NBA: I have 3, no D, and I can't dribble

Chapter 46 [46] Finals G1, Barkley fulfills his promise!

Timberwolves video analysis room.

At this time, some clips of the Detroit Pistons' three-round playoffs this year are being played on the projector.

Tactical assistant Thomas kept pressing the pause button, carefully analyzing some tactical characteristics of the Pistons' offensive and defensive ends.

"From these few defensive clips, we can see that the Pistons' defense is not a solid zone defense, but more of a one-to-four zone defense!"

"If we play positional warfare, then there will be a player who will jump out to perform a man-to-man winding defense and press the ball holder!"

"If we mix some off-ball running in the position, another defender of the opponent will block our pass with a bulldog-like anticipation!"

"Whether it is in the pick-and-roll with the ball or the screen without the ball, the Pistons' starting five defenses are the best in the league!"

When the tactical assistant said this, he deliberately looked at Lin Fei who was sitting among the players:
"So, in the last three games of the Western Conference Finals, we used screens and running positions to create opportunities for Lin to shoot three-pointers. This unexpected killer will probably encounter great obstacles in the finals!"

"Increasing the quality of screen movement and passing, and adopting more elevator door double screen tactics, are the most important tasks of Yulin's second tactical system on the offensive end!"

All the Timberwolves players looked at Lin Fei one after another, with complex emotions and different thoughts on their faces.

Even though the Timberwolves have become more united after winning the Western Conference championship, the moods of the main players and the substitute players are different, and each has its own plans.

A good brother like Szebiak, as well as absolute main players like Wolf King, "Madman" and Kassel, naturally hope that Lin Fei can continue to maintain a super high three-point efficiency in the finals,
In this way, when the team's starting main force does not suffer, the substitute lineup can get a big advantage.

But role players such as Michael Olowokandi, Trenton Hassell, and Darrick Martin,

Although the relationship with Lin Fei is good, but the jealousy in his heart is still lingering.

I am afraid that my brother will suffer, and I am even more afraid that my brother will drive Lu Rover.

In this world, apart from your biological parents, few other people seem to sincerely hope that you can live a better life than him.

Lin Fei has been a human being for two lifetimes, with a clear mind, and he has long understood these ways of the world. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and this is true for any team he goes to.

In short, after playing at most seven games, I will leave the Timberwolves. Except for Szebiak, a good friend, there is really nothing to miss.

Of course, Philip Sanders is also a coach who is kind to Lin Fei, and Lin Fei is also grateful for this.

Regardless of whether the Detroit Pistons can overcome his off-ball three-pointers or not, Lin Fei will do his best to play a wonderful performance in the finals, score more three-pointers, and do his best to help the Timberwolves win the championship.

In this way, with the data and the championship ring, Lin Fei can choose his next team confidently with the help of his agent Qin Dongmei during the offseason.

Finally, Philip Sanders got up and came on stage, summing up the tactical arrangement of the coaching staff:
"G7 of the Western Conference Finals can be said to be the most hearty and most characteristic game we have played in this year's playoffs!"

"Throughout the finals, we will always continue this steady tactical style of play, tough offense and defense, which will always be the cultural totem of the Timberwolves!"

"Kevin and Latrell are still the two most reliable cores on the offensive end of the team, while Lin and Szerbiak are the most important outside firepower on the bench!"

"Olowokandi and Trenton Hassell's bigger tasks are on the defensive end!"

"The entire round of the Western Conference Finals, Olowokandi and Shaquille fought in the low post, and Hassel stalked Kobe on the defensive end. They are indispensable heroes and blue-collars on the team's road to victory!"

"In the finals, Olowokandi will face Ben Wallace more on the defensive end, and Hassell will defend Richard Hamilton. This will be a head-to-head encounter!"

"Don't underestimate the Detroit Pistons. Although this team has dim stars, it has a more reasonable lineup configuration, and their bench depth is stronger than the Lakers!"

At the end of Philip Sanders' speech, he suddenly looked at Lin Fei, his expression flickered, and he hesitated to speak.

In fact, Lin Fei had already expected that his playing time in the finals would be greatly reduced.

During the team training of the Timberwolves in the past few days, they have significantly reduced the coordination of screen runs and passes related to Lin Fei, and more time has been devoted to the offensive and defensive training of the main lineup.

Such as the pick-and-roll with the ball between the Wolf King and "Madman", the singles of the Wolf King and the back-to-the-basket, the pick-and-roll between the Wolf King and Kassel, man-to-man defense, Hassel's running points for chasing and defending Hamilton.

The main role of Lin Fei here is to squat in the bottom corner to open up space, tear up the Pistons' iron defense by running without the ball, and then act as Hamilton to help Hassell practice chasing and defending.

Lin Fei has no complaints about this. He actively cooperates with the team in training, and at the same time uses empathy to give Hassell a lot of advice on chasing and defending players without the ball.

He knew that in the Western Conference Finals, Philip Sanders gave himself a lot of playing time, and the Wolf King and Madman both actively covered their offenses,

This is already a treatment that no rookie in the history of the NBA has ever received.

Compared with the No. [-] pick Darko Milicic, the gap is clear at a glance.

Now the Timberwolves have passed the Western Conference finals in a thrilling manner. Whether it is the team's coaching staff or the management team,
Naturally, they are more inclined to use traditional tactics and a solid offensive and defensive strategy to win the finals down-to-earth.

In fact, the Timberwolves have a psychological advantage against the Pistons in the finals. In the two regular season matchups this season, the Timberwolves narrowly beat the Pistons by 1 point and completed double play.

One of them was the buzzer-beater by the Wolf King at the Target Center, which fully boosted the team's momentum against the Pistons.

When the Timberwolves are not in a backward situation, let alone standing on the edge of a cliff,
The traditional deep-rooted thinking of the NBA that the inside is king and defense wins the championship has significantly weakened Lin Fei's accurate three-pointers, and the loopholes on the defensive end have infinitely magnified.

Lin Fei is also very optimistic about this.

Even if he didn't have a good performance in the finals, he still doesn't worry about signing a new club during the offseason.

But as long as he gets a chance to play for 1 minute, Lin Fei will go all out to actively run, catch the ball and shoot, and play his role as a killer assassin on the court.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for 2 hours of team training, free attribute points +3, the free attribute points obtained in today's training have reached 15 points]

After the team practice that night,
Philip Sanders found Lin Fei alone, and said frankly with a smile:
"Lin, in G1 of the finals tomorrow night, your playing time is likely to be reduced to a certain extent, of course it also depends on the specific game situation!"

"But the team and I have always positioned you the same. Apart from Szczerbiak, you will still be the most relied upon offensive weapon on the bench!"

"I hope you can understand the arrangement of the coaching team. This Timberwolves team is always a whole!"

Lin Fei was not surprised at all, and calmly said, neither humble nor overbearing:

"Coach, I completely obey the team's arrangements, and I will try my best to play my role on the court!"

Lin Fei didn't take the initiative to fight for more playing time.

He knows that in tomorrow's finals G1, grasping every minute and hitting a three-pointer again is the best response to the team's lack of trust.

That night, the Bentley Mulsanne, who was rubbing against Zerbiak, returned to his villa, and Lin Fei went to the gym as usual for an hour of strength and endurance training.

Lying on the bed after taking a shower, Lin Fei took out his Nokia mobile phone and found several unread text messages and a missed call.

One of the text messages was sent by agent Qin Dongmei, briefly reporting the teams that were interested in signing Lin Fei in the last two days and the latest offer for the contract.

After scoring 10 three-pointers in the tiebreaker, it is clear that more team managements in the NBA have offered an olive branch to Lin Fei, a sharp shooter.

Even though Lin Fei is now just a serious partial student with 3 and no D and can't even dribble, his three-point and off-ball abilities have already made more and more teams feel excited.

These teams are mainly divided into two categories, one is the underdogs in the process of reconstruction, intending to cultivate Lin Fei as an important part of the team's main force, such as the Charlotte Bobcats, Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers.

The second category is the strong playoff-level teams that aim to compete for the championship, and Lin Fei has already regarded Lin Fei as one of the puzzles to win the championship.

Such as the Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers.

This second type of team does not promise to give Lin Fei a starting position, it can only guarantee that he will get a certain amount of playing time in the rotation.

so far,

The New York Knicks offered the highest contract, 3 million for three years, with an annual salary of $1360 million.

The Charlotte Bobcats and Golden State Warriors are both $3 million for three years, and Pat Riley's Miami Heat are giving $1000 million for two years.

The Philadelphia 76ers offered a one-year contract of $1 million, hoping that Lin Fei could team up with Allen Iverson and become an important firepower point for the team's bench.

The management of the Los Angeles Lakers obviously listened to Kobe's opinion. Mitch Kupchak personally called Qin Dongmei and also offered Lin Fei a two-year, $2 million contract.

Most of the contracts given by the team are short-term contracts, and the longest is only the Cleveland Cavaliers' four-year $4 million, but the average annual salary is only 1160 million.

Qin Dongmei is more inclined to find a long-term contract for more than 4 years for Lin Fei, after all, it is more secure.

But Lin Fei's idea was completely opposite, the contract should be signed as short as possible.

He is a systematic person, even if he only has 3D and no D, but with the continuous upgrading of competitions and training in the future, his personal strength will inevitably rise steadily, gradually changing from partial to all-round.

If you are now imprisoned by a 4-year or even 5-year long-term contract, then after improving your personal defense in the next few seasons, you will become the top 3D in the league.

With an annual salary of less than 500 million, it would be a big deal for the team and a blood loss for the team.

At the same time, Lin Fei is also more inclined to continue to join a team with the ability to hit the championship next season, and join forces with several powerful stars.

In this way, even if you are playing as a substitute, you can better develop your strengths and avoid weaknesses, give full play to your advantages, and truly become the so-called jigsaw puzzle to win the championship in the eyes of fans.

If Pat Riley can complete a deal with the Lakers this summer to get O'Neal as in the original world, and Lin Fei will partner with the second-year Flash and O'Neal at the end of his peak,

It seems that there is also the blue-collar Haslem who also rose rapidly in the second grade.

Coupled with the sufficient salary of the Heat, they can completely match a few more cost-effective role players, so let alone winning the championship in 06, it is quite interesting to win the championship directly next season.

In contrast, the Philadelphia 76ers are far behind. Although Iverson is at his peak, the team is not united enough.

The New York Knicks are even more smoky, and the stupid management is flawed.

Of course, it still depends on the sincerity of these teams in the end.

Thinking of this, Lin Fei sent Qin Dongmei a text message, concise and to the point:

"The new contract can be signed for up to two years, and one year is better. First stabilize these teams, and wait for the free market to open on July 7 before making a decision!"

Then there was another text message from Dayao.

The Tianchao men's basketball team has officially recruited Lin Fei into the 04-man roster for the 12 Olympics, and they are looking forward to his return to the National Congress at the end of June.

In addition, the general matter has been formally reconciled with the Tianchao Basketball Association and has been able to return to the national team.

At the same time, Dayao also wished Lin Fei another wonderful performance in the first game of the finals tomorrow, and said that he would definitely watch the live broadcast in front of the TV.

Lin Fei quickly replied to Dayao's text message:
"Thank you Brother Yao, I look forward to working together with you!"

Furthermore, Amber Heard and Little Taylor also sent text messages, wishing Lin Fei a good performance in the finals tomorrow and helping the team win a good start.

After getting acquainted at the Staples Arena, Lin Fei also kept in touch with these two beauties.

Although Little Taylor is a Lakers fan, he was also sad for a few days after being eliminated by the Timberwolves, but he was also conquered by Lin Fei's 10 three-pointers in the tiebreaker.

She also said that when the finals G3 or G4, her father will probably take her to the Palace of Auburn Hills to watch the game.

The 18-year-old Amber Heard was more straightforward. After knowing that Lin Fei didn't have a girlfriend yet, she took the initiative to show her hospitality and made an appointment to have a candlelight dinner together.

With the help of best friend Scarlett Johansson,
Amber Heard also received the second play in her life in Haolaiwu, which is still the second female lead, and is now in the process of intensive filming.

Just last night, Amber Heard sent Lin Fei a photo of her in a sexy pose on the set through the MMS function of her mobile phone. Lin Fei was so excited when she saw it.

After all, he is a 19-year-old muscular man with normal sexual orientation. Facing the sexy, enthusiastic, young and pure "Queen of the Sea" who has never been in a relationship, Lin Fei must be lying if he says he is not tempted.

18 years old is always the most beautiful age for a woman, if you don't do it, it will be cheaper for others.

Although in Lin Fei's traditional aesthetics, he prefers the appearance of oriental beauties.

However, Lin Fei, a high-minded young man with four good qualities, naturally has no hesitation in making capitalistic foreign guns, which is full of patriotism and promotes a harmonious society.

After replying to the text message, Lin Fei put down his phone and summoned the system personal panel from his consciousness.

The accumulated free attribute points have already reached 140 points, and the three-pointers and free throws in the basketball attributes have also reached 99 points. The ball quotient is still 70, and all others are 0.

Lin Fei already thought very clearly that for a player like him who is good at three-point shooting, it is the most correct choice to strive to improve his defense and develop towards the league's number one 3D player.

No matter how difficult this defensive improvement is, after one or two seasons, it should be able to reach close to the full value of 99 points.

At that time, wouldn't Lin Fei be a combination of an enhanced version of Klay Thompson and an enhanced version of Kawhi Leonard?

Even if he doesn't know how to dribble and pass, this superb 3D level is enough to become the core of most NBA teams!

It seems that since ancient times in the NBA, there has never been a team whose core is an off-ball player who is not good at attacking with the ball?
Then let him Lin Fei become the first in the NBA.

If he is the second-in-command of a championship-contending team, then Lin Fei definitely has a chance to become the most powerful second-in-chief in NBA history, killing Scottie Pippen and G6 Tang in seconds.

Wretched development, and then slowly improve dribbling, passing, breakthrough, rebounding...

This picture is so beautiful that I can't even imagine it.

Lin Fei recovered from his longing, without any further hesitation, he quickly added all the 140 free attributes he had accumulated to his defense.

[Ding, 140 free attributes have been added to the defensive attribute, the host's defensive attribute has been increased by 30 points, the current defensive attribute is 30]

Lin Fei's eyes flashed, and he guessed right. The improvement of defensive attributes is far more difficult than free throws.

At the beginning, 140 points can only increase defense by 30 points, and then as the defensive attribute increases, the free attribute required for each point will inevitably increase geometrically.

Although it is still far from a 60-point pass, 30 points is better than zero eggs. Although facing the Pistons on the finals stage, there is no difference between a 30-point defense and a 0-point defense.

In Lin Fei's opinion, if he wants to defend well at the level of the finals, he must have at least a defensive value of 70 points or more.

At this moment, Lin Fei found that the defensive attribute on the system panel suddenly shone brightly.

Lin Fei clicked on the defensive attribute with the conscious cursor, and found that five subdivided attributes popped up under the defensive attribute:
[Single defense: 30]

【Co-defense: 30】

【Shift: 30】

[Steals: 35]

[Caps: 25]

[Defense Comprehensive: 30]

Lin Fei's eyes lit up. It turns out that the attributes of steals and blocks are also hidden under the defense. In this way, as long as the value of defense attributes is continuously improved, the abilities of steals and blocks will also be improved simultaneously. It is absolutely killing three birds with one stone.

No wonder it is so difficult to improve the defensive attribute, and it seems completely reasonable.

Lin Fei couldn't wait, he wanted to play in tomorrow's finals and earn more free attribute points.

……

The Timberwolves reached the NBA Finals for the first time in history, which also made the city of Minneapolis radiant.

Many local Timberwolves fans have had a sleepless night, and the booths in the major bars are full of reservations tomorrow night.

The G1 odds of the finals given by the American Gaming Company are 5.5 points for the main handicap. It can be seen that there are still more professionals who are optimistic about the Timberwolves winning a good start.

A middle-aged white man in his 40s with a wife and children in debt and a tattered beard was sleeping on the street outside the Target Center arena.

This white man of Spanish descent named Whitman has already saved all his 20 dollars in savings, and bought all of them to win the Timberwolves before the start of this year's playoffs.

At that time, the odds of the Timberwolves winning the championship were 6 times. If the Timberwolves finally won the championship, this white man named Whitman would get a return of 120 million dollars, from penniless to a millionaire.

If the Timberwolves fail to win the championship in the end, the middle-aged white man has already figured out what posture he should pose when jumping off the roof of the Target Center arena.

As for the Celestial Empire, with the birth of Lin Fei, the heat of the NBA Finals was unprecedented.

According to incomplete statistics, compared with last year's Spurs VS Nets 03 finals, the number of Chinese fans paying attention to the NBA finals this year has at least tripled.

Because the imperial capital time when G1 of the finals starts is 9:[-] a.m. on Monday.

All the many loyal Chinese fans have asked for leave in advance for various reasons, and there are not a few absenteeism from work and school.

There are even many boarding students in middle and high schools who escaped from school the night before, and spent the night at a nearby Internet cafe, waiting for the NBA Finals G1 tomorrow morning.

Even before the annual college entrance examination, there are only 3 days left.

"Money is endless, but this year with Lin Fei in this round of the NBA Finals, if you miss it, you may never come again!"

"The class is endless, brother Fei's finals must be watched!"

"Whether the college entrance examination is more important or watching the NBA finals is more important? Do I have to hesitate as a scumbag?"

June 2004, 6, 5:3 pm local time.

Target Center Arena.

As the on-site commentator of G1 in the finals tonight, Charles Barkley also fulfilled his original promise. Amidst the carnival laughter of many Timberwolves fans who were about to enter the field,
Putting on SpongeBob SquarePants underwear, revealing her belly as big as October, she ran around the Target Center arena, wheezing.

ESPN's female reporter and cameraman trotted all the way to follow, and many Timberwolves fans took out their cameras to take pictures.

"Charles, do you have anything to say now?"

Panting heavily, Barkley blushed and said loudly into the microphone:

"Kenny, I don't owe you any more!"

"I also want to say something to Lin, just relying on my circle of Luo Ben, you guys can't score 5 more three-pointers tonight?"

(End of this chapter)