Basketball: Dayao Reopened

Chapter 26: Still scolded

   When Yao Ming arrived in the locker room the next morning, Morris Taylor's locker had been emptied, and the locker that was originally empty next to Yao Ming was now affixed with Mutombo's name.

   "African Mountains" before people arrive, food and grass go first...

  Yao Ming changed his clothes and ran to warm up first. He now places a lot of emphasis on warming up. Every time he warms up, he will get enough physical activity before starting training.

   is the stretching of the body first, and then the dribbling and basic shooting training.

   After he warmed up, several sparring teams from the Rockets also came to the scene, and Yao Ming could just start the training of footsteps against the basket.

   stood on his left foot and turned tentatively. After confirming that the sparring partner holding the charging pad behind him had no action, Yao Ming directly faced the frame, raised it high, and finished putting the basket through the huge charging pad.

   "Good shot, good!"

   The second after Yao Ming scored the goal, a hoarse applause that was a little strange and familiar, Yao Ming turned his head, and it was Rockets' new aid Mutombo coming.

   "Hey, man, you came so early, you are welcome to join the Rockets!"

   "Man, we will work hard together in the future."

   Yao Ming ran forward and gave him a high five with a smile.

   The two people had already made the phone call yesterday.

   The two chatted for a while, and the rest of the Rockets also came one after another. It can be seen that these guys played very well yesterday, and one by one, they knew that they didn't sleep well last night.

   But when they saw Mutombo, they greeted him enthusiastically.

Mutombo did not have the rigor of a newcomer, and responded one by one. He has played in this league for 11 years and has experienced several team changes. It is not too difficult for him to integrate into a new team, especially some. He had seen the face ten times, and it was not unfamiliar at all.

At about 10:30 in the morning, Mutombo followed General Manager Dawson to a press conference. With Mutombo’s qualifications, this is what the Rockets management must do, and for the management of this team. In terms of level, the introduction of the best defensive player once was indeed a big move, and it deserves a lot of publicity.

After Mutombo left, Tom also arranged the team’s training for today. Although there will be a game tonight, because the opponent is the Raptors, he has only won 2 games in 7 games, which is comparable to his strength. The Rockets currently have 4 wins and 3 losses, so Tom didn't take this opponent to heart.

   It’s not too late to practice the offensive and defensive tactics used in the night game after a while.

   The main training content arranged today is related to defense.

For this reason, the person standing on the sidelines today who is responsible for coordinating the entire training process is Tom Thibodeau. He is Tom’s chief assistant and the defensive coach of the entire Rockets. The defensive formation that the Rockets will practice today also took him a day. Time researched out.

This is a defensive formation with Kevin Cato and Yao Ming as the core. The main tactical intention is to block the space through Kevin Cato’s card position at the basket, and then the outside players are pressing to force the opponent to use the basket attack or The final method of short and mid-range shots uses Yao Ming's mobility and his excellent defense ability to interfere with opponents' shots.

   is a bit simpler, that is, the defensive strategy that Yao Ming played with Kevin Cato on the Rockets in the last game against the Pacers...

   No way, Yao Ming's high mobility in that game really impressed him!

  Especially the scene where O'Neal and Tinsley were blocked consecutively, it also showed him Yao Ming's potential to become the league's top defense player.

   So he copied it. No, he borrowed the defensive mode of the entire Rockets team at that time and added some more subtle aspects to create such a defensive system.

When Yao Ming was practicing with the team, he also realized that Thibodeau’s arrangement was exactly the division of labor between him and Kevin Cato on the field when he played for the Pacers. This immediately made him a little bit more happy-assisting defenders under the basket. , He hopes the team has such a positioning for him.

   Originally, he still wanted to talk to the coaching staff about his defensive positioning in two days.

   I didn’t expect Thibodeau to find out so quickly that he is capable enough to become a good defense player...

   After 2011, the league has entered the "small ball era" and has not been eliminated by the old coach. His vision is indeed vicious and his concept is not so rigid.

   If Tom is sick again this time, then whatever he said he should let Tom Thibodeau be the head coach, instead of letting the rigid "vampire" pick the peaches!

   Although Thibodeau is not a perfect head coach, his use of the main force is also criticized in the back! But the players in this era are really not so gold and expensive. Who in the league will not die as a major player? Few dared to pat their chests to ensure that they had never used the main force.

   Even Popovich, ask Tim Duncan how he tore his knee meniscus in 2000!

Of course, it’s better to let Tom continue to be the head coach. This guy is similar to the "Zen Master". He has a very high degree of freedom for the players under his hands. He basically does not change the players, but arranges him on the court according to the characteristics of the players. Just like Norris, changing to any team, I’m afraid that he would have to leave the development league long ago, but it happened to be under Tom’s hands and became the first overall substitute for the number one position. Tom is in some specific positions. At that time, he was given "unlimited fire power" to fully develop his ability to be good at disrupting warfare. Therefore, Yao Ming waited for a while to get acquainted with Tom again, and prepared to let him go to the hospital to check his body. Hidden dangers are removed. In this way, the Rockets’ "meritorious coach" will naturally not leave.

   The morning training ended at about 12:30. Mutombo also returned from the press conference. In the afternoon, he will participate in the Rockets joint training.

   "Guys, gather, let’s talk about the starting list for this night’s game."

   Before the training in the afternoon officially began, Tom, as usual, asked Tom Thibodeau to announce the starting roster of the Rockets for the evening.

   "Steve on the one, Catino on the two, James on the three, Kevin Cato on the four, and on the five... Yao!"

   Tom Thibodeau looked at Yao Ming when he came to the last starting position, with congratulations and congratulations in his eyes, and everyone else turned his head to congratulate Yao Ming.

   Francis even more directly said: "The first start of your career, play well, man!"

   Yao Ming nodded, but he said in his heart: Is this a destiny arrangement?

   Tonight is Olajuwon’s retirement ceremony and his first career starter. Tonight he is destined to submit a satisfactory answer sheet!

  ...

   Tonight’s game came as scheduled, and the fans entered the stadium earlier than usual. The number of posters and banners carried by the fans was also more than usual.

   There is no doubt about this posture. The Toyota Center tonight is bound to be a sea of ​​cheers.

   "Man, put Yao on the starting lineup for me, immediately, if you don't want me to block your XX with peanut butter!"

   "Tom, we need to see Yao in the starting lineup, dumb donkey!"

   "Yao actually put him on the bench with such a performance, what are you thinking about, **** it!"

   is just that Tom looked at some of the banners in the audience after he entered the stadium, and he was a little unhappy. UU reading www.uukanshu.com was full of the most beautiful language of the fans, urging him to put Yao Ming in the starting position.

   But, fortunately, it was only for a while. When the game started, they saw that Yao Ming had indeed started, and they should not "greet" him again.

  Yao Ming received huge cheers when he entered the stadium, and the volume was even as loud as Steve Francis. They didn't see Yao Ming in the two games. They really miss Yao Ming!

   No way, newcomers always love it...

Near the start of the game, Olajuwon also came to the sidelines through the VIP channel, and there was a huge cheer. Listening to these cheers, they were even louder than the cheers received by Yao Ming and Steve Francis. .

Of course, this is also normal. He is the protagonist of midtime tonight. There are no fewer fans who bought tickets for him tonight. Many fans came to witness his jersey hanging above the Toyota Center. .

   Olajuwon waved his hand to the crowd of fans in the audience, and walked to his seat on the sidelines with a smile on his face. The sadness of last night was gone.

When Francis and the others saw him coming, they ran to hug him one by one. Now there are naturally bursts of cheers, especially when Yao Ming and Olajuwon are hugging each other. It can even be described as "deafening".

   came, he patted Yao Ming on the shoulder.

   "Man, come on."

   Maybe it was because he said something to Yao Ming last night. Now Olajuwon sees Yao Ming more cordially.

   The cameras next to them also kept "clicking" at them all the time.

   If nothing happens, this scene will be given a meaning like "torch handover"...

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