All-round Athlete

Chapter 773 Tiger, Jackal and Sheep

"The speed is really fast! Even in the United States, there is no player with such a fast 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.

"How about it? Zhang Guan's performance is not bad. Judging from today's situation, he is in no problem at all. Although he hasn't played for two years, his skills are still there. With Zhang Guan, our backcourt has turned upside down. We can have Zhang Guan or not, we are two completely different teams!" Director Gong said happily.

Deng Huade didn't answer. Zhang Guan's personal ability is indeed strong enough, at least in terms of breakthrough with the ball, it is also top-notch in the NBA.

Deng Huade is a coach in the United States. He himself has experienced in the NBA. He has worked as a scout and manager assistant for the Nets, and as an assistant coach for the Hornets and Cavaliers. Therefore, he still has a deep understanding of the level of NBA players. know.

"Basketball is, after all, a five-person sport. It depends on the cooperation between the teams. It is impossible to win simply by relying on individual ability." Deng Huade said immediately.

"That's not necessarily the case. The reason why we were able to defeat the US team was because of Zhang Guan's lore." Director Gong retorted.

"Then you can't rely on Zhang Guan to kill every game, can you?" Deng Huade said very dissatisfied.

"But that's the American team! The Dream Eight team claims to be the strongest team in this century. As long as they can win, no matter what method is used, it is reasonable. Apart from relying on Zhang Guan's personal ability, we can't find any other way to win. Beat the US team. I believe that no coach in the world can find a second way." Director Gong said with a smile.

Huade Deng was speechless for a while. He has been teaching the Chinese team for a while. Of course, Huade Deng knows the level of the players in the Chinese team. A team of this level is at most the second-rate in the world. No coach can lead such a second-rate team to defeat the Dream Eight team.

However, Deng Huade still repelled Zhang Guan in his heart. He continued: "In my tactical system, defense is a very important part. Even if we have a strong breakthrough ability, the defense is not good enough. outside."

"Zhang Guan's defense is pretty good, right? In the Olympics, he faced the world's top defenders. It seems that except for Kobe, no one else can benefit from Zhang Guan. Even Kobe, he only played against Zhang Guan. It's half-baked." Director Gong continued to "fan" Zhang Guan with a smile on his face.

"Even Zhang Guan's defense is good, but his offensive methods are too simple. He can only break through. As a backcourt player, he can only break through, but it's not enough. Why should he have a hand-held shooting skill?" Deng Huade waved his hand.

"Zhang Guan can shoot three-pointers, and his three-pointer shooting rate is 100%!" Guidance Gong lowered his voice, and continued to add: "Although it is only one shot, it is still a 100% three-pointer shooting rate!"

Deng Huade complained again in his heart. He knew that the so-called "one shot, one hit" three-pointer was the three-pointer that killed the US team at the last moment in the Olympic final.

"The luck of that goal was indeed very good." Deng Huade continued: "But statistically speaking, a shot can't be counted as being able to shoot a three-pointer!"

Whether Zhang Guan can shoot three-pointers is still a mystery, because Zhang Guan has only shot three-pointers once. 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 it was the result of an extraordinary performance in the last second of desperation.

Zhang Guan's shooting action that time was very standard, and his dry posture was also very elegant, but one shot obviously does not mean that Zhang Guan has the ability to attack outside the three-point line. O'Neal also made a three-pointer, but no one in the world thinks that O'Neal can shoot a three-pointer, except for O'Neal himself.

Even two years ago, when Jonas was the head coach, Zhang Guan never showed the ability of long-distance shooting in the game. In fact, Zhang Guan's long-distance shooting skills were also in the last game of the Olympic Games. It took only seconds to learn, so even the national team didn't think Zhang Guan could make the first three-pointer.

Director Gong chuckled and didn't answer. He also knew that he made a shot and couldn't be counted as being able to shoot a three-pointer.

The two turned their eyes back to the court and continued to observe the training of the players.

On the court, Zhang Guan dribbled the ball past the midfield. At the moment he just passed the middle circle, Zhang Guan raised his hands and the ball flew out violently.

"Pass the ball to the inside?" Deng Huade looked towards the basket, but found 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. What is the crown for? Is it a shot? Impossible! The shot in the midfield is completely blind!" Deng Huade thought to himself.

"Whoosh!" The sound of friction between the basketball and the net sounded.

"The ball has been scored!" Deng Huade opened his mouth wide with an incredible expression.

...

Time back to a minute ago.

"Zhang Guan, can you shoot a three-pointer?" Wang Shipeng asked.

"Why did you suddenly think of asking this?" Zhang Guan said.

"Isn't it because you beat the US team with a three-pointer in the Olympics. This question has been discussed in our team 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.

"Then 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 killing the US team dozens of times. That shooting posture is definitely the posture of a three-point shooter." Wang Shipeng continued: "But They didn't believe it! They said that in the previous training, they had never seen you shoot a three-pointer, and if you really knew how to shoot a three-pointer, you would have used it in the first few games."

"They? Who are they?" Zhang Guan asked with a smile.

"A Lian, Sun Yue, Xiao Ding and Xiao Guo don't believe that you can shoot three-pointers. I, Brother Liu and Xiao Zhang think you can shoot three-pointers." Wang Shipeng said, pointing to the group of players next to him, Several people looked at this side expectantly, obviously hoping to get an answer.

"Could you bet on that?" Zhang Guan asked.

"Hey, you guessed it right. The loser will be treated." Wang Shipeng said.

"There is no guard who can't shoot three-pointers now. The difference is just whether they are accurate or not." Zhang Guan pretended to be disappointed and sighed, and then said: "This Xiao Ding and Xiao Guo are young, so it's okay if they don't know me. , why would Ah Lian 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 stunt! Bring the ball." After Zhang Guan finished speaking, he took the ball, dribbled and walked towards the frontcourt.

I saw that Zhang Guan had just walked through the half court, came to the top of the arc in the middle circle, and raised his hand to shoot.

The basketball arced through the air and flew into the frame.

"Damn it! Midfielder shot! He scored!" Wang Shipeng's eyes widened in surprise.

...

"He shot the ball just after halftime, and it went in. You must be blind!" Coach Deng Huade had a weird expression on his face.

Although the field of international basketball is a circle smaller than that of the NBA, it is not likely that some players will shoot from the position just past the midfield. This position is still a long way from the NBA's three-point line. Even if it is placed on an NBA arena, it is not considered a regular three-point shot.

"Hehe, maybe Zhang Guan really knows how to shoot!" Director Gong said quite proudly.

"Impossible, this is not a regular shooting point at all, and it is probably blind." Deng Huade was still unconvinced in his heart, he walked quickly to the basket where the basketball was placed, and took out a basketball.

"Zhang, catch the ball! Shoot!" Deng Huade shouted while passing the ball to Zhang Guan.

At this time, Zhang Guan is one step outside the three-point line, which 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 jump shot.

"Swoosh!" The ball entered the box again.

"Bottom line, catch the ball!" Deng Huade shouted again, and then hit the ground to pass the ball and threw the ball to the bottom line.

Zhang Guan quickly ran over, caught the ball, jumped up, shot, and scored another goal.

"Serving circle, catch the ball!" Deng Huade passed the ball again, this time the ball flew to the position of the serving circle within the three-point line.

After Zhang Guan received 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 one ball after another, some within or outside the three-point line, while Zhang Guan made one ball after another. Especially the ball at the end line is not only at a zero angle, but almost at a negative angle, and Zhang Guan still throws the ball.

Beside them, the other members of the national team had different expressions.

"Hahaha, treat, treat, all of you can't run away, all of you treat me!" Liu Wei yelled happily. "A Lian earns a lot in the NBA, this time he has to be slaughtered, and we have to eat well!"

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"Zhang Guan really knows how to shoot? Looking at this skillful movement, it is definitely not a day or two. But why has he never shown it? Maybe he is saving his strength in the Olympic Games!"

Thinking of this, Deng Huade was completely speechless. Even if he was still full of opinions, the only thing he could do was two words: keep it!

As a coach, he doesn't want to have privileged players in his team. Privileged players will reduce the presence and authority of the coach. Sometimes the coach even has to listen to certain privileged players in terms of tactical arrangements.

For example, the Los Angeles Lakers, if you want to be a coach there, you must get Kobe; another example is the future Cavaliers, James is nicknamed "the emperor", and the head coach Brad is regarded as a "puppet". For top players like this, if the coach doesn't have a certain prestige, they 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 in the Dream Eight team were obedient was that "Old K" Krzyzewski had a very high prestige in the coaching world. If it was replaced by other people, it would be difficult to restrain Kobe, James and other superstars.

When it comes to status, among Chinese athletes, Zhang Guan today can be regarded as a figure of the "overlord" level, but Deng Huade, a foreign coach, obviously does not have the prestige of Popovich. He knows very well that He couldn't hold back the "overlord".

Deng Huade brought many changes to the men's basketball national team, such as iron-blooded defense, the spirit of never giving up, and young fresh blood. Although his tactical system has been called "chicken blood" by many people, judging from the results, the national team was able to advance to the top sixteen of the 2010 World Championships and get tickets for the 2012 Olympic Games after losing Dayao. It is very good. Although "fighting chicken blood" did not make the national team a world-class team, the effect is still there.

It is indeed effective to "beat chicken blood" for young athletes, but "beating chicken blood" for the Supreme Emperor is an impossible task in itself.

"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 the national team.

Guidance Gong approached Deng Huade again, as if he had seen through Deng Huade's mind. Director Gong said: "Bob, I know what you are worried about. It is a very lucky thing for our national team to have an athlete like Zhang Guan, but it may be a very lucky thing for the coach. Unfortunately, I can 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 both positive and negative sides. Sometimes, from another perspective, bad things can turn into good things." Director Gong continued: "Actually, about Zhang Guan's use, and his The positioning in the team has already been discussed and studied many times within our association. We have also consulted coaches Harris and Jonas. In the end, we came to the conclusion that Zhang Zhang, who is free from the tactical system Crown, maybe it’s not such a bad thing.”

"Why? How could it not be a bad thing if the players didn't integrate into the tactical system?" Deng Huade asked.

"This stems from differences in individual 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 that if a tiger leads four sheep, can he defeat five wolves?"

"Uh, I think it should be possible. In fact, there is no need for four sheep. As long as there is one tiger, five wolves can be defeated." Deng Huade said.

"Then if the four sheep must be kept alive, can the tiger defeat the jackal?" Director Gong continued to ask.

Deng Huade seemed to be in deep thought. He didn't speak, but Director Gong continued: "In that case, the tiger would spend a lot of energy to protect the sheep, but the sheep as teammates would become a burden to the tiger. The situation we are facing now is also the same. In this way, Zhang Guan is much better than other players, he is the tiger, and our opponent is the jackal. So let the tiger fight with four sheep, it is better to let him face five jackals alone."

Director Gong showed a very helpless expression: "In other words, your tactics may allow sheep to display the fighting power of jackals, but in order to cooperate with sheep, tigers must also reduce their abilities to the level of jackals, and the result becomes If jackals are against jackals, we will not be able to give full play to the advantages of tigers. Therefore, the best solution is to unite the four sheep, hide or run desperately, make sure not to be eaten by jackals, and let the tiger kill all sheep. jackal!"