Chapter 654 [Two Sets of Rotations, Combination of Inside and Outside]
The next day, the Clippers' public training session attracted more reporters, and everyone wanted to see if they would turn Los Angeles into a "city of empty connections" as Yang Rui said.
Yang Rui did not disappoint reporters and fans, and arranged an All-Star Game, and the wonderful scenes were endless.
As long as Paul breaks through and attracts the inside defense, throws the ball into the air, someone always flies up and slams the ball into the basket.
The most eye-catching performance is Griffin, tomahawk buckle, folding back buckle, playing board self-throwing and self-buckling; Guy second, staged three empty catches, and a fast-break windmill dunk; Little Jordan doesn't have many tricks, and his dunk is full of power.
Curry, Korver, Dunleavy, Novak, and Gary Neal also played well from beyond the three-point line. The Clippers accounted for three of the league's highest-point shooters in three.
The only pitcher who did poorly was Danny Green, who looked like a star when he was pumping and his full name when he didn't feel good.
Now Green is weak and can't be reused, so he has to start off the bench first.
The people who didn't show the most were Tony Allen, Kurt Thomas, and Sheldon Williams, they were defense-oriented, and Yang Rui couldn't play if he didn't let the defense.
After the training session, the pressure went to the Lakers' side.
The Clippers' popularity has soared, and the Clippers' sales director Sith Bennet revealed on Weibo that all season tickets for the team's new season have been sold out!
For the first time in the history of the Clippers, this is the first time. Previously, the Clippers, who shared a arena with the Lakers, had always played a supporting role in anger. If the home game collides with the Lakers, the Clippers game will have to be scheduled behind the Lakers, that is, at 9 or 10 p.m. This kind of treatment has a direct impact on the attendance rate of the Clippers.
Now, not only do the Clippers no longer have to worry about selling tickets, but even the venue arrangement, media exposure, game broadcasting, etc. have been upgraded to a higher level, and the "short-term benefits" of Yang Rui's joining have been fully demonstrated.
In the preseason, Yang Rui did not have any reservations, so that the players could hurry up and run in, so he did not find anyone to sign a preseason contract and conduct investigations, so he used these 14 people to compete in the regular season, and if anyone was injured, he would sign someone in the free market in the medium term.
Starting five: Paul, Korver, Gay, Griffin, Jordan Jr.
Five substitutes: Curry, Tony Allen, Dunleavy, Novak, Masimmi.
Both rotational lineups are strong, with clear offensive points with the ball, three three-pointers and two active defenders.
Partnered with Tony Allen, Curry won't be a defensive hole, and he even has an advantage in the second quarter. The opponent can't have two backup guards with super attacking power, and the sixth man lets Tony Allen defend, and Curry only needs to deal with the one with poor offense.
Gary Neal entered the NBA without drafting, and after signing a contract, he has no problem being a marginal person; Green came to be a marginal person, and he was mentally prepared.
Kurt Thomas is here to be a locker room leader, he knows how to help his teammates, he knows how to pass on his experience, and with him there, the Clippers have no worries in the locker room and can stay together.
Sheldon Williams, on the other hand, is on the periphery and won't be able to play unless the team is plagued by injuries. In order to attack, Yang Rui prefers to let Dunleavy play the No. 4 position in a certain period, and Griffin plays the center as a cameo, rather than using Sheldon's small-ball tactics, and he can't pull away from the attack.
The Clippers' main strategy is very simple, similar to the Lakers' three-game winning streak, with two rotations that must ambush three-pointers in the bottom corner, power forwards also spread out on the wings, and guards and centers play blocking and pick-and-roll in the middle.
Griffin played in the middle when he was on the Dream Team, and in the Clippers in order to accommodate Jordan Jr., a guy who can't turn around, Griffin can only go to the jungle. There are also advantages to his flexibility, and the air cut on both sides is a means of breaking the joint defense, and it is impossible for defenders to defend against him.
The starting Korver's position was fixed, almost always in the bottom right corner, Jordan Jr. and Paul Jr. played a pick-and-roll in the middle, and immediately turned to the basket after blocking people. Playing like this, you can play the only offensive role that Jordan Jr. has.
His air cutting speed is particularly fast, explosive, and it is difficult for the defender to block him for a moment, as long as Paul leads the center away, the ball is successfully passed to the middle, and Jordan Jr. can dunk the ball when he receives it.
The disadvantage of playing like this is that the opponent can foul, and Jordan Jr. will be embarrassed as soon as he gets to the free throw line.
In the first game against the Warriors, Jordan Jr. dunked four times, including Brook Lopez, who was unmatched, but he also handed in a 2-of-8 shooting record at the free throw line, and made two three-to-shoot shots.
Clippers center assistant coach Ronny White has begun to doubt life after taking over the job of training Jordan Jr.
He was known as an assistant coach with the Suns, where he would make detailed and well-thought-out plans for his players, including facing the basket, back-to-back offense, and tackling passes and breakouts. Carman has improved every year and has been selected as an All-Star, but Jordan Jr.'s offensive performance has not changed from his rookie year.
Don't say anything about low-post footwork or mid-range shooting, as long as Jordan Jr. receives the ball with his back to the ball when he is interfered by a defender in the three-second zone, turns around and relies on his physical superiority to press the opponent and shoot the ball into the basket, his offensive ball will be greatly increased. But this thing is a strange person, he can only dunk and score, and he is not sure about turning around under the basket for layups and small hook hands, even if it is the guard who defends him.
What's worse is little Jordan's strategy, his teammates are standing in front of him, he is open to his black bones, hairy water, bright and bright, not big, not small, not round, not big
The only thing that surprised Yang Rui was Little Jordan's dribbling ability, he was able to dribble under his crotch, dribble behind his back, and turn smoothly. No matter how tall the rough brother is, he used to be short, and when Little Jordan was a student, he also played with dribbling.
After Yang Rui saw Little Jordan's performance in the training camp, he completely gave up cultivating him on the offensive end, he was only responsible for blocking and dismantling the air cut, receiving the ball to end the attack, and nothing else; On the defensive end, he practiced getting rebounds and helping to block blocks.
Jordan Jr. can become a star in the NBA by defense.
His defensive ability is probably the closest to "Warcraft" Howard among the active centers, and he moves very fast; IN TERMS OF SINGLE DEFENSE, LITTLE JORDAN CAN RESIST MOST CENTERS WITH A HEIGHT OF 211CM AND A WEIGHT OF 120 KG, AND HIS ARM SPAN INTERFERENCE SHOOTING OF 228CM IS EVEN MORE ADVANTAGEOUS.
Yang Rui positions Little Jordan as a pseudo-starter, playing about 20 minutes per game, so that he can ensure efficiency very well. He can't play more, and as soon as the opponent uses the shark slashing tactic, he is a burden as bad as Ben Wallace's free throws.
The rest of the time at the No. 5 position was shared by Masimmy and Griffin, who made a cameo appearance as a center run-and-gun is the killer feature of the Clippers at the moment, and the Warriors were completely blinded in the third quarter of the first game, going into garbage time with a wave of 16-2.
Warrior Lopez is known as an excellent traditional center with solid basic skills, but no matter how solid he is, he and Griffin, who runs 3.28 seconds in three-quarters of a sprint, is also a dead end, and when he is on the side, Curry's data is also 3.28 seconds, which shows how perverted Griffin's explosiveness is.
Masinmi's performance was also a surprise, he could catch the ball in the penalty area, he could rely on people to turn and shoot, hook hands from close range, and shoot in the open space after blocking and dismantling in the middle, and he was inferior to Jordan Jr. on the defensive end.
After only one preseason game, Yang Rui firmly believed that the Clippers would achieve good results in the regular season, and many people said that the Clippers were weak inside, but the actual comprehensive strength of the Clippers could also rank in the top ten in the league.
As time goes on, the Clippers players will get stronger and stronger.