The rest is just noise

Louis never thought he would undertake a project like this - sorting through the evolution of professional basketball's playing style over the past 40 years to help him see the path forward.

Louis designated the era before the 24-second attack as the prehistoric era.

George Mikan was a superstar without 24 seconds, but under the 24-second rule, Mikan was just a mediocre center. This rule has had a positive impact on professional basketball that cannot be overstated.

From the 1950s to the 1960s, during this decade, professional basketball games could be regarded as a "random shooting". Since each team had at most one black player in the first five years of the 1950s, NBA games would be filled with a large number of black players.

Various scenes of slow and stupid white players playing xjb on both ends of the floor.

Therefore, players like Bob Cousy can stand out. His creativity, his passing without looking at people, and his crotch dribbling, for people at the time, it was like seeing "" in the movie theater in 2008.

"Avatar" is equally shocking.

Due to the existence of a large number of inefficient offenses, the NBA's shooting percentage has reached a historical low.

There are many modern fans who will point at Cousy's career shooting average of 39%, but if you don't analyze the problem from a more macro perspective, you can't get the truth.

The truth is that compared to his contemporaries, Cousy's shooting percentage is above average.

According to the data in Louis' hands, among the 66 players who played more than 300 games in that decade, the one with the highest shooting percentage was only 45%, while Cousy's shooting percentage ranked 42nd.

If this standard is raised to 500 games, only 22 players will qualify.

Neil Johnston, who ranked first, shot only 44%, while Cousy ranked 15th.

Entering the 1960s, the situation still did not improve. The so-called great pitchers' shooting percentages basically hovered around 37%-40%.

Therefore, the answer to the NBA version of that period is readily apparent.

A giant who can defend and grab rebounds is the secret to winning.

So in the mid-to-late 1950s, Lord of the Rings and Big Dipper followed the trend, ushering in the 1960s, which can be called the golden era of professional basketball.

Because the shooting percentage of role players is generally low, the inside can naturally grab rebounds that are difficult for modern players to match, and Russell is a supermodel.

Although he is not a level beyond the times like Chamberlain, he has the top speed and agility in history, and he also has a beautiful passing hand, which allows him to use a pass to start the famous victory after grabbing the rebound.

Boston fast break.

This has become the golden rule of the NBA.

The 1960s was not only the first heyday of professional basketball, but also a period of exploration and change.

Chamberlain brought the concept of fitness to professional basketball.

Baylor was the first player to hit the ball in the air.

Big O made people realize that black people can also become outstanding point guards, and his size and comprehensiveness left a beautiful blueprint for future tragedians.

Without the emergence of ABA, professional basketball in the 1970s would have been even more glorious in the foreseeable future.

But the price of having one more professional league is to divert talent.

The NBA played steadily and did not spend money to lure talented players to join without a bottom line like the ABA. This also led to the sharp decline in the NBA's talent pool in the first half of the 1970s.

In that era filled with "Don and Dick" white men, professional basketball seemed to have returned to the 1950s when they were shooting birds. As a result, the dominance of the Giants became more and more obvious. The new generation of insiders had Russell's support, and everyone

Can pass the ball well.

In that dark era, the NBA ushered in a ten-year fast break era.

Then, the alliance merged, the Sad Bird was born, and the butterfly named Louis began to bring about one effect after another.

Professional basketball in the 1980s can be divided into three parts.

The chaotic 1980-1983, the Celtics' dominant 1984-1987, and the rise of the Knicks, who have dominated the league from 1988 to the present.

In the 1980s, professional basketball was in full bloom, and every team was looking for the secret to winning.

No one imitates the Celtics, because their strength does not lie in creating an advanced tactical system, but in having Bird, Sampson and Thomas.

The rise of the Knicks has truly set the right direction for the rest of the league.

Melee, pressure, confrontation, pocket formation...

This is an era that could be named after Louis.

In the early years of the Knicks' dominance, some teams tried to compete with them in their own way. However, as the Lakers were crushed during the showtime, the Trail Blazers, known as the strongest offense in history, lost three consecutive tiebreakers. All teams

Everyone understands.

The Knicks control the best way to play under the current rules, and any team that tries to beat them through other means will fail.

Unless you think your team is better than the Lakers in the tragedy era, or the Trail Blazers in the Jordan era.

Louis' thoughts stopped here.

He is very sure that the Knicks have pushed their defense to the extreme.

In the next few years, countless imitators will emerge, leading the league into a dark age of defensive competition.

In order to enhance the status of the offensive side, the league will still find ways to introduce the rules that ultimately created the small ball era. This is a historical law and it is difficult to break.

And Louis doesn't want to do the same thing in Los Angeles as he did in New York - take a replica of the Knicks to the top - that's not fun.

There is nothing left to do with a defense-focused team, so why not create a team that is characterized by offense?

With this idea in mind, Louis began to explore the future of basketball.

He comes from the future and he knows what will happen in the next few decades.

The dark defensive era suffered from David Stern's divine punishment in 2005, but in the early years after the cancellation, the league still did not get rid of the shadow of the old era. The Lakers and Celtics had bloody battles in 2008 and 2010.

It's like slapping the alliance in the face.

Before and after the restructuring, you were a real man fighting, so didn’t they change it in vain?

Then, the Mavericks in 2011 became the first team to take advantage.

The legendary performance of the German tank and the crazy shooting performance of the whole team revealed to fans the trend of professional basketball in the next ten years. New

After that, James' shooting potential once again proved his shooting potential. Until the 2015 Finals, the Warriors started the series unfavorably with five small starters and destroyed the only remaining Cavaliers. This led to the direction of professional basketball.

A whole new era.

In the 2015-16 regular season, the Warriors' five small players always destroyed everything at critical moments. Facing the five small players, other teams' regular lineups were as fragile as cold weapons meeting hot weapons in front of them.

That was the biggest explosion in professional basketball since the 1990s. Other teams did not even try to target this style of play, but began to develop their own small ball systems. Traditional big men who lacked skills and agility lost their place in the NBA.

living space.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr didn't stop innovating. After the five-year-old team became the team's trump card, he became obsessed with passing and cutting.

, the Warriors often can only give up passing and cutting, and give full play to the personal abilities of their stars to win the game.

The small ball era has reached this point and has reached a crossroads again. No one knows what to do next, not even Louis.

He stopped writing.

Unknowingly, he actually wrote half of a book. Initially it was just for taking notes, but now the notes have the tendency to become a book.

Louis thought of what Riley mentioned in his previous life, "The future of basketball will be a game of five forwards." This idea was realized by the Warriors with five forwards.

The way to kill the five small players is to switch defenses infinitely, and to completely suffocate the five small players, you have to use a larger wing player and overwhelming talent to complete the matchup suppression.

Before Louis crossed over, only 19 Raptors had similar but still insufficient conditions.

Louis found a direction.

A bold idea appeared in his mind, but it was only a vague line at the moment.

Louis knew what he wanted, but he couldn't say it. He only knew that Benjamin Wilson, who was entering his prime, was the key to forming the most wonderful and gorgeous team in history.

So, what's next?

"Jim!"

Louie yelled.

Little Bas walked in and said, "Sir, what are your orders?"

"Go help me compile a list of players who may sign up for the draft next year. Also, tell Coach Zhao not to establish Benj as the absolute core just because he is dominant in the training camp. Give Scotty a certain status.

.”

"Okay, are there any more?"

"Order a takeaway for me, thank you."

"Want a Coke?"

"Do you want to see my smile, Jim?"

"I understand, I understand."

Louis feels that he may never be able to give up Coke in his life, but if he doesn't drink Coke, he will be depressed. How can he lose weight if he has no energy?

By the same token, how can Pippen perform well without giving him a tactical position?

This is like a pig. If you don't feed it until it becomes fat and white, how can you sell it at a good price?

For Zhao Yuanzheng, this was a sudden and big problem.

If Wilson is established as the absolute core, Pippen will have nothing to do even if he has opinions, because the strength is there.

But for Wilson to be promoted, and for Pippen to be given a certain status, this will definitely fuel the latter's ambitions, and it will be almost impossible for Wilson to completely subdue him.

Alas, the future of Los Angeles is bleak._&

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