There are many people in the league who have similar ideas to McMillan.
For example, Clippers general manager Mr. Smart Min thinks the same way.
The Clippers' relaxed training atmosphere and looser tactical routines were all requested by Min Congda.
Although he asked Dunleavy to formulate tactics with Randolph at the core, he also wanted to be less rigid.
"We must give Curry, Davis, Harden, Hinrich and others full freedom of choice. When they feel they can shoot, just let them shoot. Don't be so rigid and insist on passing the ball from the inside. .”
Victory often comes from wasteful shots. This is the experience Min Congda summed up after watching the game for a season.
Although Curry, the brat, can sometimes score with a lot of shots, there are more times when he doesn't.
Sometimes trusting one's own touch too much results in wasting a lot of offensive opportunities and leading to poor team offense.
Moreover, your teammates are following you back and running, and it is very demoralizing to keep watching you shoot and hit the iron.
Although Kobe is also tough, Kobe's situation is different in many cases. He is a teammate and has no choice but to do it by himself.
In this case, if you can make a shot, everyone will think you are really good. If you can't make a shot, there is nothing you can do about it. The strategy has failed.
It's not that Curry's teammates are helpless, but Min Congda has given him the privilege of taking shots since the beginning of his rookie season.
When Dunleavy wanted to train Curry into a traditional point guard, Min Congda refused and let him take blind shots.
This season, Min Congda doesn't believe in evil, and he doesn't believe that the team can still rise with a few little guys from the outside.
He thought, "Curry can shoot the ball well, but Harden can't also shoot the ball, right? George can also shoot the ball, right?"
With this idea in mind, the Clippers' first preseason game against the Trail Blazers turned into a symphony.
There are all kinds of unreasonable shots from outside, including three-pointers and long two-pointers.
Even during the fast break, Nick Young wanted to throw a three-pointer, but he missed. Min Congda was very happy to see it.
Not surprisingly, the Clippers trailed the Trail Blazers by 11 points in the first half.
Then we fell behind even more in the third quarter, falling behind by 20 points at one point.
Min Congda thought that he would definitely lose the first game of this preseason game, so he got 500 yuan.
Unexpectedly, in the fourth quarter, with 17 points behind, Harden and Curry scored four three-pointers in a row.
At one point, the score was only 7 points away!
Min Congda was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.
Fortunately, the fifth three-pointer was missed and the Blazers stabilized their position.
In the end, they defeated the Clippers 98:93 with a 5-point advantage.
Min Congda received $500, and the Blazers got off to a good start in the new season.
"These two boys still have some strength. There are no dangers, no near misses."
When summing up after the game, Dunleavy wanted to criticize everyone.
But at the last moment, Harden teamed up with Curry to continuously chase points, but Dunleavy saw something.
As a senior coach, Dunleavy saw something in Harden that Gordon did not have: organizational ability.
When Harden gets the ball at critical moments, he can always see and listen in all directions, and he can also take care of his teammates while he is attacking.
This ability is something Gordon does not have. Gordon usually only sees the basket.
And Curry also has the same ability. If these two players are on the same team, what kind of sparks will be created in the future?
Dunleavy felt that this imagination space was very large, and for a while he began to admire Min Congda again.
"Smart allows several backcourts to take full action in order to cultivate their independent offensive and organizational abilities. If Harden and Curry can grow up, then their achievements may be very terrifying..."
Min Congda's operations always bring endless reverie to Lao Deng.
This is one of the reasons why Deng endured the risk of a heart attack and continued to sit down as the Clippers head coach.
He never gave up on his dream of playing in the finals.
After beating the Trail Blazers, the Clippers went to Sacramento and Oakland one after another to challenge the Kings and Warriors.
In these unimportant pre-season games, Min Congda accompanied them throughout the whole process because he wanted to accept them.
He wants to observe whether the newcomer's performance is good, and if it is good, he will consider trading him in the future.
If it's not very good, it means you can keep it and slowly help the team get better.
Of course, if you perform too well, like Curry, you won't be able to trade him.
It's so unreasonable. There is no reason to directly trade away the top pick who has performed well.
In the second game against the Kings, one person was targeted by Min Congda, and that was Bledsoe.
This little steel cannon came off the bench for 20 minutes and relied on powerful breakthroughs and precise three-pointers.
Scored a team-high 19 points to help the Clippers defeat the Kings and win their first preseason victory.
After winning the game, Bledsoe was very excited and raised his arms. He was the one who played the best tonight.
But he found that General Manager Smart Min, who was sitting on the sidelines, had a serious face and didn't look happy.
After returning to the locker room, Bledsoe asked Curry: "Why does Mr. Smart look unhappy when he wins?"
Curry said: "It's okay now, but he will be even more unhappy in the regular season. The more we win, the more serious Mr. Smart becomes because he is afraid that we are too proud. On the contrary, once we lose, he will be happy It’s very relaxed, because everyone is under great pressure because they are afraid of losing, so let everyone relax.”
It turns out that this is the case. This is the first time Bledsoe has seen such a manager.
"Just get used to it slowly. There are many things about Mr. Smart that are different from ordinary people and worth learning."
Curry reminded Bledsoe as someone who had been there.
On October 8, the Clippers suffered a disastrous defeat against the Golden State Warriors, losing to the Warriors by 30 points, 90:120.
In this game, the Clippers collectively misfired from the outside, and their three-point and mid-range shooting was a mess.
Bledsoe specifically observed Min Congda on the sidelines, and he was indeed chatting and laughing!
After the game, I went to the locker room to chat and laugh with everyone, and the depression of losing was gone.
"Sure enough, Curry didn't lie to me."
After that, from October 12th to October 19th, the Clippers lost all 5 home preseason games!
Losing to the Spurs, losing to the Nuggets, losing to the Jazz, losing to the Kings, some were big defeats, and some were narrow defeats.
With Clippers fans fully buying tickets to support the Clippers, it is indeed unreasonable to lose so much in the preseason.
After Min Congda lost to the Kings by 1 point, 99:100, in the last preseason game, he was so happy that he almost couldn't hide his undercover status.
In the post-game interview, the reporter asked why the Clippers had lost consecutive games in the preseason.
Min Congda said: "It's just a preseason game. If you lose, you lose. What's the use of winning? Can we enter the playoffs?"
He said this, but he thought in his heart, because my lineup was successfully built, this is a team that cannot win.
Look at this slow interior defense, the weak third position, and the back line that shoots randomly. How to fight and win?
For a time, even Clippers fans began to worry about whether the Clippers could still set sail in the new season.
The only ones who are not worried are the Clippers players themselves, who know how much they weigh.
And the preseason and the regular season are really completely different.
(End of chapter)
