Almighty Coach

Before the start of the NBA regular season, each team will have a warm-up match, which is the NBA preseason game.

After the end of each season, each team has considerable changes in the lineup, and some teams will change coaches. Therefore, before the start of each season, the NBA will hold preseason games so that they can participate in the long regular season games in a better state.

Under normal circumstances, the preseason will last for two weeks. During these two weeks, the team will play about eight games. In recent years, in order to expand its overseas influence, enhance the internationalization process of the NBA, and cater to the tastes of overseas fans, the NBA will send teams overseas to play preseason games. In addition, it will also invite overseas teams to the United States to participate in NBA competitions. preseason.

This year's Los Angeles Clippers were selected by the NBA to play preseason games overseas, and the destination was China. After all, the Clippers that appeared were owned by Dingtian Group and were sent to China to play preseason games. It is also a matter of course.

The Clippers' opponent is the Dallas Mavericks. This season, the Mavericks gave a Chinese player a training contract, which means that this Chinese player can represent the Mavericks in the preseason. Naturally, NBA officials will not give up this good opportunity to cater to Chinese fans, so they arranged for the Lone Ranger to come to China to play preseason games.

Coming to China to play preseason games is a good opportunity for the NBA to expand overseas. Both the league and the team are beneficial, but for the players, it is unavoidable. Flying halfway around the world from the United States to China, after getting over the jet lag, you have to go to two cities to play games. At the same time, you have to cooperate with a series of team promotions and fan meeting activities. Individual players also need to participate in sponsor activities. Under normal circumstances, the schedule is full, and there is no warm-up effect at all.

Li Dai also has the right to bring the team to China for a tour. As for the preseason, it will be played as an exhibition game.

The Clippers are known as the "shelter for the elderly, weak, sick and disabled", but the "old, weak, sick and disabled" in the team are all real star players. They still have a lot of status in the hearts of fans, so as long as they stand on the field again , you can easily gain the cheers of the fans. There will even be fans who spontaneously shout "MVP" to cheer for them.

By the time the Clippers returned to the United States, half of the preseason schedule had passed, and after jet lag and training resumed, the Clippers had played two preseason games in the United States, and the NBA preseason was over.

For the Clippers, this is obviously a disadvantage. The other teams have played eight preseason games, and have already achieved preliminary results in the running-in of the new lineup and the drill of new tactics. However, the players of the Clippers have flown around the world, and they have not found it at all. The state of the game.

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Assistant coach Kassel took a form and came to Dai Li.

"Coach, judging from the preseason data, Wood played the best. It seems that he has recovered 70% to 80% of his peak skills. As the game progresses, he should be able to get back to his form. As long as he is no longer If you get injured, maybe you can really recover to the level of the MVP in the regular season."

"Hall's situation is much worse than Wood's. After all, he hasn't played for a long time. His speed and explosive power are recovering. The most important thing is the touch. You know, although Hall can break through and shoot three-pointers, but His best way to score is the pull-up jump shot. Now Hall, although his shooting percentage in training is very good, but in the game, when facing the opponent's defensive pressure, his pull-up jump shot hit rate is just over 30% , This is a failing statistic, the touch needs to be recovered slowly, I think Hall needs more time to regain the rhythm of the game."

"The worst situation is Raymond. In fact, his situation is similar to that of Hall. Although his body has recovered, he has not recovered the state of the game. Raymond has been away from the game for so long, and he wants to regain his physical and mental tension. It will take some time. And he is a superstar after all, so in a few preseason games, opponents will put more defensive pressure on him, and his shooting percentage is also the lowest."

"Gray's recovery is very good. He is indeed an excellent big man, but his problem is that he fouls too much. After all, he only played more than 100 NBA games, and he can only be regarded as a second-year player in terms of experience. As a rookie, his lack of experience makes it easy for him to suffer. If he can't control the number of fouls, he will leave the field with six fouls in less than 30 minutes of a game. We really can't help him in this regard. An inexperienced inside big man always has to experience foul troubles to grow, this is the tuition he has to pay."

"Fortunately, we also have Calabi in the interior. When Gray was troubled by fouls, fortunately, Calabi supported our penalty area defense. Judging from the preseason performance, Calabi did not want to be a 35-year-old veteran at all. , I think his current state is no worse than when he won the block leader back then."

"In addition, Kumar's performance really made my eyes shine. In the previous summer league, he showed good strength and adaptability to the NBA. In the preseason, he was the only player on the team other than Wood. The second scoring point, he has begun to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA game."

Cassell briefly reported on the performance of the players in the preseason. Among them, Ossef has not been able to play in the past two months due to drug rehabilitation. As for Noel, he will have to wait until January next year to collect the six-month medical report, so he did not play in the preseason.

I only heard Cassel continue to say; "Coach, the regular season is about to start, and we have only briefly practiced a few tactical coordination, and up to now, we have not yet made it clear what kind of tactics we should use in the next season." tactics."

"Our tactic is very simple, that is, give the ball to someone." Dai Li said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Cassel asked puzzled.

"Isn't this a very common tactic in the NBA? Give the ball to someone..." Li Dai made a long sound.

"And then?" Cassel asked.

"Then? There is no more." Dai Li shook his head: "Of course someone will score. Lakers, Cavaliers, these teams that used to have superstars, don't they often do this?"

"Hehe..." Cassel laughed dryly, his expression obviously asking: Are you telling a joke?

Li Dai went on to say: "NBA tactics have been constantly developing. Many coaches have their own tactical systems that they are good at, but I am the worst at tactical systems. We can learn some simple tactical coordination. Now, those complex tactical systems cannot be learned by watching videos. When it comes to tactics, we are far behind other teams!"

"So you let the players play singles?" Cassel shook his head: "I don't agree with this. Not being proficient in the tactical system is not a reason for you to give up using it."

Dai Li went on to explain: "You know, what I am best at is physical training. I can make an athlete show his highest strength on the field. And our team composition is quite special. We have gathered a group of All-Star……"

"A former All-Star," Cassell corrected.

"Well, if I can get them back to shape, we will have a group of all-stars. Do you think we need to teach a group of all-stars how to play?" Dai Li continued without waiting for Cassel's answer: " Their ability to become star players and the core of a team not only means that they have excellent skills, but also means that they have extraordinary reading skills for the game, and they have the ability to lead a team to victory. "

"That doesn't mean we don't need to arrange tactics," Cassell said, shaking his head.

"Of course we need tactics, but it is impossible for us to build a complex tactical system like the Spurs, and then let the players execute it well. We only need some simple and effective tactical cooperation to increase the relationship between players. There is a tacit understanding, and then more choices are given to the players. Because they were once the leaders of a team, they also know better than me how to lead a team to victory." Dai Li replied.

Cassell showed an incredible expression: "Your consciousness is to let the players decide how to play? What do we coaches do? Do you sit on the sidelines and watch the show?"

"We can give guidance and suggestions, as well as some personnel adjustments, but when it comes to the court, we should believe in the players. Because they are star players, they have enough game experience, and they know when to play. What to do, and the game is always changing rapidly, the on-the-spot judgments made by players based on experience are sometimes better than our coach's choice." Dai Li explained.

"I still can't agree with your idea. We are coaches, and we should provide players with a tactical system. This is what we should do." Cassel showed a stubborn expression.

Dai Li shook his head helplessly: "Okay, please tell me, what kind of tactics should we arrange for the players? The complex coordination of the Spurs? The Warriors' death five? The Rockets' magic ball play? What I said These are very popular in the league, but they also require a deep tactical understanding. At least I don’t have this kind of understanding at my level. Do you have such a deep tactical understanding? Can you make our players like the Spurs, the ball passes every time Do you put your hands into the basket? Can you make our players move the ball quickly and then score super difficult three-pointers like the Warriors? Or can you make our players like the Rockets, Only scoring in the penalty area and beyond the three-point line? Or, you have the ability to create a new, more powerful tactical system?"

Cassell was speechless when Dai Li asked him. If he really had that ability, he wouldn't stay in the Clippers as an assistant coach.

"So, it's not that we don't want to design systematic tactics for our players, but that we don't have the ability to do so? We are not those so-called 'tactical masters'. All we can use is one style of play." Dai Li stretched out his One finger, and then said: "We can only hope that the players' personal abilities are strong enough, we can only play 'star ball'!"

After hearing Dai Li's words, Cassel wanted to refute, but couldn't do anything.

Li Dai went on to say: "Is it strange to expect star players to succeed? At first, a single superstar ruled the field, and then a superstar inside and outside became the standard for the team to win the championship, and then the 'Big Three' won the championship. mode, and today's Warriors are the so-called 'Big Four'. Why can't we form a 'Big Five', 'Big Six' or 'Big Seven'? Other teams are at most starting five Tigers All-Stars, and I I feel that we even have an All-Star level as a substitute! We don’t have any tactics, we just rely on stars to play, we just play 'star ball'!"