roccoschili Chapter 277 [Shooting Machine, Crazy Trading]
Chapter 277 [Shooting Machine, Crazy Trading]
Chapter 277 [Shooting Machine, Crazy Trading]
That night, Michael Reed fell asleep with excitement after returning to the hotel.
It has just been reported that he has fallen in love with the Raptors and is ready to fight for a long time in the city, and die for his confidants.
No other coach would take a rookie so seriously, especially a rookie who wasn't a high draft pick.It is already very high for Reid to join the Raptors at the end of the first round. In Yang Rui’s previous life, he fell to the 14th pick in the second round, and was selected by the Bucks with the 43rd overall.
However, his strength is unquestionable, a super shooting machine.
In college, Reed was the team's top scorer and was responsible for ball-handling, which led him to not take many shots from beyond the three-point line, and his shot selection was also poor.
In the draft manual, the scouts gave Reed a very funny evaluation. According to the data, his advantages are ball control and physical fitness. His strength and speed are not bad. He has a strong ability to hit the basket, but his long-range shooting ability is not good.It is precisely because of his "poor long-range shooting ability" that scouts from various teams are not optimistic about him.
In fact, Reed was pretty good at [-]-pointers in college practice, but it just didn't show up in the game.
In Yang Rui's previous life, Reed was also unlucky after he entered the NBA. He was considered the strongest rookie in the 2000 class, but he actually failed to reach the height he should have.
Reed was Ray Allen's backup in his rookie season with the Bucks, and the coach didn't give him enough performance opportunities, only letting him play in garbage time.He wanted to perform, was very brave, and ended up playing 6 games with a serious left knee tendon injury and was out for the season, averaging 2.2 points per game.
After returning from injury, Reed began to be reused, and George Karl arranged for him appropriate screening tactics. Although he was a substitute, he played an obvious role in the team.
In the second season, Reed averaged 21 minutes, scored 11.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists, shot 48.3% from the field and 44.4% from three-point range; in 28.2 minutes in the third season, the data rose to 15.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and shooting. Shooting 46.9 percent from the field, 43.8 percent from 2.2-point range, and [-] [-]-pointers per game.
Reed averaged only 1.7 free throws and 2.3 free throws per game in the past two years, mainly playing off the ball, and was the two seasons with the highest shooting percentage in his career.
If you play in this style, Reed is efficient and does not occupy the ball. He is likely to become a Klay Thompson-like star without the ball, which will help the team a lot.
It's a pity that George Karl is gone, and the next coaches let Reed attack with the ball. Although his statistics have improved, his hit rate has dropped, and he has become a core with an unreasonable shot timing.Moreover, his passing ability is average, and he averaged 3.4 assists per game at the peak. The breakthrough attracted double teams and could not lead the team.
Yang Rui feels that Reed is not suitable for attacking with the ball. He clearly has a good three-pointer, so why does he have to rush in and score two points?The breakthrough also required a lot of direction changes, which caused him to damage his knee and retire early.Grant Hill injured his knee again and again and was forced to make a transition, but was able to stay healthy later in his career.
Another example is Derrick Rose, that is a player who can't play other than breakthroughs, so he was injured and injured again. After his comeback, he still focused on breakthroughs, and he did not transform in death. In the end, he succeeded in dying and completely abandoned .
Reed's consecutive serious injuries are because he did not meet a good coach, which can actually be avoided.
Yang Rui will point out a road that is not prone to injury to Reed. He only needs to be physically strong, mainly running shots, and supplemented by singles, which will prolong his career and be more suitable for the Raptors.
The next day, the league had another big deal.
The Heat traded Eddie Jones, Anthony Mason and Brian Grant from the Hornets and prepared to launch the most violent impact on the championship.
The Hornets acquired Mashburn and PJ Brown. Experts believe that this transaction is to send Eddie Jones away and support last season's "second place" Steve Francis.
Eddie Jones is really a very unfortunate player. When he was an All-Star in the Lakers, he was squeezed out by his younger brother Kobe. When the Hornets had a tendency to become the boss, he was squeezed out by a rookie.
The Heat were immediately regarded as the favorites to win the championship next season, retaining the original core lineup of Hardaway and Mourning, and their attack power was significantly strengthened.
Two days later, veteran Cedric Ceballos announced that he had joined the Heat, and went to Miami to hug Mourning's thigh, and the depth of the lineup continued to improve.The Heat trade like crazy, of course, against the Raptors.
The Pacers traded with the Blazers after center Rick Schmitz announced his retirement, sending Dale Davis for Marcus Camby and Joe Clyne.
Although Camby is a potential injury, he is younger, and the Pacers are willing to gamble on his potential.
After losing Brian Grant, the Blazers only replaced a veteran blue-collar player, weakened and withdrew from the championship.
The Raptors' victory also triggered some new butterfly effects.
Jermaine O'Neal, who would not break out until the 2001-2002 season, topped out the Supersonic power forward Wen Baker and was selected for the Dream Fourth Team. Together with Vince Carter, he represented the U.S. team in the Sydney Olympics, which opened on September 9.
Both of them wanted to win the gold medal and went to the training camp happily.
This team is again composed of NBA players. Carter is the biggest star. Garnett, O'Neal Jr., Mourning, Peyton Kidd and others are also All-Stars, as well as Steve Smith, Alan Houston, Ray Allen and other pitchers.
Yang Rui hopes that the core of the team can rest well. After all, they only finished the finals in mid-June, but he can't control the thoughts of the players.
In addition, in Yang Rui's previous life, forward Austin Crowhill, who was supposed to shine in the finals, failed to sign the 7-year, 5100 million bad contract with the Pacers.
Crowhill only averaged double figures for two seasons in his career, 10.3 points and 10.1 points per game, and the Pacers couldn't send him out even if they wanted to trade him.The only thing he can do is three-pointers. He lacks strength to play a power forward, and lacks speed to play a small forward. Although he has comprehensive skills, he has no unique skills. It is equivalent to renewing an enhanced version of Matt Bonner with a high salary.
Crowhill entered the free market and waited for a month. No team was willing to offer a big contract. In the end, he could only accept the mid-level renewal of the Pacers.
The coach was also affected by the butterfly effect. Jeff Van Gundy resigned and left the Knicks a year and a half early.
In fact, he was swept out by the Knicks. After winning the championship in 98, the strength of the Knicks team has declined year by year. Last season, he did not even pass the first round.
The Knicks have signed veteran coach Don Cheney as their new head coach.Cheney won the NBA Coach of the Year award with the Rockets in 1990-91, and the funny thing is, he was fired the following year and replaced by Rudy Tomjanovich, who failed to make the playoffs that year.
After leaving the Pistons in 95, Cheney has not coached the NBA team again. The Knicks' choice is too risky, and he will not make the team better.
Van Gundy's life changed, and so did the Pistons.
In Yang Rui's previous life, Van Gundy took a two-year break after leaving the Knicks before going to the Rockets as head coach.Now that he's invited, he's on the Pistons right away, and the team is ready to start rebuilding.
The Magic didn't have Ben Wallace, and Van Gundy didn't like Chucky Atkins, so the two teams didn't trade. After missing McGrady and Duncan, Grant Hill didn't join the Magic.
Hill was seriously injured last season, and the Pistons management was worried about his injury potential and was ready to find other teams to trade. This Pistons must be different from history.
Although there is no Ben Wallace, but there are former Knicks players Oakley and Mickey Moore, no matter who Hill eventually gets back, the Pistons will not be weak.
(End of this chapter)