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Chapter 7 The Battle of Sword and Shield
Chapter 7 The Battle of Sword and Shield
Four days passed in a blink of an eye, and on the afternoon of June [-], the official NBA training camp came to an end.
The league office collected the physical test data of 75 players and held nearly [-] light confrontation games. However, because many high-level rookies did not participate intensively, the quality of those games varied greatly, and the major teams were not satisfied.
Su Yang decisively proposed to general manager Kevin that the Blazers should take the lead in holding another intensive trial training.
The location is set in Orlando, just as the players and their agents have not yet left, and the major teams have also retained people, which can save a lot of travel troubles, and can further deepen the testing standards, so that suitable candidates can be found more quickly.
This kind of training camp jointly initiated by several teams was held as early as 05, and the scale was relatively small at that time.
And this time, scouts and high-level executives from other teams are widely invited to attend, and strive to make it the scale of the summer league.
Kevin adopted the suggestion and sent invitations to other teams. Sixteen teams, including the Rockets and Timberwolves, quickly accepted. Su Yang contacted those agents, and soon got a reply that he was willing to participate. The whole thing was easily settled.
The executives of the major teams and their agents discussed briefly and decided to use two days for the second concentrated trial training.
...
At [-]:[-] p.m., several scouts including Bob rushed to the hotel to meet Su Yang and prepare for the final investigation.
General manager Kevin and his assistant Tom, as well as members of the coaching staff including McMillan, also arrived later.
Regardless of the exhaustion of the journey, the whole team gathered directly in the meeting room, and for the first time all members discussed the rookie candidates.
Kevin acts as the moderator, starting from the point guard first, and the range is estimated for the second round, with a total of seven candidates.
"These guys are Aaron Brooks, Gabe Pruitt, Jared Jordan, James Uncurry, Tauring Green, Ramon Sessions, DJ Stroberg, and the final recommendation from the scouts is La Monsessions."
After Kevin finished speaking, he turned to look at Bob, and Bob nodded for confirmation.
"Let's talk about your specific views..." Chief assistant Monty Williams frowned, staring at the information in his hand, flipping his hands back and forth, as if he was very surprised or unbelievable by the suggestion given by the scout kind of.
Bob turned his head to look at Su Yang, hinting whether he needed help, Su Yang nodded and said he could handle it.
"From my observations over the past four days and online videos, Ramon is a point guard with a very high ball quotient. He is good at making breakthroughs with pick-and-rolls. He is fast, has a good pass vision, and knows how to use physical contact to create fouls. …
He can quickly adapt to our tactical system, and he doesn't need too much possession of the ball, very selfless. "
From Su Yang's point of view, choosing Ramon Sessions as the third point guard will give him a very high return if he develops for half a season first.
"You didn't mention his flaws..."
Monty shook his head: "His lateral movement speed is extremely poor. When encountering screens and explosive point guards, he has almost no countermeasures. When we defend pick-and-rolls, it is difficult to use delay and pincer attack. If we let him play, it will be very difficult to lose points." serious.
You should know that it is very difficult for us to use delay and flanking to prevent pick-and-rolls, right? "
As soon as the voice fell, many people in the conference room locked their eyes on Su Yang.
You should know!
This sentence shows that Su Yang lacks professionalism.
Crucially, what Monty said was true.
The Blazers' current starting center is Joel Pulzbila, and the backup center is Rive LaFrentz. Both of them are slow. When defending pick-and-rolls, most of them use the method of squatting in the paint and need to rely on guards to interfere with the ball holder. .
Even Oden, who is very likely to choose, is also a slow big center, and it is impossible to go outside to delay the attack.
"I understand what you mean..."
Faced with doubts, Su Yang said calmly: "I position him mainly on offense. As a second-round pick, he doesn't need such a high defensive standard, and he is good at using his height to suppress small guards, so he has a certain degree of defense. "
Su Yang still had something to say in his mind, that is, point guard players have always been poor in single defense, what a mess.
Everyone looked away from Su Yang, and turned to Monty one after another, waiting for the next round of rebuttals.
"I agree with your opinion..."
Monty's expression remained unchanged, "But we should have players to help Brandon Roy and other defenders share the defensive pressure, so our coaching staff agreed that DJ Stroberg is a better choice. His characteristics are... "
DJ Stroberg is indeed good at defense. He is 196cm tall and weighs 93KG. His speed is at the level of a point guard. He is capable of defending positions one to three. As a part of the system, he can be called universal match.
But DJ Stroberg's fatal flaw is that his offensive ability sucks, so bad that it can be ignored.
And DJ Stroberg's most famous game was when he played against LeBron's St. Mary's High School in high school. In the ESPN national live broadcast environment, he made 8 of 0 three-pointers and made 7 turnovers...
"I know, he's not good at shooting and scoring, but we have a lot of offensive talent and don't need him to take on scoring tasks, so I think he is the best point guard in our second-round pick. What do you think?"
After Monty finished speaking, he smiled and looked around at everyone in the conference room, looking confident.
Bob and the other scouts remained silent, Kevin and Tom did not respond immediately, and the conference room fell silent.
"With all due respect, last season, we averaged 94.1 points per game, ranking second to last in the league, so we still need a certain scoring ability from the point guard. The trade-offs should be calculated through data..."
After Su Yang finished speaking, he stared straight at Monty, not planning to back down in the slightest, and was extremely confident.
The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly changed from silence to tension. Everyone felt that Su Yang was implying Monty's lack of professionalism in turn.
But Su Yang and Monty, one is a fresh graduate, the other is a former NBA player who retired in 03, scored a career high of 30 points, and played under the Spurs Popovich, the difference in status between the two too big.
"If you want to use data as an argument..."
Monty chuckled, "Well, you should know that last season, we scored 100 points per 109.9 possessions, ranking fourth in the league, but that didn't have much positive impact on our record, do you agree? "
Everyone turned their attention to Su Yang again, and what Monty said was also supported by data.
"I don't agree..."
Su Yang still looked calm, "Of course I know that our offensive score per 100 rounds is 109.9, but we often don't play 100 rounds, and the average number of shots per game is only 78.
You're talking like McGrady's 35 and you're saying McGrady's 13.
That statistic only reflects the offensive potential, not the offensive ability, and cannot directly take the maximum value. "
There was a burst of laughter in the conference room, and Monty's expression became a little awkward, and he remained silent for a while.
"I have an idea..." McMillan said suddenly, "Tomorrow, we will put these two people in the same game and use their actual performance as a reference. What do you think?"
(End of this chapter)
Four days passed in a blink of an eye, and on the afternoon of June [-], the official NBA training camp came to an end.
The league office collected the physical test data of 75 players and held nearly [-] light confrontation games. However, because many high-level rookies did not participate intensively, the quality of those games varied greatly, and the major teams were not satisfied.
Su Yang decisively proposed to general manager Kevin that the Blazers should take the lead in holding another intensive trial training.
The location is set in Orlando, just as the players and their agents have not yet left, and the major teams have also retained people, which can save a lot of travel troubles, and can further deepen the testing standards, so that suitable candidates can be found more quickly.
This kind of training camp jointly initiated by several teams was held as early as 05, and the scale was relatively small at that time.
And this time, scouts and high-level executives from other teams are widely invited to attend, and strive to make it the scale of the summer league.
Kevin adopted the suggestion and sent invitations to other teams. Sixteen teams, including the Rockets and Timberwolves, quickly accepted. Su Yang contacted those agents, and soon got a reply that he was willing to participate. The whole thing was easily settled.
The executives of the major teams and their agents discussed briefly and decided to use two days for the second concentrated trial training.
...
At [-]:[-] p.m., several scouts including Bob rushed to the hotel to meet Su Yang and prepare for the final investigation.
General manager Kevin and his assistant Tom, as well as members of the coaching staff including McMillan, also arrived later.
Regardless of the exhaustion of the journey, the whole team gathered directly in the meeting room, and for the first time all members discussed the rookie candidates.
Kevin acts as the moderator, starting from the point guard first, and the range is estimated for the second round, with a total of seven candidates.
"These guys are Aaron Brooks, Gabe Pruitt, Jared Jordan, James Uncurry, Tauring Green, Ramon Sessions, DJ Stroberg, and the final recommendation from the scouts is La Monsessions."
After Kevin finished speaking, he turned to look at Bob, and Bob nodded for confirmation.
"Let's talk about your specific views..." Chief assistant Monty Williams frowned, staring at the information in his hand, flipping his hands back and forth, as if he was very surprised or unbelievable by the suggestion given by the scout kind of.
Bob turned his head to look at Su Yang, hinting whether he needed help, Su Yang nodded and said he could handle it.
"From my observations over the past four days and online videos, Ramon is a point guard with a very high ball quotient. He is good at making breakthroughs with pick-and-rolls. He is fast, has a good pass vision, and knows how to use physical contact to create fouls. …
He can quickly adapt to our tactical system, and he doesn't need too much possession of the ball, very selfless. "
From Su Yang's point of view, choosing Ramon Sessions as the third point guard will give him a very high return if he develops for half a season first.
"You didn't mention his flaws..."
Monty shook his head: "His lateral movement speed is extremely poor. When encountering screens and explosive point guards, he has almost no countermeasures. When we defend pick-and-rolls, it is difficult to use delay and pincer attack. If we let him play, it will be very difficult to lose points." serious.
You should know that it is very difficult for us to use delay and flanking to prevent pick-and-rolls, right? "
As soon as the voice fell, many people in the conference room locked their eyes on Su Yang.
You should know!
This sentence shows that Su Yang lacks professionalism.
Crucially, what Monty said was true.
The Blazers' current starting center is Joel Pulzbila, and the backup center is Rive LaFrentz. Both of them are slow. When defending pick-and-rolls, most of them use the method of squatting in the paint and need to rely on guards to interfere with the ball holder. .
Even Oden, who is very likely to choose, is also a slow big center, and it is impossible to go outside to delay the attack.
"I understand what you mean..."
Faced with doubts, Su Yang said calmly: "I position him mainly on offense. As a second-round pick, he doesn't need such a high defensive standard, and he is good at using his height to suppress small guards, so he has a certain degree of defense. "
Su Yang still had something to say in his mind, that is, point guard players have always been poor in single defense, what a mess.
Everyone looked away from Su Yang, and turned to Monty one after another, waiting for the next round of rebuttals.
"I agree with your opinion..."
Monty's expression remained unchanged, "But we should have players to help Brandon Roy and other defenders share the defensive pressure, so our coaching staff agreed that DJ Stroberg is a better choice. His characteristics are... "
DJ Stroberg is indeed good at defense. He is 196cm tall and weighs 93KG. His speed is at the level of a point guard. He is capable of defending positions one to three. As a part of the system, he can be called universal match.
But DJ Stroberg's fatal flaw is that his offensive ability sucks, so bad that it can be ignored.
And DJ Stroberg's most famous game was when he played against LeBron's St. Mary's High School in high school. In the ESPN national live broadcast environment, he made 8 of 0 three-pointers and made 7 turnovers...
"I know, he's not good at shooting and scoring, but we have a lot of offensive talent and don't need him to take on scoring tasks, so I think he is the best point guard in our second-round pick. What do you think?"
After Monty finished speaking, he smiled and looked around at everyone in the conference room, looking confident.
Bob and the other scouts remained silent, Kevin and Tom did not respond immediately, and the conference room fell silent.
"With all due respect, last season, we averaged 94.1 points per game, ranking second to last in the league, so we still need a certain scoring ability from the point guard. The trade-offs should be calculated through data..."
After Su Yang finished speaking, he stared straight at Monty, not planning to back down in the slightest, and was extremely confident.
The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly changed from silence to tension. Everyone felt that Su Yang was implying Monty's lack of professionalism in turn.
But Su Yang and Monty, one is a fresh graduate, the other is a former NBA player who retired in 03, scored a career high of 30 points, and played under the Spurs Popovich, the difference in status between the two too big.
"If you want to use data as an argument..."
Monty chuckled, "Well, you should know that last season, we scored 100 points per 109.9 possessions, ranking fourth in the league, but that didn't have much positive impact on our record, do you agree? "
Everyone turned their attention to Su Yang again, and what Monty said was also supported by data.
"I don't agree..."
Su Yang still looked calm, "Of course I know that our offensive score per 100 rounds is 109.9, but we often don't play 100 rounds, and the average number of shots per game is only 78.
You're talking like McGrady's 35 and you're saying McGrady's 13.
That statistic only reflects the offensive potential, not the offensive ability, and cannot directly take the maximum value. "
There was a burst of laughter in the conference room, and Monty's expression became a little awkward, and he remained silent for a while.
"I have an idea..." McMillan said suddenly, "Tomorrow, we will put these two people in the same game and use their actual performance as a reference. What do you think?"
(End of this chapter)
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