"My dear, did you write this casually when you had insomnia?"
Doug Collins exclaimed and looked at Li Ao, who was wearing an eye mask to catch up on his sleep.
Well, it should be.
This scrawled handwriting is written in Chinese? The revised English words were crossed out at the back, and the ordering was messy. You can see how casually I wrote it, and maybe I didn't even pay attention to it. I just wrote whatever came to my mind when I was insomnia.
After reading it carefully again, Doug Collins said: "Leo's understanding of the rules and basketball are great. Based on these, I can create a defense based on the 'cancel early double attack violation' rule." It’s a system, and it’s completely convenient to help the inside line adapt to defense for three seconds.”
"Yes, Leo, like me, discovered the real possible effects of the new rules. He also noticed that the weakening of defense for three seconds may not be as much as the enhancement of defense by being able to flank in advance.
But unfortunately, Leo's defensive thinking requires a point guard with extremely good defensive awareness, and may even require a point guard with his strong defensive ability to be possible. "
"Haha, you still want the players to directly give you a defensive system? This alone is enough to help us further improve the defensive system. Just be satisfied."
"That's true, but we still can't rush to change. Let's first observe the referee's tolerance for 'early double attack' to see if the league really wants to implement this rule."
"Yes, I think so too, but we don't need to observe slowly, it's just the preseason. You can just give it a try in tomorrow's game... Speaking of a point guard who is as good as Leo defensively, Alvin, I heard that we had planned to bring in Kidd before, and we made an offer, but it was rejected. When Leo wanted to defend according to the new rules, did he think of Kidd as a defensive method for his point guard teammates?"
Gentry's eyes widened, he grabbed the small notebook and flipped through it again.
He cursed as he watched.
Wally Walker actually considered that the Suns did not want to send Kidd to a rival team in the Western Conference, so he included Odom, who averaged 14+8+8+1+1 per game, as a trading chip.
When the Nets wanted to trade Marbury for Odom, Wally Walker didn't agree. His first target was Nash or Kidd.
Odom, coupled with Maggette, who averaged 23 minutes per game and scored 14 points against the Kings in the playoffs, also comes with two first-rounders and a rookie center with good fighting ability. It is more than enough to replace Kidd, who is determined to leave. , but was still rejected by Colangelo Jr.
Moreover, Colangelo Jr. first tricked them, secretly negotiated with the Nets, and snatched away their spare tire Marbury. It was clear that he was targeting the Clippers and wanted to curb their rise through trade. .
In addition, if they have Kidd in front of them, they can directly use the defensive system by modifying it according to their actual inside situation...
Gentry gritted his teeth and asked, "Doug, when are we going to play the Suns?"
…
At 5:30 in the evening on the 12th, the 'Jordan Fan Meeting' was also held at Oracle Arena.
The game starts at 6 o'clock.
The Clippers continue to conduct actual offensive movement training and defensive end to help Odom, O'Neal, Sean Lukes, Jaylon Collins, and Laphonso Ellis adapt to the three-second defensive rule. host.
The Warriors' style of play is no different from last season's regular season. Jamison and Larry Hughes took turns throwing. Last season, they were tired of throwing, and the remaining ball rights belonged to Blake Low.
But Blake Lowe has been tortured in the past two seasons and lost his passion for basketball. During the offseason, he gave up on himself, hung out in nightclubs, became addicted to alcohol, and even had a drunk driving accident in the offseason and had to pay a large sum of money in compensation. Now his body shape looks like For example, the trumpet Sean Kemp was completely useless.
But someone took over this part of the ball - Jason Richardson.
Playing against Li Ao again, Jason Richardson thought of last year's defeat in the Crazy Three finals and played very hard. He threw 18 times and made 8 of 18 shots, including 3 of 7 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2. Free throws and 21 points.
He really wanted to compete with Li Ao, but the other party ignored him and concentrated on cooperating with his teammates' offensive tactics, which made him crazy but helpless.
After two hours of game, the Clippers lost the game 91 to 104 as expected.
After losing the game, the Clippers players felt somewhat unhappy.
Although the game is only a pre-season game, it is like playing against a human and a machine without wanting to lose.
Fortunately, they gained a lot tonight!
Today, the inside players moved more purposefully in the three-second zone, and the number of defensive three-seconds they received also dropped sharply, to only 10 times.
This still has Larry Hughes, a top-level swingman, to make up for the defense.
Of course, this is still not good enough.
Such a rule should be limited to walking, second dribble, attacking three seconds, and hitting someone with the ball. 10 defensive three-second violations in a game and giving the opponent 10 free throws in vain is definitely not okay. .
However, there was significant improvement in just the second game, and the Clippers are already ahead of many teams.
Other teams are still in the process of understanding the new rules in their second game.
Such great progress is inseparable from the efforts of the Clippers insiders.
O'Neal Jr. arrived at the hotel in Oakland yesterday and called his inside teammates together to discuss the violations he received during the Kings game and exchange defensive experiences with each other.
But on this basis, the two inside player movement training sessions that Gentry added this morning also contributed a lot.
After those trainings were effective in actual combat, insiders such as O'Neal Jr. were full of praise for Gentry.
Although Gentry felt guilty, he still agreed.
Before training this morning, Li Ao found him and asked him to regard the defensive ideas in the small book as his own.
It is said that he needs to show more of his coaching ability and plate it with gold, otherwise he may not be able to control some players named Mike and Michael in the team when the season starts.
He was a little confused at first, but tonight even Jordan looked at him differently and praised his defensive guidance after the game. He talked to him about the changes that can be made on the defensive end after allowing early double attacks. The best defensive player is the best. The best defensive player, the prediction of the impact of allowing early double attacks coincides with him and Spider-Man... He understands that he needs to be plated with this layer of gold.
Kneel down and thank Sterling for intercepting the Lakers!
Gentry is even more grateful to Spider-Man.
This super genius not only changed his coaching career, but without Spider-Man, he didn't know how long he would be able to sit in the position of head coach. The best coach, he never dared to hope for before.
Now, he has been given the opportunity to continue to be the head coach!
Doug Collins did not have a big mouth. He asked Gentry earlier than Li Ao not to tell others that this small notebook was given by Li Ao.
He knows Jordan better than anyone on the team. If Gentry doesn't make some eye-catching moves, he may be left out in the new season.
Gentry is not as well-known as Larry Brown, who can suppress superstars.
It's not like Phil Jackson, whose coaching talent is astonishing and can make superstars surrender.
The basketball god is a very controlling player.
Doug Collins also saw that Mike Bibby is also a very egotistical player.
Under such circumstances, Gentry has no ability. He is good at building a team system, but this thing is inconspicuous.
He worked hard on dozens of pages of defensive tactics and built the basic framework of the defensive system, but in the eyes of the players, it was not as good as the two temporarily added interior movement training sessions today.
By helping Gentry 'surrender' Jordan, Doug Collins was not 'betraying' Jordan, but actually helping Jordan.
He knew his beloved disciple very well and knew that Jordan had no ability to be a coach at all, but he was fascinated by his confidence.
Maintaining a stable relationship between coaches and players is very important for Jordan at this age.
…
After returning to Los Angeles after playing two consecutive games, Gentry started high-pressure mode after discussing with his consultants.
In the game against the Warriors, Gentry ordered the substitutes to double-team when Jamison asked for the ball in the third quarter, using two people to restrict Jamison from receiving the ball. The players did not understand, but did so, and the referee did not follow suit. Sound the whistle like in previous years! He confirmed that the 'early double attack violation' has truly become a thing of the past!
I had a day off when I returned to Los Angeles on the 13th. On the 14th, the Clippers team conducted high-intensity defensive training.
With the ideas provided by Li Ao, Gentry led the coaching staff to make drastic adjustments to the defensive system based on the actual situation of their team. It was very radical and required more training.
The sudden increase in training intensity caused many players to complain. At this time, Jordan took the initiative to step forward and scold the complaining players.
The teammates then remembered that the God of Basketball has never been a gentle teammate!
At this time, they felt that Spider-Man couldn't be too gentle... what the hell!
They saw the trainer carrying a sandbag stand out, and Spider-Man flew up and kicked the sandbag around in the air.
Wait, Captain, what are you wearing? Football protective gear? Don’t you hate football the most?
I saw Matt Halprin hit the sandbag that was swinging down, and the sandbag took off again...
Teammates: (⊙x⊙;)
Can't we just shut up and practice? Why are you doing such scary things?
With the help of the three team leaders, Gentry's defensive system adjustment went very smoothly.
Seeing Jordan's further change in attitude, they all took the initiative to help him maintain his coaching authority. Gentry got to know Jordan better.
In the eyes of the greatest star in basketball history, a head coach can do something wrong, but he cannot be mediocre and incompetent. He must try boldly if he has an idea.
On the 15th, the Clippers faced the challenge of the Warriors at home. In this game, the role of defensive adjustments was not obvious.
But in the two games against the Kings at home on the 18th and the Trail Blazers at home on the 20th, the Clippers players clearly felt the impact of the adjustment of the defensive system.
At the beginning of the game, they restricted Princeton, led by Weber and Divac. Although the opponent quickly responded and they couldn't guard it, they saw hope! Hope of beating the Kings!
With the actual results, in the training on the afternoon of the 21st and the morning of the 22nd, there was no need for the 'intimidation' of Spider-Man, the God of Basketball, or the captain, and the teammates became more active in training.
(End of chapter)
