Legendary basketball manager

"Monta! Monta! Monta..."

From the intensity of the sound, it can be seen how much the Warriors fans like this explosive shooting guard.

In the VIP box on the stand, Shen Fei smiled and said to Larry Riley beside him: "Look at this posture, as long as Monta is here, you won't have to worry about selling tickets."

Larry Riley shook his head with a smile, and said proudly: "His style of play is indeed very popular. No one wants to watch Monta play."

This is absolutely true.

Ellis has been playing in the team since the "Black Eight" Warriors team, and he is considered an old man in the team.

Over the past few years, he has continued to improve and has gradually become the most watchable and scoring explosive guard in the league.

Among the Warriors, Ellis has the highest sales of jerseys. Compared with him, the sales of other players in the team are not at the same level.

From this we can know how popular he is!

"However, I feel that you two guards have some overlapping functions."

"Monta and No. 30 rookie Stephen are both guards whose offense is greater than defense, and their height is not dominant in the same position."

Shen Fei said thoughtfully.

For today's competition, Asian youths have done a lot of homework.

What he is concerned about is not the outcome of this game, but the most important reinforcement candidate for the Rockets in the future-Stephen Curry.

And if you want to get a "primary school student", you must pass Larry Riley.

After all, in the original time and space, Larry Riley resisted all opinions and chose the latter between Ellis and Curry.

Shen Fei remembers that in 2012, on the eve of the Ellis trade, a survey was conducted in San Francisco (the city where the Warriors are located)—if Ellis and Curry can only keep one, which one do you want to keep?

The results of the survey are now jaw-dropping - more than 70% of the local fans chose Ellis!

Not only that, but many people in the management of the Warriors think that the "glass" Curry cannot become the core of the team, and they prefer to trade him to help Ellis.

But in such an environment of public opinion, Larry Riley still firmly chose to believe in Curry, and this is how the later "Curry Day" came about!

And now there are still two years before Ellis' deal, Shen Fei wants to know whether Larry Riley's current attitude is as determined as it will be two years later.

"Young man, your vision is indeed as sharp as the rumors say. This problem has actually troubled me for a while."

"Both Monta and Stephen are very good young men, but there are many differences."

"Monta is confident and flamboyant, good at breakthroughs, and a sharp sword on the court; Stephen is low-key and humble, but he is also very strong in his bones, and has the potential to become the best shooter in the league."

Larry Riley said slowly.

While he was speaking, McGrady hit a three-pointer on Curry's head.

Then, Ellis broke through the basket again and made a difficult layup.

However, looking back, he was also physically raped by Lowry.

"Although the style of play is different, the defense doesn't seem to be very good."

"This kind of back line can only use offense against offense, and it is difficult to win the game by defense."

Shen Fei continued.

"Who said it wasn't..."

"Without defense, it is doomed not to go further. There has never been a team that can win a championship just by attacking."

"However, both of them are still very young, maybe when they will get the hang of it, they can also make achievements on the defensive end."

Larry Riley said with a smile.

Hearing this, Shen Fei couldn't help admiring this veteran manager.

With such a peaceful mind, it is no wonder that he can become the founder of the dynasty team.

Of course, he wasn't all right.

In the future, Curry has indeed developed a certain level of defense, at least it has nothing to do with "defensive loopholes".

But Monta Ellis was not so lucky.

Whether in the Warriors or the Mavericks in the future, he needs the team to "hide" him on the defensive end.

Defensive flaws also meant that Ellis could only shine in weak teams, or act as the sixth man in strong teams.

He is always separated by a natural moat from becoming a real super giant.

During the conversation between Shen Fei and Larry Riley, the Rockets had gradually grasped the initiative of the game.

They bloomed in full bloom, and the starting five tigers all scored goals.

In contrast to the Warriors, Ellis started his personal heroism after feeling hot, choosing to use singles to solve problems many times.

And he missed a shot or made a mistake, and the Rockets' counterattack immediately punished him.

The difference between the two teams was also widened.

The Warriors coach Keith Smart saw that the situation was not good, and quickly called a timeout.

After the timeout ended, the two sides began to replace substitute players one after another.

On the Rockets side, Ty Lawson, who had a week off, replaced Lowry, who came back with him today.

Jeremy Lin, who performed well during this period, also replaced McGrady as a shooting guard.

In contrast to the Warriors, they left Curry to lead the team and let Ellis rest.

Seeing this scene, Shen Fei in the VIP box smiled slightly.

A good show is about to be staged!

It turned out that yesterday morning, Shen Fei called Mark Jackson and told him some details that need to be paid attention to in the game against the Warriors.

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"I studied the rotation of the Warriors this season. They will let Curry lead the team alone in the last few minutes of the first quarter."

"At that time, you let Lawson play against him."

"There is only one requirement. During this period of time, Lawson's offensive ability must be fully utilized. It is best to arrange some singles tactics and let him 'attack' Curry."

Although Mark Jackson didn't know why his manager suddenly assigned this task, he still agreed immediately.

After all, judging from the experience of cooperation in the past few months, whenever Shen Fei has a special mission, it indicates that there will be strong support coming soon.

Mark Jackson didn't know what surprises the Asian youth would bring him. The only thing he could do was to unconditionally complete the task assigned by Shen Fei!

"Understood the manager, I will arrange it properly."

"By the way, Brandon (Roy) has rested for such a long time. In the first game of his comeback, I will play 7-10 minutes. What do you think?"

Mark Jackson asked.

"Well, you can decide for yourself."

"But after a while, after Brandon recovers, he must be given sufficient tactical status."

"With his age and strength, it is already a great sacrifice to condescend to play as a substitute."

Shen Fei exhorted.

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Look back to the field.

At this time, the Rockets led the Warriors by 25 points at 17:8.

In order to reverse the situation, Curry, who is the core of the connecting segment, decided to strengthen his personal offense!

In his debut season, he averaged 17.6 points per game. Since this season, this number has risen to 18.5!

Although he has not yet reached the level of a top scorer, Curry's scoring ability has already begun to show.

In the first round of the game restart, he chose to attack with the ball.

Facing Jeremy Lin's defense, Curry dribbled the ball behind him for half a step, and took advantage of the cover of his teammates to completely shake off the defense.

After breaking into the penalty area, he met Tucker who was supplementing the defense.

Tucker's defense was extremely aggressive, hitting Curry's shoulder with his chest as soon as he met him.

This kind of action is already on the verge of fouling.

But Curry did not choose to make a foul. Instead, he relied on good core strength to maintain balance, and then accelerated to pass Tucker.

At this time, Birdman Anderson rushed out obliquely, took over Tucker's squad, and continued to encircle Curry.

Mengshen suddenly braked and raised his left hand, making a layup.

Birdman reacted immediately, leaping high, trying to block the shot.

Tucker behind him is also struggling to take off...