At the beginning of October, the NBA preseason began, and this year the Clippers did not have to leave the United States to fight, which was much easier.

Yang Rui announced that Curry and Gasol, who participated in the men's World Men's Basketball Championship in the summer, will be suspended to give others more opportunities to perform, and rookie Zach LaVine has become the team's starting point guard, with Famar coming off the bench.

LaVine is 196CM tall and weighs only 83 kilograms, and after a summer of hard weight gain, he is one kilogram longer than the draft, which is clearly the envy of all women. But with this kind of physique, if you want him to play a point guard, you just want him to die.

LaVine plays point guard, and Yang Rui feels that he is half Curry and half Wei Shao.

His current style of play has the shadow of Westbrook, likes to play fast breaks, is extremely fast in the transition between offense and defense, relies on athleticism, always finishes the offense with jumpers, and his shooting selection is often poor, but his shooting skills are great, and his shooting percentage is relatively stable.

Yang Rui intends to take advantage of LaVine's talent and clearly inform him to transform into a point guard, even if he plays a two-guard strategy, he must treat himself as a point guard rather than a point guard, and actively cooperate with his teammates.

He needs to build strength, build muscles, learn how to break to the basket in the half-court offense, and at the same time he needs to be mentally tougher and not be able to desert on the court, which will take time.

In Yang Rui's previous life, LaVine was really unlucky to be selected by the Timberwolves, he partnered with Rubio, the point guard of the No. 1 giant pit father, and could only play the No. 2 position, and the Timberwolves' outside line was naturally exposed.

After that, the magic happened, many ball blinders praised "Lu Yizhong" for good defense, which played a big role in the Timberwolves, and LaVine was the scum of the Timberwolves' single defense, pure defense of the black hole.

This is very similar to Curry's predicament back then, Curry was partnered with second-rate star Ellis, and LaVine's blame for people like Rubio is a story that is sadder than sad. If the Timberwolves management is normal, they should immediately let Rubio out of the way and make room for LaVine to start at the No. 1 spot.

You must know that before "Brother Ball" landed in the NBA, Rubio had always been the most rubbish point guard, and even Rondo, who was known as "Rondo doesn't shoot", could explode him. Rondo is at least very capable of breaking through, and his two-point shooting rate is guaranteed, while Rubio, who mainly plays two-pointers, has an overall shooting rate of less than 40%, and the empty basket may be off, which is incredible.

Yang Rui believes that as long as LaVine plays to his physical strengths, he may become a super sixth man at point guard. If he wants to continue to improve, he will have to improve his decision-making skills and lead his teammates rather than just finishing offense.

As a result, LaVine played well in the preseason, starting seven games, averaging 10.6 points, 3 rebounds and 3.3 assists, shooting 45.2% from the field and 37.3% from three-point range.

LaVine's organizational ability is average, and Yang Rui does not need him to attack with the ball in positional battles, and break through the ball to find teammates, which makes up for this shortcoming. He only needs to cooperate with his teammates on the counter-attack, and the positional battle is mainly played without the ball, and the person in charge of playmaking is Draymond Green or Antetokounmpo.

The Clippers' bench play is just as simple, with a three-point shooter pulling away, Farmar holding the ball to block and pick-and-roll, passing the ball to Guy heads-up, or forcing an empty Whiteside to the basket.

The success rate is very high, and the 25-year-old Whiteside is starting to metamorphose, with terrifying physical conditions and good athleticism.

AFTER ARRIVING AT THE CLIPPERS, HE DID A BODY SIDE, WITH A BAREFOOT HEIGHT OF 210CM, AN ARM SPAN OF 231CM, A JUMP HEIGHT OF 356CM, A RUN-UP HEIGHT OF 368CM, AND A THREE-QUARTERS SPRINT SPEED THAT SURPASSED Chandler and slightly inferior to Griffin. As long as he takes the ball in the penalty area, he doesn't need any footwork, he just shoots at people, and the opponent can't block it at all.

The Clippers' defensive performance in the preseason was average, and the players were mainly run-in offense.

Curry and Pau Gasol did not play, and the Clippers lacked offensive points with the ball, but this was exactly what Yang Rui wanted, and Brother Alphabet had more opportunities to attack in the frame and practice breakthroughs.

Without the leadership of two stars, the Clippers' offensive power is average, with 3 wins and 4 losses.

But no one underestimates the Clippers because of this, Curry and Curry are completely different, and his role in attracting bags from the outside cannot be replaced by others.

In the first edition of the NBA's official power rankings, the Clippers ranked first.

In the past few years, many people have seen the way Yang Rui led the team to win, the core does not have to be the scoring champion, and the playing time will not be much, only about 35 minutes, but the offensive efficiency must be guaranteed.

ESPN experts analyzed Yang Rui's tactical thinking in detail, and made a special program, believing that he can become the pope of basketball because the team's playing style is carefully calculated. The Clippers have a group of efficient players who have more offense, and against the kind of team led by inefficient ball tyrants, they are easy to slaughter every time without negotiation.

Inefficient stars generally play 40 minutes, take about 25 shots, and score 30 points with a shooting rate of about 45%; The two role players of the Clippers opposite him played 20 minutes each, combined for about 25 shots, and he could also score 30 points.

It's the same 30 points, which play is easy to win? Obviously a role player popping star, the Clippers are taking this winning route of using cooperation to ensure efficiency.

The efficiency of several role players of the Clippers can blow up the opposing star, and the core Curry is even more terrifying, because his three-point shooting rate has been above 40% for many seasons, about 45%, and he can attract the bag outside the three-point line.

Assuming both teams shoot 100 balls and shoot 40% from three-point range, they score 120 points; He shot 60% from two-point range and scored 120 points.

However, he shot 40 percent from three-point range, producing 60 rebounds, plus 40 baseline serves; He shot 60 percent from two-point range and produced 40 rebounds, plus 60 baseline serves.

According to the current NBA's average ratio of rebounds before and after, the offense can grab 1 frontcourt rebound out of about 4 rebounds.

In other words, the team that shoots the three-pointer can get 15 frontcourt rebounds, and the opponent gets 45 backcourt rebounds plus 40 baseline serves, which equals 85 ball possession.

In comparison, the team that shot the two-pointer had 10 frontcourt rebounds, and the opponent had 30 backcourt rebounds plus 60 baseline serves and 90 possessions.

To go into more detail, if they all shoot 100 times, even if they score the same amount, the team that shoots the three-point line will have 5 more chances to attack the second offense and 5 more direct free throws than the team that shoots the two-point shot.

ESPN's expert panel analyzed why Yang Rui wanted to sell Griffin cheaply, a guy who only averaged 0.6 three-pointers per game, and the shooting rate was not guaranteed, but he had a ball possession rate of about 25%, no matter how beautiful the data was, how strong could it be? Farid couldn't shoot three-pointers at all, so the Celtics sent a draft pick, and the Clippers released him.

Experts have come to the conclusion that as long as the Clippers maintain defensive intensity this season, they are likely to be stronger than last season because of the increase in three-point points.

Big Gasol and Draymond Green will completely pull the formation apart, and they are also good at fighting for rebounds, and those shots that originally belonged to Griffin will be reasonably distributed to the perimeter, and the Clippers will be more efficient when half of their shots are outside the three-point line in the new season.

The opening game of the Clippers at home against the Rockets was full of gimmicks.

The Rockets formed the "Big Three" in the summer, but in the official power rankings, they only ranked fifth in the first period, and the West ranked behind the Spurs and Mavericks.

Rocket fans are also full of confidence, believing that the Rockets have the strength to win the championship and are not afraid of any team, the reason is very simple, the Rockets' stars are very famous and the data is very good.

ESPN's Nicholas posted: The Rockets with this mentality, I'm afraid the opening game will be unlucky.