 seconds and 13 minutes were scored against the Spurs.
Maddie was greeting a man, and when it was Li Yang's turn, he smiled and said, "Hey, Yang, I've seen your recent fights, and you're playing great." ”
"T-MAC!" Li Yang called his name while looking at this face that he had seen a lot on TV before, and then said with a smile: "Thank you!"
The last thank you Li Yang was said in Chinese, and Maddie was slightly stunned after hearing it, and then said in strange Chinese: "You're welcome." ”
"I am Chinese, Yao's compatriot. Li Yang laughed and spoke back in English, although Maddie often went to China to do some activities at that time because he was teammates with Yao Ming, and he also played in China in the past season, but it was okay to let him say one or two words, and it was definitely impossible to talk in Chinese.
"Hello!" Maddie also smiled at Li Yang and said in Chinese again.
After Maddie and the players got to know each other, everyone started to warm up, because the first game of the playoffs was a day later, so the training content of this game was very straightforward, which was technical and tactical training for the Lakers.
Practice offense against the Lakers' defense, practice defense against the Lakers' offense.
In the playoffs, in addition to the absolute strength of the two teams, technical and tactical preparation and on-the-spot adjustments are important factors for the team to win.
For this kind of training, Li Yang seems to be at ease, and the skills and tactics of the Spurs are actually quite complicated, but after the crossing, Li Yang has a super basketball consciousness and excellent comprehension, and he is already very familiar with it in three months.
This is also why Li Yang's shortcomings are so obvious, the Spurs will choose to keep him, and Popovich is now willing to give him a lot of playing time, finding a player like Li Yang who has physical fitness, excellent defense, and can quickly adapt to the Spurs system at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, it is not easy, but very difficult.
The training time in the team is not too long, after these trainings, it is the time for the players to train freely, Li Yang has come to the free throw training in advance, so at this time he did not practice shooting, but practiced dribbling breakthrough.
During this time, after completing the confrontation training, Li Yang's training was more inclined to dribble practice when he broke through, to put it simply, it was the change of direction when he broke through.
Li Yang's dribbling is now much better than before, and with the guidance and help of the assistant coach, he has optimized the rhythm of the dribble on the basis of combining the habits of the two lives.
So at this time, Li Yang has no problem with ordinary breakthrough changes, but how to complete the change of direction in the process of high-speed breakthrough is still something Li Yang needs to practice, which requires very skilled control of the ball.
Li Yang's training is very simple, which is to put a few chairs on the court, and he needs to dribble through these chairs to complete the layup.
Li Yang started from outside the three-point line with the ball, imagining that these chairs were all defenders, he burst out his strongest speed, and before coming to the first chair, Li Yang changed direction with a low hand dribble, handing the ball from his left hand to his right hand, and at the same time flashing to the right side.
As soon as he took a step on the right side, a chair appeared in front of Li Yang, these chairs were not placed randomly, but the assistant coach placed them very scientifically, giving Li Yang a feeling that when he saw this chair, he had to change direction.
The right hand of the dribble went backwards, and Li Yang dribbled the ball behind his back to send the ball to the left, and at the same time, the person also flashed to the left.
However, Li Yang's dribbling behind him was not very good, and the position of the ball did not keep up with the speed of others' movements, so at this time Li Yang had to slow down the pace slightly to regain control of the ball.
For Li Yang, who is training, this round of training is a failure.
Starting again, Li Yang repeated the previous breakthrough route, changing direction in front of the body, changing direction under the crotch, and changing direction with the dribble behind the back, Li Yang tried to complete the change of direction with various dribbling methods, ensuring that the speed was not affected in any way and rushed into the basket to complete the layup, which was a success.
Li Yang repeated this kind of training again and again, until the assistant coach reminded him that today's training had exceeded the standard, and he did not give up.
After staying with Leonard and Green for a long time, Li Yang has gone on the road of training maniacs, but he also knows that the improvement of strength has to come step by step, and at this stage, the next playoffs are the places where he needs to release his energy the most.