The rest is just noise

The shutdown has had many negative impacts. For the league, the biggest loss is not only the postponement of the season until February this year, but also the cancellation of this season's All-Star Weekend.

All-Star Weekend is a holiday for fans, a fake holiday that star players both love and hate, and for the league, it's an annual opportunity to make money.

Pre-game warm-ups, greatly increased ticket prices, and various souvenir products used to cheat money, there are too many ways to make money.

But there will be no All-Star weekend this year.

As the season progresses to the end of March, the league still maintains a pattern of one super team and many strong teams. The 30-1 Lakers once again occupy the top spot in the league with a huge advantage. Moreover, this year's Lakers have four players averaging 20 points per game.

They are Wilson who averages 23 points per game, Duncan who averages 22 points per game, Kobe who averages 21 points per game and Garnett who averages 20 points per game.

Bodiloga played his most mediocre personal offensive performance since joining the NBA for three seasons, averaging only 15 points per game, but his average rebounds and assists were 8 and 14 respectively.

Averaged 15+8+14 per game.

Bodilloga's statistics reminded Louis of Stockton's peak period with the Knicks, when he averaged 15+14 per game in a single month, beating all the superstars at the time and was elected Player of the Month.

This data is Bodiloga's average per game so far.

The problem is, Bodilloga is not a player with Stockton's offensive ceiling.

In the past two seasons, he has proven that he can stand alone. However, this season he has restrained his personal offensive desire and controlled more of the ball for reasonable distribution, allowing the other four starters to average 20 points per game.

Bodilloga has done his best to satisfy others. At the same time, it has also made the Lakers farther and farther away from the temple.

The Temple cannot be completed when someone holds the ball significantly more than others. But Louis cannot continue to let Bodiloga make changes for the team.

For the sake of the team, Bodiloga has reduced his offense, and he has kept everyone else satisfied.

Although he is suspected of being a ball tyrant, in such a team, if he is not a selfless ball tyrant, how can he satisfy everyone?

At this time, Louis realized that the temple might be a fantasy that could only exist in concept.

It requires five talented players to complete, but it also requires these five people to give up their star self-esteem and selflessly devote themselves to the game. It also requires these five people to have an almost persistent pursuit of game concepts that transcend the times. In addition, they need

Understand each other and achieve a tacit understanding of heart to heart.

From a human perspective, this is impossible.

Because Louis could not have five superstars who were selfless and understood each other at the same time. This made Louis very frustrated and lost some enthusiasm for coaching.

Ironically, even if Louis just stood on the sidelines and made mediocre substitutions and adjustments, the Lakers still did not usher in their second defeat.

Time entered April, and something happened while the Lakers were training.

Garnett feels that if his scoring average could be a few more points, there would be hope for the second team.

When Bodiloga heard this, he thought this guy was blaming him for not passing the ball enough. "We have four players who average 20 points per game and only take so many shots in every game. What do you want me to do?"

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Bodiloga's words definitely speak from the bottom of his heart.

The Lakers are the fastest team in the league, taking an average of 95 shots per game and scoring 128 points per game. Judging from the average number of shots per game, the Lakers are not playing the same game as other teams.

Excluding the Lakers, the league's teams average 81 shots per game.

"We can create more shooting opportunities by grabbing rebounds." Garnett said bluntly. Bodiloga was too lazy to explain and looked at him with a look of care for the mentally retarded.

"This matter is not something DeYoung can decide." Wilson said, "You have to go to the coach." Louis has always opposed rushing for offensive rebounds.

Only when he encounters teams with weak rebounding ability, he will make special arrangements. In most cases, Louis' aim is to retreat quickly to avoid being turned into a defensive counterattack.

Louis has been in a bad mood recently, and Garnett doesn't want to get into trouble. "I won't go, and whoever wants to go will go." "Getting more rebounds may not necessarily increase the number of shots."

Liu Yuqing spoke unexpectedly.

Bodiloga nodded approvingly. He found that there were still many smart people in the team. He really wondered why a valuable asset like Garnett could be included in the starting lineup. He was even an important part of the beautiful basketball. He couldn't just run.

Can you jump, shoot, defend, and pass?

Garnett looked at Liu Yuqing: "Jiang Duo, what do you have in mind?"

"Actually, if you grab a few fewer rebounds, we might be able to increase our scoring average." Liu Yuqing said something else that confused Garnett.

"What do you mean? I don't understand, brother!"

Kobe immediately understood, "It means you grab less defensive rebounds because you like to advance yourself every time you get the ball, which affects our fast break rhythm."

"Bean, you're talking nonsense!"

"The rebound fell on my head. If I don't grab it, will my opponent grab it?" Kobe said: "You can block him and prevent him from grabbing it."

Garnett asked: "Then who will grab it?"

Kobe's eyes swept towards Bodilloga's position.

Garnett usually doesn't have a good relationship with Bodilloga. When he saw Kobe coming up with such a bad idea, a look of dissatisfaction appeared on his face, "Why should I block him for rebounds?"

"Because you're wasting too much time."

Watching the young people arguing about whether it was good to grab rebounds inside, Wilson also recalled that when Magic was playing, wasn't the Lakers' strategy to try to let him grab defensive rebounds and counterattack?

"Why don't we try it in the game." Wilson suddenly had an idea, "Starting from the next game, Dejan, we will try our best to block positions for you, and you try to grab defensive rebounds as much as possible."

Bodiloga didn't expect that there was such a way to increase points. Thinking about it carefully, it is indeed feasible.

The quality of the Lakers' defensive counterattacks is uneven. The reason is that this idiot Garnett likes to move forward alone after grabbing backcourt rebounds.

He is a big man, no matter how good his skills are, he cannot advance as fast as the defender, so he will naturally waste time and waste some good opportunities.

If all those opportunities are given to Bodilloga, maybe the Lakers' scoring average can break 130 points per game.

Although the Lakers' current average of 128 points per game is already the best offensive performance in history, averaging 130 points per game is like Chamberlain's 100 points in a single game, which is a mythical barrier.

Unless the NBA introduces a four-point line in the next 100 years, no team should be able to break this record. "Do you want to tell the coach?" Duncan asked, "This is not a big deal."

Garnett said boldly: "No, let's do it ourselves first. The coach is an old man from the last era and may not be able to accept our advanced ideas."

Wilson snickered in his heart, he was still advanced, that was how Magic played back then.

Moreover, the Knicks did not have a point guard for a period of time. When Wilson was assigned to the No. 1 position, they would also find ways to get him to grab more defensive rebounds and speed up the offensive rhythm.

"That's right, let's play by ourselves first."

Wilson appeared to agree and stabilize these young people with high tails. In fact, as soon as the training was over, he turned into a young man and went to report to Louis.

When Louis heard their game plan, he had no objections. He had been very depressed recently and was anxious about not being able to perfectly interpret the beautiful basketball. The players came up with this plan that could increase scoring efficiency. He had no objections. He would lose no matter how he played.

If not, let them try.

If it works, maybe Bodiloga can average a triple-double for the first time in the post-merger era ahead of Westbrook.

Louis quickly returned to reality from the association, and said to Benj: "Okay, don't talk about Deyang, talk about Jasmine, what did he say about me behind my back?"

"Uh... Coach, I don't want to be a snitch."

"This is to truthfully reflect the situation in the team, and it is your obligation as the captain."

"Uh...he said..."

"Say it!"

"He said the coach was an old fogy from the past era."

Okay, really good. It seems that he has been too relaxed recently. Otherwise, how could this bastard dare to make trouble at his age?