The Fifth Point Guard

Yao Ming walked away with his victory.

With Francis and Mobley.

Although the team lost, Shen Tong was happy for Yao Ming.

In this time and space, Yao Ming might take a different path.

Before parting, Shentong also deliberately pulled Yao Ming to say something.

"Yao, no matter what others say, keep your own characteristics. In this league, there are not many tall and flexible centers. Don't deliberately gain weight, just increase your strength."

Yao Ming was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, and said, "Thank you, Shen, I will consider it."

Before leaving, Yao Ming suddenly turned around and said, "Actually, that's what Tang Shuai told me."

After the two smiled, they shook hands again and parted.

In the locker room.

Silas plays the role of loving father.

This Cavaliers team is too young, and the most senior guy on the team, Big Z, has only played 6 seasons.

Currently the most core duo in the team, one is a third grader and the other is a rookie.

Leading such a team, Silas did not want to impose a high-pressure policy.

Look at Kwame Brown, the No. 1 pick in high school drafted by Jordan

"Boys, you played a great game, it's just that luck is not on our side."

After finishing speaking, he walked up to Shen Tong and said, "Shen's goal almost brought us a victory."

Then he walked up to James, patted James on the back, and said, "Although LeBron's foul caused the team to fall behind, this is the price of growth."

Silas walked to the door, looked around, and said: "We are still young and have the capital to grow and try and make mistakes. As long as we can turn these failures into experience and continuously promote our growth, then these failures are meaningful. of!"

Some players who had lowered their heads and were somewhat dejected gradually sat up straight.

Silas's remarks are somewhat similar to when Byron Scott encouraged the team back then.

"What I want to say is, win or lose, Cleveland, without me, only us!"

What Silas meant was pretty obvious.

The team's loss will not be attributed to someone, such as James who fainted at the end of the game.

The responsibility for the team's loss should be borne by the whole team.

In the same way, the team's victory belongs to everyone, not to someone.

That is to say, here, the interests of the team are above all else.

In the training on the second day, all the players were full of fighting spirit.

Shen Tong and James set an example and set an example.

It also shows other players the attitude the team should have after losing.

Work hard, work hard, work harder!

After the daily training, Shen Tong and James went into the gym for strength training at the same time.

The fitness training of these professional players is quite different from the strength training of fitness coaches in the gym.

They don't need to compete in bodybuilding competitions, so what they're asking for is improved muscular endurance, sheer strength and balance.

Things like protein or muscle-building needles are definitely not used by professional basketball players.

These things, seriously, hurt the kidneys.

When Shen Tong took a shower and was about to leave the arena, a guy wearing a Cavaliers player suddenly appeared in front of Shen Tong.

Dajuan Wagner.

"Shen, can you give me 5 minutes?" Wagner hesitated to speak.

"No problem." Shen Tong stopped.

"I think I shouldn't just sit on the bench and play 10-15 minutes per game. I want to make more contributions to the team." Wagner said.

Shen Tong scratched his forehead and replied, "I think it's more appropriate to talk to Paul Silas. I'm just a player."

Wagner said: "I know these words should be said to Paul, but I need some theoretical support."

Shen Channel: "For example?"

Wagner took a deep breath and said: "To be honest, before this week, I had some minor physical problems, but before the start of this season, I found a famous Chinese medicine doctor who prescribed traditional Chinese medicine for conditioning, and my body has been much better."

Shentong said in his heart: Is that a small problem for you? What you don't know is that in the last time and space, your "little problem" could ruin your entire career! And the reason why you can get better is obviously because of the efficacy of my treatment (breeding)!

"Ahem, so what?"

Wagner stood up straight and said in a steady tone: "I want to challenge you and have a one-on-one fight with you."

Shen Tong sneered, walked up to Wagner without saying a word, lowered his head, stretched out the index finger of his left hand, removed the bags under his eyes, and made a grimace.

Then, release the left hand and point to Wagner.

(I stare (wait) at you)

"If you can score 20 points in a game this season, I will accept your challenge."

Shen Tong threw the backpack on his shoulder and left with his head held high.

Wagner looked at Shen Tong's back and clenched his fists slightly.

Any man who can score 100 points in high school is not reconciled to just sitting on the bench and spending his whole life.

The guy who scored 13.4 points and 2.8 assists in his rookie season yearned for greater honors in his second year.

I want to reproduce the glory of high school.

In the second day's training session, Silas gathered the players after regular practice.

"After several months of training and running-in together, combined with the performance of everyone in the last few regular seasons, the new tactics I formulated for the team have come to an end. Now, I will explain this tactics to you, That's what I, Paul Silas, invented, cavalier tactics."

Everyone sat on the ground, while Silas kept drawing various changes in the knight's tactics on the tactical whiteboard.

This tactic is mainly to play the energy of the team's flanks, that is, the two positions of Shentong and James, which are also the two strongest and most potential fulcrums of the team.

The essence of his tactics is that the shooting guard or small forward cuts to the basket with a high screen.

When the point guard feels that he can break through the defender, he can choose to dribble on the wing and turn to the basket.

At this time, the shooting guard or small forward relies on the cover of the inside player to cut into the basket. The point guard can choose to pass the ball to the wing player, who can directly shoot and score, or face a defender who is smaller than himself and attack the basket with his back.

If you can't pass the ball to the wing player who cuts inside, you can pass the ball back to the inside player who retreats to the high pick-and-roll. In the Cavaliers, Boozer and Big Z have good mid-range shooting skills. .

The reason why this tactic is very suitable for the Cavaliers is that both Shentong and James can initiate this tactic as a guest point guard.

In this way, the changes in the knight's tactics are very rich.

This is simply a tactic tailored for the current Cleveland Cavaliers.

However, the key to the success of high position cuts in this tactical system lies in execution and coordination.

The cutter, screener and passer must all think and act in unison.

This requires proper footwork, timing, non-verbal communication and experience.