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Chapter 370 Changes Must Be Made
Chapter 370 Changes Must Be Made
In January, Li Ke saw his new teammates at the Bobcats training facility.
Bismack Biyombo, a rookie who fell from the lottery to the end of the first round, on the first day of the season assembly, he was ordered to carry bags, buy water, and pick up balls by the same newcomer Baron Davis.
The bearded Davis, who also worked as a "captain" for a short period of time, is now in the twilight of his career.
However, in the past season with the Clippers, he also had 13.1 points, 6.7 assists and 1.3 steals. This year, he transferred to the Bobcats and played as the second point guard, which is naturally enough.
In addition to the new teammate is Channing Frye, a rookie in 05, he can be regarded as a potential new star in New York in his rookie year.
Later, he transferred to the Trail Blazers and lost the main force and even the rotation position in the face of competition. After his rookie season, he moved to the Suns and saved his career again.
As a rare fourth in the league with space, Joe Sr. believes that Frye can replace Jamison.
But only Li Ke knows that Frye can't replace...
Jamison is not only a space-type fourth position, he is also a single player who can create a threat. This is something that neither Frye nor the gradually famous UAE, Ryan Anderson, etc. have.
Coupled with Lao Du's departure, the Bobcats' three-pointers are not as good as last season.
Just looking at the overall situation, the Bobcats are not as good as last season.
But if you count the progress of young players, the Bobcats may have improved compared to last season.
Therefore, Li Ke is full of confidence in the new season.
In the opening game of the shortened season, a large number of star players who moved to the CBA were absent.
The Bobcats, who are playing at home, still ushered in a focus battle.
Their opponents are the Cavaliers who still have the Big Three. Unlike Kobe and Guagua who went to the oceans to pan for gold, the Big Three of the Cavaliers rejected all overseas invitations.
Except for the vacation (fishing) time at the end of the season, the rest, Lebron, Wade and Boss all spent hard training.
Danny Ferry, who formed the Big Three, was not idle either. Before the lockout ended, he contacted everywhere.
After the lockout ended, with a month of operating time, he moved quickly.
The first is the official announcement: Old coach Larry Brown can only resign as the head coach of the Cavaliers because of his poor health.
Then there was a selection of coaches, and the Bobcats were directly selected. Elvin Gentry announced his resignation as the chief assistant coach of the Bobcats and took over the head coach of the Cavaliers.
First, there was a deal, which packaged Daniel Gibson, who still had a two-year contract of 900 million, and Randy Foye, who had $425 million in the last year, and sent them to the Lone Ranger.
The Lone Ranger first signed Caron Butler for $2 million in two years, and then sent Caron Butler to the Cavaliers, completing this sign-and-trade deal.
It was also this deal that directly announced the disintegration of the last season's runner-up Lone Ranger.
Then the Knicks freed up salary space in order to get Tyson Chandler, send away Ronnie Turiaf, and amnesty Chauncey Billups.
The Cavaliers also made a move at this time, locking Billups with a basic salary.
The free market made further moves, successively winning Sean Battier, James Jones, Michael Pietrus, and Joel Przbila whose contracts had expired.
Coupled with Mike Bibby and Eddie House who stayed on the team, the Cavaliers' roster is as follows:
Point guards: Chauncey Billups, Eddie House, Mike Bibby
Shooting Guard: Dwyane Wade, Caron Butler, Anthony Parker
Small forwards: LeBron James, Shane Battier, James Jones, Michael Pietrus
Power Forward: Chris Bosh, Juwan Howard
Centers: Anderson Varejao, Joel Przybilla, Big Z
Just looking at the lineup on paper, this year's Cavaliers are definitely much stronger than last season, so LeBon is full of confidence in the new season.
Wade, who doesn't think that the problem of the Cavaliers last season lies in the role players, is also full of expectations for the new season because of the arrival of Alvin Gentry.
Before the game, the Bobcats received the championship ring.
No one knows whether Lebron sneaked around in the player tunnel to watch, but everyone knows——
Alvin Gentry, who is now his opponent, also received a championship ring that belonged to him.
Many people are optimistic about the Cavaliers in the new season because of Gentry.
Last season, Rivers repeatedly praised the arrival of Gentry to enhance the Bobcats' offense.
This makes many people have a misunderstanding, thinking that the Bobcats' changeable offense last season, and even the military training offense that took out a one-hit lore in the finals, were all brought by Elvin Gentry.
The Cavaliers, eager for an offensive coach to fly the Big Three, aimed at Gentry.
Only the Bobcats' coaching staff and Li Ke knew that the Bobcats' offense took off, and Gentry just carried it along.
As a latecomer, Li Ke knows better that as an assistant coach, Gentry is top-notch, but as a head coach, he has nothing to do with the top...
Putting on the championship ring, the opening game did not go well.
Although Gentry is not a top coach, he is definitely the enemy coach who knows the Bobcats best.
Therefore, from the beginning of the game, the Cavaliers suppressed the Bobcats.
On the offensive end, they played a lot of passes and cuts, and the efficiency was not high. It seemed that they were still in the stage of tactical adaptation, and they were not a big threat to the Bobcats.
On the defensive end, the Cavaliers' defense completely rushed out.
Defense is the Cavaliers' biggest problem for the Bobcats.
The completely outward-expanded defense pointed directly at the three-pointer that the Bobcats are best at, forcing the Bobcats to only attack the inside of the Cavaliers.
But in the Bobcats team, Li Ke and Curry are the only ones who can break through with the ball, and the substitute junior is barely the third.
If it was last season, little Mo Neng suddenly, Jamison also has a stunt in low-post singles.
Gentry's move directly hit the Bobcat's weakness.
Li Ke was forced to take turns attacking the Cavaliers' inside line with Curry, but the Cavaliers' defensive response was very brainless, one-on-one defense, and only Varejao was left inside to protect the frame.
Therefore, the most effective scoring method for the Bobcats has become Li Ke's mid-range shot and Curry's throw.
Difficult offense against the Cavaliers' equally inefficient offense.
A defensive battle that looked a bit like pecking at each other, until the end of the quarter, the two teams were evenly matched.
In the decisive battle at the end of the quarter, Li Ke was about to exert his strength, but Le Bang followed suit.
If you want to say that in this league, Lebron is definitely one of the best defensive players against Li Ke.
Before Li Ke didn't have top-level CIC and top-level breakthroughs, the confrontation between Li Ke and Lebang always ended in mutual iron.
The current Li Ke would not be killed by Le Bang, but as long as Le Bang got serious, he would still be beaten more uncomfortable.
If you can't make a breakthrough, the projection from the outside is very gambled.
At this time, Lebron suddenly opened up the touch of the COSCO, and the game widened the gap.
"In the opening game, no one expected that the Bobcats would encounter a black door and a sad mileage!"
"LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers fought back, and they finally beat the Charlotte Bobcats in their prime!"
"The signings and coaching changes during this transfer period, judging from this game, are extremely correct!"
At the end of the game, Kenny Smith and Barkley in the commentary were blowing about the Cavaliers.
Indeed, judging from this game, the signings were very successful——
The Big Three supported the Cavaliers' main lineup as always, and the newcomers Battier, Caron Butler, and even James Jones and Michael Pietrus greatly improved the Cavaliers' bench strength.
This is different from last year's old and dying Maurice Evans, Artest, and extremely inconsistent Randy Foye.
Battier is old and strong, Caron Butler is still in his prime, James Jones can provide specific three-point firepower, and Pietrus is even in his prime.
Look at the coaching change again——
Alvin Gentry brought a fledgling passing and cutting offense, coupled with the success of this tactical strategy.
It looks like Danny Ferry is about to make a comeback after losing the best manager last season.
……
After losing the opening match, Li Ke didn't feel much.
It's just a regular season. For him, except for the regular season against the Celtics, other regular seasons, it's okay to lose, and it's best to win.
But neither Li Ke nor the Bobcats realized that the biggest problem of this season was temporarily covered up because of the Cavaliers' defensive strategy.
In the second game of the season, the Bobcats faced the Heat.
The Heat without expanding defense allowed the Bobcats to return to the top-of-the-arc support and air-cut offensive play on both sides.
But soon, they discovered that Captain Jack's condition was very problematic.
Last season, Captain Jack, who supported the top of the arc, was able to create a threat even with the ball, and his passes to his teammates were also very accurate.
But in this game against the Heat, an unknown Alonzo Key locked Captain Jack, and several times he supported the pass, either the pass was extremely mediocre, or a direct error was passed.
In short, I didn't go to Ji Nawei.
For the Bobcats' style of play, the central organization supporter is still very important.
In this game, Captain Jack played like this. Although the Bobcats will not lose, it is ugly to win.
From the beginning of this game, Captain Jack's problems were exposed.
As for the opponent, although the Heat lost, they built a mature military training offense around Irving, Jamison and the substitute Felton.
Pat Riley, the old fox, has figured it out.
In the third game of the season, the Bobcats faced the Magic.
Sparks did not leave the Magic as soon as this transfer window opened, because he also went overseas to seek gold.
By the time he returns, the season has already begun.
After missing the transfer period before the start of the season, the Magic simply suspended the transaction.
They decided to play another half season and see the situation around the little black beans, Ryan Anderson and the sparks.
Huo Huo was forced to stay in this way, and he was reluctant to work, but he didn't work hard.
But in this game, the Bobcats still played very hard.
Captain Jack continued to lose, the Bobcats could only rely on Li Ke and Curry's singles to open the situation, and then struggled to win the game.
In these two games, without Li Ke's singles and even better Curry, the Bobcats would have been a bit dangerous.
The keen Li Ke had already noticed Stephen Jackson's problem, so he had a chat with Rivers.
"Doug, I wonder if you noticed our offensive performance in these two games?"
In fact, there is no need for Li Ke to point it out. Although Rivers is nicknamed "Pig Head", it is only because he looks like a pig head.
He is still very smart, and his reaction may not be fast. If someone reminds him, he can still realize the crux of the problem.
"Our top-of-the-arc offensive is very weak. When we get anxious, we rely on you and Curry's singles, so..."
"You mean to say that there's something wrong with Stephen Jackson?"
Li Ke nodded, and Rivers frowned deeply for a moment in silence.
He shook his head: "Then we have only two ways to go, continue to trust Stephen, or promote Lance as the main force."
The younger brother also has the ability to organize passes, even stronger than Captain Jack.
But Rivers thought for a moment and chose: "I think for the time being, we should give Stephen more opportunities to prove himself. After all, this season has just begun."
This season has just started, and this season is still a shrinking season. This season should have started two months ago, but as a result, it has been delayed until now.
Many veterans are in poor condition or have declined seriously due to the lack of high-intensity training and competition for a long time.
Rivers decided to believe that Captain Jack's current performance is due to poor state rather than a serious decline.
With his decision, the Bobcats will suffer in the next game of the regular season.
There is no unrivaled offense, only messy individual plays.
As long as they encounter an opponent with sufficient flank strength, the Bobcats will have to rely on the double stars of Li Ke and Curry if they want to win.
The season quickly came to the end of January. In 1 days, the Bobcats played as many as 31 games with high intensity.
Because of the tight schedule, in order to ensure the health of the players and maintain the state of the players, the Bobcats also had to let go of some games.
With Captain Jack still unable to find his status, the Bobcats had a record of 13 wins and 7 losses.
Considering that it is a shortened season, this result is neither good nor bad, it is quite satisfactory.
In these 20 games, it is worth mentioning that——
After losing a game against the Cavaliers in the opening game, Li Ke played against the Cavaliers again on January 1. Li Ke was fully fired on the offensive end, and on the defensive end, Lebron scored only 20 points, so they pulled back a game.
And in these 20 games, the Bobcats have won three games against the Knicks, all of which have been won.
Here, we must focus on introducing the Knicks this season.
They gave up Billups, who suffered a lot of injuries last season, for Tyson Chandler.
Then shortly after the start of the season, the middle class grabbed JR Smith, and Artest also switched to the Knicks after being given up by the Cavaliers.
So, gradually, the Knicks this season are a lot like the Nuggets in the past.
The flanking JR, Artest and Guagua, but the inside line was replaced by the younger and stronger Stoudemire + boxing champion.
But in these three games, Li Ke not only led the Bobcats to victory in all three games, but also severely disgusted Guagua and Artest.
Artest's hostile value was full as he wished, and Guagua's hostile value was instantly pulled to 99 points, which was only one point short of the last point.
Artest, who was at full value, was almost completely surrounded by Li Ke. There was really no choice. Li Ke copied Artest's D-level pass and used it for the time being.
Right now, he is most concerned about the problem of Captain Jack.
Because of Captain Jack, the Bobcats lost at least three more games in these 20 games.
Change is necessary.
(End of this chapter)