Fan Chen's analysis and assertion made Min Congda stop messing around.
As for Li Liang, the spy planted in the team's locker room, just let him be a "dead room". Regardless of the two-year contract, the Clippers have no shortage of players.
After the Clippers defeated the Nets, they still maintained a relaxed state during the regular season. They prepared and faced every game in a stable manner. They are a mature team.
This team not only has a group of talented young players, but also has a nanny-like coaching staff, a medical and training team that has been hired at a large price (thanks to Ball), a very powerful and attentive security and logistics organization, and a brand-new The well-equipped training ground and the canteen where you can eat whatever you want allow players to focus all their energy on basketball without being distracted by other things.
Of course, in Los Angeles, it's hard to avoid distractions when you become famous, because there are so many temptations here.
Beauties, celebrities, business endorsements, various social activities.
Compared to the Lakers, whose stars have dimmed without Kobe, the rising Clippers stars have become the new darlings of Hollywood.
Curry won a major endorsement contract with Nike and became the new favorite of Nike. The red and blue signature sneakers they launched for Curry immediately sold well in the United States.
Compared to James, who has never won a championship, Nike intends to invest more resources in Curry to make Curry their Michael Jordan in the new era.
Harden often appeared at various parties and nightclubs, and he became a social butterfly in Los Angeles.
However, because of his mother's presence, Harden is still relatively restrained and takes training and games seriously.
Leonard and George both have new sneaker endorsement contracts, and they often appear in some advertisements.
Nike is already planning to release signature sneakers for the two - although their level doesn't seem to be enough, they may make it to the All-Stars together this year.
Marc Gasol participated in a movie shot by a Spanish director. He had a cameo role in it. Although there were only a few scenes and two lines, it was a special experience for him. From then on, Marc Gasol Er developed a keen interest in movies.
Jimmy Butler is currently rarely noticed and does not have many commercial activities, but some TV stations have invited him to participate in programs to tell about his inspirational growth experience.
All this should have started when the Clippers won their first championship. After all, in competitive sports, everyone's eyes are fixed on the champion, and the winner takes all.
When the Clippers won two consecutive championships, people were naturally more interested in this team, and these young people received more attention.
Especially this season, after sufficient training, each of these young people began to show their unique strength and temperament.
Harden is as comprehensive as a magician, Leonard is as cold as a machine on defense, George is known as Little Maddie, tower commander Gasol Jr., and Curry is already participating in the MVP competition.
Basketball Capital's publicity machine is in full swing for the Clippers. Not only can they sell tickets at home, but their box office appeal on the road has also climbed to the top of the league.
Because of the red and blue jersey colors, some people also jokingly call the Clippers the "West Coast Circus" and Curry is the team's number one clown.
Like a circus, wherever they go, they always attract a large number of children to watch and follow. The Clippers' influence among young fans is really huge.
However, the last team to receive a similar nickname was the 1977 Philadelphia 76ers led by Dr. J. They eventually lost to the unpretentious Portland Trail Blazers in the Finals.
In this lively and colorful daily team life, the Clippers have still maintained a relatively stable state. The team can still win some very beautifully, and then lose some games that should not be lost.
Curry continues to pursue his path to MVP in terms of data, but his performance does not seem to be very convincing. He is behind Kevin Durant in the MVP rankings, although the Nets' record in November and There were some ups and downs in December, not as stable as the Clippers, but Kobe is showing his third spring with his refreshing style of play and performance.
The former darling of the media, LeBron James, has gradually been forgotten in the corner. Although the Cavaliers have a good record and have one more win than the Nets before the Christmas Day game in December, they have been unable to win the championship after years of failure against James. , the media and fans are gradually getting fed up.
This is already the 11th season of his career. Even Hakeem Olajuwon, who was a controversial black hole for ball rights in the early stages of his career, ushered in spring in his 10th season and won the Grand Slam of personal honors and team honors, and in the 11th season, he used a legendary playoff game to establish himself as a historical superstar and have a personal charm comparable to Jordan's.
As for James, his two Finals failures have always disappointed people's expectations for him, and this year's Cavaliers don't look very good.
High-quality strikers such as Battier and Miller have further aged. Cole's tactical experiment of letting James play the 5th position failed. He returned to the small forward position and began to control the ball a lot.
In fact, if James had calmed down a few years ago and honed his skills and tactics at the third and fourth positions, or gone to college for two years and found a top coach to concentrate on basic skills without the ball and tactics, in 2012, the Cavaliers should Already won the championship.
Although the Clippers were full of talent at that time, they were still very young and had many flaws. In the end, they overturned the Cavaliers purely with a single breath.
The failure in the 2012 Finals was quite fatal for James. In the 13th season, they lost to the Heat, who had prepared carefully. By this year, James' Cavaliers career already felt like it was at the end of its tether.
Of course, James' personal performance is still impeccable, with data of 27+7+8, still ranked first in the league.
The Cavaliers' record is also among the top two in the Eastern Conference, but this performance can no longer bring more surprises to the media and fans. Everyone is tired of it.
What's even worse is that there are some signs and symptoms of discord within the Cavaliers. James feels like this will be his last season in the Cavaliers. Head coach Steve Kerr is gradually losing control of the team. In the locker room, Kyrie Irving is more difficult to manage than people think and has his own special ideas.
In short, compared to the united and relaxed Clippers, the Cavaliers are more like a crisis-ridden championship team that is aiming for three consecutive championships - although they have not won a single championship.
Of course, for James, the unbearable pain hidden in his heart was that he and Min Congda had completely fallen out, or that James unilaterally severed the relationship between father and son...no, severed the relationship as a friend.
In the summers of the previous two seasons, James would humbly ask Min Congda for advice on various issues related to team building, helping the Cavaliers build a pretty good lineup and giving the Cavaliers an excellent head coach.
Unfortunately, fortune is not on the side of James and the Cavaliers. More importantly, the Clippers have assembled a more terrifying lineup, making the Cavaliers and James even less able to see opportunities.
James has sighed and regretted in his heart more than once. If he had chosen to join the Heat in 2010, he would have won the championship in 2011. After that, the Heat would be the championship for several consecutive years, and neither the Clippers nor the Lakers would be opponents.
The more he thought about it, the more James hated Min Congda in his heart, thinking that he stopped him in the first place just to let the Clippers win the championship and to prevent him from going to the south coast to build a super battleship.
Seeing that the Clippers had two championships in hand, and even said at the celebration parade that they would win 5 and 6, James's heart became more tormented, so much so that he forgot how much help Min Congda had brought to him.
When the Cavaliers visited Los Angeles to play against the Clippers in December, James turned a blind eye to Min Congda's friendly greetings during the pre-game warm-up and did not respond.
This made Min Congda a little sad. It was so cruel that the father and son turned against each other and turned against each other.
Min Congda also changed from his normal state during this period. He changed from the ups and downs in the past and worked hard to become much calmer and more stable.
He still doesn't care much about the team's affairs. The Clippers are running very smoothly. As long as they don't mess around, they will still be the most powerful contender for the championship.
In his free time outside of work (the main job of which is watching football), Min Congda mainly does two things: The first thing is to devote his limited intelligence to the study of infinite basketball techniques and tactics.
Although Fan Chen said that the Clippers could win the game if they played unlimited singles, but after thinking about it for three days and three nights, Min Congda understood that this was just Fan Chen perfunctory.
For this group of young people in the Clippers, they can certainly rely on their strong personal abilities to win games, and even win a championship this year.
But what about the future? Will they continue to grow in the future? When they are 27, 28, or 30 years old, when they are truly successful, will they still be able to fight like this?
If the Clippers can follow the trend of the times and build an open, advanced system, then they will maintain strong competitiveness for many years to come.
This will be a great achievement for Min Congda and the best realization of his late basketball talent.
Once a person finds his hobbies and goals and devotes his energy to them, it is actually a very lucky and happy thing.
It took Min Congda four years to realize that basketball was his true hobby and a career that was suitable for him. However, he kept running in the opposite direction. It was really a trick of fate... No, the system tricked people.
Of course, as to why the team is getting better and better while running in the opposite direction, Min Congda cannot figure out this question.
The second thing Min Congda did was to really start playing basketball.
The California area can be said to be the area with the best development of basketball in the United States. It is home to basketball talents from all over the United States. In addition to having two NBA teams, there are also a large number of amateur leagues and street games. There are also many high school and college basketball teams. There are countless basketball games going on every day.
Min Congda relied on his status as the general manager of the Clippers to join an AAU amateur league club and participated in the competition as teammates with some amateur players who were not of a high level.
To be honest, Min Congda's behavior once again attracted great attention from the media. A nationally renowned general manager of a championship team actually left the field to play the game in person.
This greatly increased the exposure of AAU, and the spectators who came to watch the game immediately filled the originally small stadium.
Many people came to watch the game to see how Min Congda made a fool of himself, to see how embarrassed this Chinese, who was less than 180cm tall, would be when he scolded Fang Qiu off the court.
Many media also predicted how long Min Congda can last in the AAU arena without being beaten to death.
As a result, Min Congda disappointed the spectators and the media.
He persisted and started participating in competitions in December, playing two games a week and playing every game.
He was the backup point guard on the team. In his first game, he scored 0 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 3 fouls, and scolded the referee 25 times.
Just when people thought he was just joining in the fun and getting traffic, Min Congda came on as a substitute in the second game and hit his first three-pointer in an official game of his basketball career.
In this game, he came on as a substitute for 11 minutes, scored 5 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 fouls, no mistakes, and scolded the referee 50 times.
The team achieved its first victory with his help. After the game, Min Congda said that the team's goal is to enter a higher level competition.
As the largest amateur sports league in the United States, AAU has a long history in organizing basketball leagues. Many NBA superstars played in AAU games when they were in school. Of course, they played in high-level leagues with their talents.
For example, there was a young AAU team in the 1990s. The starting lineup was composed of Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter, Richard Hamilton, Tim Thomas and Kevin Freeman, named the New Jersey Great Pats. If this lineup is transferred to the NBA, although the lineup is unreasonable, the backcourt combination of Kobe and Carter must be quite explosive. At that time, Kobe served as the point guard in the team. They are known as the strongest in history and won the championship for two consecutive years. And he beat his opponents by 40 to 50 points every game.
With Min Congda's level, he cannot join a team of this level and can only hang around at a low level, but he has ideas and wants to lead this low-level team to a higher level.
When the game reached 2014, Min Congda was already the team's main substitute point guard. He could play 15 minutes per game, score a few points, pick up one or two rebounds, and at the same time organize and direct the team very well. attack.
He has more authority in the team than the head coach, and often directs games on his behalf. However, compared to his fierce and fierce style in the NBA, he is much more conservative and gentle when he comes to AAU.
Because I have played on the court myself, I know that sometimes basketball is not as simple as it seems. Many of his ideas can be realized because the young people of the Clippers are very defiant. If your tactics are to get the ball and the players, they will really do it. The ball can reach people.
In low-level leagues like AAU, players do not have this ability, which makes Min Congda more tolerant and gives him a deeper understanding of basketball tactics.
After the game, when he returns home and has nothing else to do, Min Congda will immerse himself in the study of the tactical system, reading books, watching videos, or simply playing games for simulation.
He stopped many social activities, including fishing, drinking parties, and parties. In short, he stayed at home and focused on research, combining theory and practice.
His basketball theory level is getting higher and higher. In January, the Clippers suffered three consecutive losses. The reason was that while Curry maintained high scoring, the team's overall offense did not improve.
The coaching staff is very troubled by this. Why is Curry's efficiency obviously very high, but the team's offense will be affected? Isn't Curry destined to have an MVP? Isn't he someone who can win the MVP and support the entire team? The team's scoring superstar?
For a time, the theory about Curry's "cancer" was rampant, and Curry was hit hard. He once thought that his idea of wanting to win the MVP was too selfish and should not be done.
So he went to Min Congda to talk about his troubles and asked Min Congda what he should do. Min Congda did not give him a useless chicken soup rap, but made a sharp adjustment in tactics: Curry should no longer play pick-and-roll with the ball.
With pick-and-roll offenses on the rise across the league, Min Congda proposed that Curry play less pick-and-rolls. Curry and the Clippers coaching staff were a little incomprehensible.
However, they still followed suit. In the tactical arrangement for the next game, they reduced the tactics of Curry holding the ball and making single screens with Gasol, Randolph, Milicic, etc., further increasing Curry's ability to play without the ball. Screens, air cuts, and an appropriate increase in Curry's one-on-one singles with the ball.
At the same time, Min Congda requested to further increase Gasol's organizational role.
The change paid off big time before the All-Star break in February.
The Clippers had a shocking 19-game winning streak from late January to February before the All-Star Game.
Obviously, after adjusting Curry's offensive role, the Clippers have ushered in a new transformation, and their transformation has never stopped.
The advantage of reducing Curry's pick-and-roll offense with the ball is to maximize Curry's defensive attractiveness when he is without the ball and playing alone with the ball.
Because in fact, Curry's passing and organizational skills after the pick-and-roll are relatively average among top stars. His tactical threat of distributing the ball after the pick-and-roll is sometimes not as great as him penetrating back and forth on the wing without the ball.
Without reducing Curry's shots, reducing Curry's ball-holding time can maximize the role of ball rights and allow Gasol and Harden to participate more in the distribution of ball rights.
To put it simply, without reducing Curry's tactical role, his strategic power can be further explored, and the team's offensive potential can be further stimulated.
This wave of 19 consecutive victories has made the entire league tremble, especially the Clippers, which defeated the Spurs, Cavaliers, Thunder and Lakers. For a time, they were unmatched and no one in the league could match them.
After Min Congda gave full guidance on this tactical change, he continued to study it with great concentration, and played games every week to continuously release his passion for basketball.
Accordingly, the league seemed a little deserted for a while. Adam Silva did not receive a notice to punish Min Congda for two full months, and it was difficult to get used to it.
Even the Referees Association issued a joking statement during the All-Star Game, "Welcome Mr. Smart to supervise our whistleblowing."
As a result, during the 2014 All-Star Weekend in New Orleans, Min Congda participated in the All-Star Weekend Masters Game on February 15th and competed against a group of legendary stars.
Min Congda proved that his talent was really delayed. He scored 6 points, sent 3 assists, plus 6 fouls in the game, and was ejected.
The referee on duty helped the Referees Association to retaliate against Min Congda. Later, in the home game against the Spurs on February 18, Min Congda angrily scolded the referee 58 times and was fined US$200,000 by the league after the game - the Clippers were crazy about this game. Beating the Spurs by 17 points and winning 20 consecutive games, Min Congda was just spraying for the sake of spraying.
In this game, Curry scored 41 points in a single game, and Curry did not take many three-pointers in this game. Instead, he used a large number of mid-range jumpers to stab the Spurs to death.
The Spurs' team is actually in very good shape this year, but they suffer from the lack of anyone at the forward position. They have set up a new tactical system, but it's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, and they still need the three old men of GDP to carry the banner.
Ever since they were beaten by the Clippers in 2011, Popovich and Duncan's black and white team has felt a bit shaky. They performed well in the regular season, but they couldn't handle it in the playoffs.
There is a lack of talented young blood. No matter how sophisticated Popovich's tactics are, no matter how great Duncan is, he cannot withstand the power of young people. San Antonio people urgently need the arrival of the next Tim Duncan, but such good luck favors him. You were very lucky once, but how could it be so easy again?
This victory, coupled with Curry's outstanding performance, allowed him to surpass Kobe Bryant in the MVP race - the Nets really began to weaken in the second half. This is an inevitable situation for older teams. Of course, the Nets are also preparing for Stay tuned for the playoffs.
Now, the only thing standing in front of Curry is Thunder forward Kevin Durant.
Durant's performance this year is indeed very good. As Nike's No. 1 brand, when Westbrook was seriously injured last year and his regular season playing time was reduced this season, Durant tried to do everything and achieved career statistics. Best performance.
Durant's desire for the championship has also reached a peak. Seeing that Curry in 2009 has two rings, Harden, who was the third player in the Thunder, has won two championships, and he still has nothing.
Even James, who has always been regarded as a thorn in Durant's side, has three MVPs and two overall runner-ups, right? It's an honor after all. He only has the scoring title in hand now.
If the scoring champion does not reach double digits like Jordan, or if the record is unattainable like Chamberlain, one or two will not mean much to the superstar. Tracy McGrady has two.
This year is Kevin Durant's seventh season. Many superstars mature and reap fruits in their seventh season. Durant believes that he has also reached this stage.
On February 23, the Clippers will challenge the Thunder away from home. The two sides will usher in a regular season matchup like Mars hitting the earth. This confrontation is considered likely to determine the current MVP ranking.
However, on the same day, NBA-Batman, a well-known basketball gossip Twitter that has not been updated for a long time, posted an article on his blog titled: "Pick-and-roll, air-cut, and switch—the art of dislocation and infiniteness in contemporary basketball."
This article did not attract much attention from ordinary fans and the media. After all, everyone just wanted to see NBA-Batman break the news and gossip. As a result, he seems to be focusing on studying basketball tactics, which is a wrong way.
But for many professional basketball people who follow NBA-Batman, watching his post-game, ball commentary and tactical analysis has become a habit.
The article "Victory of Space and Ball Rights" many years ago has become the clarion call and program for basketball to enter a new era. Many coaches have found coaching inspiration through this article.
Two and a half years later, another article that is short in length but absolutely heavyweight in content has come out. Coaches across the league are discussing whether the trend of the league is about to change again.
Is this version updated too quickly?
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