After the start of the season, the Clippers ranked last in the Western Conference with a record of 3 wins and 6 losses.
This made Fan Chen feel very anxious, even though he was a die-hard Lakers fan before.
But since he met Min Congda and started working for the Clippers, he naturally paid more attention to the Clippers.
He can feel that the Clippers are talented and they can often play some beautiful shots this season.
Harden, George, and Bledsoe are all full of youth and vitality, and they will definitely belong to the Clippers in the future.
However, their overall strength, especially their defense, seems to have declined significantly compared to last season.
Through communication with Min Congda, Fan Chen realized that it may not be that the Clippers have regressed, but that other teams are indeed improving.
Since starting to select young basketball talents, Fan Chen has learned a lot from Olshey and others, and has been exposed to truly professional basketball training and competitions.
With how smart he is, he can learn these things very quickly.
If Min Congda's IQ is below average, Fan Chen's IQ is above average.
However, in terms of basketball IQ and ability to understand tactics, Fan Chen was defeated by Min Congda.
After the game between the Spurs and Clippers, Fan Chen thought that Mr. Min would write an article summarizing the tactics of both sides after the game.
Who knew that when I opened NBA-Batman’s blog, it turned out to be a gossip article?
This title also comes from NetEase, in the same style as "Yi Jianlian Smiled and Won the Head Coach's Trust".
Fan Chen thought to himself: "Mr. Min hates this kind of article the most. Why would he post such content? Could it be that he wrote something that he doesn't want people to read?"
As expected of a person with an above-average IQ, Fan Chen immediately noticed something.
So he logged into the NBA-Batman blog account and looked at the draft box.
Sure enough, there was a professional post-game tactics article called "The Application and Limitations of Pick-and-Roll in Current Game Trends" that was lying there but not published.
Fan Chen immediately read the article from beginning to end, and immediately understood why Min Congda did not post this article. "This article describes the tactical trends of this season in a very detailed way. It can be said to be a comprehensive and comprehensive article. If it is read by the head coach of other teams, it will definitely be very inspiring. Mr. Min definitely doesn't want others to see it. !”
"Mr. Min has really sharp eyesight. He has already noticed the direction of the tactical development of the season. How can ordinary fans see these things? Even the management and coaching staff may not be able to see clearly, right?"
Fan Chen had to admit at this time that some people have amazing talents in certain aspects.
For example, a certain instructor, without receiving formal military education, led the army to risk his own life and was always three steps ahead of others in seeing problems. How else can he be described as a genius?
There is no doubt that Mr. Min is also such a figure in the basketball world, as if he has the whole picture hanging.
After two weeks of games, the trend has been clearly discerned. It is very simple for the Clippers to follow the trend and get out of the current predicament.
"I understand. No wonder Mr. Min said not to worry before. In fact, he just used the Clippers to test, observe, and determine the trend."
"Failure is only temporary. In fact, you can tell by looking at Mr. Min's actions in the summer. He is making a big plan. Ordinary people can't see through his plan at all, because his vision is at least three years ahead of others!"
A smart man like Fan Chen is ashamed of Min Congda's genius.
After reading the article, Fan Chen copied it and watched it repeatedly, and compared it with the previous "Victory of Space and Ball Rights".
These two articles echoed each other, describing the role of pick-and-rolls and how to deal with pick-and-rolls under the general trend of expanding space and concentrating ball rights.
"The pick-and-roll, as an ancient and simple tactical coordination, has become more and more important under the current trend of expanding space and concentrating the ball. Whoever grasps the essence of the pick-and-roll will grasp the key to future positional warfare offenses. . Whoever can handle the pick-and-roll attack better will be the new defensive powerhouse."
"The prediction, defense, and decomposition of pick-and-rolls should be elevated to the level of the team's overall defensive strategy, rather than the personal defense of a few key players. The four basic strategies for dealing with pick-and-roll defense should be organically combined. Matching in different situations can achieve the greatest degree of suppression of pick-and-rolls."
In addition to a few outlining sentences, the article uses game examples between the Spurs and Clippers to analyze the many problems the Clippers have when defending pick-and-rolls, as well as some very innovative solutions.
Among them is the "sink and retreat method" mentioned by Min Congda before.
After reading it, Fan Chen thought to himself: "Mr. Min's thinking is so clear. I was really overly concerned before."
Just when Fan Chen was immersed in Min Congda's article, Olshey sent a message for a routine inquiry.
After returning to the United States, Olshey communicated with Fan Chen about his work every day.
Currently, because schools are back in session, the foundation's competition organization work is temporarily suspended.
Now, the main focus is on personnel training and recruitment to prepare for the winter vacation games.
Fan Chen and Olshe briefly chatted about their work, and Olshe suddenly said mysteriously:
"Leon, do you know the secret of Mr. Smart's life experience?"
Fan Chen was stunned, secret? What secrets are buried in Mr. Min’s life experience?
"I have no idea."
"Let me tell you, I heard that Mr. Smart's parents were upper-class people with very high IQs. Due to some reasons, they died very early. He was sent to the Philippines to stay with a friend and received a very good education."
Fan Chen was shocked. It turned out that there was such a big secret buried in Mr. Min?
He calculated Min Congda's age and found that it was really possible that he was born in the 1970s.
No wonder Mr. Min is so talented and can become the general manager of the Clippers at a young age.
Fan Chen said: "Olshe, the team has been losing recently. Did Mr. Smart give the team any instructions for improvement?"
Olshey said: "No, but Mr. Smart seemed to be in a good mood and did not blame everyone for losing at all. And it is said that his salary will be increased recently."
Fan Chen said: "Really? Then you don't have to worry. Mr. Smart has already had a way to deal with it. He just doesn't want to talk about it for the time being."
"Already have a way to deal with it? Are you saying that Mr. Smart wants to make a deal?"
"No, no, it's an improvement in tactics... Forget it, I'll show you an article and you'll know."
During their time together in China, Fan Chen and Olshey got along very well. The two had many common topics because of basketball.
Fan Chen was really sad to see such a good article locked in the draft box, so he had to share it with Olshey.
"Look, this is a draft written by Mr. Smart about improving defense. It should not be finished yet. It is worth referring to."
(End of chapter)
