"Bland's contract expires this season, it's hard to stay, right? If Mageti plays beautiful data, he may also jump out of the contract to test the free market. I think it's time for the Clippers to rebuild, and this season should be decisively set. The goal is to select a high-level player as the core to rebuild, and then strengthen the back line, so there will be hope in the future."

This is actually not a suggestion. Before Brand arrived, the Clippers have always been a team that is good at playing badly. With the current lineup of the Clippers, even if they get the No. 1 pick next year and choose Ross to Los Angeles, they will not be much stronger. The Bulls are the most affected. Without Ross, they don’t know whether the Bulls can become a strong team.

After chatting for a while, leaving the other party's contact number, Ye Feng went downstairs to find Nina. At this time, he could not have thought that Alice would really use him in the future, rather than just a joke...

At this dance, Ye Feng and Nina did not spark any sparks, just a gathering of ordinary friends. The next day he started to get busy again, and that night the Lakers played against their second opponent, the Minnesota Timberwolves.

After Garnett left, the Timberwolves fell, and the new wolf king Al Jefferson was unable to support it. The Lakers took only three quarters to lead 93-70 to turn the game into garbage time. Ye Feng played for 6 minutes in the fourth quarter, contributed a dunk, scored 2 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block.

Just as people began to pay attention to Ye Feng, bad news came out and Turiav made a comeback. Ye Feng was put on the injury list and lost the opportunity to play as a substitute.

On November 14, the NBDL Development League will start soon. The uniform group announced that Ye Feng will be transferred to the NBDL Los Angeles Defenders for training.

nbdl is the talent pool of the NBA team and belongs to the second-tier league. Being delegated is a depressing thing for players, but Ye Feng feels it doesn't matter, he needs to play. He dares not take action casually when he comes to the court, and hesitates when he has the opportunity. When he comes to nbdl, there is no big player, so he doesn't have to worry about the ball rights issue. He will definitely get playing time and prepare to shoot more shots on the court to find the feel. Only by practicing mid-range shots can he get more playing time.

The Defenders' original home stadium was the same Staples Center as the Lakers, which just moved to the newly completed Citizen Commercial Bank Stadium in August this year.

Ye Feng got a driver's license in college. After the pre-season game, he bought a used car. The old version of Chevrolet is old, with an old style, and the advantage is that it is cheap. He drove himself to the Citizen Commercial Bank Arena ten kilometers away in the east to report.

In the stadium, Ye Feng greeted his temporary teammates. These people envied him. Unlike Ye Feng, who was deported after signing the contract, they could only wait slowly for the opportunity to enter the league. They usually start with a ten-day short contract, and the possibility of leaving is very low.

NBDL will also have a selection of star games, best players, and best teams. But even if you become a MVP in the Development League, you may not be able to join NBA, which shows the cruelty of competition.

Lufflin is not only a Lakers scout, but also the deputy general manager of the Los Angeles Defenders. Lufflin introduced him to the team coach Mark, who is a white man in his fifties, with a wide body and fat body. He had no experience in playing in the NBA when he was young and was an academic coach.

Surprisingly, Divac also came here. The coaching staff specifically asked Divac to guide Ye Feng's offense during this period. A marginal player can have an assistant coach to follow and train, which is enough to show the Lakers' attention to him. Divac and Mark communicated with him, and Ye Feng got another good news. The defense team will attack with him as the core.

In the Lakers, Ye Feng is always the last choice on the offensive end. Being the core of the offensive can only happen when dreaming. In order to make him progress, the coaching staff provided him with enough convenience. The general plan is to let Ye Feng go to the high pick-and-roll, and the guards have to pass the ball back to the high position. He can shoot at the high position or choose to pass the ball. Divac will also teach him some low-level offensive methods to increase his threat on the offensive end.

In order to reserve the required talents for the parent team, all NBDL teams are the same in tactical play and even defensive strategies as their NBA teams. There will be no problem of returning to the Lakers not adapting to the rhythm when training here.

The nbdl game will start a week later. Ye Feng increased the training volume under the arrangement of Divac and started single-player practice in advance. Divac took a basketball and said with a serious look: "With your physical fitness, as long as you work hard, you will definitely improve in the short term and help the team. Don't feel it will be easier when you enter the Development League. I'll help you with special training, which will only be more tiring than when you were training in the Lakers. You must be mentally prepared."

Ye Feng also said seriously: "I didn't feel tired when I was training, start quickly!"

Divac was very satisfied with his attitude. "Comprehensive low-post offense, high-post support and central shots are what you want to practice here. I will demonstrate for you and you are optimistic."

Divac demonstrated while explaining.

Low-post offense refers to the position near the left and right of the bottom line basket on the court. The area around 7 feet away from the basket can be called the low-post area. The low-post offensive ability mentioned in basketball terms does not refer to a certain skill of the player, but refers to the ability of the player to score and support in the low-post area, including turning and singles after receiving the ball with the back to the basket, moving directly to the basket or leaning against the middle to shoot, and also includes turning around and breaking the bottom line, catching the ball with the back to the basket and then cutting the teammates at the empty space.

Except for a very few defenders or small forwards, the ones in the low post are generally big muscular men. The most intense battles on the court are of course within the three-second zone! Any offensive player who moves or moves in the three-second zone will be specially taken care of by the opponent. The most suitable player at low post attack is a player with both speed and strength, so that he can find a scoring opportunity when his physical confrontation is relatively strong. Ye Feng is this type of person.

People who are good at low-post attacks are also easy to dominate the game.

First of all, close to the bottom line, facing the basket is not easily double-teamed. Even if being double-teamed, it means that the offensive player's shooting opportunity can immediately form a situation of sub-teaming. Based on this, unless the player who catches the ball at a low post is very strong singles, the defense party has to adopt double-team tactics, in most cases, the defense party will only appropriately narrow the defense area and treat whether the low post players who hold the ball at this moment are playing singles. Therefore, the low post is an area that is more likely to form a one-on-one inside line.

Secondly, low-post players can isolate the defending players from the ball because they are facing away from the defending players. They are not easy to interfere with the ball when passing the ball, are concealed, and have a wide field of vision. They can assist in taking into account both the position of their teammates going to the bottom line or cutting in the middle.

Last point, the three-second zone of the NBA is a rectangle with an area of ​​4.88 meters x 5.8 meters, while the three-second zone of the FIBA ​​is a trapezoid with a size of 3.6 meters x 6 meters x 5.8 meters! The three-second zone of the NBA is smaller than the standard FIBA ​​field regulations, and the low-post ball point is closer to the basket and is easier to get scoring opportunities.

Of course, the low posts in the NBA are not unpreventable. With the increasing popularity of regional joint defense in the NBA, the difficulty of singles in the low post has increased. However, players who adapt to low post attacks have very strong lethality on the left and right sides of the inside line, and the probability of scoring without singles is higher than that of ordinary players.

Many teams often adopt two defensive methods. One is to simply shrink the defense area when the low-post players start playing singles, and double-team the moment when the offensive player completes the last dribble and starts shooting. The second is that when the low-post offensive player is about to take the last step or turn, the second defensive player directly blocks his last step. This is a kind of trap defense. Due to the lack of excellent inside players in recent years, this seems to be a low-tech defensive tactic is quite effective.

In addition to tactical defense, players with strong individual defense capabilities can also complete low-post defense without helping their teammates. For example, players like Garnett, Duncan, Ben Wallace basically do not give the offensive party the chance to get rid of themselves and face the basket directly, forcing the offensive players to shoot in confrontation rather than shooting after getting rid of them. The reason why Ye Feng is valued is because his strength is only slightly inferior to Wallace, with stronger speed and bounce. Even if his offensive ability is average, he still has the hope of becoming a super defensive.

The next day, the defenders began their first joint practice.

Ye Feng played very easily and quickly established confidence. Few people with "monster" level physical fitness played here. Elton Brown, who participated in preseason training camp with him earlier, was called the best. Harris, who worked as a temporary worker for a few days in the Rockets, could almost call the wind and rain in the Development League and do everything.

The Los Angeles defenders are all marginal people who fail in drafts. The players have good shooting skills and are at the NBA level, but few people are good at defense. Scouts do not watch NBDL games every day. Only beautiful data can attract NBA teams to try out. It is difficult to obtain data with hard defense, and it is easy to get injuries. It is not worth the effort and no one likes it.

Under the guidance of Divac, Ye Feng practiced a quick turn and dunk at the bottom line or shot from the middle, and he scored several of this moves. Ye Feng was too fast, and as long as he turned successfully, he could dunk the ball into the basket.

Ye Feng can also grab a lot of rebounds and win the frontcourt rebounds. As long as the opponent does not foul, he immediately dunked. After practicing for half an hour, Ye Feng's performance was dominant. He thought Divac would praise him, but he didn't expect Divac was very dissatisfied with him.

"Ye, your playing style is a waste of time and will not have the training effect. NBA's defense will not be so relaxed. What you need to practice is shooting! From now on, I don't want to see you dunk again! Don't jump with all your strength!"

When he returned to the court, Ye Feng, who could only shoot, immediately dropped his power by half. It was cruel to forbid a person with extraordinary bounce ability to dunk.
Chapter completed!