basketball dreams

Chapter 97 The Spurs Change?

January 1th is a special day for Li Yunchen.It's not because today is a certain holiday or anniversary, it's just that on this day he will face a head coach he likes very much-Popovich for the first time in his career.

The legendary coach of the Spurs, as far as Yun Chen is concerned, no matter what kind of compliments can be used to describe Mr. Popo, he deserves the respect of all basketball players and is one of the greatest head coaches in basketball history .

At six o'clock in the evening local time in San Antonio, the Cleveland Cavaliers will challenge the Spurs away.

Yesterday afternoon, when the team held pre-match training at the Spurs home stadium AT&T Center Arena, Yun Chen, who had disappeared for nearly a day, finally returned to the team, but he didn't mention what he did, and just continued to take Ball training is no different from usual.

Then for the whole day on January 1, the team did not arrange training, and the players rested in their residences. This was a great thing for Yun Chen, who had just experienced Reggie Miller's "personal training".

Even now, recalling the "anti-interference" training that Reggie Miller gave him later, he still feels a little cold behind him, because it was so terrifying.

However, the effect was remarkable. Although there was only one night of training, Yunchen could clearly feel that he had gradually adapted to the high-intensity defense and... mental interference.

On the 7th, Yunchen slept all morning and tried his best to recover his strength at the residence. Today's match against the Spurs, he could foresee that it would be a tough battle.

However, just because he doesn't go out and get in touch with others doesn't mean he can't be on the news page...

In the afternoon, when Yunchen was bored to check the sports news, he suddenly saw the news about him... and it was the headline.

The headline reads: Popovich: Lee is a good player, and I feel like he's going to be the next owner of the league.

This is what Popovich said when the reporter interviewed at the entrance of the arena after the Spurs trained today.

Seeing this title, Yun Chen almost spit out a mouthful of water from his mouth.

Although he is quite confident in his own strength, and there are few players who can be compared with him in this rookie class, it is really the first time that he is regarded as the future master of the league.

"Are you bragging about each other in business... But this is too much." Sweat dripped down his forehead involuntarily, and he didn't understand Mr. Bobo's operations.

Immediately, he clicked on the title, wanting to take a closer look at what Popovich said.

The original text is as follows: I think Li Yunchen's style of play is very suitable for the development trend of basketball. In the future NBA, a small forward with organizational space like him will shine, just like Curry brought basketball from the inside to the outside. Li, who has better physical fitness, has a good chance to create greater miracles. It is not impossible to become the master of the league in time.

There is nothing in this passage just looking at the front, it is just a head coach's normal evaluation of the opponent's players, but the second half obviously adds his personal views on the future development of basketball.

This is also what surprised Yunchen. For a long time, he believed that Popovich's Spurs were the representative of old-school basketball. The team is the complete opposite.

But this passage clearly reflected the change in his thinking.

"Could it be because of Leonard's departure this summer that he made such a change?" Yun Chen whispered.

In the summer, Leonard and the Spurs management completely collapsed. Later, they were forced to have no choice but to trade him and traded him for DeRozan from the Raptors.

Originally, Leonard was expected by everyone to be the next team soul to support the Spurs after Duncan, but he was unwilling to stay in a small market team and chose to leave. This has to be said to be a great pity, but But it also promoted the transformation of the entire Spurs system from the side.

It’s not about Leonard’s style of play, it’s just that his existence will make this team develop towards old-school basketball, because his style is more inclined to veteran superstars like Kobe and Wade, which is different from the current small ball trend. It looked out of place.

However, the newcomer DeRozan is different. Although his style of play is similar to Kobe and others, he is more malleable and his personal ability is slightly weaker than Leonard. After all, you can never ask for it. Superstars at the level of Kobe and Wade follow the team to change their style of play.

So from this level, Yunchen feels that Leonard's departure is not necessarily a bad thing for the Spurs. On the contrary, they can use this opportunity to try to make the team make changes.

So far in the current season, the Spurs have a record of 23 wins and 13 losses, ranking fourth in the Western Conference. Although they have not reached the top level, they still maintain a high level and have been greatly improved compared to last season.

And their style of play, as Yun Chen thought, began to change towards speeding up and counterattacking.

"No accident today, my opponent will be DeRozan. Speaking of which, I really haven't studied him well..." Thinking of this, Yunchen couldn't help but searched the Spurs lineup on his mobile phone, and then put The eyes are on DeRozan, the head star.

Facing the current Spurs, if you want to beat them, the best way is to find a way to limit DeRozan's performance.

DeRozan, who came to the Spurs, ushered in a change in style of play this season. Last season, he averaged 23.3 points and 5.2 assists per game in the Raptors. He is the well-deserved first shooting guard in the East.

This season, his data has become 17.5 points, 7.4 assists and 4.5 rebounds.Obviously, he has changed from the previous team's super splitter to an all-around backcourt, and his three-pointers have also been greatly improved compared to before.

"Mr. Bobo is really good. Every star in his hands can undergo a completely new change!" Yun Chen couldn't help admiring. He had seen DeRozan play the game, the purebred old-fashioned style of play, but in Bobo Here, Vicky has made a very successful transformation, which has to be said to be a miracle.

"Well... But, it's useless to limit DeRozan." However, after studying DeRozan for a while, he had some headaches again.

Aldridge and Rudy Gay, the existence of these two people also makes the Spurs very difficult to deal with.

Especially Aldridge, if Love is allowed to face him, he will really suffer a lot, because judging from the historical records of the two, Love is completely suppressed by the opponent, and seems to be restrained by nature.

Scratching her head, Yun Chen fell headfirst on the bed.

Having just experienced a big defeat, the team needs a victory to rebuild their confidence. It is really a bad thing to meet a difficult team like the Spurs at this time.

Time passed by like this little by little. Throughout the afternoon, Yunchen was flipping through the materials to get familiar with everything about the Spurs, and even went to watch live videos of two of their games.

Tonight's game, he hoped very much to win!
(End of this chapter)