NOVEL WEB Chapter 31
"Strengthen the interior defense?"
Lillard frowned slightly. When it comes to business, his expression becomes serious!
Lillard's defense is not good, but it does not mean that he has no awareness in this regard!
The Trail Blazers can achieve such a strong record in the first 20 games, and Lin Feng's performance on the defensive end is indispensable!
It can even be said that it exceeds his role on the offensive end!
In many games, the Trail Blazers won the victory by relying on Lin Feng to lock the opponent's offensive arrows!
Looking at the data afterwards, you can't see anything at all!
Because good defense can't be reflected by the two data of blocks and steals!
Lin Feng's sudden defensive ability is regarded as forcibly raising this Trail Blazers team to a higher level!
What if the interior defense is strengthened?
Then the Trail Blazers will truly become an integrated offense and defense team!
No shortcomings!
Emmm...!
Lillard felt his heartbeat speed up!
If he thinks about it further, he has the strength to launch an impact on the championship!
This temptation is great!
"Lin! Do you have a goal?"
Lillard looked up and asked.
Lin Feng suddenly mentioned this topic at this time, so he must have had an idea!
"Some ideas indeed!"
"Rudy Gobert of the Jazz, good one!"
Lin Feng smiled faintly.
In his previous life, Gobert had always been questioned, especially after the Timberwolves got him in a deal that cost a lot of money, the doubts were even greater!
In the eyes of many fans, Gobert's offense can be ignored!
On the defensive end, he didn't defend anyone!
This may be the reason why players now pay less and less attention to defense, because no one knows what you are doing when you defend!
How happy it is to score points offensively!
At most, pay attention to the plus-minus value of each game!
Gobert's rim protection, rebounding and inside defense capabilities are absolutely worthy of his title of DPOY!
There is no doubt about this!
As for Gobert's inability to defend Jokic alone, isn't that normal?
Jokic is the MVP!
If Gobert can defend Jokic to death, then what kind of MVP is Jokic?
Duncan was also beaten by O'Neal, Webber, Stoudemire, Nowitzki and others!
Stoudemire was really one step ahead of Duncan, but you can't say that Duncan's defense is not good!
The league version of the small ball era is not conducive to the melee of inside defensive players!
In addition to considering the player's own defensive ability, DPOY also considers his influence on the team's defensive system!
You can say that the Timberwolves' perimeter defense is strong, which makes Gobert's defense look good!
But if you replace the center with Towns with the same perimeter configuration, the effect will definitely be completely different!
"Rudy Gobert?"
"Wait a minute!"
Lillard was obviously a man of action. He took out his phone and checked Gobert's detailed technical statistics in recent seasons!
He really hadn't paid attention to Gobert!
"A pure blue-collar player who only takes about 5 shots per game?"
"Good rebounding!"
"At present, the defensive ability is not very outstanding!
Lillard said while looking through the data.
"I am optimistic about his potential on the defensive end!"
"Besides, if he is too good now, we don’t have the chips to trade for him!"
Lin Feng smiled faintly.
"That's right!
Lillard nodded.
"I will talk to the coach and then talk to the team management!"
Lillard continued
"Hey!"
"We are getting more and more in sync!"
Lin Feng reached out and bumped fists with Lillard!
There was no need to say anything extra, Lillard already understood everything, this feeling was great!
Lin Feng is still at the team management level and has no say!
……
On December 4, the Trail Blazers embarked on a 4-game road trip!
On the plane to Milwaukee, Stotts habitually called Lin Feng and Lillard to sit next to him.
"Lin! Damian and I went to talk to management!"
"They agreed to the trade for Rudy Gobert and have already started making an offer to the Jazz!"
"If everything goes well, maybe by the time we finish our four-game away trip, Rudy will have already arrived in Poland!"
Stotts said with a smile.
The integrated offensive and defensive tactical system has always been what Stotts pursued!
So Lin Feng's proposal coincided with Stotts'!
"But one thing is that in any transaction, you must pay a price!"
"We should lose C.J+Meyers + Mason + next season's first-round pick!"
Stotts continued.
Wow!
The Jazz have a big appetite!
It's understandable!
Gobert has made steady progress in the past two seasons, and his potential on the defensive end is still visible to the naked eye!
Some media already believe that Gobert is following Ben Ben's path and will soon move towards DPOY!
It's just that the Jazz's team-building ideas are a bit confusing, and they don't pay too much attention to Gobert! They didn't pay much attention to him in their previous lives either!
Especially after selecting Mitchell, it was obvious that Gobert was ignored on the court, and everyone could see it!
The Jazz coaching staff and management had no intention of speaking for Gobert!
On the Trail Blazers side, although the record this season is impressive, it is hard to say how valuable these players are except Lillard and Lin Feng!
The Jazz asked for more chips to increase fault tolerance!
"No big problem!"
"Excuse me, except for Damian and me, it doesn't matter who else plays on the team!"
Lin Feng said in a low voice
"Lin! You said that!"
""Okay! I admit you are right!"
Stotts smiled and then shook his head.
This may sound hurtful to the other players of the Trail Blazers, but it is true!
Superstars are irreplaceable!
But role players can be replaced!
Lillard also smiled!
He hopes that the team atmosphere is harmonious and he cares about every teammate!
But it does not mean that there is no difference between teammates!
……
December 5, Bradley Center.
The Trail Blazers' away game against the Bucks is about to begin!
The Bucks seem to be a bit confused this season!
Originally, after Kidd became the head coach last season, the Bucks were on the right track, and their record had improved greatly, and they also made it to the playoffs!
But in the offseason, the management made a wave of weird operations, which interrupted the Bucks' team building ideas again!
After Kidd took office, he directly promoted Antetokounmpo, and very creatively let Antetokounmpo, who is 2.11 meters tall, play as a point guard!
This arrangement allowed Antetokounmpo to find the right path, and all data were improved last season!
But this season, Jabari Parker, the second pick in 2014, returned from injury, and Monroe, the traditional center who was pulled from the Pistons by the management!
This blocked the inside space tightly!
Antetokounmpo immediately felt James' pain!
He broke into the inside and found that it was full of people!
The tactics similar to [One Star Four Shoots] set by Kidd last season can't be played at all this season!
In the first 20 games, the Bucks had a record of 7 wins and 13 losses, which seemed a bit far from the playoffs!
And on paper, the Bucks have improved this season!
Seeing the current situation of the Bucks, Stotts, Lillard and Lin Feng all felt a little fortunate!
They successfully seized the opportunity at the beginning of the season and played a brilliant record, thereby convincing the management and unifying the season goals!
Otherwise, it is hard to say whether they will fall into the same situation as the Bucks, or even get worse!
On the court, Lillard and Antetokounmpo passed by each other, and the two did not communicate at all because they were not familiar with each other!
"Hey!"
Lin Feng found it interesting!
Who would have thought that these two people could be on the same team in their previous life!
I wonder if they will continue their relationship in this life!