Time has entered December, the October and November schedules have ended, and NBA selection awards have been released.
In the Eastern Conference, LeBron James won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month with averages of 30.5 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 7.8 assists per game.
The Cleveland Cavaliers rank third in the Eastern Conference with a record of 12 wins and 5 losses. Compared with the rapid pace of the regular season last season, the Cavaliers' momentum has slowed down.
On the contrary, the Celtics, who were unfortunately eliminated from the playoffs last season after Garnett was reimbursed, made great progress, ranking first in the Eastern Conference with 12 wins and 4 losses, followed closely by the Magic.
However, James' personal performance is unparalleled. He has an absolutely dominant position in the Cavaliers, and everything revolves around him.
The Cavaliers traded for Shaquille O'Neal and further strengthened the lineup. The imaginary enemies were directed at the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic, and the Sharks were used to deal with the Lakers' three high-end players and Howard.
Last season, the Cavaliers took a light route, but were beaten badly by the Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals. They must learn their lesson this season.
In the West, Carmelo Anthony, another genius of 2003, won the Western Conference Player of the Month, averaging 30.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.
The Nuggets' record is also 12 wins and 5 losses. Like the Cavaliers, the two teams that lost in the conference finals are fighting bravely this season, vowing to overthrow the dominance of the yellow and green armies.
It’s just that the season has just begun, and there are still days to come.
In the selection of Rookie of the Month, the Bucks' Brandon Jennings and King Tyrese Evans shared the title.
The statistics of the two are quite good, Jennings has 22.1 points, 3.8 assists, and 5.6 rebounds, while Evans is more comprehensive with 20.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 5.1 assists.
With 20+5+5, the strong Evans performed very strongly in November, giving Kings fans hope.
In comparison, the performance of No. 1 pick Curry can only be described as so-so. He played very well in several games and left a deep impression on the fans.
But the performance in some games was mediocre and he didn't even get many playing opportunities.
Scored 20 points in one game, maybe 5 points in the next game, made 3 of 5 three-pointers in another game, and didn't make a single goal in the next game.
After all, Curry is a substitute in the Clippers. Although Baron Davis has declined, he is still the boss of the team.
The Clippers had an ideal record in the first two months, with 11 wins and 7 losses, ranking seventh in the Western Conference and in the playoff area.
This makes the coaching staff even less likely to let Curry serve as the team's starter. Curry's effect as a substitute is quite good, and he himself has adapted to it.
On December 1st, Mike Dunleavy will hold a monthly work summary meeting with the coaching staff at the training center as usual.
Summarize the team's performance in November, and then arrange the work plan for December and the direction of the team.
But before the meeting started, Ada suddenly called and said that Mr. Smart had to attend the coaching staff meeting temporarily and asked Dunleavy to wait.
So, Dunleavy postponed the meeting, and everyone chatted in the conference room of the training center.
Dunleavy's coaching staff has a total of seven people, Dunleavy himself, head assistant coach Kim Hughes, assistant coach and player development assistant Raman Sposato, assistant coach Neil Meyer, John Lucas, Tony Brown and Fred Vinson.
The size of this coaching staff is really not small, and everyone has their own division of labor.
For example, Kim Hughes is in charge of the team's offense, and John Lucas is in charge of the team's defense.
Sposato coaches the players' technical movements, and Meyer provides specific tactical guidance and more.
They all surround Dunleavy, follow Mike Dunleavy's instructions, and guide the players in training and on-the-field games.
Everyone was originally worried this season. After the team fell from its peak, everyone could feel that the banquet was about to break up.
Once Dunleavy leaves the Clippers, there will be a new coach behind him.
By then, the day will come when the emperor and his courtiers will leave the Clippers and find jobs with other teams.
Who would have thought that after Smart-Min was airborne, he implemented the overriding policy of stability, and everyone stayed at work and received a salary increase.
Then the team's performance gradually improved, and everyone worked peacefully and did a good job in daily life and training.
If the current momentum continues, it is possible for the Clippers to compete in the playoffs.
It is not an easy task to enter the top eight in the fiercely competitive Western Conference.
"Mike, Mr. Smart doesn't always care about the team's style of play. Why does he suddenly want to attend our training meeting this time?"
John Lucas asked Dunleavy that although he was an assistant coach, he was no worse than Dunleavy in terms of seniority.
Dunleavy was the No. 13 pick in 1976, and John Lucas was the No. 1 pick that year.
Lucas was a head coach in the Cavaliers, but his results were not good, so he came to the Clippers to work for Dunleavy.
"Who can figure out what the superiors mean? But Smart is not someone who doesn't understand basketball. Our results in November were pretty good. He probably wants to change the policy and let the team go all out to compete in the playoffs."
Dunleavy sighed, thinking about that time on the plane when Min Congda analyzed tactics, it really shocked him.
Four months ago, this guy clearly said that he was new to basketball, and in just a few months, he understood basketball to this extent.
From Dunleavy's daily interactions with Min Congda, he can feel that this person has an extremely sharp mind about basketball.
He has his own unique understanding of everything and is not influenced by other people's opinions.
This shows that his judgment does not come from books or teachers' teachings, but entirely based on the information he receives from the court and his own judgment.
This is a very scary court smell, and Dunleavy has only seen it in one person in the past, and that was Magic Johnson.
When he was the head coach of the Lakers, Magic Johnson was the kind of person who didn't need to tell him how to play at all. Your guidance was an obstacle to him and would interfere with his judgment.
The timing and nodes he identified are beyond the reach of ordinary coaches and players.
So Johnson was very unsuccessful as a coach later because what he could see, his players couldn't.
He is on the fifth level, and the players are only on the second level. The distance is too far, and they can communicate, but they cannot understand or execute, and the coach cannot continue.
The main reason why Dunleavy sighed was that it was easy for the team to play relatively freely for a month. There was no record pressure on his shoulders and he could experiment with the lineup and play style he wanted to experiment with.
It's good now, the results are a little better, and the higher-ups definitely want to make the playoffs.
Once the playoffs are about to hit, work will become busy again.
Now Dunleavy often runs eight-man rotations, occasionally giving opportunities to players at the end of the bench.
They will also use a pure substitute lineup, playing five up and five down, one senior, four junior and three guards.
When the team was about to achieve results in 2005 and 2006, Dunleavy would use six players in rotation.
Now do you think the good times are coming to an end?
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