Basketball starts with breathing

Chapter 132 Lu Yu's Template

Cartwright initially reported to head coach Floyd on the way back to the hotel.

"Tim, you can't imagine what data Lu Yu got today, he is too strong, I think he will not only be a qualified starter, but also the future cornerstone of the Bulls, his strength is stronger than Drew and Guyton is too strong, fortunately we reached a deal with the Clippers, if other teams snatch it, we will be hung on the pillar of shame." Cartwright said excitedly.

"What data?"

"I only let him play 33 minutes, he scored 47 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 steals, and he didn't use all his strength. Playing summer league is like a college student playing a high school student."

Floyd was stunned for a moment: "This only shows that the level of the summer league is not good. If it is the regular season, he can't be so easy."

"No, no, Tim, the level of the summer league is not high, but every player here is frantically brushing stats, and the free throws don't stop at all, which is enough to show Lu Yu's offensive strength."

"So where do you think he should play? Point guard? Shooting guard?"

"Of course it's the shooting guard. This is the position he is most familiar with. We have to make the best use of it and not waste his talent." Cartwright said without hesitation.

As for point guards, Cartwright never believed that a point guard could make or break a game.

He came from a center himself, and knows that the center is the mainstream of the league. When a team can have a super center player, it will definitely use the center as the core of the team.

But if supercenters aren't available, shooting guards and small forwards are the options.

As for the point guard?

In the Zen master's triangle offense system, the point guard seems to have no role other than dribbling the ball through half court and then ambush in the corner to prepare for the shot.

Is Gary Payton good enough as a point guard?
It's not like he was bullied by Michael Jordan and couldn't even spit trash.

John Stockton is the top point guard in the league in the past few years, you can't question his ability, but he still can't win the championship, even in the Utah Jazz, the postman Malone is the absolute one At the core, Stockton can only be the second behind the scenes.

In the past 20 years, only two point guards have won the championship as the core.

One is the smiling assassin, Isaiah Thomas.

The other is magician, Elvin Johnson.

First of all, Magic Johnson is already quite different from traditional point guards in terms of height. If not for the name of point guard, Cartwright even believes that Johnson is more like a point forward.

Let's talk about the Smile Assassin. The reason why he is called the Smile Assassin is because under his baby face, he has the scoring ability to kill the opponent with one hit.

Stockton has no such ability.

To sum up, neither player is a traditional point guard, so Cartwright chose the shooting guard without hesitation after hearing Floyd's question.

Only by playing shooting guard can Lu Yu ensure that the Bulls have the strength to compete for the championship in the future.

"No, no, I think exactly the opposite."

Floyd sighed and said, "I think it's better for Lu Yu to play a point guard, so that at least he can guarantee the team's lower limit. With his organizational ability to sort out the team's offense, and with our excellent inside players, I'd like to know more. I believe we will be back in the playoffs soon.”

"I don't think the playoffs should be our goal. Like Lu Yu said, we have to compete for the championship!"

"When did he say that?"

"In an interview after the game today."

"It's really outrageous, Bill, I think we need to communicate, of course our long-term goal is a championship, but last year we were a league team, and now we need to get back to the playoffs."

"You have to believe me, Lu Yu is very good, the playoffs are just a small problem."

"He's just a rookie!"

"When Magic Johnson entered the league, he was just a rookie!"

"Not every player is a magician."

There was a sudden silence on the phone.

The two people haven't spoken for a long time. They both know that their cognitions are different and their positions are different, which determines that their views on the future will not be the same.

Cartwright is an assistant coach who, with nostalgia for the Bulls dynasty, hopes to recreate the glory.

Floyd is the head coach, and his goal is for the team to make the playoffs, and because he can't make the playoffs, he will be fired.

After a long time, Floyd finally said, "Well, we will use the simplest method to find a similar template for Lu Yu. Which player do you think Lu Yu will become, based on your recent observations? ."

During this time, Cartwright has been taking Lu Yu to play in the summer league, and Floyd decided to let him set a future development template for Lu Yu.

Cartwright nodded.

Setting templates for players is the easiest and fastest way for coaches to determine the future direction of players.

"If I had to decide, I would choose..."

Cartwright originally wanted to say Michael Jordan, because he really missed playing with Michael so much, and he hoped that Lu Yu would become the second Jordan and lead the Bulls to crush the entire league.

However, after arguing with Floyd for a long time, he also began to reflect on himself, maybe Lu Yu didn't want to become Jordan's second.

Otherwise, Lu Yu would not have played these recent games with two different styles.

"I will choose, Isaiah Thomas!"

Perhaps, for now, it can be said that the smiling assassin is Lu Yu's best template.

The record of 25 points in a single quarter in the finals shows that Isaiah Thomas has a stable and explosive scoring ability.

Averaging nearly 10 assists per game shows that Isaiah Thomas has a first-class playmaking level.

And he also has a strong defense.

"And it's Isaiah Thomas, the bigger one!" Floyd added with a smile.

He finally convinced himself this stubborn assistant coach.

Maybe it's not persuasion, it's just two people reaching a consensus.

Neither of them knew that because of this quarrel, the two of them made the torrent of the times ahead of schedule.

……

Because Jordan described Lu Yu as a thorn, and did not select Lu Yu with the number one pick in his hand, Lu Yu's recent hot performances directly made Jordan the laughing stock of the entire league.

When Jordan was interviewed by the media again, he directly avoided talking about Lu Yu.

He watched a few videos of Lu Yu's games, and he had to admit that he might have really misunderstood this time.

On July 7, the Bulls played their last summer league game against the Dallas Mavericks.

It was full again.

Many media began to pay attention to Lu Yu, because of Lu Yu's recent super-excellent performance, and because of Lu Yu's recent views on the Asian Championships group brawl incident, Lu Yu has become a hot star recently.

Who would have thought that such a star full of topics is actually just a rookie who has never played in the NBA regular season?

Ok,
Without further ado, the game begins.

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