king of defenders

Chapter 422 The Team's Sixth Man

"What?" Joseph Yang looked blank.

Meng Yundao: "Your biggest problem is that you only rely on your instinct to play, but you don't use your brain. Playing requires thinking."

After finishing speaking, leaving Joseph Young with a sluggish face, Meng Yun walked to the other side to pick up a basketball and started training.He can only point out the problem to Joseph Young, but cannot help him solve it.

To solve the problem, only Joseph Young himself.

In fact, Meng Yun didn't have such an understanding at first, but this time he trained with James and Paul, and Meng Yun learned a lot from them, so he could see the problem of Joseph Young.

Joseph Young is only 188 centimeters tall, which is a weakness. In the NBA where there are so many people, 188 centimeters is really not enough, and it is a great disadvantage.

Of course, not everyone will suffer because of their short height. For example, Paul, he is only 183 cm, but he has not become an All-Star guard, or even the No.1 point guard.

Comparing Joseph Young with Paul, Meng Yun understood.

Joseph Young's height is a disadvantage, but he doesn't seem to think of a way to make up for it. He didn't read the game, read the defense, and didn't think about what he should do. He just relied on instinct, still relying on speed and flexibility. Sex, shoot if you can get the ball, and rush if you can't.

Is this really okay?

Of course not, not to mention Joseph Young, it was Iverson back then, with unrivaled speed, excellent control skills and shooting ability, don't you have to read the game and think?

Playing does not know that it depends on the body, but also on the brain, especially for a short guard like Joseph Young.

These Meng Yun can tell Joseph Young directly, but how to do it, how to try, explore, and comprehend little by little in the usual training and competitions, that is whether Meng Yun can help.

"It's up to him." Meng Yun shook his head. After all, Joseph Young was also his cheap little brother. Although he disliked him a little, he still couldn't bear to watch him become a water fountain guard.

Everyone is training freely.

Joseph Young stood there motionless, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, Meng Yun's words were not without effect on him.On the contrary, Meng Yun's words were like a blow to the head, and Joseph Yangru was enlightened, and suddenly had a kind of understanding, but it seemed to be separated by a layer of veil, hazy.

"Joseph." Craig yelled with a straight face: "Let you practice freely, what are you doing there?"

"Oh." Joseph Young came back to his senses, still thinking about what Meng Yun said just now, his eyes were confused, he picked up a basketball, but he didn't know what to do.

Seeing this, Meng Yun had no choice but to remind again: "Joseph, your height is a disadvantage. You should take a good look at how those players who are also not outstanding in height but have made great achievements in NBA history do."

Joseph Young's whole body was shaken, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he shouted excitedly: "Meng, I understand. Haha, I understand."

"I hope you really understand." Meng Yun shrugged his shoulders, ignored Joseph Young, and focused on his own training, mainly two parts, shooting and strength.

Shooting was originally Meng Yun's strength, but he needs to further strengthen his strength to become stronger, so that he can compete with others and score in the game.

Strength is Meng Yun's weakness, so he needs to strengthen it. Whether it is defense or offense, strength is very important. Without strength, he will be beaten, lag behind others everywhere, and constrain himself everywhere.

Generally speaking, it is to "develop strengths and avoid weaknesses", enhance advantages and make up for shortcomings.

In a blink of an eye, it was October, and the team's training camp was over.

During this period of training, Meng Yun has almost integrated into the Heat's system, and is also familiar with his current position in the Heat - a backup guard, which can also be said to be the "best sixth man".

In the Heat, Meng Yun is actually used as the "best sixth man". His playing time is almost as much as Dragic, but he plays as a substitute.

Let the rookie play the "sixth man" I'm afraid the Heat are the only one.

Generally, rookies with excellent strength and worthy of training have the opportunity to play in the starting lineup. Those who can't play in the starting lineup often don't have much playing time, let alone become the core of tactics on the field.

But Meng Yun was different.

Needless to say, Meng Yun’s strength and potential. He is fully qualified to play the starting lineup. It’s just that the Heat’s situation is special. There are Wade and Dragic. Wade is the veteran of the team and an All-Star player. He cannot play as a substitute. .Last season, Dragic averaged 16.0 points, 5.1 assists, 3.3 rebounds, shooting 50.2% from the field, and 32.9% from the three-point range. Such data is impossible to play as a substitute, and he has already played in the Heat for a season , The Heat have a complete system.

Of course, the most important point is that Meng Yun is still a rookie after all, and the Heat have a lineup of Bosh, Wade, Dragic, Luol Deng, and Whiteside, which is a playoff team. What they need is record, and training newcomers can only be put aside.Therefore, Meng Yun can only be used as a substitute.

Meng Yun had already been mentally prepared for this, and Yao Ming had analyzed it for him when he was on the phone with Yao Ming, and it was basically the same as what happened now, so he was not dissatisfied and felt at ease.

His own playing time is guaranteed, and the rest doesn't matter.

In Yao Ming's words, it's not a big deal to play as a substitute. Kobe played as a substitute for the Lakers back then, but didn't he become a superstar later on?
Meng Yun also firmly believes that whether to start is not the most important thing, the most important thing is your own strength, as long as you have enough strength, you can start at any time; if you are not strong enough, what is the use of making you start every game?

In fact, after a long time, Meng Yun actually liked his position a little bit.

Usually in team training, as the team's "sixth man", Meng Yun has playing time not inferior to Dragic, and has sufficient shot rights, which even Dragic would envy, because he Although it is the starting lineup, there are Bosh, Wade, and Luol Deng in the starting lineup. Only Whiteside will not compete with him for the right to shoot. He does not get many shots.

On the contrary, Meng Yun, as the sixth man, often plays with the second team. In the second team, he is the only core and has the most shots.

At the end of the training camp, Meng Yun's performance was recognized by everyone in the team. His adaptability is very strong, and his speed of improvement is astonishingly fast.

At the same time, the 2015-2016 season NBA preseason is coming soon.

On October 10th, the Heat ushered in their first preseason game of the new season, sitting at the American Airlines Arena (full name is American Airlines Arena) at home, facing the Charlotte Hornets who came to challenge.

(End of this chapter)