Chapter 649 [Dream Team 9 Child Abuse Incident]

After Paul joined, more and more people were optimistic about the Clippers. After all, he was someone who could compete for regular season MVP in the 2007-208 season.

In Yang Rui's previous life, according to NBA's consistent criteria for selecting mvp, Paul must have won the award in 2008. After all, Nash was able to win the mvp again in 2006 when he was third in the Western Conference. The Hornets' lineup is obviously worse than that of the Lakers. It is absolutely a miracle to have the second record in the Western Conference and only win one game less than the Lakers.

Paul's efficiency rating of 28.3 ranks second in the league, second only to James' 29.1, beating Kobe Bryant, who ranks eighth. Unfortunately, he is still too young.

Most experts said they are optimistic that the Clippers' offense will greatly increase next season, but their strength is still lacking. It will be very difficult to soar into the sky. The Clippers have two weaknesses that are difficult to solve. One is that they have too many newcomers, and the other is that their defense is not good.

Online, fans discuss the lineups of each team. They also feel that the Clippers are very strong and will have no problem making the playoffs, but it will be difficult to steal the limelight from the Lakers and Cavaliers. Those two teams are the favorites to win the championship. It will be difficult for the Clippers to defeat the Mavericks and Spurs in the Western Conference.

The new Clippers players passed physical examinations and held press conferences. They all flattered Yang Rui during interviews and said that they would play strictly according to tactics and that selflessness and unity come first.

Because Paul and Curry are both point guards, the reporter asked Curry if he would be willing to accept a substitute.

Curry felt bitter, but he didn't say anything and said he was willing to accept all the coach's arrangements.

He couldn't compete for the top spot in the Bucks. After Ellis and Horford, he only ranked third on the team. How could he be ranked ahead of Paul in the Clippers?

Moreover, Curry and Griffin participated in the same draft. Even if Griffin was reimbursed last season, he knew exactly what kind of monster he was. His status in the Clippers is not optimistic, and it would be good to be the third in charge.

Then, Curry drifted to the training team of the Dream Nine Team with a cold heart.

This time, the Dream Team 9 is not the best lineup, and is completely incomparable with the Dream Team 8. The stars attach far less importance to the World Championships than the Olympic Games. The big names in the O3 era collectively withdrew, and Paul also chose to rest, so Curry was lucky enough to be selected. .

Center: Tyson Chandler, Kevin Love.

Power forward: Lamar Odom, Blake Griffin.

Small forward: Kevin Durant, Danny Granger.

Shooting guards: Eric Gordon, Andre Iguodala.

Point Guards: Chauncey Billups, Stephen Curry, Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook.

Among the 12 people, there are four point guards, which is the first time in the previous national team. Griffin was selected because of Yang Rui. He asked to take the Clippers' No. 1 pick to the international arena to warm up. Rudy Gay, who was supposed to be selected, was not selected for the training team.

This time, too few stars are willing to play in the World Championships, and even fewer are participating in the training team. The Rockets' Trevor Ariza, the Trail Blazers' LaMarcus Aldridge, guards Brandon Roy and Kyle Special player Glenn Davis originally offered to participate, but eventually gave up.

Yang Rui didn't like Mayo and Thaddeus Young because they were too featureless, so they didn't stay.

"The Great" Greg Oden wanted to come to the training camp, but Yang Rui directly asked his staff to persuade him to go back and rest. He was afraid that the Knicks would ask him to compensate for the injury during the training camp. This was just trying to get in trouble.

On the first day of the meeting, Yang Rui greeted Curry and Griffin cordially without any discrimination. He invited all the players to have a meal together, talked about tactics, and carried out a detailed division of labor.

Rose and Westbrook are responsible for breaking through with the ball and fighting back. They are the key figures when playing small ball tactics. They can play together, and if the opponent doesn't have a physical guard combination, it's impossible to guard them.

Durant is the core of the team. He can play fast breaks, positional battles and one-on-ones with the ball. He can make the opponent suffer in one-on-one situations. Last season, Durant, who was only 21 years and 197 days old, became the youngest scoring champion in NBA history. This is something that neither Kobe Bryant nor James has ever done.

Granger and Iguodala focus on defense.

Be a 3D player in positional battles, wait for opportunities to shoot from outside, and attack quickly when counterattacking, relying on personal ability to attack.

This arrangement is most suitable for Iguodala. He has obvious physical advantages and can often perform wonderful dunks during counterattacks.

Granger is close, he can put up good statistics, mainly when the Pacers are the core and have the ball. When he arrived at the Dream Nine, he could only be a spot-up shooter.

The tasks of Curry, Billups, and Gordon are to practice three-pointers and rely on inside screens to catch and shoot. If there is no chance to shoot directly, they will break through when encountering misaligned defenses inside and strive to score inside layups or break out of teammates. CIC is the last option.

Griffin practiced jump shots and cuts from the middle, just like Yao Ming did when he first joined the Lakers. Griffin has certain accuracy in jump shots from the middle, but not in other positions. Yang Rui did not force him to practice, so his shooting rate is unlikely to increase significantly in the short term.

Chandler, Love, and Odom are responsible for side screens. The latter two have three-point ability. Their main task is to screen and protect rebounds. On the offensive end, they do not attack the basket hard. They withdraw to create opportunities for teammates and break through. The person with more sharpness and impact will take the main attack.

The players practiced tactics together for two weeks and did not play as many warm-up games as before, using games as training. Therefore, the media is generally not optimistic about the Dream Team 9, thinking that their time to adapt is too short.

Experts also feel that this lineup has a bit of a chance of winning the championship, and it is impossible to crush its opponents like it did in the 2008 Olympics.

As a result, the performance of the young players of Mengjiu Team in the four warm-up matches in August was eye-catching. They won easily, with an average margin of 27.6 points per game. On the 26th, Greece defeated Greece 95-59 and could not find North Korea. .

After this game, Greece was no longer embarrassed to call itself the "world's strongest team". Coach "Old K" who was far away in the United States was unfortunately shot, and was pulled out by many fans to "whip his body". Everyone was incredible that he could lead the team to lose to Greece.

Griffin's performance was eye-catching and he unexpectedly became the most popular player on the team. He performed many dunks in every game, including four dunks. He knocked over his opponents and was unstoppable.

On the contrary, Curry was the worst performer on the team, the fourth choice among point guards, and had almost no chance to play.

Most of the time, two extremely fast guards rush on the court; when they need to get into position, the veteran Billups controls the rhythm and lets his teammates take the lead; relying on off-ball coverage from the side, he plays the most minutes and can catch and shoot three-pointers. This is Gordon. If he doesn't have a chance to take a shot directly, he will break through with the ball, go up himself or attract double teams, and pass Love or Odom to shoot from the side.

Gordon's little steel cannon has obvious advantages in size and outstanding overall strength. It is difficult for opponent defenders and insiders to defend him. He is not as fast as he is strong, and not as strong as he is as fast.

Curry was extremely depressed. He was the most accurate shooter among the guards, but he was just a handyman on the team, guarding the water fountain on the sidelines and waving towels to cheer his teammates on.

He wanted to ask Yang Rui: "Can't you see how accurate my shooting is during training?" But he didn't dare, fearing that Yang Rui would be angry and it would be more difficult for him to get along with the Clippers in the future.

Curry also thought about using other ways to prove his strength and let the coaching staff see how good he is, so that he can be reused, so he asked Rose and Westbrook to challenge him.

It turned out that he was seeking his own death. Both of them were maniacs in one-on-one fights. How could Curry guard against them?

It was okay against Rose, with all kinds of pull-up layups and floaters, the scene was like a college student bullying a primary school student.

It would be terrible against Wei Shao, the scene was like the Ninja Turtles bullying humans...

Before the World Championships even started, Curry was about to collapse.

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