"I don't know what happened. I just couldn't exert my strength today and couldn't make any shots."

Wang Zelin spread his hands, looking as if he was so shocked that he doubted his life.

"this……"

Coach Terry suddenly felt guilty.

He almost forgot that the young man in front of him was not yet twenty. It was normal for young people to have ups and downs in their condition.

But he subconsciously ignored Wang Zelin's age because of his outstanding performance last season.

"Okay, Wang, when the opportunity comes next, you can decide whether to attack based on your feel. However, your main job is to defend the penalty area. Do you understand?"

Now knowing that Wang Zelin is in poor condition, Coach Terry has made some adjustments to this game and no longer requires him to attack and defend.

"Got it, coach."

Wang Zelin nodded.

Alas, he couldn't say that it was actually caused by having too much fun with his new comrades in the morning.

"Damien! LaMarcus!" Coach Terry roared and said: "Next, I need you to put the damn basketball into the basket on purpose. We must not lose this game!"

"receive."

"clear."

Lillard and Aldridge stood up and shouted in unison.

It is true that Wang Zelin is the most popular player of the Blazers, has the greatest potential, and is the most loved by fans, but this does not mean that other players are hopeless idiots.

To be able to stand out from countless basketball players around the world and enter the NBA, the top league where only a few hundred people play, they are all one-in-a-million basketball geniuses.

Someone like Aldridge who can make the All-Stars is a genius among geniuses.

Geniuses all have their own arrogance!

When forced, they can admit players who are more talented than themselves, but this does not mean that they will give up their ambition to make progress.

The intersession pause ends.

Lillard and Adridge are gearing up to give the Detroiters a tough lesson.

Due to falling behind, the Trail Blazers only replaced two main players, Matthews and Batum, and Wang Zelin reappeared with Lillard and Aldridge.

At this time, the team's backup shooting guard is Connett Lee, and the backup small forward is Will Barton.

On the Pistons side.

The two main players, Andre Drummond and Josh Smith, are still on the court, and the three backup partners are Will Bynum, Rodney Stuckey and Cole Zinger.

Josh Smith, who can play three or four, plays the fourth position. With a height of 2.06 meters, he may not suffer a disadvantage when playing the fourth position.

Now, Andre Drummond plays the five position and Josh Smith plays the four position. There is no doubt that this is an adjustment to strengthen interior defense.

With Josh Smith in charge of assisting defense, Andre Drummond doesn't have to take care of Greg Monroe's defensive holes like he did in the first quarter. Now he only needs to stay in the three-second zone and play his best.

Frame protection function.

The Pistons attack first.

Backup point guard Will Burnham passed the ball to Josh Smith and cut back to the weak side to stretch the Blazers' defense.

At the same time, substitute shooting guard Rodney Stuckey dropped to the left corner, which also stretched the Trail Blazers' defense, allowing Josh Smith to get a single opportunity.

This arrangement made him very excited.

When he was with the Eagles, Josh Smith, who was known as an all-around warrior, played more of a role on the defensive end, which made him dissatisfied with the ball status assigned to him by the coaching staff.

This is how the conflict between him and the Eagles came about.

Time will prove that the Eagles' arrangement is correct.

Josh Smith, who is 2.06 meters tall, is indeed extremely talented. He has a pair of spring legs and can shoot, hit, block shots, and even pass well. His ball control and outside defense have also reached the standards of outside players.

Ability to continuously advance and provide accurate guidance;

Can't guard the pick-and-roll, but can protect the basket;

There are points in the low post, and deductions when taking off;

This 13-year-old has the opportunity to become an explosive, luxurious, and enhanced version of the original Draymond Green... with running and jumping abilities.

However.

He became obsessed with archery.

He began to have a fanatical hobby for ultra-long two-pointers and three-pointers. He called himself the "Central Shooting Boy."

Last season, he shot 201 three-pointers from the outside, in exchange for 61 three-pointers, with a shooting percentage of only 30.3%, which became the trigger for the Hawks management to no longer tolerate him.

Wang Zelin remembers very clearly that this season, Josh Smith will shoot 256 three-pointers, only scoring 70, and his activity rate is only 26.4%.

Among players who have taken more than 200 three-pointers in a single season, the only player who is more promiscuous than him is Anthony Walker, who made 73 of 285 shots and a disastrous shooting rate of 25.6%.

Who is this gentleman?

One of the league's famous bums, the No. 6 pick in the first round of the 1996 golden generation, played for 6 NBA teams in his career. But he was luckier. He won the NBA championship with the Heat in 2006 and was selected to the NBA All-Star three times.

On April 8, 2012, Fat Tou Tuo officially announced his retirement.

But one of his famous sayings is still passed down to this day:

"Why do I shoot so many three-pointers? Because there are no four-pointers, man!"

TMD!

Who dares to believe what a player who entered the league in the 1990s said.

Even in the later small ball era, I am afraid that few people will be as obsessed with perimeter shooting as Anthony Walker, and he can always go beyond the range...

Starting from the Pistons' first attack in the second quarter, Aldridge probably didn't expect that the guy in front of him who averaged 17 points per game last season... would be so easy to defend.

The method is also very simple and clear. As long as you let him two steps away, this 13 will definitely choose an outside shot, but he still can't make it.

It's the Pistons' turn to attack again.

When Will Bynum dribbled the ball just past half-court, Josh Smith immediately ran back from a 45-degree angle from the left to the top of the key and actively stretched out his hand to signal.

As if to say: Give me the ball and I will take you home!

Prior to this, Josh Smith had made 0 of 4 outside shots, which directly gave the Trail Blazers 4 more quick counterattack opportunities, resulting in the Pistons now being 5 points behind.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! 27:22, three minutes passed, and the Pistons did not score a point.

Wilbottom turned his head aggrievedly and looked at head coach Michael Curry on the sidelines.

Michael Curry was also making a difficult decision in his mind at this time: the team management beat all other players this year to acquire Josh Smith in order to strengthen the team's flank defense and allow the team to return to the playoffs as soon as possible.

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If we don't make the playoffs, how can we sell tickets?

If we can’t sell tickets, everyone is just waiting to eat dirt!

Therefore, Smith, who is in his prime, is undoubtedly the strongest player on the Pistons...

The strongest~ often represents privilege!

"That's it, let's take a look again. If you still can't get in..."

Michael Curry remembered some of the requirements from the team management and could only tolerate Josh Smith's continued misbehavior.

Of course, there is a limit to tolerance.

If what Josh Smith does affects the team's winning plan, deal with it how you want it to be dealt with.

The team is currently only 5 points behind, which is not too important. Once Josh Smith can hit this three-pointer, it will be 2...

"Duang~"

Another shot came, and I heard the boos from the surrounding audience. This shot seemed to hit Michael Curry in the face, and he turned blue instantly. I remember that he wanted to call a timeout on the spot.

"Alas~"

The raised hand was lowered again.

Because it's not their turn now!

Under the basket, Wang Zelin spotted the position of the rebound, stretched out his hand to grab it, and got his fifth rebound in a single quarter.

If he continues at this pace and plays two more rounds, he will be able to get double figures in rebounds.

Thinking of this, watching the back of Pistons No. 5 player getting further and further away, Wang Zelin couldn't help crying: "Brother Xun is indeed right, there are still many good people in this world!"

"Wang, can you give me the ball?"

On the side, Lillard said sourly.

Josh Smith's aggressive behavior was noticed by the Trail Blazers players. For Wang Zelin, a rebounder, everyone felt envious and jealous.

When will I have such an opportunity to be able to fly without having to work hard on my data!

Very comfortable!
To be continued...