One Thousand and Ninety-Six. Team Goal Change Part 1

"Ball Pick and Roll Expert Level 4: When the host has the ball and has completed a pick and roll with his teammates, if he chooses to shoot after the pick and roll, he will choose a three-point jump shot within one second, and the three-point evaluation will be temporarily increased by two small grades. If he chooses a mid-range shot within three seconds, the overall mid-range evaluation will be temporarily increased by two small grades; if he breaks through to the basket after the pick and roll, his jump evaluation will be temporarily increased by one small grade after entering the close range.

Note: This skill can be upgraded using a designated skill upgrade card or a random skill upgrade card.

Level 5 new effect: Extend the time to make a choice after the pick and roll."

Just by looking at the description, Sun Ce feels that this skill is the most suitable one at present. His current goal is to integrate the three-point ability he has practiced into the game, and when shooting three-pointers in the game, he naturally has to find the best shooting opportunity, and the pick and roll is definitely a very good method.

Moreover, after upgrading to level 4, the mid-range shot bonus is further strengthened. If the mid-range shot on the right side of the three-second zone gets a mid-range shooting opportunity within 3 seconds after the pick and roll, the shot can be upgraded to S level!

Upgrading the mid-range shot bonus from one small grade to two small grades is the reason why Sun Ce wants to upgrade this skill.

As a ball-holding three-point shooter, if you want to shoot three-pointers smoothly, mid-range shots are necessary, otherwise the opponent can defend the shot instead of the breakthrough and defend the basket.

Although his mid-range shot is already very good, it would be best if it could be better.

In the first half of the opening game, Sun Ce found a troublesome problem, that is, Randolph did not play, and he was easily double-teamed in the low post singles in the positional battle. If an offensive lineup was sent out, he would not need to go to the low post.

Thinking of this, he was very upset. He was unwilling to grind the defense like in the 10-11 season, and the score declined, but there was no better way.

He could only think of a solution while playing.

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The Grizzlies had a very easy schedule at the beginning of this season. How easy was it?

No back-to-backs in the first month! There were only 16 back-to-backs in the entire season, second only to the Lakers' 15 and the Knicks' 14 back-to-backs, and tied with the Heat and the Nuggets for the third fewest back-to-backs.

After the opening game with the Lakers, the Grizzlies got two days of rest.

On the morning of the 2nd, Sun Ce got up at 3:30 in the morning. After finishing the training that he insisted on at 4 in the morning, he did not go out in the morning. He stayed at home with Lily Collins...making clothes.

Today is Friday.

It happened that the Zugoose School celebrated its anniversary yesterday, so there were two more days of vacation. In addition to the 4-day weekend, Zugoose also helped with manual work.

Sun Ce was responsible... and was disliked. He couldn't do this or that well, and he was so big and took up space...

...

While Sun Ce was busy making clothes for the little girls with the two girls, he once again became the focus of heated discussion in the basketball world.

Two sentences of Sun Ce in the interview after the game last night became popular.

"As the fifth player in the league, my performance is okay, right?"

"14 three-pointers are a bit too much, but I can't control my own hands. It just wants to throw the ball in. I can't do it. It seems that I am too happy to be selected as the fifth player in the league."

In the eyes of the media and fans, this is because ESPN ranked him fifth, and it is for the new evaluation of the "system superstar".

In addition to this, Sun Ce's performance in this game also caused heated discussions, and one of the topics that seemed very strange became popular.

Sun Ce made 10+ three-pointers in a single game 4 times, 11 times, 12 times, 13 times, and 14 times respectively... This makes contemporary fans with increasingly obsessive-compulsive disorder feel comfortable.

When Sun Ce was browsing the news, he saw that this topic was so popular. He didn't know how to describe this group of stinky young people in contemporary times.

...

When Sun Ce was playing with the two girls at home in the morning, in the FedEx Arena, the home court of the Grizzlies,

there was no player training today. It was a rest day. The coaching staff held a coaching meeting and also called Nash and Stockton.

"I held a meeting today to discuss the problems of last night's game. Last night's game exposed a lot of things. In the end, we relied on Noah to win. This is not a good signal." Coach Hollins directly raised the topic to be discussed in the meeting.

Relying on stars to win is a matter of course. No one thought it was wrong to hear the topic raised by Coach Hollins, and even Coach Hollins didn't think there was anything wrong with relying on Sun Ce to win.

Sun Ce is highly valued because of his unrivaled explosiveness. Otherwise, he would be a Batum with a Chinese market, who is comprehensive, good at assisting defense, and has strong ability to connect the team. Of course, he will be highly valued, but not that much.

And it is precisely because of Sun Ce's explosiveness that fans and the Grizzlies management feel that he has the potential to develop in the direction of explosiveness. He has received extraordinary attention from the team and has been trained with emphasis, so that he has the opportunity to play a stable performance and develop slowly with the strength of his teammates.

Coach Hollins continued: "Zach's role in our team cannot be replaced for the time being. If Noah does not explode, like he did in the first half of yesterday's game, even with such a performance, it will be difficult for us to win against championship-level teams. So, I have an idea that our regular season goals this season may be changed."

The assistants, Nash, and Stockton heard this and understood what Coach Hollins wanted to express.

Randolph's weight loss is not as simple as last year. Last year, he spent 3 months focusing on losing weight and practicing skills, but now he has to play games, and the weight loss speed is far different.

It's different from two years ago. Two years ago, Randolph was two years younger and had a faster metabolism. Randolph's weight loss rate now may be even slower than in the 10-11 season.

And we can't let Randolph lose weight directly and come back in January. That would be too far behind the status of the superstars of other teams. The superstars of other teams have been playing for two or three months and their status has been adjusted very well. Being used to confrontations during the season, Randolph may encounter many problems when he returns at that time.

Originally, everyone was the same. At the beginning of the season, the time to re-adapt to the rhythm of the game and to enter the state during the season was similar. But Randolph came back a few months later, so he had just begun to adjust to the state, and other superstars had already adjusted. , you won’t be able to perform as you should.

This is a big difference between this season and last season.

Thinking of this, Nash was the first to react: "Coach, you mean our goal in the regular season this season is to develop Noah's personal abilities?"

Tim Hardaway also reacted. He thought of Sun Ce's style of play last night, especially the first half, and said: "Can we try to use Larry Brown's coaching method and shoot around Noah?" Attack, develop his shooting ability, focus on defense?”