Almighty Coach

During the offseason of the NBA, the free market is full of rumors. There are many news about signings, renewals and transfers. Unless the team directly announces it, it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false.

Most of the team's staff are on vacation. The newly recruited players of Dai Li, Hall, Raymond, Noel, and Gray, including Wood and Ossoff, did not go to the Clippers for training, but came to Dai Li's for the time being. Physical Training Center. Their current physical condition is still unable to meet the requirements for playing games, and it will take a certain amount of time to recover.

There are many athletes who come to Dai Li to train here, and many of them are big-name stars, so a few more NBA basketball players are not conspicuous. When the true and false news is flying all over the sky, their joining the Clippers has not been exposed.

At the same time, in Asia, the quadrennial Asian Games also opened. In this session of the Asian Games, the Chinese men's basketball team is aiming to win the championship.

The overall level of basketball in Asia is relatively low, and there are not many teams that can make a move. The group stage is divided into four groups, and there is no problem for strong teams to advance in the group stage. For example, for the Chinese men's basketball team, the three opponents in the group stage are all from Central Asia and Southeast Asia. This is equivalent to being assigned to the group for the men's basketball team.

So in the group stage, the men's basketball team beat their opponents all the way and easily advanced to the top eight. In the subsequent quarter-finals, the men's basketball team encountered the second place in other groups. The opponent's strength was still not strong. The men's basketball team Also easily advanced to the semi-finals.

In the semi-finals, the opponent of the men's basketball team was the Philippine team, which finally met a decent opponent.

The strength of the Philippine men's basketball team is actually not strong. In fact, there is no sports power in Southeast Asia. However, in recent years, the Philippines has naturalized many American basketball players, and some mixed-race players with black ancestry have also emerged in the Philippines.

The U.S. military has been stationed in the Philippines for some years. Everyone knows the virtues of the U.S. military. They can’t control their lower body anywhere. For example, the U.S. military stationed in Japan often has sexual assault scandals. There are always large numbers of mixed races.

Therefore, it is normal for the Philippines, where a large number of US troops are stationed, to have a large number of mixed-race children with American ancestry.

Individual U.S. troops stationed in the Philippines are more responsible and will fulfill their duties as fathers, bringing their children born to Filipino women back to the United States so that they can become Americans and receive American education; most U.S. troops do not have such responsibilities Don't worry, they will leave their children born with Filipino women in the Philippines. These children are also very poor. They lost their fathers when they were young, and their mixed-race appearance will also suffer from other Filipinos' eyes.

However, the physical fitness of black people is indeed better than that of Southeast Asians, so when these mixed-race players with black blood grew up, some outstanding athletes were born, including basketball players.

It's just that these basketball players didn't receive formal basketball training since they were young, and of course they didn't have the conditions to receive basketball training when they were young. So their skills are relatively rough, and they can't even talk about professional basketball skills. Such players basically rely on their physical talents to play. They jump higher than others, run faster than others, and are more explosive. They are more than enough to abuse the local Filipinos in the Philippines' own league.

As for the naturalized players, most of them come to the Philippines to play because they can't make it in the United States, they can't make it in Europe, and they can't even make it in the leagues of China, Japan and other countries. It is conceivable how bad this player's strength is.

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In the locker room of the Philippine team, the players looked very relaxed, but the head coach of the Philippine team looked dignified.

As the head coach of a national team, he certainly knows that the Chinese men's basketball team is very strong, at least in Asia. In the absence of Australia and New Zealand, the Chinese team and the Iranian team are the strongest teams.

He looked at his players, especially those few black players, who were still joking and looking heartless, which made him a little angry. But he didn't show the majesty of the coach to make the players more serious. In fact, his coaching majesty is almost worthless in the hearts of the players.

The core players in the team are naturalized players with dual citizenship of the United States and the Philippines, but the so-called Filipino nationality is just a decoration. They may not even be able to name the president of the Philippines. How can they care about a Filipino? What the head coach said.

More importantly, the tactical literacy and tactical execution of these Filipino players are really bad.

In the past, the Philippine team was the same as other Southeast Asian teams. The height of the team was generally insufficient. A center forward who can reach two meters is considered good. There are many players who are over 1.6 meters tall. Playing basketball with this height is definitely a disadvantage. , Shooting is easy to be blocked, if you can't make a shot, you can't grab a rebound, and you suffer from physical confrontation. Therefore, Southeast Asian teams have always played "little and fast" tactics. The players play very smartly and their tactical execution is also very good.

Of course, there is no way to be forced out. In confrontational sports, the physical fitness is not as good as that of the opponent, so you can only make a fuss about tactics. To put it bluntly, his body is too poor, so he can only play with his brain.

But today's Philippine team, with naturalized players and mixed-race players, has greatly improved their physical fitness, but their tactical quality and tactical execution have decreased. The physical fitness of the players of this Philippine team is much better than before. Relying on their strong bodies in the Philippine league, they can easily score 34 points.

Since it is easy to abuse food without a brain, what tactics are there to play? This is like playing a game. When a high-level professional player meets a rookie team, they can easily defeat their opponents purely by manipulation. They also have to work hard to cooperate with tactics, and even teammates will be busy grabbing heads.

This Philippine team is like this. In the group stage, there are no tactics at all. Almost everyone relies on physical singles, and can't wait to get more statistics. And the opponents in the group stage were really weak, and they were really abused by the Philippine team.

This also gave the players of the Philippine team an illusion that Asian teams are generally weak, and they can overwhelm their opponents with their bodies without tactics at all.

The players of the Philippine team are all used to playing singles with personal ability, and their tactical literacy and tactical execution have degraded. Even if they have the ball in their hands, they have no tactical awareness, not to mention that they are not good at this aspect.

After all, basketball is a five-person sport that requires cooperation between players. The five players on the court as a whole also require tactics.

There are many so-called "system players" in the NBA. Their skills may be poor and their bodies may not be too sturdy, but in a specific tactical system, they can play a role and get excellent data.

There are also some players whose stats are not very outstanding. They may have played for more than ten years without even a single double-digit stat, but they can always gain a foothold in the NBA. There will always be teams that want them , and can also mix a middle-class contract. This kind of players will have strong tactical execution in all likelihood, and they will appear where the coach needs them to appear.

Similarly, every year in the NBA, some players with strong physical fitness and good skills but less brains will be eliminated. Many fans are always asking, why does a certain player have good physical fitness, poor skills, and good statistics, but no team wants it? The reason is likely to be poor tactical execution.

If it is not a superstar, standing on the court but not implementing the coach's tactics will not only fail to help the team, but will hold the team back. Of course, if it is a superstar, it is possible to leverage a team by just one person, so it is impossible to talk about whether to implement tactics or not.

These players in the Philippine team are the kind of people who have little tactical execution ability. If they really have strong tactical execution ability, they will not be able to mix in the Philippine domestic league based on their physical fitness.

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Both sides of the game have entered the field. The players of the Philippine team are still talking and laughing, while the Chinese team is much more serious.

"The Chinese team is really tall. There is more than one seven-footer in their team!"

"What's the use of being tall, they are all thin bamboo poles, I can push them away easily, just like in the previous games!"

"Why do I feel that the Chinese team is much stronger than our previous opponents?"

"No matter how strong we are, we can definitely beat them."

The players of the Philippine team whispered.

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In the stands, the players of the Iranian team are also paying attention to this game.

An hour ago, also in this venue, the Iranian team defeated the South Korean team and advanced to the final. In this game, the winner of the Chinese team and the Philippines will be the opponent of the Iranian team in the final. Of course, they must carefully observe each other.

The Chinese men's basketball team and the Iranian men's basketball team are also old rivals. The two sides often encounter each other in Asian competitions. Iran also has players playing in the CBA. The two sides know each other well.

"How do I feel that the players of the Chinese team seem to be stronger than they were a few months ago."

"I feel it too. Look at their big guys, they have developed muscle lines on their arms. They didn't have it in the CBA league before."

"It seems that the training of the Chinese national team is better than that of their league clubs! I think the Philippine team has suffered.

"This is normal. The Philippines is not the opponent of the Chinese team. Isn't our imaginary opponent in the final always the Chinese team?"

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While everyone was talking, the game had already begun.

The Filipino's first attack was indeed a player with the ball in singles.

A mixed-race player with black ancestry breaks through directly with the ball. In his opinion, this is similar to his playing in the Philippine domestic league. The defensive players of the Chinese team are like paper, and those players of yellow race cannot compete with him. physical confrontation.

However, what he didn't expect was that the defensive players of the Chinese team went up to meet him, as if they were not worried about physical confrontation with him.

"Be careful not to be knocked into the air by me!" The Filipino player thought to himself, and then bumped into it in a daze, he wanted to give the defender a little bit of trouble.

The next second, the bodies of the two collided together. He was surprised by the toughness of the Chinese defender, and what surprised him even more was that the opponent's body seemed to be stronger than his own.

Based on his experience playing in the Philippines, the Asian body is not strong enough to compete with him. However, today, he obviously encountered an exception. Although the opponent is also a player of yellow race, his strength is much stronger than that of the Filipino player.

His breakthrough ended in failure. When he stopped the ball, the defenders of the Chinese team were already close in front of him. He had no room to shoot, so he had to pass the ball.

After a few passes, the basketball came to the Filipino post player.

The inside player from the Philippines is named Apes. He is a mixed-race player and a naturalized player. He is 6 feet 9 inches tall and grew up in the United States. The NBDL team, the Austin Bulls, later participated in the draft of the Philippine League PBA and became a professional player as the No. 1 pick.

Being able to play in the NCAA and participate in the NBDL trial training shows that his physical fitness is still very good, and he has received the influence of American basketball culture since he was a child, which is unmatched by ordinary Asian players. In the Philippine's own league, Apes also has an incomprehensible presence inside with his outstanding physical talent.

It's a pity that Apes has played for so many years, and his skills are still very rough, basically making no progress. Of course, with his physical fitness, playing in the Philippine League does not require any skills.

Apes catches the ball in the low post, but he has no low post attack skills at all. He can only rely on his body to continuously squeeze towards the basket. This trick has always been tried and tested in the Philippine domestic league. Without his offensive style, he can always easily cut to the basket, and then layup or dunk.

But today, Apes felt that what he was facing seemed to be a wall. No matter how he squeezed the opponent with his body, the opponent still remained motionless, did not give in at all, and did not lose his position.

At this moment, Apes seemed to feel that he had returned to the United States. There, the opponents he met had the same physical fitness as him, and each opponent dared to fight physically, which turned a player with rough skills like him into a pure blue-collar player, and it became difficult to score. .

"When did the Chinese team become so strong?" Apes thought anxiously.

The attack time is approaching, and Apes has no choice but to choose to force a layup against the defensive player.

With a height of 6 feet 9 inches, he is considered a giant in the Philippines, but in front of a group of seven-footers in the Chinese team, he is not at all cheap. His layup was blocked by a big cap.

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In the first half, the Philippine team trailed by 12 points. The audience was not surprised by this result. After all, the Chinese men's basketball team was originally the top team in Asia.

However, the process of the game was beyond the expectations of many people. In everyone's opinion, the physical fitness of the Philippine players is better, and they will definitely use this strength to take more singles. But the reality is that in the process of physical confrontation, the Philippine team did not take advantage of it. On the contrary, this Chinese team prefers to engage in physical confrontation. They are very aggressive in defense, almost technically man-to-man to fight hand-to-hand with Filipino players.

In the stands, the head coach of the Iranian team frowned more and more. From the course of the game, he saw some bad signs for the Iranian team.

"This year's Chinese team is much stronger than before. The naturalized players in the Philippines all have black blood, but they have been repeatedly restricted in front of the Chinese team. And the insiders dare to engage in physical confrontation, which is not for us. Good news. The Chinese team has never been short of big players, and their inside line is full of talents, but our inside line is at a stage of being weak. The physical strength of the players may not be able to hold the ball for half a court."

The head coach of the Iranian team let out a long sigh, and the sadness in his eyes flashed even more.

"Coach, what's wrong with you, why are you sighing?" asked a player next to him.

As the head coach of the team, he certainly cannot bring his negative emotions to the players, let alone destroy his own prestige by making others angry. So the head coach of the Iranian team quickly explained: "I think the tactics of the Philippine team are really bad."

"Isn't it? Everyone is playing singles with the ball. The Philippine team's previous small, fast and flexible tactical system has been completely abandoned. This kind of team that relies purely on physical play can only be prestige in Asia. In the international arena, if you meet some players with more outstanding physical talents, you will definitely lose miserably." The player said.

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In Los Angeles, Dai Li came to the office early in the morning, and then watched the match between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Iranian men's basketball team in the Asian Games through the Internet.

"The Chinese team really defeated Iran! The lads of this national team are much better than I imagined. The inside players dare to fight hand-to-hand, and the outside players are also very decisive in shooting three-pointers."

The Chinese team won the game, and Dai Li was in a good mood. He closed the webpage of the live broadcast of the game and walked to the training ground.

"Training camp for the new season is about to start, and it's time to apply the athlete patch to my new players!"