Guard With a Knife

Coach Ben Holland announced to Doug on Monday afternoon that the NCAA league officials have passed his player naturalization status, which means that he officially becomes a member of the Bruins.

For this news, Kevin Love and Westbrook screamed excitedly.

Collison's small team seemed not so happy, but under Ben Howland's gaze, they clapped their hands perfunctorily.

Due to the official naturalization, Doug must quickly pick his jersey number, otherwise he will not be able to participate in tomorrow afternoon's game.

Doug initially picked No. 8.

Chinese people like this number.

But Coach Holland told him: "In the NCAA, the four numbers 6, 7, 8, and 9 are referee numbers. You can start from 0-5, 10-15, 20-25.30-35, 40-45 and 50 Choose one between -55. There are also 0 and 00."

"Then 10."

Doug picked that number.

Coach Ben Howland checked and confirmed that no player chose this number, and quickly reported it. And let the sponsors rush to make the jerseys.

The efficiency was very high, and it took less than one and a half hours for the sponsor to deliver the No. 10 jersey embroidered with the pinyin of Doug's surname.

Putting on this jersey, Doug felt an inexplicable sense of belonging in his heart: the next thing is to fight for the honor of the school.

The University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles belong to the NCAA Pacific Division. In a sense, the two teams are rivals in the same city.

Of course, the history of China is more prominent.

But the strength of the University of Southern California in the past two years should not be underestimated. Last season... the University of Southern California double-killed the Bruins. This has left the generals holding a breath this season, which urgently needs to be released on Tuesday afternoon.

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"Coach, are you crazy?"

On Monday night, in a closed-door meeting with the coaching staff, assistant coach Kerr loudly questioned Ben Howland's personnel transfer for the next game: "Let Russell be the starting point guard, I can understand. But ... let Snoopy be the starting big man Forward, is it too arbitrary? He can't even complete a dunk, he walks on the court is an offensive hole, we have to face a 4 on 5 situation."

"So, I arranged for Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook to start with him. There is also three-point shooter Vincent, plus Holiday. The offensive ability of this lineup must be no problem." Holland Replied with confidence.

"But... Snoopy is not familiar with our tactical system at all." Cole continued to question.

"He has a good sense of position. I believe that the top students who can be admitted to the Anderson School of Finance and get a full scholarship will be able to quickly understand the team's tactical intentions. Moreover, he urgently needs playing time to enrich his playing experience."

Ben Howland didn't discuss with him again: "Okay, I've made my decision."

He must show the authority of the head coach, otherwise the meeting will fall into endless arguments.

"Have you considered the feelings of Darren and Luke in doing this? They have always been the starters before, and now they are all replaced on the bench. They will feel unbalanced."

Coach Cole still thinks that Ben Howland's substitution is too radical.

"I'm going to talk to them. They should understand that there needs to be competition within any team, and only competition can make a team better."

Ben Howland finished speaking.

I put this topic on hold, and then entered the tactical discussion session.

For the University of Southern California, we all know each other well. After all, they are teams from the same city in the same division, and they have to play against each other twice in the group stage every year.

Only this time, suddenly there was a variable. Dug suddenly appeared, and "inexplicably" got reused by Ben Howland, unexpectedly played as a starter in the first official game of his college career,

This is usually the treatment of super five-star players.

In Ben Howland's latest tactical positioning, Doug's role has become very important. He safely handed over the responsibility of covering the penalty area to Duge alone, without any consideration of letting any teammates assist in the defense of the penalty area.

Regarding this point, Coach Nolan, who likes Doug very much, has reservations.

After the meeting, he approached Ben Holland: "I know you want Snoopy to accumulate more game experience and be pressured to grow rapidly while taking on important responsibilities. But...you don't feel this responsibility Is it too heavy for him? This is his first official game in his life. Although we all know how good his defensive talent is, what if he doesn't hold up? What if his confidence suffers because of it? hit, and thus affect the love of basketball?"

Coach Nolan was worried. He had no objection to letting Doug start the game, but he objected to Ben Holland giving him a heavy burden as soon as he came up. He was afraid that he would overwhelm this defensive genius in one go.

"Listen, Nolan. I don't want to predict whether he can take on this important task. I just want to tell you that if we want to win the NCAA championship this year, we must accumulate enough chips before entering the national competition."

"The University of Memphis, the University of Kentucky, the University of North Carolina, Duke University, the University of Kansas...these giants will not give us a chance to grow slowly. You must know that after this season, Kevin and Darren will leave, Huo Le Dee, Russell and even Mbah a Moute, they may all declare for the rookie. We must immediately accumulate strength for the next school year. Snoopy is a rare talent, and I have seen his profile, his The family is very rich and there is no reason for him to go to the NBA right away."

"So, whether it's for this season or for the next two seasons, we must immediately put more burden on Snoopy. It doesn't matter if he loses the game, as long as he can grow up quickly, even if he doesn't become a five-star star in the end." Player. But as long as he can become a defensive gatekeeper, we will succeed!"

Ben Holland's reasons are very good.

However, Nolan still felt that this was a smear, and it was very unfair to Snoopy.

A person who has just entered the basketball world, you suddenly let him be the core of the inside defense, isn't this difficult for a strong man?

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