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Chapter 139 Your red wine may have expired [The third update, please subscribe]

Anyone who has watched the NBA for a long time knows that the NBA and zone defense have always had no fate. In the 1980s, zone defense was banned, and it was allowed again in 2001, but it has never been popular. There are many players who think that defending zone defense is a kind of weakness. Behavior.

The reporters at the scene sneered when they heard Jenny Helen's question.

How naive it is to discuss tactics with players when interviewing the best news.

The reason why Jenny asked this question is because she feels that the change of the rules is the biggest factor affecting the performance of the players. She will be a team reporter for the Chicago Bulls in the future, and she hopes that the players she interviews will be able to understand. A player who rules and can take advantage of the rules, so that player is more likely to become a superstar.

Lu Yu smiled, and then said calmly: "I don't think this will affect my playing in the NBA. If you read the rules carefully, you should find that there is another rule, which is after the introduction of zone defense this year. The extended rule of thumb is to defend for three seconds."

Jenny Helen was stunned for a moment, she didn't quite understand.

"I used to play zone defense a lot in the NCAA, so it's not difficult for me to play zone defense, but the most essential difference between the NBA's zone defense and the FIBA ​​rules is the setting of the three-second defense."

Lu Yu's words attracted the attention of reporters around.

Some can understand, and some are dazed.

General manager Jerry Krause, who was standing aside, suddenly became interested, while Cartwright and head coach Floyd, who were sitting in the audience, were also thoughtful.

"Defending for three seconds means that big men can't stand under the basket for a long time to protect the basket. It is easier for the attacker to hit the penalty area. While ensuring the viewing experience, it will also completely change the thinking of NBA teams on both ends of offense and defense."

"A lot of European big men who come to play in the NBA, when they come back to FIBA ​​are like a different person, and that has a lot to do with that."

"In addition, the NBA stadium is bigger, which is also not good for the defense."

"Because zone defense is also called area defense, as the name suggests, five people stand in a formation, each person has his own area, and every two people have an area under common jurisdiction. Therefore, the larger the field area, the larger the activity area. It will be more difficult to defend relatively, but that's not the point here."

"The point is to defend for three seconds. Since it's an area defense, one area is limited to standing for three seconds, while the other areas stand casually. It's equivalent to a shield cracking a hole. Are you still willing to use it?"

Lu Yu's remarks caused an uproar among the reporters in the audience.

He used the simplest words to put the analysis of this set of rules into it.

Lu Yu's interpretation also let everyone know that zone defense may not be too popular in the tactical manuals of each team's head coach.

Of course, it is also related to culture. The NBA is a business league, and the star-making league is very important for viewing and star power.Encouraging individual heroism makes it easier to create superstars.So the NBA has more heads-up than any league. In their eyes, that is the battle between real men.

The league only defended for three seconds after the zone defense was restored. The meaning is very clear. The change of the rules will not affect the core values.

Lu Yu did not continue to explain the illegal defense.

Because there is no need, a defense for three seconds can clearly describe the intention of the league.

But it's clear that smart journalists aren't going to miss this opportunity.

A reporter asked: "What do you think of the emergence of the cancellation of illegal defenses?"

Lu Yu smiled and said: "If you want to understand this problem, you need to understand what illegal defense is. Illegal defense means that there can't be two defenders beside the person without the ball at the same time. Hurry up, the moment the ball was just released, two people were still guarding him, so it formed a situation where two people attacked the person without the ball, and the referee was very strict."

"It's a bit complicated. In fact, it is to encourage singles. If you want to flank, just pin it to death, otherwise don't pin it."

"understand?"

Jenny Helen understood, and she also got the answer she wanted-Lu Yu is a player who knows how to understand the rules. As for whether he can use the rules or not, it depends on his future performance.

Lu Yu's words made Tim Floyd and Bill Cartwright, who were sitting under the stage, look at each other.

Unlike many NBA players who need the coaching staff to constantly explain the rules, Lu Yu doesn't need it. Lu Yu has his own understanding, and as they are here in the league, they have a deeper understanding of the changes in the league's rules.

The weakening of illegal defense in the NBA is not achieved overnight, but has been weakened step by step since the 83-84 season until the 01-02 season was completely cancelled. Even now, the changes to the illegal defense rules have not been explained on paper, but each team has Just received the message.

The 83-84 season was an important time point.

Because this is the prelude to Stern's rise to power.

And Stern is a businessman with a legal background. He understands the law and looks at basketball from a businessman's perspective. Let's see that the NBA rules under his rule show more and more language skills. Who has played him professionally? ?

What Stern used was actually the method of boiling a frog in warm water. From his point of view - he was obviously not completely satisfied with the rules brought by his predecessor.

He wants to make the NBA highly commercialized, but he is not in a hurry to make changes in the rules. Even the generation and two generations of players during his administration can hardly feel that he has manipulated the rules. What hands and feet were moved.

The reporter asked again: "Why introduce joint defense and weaken illegal defense?"

Lu Yu was not impatient. The head coach of the team was sitting in the audience, and the general manager of the team was standing beside him. It was an opportunity for them to get to know him. He coughed lightly and continued: "Some people say that the reason why the NBA is The introduction of the joint defense is to limit O'Neal; but the big shark is not young anymore, and there is only one big shark in the world, and it is impossible to replicate."

"In fact, before the NBA introduced zone defense, zone defense basically became the standard for playoff teams."

"It's just that the team's tactical literacy brought out by the coaches in the playoffs is also generally awesome, and they know how to take advantage of the situation to avoid the referee's sight and play the joint defense."

"Those like George Karl, Don Nelson, Pitino, Riley, Jeff Van Gundy ... these are the typical teams that play zone defense."

The audience burst into laughter.

Lu Yu's words reminded them of the playoffs in the past few years, which is really the case. As for the coaches named by Lu Yu, I don't know what they thought when they saw the interview.

"Since it has created a situation where there are policies and countermeasures at the bottom, then simply let go."

Lu Yu used this sentence to put an end to the problem. In fact, there is another reason, but it is not appropriate to say it on this occasion.

The reason for that is that American talent has become too embarrassed to score points in the international arena.

Don't look at Carter's death buckle flying over Weiss's scenery, in fact, the United States was almost overturned.

This is the power of zone defense on the FIBA ​​arena.

Stern, who was watching TV in the United States, naturally had a dull face, so he introduced zone defense at the end of the regular season in 2001, which was also to cooperate with the US national team.After all, no matter how the NBA deepens its internationalization strategy, its roots are still in the United States.

Since the introduction of zone defense that runs counter to the ultimate purpose of encouraging offense, illegal defense can only withdraw from the stage of history.

Then we must find new ways to check and balance the zone defense, so that the NBA can continue on the road of commercialization.

So in the same offseason when zone defense was introduced + illegal defense was completely canceled, the NBA invented three seconds of defense + weakened tentacle defense.

So, as everyone knows, the spring of the guard is here.

Lu Yu's understanding of the rules shocked the team's management and coaching staff.

If you look at Trenton Hassell and Tyson Chandler, who look like idiots, it's a world of difference.

The reporter then asked some topics outside the basketball court.

By the way, I interviewed two other rookies.

Half an hour later, with a round of applause, the press conference ended successfully.

……

Cartwright drove Lu Yu along the way, and Lu Yu asked to get out of the car and go back when he saw that he was not far from home.

The moon is bright and the evening breeze is breezy.

Lu Yu was walking in the evening wind on his way home.

He knows that he has taken his first step into the NBA, but there is still a long way to go before he grows into a real star player. There are superstars on top of star players, and it will take time.

The day of intensive training for the team is approaching, and integrating into the team is the first step for Lu Yu.

The thought of integrating into the team gave Lu Yu a headache.

That guy Artest, who just corrupted his pair of sneakers, has already shown signs of bullying rookies.

Not to mention a bunch of old fritters.

Lu Yu thought about it all the way, and unknowingly walked to the door of the house. A red Ferrari drove past him, honked the horn, Lu Yu looked up, gave way to the side, and could not see clearly through the glass. The appearance of a person can only roughly judge that it is a woman.

This area is a wealthy area in Chicago. There are many rich people, and it is not unusual for women to drive coupe.

Lu Yu opened the door, and when he was about to enter the yard, he heard the horn again.

Lu Yu turned his head and looked at it. It was the car just now. It was parked at the door next door, and a garbage bin occupied its parking space. To park, it could only block the door next door.

The car started to fall backwards, as if to adjust the parking position.

Just as Lu Yu was about to turn around, the roar of the car's engine suddenly came, and the red sports car accelerated sharply. In Lu Yu's stunned eyes, it slammed into it with a bang.

The trash cans flew out, and the trash in the buckets flew all over the sky.

"Tsk tsk..."

Lu Yu didn't expect the female car owner to be so grumpy.

The trash can at the door of the house should be placed in your own home, just go down and move it away. As for hitting it with a car?
Gerda Theron next door apparently heard the sound and hurried out of the house.

"Charlize, what's the matter with you, why did you hit the trash can again?"

Lu Yu obviously noticed that Gerda Theron said one word after another.

Obviously not the first time.

And the driver in the car, needless to say, must be Charlize Theron in the population of Gerdav.

Isn't it gentle?
You tell me, this is the fucking tenderness?
Charlize Theron stepped out of the car, kicking high heels, and making a crisp sound: "I said, I can't leave things at home when I'm not at home."

After saying that, he went straight into the house.

They didn't even pay attention to Lu Yu's neighbor.

Gerda Theron smiled awkwardly at Lu Yu in the yard next to him: "Well, that's my daughter. Obviously, she might have something wrong... She is usually gentle..."

Lu Yu gave her a look that I understood, and then walked into his home.

"Lu Yu, you're back."

Anne Hathaway came out of the kitchen with her salad and steak ready.

"Just so we can have dinner together."

Lu Yu sat beside the dining table and asked, "Did you hear any strange sound just now?"

"Is the sound of the sister next door hitting the trash can?"

Anne Hathaway smiled shyly: "She also bumped into it last time. In fact, she was very gentle when she told me about acting, but sometimes when she talked to Aunt Gerda, her attitude was not very good."

Lu Yu nodded.

It seems that the relationship between Charlize Theron and her mother seems to be normal.

Just after dinner, the doorbell rang.

Mrs. Gerda Theron stood at the door and said embarrassedly, "Mr. Lu, I'm sorry to bother you. The faucet in my house is broken again. Could you please go and fix it for me?"

Lu Yu: Is your faucet intentional?

He picked up the wrench and walked to the next door. Anne Hathaway also went there to have a look. By the way, he chatted with the big star sister, but was stopped by Gerda Theron. Gerda Theron said to ask Anne for advice The problem of cooking.

Charlize Theron was taking a shower upstairs, when halfway through, the water stopped.

So he changed his clothes, went downstairs with wet hair, and saw a man lying in his bathroom, fiddling with something.

Charlize Theron didn't dare to make a sound. She didn't know if the other party found her, how did this man come in?Is it a thief?
She quietly touched the red wine bottle on the dining table, her heart stuck in her throat, she wasn't sure if she could KO this thief out of the bottle.

Lu Yu was very depressed, and after searching for a long time, he couldn't find where the faucet was broken.

What is this old lady doing?
Suddenly, under the light, a shadow appeared in front of him, and the shadow was holding something in the shape of a wine bottle in his hand, ready to smash it down.

A normal person's first reaction would be to look back, but Lu Yu couldn't do that.

As long as you look back, the wine bottle will definitely hit your face.

He rolled on the spot, rolled to the side, and then turned to look over, only to see Charlize Theron holding the bottle and smashing it directly on the faucet.

"What are you doing?" Lu Yu said angrily.

Charlize Theron hurriedly opened the door and rushed out a few steps: "Mom, run, there is a burglar in the house, don't come back, I will go to the police."

Gerda Theron walked out of Lu Yu's house: "What thief?"

At this time, Lu Yu also came out of Theron's house, and the white shirt was full of red wine: "Mrs. Theron, I don't think your faucet is broken. Your red wine may have expired."

……

After Mrs. Theron's explanation, Charlize knew that she had made a misunderstanding and apologized to Lu Yu.

Lu Yu didn't speak, and went home directly.

Lying on the bed after taking a bath, he decided to stay away from Charlize in the future. Such a woman is hot-tempered and will do anything at every turn, not to mention her mother has a history of killing her husband, who knows if it will be inherited.

Just entering the NBA, it's better to be steady.

What's more, he was just curious about who the big star next door was at first, but now that he knew it, he lost interest, mainly because he couldn't afford to offend him.

Fortunately, Charlize was holding a red wine bottle, not a pistol, otherwise he would have burped himself.

Still think about the training in the team for a few days.

Charles Oakley, Brad Miller, Tyson Chandler and Artest...

I hope that when the team is training, there will be no fights.

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