On the 23rd, the Raptors lost to the Pistons 90-115 away, and the winning streak was ended. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It's all Jordan's successor, and Carter is against Hill, showing some gaps. As soon as the Raptors interior was withdrawn from the basket, the weakness on the defensive end became apparent.

Whether facing Hill or Stackhouse, Carter struggled defensively. The Pistons are highly mobile and rely on swingmen to win, which just restrains the Raptors' fast break.

Other teams began to study the Raptors, and it was not so easy to win with a simple fast break, and the opponent accelerated the speed of the defense, reduced their efficiency, and then kept grinding the position, and the young players were prone to impatience.

On the 24th, the Raptors lost back-to-back to the Pacers, 104-105.

They also had a three-point lead one minute before the break. The comeback was a blow to the team, as Jalen Rose broke through for Carter to foul and hit two crucial free throws, before Billups fell short with a missed three-pointer.

Yang Rui is very depressed, but basketball is like this, no matter how good a player or coach is, he has also had the experience of being killed in his career, and more than once.

Billups is not a big heart yet, and the new players dare to shoot at the last moment, but they are mostly playing iron.

Yang Rui mainly defended Miller and handed Rose to Carter, who failed to complete the task well. Carter, Maddie, and O'Neal Jr. are all very fond of jumping, and Yang Rui can't change them no matter what he says, they are purely young and vigorous.

Rose started to rise this season, Yang Rui knows the trajectory of his life, and then there will be two years, and people will say that the Pacers are Rose's team, and he was selected as an All-Star, and led the team to the Finals with Miller, losing to the Lakers.

Of course, no matter how promising the swingman is, Yang Rui will not ask for a management trade, the Raptors swingman position is too crowded, and the three-person rotation is enough.

Yang Rui is aware of the weaknesses of the "Raptors track and field team", with unstable shooting and poor shooting selection, but because of the suspension, this group of people has a short run-in time, and they can only rely on this as a magic weapon to win. Because of his slow speed, Miller is all on the periphery of the team.

Assistant coaches Thibodeau and Smiley both proposed to increase training and practice positional offensive tactics, but Yang Rui did not agree after thinking about it. The schedule is too tight, there are three back-to-backs in a row, there is too much training, and in case of injury, the gains outweigh the losses.

Detreff taught a few rookies in the team to play inside, and Yang Rui also threw out the concept of "Princeton" during the meeting, but the players in the positional battle still can't play tacit understanding and it takes time.

With the Raptors taking on the Timberwolves at home, management will have to settle an internal problem before that can do so, with John Wallace formally requesting a trade from management.

Glenn Gruward called Yang Rui and asked, "Jerry, now John Wallace is not happy with his playing time, he did well last season, can you communicate with him well, persuade him to stay, and give him more opportunities to perform?" ”

Yang Rui thought for a while and replied: "He talked to me privately and said that he wanted more performance opportunities in the contract year. I think that's going to affect the team's results and he's only going to be able to help the team very much. ”

Glenn said: "He averaged 14 points per game last season and was very physical, so it's a bit of a shame to let him go, right? ”

Yang Rui smiled: "He joined the NBA after four years of college, his birthday in February '74, and now he is 25 years old, and this age will not improve significantly unless he trains hard." I asked him to practice three points, but he didn't want to practice, he just wanted to play with impact, that style of play is easy to get injured, and the quality of the injury is not as good as before, and it is almost time to retire. If he wants to leave, he might as well just trade. ”

Glenn smiled wryly; "In a shortened season, teams are very interested in instant power, and it is difficult to trade him for useful people. Are you sure you want to do this? ”

"You can change potential newcomers, remember what I told you about Rashad Lewis? The little green house fell to the second round, the one who was selected by the supersonics, he couldn't play at the supersonic at all, and he would definitely be able to exchange Wallace. ”

When free agency first opened, Glenn communicated with the SuperSonics, who wanted to trade a future second-round pick for inside John Thomas, but was rejected by the SuperSonics.

The supersonic management wants to train Lewis to try, and also thinks that he has potential, but now Lewis can't play, and the Raptors have increased their chips, and the supersonic may not continue to hold on.

Glenn asked, "Do you know he can't play and you're going to change him?" Was that person useful? ”

"Maybe it's useless to put it in the supersonic, but when you come to the Raptors, I'll show him the direction of training. He was born in August '79 and is not yet 20 years old, with a normal confrontation and potential that Wallace can match. ”

"Are you really so optimistic about him?"

"Of course."

"Okay, I'll contact the SuperSonics, you give Wallace more playing time in these two games, help him brush up the data, increase the value of the transaction, and I will try to let the SuperSonics take another person." Glenn readily agreed.

"I'm waiting for good news for you."

If Yang Rui proposed such a change in the summer, Glenn would definitely not agree, and there would be no need to have a meeting. Now he has an almost superstitious trust in Yang Rui, and several newcomers in the team are playing well.

Lewis is currently averaging 2 points and 1 rebound per game with a shooting rate of 36.5% in the SuperSonics, and has yet to shoot a three-pointer, and it seems that he will be cut at any time, and there will be no such person in the NBA since. However, before O'Neal Jr. joined the Raptors, he was also a marginal person with no data, and the two had in common that they were young and entered the NBA early.

Glenn said about the situation, the management people all support Yang Rui, the Raptors are now 7-3, the results are much more than expected, from the establishment of the team to the present, the Raptors have never won more than half.

With Carter, John Wallace couldn't be the starting small forward. There are O'Neill Jr. and Detreve, and he is also difficult to start in the No. 4 position, and the position is too awkward. The longer it drags on, the worse his stats will only become, and the trade value will be smaller.

Yang Rui has always been thinking about Lewis, in his previous life, Lewis was selected as an All-Star twice, his style of play is selfless, he can play the No. 3 and No. 4 positions, he is 208CM tall and weighs 100 kg. Putting aside the Magic 100 million yuan garbage contract, Lewis's stature and skills are similar to future super scorer Durant.

Lewis is like a weakened version of Durant, and the SuperSonics chose Durant in the 2007 annual meeting, which is also because of the sweetness of Lewis.

This year, the Raptors traded Lewis for little to no cost, and next season it will be difficult to pick up the leaks, and he will fit into the team and become an important member of the rotation.

As long as Lewis is here, there are many potential newcomers in the Raptors, as long as he practices for two years, at least he is an excellent role player, Yang Rui feels that if he doesn't win the championship, he will be ashamed to be reborn. Find anyone to be the coach, the Raptors are also a super team.

He is obsessed with being a basketball coach instead of opening a company and making money by copying ideas, largely because of the joy of building a team.

In his previous life, these stars couldn't get together at all, and now this lineup, even if it is not at its peak, will make him excited for a long time, and there is a kind of pleasure of playing basketball games.

In the next game, the Timberwolves are 8-3 and strong, how to help John Wallace play, Yang Rui has to waste some thoughts.