MTL - NBA Backer King-Chapter 572 2nd in team speed

   Chapter 572 The second fastest in the team

   "Come on, run back and forth first."

   Former head coach Frank Johnson shouted: "Everyone get ready, get ready, run!"

   All the players lined up at one end of the training ground, and after giving an order, they rushed towards the opposite side with all their strength.

   "God!"

   Marion's speed is very fast, but now he finds that he can't run past the old K next to him, which scares him.

   But soon, Old K scared his chin off because he fell behind and was overtaken by Old K.

   "NONO, it's not that I can't outrun him, but I was careless and started slow." He quickly comforted himself in his heart.

   But immediately, he realized a question, why can old K run so fast after being seriously injured? Even far faster than the previous old K, is God possessed?

   A dozen players rushed to the other end, then stopped and turned around. When they pulled back, Nash was the first, and Pharaoh was the second.

   He ran back and forth several times in a row, but it was still the same, even the fast Marion couldn't surpass Pharaoh when he accelerated with all his strength.

   "Old K, why are you running so fast?" After stopping, the gasping Nash was so surprised that his eyes almost fell to the floor.

He was so surprised. Folding running is an experience of comprehensive quality. The explosive power at the start, acceleration running, running on the way, and balance, flexibility and flexibility when turning around in an emergency are all included. Old K The ability to move is so strong?

   "You are faster." Old Wang smiled.

  Nash's 100-meter speed is 10.8 seconds, which is nearly a second faster than he is now. It is considered very fast in the history of the league and should be ranked in the top five.

  Nash shook his head in disbelief, and asked, "Old K, you can't be uninjured, right? No, you can't run so fast without an injury?"

   "I've lost weight, now I'm 130kg, and I've strengthened speed and explosiveness training, so it's normal to increase speed." Lao Wang explained it and didn't say more.

  Nash and Marion shook their heads at the same time, saying that this is unscientific. You, a 130kg and 216cm center, can run so fast, this is unscientific.

They quickly thought of O'Neal. The big shark heard that when he first entered the league, he could run 100 meters in 11.5 seconds. Just now, the old K should be about the same. If he is slower, he should be able to reach 12 seconds. The giant beast, the talent is superman!

Ewing didn't participate in this kind of round-trip run. A veteran like him, who was about to retire, couldn't afford to toss. At this time, he walked over to Pharaoh with a look of amazement and said, "Old K, your current speed is comparable to that of the Admiral. Almost there, that guy is the fastest among us."

   "I should be slower than him at his peak time, and slower than when O'Neal entered the league." Pharaoh nodded.

  Nash said: "Have you tested the hundred meters?"

   "11.7 seconds." Pharaoh said.

   "Like Chamberlain, his 100m is 11.7 seconds," Ewing said.

   "Chamberlain?"

   Old Wang thought of the ancient super giant who was not convinced by himself. His physical fitness was the best in history, and his dual talents were bursting. Unfortunately, his life was a bit short-lived, and he had been dead for more than three years.

  Nash said with a smile: "Old K, at your current age, I think you are stronger than Chamberlain. He must not be able to run 11.7 seconds when he is more than 29 years old."

Ewing still had a shocked look on his face, shook his head and sighed: "Old K, you are a real monster, with such serious injuries, all the injuries on my body combined are not as serious as the injuries you suffered last year, but you can still Running so fast!"

   "Boss God!"

  Stoudemire's obedient obedience was flattering.

   In front of him, he was convinced of Pharaoh, because Pharaoh's qualifications and honor were there. Facing the first person in history, he was a rookie with no confidence at all. Now he is really convinced, from the inside out.

   Among the people present, the happiest ones were D’Antoni and Jr. Van Gundy. Their faces opened with laughter, and Xiao Fan’s bitter melon face turned into a wrinkled face.

What D'Antoni laughed at was that the faster K was, the more foundational his small-ball tactics would be. Moreover, Old K's attitude toward small-ball tactics was not very exclusive now. The only exclusion was that fast-break tactics accounted for too much. There is also contempt for defense. As long as he reasonably arranges fast break tactics and strengthens defense construction, there should be no problem with old K here.

What Xiao Fan laughed at was that the stronger K's ability to fold and run, the stronger the ability to defend and return, and the foundation for the establishment of a defensive system. With the ability of K's to be selected for the first defensive team five times, Equipped with the current mobility, its defensive strength is definitely higher than before, and it is completely self-contained defensive system.

   After some basic training, training with the ball was arranged, and then the half-time team training ground was arranged.

   At this time, little Colangelo also came and watched the battle.

   As the general manager, he has to observe the state of the players in order to make timely lineup adjustments, including trading some unsuitable players.

   As the coach of the main lineup, D'Antoni began to arrange tactics.

   He said to Pharaoh: "Old K, you can raise your position a little bit, so that you can return to defense faster when you switch between offense and defense."

   But Pharaoh said: "But once this happens, I will lose control of offensive rebounding."

  D'Antoni was stunned, yes, he is still stronger than offense, lighter than defense, and he doesn't pay attention to the fight for offensive rebounds from the bottom of his heart.

   So he immediately corrected: "Okay, old K, then play according to your habit."

Pharaoh said: "When attacking, I can indeed raise my position a bit, or pull it out, so as to free up the basket and allow my teammates to implement inward cutting tactics. If I play this kind of tactic, I can also go back to the defense as soon as possible. , in order to prevent the opponent from counterattacking.

   But if my teammates are shooting outside, then I can't get back to defense in the first place, I have to go in and grab the offensive rebound. "

   Little Van Gundy nodded and said, "Old K is right. We must pay attention to offensive rebounds and the second offense."

Former Suns coach Frank Johnson said: "I think so too, according to the data, Old K's offensive rebounds can reach 31%, which is a very high proportion, and we can't give up these rebounds and opportunities for secondary attacks. ."

  D'Antoni is sweating like a waterfall, okay, let me say something, you guys are going to roll over and flatten me, isn't that bad?

On the    side, assistant coach Scott Skiles, who was the head coach of the Suns in the 2000/01 season, is arranging tactics.

   After the two sides are properly arranged, the players go on the field.

  Pharaoh put on the white vests of the main players, and the substitutes were yellow vests.

  The main force attacked first. He came to the frontcourt, did not enter the paint zone, and settled down one step away, and the backup center Jack Waskull, who was defending him, followed.

  The second-round pick in 2000 was 211 cm tall, but he was not talented, his strength was average, and his offense and defense belonged to the level of marginal people.

The main power forward Tom Gugliotta has a mid-range shot. When he was healthy in the past, he made three-pointers. Now he can't shoot, but the mid-range shot is still accurate. He also pulled out and replaced the power forward Stade Meier followed.

   At this time, Marion on the right wing seized the opportunity, used a quick counter-run to get rid of the defender, and quickly implemented a cut inside.

Nash's eyes were fast and he saw that Marion had cut to the right line of the paint area, and passed the ball directly to the right side of the basket. At this time, Marion flew up, caught the ball in the air, and smashed it with a bang. Pull dunks.

   "Mike, old K pulled too far, what if Voskool doesn't follow?" Xiaofan asked.

"Try it."

  D'Antoni immediately told Waskull not to follow him, because Old K didn't have a mid-range shot, so he could take a step and just stay at the waist in the paint area.

   The next time the main attack, Pharaoh got a pass from Nash in a step outside the paint area. Seeing Waskull one meter away, he immediately took off after receiving the ball and hit a frontal hook.

   Waskull pounced on the cover, took a half-beat delay, and sealed a loneliness.

"so far?"

   "Can I enter?"

   At the moment Pharaoh shot, D'Antoni and Xiaofan and several other coaches all focused on the basketball that flew to the basket.

"brush!"

  The water splashes and the ball is hollowed into the net.

"pretty!"

   "Old K actually developed a mid-range attack, which is great!"

   Several coaches started to nod, very excited.

Next, Pharaoh didn't use other offensive methods, nor did he play his best low-post offense. He just kept hitting mid-range hooks. Facing an incompetent defender like Waskull, he shot 4 out of 7 shots at half court. , the hit rate was as high as 57%, which shocked the team.

This kind of small-space mid-range hook, if the defender is not strong, with Pharaoh's 90-level mid-range offensive strength, even a higher hit rate will be possible. Of course, it will be lower in the actual game. The defender will be lower.

Even if he is as good as Jordan, when he won the second consecutive championship in the early 1990s, he was dominated by mid-range shots. His mid-range shots can be called a weapon of God, and his hit rate was only a little over 40%, and his nearly two-point hit rate was only 30%. A little more, if Pharaoh's mid-range hook can reach a 50% hit rate, it will become a real artifact.

   After the training match, Pharaoh's performance amazed the whole team, from the coaching staff to the players, they were all convinced.

   "Old K, you have increased the mid-range offense and you have the ability to pull the air, which is good. We can have more opportunities to implement cut-in tactics. So how is your low-post attack ability now?" D'Antoni asked.

   Lao Wang said directly: "I have lost weight and my strength has become weaker. Although the skills are still there, my dominance in the low post, especially in the basket, should decline.

   Of course, I'm referring to the fact that my dominance will decrease when I meet a big-tonnage opponent like O'Neal. If it is just an ordinary opponent, no matter who it is, my current 130kg tonnage and strength are enough. Facing them, even if the dominance drops a little and the efficiency drops a little, I can still handle them. "

   "Yes." Xiao Fan and several teaching assistants nodded.

D'Antoni also nodded and said: "Old K has the ability to attack in the mid-range, which is very important to us. We can play richer and more layered offensive tactics. Jeff, Frank, Scott, we have to re-study tactics... "

   In the next few days, the Suns threw themselves into intense training. The coaching staff was busier than the players. They had to formulate tactics and observe and supervise the players’ status. There was a lot of work.

   Throughout the training camp, the Suns did not arrange media interviews, and conducted closed training, and the interviews with the team reporters did not allow filming of the training process.

   A week-long official training camp, the overall performance of the team, the offense is slightly better, and the defense is worse.

  Xiaofan's defense system wants to be really established, but there is still a lack of defensive giants. After training in the past few days, the current defense is supported by Pharaoh and Marion. There are too many loopholes.

   Offense is better, after all, with the big killer Pharaoh at the bottom, others can help, and the offense can also play well.

   But in terms of offensive tactics, there has been little success in the past few days. The coaching staff has to start from scratch, and the Suns have to build their own offensive system, and there is still a long way to go.

   The current attack is mainly based on Lao Wang as the absolute core of the attack. Such tactics are very monotonous. They do not combine the strengths and characteristics of everyone, and cannot play a role of 1+1 greater than 2.

   If it was before, Pharaoh thought there was no problem with this. Even during the Lakers' three consecutive championships, it was the same style of play. With him as the absolute core of the offense, 70% of the offense had to go through his hands.

   But now he doesn't want to continue like this, because he is old after all, and the serious injury last year has also caused some changes in his psychology, and his physical fitness after physical reconstruction is not as good as it was a year ago.

Although he has a fixed period of three years, his physical fitness will not decline during the fixed period, but his physical fitness distribution needs to be managed better than before, and he can no longer squander his physical fitness. Like entering the playoffs before, several series It's definitely not possible to play all the games in the future, and it will definitely not last until the end.

   On the 25th, the Suns completed a trade, acquiring a small forward Jumaine Jones from the Cavaliers and paying for their backup center Jake Chakalidis.

  Jones is a role player, the No. 27 pick in the first round in 1999. Although Chakalidis was not very talented, he was also the No. 25 pick in the first round in 2000.

  …

The regular season of the   02/03 season started on October 29, but the Suns' first game was on the 30th, playing the Supersonics away.

  27th is the media meeting day of the new season of the Suns, which will be held as scheduled at 10 am.

  The Sun King is back, and the Suns are very cautious. They used to be held at the headquarters. This time, it was arranged in the News Hall 1 of the American West Arena, which has a larger space and can accommodate 500 people.

Although no one is optimistic about Pharaoh's comeback, his influence is still there. No matter what, he will retire for a year. Therefore, many media reporters rushed to Phoenix. The reporters plus cameramen and assistants were overwhelming. Blockbuster, no less than 200 people.

  The photo is taken first. Of course, Pharaoh is the absolute C position, with Ewing on the left, Marion on the right, and Nash and Tom Gugliotta on both sides.

   Entering the question and answer session, Pharaoh immediately became the reporter's target, or the only target. Others, including Ewing, were also rarely asked.

   "Old K, the Suns were at the bottom of the Western Conference last season, so what is the goal of this season? Are you confident to make the playoffs?" asked a reporter from the New York Sports News.

Pharaoh smiled and said: "Sir, this is my tenth season. In the first 9 seasons, I reached the playoffs 9 times, the Western Conference finals 9 times, the finals 7 times, and the championship 6 times. The probability of reaching the finals in his career is the first in history, the probability of reaching the finals is the first in history, and the probability of winning the championship is also the first in history.

Sir, you ask me if the Suns can make the playoffs. In my opinion, this is a serious challenge to me. Why don't we make a bet now, whether our Suns can make the playoffs this season, the bet is , Whoever loses, who buys the front page of the New York Times for a week and sends it to the other party. "

After listening to Pharaoh's self-reported resume, and hearing the bets behind him, the reporter was also furious, and quickly said, "Sorry, I was wrong just now, old K, what I want to ask is, do you have the confidence to kill this season? Entering the Western Conference Finals?"

   Old Wang laughed and said, "That's right. If you know your mistakes, you can correct them. This is a good comrade. Miss Molly, the next one."

That's all he said, he didn't answer the reporter's question at all, and directly asked Miss Molly, the host of the PR department, to turn over the reporter's card, which made the reporter from the New York Times quite embarrassed, but he had no choice but to smile bitterly. endlessly.

   After Pharaoh answered more than a dozen reporters' questions, a reporter finally asked Ewing's head.

   "Patrick, why did you choose the Suns instead of the Lakers or the Blazers, and the Nets?" the reporter asked.

What Ewing dislikes the most is the media, so he replied with a stern face: "I have the opportunity to go to the Nets. Yao is my junior. When he went to Georgetown University, I recommended him to the school team, but I still believe in old K more."

   "Do you believe that old K can still play the dominant power in the past? Do you think it is possible?" The reporter asked.

Ewing saw the state of Pharaoh's return this week, so he sneered and said: "His dominance may have declined a bit, but I think he is still the only one in this league. I have to remind You, you despise him now, and it will be easy to be slapped in the face by him in the future."

"Oh!"

  The reporters exclaimed.

There are many reporters who secretly despise Ewing. They think that this past-style super center is just flattering old K, but the fact is that Ewing is doomed to flatter wrong, and this flattery should be two. It's just the grouping of the super center of the past to keep warm.

   (end of this chapter)