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Chapter 63 The Status of Jazz

(In the previous chapter, a book friend said that the Pian-Chinese Act was abolished in the 1960s? Why did the fisherman say that the Pian-Chinese Act was not completely abolished in 1993? Well, the Pian-Chinese Act did expire in the 1960s on the legal level, but the complete abolition of such a racial-discrimination bill is not only abolished at the legal level, but also a real abolition in the minds of the US government, just like the US government apologized to black people, Indians, and even to native Hawaiians and Latin people because of similar bills. The US government was like apologizing to black people, Indians, and even to native Hawaiians and Latin people because of similar bills.

He did not apologize to Chinese because of this bill. Although this bill has expired on the legal level, modern society cannot play such a bill anymore, but in the heart of the US government, they never thought that the anti-Chinese bill was wrong. The fisherman always thought that maybe when the US government really apologized, the most shameful racial discrimination clause in Chinese history is considered to be true or completely ended. Of course, this is not the focus of the previous chapter. The fisherman just expressed the difficulties and difficulties of Chinese people in foreign countries, and there is no other meaning.

"Jerry, are you still worried about the game against the New York Knicks tonight?"

After the Utah Jazz came to New York from Philadelphia early this morning, Jerry Sloan, the head coach of the Jazz, has been frowning because today's opponent is really special. Although the Jazz's regular season record after the start of the new season is simply incredible, they won all the first seven games, becoming one of the only two teams in the NBA to maintain a complete victory.

Another team that maintained a complete victory was the Houston Rockets in the West. This team was like a chicken blood after Michael Jordan announced his retirement this season. Under Olajuwon, he was simply a god-blocking killing god-dollar-dollar team led by Drexler or the Suns in the West last season led by MVP Barkley last season, almost all of them were defeated in the West after meeting Olajuwon and the Rockets.

In addition to the Rockets and Jazz, two teams with seven consecutive victories, there is another team in the league that also won seven consecutive victories, but it was ended in Game 8. That team was the New York Knicks. Two days ago, the New York Knicks went to the West with a record of seven consecutive victories and faced the St. Anthony Spurs. David Robinson taught Ewing a lesson in this civil war between the three centers, and in the end, the New York Knicks also suffered a crushing defeat. Although the Spurs' record at the beginning of the season was not very good, the Spurs were also a team led by one of the three centers. The team where the three centers are located is really hard to predict the outcome. Whoever loses can win. Obviously, in the last game between the Spurs and the Knicks, the Admiral was in a better state than the Gorillas.

But the Spurs can awaken the New York Knicks, who have won a crazy winning streak, but Jerry Sloan does not think that his team can also defeat the New York Knicks like the Spurs. Moreover, in Jerry Sloan's mind, even though his Jazz won seven consecutive games at the beginning of the season, they have never been a real strong team.

Since he was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs last season, and Mark Eaton, the team's center and one of the best defensive centers in the league, retired, Sloan has been preparing to rebuild this team. Except for Stockton and two Malone who can stay, all other players need to be pushed down, so Lin Han, Brian Russell and Aaron Williams have so many opportunities to show themselves in this team. You must know that in other NBA teams, even a team in the lottery zone, no one will let three rookies enter the rotation lineup, which is unimaginable, and these three rookies are all low-court rookies.

It can be said that in Jerry Sloan's mind, the Jazz's lineup has huge shortcomings.

Take the Rockets, the current Rockets, as an example. This team looks like an extremely mature team in Jerry Sloan. This team has superstars that can change the general trend of the game and the general trend of the playoffs. Olajuwon, this team also has the All-Star inside Otisthorpe who matches Olajuwon. In addition to the complete inside, the outside line is also very outstanding, such as Kenny Smith, Maxville, of course, and Robert Horry. Although they are not All-Star players, these guys are all one of the best role players in the league. It can be said that the starting lineup of the Rockets is to defend and have to enter.

Attacking has offense, mid-range shooting, mid-range shooting, three-point shooting, and three-point shooting. After scoring at the basket, Olajuwon is also the top in the league. It can be said that this mature Rockets is truly perfect, and this team is not only perfect in the starting lineup, but also in the bench lineup, such as Mario Ellie, Scott Brooks, Carl Herrera, of course, there are also rookies Sam Cassel who have shown very good potential in the Rockets this year. Although the Rockets' substitute does not have a real sixth man in theory, they can almost find a group of strong players and never lack people to score.

It can be said that such a team is truly mature. A team that has the opportunity to compete for the championship is a team that has no theoretical shortcomings. There are many theories of championships in the NBA, such as champions won by defense, championships won by offense, etc. Many people can have many opinions, but one thing is consensus, that is, the fewer the shortcomings of the team that wins the championship, the better. Playoffs games are always a game that captures the opponent's shortcomings and attacks desperately. If a team has fatal shortcomings, it will definitely not go far in the playoffs.

The Jazz are such a team with fatal shortcomings, and there are many fatal shortcomings. For example, after Mark Eaton left, the Jazz's inside defense basically collapsed. Malone is not a defensive loophole. Although Malone was not very good when he first entered the league, he is much better now, but because Malone is too short and is the team's main offensive point, it is impossible to become the team's defensive iron gate. In this case, whether it is Sibingsai or Aaron Williams, these two young centers cannot bear the responsibility of the team's inside defense. Sibingsai was the first in 1990.

The No. 6 show has a good physical talent, good height, and good strength, but it just can't stand it. It can be said that the ball merchandiser and psychology do not have the level of a championship-level team. As for Aaron Williams, he is also good at psychologically and ball merchandiser, but this guy's physical talent is too bad. A 2.06-meter center will not be killed when he meets Olajuwon and the Admiral? What's more, although Aaron Williams can do everything, he is also a player who is ordinary. Such an inside player can find a job in the NBA, but it is impossible to become the pillar of a championship-level team.

In addition to these two, as for the team's veteran Chambers, the former Suns and Supersonics' inside player has now degenerated into a three-no veteran who can only play thief, play mid-range shot, and play experience. As for the team's most promising young inside player Isaac Austin, this guy's nickname is "Karl Malone II". From this, he can see his characteristics. Playing mid-range shot is very beautiful, but letting him do iron gates is purely self-deception, so the Jazz's current inside player can be said to have no real defensive pillar at all. In the current NBA, which is rampant in the super inside, a team that lacks an inside pillar will be played to death by most playoff teams in the playoffs.

What made Jerry Sloan even more depressed was that the team's inside line is now playing mid-range shots, Stockton plays pick-and-roll with these guys, and assists are also flying, but the team's outside line is basically a group of "mid-range shots".

The team's original third leader, Jeff Malone, is one of the best mid-range shooters in the league. His excellent confrontational ability, beautiful shooting ability, excellent scoring choice and ball quotation made him an NBA All-Star scorer. Scoring 20 points in a game is nothing. Even Jordan, the best player in the NBA, said that Jeff Malone was one of his most powerful opponents. In Jordan's mouth, Jeff Malone's image was: 'No matter how I defend, he can always complete the shooting in front of me, and he can also make the goal. Jordan said it was more implicit, and it was a little less implicit. Even if I used my strength to fight him, this guy could still "should shoot" me again and again. It was very rare to be evaluated by Jordan, and it can also show Jeff Malone's strength.

If it weren't for Lin Han's appearance, Jeff Malone was a scorer who Jerry Sloan relied heavily on, or when Malone and Stockton were not good at the critical moment of the game, Jeff Malone needed to stand up. However, now because Lin Han's style is similar to Jeff Malone, they are both experts in the mid-range shots, and Lin Han's mid-range shots are even more invincible and undefensive, so it directly leads to Jeff Malone being a little redundant now. This is why Jeff Malone himself feels that his status in the team is not guaranteed. If Lin Han is a breakthrough super shooting guard, Jeff Malone will not have such a sense of crisis. It's really too much that the two are really overlapping. And as of now, Lin Han is better than him and has potential. In this case, fools know who these two should choose.

Among the Jazz's outside powerhouses, not only Jeff Malone and Lin Han's styles are similar, but others such as Jane Humphries and Tyron Corbin have the same style. These guys can score normally, but their scoring methods are very single, and they are basically very good mid-range shots.

In this case, when it is an important game or playoff, a team is full of players playing mid-range shots, so it is really easy to defend. As long as the opponents are all shrinking to the free throw line area, this is also the reason why the Jazz were kicked out by the Supersonics in the first round last season's playoffs, and it is also the reason why many players who can usually score in the team cannot score at critical moments.

Therefore, the Jazz's small forwards and shooting guards are basically carved out in the same offense, and there is no change in tactics. Even if Jerry Sloan wants to use substitutions to adjust his tactics in the game, he will not be able to do so. After all, if the players remove their names, they can basically be considered as "China National Shooting No. 1", "China National Shooting No. 2", "China National Shooting No. 3", etc.

However, compared with the team's inside defense, the Jazz's outside defense is good. Brian Russell, this year's rookie, meets Jerry Sloan's requirements, is a surprise. Last year's team's starting small forward Bennot also has this characteristic. However, the offensive characteristics of these two people are still single, and they still have no three-pointers.

This is also the reason why Sloan and Stockton were both surprised after Lin Han showed strong three-point shooting ability in the last game. Regardless of whether Lin Han's three-point shooting percentage is good or not, at least the team can change tactically. The team's offense will not always shoot mid-range shots. This is also the reason why Lin Han's crazy blackshots from outside the three-point line in the last game, and Sloan still did not replace him.

Lin Han is not irreplaceable in the Jazz team. If Lin Han just turns around and jumps back, then as long as Lin Han feels bad, whether it is Jeff Malone, Humphries or Corbyn can replace Lin Han. However, when Lin Han demonstrates his ability to pull three-pointers, Lin Han becomes an irreplaceable player in the team. After all, he is the only player in the second and third position who can play three-pointers.

Although Jerry Sloan has always been regarded as the best coach in mid-range shooting in pick-and-roll tactics, when players in a team are single mid-range shooting in offensive end, this is also a very sad thing, and this is also an important reason why Jerry Sloan is preparing to make drastic reforms this season.

He had already seen that the Jazz could not always play mid-range pick-and-roll, which was why Jerry Sloan was so tangled after coming to New York.

He is now worried about Lin Han's tactical position in the team. If Lin Han only turns around and jumps back, Sloan will not worry. After all, no matter how selfish Lin Han's playing style is, it is just the Jazz's mainstream playing style, which can be seamlessly connected.

But now he saw that Lin Han still has such excellent three-point ability, which is a bit difficult to deal with. Sloan naturally cannot give up Lin Han's three-pointer. This is hard to come by, and only fools will leave it alone.

It’s just that you ask a coach who has never played a three-pointer tactic to design a three-pointer tactic for Lin Han immediately, which is also very troublesome, so Sloan is really worried at this time.

"It's troublesome, it's really annoying."

Finally, Sloan glanced at the assistant Philip Johnson who had just entered the door and sighed.

But if Lin Han knew Sloan’s thoughts at this time, he would definitely jump up happily.

Why did Lin Han keep getting high scores but Lin Han always feel very crisis? He has always been afraid that Jeff Malone, Humphries or Corbyn will come to grab his position?

It is because although his score is high, his tactical status in the team is not high, not higher than Jeff Malone, Humphries or even Corbyn. After all, everyone plays the same tricks, they all play mid-range shots. Don’t say that he is much better than his second brother. This is why Humphries kept saying that after Lin Han got high scores, Lin Han was obtained by luck, because in his opinion, as long as he has a good pitching feel in a game, he can also play 50 or 60 times for mobile phones.

In the NBA, the level of a player in the team depends not only on his data, but also on his tactical status. This is also the reason why both Stockton and Malone were much more enthusiastic about Lin Han after the end of the last game, while Humphries and others looked much ugly.

From now on, Lin Han has truly entered the Jazz's core tactical system and has officially become an indispensable player in Jerry Sloan's team transformation. In other words, Lin Han's status has become stable.
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