Chapter 734: Ibaka and Harden Are a Perfect Match!

After losing to the Pacers who wanted a win and put themselves in the forefront of the Eastern Conference, Yes was a little thoughtful.

He didn't have any opinion on losing to the Pacers. The Pacers tried very hard in this game, and the team that is now rebuilding also played very disciplined in this game.

Danny Granger, the core of the Pacers' reconstruction, is also one of the "Little Yes" in the league. He is a very hard-working and admirable player.

Yes had no opinion on losing to the Pacers who tried very hard to win this game, but he still frowned at the Pacers' defensive strategy against him in this game.

This season is his third season in the NBA. In the other two seasons, when other NBA teams faced him, there were always very, very many people who adopted very, very many strategies to face him.

Some people would double-team him, some would defend him alone, some would use fast players to defend him alone, some would use tall players to defend him alone, and some would use strong players to defend him alone.

It can be said that in the first two seasons, he had a lot of room for operation in the game.

He could always find some places where he could operate according to the opponent's defensive strategy against him.

But this season, the Seattle SuperSonics have played nine games so far.

The nine opponents of the Seattle SuperSonics, whether they are strong teams like the Celtics and Rockets or slightly weaker opponents like the Jazz or the Pacers, will adopt a double-team strategy when facing his defense.

Quick rotation double-team.

Very, very determined!

In the previous two seasons, most teams in the league were more afraid of his passing, and now, these people are obviously more afraid of his scoring.

After all, Durant is gone.

It is a very, very wise decision to use the people defending Ibaka to double-team him and let Ibaka go completely.

Of course, Yes never blamed Ibaka for his poor offense, which led to him encountering such a double-team and encountering a stronger defensive force than Jordan at the beginning.

He knew very well that even without Ibaka, he would encounter such defense, and even with Durant, the league would probably defend him like this this season.

Since he has been hyped by the league's public opinion as the strongest player in the league's history, how could he not be treated as the strongest player?

It should be said that the defensive situation of other teams in the league in these nine games made Yes more fortunate. Fortunately, although he lost Durant who escorted him this season, he was sent Ibaka to escort him.

Under the general trend of crazy double-teaming by these teams, before his traditional passing ability reaches the top, he needs someone who can receive the pass at any angle to take the blame for him.

When he faced the crazy double-teaming of these people, his "super" passes to avoid these defensive players were very fast and the angles were very tricky, which was really not something that ordinary players could catch.

Although Ibaka still has a little gap with Durant in this regard, it is enough to replace Durant.

Ibaka is indeed working hard to take the blame for him now, and he is also working hard to grow, but his ability growth is almost from E to D. In front of NBA-level opponents, there is no difference between E and D players, so it seems that he has not made any progress at all.

According to the team's head coach Nelson, Ibaka is indeed better off training in Europe for a season than coming directly to the NBA.

But for him, if Ibaka really trains in Europe for a season, this season will be an avalanche season for the Seattle Supersonics!

Even if Yes gives up his unconventional passes now,

and improves his passing attribute to 80, it will not stop such an avalanche.

With the defensive strategies of other teams in the league this season, he can't handle the ball well unless his passing attribute reaches 90 or above.

The ability to handle the ball in the face of double-teaming has always been an important criterion for the NBA to distinguish between superstars and all-stars.

Like Parker of the Spurs, he has always been considered an all-star, not a superstar, because he can't handle the ball well after being double-teamed.

For guards who are not very tall, the ability to handle the ball after being double-teamed does require very strict standards.

The requirements for passing attributes after double-teaming decrease with the increase in height.

For Parker, his height is 1.88 meters. When he faces double-teaming, he needs at least his passing ability to reach 95 to be able to break the double-teaming calmly, but now Parker's passing attribute is lower than 95.

For a tall center like Howard, when he faces double-teaming, maybe Howard only needs to have a passing ability of 70 or 75, and he can handle the problem of being double-teamed well. The height can provide them with an unimaginable vision advantage, and the excellent vision can reduce the requirements for passing.

And what about him?

He is now 1.95 meters tall, taller than Parker. With his experience, the passing ability he needs to break the double-team is definitely not above 95, maybe 90, or even above 85 is enough.

But...

The passing attributes of 85 and 90 will definitely not bring Yes the reputation and treatment of the strongest organizer in history.

Compared with the reputation he earned in the past two seasons for passing, if he gives up those difficult passes this season, perhaps his bubble will gradually be popped.

Although he really doesn't care about the wonderful halos around him.

But it is undeniable that these wonderful halos are the important reasons why he and his teammates can have a good environment for growth and improvement.

Without this wonderful halo, Ibaka and James Harden would never get such a long training opportunity this season.

Of course, Durant and Rondo would not complete their growth so quickly.

And this is why Yes has always been very resistant to drawing ordinary bonus pass star cards.

He really dare not lose the ability to pass the ball randomly.

Naturally, he can't lose a player like Durant or Ibaka around him.

However, even if he really has Ibaka around him this season, he can shoot when he feels good and pass the blame when he doesn't feel good, and he can easily control the game in the game, but when facing a very disciplined team, when his touch is not so good, the winning rate of the Seattle Supersonics may not be so good.

His data and hit rate may still be very good.

But Ibaka is indeed much weaker than Durant. His data and hit rate cannot make up for the big hole that Ibaka has dug now. Those big holes need the help of Millsap and Milicic.

The two have made very good progress this season, but they still have not reached the state of being able to take whatever they want from any opponent. In this game against the Pacers, the Pacers' rookie center Roy Hibbert performed quite well.

He is tall and fast, and his defensive awareness is also quite outstanding.

In the end, the Seattle Supersonics lost in this game.

After losing to the Pacers away, the Seattle Supersonics' record this season became 6 wins and 3 losses, which ranks fifth in the West.

According to the agreement between old Nelson and him before, as long as the Seattle Supersonics fall out of the top eight in the West, old Nelson hopes that he will reconsider Ibaka's starting position.

Although old Nelson really respects his choice, he just said to reconsider Ibaka's starting position, and did not say to take Ibaka out of the starting position.

But...

If the team really can't rank in the top eight in the West, is there any point for him to keep the beautiful halo around him?

Maybe there is still some meaning, but as a defending champion, if they can't even make the playoffs next season, even if he is willing to let Ibaka continue to play, Ibaka may just leave the team directly...

Yes looked at Ibaka who was training alone with James Harden. Although there was no change on his face, he really admired Ibaka.

He not only looks like Durant, but also has a similar personality. This is a player who is really willing to sacrifice his entire career for him and the team. He is also a person who truly knows how to be grateful.

Practicing one-on-one with Ibaka every day is really very uncomfortable!

Especially Yes also stipulated that when practicing one-on-one with Ibaka, he can only defend and Ibaka can only attack, which is even more uncomfortable!

He wants to attack!

He dreams of attacking!

But Yes asked him to start with defense!

It's okay to start with defense, but at least find an offensive strongman to attack him!

If the player standing in front of him was Yes, wouldn't he have a reason to stare with his hands on his hips and look confused during defensive training, and then focus all his energy on offensive training and learn those Ibaka-biased fouls from Yes? !

Yes has so many Ibaka-biased fouls that he is really jealous and itchy every day!

Now, all his time and energy are spent on defending Ibaka every day, and he can only learn those Yes tricks in his dreams!

Because the target of his current defense is Ibaka, a rubbish with no talent on the offensive end.

If he really continues to defend with his eyes on his hips and a confused look, then he is not even good enough for rubbish!

James Harden also has to save face, okay!

James Harden has no dissatisfaction with the training plan that Yes has made for him.

Yes is the strongest player in NBA history in training teammates, so he just follows Yes's training plan.

I don't know if it's an illusion, because the target of defensive practice is an offensive rubbish like Ibaka, which makes him need to be serious in every round. It would be really embarrassing if he was really defeated by Ibaka.

This seemed to ease his defensive attention and the symptoms of his body unconsciously staring and akimbo.

"It shouldn't be an illusion, right?"

James Harden lost his mind again while thinking, and then with a swish...

Ibaka made a mid-range two-pointer over James Harden's head.

Seeing Ibaka's mid-range shot, old Nelson's eyes also lit up.

He could feel that Ibaka's mid-range shot was slowly improving!

James Harden's defensive level was not enough, so old Nelson could feel Ibaka's improvement from E level to D level.

It was also because James Harden's defensive level was not enough that Ibaka, who was now deeply in self-blame, had the confidence to continue working hard.

"As long as I keep working hard, I will definitely be able to help Yes one day!"

Harden's defense can make the players of the Supersonics and Ibaka feel their own offense and growth.

Ibaka's offense can improve James Harden's concentration on his defense.

Seeing Ibaka and Harden working hard every day, Yes is very pleased.

Although these two are being criticized by the whole world, they are indeed on the right track.

The game between the Seattle Supersonics and the Pacers disappointed a lot of media in the United States.

The coconut powder media was disappointed, and the coconut black media was also disappointed.

When most of the media in the United States were disappointed, the pressure on the Pacers can be imagined.

Larry Bird really didn't expect that his Pacers would still be so popular.

Since the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills, his Pacers have not been paid attention to by the public opinion in the United States and the world for a long time.

It has to be said that Yes's influence is really terrifying.

No wonder David Stern almost treats Yes as his own son.

No, closer than his own son!

However, it doesn't matter if the media in the United States mocks them for "winning badly", "having no ambition" and "no will".

The Pacers got a real victory!

This is a victory over the Western Conference team!

So far in this season, the Heat, Celtics, Wizards, and Cavaliers are the only Eastern Conference teams that have defeated Western Conference teams.

It has to be said that although the Western Conference this season is not as dominant as the Western Conference last season, the strongest team is even the Heat in the East.

But the other Eastern Conference teams this season are really worse!

The number of strong teams in the West this year has increased from about ten last season to thirteen this season!

Even the remaining two teams, the Kings and the Jazz, are not easy to beat by ordinary Eastern Conference teams.

It can be said that winning a game against a Western Conference team is really important for a team that wants to enter the Eastern Conference playoffs. This is a victory that can widen the gap with other Eastern Conference playoff competitors!

The American media madly criticized the Pacers for just one or two days.

On November 14, 2008, the Seattle SuperSonics continued to visit Philadelphia to challenge the 76ers.

Seeing the Philadelphia 76ers' star player Iguodala clumsily coaching Ibaka on the court, many media on the scene cried and laughed.

Not only the reporters and spectators on the scene laughed.

After the game ended, the 76ers defeated the Supersonics 104-98 at home, and Iguodala himself laughed a little embarrassedly.

"The action is very standard, but it's a little iron."

This evaluation is too much Rondo.

Am I a player like Rondo?

Is it?

Iguodala carefully glanced at the Supersonics No. 2 not far away.

Look at him!

Haha...

Rondo's disdain made Iguodala smile awkwardly and scratch his head.

It's embarrassing, but we won!