After getting the video of the triangle offense, Duen did not immediately invest in tactical study or daily training.
Tomorrow is media day for the new season, and training camp is opening the day after tomorrow.
As for today, Duen first entered the studio with other Lakers players to take a few sets of makeup photos.
However, it was only after Duen took the makeup photos that he was told that Kobe would not be able to come today, and the media day originally scheduled for tomorrow had to be postponed to October 10th.
The start date of the training camp remains unchanged, which means that there are no specific plans for tomorrow and all players will have a day off.
Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't go out with your teammates to have fun. Whether you stay in the hotel to rest, or go to the arena to play hard and practice hard, and become a rat in the training hall, it's okay.
In order to strive for the favor of Zen Master in the preseason, and then get more playing time in the regular season.
Duen decided to stay in the hotel and watch the video and master the triangle offensive tactics as soon as possible.
However, the triangle tactic is indeed a bit too advanced.
Duen was alone in the room watching the video. Even though the video contained the personal explanation of Tex Winter, the founder of the triangle offense and now the Lakers assistant coach, Duen was still confused.
In order to deepen his knowledge base of triangle tactics and deepen his understanding of corresponding tactics, Du En had to call Rambis and ask him to help him start a small stove.
After receiving Du En's request for help, Rambis did not express his displeasure. After more than ten minutes, he came to Du En's room to teach Du En.
Although Du En was still dizzy after listening to it, he felt drowsy and unenergetic for a while, just like when he was learning English in his early years.
But after systematic study, Du En finally had some impressions and foundations on the triangle offensive tactic.
Time soon came to October 2, and the Lakers training camp in Hawaii officially opened.
After the physical examination in the morning, except for O'Neal, who was still recovering from injury, and Kobe, who was not present, all the remaining Lakers players began to actively devote themselves to learning the triangle offensive tactics.
During this period, the Zen master also promoted the benefits of meditation to everyone. As well as using words to constantly PUA the players.
The role players didn't have to think too much and just listened to the Zen Master's instructions.
However, Payton felt a bit like a thorn in the side. After practicing the triangle offense for just a few dozen minutes, he began to reject Zen Master's coaching philosophy.
The Zen master didn't say anything about this. He just pretended that Payton didn't exist and let Payton stay alone.
Payton found that making trouble had no effect at all. On the contrary, it made Zen Master and O'Neal a little unhappy, so he restrained himself a little.
But not much changed after that, except that he started to work hard. Payton did not actively invest in learning the triangle offense.
Thanks to the day of study yesterday, Du En could probably understand what Payton was resisting.
All three points of the triangle offense are ball carriers, but only one person can hold the ball at a time.
This means that the other two people, even big names like Jordan, have to play without the ball.
Payton has always been a ball-handler. Let him hand over the ball, let him run the tactics, let him be constrained by the triangle offensive tactics, and play according to the script, and he will naturally feel uncomfortable playing.
At the same time, the triangle offense clearly distributes the scoring cake on the court to every player accurately.
Usually divided according to the difficulty of scoring. The closer the low post attack is to the basket, the easier it is to score.
Then, in the triangle offensive system, giving more ball rights and shot rights to low-post stars is the most reasonable way of playing.
The Bulls let Jordan play in the low post. On the one hand, the Bulls did not have a low post killer like O'Neal.
On the other hand, Jordan is really impeccable!
Just relying on breakthroughs, the defender's scoring rate at the basket is higher than that of most insiders.
Jordan also has a basket. Put the ball in Jordan's hands. Even if the penalty area is full of people, Jordan can put the ball into the basket in the low post.
Having said that, the Lakers have O'Neal, and he is O'Neal at his peak.
Relying on O'Neal's low post dominance at his peak, Jordan had to obediently let O'Neal play in the low post when playing with O'Neal.
In terms of the distribution of shots within the Lakers, only if O'Neal cannot catch the ball in the low post will he choose to copy the success of the Bulls, giving the ball to Kobe like he gave the ball to Jordan.
O'Neal is in the low post and can play from the one to the five position. Kobe was in the low post and could play from the one to the three position.
Payton, who also likes to play in the low post, can only play from the first to the second position.
From the perspective of shot selection and scoring percentage, within the same team, giving the ball to Kobe is definitely more reasonable than giving the ball to Payton.
What's more, Payton is now older, and when he encounters a point guard with stronger defense, Waterloo will also happen.
To put it bluntly, starting from the triangle offense system, the inside line is greater than the outside line.
Starting from the current configuration of the Lakers, O'Neal is injured and absent, and Malone is new to the triangle offensive system, so the triangle offense should revolve around Kobe.
And because of Kobe's personal ability, he didn't need a point guard at all on the offensive end, and he didn't even need a small forward after gaining weight.
It only needs an inside line to supplement the firepower of the fourth and fifth positions. It would be great if it can also bring some high-position support capabilities to the team.
Because of this, Payton seems a bit redundant.
For Payton personally, the triangle offensive system did not benefit Payton at all. On the contrary, it greatly reduced his ball rights and made him very uncomfortable.
Duan can understand Payton. Although Payton is old, he is not that old yet.
A veteran like Payton would definitely not be willing to retire immediately after winning a championship ring with the Lakers.
Payton definitely wants to go out and get a pension contract above the middle class. After all, he still has a family to support.
At this time, Jackson asked Payton to reduce the ball and reduce the number of shots. When Payton was able to play, Kobe was given the opportunity to play.
No one would be happy if something like this happened.
Everyone knows that without the ball, there will be no data, and without data, there will be no big contract.
In fact, Master Zen also intends to transform Payton into a 3D player without the ball.
Zen Master has long known that one ball in Lakers F4 is not enough to score points, but Old Buss insists on introducing Payton, so what can be done?
In Jackson's plan, O'Neal, Malone, and Kobe, this combination is invincible in the triangle offense.
Kobe started off the bench and was able to play without the ball.
Malone has been playing pick-and-roll before. He is very capable of running without the ball. He is also good at cutting and switching offenses, which can bring a lot of help to the Lakers in sports battles.
O'Neal can only play with the ball, but as long as Kobe and Malone play without the ball most of the time, O'Neal has enough ball rights.
At most, it would be enough to let O'Neal give Malone some ball rights and shooting rights.
Among the five starters, except for the three ball handlers OK and Malone, the remaining two should be 3D or 2D. That is, the point guard and small forward need to have the shooting ability to open up space, and at the same time have good defensive ability.
Payton's defensive ability is good, but the three-pointer and mid-range have been unstable.
In fact, Payton's free throws hover around 70% all year round. For a point guard, his shooting ability is obviously weak.
Therefore, in Jackson's triangle offense, Payton is not as useful as dribbling guard Fisher.
Fisher doesn't stick to the ball, has a basket, and can stretch the floor.
Although the defense will be blown away by a monster of Rose's level, it can still withstand it against ordinary starting players.
As for the Lakers' starting small forward, there is actually no need to insist on shooting ability, as long as it can provide stable defense.
After all, Kobe has grown up in the past two years. No one double-teams Kobe, which will make Kobe's shooting less comfortable.
It can only be said that Payton and Zen Master hate each other and torture each other.
Jackson felt that Old Buss did not listen to his advice and did not use the mid-level exception to sign a 3D wing. Instead, he signed Payton who was not needed. But because Payton was so famous, he had to let Payton start.
Payton also understood the triangle tactic and found that it was very unfavorable to him. He wanted to gain some team status and wanted to control the Lakers' offense by himself in order to obtain better data and strive for the next contract after winning the championship.
But just because the Zen master’s prestige is too high and his Qi-nurturing skills are so good, no matter how he makes a fuss, he always punches the cotton...
It is worth mentioning that Payton was hampered in the triangle offense, but Duane was like a duck in water.
Duan was originally supposed to practice with the substitutes, but because Kobe was absent from the training camp, Jackson had to pull Duan to temporarily take Kobe's place.
In the next two days of 5V5 actual combat training, although Du En made mistakes and was full of loopholes, Master Zen still taught Du En very patiently and continued to give Du En a lot of ball rights and shooting rights.
After a summer of hard training, Du En's strength has reached the starting level and is not far away from the All-Star level.
The initial discomfort was just that the triangle offensive tactics were too complicated.
After receiving personal guidance from Master Zen and constantly looking for extra lessons from Rambis, Du En finally began to integrate into the triangle offensive system, playing more and more smoothly and performing better and better.
Although, from the beginning, Master Zen asked Du En to replace Kobe Bryant in training, and he has been constantly promoting Du En.
But Du En could feel that the Zen master's attitude towards him had changed slightly.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. On October 5, Kobe finally arrived at training camp in Hawaii.
The Lakers' first preseason game this season is about to start on October 7. Kobe is now back with the team, and it's a good time to come back.
However, when Kobe comes, all the stars will support him, and everyone will play around Kobe.
Du En also enjoyed this kind of treatment as a prince, but now he has become an abandoned prince.
Fortunately, there are Fisher, Devin George, Walton Jr., Sampson, Udoka, Pago and others around him.
In the substitute lineup, Du En can still dominate the field and call the shots.
In the blink of an eye, time came to October 7, the Los Angeles Lakers played their first preseason game against the Golden State Warriors.
Duan's NBA career is finally about to begin.
