The entire Clippers team was hit by a cold wave when they arrived in Portland.
The cold wind in Washington state made the Clippers players a little uncomfortable when they got off the plane.
The sunshine in California is too comfortable, while the cold and rainy Portland is not very good for people emotionally and physically.
Therefore, the Portland Trail Blazers have always been plagued by injury problems historically.
Starting from Bill Walton, to Bowie, to Greg Oden.
These fragile big men put Portland in harm's way time and time again.
The Portlanders achieved a pretty good record last season, finishing sixth in the Western Conference.
Brandon Roy's shocking performance in the fourth quarter of Game 4 of the first round will surely go down in NBA history.
However, Portland's injury curse has resurfaced.
It was December 26th last year, the day after Christmas.
Brandon Roy announced his retirement on the Trail Blazers' official website.
A shooting guard who was killing everyone in the playoffs half a year ago.
At only 27 years old, he has not yet reached his peak age as a player.
He retired immediately, which shows how serious his injury was.
After all, he had the meniscus removed from his knees on both legs.
Everyone knows how important knees are to athletes.
The meniscus serves as a buffer between the thigh bone and calf bone. Without it, the bones would be dry grinding.
It’s scary to think about how harmful this is to the human body.
It was a miracle that Roy was able to finish the 2011 season and lead the Blazers to two wins from the champion Mavericks.
Without Roy, Oden still shows no signs of improvement.
Before the start of the new season, the Trail Blazers signed a one-year, $8 million contract with Oden.
This is the last chance for Oden. If he still cannot recover and play normally, the Blazers will definitely give up on him.
This potential center who once brought many fantasies to many people will be completely destroyed by injuries.
Min Congda arrived at the hotel with the Clippers players who were shivering from the ice and rain, and then began to study the team's starting lineup and rotation list.
Although Min Congda has pursued the work spirit of putting things aside and letting the sheep go after becoming the head coach, he still has to do basic work.
Therefore, he must be much busier than being the general manager alone.
Seeing that the Trail Blazers were without Roy and Oden was still injured, Min Congda felt an imbalance in his heart.
"Why do some players get injured and end the season every now and then, and one of them retires directly! Curry, when are you going to retire?"
Min Congda wished Curry could retire where he was and pull him down.
Who knew that Curry was in excellent health after undergoing early surgery to treat his ankle last season.
I have undergone reasonable rehabilitation treatment in the summer, and my physical condition is very good.
Not only is Curry in good condition, but if you look at the Clippers' injury list, you will be surprised to find:
No one! empty!
The entire Clippers team has maintained good health.
There is no other reason, because I have a good rest.
Last season, everyone in the Clippers team had the ball to play, and ten or eleven players were rotated at every turn.
During the off-season and lockout, many players, unwilling to be lonely or short of money, went to work in other leagues.
People like Deron Williams, JR Smith and others.
At best, this can maintain player status.
To say the worst, playing games takes a heavy toll on the body after all.
None of the Clippers players go to other countries to play in leagues to earn extra money.
Life in the Clippers is very comfortable. Everyone knows that there is no need to worry about contract issues in the new season.
They are all adjusting well and preparing for next season.
Then after the lockout is over, other teams are hurriedly preparing for the new season.
Min Congda once again herded the sheep and did not increase the intensity of the crowd, thus avoiding injuries.
As a result, the Clippers' health is surprisingly good.
Looking at the roster of 15 people, they all have beards and tails, and not one is missing an arm or a leg.
Min Congda was in trouble, how to arrange the starting lineup and how to deal with the rotation?
Min Congda certainly wants to start the five weakest players, with a lineup of Okafor, Bonner, P.J. Tucker, Fisher and Jeremy Lin.
But the system doesn't allow it. What you do is so unreasonable, so obviously messed up, and not decent at all.
He has tried other permutations and combinations. Basically, Randolph, Gasol, Curry, Harden, and Ricky Davis. Only if at least three of them are present, the system will consider your starting position to be reasonable.
Especially Randolph and Gasol are immovable. If you don't let them start, the system will say "the starting lineup is unreasonable".
The angry Min Congda thought to himself, "You will be the coach! You will be the coach!"
But there was no way, the system was the biggest, so Min Congda finally compromised.
The starting five is still Curry, Harden, Marc, Randolph and Ricky Davis.
Rotating the lineup, Min Congda thought for a while and said to Cole and others: "Since we follow the principle that everyone has the ball to play, we must stick to it! Every player must be given a chance to perform on the court to form a good and harmonious atmosphere." The team atmosphere.”
"Other teams usually have an 8-man rotation or a 9-man rotation. I decided that we will have a 15-man rotation!"
When Cole and others heard this, they asked, Mr. Smart, are you crazy?
15 people rotate, how about you playing football? Still playing rugby?
With 5 people on the basketball court and 48 minutes in a game, 10 points are already in short supply.
15 people divided into three groups, average 16 minutes per person?
It's impossible. Players need a certain amount of time to get into shape.
The time is too short and too fragmented, which is seriously detrimental to players' on-the-spot performance.
Especially for outside shooters, if they don't take a certain amount of shots to develop their touch, they may not be able to shoot accurately in a game.
Kim Hughes said: "Mr. Smart, please stop joking, everyone with 15 people will not be able to play well."
Cole said: "Yes, the 10-man rotation in the regular season is the ultimate. I think Fisher, George, Milicic and Okafor on the bench are already very good. Bonner, Tucker, Draghi Qi can play in certain games. Leonard, Jimmy Butler, Jeremy Lin, they remain to be seen..."
Min Congda shook his head and insisted: "It is my principle to rotate 15 people. Everyone has the ball and has been shouting for two years. This year it will really be implemented!"
"Besides, I'm not asking 15 people to share the time equally. It depends on everyone's performance, right?"
When Min Congda said this, everyone had no idea. Anyway, the assistant coach only had the power of suggestion and execution.
The real decision-making power rests with the head coach.
Although Min Congda acted arbitrarily and only thought about the Clippers losing.
But in terms of the team's tactical arrangements, he still left it to Cole and Kim Hughes.
The basic look still needs to be done, and Min Congda knows that he has strong technical and tactical abilities, so he doesn't want to get involved.
When the game comes, he will transform into a substitution machine, substituting whoever is in good condition!
Some people died, but not completely...
