Legendary basketball manager

Ismail Smith, a small point guard with a height of only 183cm.

As an undrafted pick, he has been wandering at the beginning of his career.

Wherever he went, people always felt that this would be the last stop of Smith's NBA career.

But every time, he used his own efforts to tenaciously survive in the league.

In the original time and space, Smith reached a small highlight of his career in the 15-16 season.

In the injury-ridden 76ers team, he became the team's starting point guard for the first time, averaging 14.7 points, 7 assists, and 4.3 rebounds per game.

Until Shen Fei crossed over, Smith was still active in the NBA, and his value has been affirmed.

&nb's Ty Lawson, the situation is quite different.

With the same height of 183cm, he was able to enter the All-Star team and the national team at his peak, but after the attack of injuries, he quickly faded out of the league.

&nbThe gold rush was also not going well, and there was basically no ball to play.

From the perspective of his career, Lawson is undoubtedly the better one.

But if you look at your entire career, Ismail Smith may be more worthy of choice.

............

After Smith came on the field, he quickly played his own characteristics.

He is a typical small quick-spirited guard with a strong breakthrough ability and a throwing shot with a good shooting percentage.

Lawson, who defends Smith, is a typical player who is strong offensively and weak defensively.

Under the combined effect of the two factors, Ismail Smith first passed the pick-and-roll and made a throw in front of the free throw line.

Then, he assisted Tucker, who was ambushing in the bottom corner, to help the latter hit a three-pointer.

As soon as he played, Smith helped the team get 5 points, and the effect was immediate.

CCTV commentator Su Qun was also very surprised by this: "Where did this young man come from? How do you feel that any rookie of the Rockets has a very good immediate combat power?"

In the VIP box, the general manager of the Nuggets also watched the game with great interest.

While watching, his fingers kept tapping on the table, wondering what he was thinking.

And Ty Lawson saw the opponent's small guard performing so well, and immediately wanted to respond.

However, when he dribbled through the frontcourt, it was not Ismail Smith who greeted him, but the defensive champion-Tony Allen.

Lawson felt a headache when he saw Allen rushing towards him.

This old man's defense is extremely aggressive, but he rarely fouls. It is a rare one-on-one defensive gate with both physical confrontation and defensive skills.

Lawson also doesn't know why Tony Allen wants to guard him, a second-year small guard, instead of dealing with JR-Smith, who feels good.

Under continuous physical confrontation, Lawson could barely control the basketball.

It wasn't until his teammates stepped forward to pick and roll that he finally got a chance to breathe and replaced the defense in front of him with the inside of the Rockets...pj-Tucker!

When Lawson saw this power forward with a non-mainstream body, his confidence suddenly increased.

[Strong is indeed strong, but with this body of flesh, how much speed can you have? ]

With this in mind, Lawson first took two steps back to open up space, then suddenly picked up his speed, and made a large crossover about half a step away from Tucker!

Lawson's quick and deceptive ability to change direction is definitely one of his survival skills.

Rao is as defensively conscious as Tucker, and his center of gravity has also shifted under such shaking.

However, his ability to adjust is extremely strong. After a brief loss of position, Tucker quickly regained his center of gravity and tried his best to defend.

Finally, just as Lawson finished the low-handed basketball, he jumped up and slapped the ball out of the baseline.

"Hey~ It's so beautiful! Lawson's attack was wonderful, but Tucker's defense was even better!"

Zhang Weiping said excitedly.

"Director Zhang, this Tucker was specially invited by Shen Fei to the Rockets from overseas leagues."

"I don't think he is a traditional forward player. He is more inclined to the 3 position in terms of height, but in these few games of the Rockets, he has played the power forward position"

Su Qun said with some doubts.

"This kind of player is all-around if he plays well, but if he doesn't play well, he's no good."

"Judging from the few minutes in the second quarter, he can stand up to the opponent's center in the interior, and he can also keep up with the smaller guys on the outside."

"I think with Tucker, the Rockets don't really need Chuck Hayes anymore."

Zhang Weiping analyzed.

While the two were talking, the Rockets had launched a counterattack.

Ismael-Smith lunges forward, a one-handed in&out feint past Ty Lawson, and uses the cover to reach the basket again.

"woo..."

The fans at the Pepsi Center let out an exclamation.

Just when they thought Smith was going to score again, a figure appeared, lying between Ismail Smith and the basket.

It was Chris Anderson who came!

He is like a big bird that spreads its wings and soars in the air, and then flaps its wings...

"Snapped!"

Anderson, like playing volleyball, flew the ball directly to the second floor of the stands.

In an instant, the Pepsi Center burst into thunderous applause and cheers.

This ball really boosted the morale of the Nuggets!

After completing the block, Anderson happily high-fived his teammates to celebrate.

Seeing this scene, the Nuggets manager - Karnisovas was very excited, turned his head and said to Shen Fei with a smile:

"Look, I told you Chris still has a lot of gas in the tank!"

"You have a good vision. If he joins the Rockets, he will definitely be able to help you a lot."

Hearing this, Shen Fei smiled and shook his head.

"As I said before, we want to trade Anderson, mainly because our boss-Alexander likes him and wants him to bring our team's young players."

"After joining the Rockets, Anderson's playing time may not be too much."

"In other words, his current performance on the court is not the most important thing."

Naturally, young Asians will not give the other party the opportunity to raise prices.

After all, from the beginning to the end, Karnisovas didn't know the Rockets' goal, which was to win the championship this season.

When the opponent thinks that the Rockets are aiming to rebuild, it doesn't matter how much Anderson's immediate combat power remains.

Seeing that Shen Fei was unmoved, Karnisovas smiled awkwardly, but couldn't think of any rebuttal.

"Your team's small guard is pretty good. Including the previous Jeremy Lin, Houston's backcourt reserves are already very rich in the future."

He changed the subject.

"Why, are you interested?"

"Jeremy is not for sale. You know, the Rockets have always valued the Chinese market. Although he is Chinese-American, he is also of great use."

"Ismael Smith is also undrafted, but we have observed him for a long time. He has made great progress every year since he was in college, and he is a step-by-step type."

Shen Fei talked eloquently.

"However, he seems a little dissatisfied with his position in the team. I am still discussing this matter with the head coach."

The Asian youth added another sentence.

"Oh? Is it because you are dissatisfied with being the team's third choice at the point guard position?"

Karnisovas asked with a smile.

Shen Fei nodded.

At the same time, on the field, with the blessing of buff, Jordan Hill became more and more courageous.

Facing Anderson's defense, although he couldn't play alone, he got a lot of shooting opportunities by giving Ismail Smith a pick-and-roll.

And tonight's basket is as wide as the sea for Jordan Hill.

After several cooperations, the Rockets gradually opened up the score, forcing the Nuggets coach to call a timeout.

Karnisovas became more and more satisfied with Hill. Considering the conditions proposed by Shen Fei before, he tentatively asked:

"How about you add Ismail Smith? We can consider Ty Lawson."