Basketball striker

Update time:2012-10-08

Chapter 327 The new season is approaching

After all adjustments were made inside and outside, Chris Mullin and his team began to think about another group of members, the coaching staff (the latest chapter of Excalibur).

Chris Mullin has no objections to the team's head coach, Nelson, but he is still a little dissatisfied with the assistant coaches because the styles of these coaches are too similar to Nelson. On this point, he and Yang Shuai have different ideas.

Conspiring together.

Nelson is good at offense, and several of his assistant coaches also tend to be offensive. This has resulted in the Warriors' current offensive-based tactics, and their defense is completely ineffective.

Chris Mullin had talked with Nelson before adjusting the lineup. He hoped that the team could appropriately strengthen defensive training. Of course, his proposal was immediately rejected by Nelson.

Who is Nelson? Since leaving the position of head coach of the Bucks, he seems to have forgotten about defense. In his dictionary, offense has begun to occupy an increasingly important part. In recent years, he has

He completely abandoned defense and only thought about offense.

Now Chris Mullin suddenly asked him to defend. With Nelson's stubborn personality, how could he accept it.

This problem bothers Chris Mullin, because he knows that what really improves a team's defensive strength is not the introduction of many good defensive players, but the formation of a defensive atmosphere in the team. So in the next period of time

, Chris Mullin almost took the trouble to find Nelson, hoping that this stubborn old coach could change his mind slightly, but with little success.

But one day, when Chris Mullin approached Nelson again, he found that the opponent was not as tough as he had refused. At that time, he didn't have much feeling. Later, Nelson actually agreed to increase his defensive training.

When the conditions were met, he really became strange.

There was a very key figure in Nelson's transformation, and this person was named Yang Shuai (read the full text of The Dark Night Epic).

After losing to the Lakers in the playoffs, Yang Shuai carefully watched the seven games between the two teams, and then he watched 82 regular season videos this season. Yang Shuai could clearly find that when the Warriors won,

In these games, although some of them were due to their strong offensive power, most of the games were because their defense was better than the games they lost.

This benefit may not be particularly obvious, but if you observe carefully, you can still find that a very simple statistic is that when the opponent's score does not exceed 100, the Warriors' winning rate is as high as 75%.

Yang Shuai believes that Old Nelson will not be unclear about this, because NBA statistics are very professional and detailed, and Old Nelson must also know it, so Yang Shuai took this inference and selected a few targeted games to find him.

Old Nelson.

Like Chris Mullin, Yang Shuai did not expect how stubborn Old Nelson would be. Old Nelson admitted that what Yang Shuai said was true. He also admitted that good defense would bring victory to the team, but his team

unnecessary.

When Yang Shuai kept telling Old Nelson that the other party still refused, Yang Shuai's anger began to rise. Although he maintained restraint, he still said angrily: "Coach, I admit your greatness, but your greatness

One more thing is needed to prove it, and it's called the O'Brien Cup! The team needs defense. It's just a matter of your words. You don't have to accompany the players to practice defense, and you can even leave the defensive arrangements to your assistants when you're on the court.

Coach, all this requires is your words. I have always believed that in the face of victory, all tactics are empty talk. What is our offense and our defense for? It is just victory.

We can still maintain a gorgeous offense, and then have effective methods when we need to limit the opponent. It's that simple. I never think that strong defense is accompanied by boring offense, why can't we use the same two?

Did it.

Coach, I like the current Warriors very much, but I think such Warriors can only play half of my level. I can do better than I am now, if my defensive ability can be reflected."

When Yang Shuai left with an action similar to slamming the door, Nelson's face was a little livid. As an NBA veteran, few players dared to speak in such a tone in front of him and leave in such a way (My Zombie Guardian

God's latest chapter). However, five minutes later, the lividness on Old Nelson's face completely disappeared, replaced by a smile: "This guy!"

How much did Nelson like Yang Shuai? Maybe he didn't know it himself, but when he found out that he agreed to Chris Mullin to trade Biedrins away, and found out that he actually agreed to Chris Mullin to hire a new assistant coach

, he realized that he might like Yang Shuai too much.

But after one season, Nelson believed that Yang Shuai was worth taking a gamble, especially his speed of improvement that surprised him. Nelson even speculated that Yang Shuai had some secrets hidden in him. Of course, he had no interest in exploring these things.

, what really interested him was how far Yang Shuai could grow under his hands.

Didn't Yang Shuai say that the current Warriors can't display his strength? So Nelson gave him space.

The head coach has a big say in the selection of the coaching staff. Once Nelson nods, Chris Mullin can continue his plan to transform the team.

Nelson agreed with Chris Mullin to hire another assistant coach, but he himself was not interested in defensive training, so even if Chris Mullin hired a new assistant coach to assist in defensive training, Nelson only agreed.

Set aside a small amount of time for defensive training, and these tasks will be completed by the assistant coach.

Chris Mullin doesn't care about this. As long as Nelson is willing to hire a defensive assistant and give the defense some training time, he will be satisfied.

Chris Mullin has begun his search for an assistant coach again. In fact, he already has a goal before making any decisions.

Chris Mullin's first target was the Lakers' assistant coach in charge of defense last season, Kurt Rambis. After the 2008 Finals with the Celtics, Phil Jackson realized that his team's

There were huge deficiencies in defense, so he specially set up an assistant coach position specifically responsible for defense, and Kurt Rambis was the assistant coach (read the full text of Ansheng's Petty Bourgeois Life in the Three Kingdoms).

After the training of Kurt Rambis, the Lakers' defense did improve a lot last season. Therefore, the Lakers' top management also attaches great importance to Kurt Rambis' position. It is not easy for the Warriors to poach a corner.

Although it was not easy, Chris Mullin still chose to take action, because from the news he received, Kurt Rambis was actually not opposed to leaving the Lakers. But what Chris Mullin didn't expect was that,

It was still too late for him to start.

Kurt Rambis did leave the Lakers, but he was not accepted by the Warriors. He went to cold Minnesota. The Timberwolves poached Kurt Rambis earlier than the Warriors.

Kurt Rambis can't come, and Chris Mullin has set his sights on another team. Yang Shuai's rival James' Cleveland Cavaliers have been one of the league's strongest defensive teams in recent years.

In the middle, there are reasons for Mike Brown, but there is another person whose contribution cannot be ignored, and he is assistant coach Mike Malone.

Mike Malone has been focusing on defensive training since he entered the NBA. He wanted to be the head coach of an NBA team, but the opportunity never came. He left the Cavaliers and went to the Warriors. Mike Malone hoped to use the Warriors' improvement on the defensive end to

Prove your strength to all NBA teams again.

The assistant coach Chris Mullin most wanted to recruit was Celtics defensive coach Tom Thibodeau, but Thibodeau rejected his invitation early. Now that Mike Malone has been hired, Chris Mullin also

I am very satisfied.

Chris Mullin did not intend to inject this new blood into the coaching staff. Just when he was thinking about how to strengthen the coaching staff again, one of Nelson's old staff came to the door.

Old Nelson, who advocated offense, brought out many famous basketball stars. These people are all famous for their offensive skills. Among these famous basketball stars, there is only one whose defensive ability is impressive. His name is West Germany.

Nee Moncrief.

Moncrief is the only player Nelson has ever coached who is both good at offense and defense. How strong is his defense?

The NBA's best defensive player awards most of the time belong to small forwards, power forwards, centers, and guards. There are only four best defensive players. Three of them are extremely famous. They are Michael Jordan, Gary Payton, and Er.

Robertson, and the other is Sidney Moncrief (Read the full text of The Legend of Three Kingdoms).

Big Bird Larry Bird called Moncrief "the toughest opponent of all."

Michael Jordan, the god of basketball, also commented on Moncrief. He once said: "Playing with him is destined to be an all-round duel all night. He is like a hound, whether on the offensive or defensive end, he will try his best.

Bite you."

In the 1982-1983 season, the NBA established the best defensive player award for the first time, and Sidney Moncrief was the first two winners of this award, so many people thought that this award was specially created by the league to honor Moncrief.

established.

Moncrief loves basketball and has been thinking about reintegrating into the basketball circle after retiring. He was a Bucks player when Nelson coached the Bucks, and then followed Nelson as an assistant coach with the Mavericks. Now, he is here

warrior.

Mike Malone's task is to help the team establish a defensive system, while Moncrief's task is to pass on his defensive skills to the Warriors players, especially the players on the back line.

After adjusting the lineup, the Warriors' coaching staff has also been adjusted, and the new season is slowly approaching.

Entering the last day of September, players returned to their player reports one after another. The next day, the training camp officially opened. In the next month, NBA teams will conduct training camps and preseason games. These adjustments are necessary for this season.

It is especially important for the Warriors who have a new lineup.

During this period, the Warriors will determine the team's final roster and starting lineup. It is also a critical moment for the players to become familiar with the team's tactics and develop a tacit understanding with each other. In another month, the regular season will begin, and the Warriors will usher in a new season, and Yang

Shuai also continues to show the world his progress, which is surprising.

(PS: The second update is here. I will update it early tomorrow. There will be a chapter at two o'clock in the morning.)