Why the men's basketball team needs Li Kyle to become the Chinese version of Livingston After reading this, you will understand it all
The Chinese men's basketball team ended the warm-up game of the German Super Cup with one win and one loss, so far the Chinese men's basketball team's European training task has been completed, and they will go to Shenzhen to make final preparations for the upcoming men's basketball World Cup.
Because Li Kyle completed the naturalization of the line of fire, the outside world has more expectations for the World Cup prospects of the Chinese men's basketball team. The Chinese team of the German Super Cup lost to Germany and then narrowly defeated New Zealand, and these two games have a strong reference value for the current strength of the Chinese men's basketball team.
In the German Super Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team exposed the problem of poor guards and generally poor basic skills in various positions is a common problem in recent years, especially the guard line, whether winning or losing, several guards are fingers.
Judging from the last two games, Jordjevic has begun to consciously let Li Kyle play the main controlling role, and he has used a single guard lineup at key points. From the perspective of trying to achieve good results in the World Cup as much as possible for now, Giorgevic should increase the time to use this lineup configuration and playing style, so that Li Kyle can become the Chinese men's basketball team's version of Livingston (Livingston is Li Kyle's idol).
Master control? Li Kyle is no stranger
Lee Kyle has played point guard since high school, and in the first two seasons of high school, Li Kyle attended Patterson Catholic High School, when he was already 1.96 meters tall, but his father insisted that he play point guard, which made him an outlier.
Hurley, the coach who coached Li Kyle, once said: "His dribbling and ball handling reminds me of Magic Johnson, and his other razor-sharp instincts remind me of Larry Bird." These two great players have different characteristics, and when Li Kyle can connect with them, it shows what kind of player he is. ”
In 2013-14, sophomore Lee Kyle averaged 14.6 points, 8.8 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1.8 steals and 0.8 blocks per game, shooting 48 percent from the field. At UCLA, he also plays the role of master controller.
Lee Kyle used the No. 4 pick in 2004 Sean Livingston as a template, Livingston is 2.01 meters tall but plays point guard, Lee Kyle is taller than him.
After landing in the NBA, Li Kyle left the No. 1 position, but his point guard skills have not been wasted. Although Li Kyle does not have the ability to be a big core attack and pass with the ball, his organizational attributes can already solve some of the urgent needs of the Chinese men's basketball team.
The Chinese men's basketball team needs its own Livingston
The traditional Chinese men's basketball team is mainly inside, and the offense pursues low-post offense. But modern basketball no longer pays attention to these, if you want to wrestle with the world's strong teams, the Chinese men's basketball team needs to improve the ability of outside offensive development, after all, there is development first, and then there is an end.
Against Germany and New Zealand, the Chinese men's basketball team's outside offensive development ability is worrying. They had 33 turnovers in both games, scoring just 16 points in 22 rounds and 0.73 points per round. The Chinese men's basketball guards struggled to face the tight half, and it was difficult to have the spare strength to attack after the half.
The Chinese men's basketball team needs Lee Kyle to become Livingston, not only to be able to use the height drop low position dislocation attack, but also to be able to pass the ball in the low post, but also to pull to the high position to execute the block. The NBA version of Li Kyle is not a blocker, but he points close to 0.9 points per round, which is higher than any guard in the Chinese men's basketball team. Let Li Kyle be in charge, with a defensive player in the backcourt, and then carry forward and inside, which may be the strongest configuration of the Chinese men's basketball team.