The rest is just noise

On November 3, the Lakers embarked on their first away trip of the new season.

For a rookie, traveling around the country on a team plane is a cool thing.

However, the veterans don't see it that way.

Experienced players have learned how to fall asleep quickly on the plane, while rookies still have the naivety to see everything.

"Tiger..."

Garnett called Ostertag in a low voice.

However, Ostertag was self-taught.

He doesn't need anyone to teach him how to fall asleep on a plane.

Because he has played four years in college, players have to fly back and forth every year during the NCAA season.

Seeing that Ostertag ignored him, Garnett looked at Liu Yuqing again.

Liu Yuqing is also an outlier.

Already in his second year, he is not considered a rookie, but he also doesn't like sleeping on planes.

Someone asked him why.

He replied: If there is an air crash, I hope that I will be awake in the last moments of my life.

How profound? This kind of thought is not something ordinary basketball players can have.

But the journey is long, and if you don't sleep, you have to find other things to do to pass the time.

Liu Yuqing's previous pleasure was reading difficult and obscure stream-of-consciousness books, but now he has a better habit - studying the team's new tactics while traveling.

If it wasn't too boring, Garnett wouldn't want to chat with Liu Yuqing.

Because Liu Yuqing is not a qualified chat partner.

But what else can be done now?

"Jiang Duo...hey...Jiang Duo?"

Liu Yuqing seemed to notice him.

He opened his eyes wide and put his hands to his ears.

His meaning was very clear. I didn't hear what you said clearly.

"What are you doing?"

Garnett raised his voice.

Liu Yuqing seemed to be deaf and could not hear clearly.

In desperation, Garnett could only continue to raise the volume.

As a result, Ellis woke up.

Dell Ellis is the only veteran on the Lakers who is unfriendly to rookies, "Are you fucking sick?"

"Cut the nonsense and shut up!"

Garnett could only lower his head and get sprayed. When Ellis closed his eyes again, he was ready to ask Liu Yuqing for the crime.

As a result, he saw a facial expression called ridicule on Liu Yuqing's face.

Obviously, he was tricked by Liu Yuqing.

The coaching staff usually also takes a break on the plane.

Except Louis.

He has a habit of carefully checking the review records of his assistant coaches during his travels.

Among them, Zhao Yuanzheng and Budenholzer have the most review notes.

And Bird provided no notes.

Because the detailed mistakes and technical mistakes Garnett made cannot be explained clearly through notes, he needed to teach Garnett by words and deeds.

Louis thought it made sense, so he didn't force him to write it.

The most interesting note comes from Rick Carlisle.

He is responsible for reviewing Liu Yuqing's performance in the "Meteor" tactic.

As a result, Carlisle had nothing on the "wrong" list.

Instead, the aspect “worthy of encouragement” was highlighted.

Carlisle believes that Liu Yuqing is the only person who understands "Meteor".

The reason is that he made no mistakes in every "Meteor" tactical round he participated in.

To prove his point, Carlisle cited mistakes made by other players and reviewed the opening game against the Knicks.

This shows that Carlisle may be the assistant coach who reviewed the most carefully.

You can tell by the way he sleeps now. He must have made it to the next day, otherwise he wouldn't have slept like a dead pig.

Carlisle's judgment of Liu Yuqing was consistent with Louis's.

They all believed that Liu Yuqing had mastered the "Meteor" tactic.

What Louis thought was that maybe they could ask Liu Yuqing to share some experience to help others understand the "Meteor" tactic.

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However, Liu Yuqing only had a strong desire to speak in the video room.

Louis decided to ask him to share his understanding of tactics and methods of understanding tactics during the next video conference.

The Lakers' first away opponent of the new season is the Chicago Bulls.

The Bulls have a leading player on both the inside and outside.

On the outside is the future godfather Rod Strickland, and on the inside is Sean Bradley, who was hit by McGrady for the first dunk of his career.

For any team with these two at their core, the direction of the season and the pursuit of the front office will be obvious - they will be aiming for the first overall pick in the 1996 draft.

Against weak teams, the Lakers have more time to practice tactics.

However, in order to ensure victory, you cannot practice too much.

Therefore, from beginning to end, the Lakers only played the "shooting star" tactic 14 times.

The success rate tonight was good, with 3 complete tactics and two beautiful goals, but 6 mistakes.

Louis is not afraid of player mistakes.

Mistakes are not terrible, what is terrible are the half-finished tactics that are completed with mistakes.

This is like those magical skills in martial arts novels that cannot be practiced to perfection.

Even if it is not perfect, the magical power still has its effect.

But if it is not perfect, it is not perfect. If you get stuck here, the upper limit will be locked.

Wilson's performance is commendable. He is the second player after Liu Yuqing who did not make any mistakes in the "Meteor" tactic he participated in in a game.

Wilson who makes no mistakes is more valuable than Liu Yuqing.

Because he participated in all "Meteor" tactical rounds that night.

Wilson is either the core or the main participant in the "Meteor" tactic, while Liu Yuqing is only an integral part of the tactic.

But it also made Wilson even more bitter and angry.

Because he completed the strategy.

He made no mistake.

He didn't even make a single mistake.

But he can't stand up to his teammates and makes mistakes. Whenever his teammates are in trouble, he overreacts like his body gets an electric shock.

Garnett and Tragedy were the players he scolded the most.

One of them likes to express himself and is prone to stick to the ball; the other one passes the ball casually and often makes mistakes.

How could an old comrade like the Tragedian endure being sprayed by Wilson? He would also talk back, but Wilson often clung to his mistakes.

In the end, the tragedy master's smile disappeared.

Louis now finally knows how the onlookers felt when he was training Thomas.

Garnett is dead pig skin, hob meat.

Wilson scolded him, but he never said anything back.

But his memory is not very good.

A scolding from Wilson often only restrained him for a few minutes.

After a few minutes, Garnett digested the scolding. His arrogant nature made him feel that he was good and could show off. If he failed to show off, he would continue to be scolded. If he showed off, he would be happy to be scolded.

Once, Garnett and Bradley spent 14 seconds in the high post and passed a bomb ball to Wilson.

Louis saw through his defense and turned to Garnett's direct manager, Larry Legend, and said, "Hillbilly, is this how you fucking taught that bastard?"

The new tactics will have serious running-in problems, and the Lakers coaching staff has long anticipated this.

After all, the Lakers are slowly improving and adapting.

The problem now is the growth of the rookie.

The mark of high school on Garnett is too heavy.

Louis asked Bird to strictly discipline Garnett for his bad habits, and also hinted that Wilson could be more vicious.

Occasionally, Garnett would notice the anger on Louis' face that wanted to cut him to pieces.

Fortunately, the opponent is the Bulls.

The Lakers use conventional tactics to establish advantages, and then use those advantages to practice tactics, giving their opponents hope of winning.

The Bulls, like the Nuggets a few days ago, failed to counterattack.

109 to 98

The Lakers won two consecutive games.

Wilson maintained his excellent form and scored 34 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

Garnett played 25 minutes, but also got comprehensive statistics. He activated the Lakers' offense and defense with 16 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.

The tragedy master still makes many mistakes.

This is mainly because the Lakers rely heavily on him to serve as the instigator of the "Meteor".

Tonight happens to be the tragedy master's lowest point again.

All four "Meteors" operated by him ended in mistakes, and he was scolded by Wilson. He looked very depressed.

This is different from the comeback he imagined.

The "shooting star" tactic troubled the tragedy division just like when Paul Westphal tried to give up ShowTime and play slow-paced positional warfare.

He's a performer, he's a mood-maker, he's the smartest player in the world and one of the best passers in history.

However, the severity of the "Meteor" tactic has reached a point where it is beyond the control of the initiator of the tactic.

Even if the tragedy maker passes the ball perfectly, if his teammates are not positioned as planned by the tactic, they will make a mistake.

There are many mistakes like this. The ball is in place, but the person receiving the ball is not in place.

Can this be said to be his mistake? The tragedy master felt aggrieved.

But Wilson didn't want to hear his explanation at all. As long as the pass was wrong, it was the passer's problem.

If it were 12 years ago, the tragedy maker could put pressure on the team by telling reporters that he wanted to be traded.

But it's 1995 now.

If the 1995 tragedy striker wanted to be traded, Louis would cut him decisively.

There was nothing Jerry Buss could do.

Because Louis is the president of the Lakers, he can decide everything in the basketball operations department.

"Do you regret it?"

Louis chatted with the tragedian on the sidelines.

Louis' question was like a key, opening up his chat box full of complaints.

"I'm not here for this!" the tragedy man said sadly. "The money I make playing basketball is far less than the money I would make if I didn't play. I don't play to make 1 million a year, and I don't play for every pass."

I just want to prove that I can still play, but in this case, I can't do it anymore, coach, I may really not be able to do it."

The last time Louis saw the tragedy master collapse was back in 1991.

In the finals that year, the tragic Lakers lost to the Knicks again. His performance was flawless, but he could not save the defeat.

With that year's defeat, his runner-up resume surpassed that of any player in history.

Now he has returned to professional basketball in the name of proving that people with HIV can play in the NBA, but he has encountered unprecedented problems.

It seemed to him that there was nothing left to prove. If playing basketball didn't make him happy, then why should he play it?

Louis understands him, but will not support him.

"Then you retire."

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