Chapter 18

The summer of '03 was for NBA commissioner Stern. Happy and sad at the same time.

Happily, both the Celtics and the Lakers have the strength to compete for the championship at this time.

The eternal classic of the alliance, the yellow-green war may start again.

The ratings for the Grand Finals are guaranteed!

It's sad that the Lakers have formed a super team!

Stern didn't like the Celtics because of the influence that followed the era of Celtic rule.

Because for the NBA, that kind of domination will inevitably bring a decline in attention.

After all, in this world, how many fans want to see the NBA where they can always know the results in advance?

Therefore.......

For Stern, who has been working to build a more balanced NBA in the past.

It was tantamount to pouring a basin of cold water directly over his head.

In Stern's opinion, this super team consisting of the Sharks, Kobe, Malone, Payton.

It has the strength to rule this era!

And that's what Stern fears the most.

After all, Stern didn't have an eye in the sky, and it was impossible to know what the future would hold.

Because of the Eagle County incident, Malone's injury, and OK's breakup made this Lakers F4 team the overall runner-up.

......

On the other side, because the shark pulled a hand directly after hatred.

In the face of media interviews, Anji also put down cruel words, let's see in the new season!

This also greatly deepens the drama of the yellow-green battle in the new season.

Many fans can't wait to see the Lakers and Celtics meet in the new season.

The Celtics are concerned and want to deal with the Lakers in the new season.

And so at the beginning of September, Celtic's training camp began!

Spearce, Marbury and others took the lead and began to devote themselves to training.

"Let's fight in groups, and I call the start of the detachment by name."

"Group A: Oku, Marbury, Dior, Raja. Bell, Jackson. ”

"Group B: Pierce, Rashid, Tony. Barty, Hardaway, Duntai. Jones. ”

After the team was divided, the two sides soon began to train against each other.

Touch!

As the sound of muscles colliding sounded, Chu Xuan nodded with satisfaction.

At this time, even if it is a training match, the confrontation between the two sides is very fierce.

In the era when the NBA has not canceled the cancellation of HandCheck, fierce confrontation is inevitable!

The tough, rough, and iron-blooded style of play is suitable for this era!

The future Celtics, led by the Big Three, are such a style of play.

And now, with the help of Pierce, Jackson, Rashid and others, it has been injected into this team in advance!

Marbury was holding the ball outside the three-point line, and at this time Dio and others were all outside the three-point line.

Dior's three-point shooting rate in his entire career was 33.6%, and he was under Chu Xuan's system at this time.

I started to develop three-point shooting in advance, and I also had a shooting rate of about 30%.

Oku, Raja. Needless to say, Bale and others are only high and not low compared to Dior.

Marbury to Duntai. Jones's defense, fake shots, real shots, and shook off Dunday. After Jones.

Kill directly into the restricted area.

Rashid was quick to make up the defense, but Marbury's pass was quicker.

A ground-hitting pass, Marbury went straight to Dio, who was released outside the three-point line.

Swish!

The big empty three-pointer, Dior shot directly, and the basketball hollowed into the net.

And Marbury himself is also more and more comfortable to fight.

After Dior and others helped him open up space, he never felt that it was so easy to break through.

Even against an opposition's excellent defender, he can find a breakthrough with the help of pick-and-roll.

If you help defense, you will share the ball, and if you don't help defense, you will score in the face of an empty penalty area.

Refreshing!

It's so cool!

Marbury never felt like playing, scoring was such an easy thing to do!

Seeing Marbury like a fish in water under the one-star system, Chu Xuan nodded secretly.

How far this Celtics can go, Marbury's play is crucial.

Although Marbury was called a 'lone wolf', the original title did not mean that Marbury played alone.

Rather, it refers to Marbury as a lone wolf away from the wolves, and refers to the fact that he left the timberwolves.

Marbury, who averaged 7.6 assists per game throughout his career, is judging by his performances with the Timberwolves and Suns.

It doesn't have much to do with independence!

As for the Knicks period, there were already contradictions between the two sides, plus the Knicks' locker room problems.

It's normal for Marbury to play alone.

At halftime, Marbury directly said to Chu Xuan: "Coach Chu Xuan, you are really a genius!" ”

"The tactics of one-star shooting, not to mention defense, but only on the offensive end."

"The Celtics in the new season will be a headache for all teams!"

Hardaway also sighed: "If you had coached the Magic back then, maybe I would have a championship now!" ”

Hardaway was also selected for a while at his peak, and he was also a breakthrough master.

In the era of the four centers, the breakthrough master often faces the forbidden area guarded by the four centers.

No one knew better than Hardaway how difficult it was to score in the penalty area in those days!

But Chu Xuan's tactics directly collapsed the originally impregnable forbidden area!

Rashid, Pierce, and the others also nodded their heads and agreed with Marbury's words.

Although at first, they were a little puzzled that Chu Xuan attached too much importance to three-point shots.

After all, this is an era where three points are not taken very seriously.

But as the trials progressed, they realized how cool it was to play with a group of teammates with three points.

Once the space is opened, the offensive end will be incredibly fluid.

Although there is a joint defense now, they can easily have a chance to play alone.

As the team's big bosses, they can easily run into packs.

But as long as they can pass the ball to their teammates in open positions!

The average team would not dare to continue to be in the bag.

After all, as long as teammates have more than 30% three-point shooting rate, no team dares to let go casually!

In one-on-one situations, Pierce and Rashid are confident that they can tackle 80 percent of the players!

That's the confidence of an All-Star player!

Jingle bells!

Just as Chu Xuan was chatting with Marbury and the others, his phone rang.

Bus?

What is he looking for me for?

As soon as Chu Xuan saw that it was a bus, he found a secluded place and connected the phone.