Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 109: Torture (Additional update! Please give me a monthly ticket!)

The substitute team eventually defeated the starting team 18-12.

This was not a reflection of the strength of either side, but it allowed Han Sen's abilities to be fully demonstrated.

Randolph was defended inefficiently, and Gay was in an even worse situation.

Hansen's mobility in assisting defense made Hollins' eyes light up.

After losing weight and improving his core strength, Hansen's lateral speed has almost returned to his pre-weight gain level.

But this is also thanks to Tony Allen, who successfully made the starting team play 4 against 5 on the offensive end, allowing Hansen's help defense to be so unscrupulous.

And on the offensive end, Hansen also showed his excellent finishing ability, which was previously reserved in order to demonstrate his three-point shooting, which was also surprising.

Hollins looked at Hansen at this time, just like Larry Brown of the Bobcats looked at Hansen back then, the more he looked, the more handsome he became.

After finishing training, Han Sen returned to the locker room.

Conley came to chat with him again at this time, to discuss assisting defense.

Conley's talent is much worse than Gay's, but in the end he was able to achieve far more than Gay. This scholarly mentality may be one of the secrets.

Han Sen was also happy to communicate with Conley. As a representative of academic point guards, Conley paid great attention to details on the court, and this kind of communication also benefited him a lot.

As they were chatting, Han Sen felt someone walking towards them, and he looked up and saw it was Guy.

Guy's cheeks were puffed up and he looked very angry.

He should be angry, for he had been trying to force Hollins to increase his status in the team in his own way, but was ultimately ruined by Hansen.

When Conley saw Guy's look, he quickly stood up and pulled Guy to sit down and talk.

Although he had not had much contact with Han Sen, he knew that Han Sen was not an unreasonable person.

Unexpectedly, Guy got a little carried away and shook off Conley's hand: "Do you dare to go bullfighting with me?"

Well, Han Sen took back what he said before. Guy did have some problems with his brain.

The winner will be decided by a duel, just like playing house!
At this time, other people in the locker room were also attracted by Guy's words.

Most people looked curious, but Randolph was just watching a show.

"What good will it do me if I beat you?" Han Sen said honestly.

"What benefit do you want?" I didn't expect Guy to communicate smoothly.

"For example, you go and ask the coach to give me all the tactics assigned to you?" Han Sen just said it casually as if it was just a game.

Moreover, he also wanted Gay to give up. After all, if Gay lost in a one-on-one duel in public, the Grizzlies would lose face.

He came to the Grizzlies to compete against the Big Three of the Heat and to compete for the championship. He had to fight for his position in the team, but he also had to strike a balance.

If the situation really gets to the point of no return, it would be a waste of time for a player like Gay to sign a contract at an overpriced price and then be unable to trade it.

"it is good!"

I didn't expect Guy to be so stubborn.

Now Han Sen had no choice.

He simply stood up.

This is actually not a bad thing. After all, he has just joined the Grizzlies and most people in the team don’t know much about him.

If he wants to quickly gain a foothold, it wouldn't be a bad idea to fight a battle to establish his authority.

Guy's kill was given at the perfect time.

Guy and Hansen left the locker room one after another, and almost all of their teammates stood up and followed them out.

Everyone likes to watch the fun, especially when it has something to do with them.

"How do we decide when to kick off?" Inside the training hall, two people have already entered the court.

"You first." Han Sen was very polite.

Guy didn't hesitate and walked straight to the three-point line with the ball.

Throughout the entire confrontation, Han Sen relied on cooperative defense and double-teaming. If it was a one-on-one fight, he would not have been so embarrassed.

After reaching the three-point line, he quickly launched an attack, changing direction and breaking through to the right.

Hansen followed closely and Guy couldn't get rid of him. In the end, he forced a drift and a fadeaway jump shot.

Han Sen seized the opportunity to jump and block the shot, but Guy's arm span was too good, and he raised his shooting point to avoid his block.

Thanks to his outstanding wingspan, his jump shot was once called an "unblockable shot" by commentators.

Although it was very difficult to avoid the block on this ball, Gay seemed to be accustomed to this type of shot and he still completed the shot by using his air suspension.

The basketball traced a high parabola and then shot straight into the basket.

This immediately drew cheers from teammates.

Conley looked at Han Sen with concern. He felt that Han Sen was being a little overconfident.

Although Gay's basketball IQ is indeed a little lacking, his talent and singles ability in one-on-one matches are Gay's strengths.

However, Hansen, who failed in defense, did not show any panic on his face. Instead, he smiled and nodded, as if he was affirming Guy's strong shooting ability.

This made Conley look puzzled.

Guy continued his attack, but this time, he was stopped by Hansen.

This immediately caused surprise among teammates on the sidelines.

Gay was forced to stay put with his back to the basket, then turn around and shoot.

However, this kind of forced shot of a dead ball put Han Sen under even greater defensive pressure. Although he avoided the block, his final shot was short and hit the front of the basket and bounced out.

There is an old saying in Dongda University that goes "know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle." Hansen wanted to compete with Gay, so he started paying attention to Gay from the first day of training camp. He then used his identity as a former trainer to analyze Gay's technical characteristics based on video recordings.

Guy's dynamic and static talents are indeed very strong, but there is only one thing that limits his upper limit: speed.

To put it aptly, Gay has the size of a three and the speed of a four.

And Gay's control of the ball also has problems.

When Hansen trained with Grover before, in addition to physical training, he also trained the two basic skills of control and passing.

Grover gave some suggestions on his dribbling, the most important of which was to let him lower his center of gravity when dribbling.

For a player of Han Sen's height, dribbling with a low center of gravity is not an easy task. In addition to the difficulty, it will also reduce the player's field of vision on the court.

But its advantage is that it allows you to dribble past your opponent at a higher frequency and reduce the chance of being intercepted by the defender.

Hansen finally accepted Grover's advice, just as he had promised at the beginning.

Then Gay, because of his height, dribbled with a higher center of gravity than he had before.

The end result of too high a center of gravity when dribbling and too slow a speed is that Gay can neither use his speed nor his dribbling to get rid of his defender. After breaking through halfway, he can only rely on a forced jump shot to complete the shot.

So rather than saying that he is obsessed with long two-point shots, it would be better to say that he does it out of necessity.

The ball was exchanged and Han Sen held the ball.

Guy now took a defensive stance and clapped his hands in front of his chest.

It seemed that the offense was not going well, so he planned to save face by defending.

After all, when playing the whole game, he was very effective in defending Han Sen holding the ball. Han Sen held the ball with one hand and was a three-threat, and he was not in a hurry to attack.

After a fake move to break through to the right and seeing Guy's center of gravity shift to the right, Hansen quickly changed to the left and passed the ball downward, then stepped back to increase the distance between him and Guy and took a three-point shot on the left side.

Guy's interference on this ball was very limited, and Hansen's three-pointer was successful.

Gay's technical shortcomings not only affect his offense, but also his defense.

The teammates exclaimed in surprise, no one on the Grizzlies had ever played like this before.

Conley breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. It was obvious that Hansen came prepared.

But he then took a deep breath and looked worried, because he knew that if Guy lost, the problem would be even bigger.

Guy was a little angry. He pounded his chest hard, then threw the ball to Hansen and continued to take a defensive stance.

After receiving the ball, Hansen raised his hand and made a three-point shot. Seeing this, Guy quickly pounced on him.

However, Han Sen was just faking it. He quickly passed the ball to the right and then accelerated to break through from the right.

Just by comparing one round, you can see the difference in the two people's breakthroughs. Han Sen's dribbling was low and fast, and he broke into the penalty area in a flash.

Guy landed at this time, turned around and tried to catch up with Hansen. When Hansen was about to make a layup, he jumped hard and tried to block the shot with his physical talent.

But Hansen just pulled left in the air, switched to the left side and scored with a backhand layup.

Guy had a body but no place to exert his strength.

The teammates on the sidelines exclaimed in amazement again. Hansen's talent was obviously not as good as Guy's, but his one-on-one skills were obviously stronger.

What a joke! Hansen was the man who started to duel with Wade before he even entered the league, and just this past summer he dueled with Durant for the entire summer.

If shooting in the three-point contest is his specialty, then one-on-one competition is also one of his strengths.

He can't beat those two, so now he can't beat you, Guy?

11 to 7, Hansen took care of Guy's face and did not win easily.

But in fact, teammates on the sidelines could see that Hansen's one-on-one ability was much stronger than Guy's.

Guy didn't understand Hansen's strength and hit a wall.

The duel ended and Guy turned and left angrily.

"What are you doing?" Han Sen called him.

"I accept the defeat!" Although Guy is not very smart, he dares to take responsibility and is not a coward.

"Come back!" Han Sen was really speechless. You are the one with a bad brain, and you think Hollins is also bad?

Hollins was unwilling to give Gay more tactical status because his tactical system was centered around the inside, and the reason why he indulged Gay in the training camp was because Gay had just signed a maximum salary contract. If he really gave all the tactical status to Hansen, it would be tantamount to going against the management.

Moreover, if Hollins really knew the reason, his impression of Hansen would become worse.

Otherwise, why did Han Sen say that it was just playing house before?

"Please treat me to a meal," Han Sen continued.

Guy was stunned for a moment.

Conley reacted immediately. He knew that Hansen was giving Guy a new step.

He hurried over with a smile, holding Guy in one hand and Hansen in the other, and introduced where to find delicious food in Memphis.

The players dispersed one after another. Randolph's expression was a little bored at this time. He thought there would be a good show to watch.

In a private room at a Memphis restaurant, three people sat down to eat.

Because of what had just happened, the atmosphere in the box was a little awkward.

Conley tried to find some topics to lighten the atmosphere, but it didn't work.

"Why are you targeting me?" Guy finally couldn't help but ask.

"Rudy means that he feels that you seem to be somewhat hostile toward him." Conley quickly translated to Hansen to ease the atmosphere.

Han Sen replied directly: "I want to be the core of the Grizzlies' perimeter."

Guy doesn't need to go through all those twists and turns with his brain.

"You don't try to hide it." Guy sneered.

"Didn't O.J. Mayo think the same way before?" Han Sen looked at Guy with a smile.

This time Guy's expression became even uglier.

His dissatisfaction with Hollins was not only due to his dissatisfaction with the team's tactics, but also because Hollins had never truly established his core position on the outside!
He and Mayo were like two insects thrown into a poison jar, to see who would survive in the end.

As a result, he finally defeated Mayo, but then Han Sen came.

In fact, he originally wanted to leave this summer, but the team sent Mayo away and gave him the maximum salary he wanted, so he finally stayed.

"I want this outside core player. Besides my personal reasons, there is another reason. It's because you are not capable enough."

"What Han meant was..." Conley scratched his head. He couldn't translate what Han Sen said!
"Why do you say that? Just because you beat me in a one-on-one fight?" Guy was unconvinced.

Han Sen shook his head. Singles ability is very important in basketball games, but it is not everything. Otherwise, Durant, Anthony and others would have won the championship long ago.

“You have the body of a three, the speed of a four, and the playmaking of a two.”

Guy didn't understand.

Han Sen held his forehead with his hand. It turned out that he should be more direct.

"Your basketball IQ is problematic. You have the physique of a power forward, but you choose to play at the less efficient power forward position. With you as the core, you can put up some nice numbers, but it will be hard for the team to make the playoffs, let alone compete for the championship."

Guy's face flushed instantly. He wanted to refute but found himself at a loss for words.

Because during his years with the Grizzlies, as Hansen said, his statistics were good, but the team never made the playoffs.

The improvement in the team's performance last season was also achieved after Hollins established Randolph as the core.

"Han, Rudy also wants to win." Conley spoke for Gay at this time.

Han Sen was telling the truth, but the truth was too painful.

"LeBron said the same thing." Han Sen shrugged.

"Cough!" Conley coughed dryly.

"Okay, since we're talking about winning, let me tell you what you can do for this team." Han Sen also softened his tone.

At this time, not only Conley, but even Guy looked at Hansen curiously.

"There are two ways. The first is to change your playing style from holding the ball to playing without the ball, cutting to the basket more often and running without the ball. That way you can bring out your physical talent and shooting ability."

This is what Gay did after joining the Spurs historically, and it turns out that was the style of play that suited him best.

Gay frowned. That would mean he would lose a lot of ball possession. Moreover, the Grizzlies rarely played this tactic, so his statistics would definitely decline.

Hansen seemed to know that Gay would not make that choice now, even though it was the best option for the Grizzlies.

"The second way is to focus on the defensive end when you start, and then lead the team when you are on the bench. This will not only avoid conflicts with Zach (Randolph) over ball possession, but also allow you to display your personal abilities, and your stats won't be much different."

Guy's version of staggered travel?

Why not.

(End of this chapter)