"The speed is so fast! Even in the United States, you can't find a player with such speed. Maybe Wade four or five years ago could reach this level. Zhang Guan is indeed the strongest breakthrough player in the world. "Deng Huade sighed silently in his heart.
"Well, Zhang Guan's performance is not bad. Judging from today's situation, there is no problem with his condition. Although he has not played for two years, his skills are still there. With Zhang Guan here, our backcourt has undergone earth-shaking changes. Changes. We can have Zhang Guan and not have Zhang Guan, we are two completely different teams!" Coach Gong said happily.
Deng Huade did not answer. Zhang Guan's personal ability is indeed strong enough. At least in terms of breaking through with the ball, it is also top-notch in the NBA.
Deng Huade is an American coach. He has also experienced in the NBA. He once worked as a scout and assistant manager for the Nets, and as an assistant coach for the Hornets and Cavaliers. Therefore, he still has a deep understanding of the standards of NBA players. Known.
"Basketball is, after all, a sport for five people. It relies on the cooperation between teams. You cannot win by relying solely on individual ability." Deng Huade said immediately.
"That's not necessarily true. The reason why we were able to defeat the American team was because of Zhang Guan's winning goal." Coach Gong retorted.
"Then we can't rely on Zhang Guan to score the winning goal in every game, right?" Deng Huade said unconvinced.
"But that's the American team! The Dream Team is known as the strongest team of this century. As long as it can win, no matter how it is, it is reasonable. Except relying on Zhang Guan's personal ability, we can't find any other way to win. Defeat the American team. I believe that no coach in the world can find a second way." Coach Gong said with a smile.
Deng Huade was speechless for a moment. He has been coaching the Chinese team for some time. Of course, Deng Huade knew what the level of the Chinese team's players was. A team of this level would be second-rate in the world at most. Let alone him. If it were anyone else, No coach can lead such a second-rate team to defeat the Dream Team.
However, Deng Huade still had a feeling of rejection towards Zhang Guan. He went on to say: "Defense is a very important part of my tactical system. Even if you have a strong breakthrough ability and your defense is not good enough, you will still drift away from the tactical system." outside."
"Zhang Guan's defense is pretty good, right? The people he faced in the Olympics were all the world's top defenders. It seems that except for Kobe, no one else could benefit from Zhang Guan. Even Kobe was only able to compete with Zhang Guan. It’s only half a dozen.” With a smile on his face, Director Gong continued to “fan” Zhang Guan.
"Even if Zhang Guan is good at defense, his offensive methods are too simple. He can only break through. As a backcourt player, it is not enough to only break through. How can he have mid-range shooting skills?" Deng Huade waved his hand.
"Zhang Guanhui shoots three-pointers, and his three-point shooting percentage is currently 100%!" Director Gong lowered his voice and continued to add: "Although he only made one shot, he still made 100% of his three-pointers!"
Deng Huade complained again in his heart. He knew that the so-called "one-for-one" three-pointer was the one that defeated the American team at the last minute in the Olympic finals.
"That shot was indeed very lucky." Deng Huade continued: "But statistically speaking, a successful shot cannot be regarded as being able to shoot a three-pointer!"
Whether Zhang Guan can shoot three-pointers is still a mystery to this day, because Zhang Guan has only made one three-pointer. Although that shot was included in the best shot of the Olympic Games that year, the vast majority of fans felt that Zhang Guan's three-pointer was blind and the result of an extraordinary performance in a desperate situation at the last second.
Zhang Guan's shooting action was very standard, and his pull-up posture was also very elegant, but one shot obviously does not represent Zhang Guan's offensive ability from beyond the three-point line. O'Neal once made a three-pointer, but no one in the world thought O'Neal could make a three-pointer, except O'Neal himself.
Even two years ago, when Yunus was the head coach, Zhang Guan never showed his ability to shoot from long distance in a game. In fact, Zhang Guan's shooting skills from long distance were also in the final game of the Olympic Games at that time. It only takes seconds to learn, so even within the national team, Zhang Guan is not believed to be able to score a three-pointer.
Coach Gong smiled and did not answer. He also knew that a successful shot cannot be regarded as being able to shoot a three-pointer.
The two turned their attention back to the court and continued to observe the players' training.
On the court, Zhang Guan dribbled the ball past the midfield. At the moment he just passed the center circle, Zhang Guan raised his hands and the ball flew out fiercely.
"Pass the ball to the inside?" Deng Huade looked towards the basket, only to find that there was no one under the basket, and all the other players were gathered together.
"There is no one there at all. This is not a pass, so what is the goal for? Is it a shot? Impossible! The shot in the midfield is just a random throw!" Deng Huade thought to himself.
"Whoosh!" The sound of friction between the basketball and the net sounded.
"The ball is scored!" Deng Huade opened his mouth wide with an incredible expression.
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Time goes back to one minute ago.
"Zhang Guan, can you shoot three-pointers?" Wang Shipeng asked.
"Why did you suddenly think of asking this?" Zhang Guan said.
"It's not because you defeated the US team with a three-pointer in the Olympics. Our team has been discussing this issue for two years. You have not participated in basketball games in the past two years, so I have no chance to ask." Wang Shipeng Speak up.
"What do you think?" Zhang Guan said with a smile.
"I think you should be able to shoot three-pointers. I have watched the video of you beating the US team dozens of times. That shooting posture is definitely that of a three-point shooter." Wang Shipeng continued: "But They didn’t believe it! They said they had never seen you shoot three-pointers in previous trainings, and if you really knew how to shoot three-pointers, you would have used them in the previous games.”
"Them? Who are they?" Zhang Guan asked with a smile.
"Alian, Sun Yue, Xiao Ding and Xiao Guo don't believe you can shoot three-pointers. Me, Brother Liu, and Xiao Zhang think you can shoot three-pointers." Wang Shipeng said, pointing to the bunch of players next to him. Several people looked here expectantly, obviously hoping to get an answer.
"Isn't that what you made a bet on?" Zhang Guan asked.
"Hey, if you guessed it correctly, the loser will treat you to a treat." Wang Shipeng said.
"Nowadays, there are no guards who can't shoot three-pointers. The only difference is whether they are accurate or not." Zhang Guan pretended to be disappointed and sighed, and then said: "Xiao Ding and Xiao Guo are young and don't understand me." , Why do Arab League and Sun Yue think so? After all, they are people who have been to the NBA... "
"So you can shoot three-pointers?" Wang Shipeng asked in surprise.
"Let you see my three-point trick! Bring the ball." After Zhang Guan finished speaking, he took the ball and dribbled toward the frontcourt.
Zhang Guan had just walked through half the court and reached the top of the center circle, then raised his hand to shoot.
The basketball drew an arc in the air and flew into the box.
"Holy crap! A midfield shot! It even went in!" Wang Shipeng's eyes widened in surprise.
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"You shot just after midfield and it went in. You must be blind!" Coach Deng Huade had a weird expression on his face.
Although the international basketball court is smaller than that of the NBA, no player will shoot just past midfield. This position is still far away from the NBA three-point line. Even in the NBA, it is not considered a regular three-point shot.
"Haha, maybe Zhang Guan can really shoot!" Coach Gong said proudly.
"It's impossible. This is not a regular shooting spot at all. It's 80% blind." Deng Huade was still unconvinced. He quickly walked to the basketball frame and took out a basketball.
"Zhang, catch the ball! Shoot!" Deng Huade shouted while passing the ball to Zhang Guan.
At this time, Zhang Guanzheng is one step outside the three-point line. This position is almost the same distance as the NBA's three-point line.
The ball flew over, Zhang Guan caught the ball reflexively, and then directly made a pull-up jumper.
"Whoosh!" The ball entered the frame again.
"Baseline, catch the ball!" Deng Huade shouted again, then hit the ground and threw the ball to the baseline.
Zhang Guan quickly ran over, caught the ball, jumped up, shot, and then scored another goal.
"Serving circle, catch the ball!" Deng Huade passed the ball again. This time the ball flew to the serving circle position within the three-point line.
After Zhang Guan caught the ball, he still jumped up and shot, and the ball went in again.
"45 degrees to the right, catch the ball!"
"Left corner, catch the ball!"
"End line, catch the ball!"
Deng Huade passed the ball one after another, some within the three-point line and some beyond the three-point line, while Zhang Guan made one ball after another. In particular, the ball at the end line was not only at zero angle, but almost at a negative angle, but Zhang Guan still threw the ball in.
Next to them, other members of the national team had different expressions.
"Hahaha, treat, treat, none of you can run away, you all give me a treat!" Liu Wei shouted happily. "A-Lian makes a lot of money in the NBA. We have to kill him hard this time. We have to have a good meal!"
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"Zhang Guan really knows how to shoot? Judging from the skillful movements, it was definitely not practiced in a day or two. But why has he never shown it? Maybe he is also conserving his strength for the Olympics!"
Thinking of this, Deng Huade was completely speechless. Even though he still had opinions, the only thing he could do was two words: keep!
As a coach, he does not want the existence of privileged players in his team. Franchise players will reduce the coach's sense of presence and authority. Sometimes the coach even has to listen to the instructions of certain privileged players in terms of tactical arrangements.
Take the Los Angeles Lakers, for example. If you want to be a coach there, you must get Kobe Bryant; another example is the future Cavaliers, where James is nicknamed the "Emperor" and head coach Brad is regarded as a "puppet." If the coach doesn't have a certain level of prestige for top players like this, he won't be able to suppress them. If Brad is replaced by Popovich, even James will listen to the coach honestly. The big reason why so many big-name players on the Dream Team were obedient was that "Old K" Krzyzewski had a very high prestige in the coaching world. If it were anyone else, it would be difficult to control Kobe and James and other superstars.
When it comes to status, among Chinese athletes, today's Zhang Guan can be regarded as a "Top Emperor" figure, but Deng Huade, a foreign coach, obviously does not have the same prestige as Popovich. He knows very well that He couldn't control this "overlord".
Deng Huade has brought many changes to the men's basketball national team, such as iron-blooded defense, a spirit of never giving up, and young fresh blood. Although his tactical system is considered "chicken-blooded" by many people, judging from the results, the national team was able to advance to the top 16 of the 2010 World Championships and obtain a ticket to the 2012 Olympic Games after losing Dayao. It's pretty good. Although the "chicken blood" did not make the national team a world-class team, the effect was still there.
It is indeed very effective to "inject chicken blood" into young athletes, but "injecting chicken blood" into the emperor itself is an impossible task.
"Hey!" Deng Huade let out a long sigh. At this time, he looked depressed, and he was even more confused about his future in his heart. At this moment, he doesn't even know how to be the head coach of this national team.
Director Gong once again approached Deng Huade, as if he could see through Deng Huade's thoughts. I saw Coach Gong say: "Bob, I know what you are worried about. Having an athlete like Zhang Guan is a very lucky thing for our national team, but for the coach, it may be a very difficult thing." It's unfortunate, I understand that."
"Thank you for your comfort." Deng Huade said.
"I'm not trying to comfort you. I just want to say that everything has pros and cons. Sometimes, if you change the angle, bad things will turn into good things." Director Gong continued: "In fact, regarding Zhang Guan's use, and his Regarding the positioning within the team, our association has already carried out many discussions and studies. We also consulted Coach Harris and Coach Yunus. In the end, we came to the conclusion that Zhang, who is outside the tactical system, Crown, maybe it’s not such a bad thing.”
"Why? How can it not be a bad thing if the players are not integrated into the tactical system?" Deng Huade asked.
"This stems from differences in personal abilities. Napoleon once said that a lion leading a group of sheep is better than a sheep leading a group of lions. Let me make a similar analogy." Director Gong continued: "You Do you think if a tiger leads four sheep, can he defeat five jackals?"
"Well, I think it's possible. In fact, you don't even need four sheep. As long as you have one tiger, you can defeat five jackals." Deng Huade said.
"Then if the four sheep must be kept alive, can the tiger still defeat the jackal?" Director Gong continued to ask.
Deng Huade seemed to be lost in thought, he was speechless, and Coach Gong continued: "In that case, the tiger will spend a lot of energy to protect the sheep, but the sheep as teammates will become a burden to the tiger. The same situation we are facing now In this way, Zhang Guan is much better than other players. He is the tiger, and our opponent is the jackal. So it is better to let the tiger fight with four sheep than to let him face five jackals alone."
Director Gong showed a very helpless expression: "In other words, your tactics may allow the sheep to exert the combat effectiveness of the jackal, but in order to cooperate with the sheep, the tiger must also reduce its own ability to the level of the jackal. The result becomes Without jackals versus jackals, we will not be able to take advantage of the tiger at all. So the best plan is for the four sheep to unite together, hide or run desperately to ensure not to be eaten by the jackals, and let the tiger kill them all The jackal!"
(End of chapter)