Dunleavy and others waited for half an hour before Min Congda appeared in the conference room of the training center.
Everyone who was originally lazy suddenly sat upright, which was enough to show Min Congda's prestige in the team.
After sitting down, Min Congda didn't talk nonsense and said directly to Dunleavy: "Mike, everyone has seen the results in November. They are very good, but they do not satisfy me."
Dunleavy heard it and sure enough, 11 wins and 7 losses can't satisfy you. It seems that they are going to hit the playoffs with all their strength.
"Mike, what did I tell you before the season started? What is the purpose of our team? What are the goals for this season?"
Dunleavy didn't react, and Kim Hughes said: "Our goal is for everyone to have a ball to play."
Min Congda agreed, saying: "Yes, our slogan is, Everyone can play the game! But, look at the players' playing time, are there still players who have too little playing time? Are there players whose potential has not been developed? Is there anyone? Not happy with your playing time?"
Min Congda confused Dunleavy with a series of questions. This... everyone has a ball to play. You really regard it as the team's strategic policy and implement it.
Dunleavy said: "Our record is good, and my rotation has been long..."
Min Congda waved his hand and said: "Do we want the record of this moment and a half? 11 wins and 7 losses. If you say it is good, it is not bad. If you say it is very good, is it the first in the Western Conference? Mike, I told you a long time ago, We need to look at the problem from a long-term perspective, and I will not put pressure on you to achieve results. I just want you to let go and boldly use new people and new tactics. Don't worry about winning or losing, losing is the best!"
"ah???"
Upon hearing that it would be best to lose, everyone looked at Min Congda in unison.
It's strange, how can this happen?
Min Congda coughed dryly and said: "What I mean is that losing is not a bad thing. We must learn from losing and solve problems. We have lost so many times in the past. If we don't get experience and improvement, wouldn't we lose in vain?" "
"The Clippers are indeed performing well now, but our newcomer Stephen Curry doesn't have enough playing time, only 20 minutes per game. And on the bench, players like Novak, P.J. Tucker, DeAndre Jordan, etc. It’s all usable.”
"Let's look at a previous game, the one against the Detroit Pistons. There was an eight-man rotation, and Curry only played 12 minutes. Although we won, we couldn't boldly train new players against a weak team like the Pistons. When do you exercise?”
"Also, Ricky Davis is a player who still has energy and quality. Why should we give up on him and not give him a chance?"
Dunleavy retorted: "Ricky Davis plays like a boss. To be honest, his current strength and condition are no longer suitable for the NBA. In less than two years, he will be eliminated by the league. You should be able to tell Smart.”
Min Congda said: "I don't care, as long as they are Clippers players, everyone should get a chance."
"I've given him a chance."
"I haven't given him a chance yet."
Min Congda was very persistent. In the last few games in November, the Clippers won more and lost less, and their style of play became more and more stable. He couldn't stand it anymore.
The Clippers now have a system with Randolph Davis-Kaman as the core and several young players assisted.
In terms of play style, it is thick and stable, and the black and white evil inside is very powerful, especially the abuse of vegetables, which is very stable.
Recently, we lost to the Pacers, Pistons, and Timberwolves. The away team was in such bad shape that there was nothing we could do.
Then they beat the Grizzlies in the last game in November, winning three games in one month.
Min Congda had just established a personal relationship with Wallace, and now he wanted to break off the relationship with him.
Your team is just a point-giving kid who failed to win any of the three games.
And the loss was clean and tidy, without any disturbance at all, and it didn't even bring any sense of suspense to Min Congda.
Min Congda thinks that this kind of beating weak teams to win steadily and beating strong teams at 50-50 is very dangerous, too dangerous.
It was December, and Min Congda felt that this could not continue, and he had to interfere with the coaching staff.
He can't explicitly tell the coaching staff to lose, as the system will determine a violation.
So he asked Dunleavy to change the team's tactical style.
Increase minutes for bench players, especially Curry.
Although this kid performed amazingly in some games, he was mediocre in others.
His disadvantage in physical confrontation is obvious, his defense cannot keep up, and he is easily beaten alone.
In that game against the Nuggets, Min Congda felt that if he replaced Davis, the Nuggets might win.
Davis came on, suppressing Billups to death, and the Clippers beat a strong team like the Nuggets to death.
The list of the most recent Rookie of the Month came out. Jennings and Evans won the Rookie of the Year in the East and West respectively.
Compared with the two of them, Curry's performance seems much worse, averaging only 10.5 points and 3.2 assists per game.
As a backup point guard, he is still qualified, but as the No. 1 pick, his highlight performance is qualified, but his average performance is not good.
Some article comments pointed out that if Curry continues like this and only plays at critical moments, he will be the next minnow Fisher and is not worthy of the No. 1 pick.
Min Congda was very happy when he saw this article. He felt that the author knew a lot about football. If Curry could really become Fisher, he would be so happy.
Now that we are watching the team become more and more stable, we must disrupt and dismantle the stable parts to allow players with less playing time to play more.
In this way, the Clippers will become unstable, they will overturn if they abuse them, they will not be able to beat strong teams, and their record will naturally decline.
Min Congda thought his idea was very good. After giving his instructions, he left the training center without allowing Lao Deng to question it any more.
When leaving, Min Congda also emphasized: "I will give you a period of time to adjust, and you must adjust. Otherwise, I don't mind changing to a head coach who can implement my will."
Manager Smart, who is usually easy to talk to, will still show his fangs at critical moments.
Dunleavy still has one year left on his contract with the Clippers, and his salary is very high. Deng doesn't want to give up for the time being.
As soon as Min Congda left, Kim Hughes said: "Actually, it doesn't matter. Since we still don't put pressure on our performance, this is a good thing, right? Focus more on tapping the potential of players and cultivating young players."
John Lucas said: "He is truly the most special general manager I have ever seen. What do you think, Mike?"
Dunleavy held his chin and said, "It's indeed special, but I always feel like I'm not used to it."
Lucas laughed and said, "You are such a bitch. Isn't it a good thing not to put pressure on your performance?"
Dunleavy laughed and said: "I don't know, maybe the head coaches are cheap."
"By the way, Sposato, you have time to talk to a few young people, especially Curry, and tell him that his playing time will increase and he should seize the opportunity. I will gradually, slowly increase his Play time and be mentally prepared.”
Sposato is a player development assistant and sometimes acts as a psychological counselor for players.
Sposato nodded and said, "What did Balang and Ricky say?"
Dunleavy said: "The two old guys must leave it to me, the older guy, to communicate, especially Ricky... I think I just advise him to retire and why not play..."
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