I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 544 NBA State-owned Enterprise
Min Congda never expected that the Grizzlies were so vulnerable in the first half.

In the face of the Clippers' sharp offense, the Grizzlies' defense is almost non-existent.

In theory, the Grizzlies' defense shouldn't be this vulnerable.

The Grizzlies gradually rose last season, and their main focus was a flesh and blood mill.

He is good at using a strong defense to destroy the opponent's offense and drag the game into a tough confrontation.

On the offensive end, the Grizzlies have Griffin's talent, Conley's offensive combing ability, and Butler's singles ability.

Although the Grizzlies are at the bottom of the league in both the number of three-point attempts and the number of hits, they are also at the forefront of the league in suppressing opponents' shooting percentage.

In last year's playoffs, the Grizzlies fought the Lakers in the semifinals, which caused a lot of trouble for the Lakers.

Many old-school fans admire the Grizzlies' style of play and think their defense has the style of the NBA in the 90s.

But whenever you encounter a grizzly in a game, you will lose your skin if you don't die.

As a result, halfway through the game, the Grizzlies' skin was peeled off, and they had almost no ability to resist.

The superficial reason is that the Clippers brought their home power tonight to beat the Grizzlies violently with the momentum of a championship and in good condition.

The deep-seated reason is that the Grizzlies' retro style of play has made it difficult to keep up with the Clippers' rhythm.

The Grizzlies' defensive know-how is still the same set of classic principles as the NBA's defensive theory developed in the first 20 years: press on the line, more defenses on the strong side and less defense, fast rotation on the weak side, strong physical confrontation, compressed offensive space, and create defensive traps on the bottom line etc.

Faced with such a defense, the classic solution in the past is to create space for the team's outstanding singles players, and then use the singles player to drive the offense of the whole team to achieve the effect of breaking the surface with points.

But the Clippers didn't attack in this way at all.

After the sublimation of the last championship season and the hard training during the offseason, the offensive tacit understanding of the Clippers team has once again improved.

Under the guidance of Steve Kerr, the Clippers' passing and cutting are developing in a faster, farther, and more accurate direction.

Do you play online oppression?My ball handler started the pick-and-roll after halftime, Jordan, you come to press.

If you come over to press, the basket will be empty like a sea, and you will not be able to go back to defend.

If you don't come to press, Curry has the ability to fire from a distance as soon as he passes halftime.

In the first half, Curry hit two ultra-long three-pointers, which made the Grizzlies hard to defend.

There is also a switch between the strong and weak sides, the strong side has more defenses and less defense, and the weak side immediately rotates.

However, the Clippers' passing speed is extremely fast, and the space is extremely wide. The huge space prevents the Grizzlies players from passing the ball with their legs and heels.

No matter how fast you are, it is impossible to pass the ball quickly. The farther the opponent is, the more obvious the advantage of the passing side will be, and the harder it will be for the defending side.

When the Clippers players didn't have such a tacit understanding with each other, they didn't pass the ball so fast, and sometimes they couldn't open up the space that much. Randolph still had a lot of traditional strong tactics in the low post.

By this season, after three seasons, the passing of the Clippers' core lineup has become very tacit.

In this game, in the first half, Randolph's low-post offense was almost non-existent. He pulled a lot of high-post support, pick-and-roll, used mid-to-long-range shots, and scored from the pie.

That doesn't mean Randolph doesn't have that ability, he just doesn't need it.

Once the game falls into anxiety, he can still use the low post to contribute to the team.

What surprised the Clippers fans even more is that Anthony Davis and the Clippers lineup and style of play are simply seamlessly connected.

He has a certain mid-range and long-range shooting ability on the offensive end. Graduated from the University of Kentucky, he has excellent tactical skills, strong ability to run down and air cut, and good awareness.

On the defensive end, he has good coverage and excellent basket protection, and his moving speed and jumping ability are much better than Randolph.

Except that the low-post offensive experience and skills are not as good as the blue fat man, other aspects are the enhanced version of the blue fat man.

In time, when Randolph is old, Anthony Davis is the perfect replacement for the blue fat man to upgrade.

With this kind of potential, the Clippers fans at the scene were excited, and Min Congda's heart was trembling.

"What's the situation? Anthony Davis didn't train well, played games with me, and couldn't beat me in 2k. How could he perform well in this game!"

"But it's not bad, there is no dominance, and it is far behind Duncan!"

Min Congda has reduced himself to comforting himself with Duncan.

In this draft, Min Congda fully believed in the Clippers management and let them win Davis.

In Min Congda's opinion, Davis is best a parallel importer. Kwame Brown and Olowokandi are Davis' best affiliations.

But looking at his performance in the first half, Davis played really well.

Especially compared with Griffin on the opposite side, Davis's height, wingspan, and advantages are so obvious that they seem insulting.

"Let's observe and observe again. You can't give up hope just because of half the game, can you?"

Min Congda still comforted himself, and then he took over the shining championship ring from the team owner Shelley Sterling.

Opening the ring box, a huge ring studded with shining diamonds completely occupied Min Congda's eyes.

The ring is square and has a red and blue Clippers logo at the top, engraved and inlaid with rubies and sapphires.

The championship ring has always been the tradition of the NBA. The early championship rings were very simple, ordinary larger gold rings, and a diamond may be dotted in the middle.

As the NBA develops and grows, players and teams are getting richer and richer, and the rings are getting bigger and bigger and more luxurious.

The Clippers’ championship ring can be said to be quite luxurious. Each ring is inlaid with 292 diamonds, which symbolizes that in the past three seasons, the Clippers have played a total of 3 games in the regular season and the playoffs and won the coveted championship. .

The red and sapphire used to make the LOGO is even more valuable, with the cost of a single ring reaching $10.

There are 20 such player collector's rings, and hundreds of team collector's rings worth thousands of dollars, with a total production cost of $300 million.

Shelley Sterling spent the money happily.

She also made a special commemorative customized version for Donald Sterling to comfort her ex-husband who was a little out of balance.

Min Congda picked up the ring and put it on his hand, thinking that it's no wonder women love diamond rings, it's shiny and beautiful.

Then, Adam Silva handed over the championship banner to Stephen Curry, and Curry raised the banner to the ceiling of the Staples Center under the watchful eyes of more than 19000 spectators.

There is finally a Clippers flag here, and the Clippers players and Clippers fans at the scene are very excited.

The significance of the ceremony is to firmly engrave those exciting achievements in people's hearts in a special way, forming a common memory that belongs to everyone. When this memory is awakened at a certain moment in the future, People who have the same experience will resonate strongly, and then burst out with emotion and power.

Tears welled up in Curry's eyes as he hoisted the flag up to the ceiling, a feeling I'll never forget.

Under this championship banner, the Clippers gathered together to cheer for themselves.

This Clippers team is different from many patchwork championship teams. There are many young rookies and a strong sense of belonging to the Clippers.

Curry, Leonard, George, Butler are all rookies selected by the Clippers themselves.

Harden, Dragic, and Gasol have only been in other teams for a year or two.

Unlike those championship teams patched together by famous stars, the friendship accumulated in youth is very strong.

Anthony Davis looked at the unity and friendship of the Clippers team, and felt a strong sense of belonging in his heart.

He only hated himself for not coming to the Clippers a year earlier and winning the championship with the team.

But it's not too late to win the championship together this year. A strong team like the Grizzlies can easily be crushed at halftime.

The strength of the Clippers has made great progress compared with last season.

The halftime championship ring presentation ceremony ended, and the morale of the entire Clippers team was even higher.

And what about the Grizzlies?The lack of state can be adjusted through the halftime break, and the tactical problems can be changed through the long season, but the tactical thinking is restrained, and there is no solution in a short time.

Not only the Grizzlies, but also the Lakers in the Western Conference finals last season, couldn't beat the Clippers with traditional tactics.

The Lakers in the regular season are already good enough. Their lineup, morale, and Jackson's control, they were able to enter the finals and even win the championship a few years ago.

But in the new era, they can't beat the Mavericks in 11 and the Clippers in 12. It's not just a matter of player strength, but a backward tactical thinking.

After the start of the third quarter, the Clippers continued to attack the Grizzlies with their smooth pass and cut offense.

The Grizzlies' defense can be summed up in one word, "dumb."

I don't know how to deal with it, the daily training stuff is completely out of order.

Grizzlies coach Hollins thought to himself: Although the Clippers were difficult to play last season, it is not so difficult to play like this?

He still made careful preparations before the game. After all, it was the opening game. If he could win against the championship, it would be a great boost to the team's morale.

But in the halftime game, the Grizzlies were completely blinded. During the intermission, Hollins repeatedly emphasized the focus of defense.

It is impossible for him to change the system temporarily. He can only tell Jordan to stay at the basket and not come out. He will be walked to death by walking the dog in the first half.

The whole team will no longer shrink, and change it to a simple one-on-one. Let's fight on our own. It's good to keep an eye on your own people.

But no, the team fell into a huge disadvantage in terms of tactics and morale.

Halfway through the third quarter, the team couldn't find a comeback point.

Hollins lowered his head helplessly. He saw Gasol Jr.'s precise pass, Randolph's tough layup after receiving the ball, the Clippers' smooth pass from outside, offensive initiation without dead ends, and changeable choices There is also a rich imagination, which can't help but think of the powerful and regrettable Trail Blazers in 1977.

It was the youngest championship team in NBA history. Hollins was in the lineup at the time. He was only 24 years old. Under the leadership of coach Jack Ramsey and Bill Walton, they played extremely beautiful team basketball.

In 1977, the year when the NBA and the ABA merged, ABA talents flooded into the NBA.

So the gold content of the Blazers' championship that year was quite high.

By 1978, the Blazers were in full swing in the regular season.

They were a staggering 50-10 before Bill Walton went down with an injury.

It's entirely possible they could build a dynasty in the late '70s, when Bird and Magic weren't in the league.

The champions of 78 and 79, the Supersonics and the Bullets, may be the weakest championships in NBA history in terms of strength.

It's a pity that Walton's devastating injury ruined everything. Sometimes the start is too good to be a good thing.

Hollins came out of his short memory. At this time, the Clippers were already leading the Grizzlies by almost 30 points!

The Grizzlies had no power to fight back. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Hollins replaced the main players, and the garbage players were on garbage time.

And the Clippers also played their "garbage players" during garbage time: Anthony Davis, Bonner, Tucker, Ricky Davis, and a new draft pick in the summer, Bazemore.

Davis is certainly not a garbage player, but as a rookie, Tyronn Lue still hopes that he can play more games to accumulate the feeling and experience on the court.

As for Bazemore, the undrafted guard who signed the contract, he stayed in the Clippers entirely on his own strength.

In the summer, because Min Congda did not renew the contract of Jeremy Lin and Fisher, the two "tumors", the Clippers needed fresh blood on the back line.

Because Dragic, Curry, and Harden all have strong organizational skills, the Clippers need an attack-oriented small guard.

There are more than one player who wants to sign up for the Clippers training camp, because everyone knows that once the Clippers meet the requirements, the Clippers will be generous to the contract.

When you become famous one day, you want to go out and get a big contract, and the Clippers will not be embarrassed.

Jeremy Lin is a good example. A Chinese second-round pick, the Clippers supported him for two years with a guarantee contract.

He was raised and played, and he was released to the Warriors to get a long-term contract with a higher salary, and it was in San Francisco, where there are many Chinese fans, so Jeremy Lin is very grateful to the Clippers.

After two years of steady training and improvement in the Clippers, once he became famous all over the world, there were advertisements and endorsements, he went to San Francisco to get a long-term contract, and he also had the coveted championship. Don't be too perfect.

In addition, as we all know, the Clippers give generous money in the summer league, transportation, accommodation, and meals are the best and highest-level treatment among all teams, so outstanding players want to play with the Clippers.

This is simply an NBA state-owned enterprise.

For low-level players who have no guarantees after eating their last meal, such a stable and good unit is too difficult to find.

Bazemore was affirmed in the Clippers' trial training, and then had a good performance in the summer league, and was left by the Clippers.

Generally, the team will give a short contract, and continue to observe later.

Or some teams that are particularly stingy have been short-term contracts. Today they sign a short-term contract and waive it. After a few days, they sign another short-term contract. After one or two games, they are waived again. The short-term workers will be used until the end of the season.

The shrewdness and cunning of capitalists are brought into full play.

The Clippers are different. After confirming Bazemore, Min Congda didn't care much about the trial training. With a swipe of the pen, he signed with a two-year salary!

How much short contract is this worth?Bazemore settled down, trained hard and played hard in the Clippers.

His goal is to become famous in the Clippers like Jeremy Lin!

(End of this chapter)