The rest is just noise

Louis vetoed Yao Yueban's plan to gain weight.

This raises a new question.

Laimbeer asked: "If he doesn't gain weight, where on the court should Yao play a core role?"

Although Yao Yueban averaged 22 points and 9 rebounds in his rookie season, his proportion of independent offense was not high.

The presence of Gasol greatly reduces the difficulty of scoring for him.

Since Gasol's positioning is to deal cards and shoot from a high position, Yao Yueban can eat a lot of cake. At the same time, he also has the opportunity to shoot in the pick-and-roll, so it is not difficult to score.

Yao Yueban is the most stable finishing point for the Celtics, and the team's opportunity creators are actually Sprewell, Gasol and Brevin Knight.

If he does not gain weight, he will not be dominant in the low post. At the same time, he will not be able to become the offensive axis through high post support like Gasol.

Louis smiled and said something that surprised everyone: "Our core is not in the formation."

This sentence is as clear as a silver needle falling to the ground.

There will be a second meeting here next week.

Louis said: "After all, I am the president. This is Isiah's team. You are his chief assistant, so please do more."

While Thomas was dreaming of a bright future, the NBA playoffs were still in progress.

Both Yao Yueban and Gasol have just finished their rookie years, and they still have a long time to prove whether they are the material.

But in Philadelphia, his playing habits were overturned.

Because Laimbeer usually doesn't seem to have such deep tactical literacy, why did he become a master tactician after only one week and provided the team with three feasible new systems.

Auerbach talked about the core theory at the meeting, "Do you really think that Yao cannot become the core of a championship team?"

Ranbir asked for everyone: "So, what is our next step?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Isiah is doing a good job!"

However, compared with last year, the Knicks have also strengthened themselves greatly.

With a godfather like Louis strategizing above him and Laimbeer the Wolong advising beside him, Thomas feels like he is the next Hall of Fame coach.

The person who said this was Celtics head coach Isiah Thomas.

He watched the first game of this series.

"Since we have no core, we should play collective basketball." Louis said, "Not only must we use the strengths of Yao and Paul, but also let others participate. We must start from the collective and let the league realize that our collective has

What a power, and then those stars who want to win the championship will find that everything is ready here, only one superstar is missing."

O'Neal has no interest in this kind of thing. The only thing he wants is to gain position in the low post and then destroy the opponent's penalty area.

The top five compete for hegemony, and the Eastern Conference has the top three, so whenever we reach the semifinals, there will be a strong showdown.

Coupled with the rise of all-around forward James Posey, paired with the veteran Stockton, Miller, Ewing, and assisting wing players McGrady and Hill, it can be said that they are the team with the highest paper ceiling in the Eastern Conference.

Especially the position where you hold the ball to launch an attack, isn't it the classic "whale landing point"?

When Louis saw O'Neal raising his hands and constantly asking for the ball, having no idea about pick-and-rolls, screens, etc., and his desire to defend pick-and-rolls was extremely poor, he knew that this team was hopeless.

The problem is that the current NBA has undergone several changes due to Louis' influence.

At the meeting, Ranbir produced an amazing document.

O'Neal is completely different from the insiders he has played with before.

No one expected that the Philadelphia 76ers, led by GOAT and currently the No. 1 center, might actually be defeated in the semifinals of the playoffs for two consecutive years.

In addition to Webber, the two rookies Zach Randolph and Dalembert selected by the Knicks last year also enriched the bench strength.

Van Gundy and Budenholzer, who have worked with Louis, smelled the "shooting star" tactics from these three new systems.

Game4

The Knicks' call made O'Neal unbalanced. The old Ewing played 34 minutes like a child again, scoring 15 points, 10 rebounds and 6 blocks.

At the beginning of the new century, competitiveness was greatly enhanced, and the roll-call tactic was introduced twenty years in advance, specifically to deal with insiders like O'Neal who did not like to defend pick-and-rolls.

"Maybe your judgment is right, but you should know that the Celtics' biggest problem is the coaching staff." Auerbach said with a smile, "Isiah is not a competent coach."

The night the 76ers were eliminated, Louis didn't even watch the game.

In the offseason, they sent Sam Cassell and a first-round pick to the Clippers, who were actively struggling, in exchange for Robert Horry and veteran Dan Marley.

The beauty of these three systems is that they can mobilize everyone on the court, and at the same time, they give the ball holder a higher status. However, the weight of the ball holder's status on the court mainly depends on his personal ability. Those with stronger abilities have higher status.

If you don’t have enough autonomy, you can consciously follow tactics.

In Louis' previous life, OK relied on such a triangle offense to achieve success.

They have a good lineup, but they can't find a way forward.

For the 76ers, 35-year-old Benjamin Wilson, averaging 34 points per game, still cannot influence the situation.

He must be holding back bad water.

The semifinals are the highlight, especially in the Eastern Conference.

Auerbach didn't believe Louis would pin his hopes on Thomas.

Even Auerbach's face changed slightly.

These two points, coupled with the lack of chemistry between Wilson and O'Neal, caused the 76ers to lose in the playoffs for two consecutive years.

Louis handed a document to him and said, "During the meeting next week, tell me the contents of the document."

Louis gave them a week to prepare.

After the first three games, the Knicks led 2-1.

When Louis reaches a conclusion about something important, everyone will accept it and think about where this conclusion came from and why it is correct.

Ranbir became a blockbuster.

If these three tactical systems can be used proficiently, the Celtics' game transformation will be successful. With the basics in place, all that's left is to wait for an absolute core player to join.

Benj has been partnering with non-traditional unicorn insiders over the years. Whether it is Ewing in the early days or Deng and Garfield during the Lakers period, they do not like to frequently ask for the ball in the low post to block the offensive space. Therefore, Benj can play on the offensive end.

Do a lot of things.

If Louis was a person without foundation, he would be refuted in public if he made such comments.

The media in New England celebrated the New Year together, and they were all concentrating on Bird, completely forgetting the fact that Bird also had no achievements in the playoffs in the last five years.

As for "Is it possible that it is wrong?" Of course it is possible, but no one thinks about it.

Laimbeer showed no mercy to his old teammates: "As long as the head coach is Isiah, we will not be able to win the championship."

As soon as Ranbir collected the information, thinking of Thomas's usual appearance, he really didn't know how much he would be able to use Louis' document by then.

Before leaving, Ranbir said with a smile: "Coach, when will you come back?"

A week later, the Celtics held their second internal meeting on how to play in the new season.

There are actually only four teams in the league's top five.

They are continuity offense (Continuity Offense), weak-side pick-and-cut interspersed offense (motion offense), and folding area offense (Flex Offense).

"My point is very simple." Louis said, "If winning the championship is our ultimate goal, then no one on the roster meets the core standards. Including Yao and Paul, they have the ability to become the second and third players on the championship team.

No. 1, but cannot become No. 1."

In addition to being surprised, everyone was more skeptical.

The 76ers are a fake championship team.

Louis and Auerbach had lunch at a nearby restaurant.

Smart people all know who is behind the plan. Only a fool will say to Laimbeer with satisfaction: "Bill, if you work for a few more years, you might be able to coach."

Especially the playoffs.

This makes Wilson very tired. He can average 34 points per game just by shooting, but he can't spark with O'Neal. They each play their own role, and the Knicks will continue to use roll call tactics to attack.

O'Neal's defensive weakness.

This is tantamount to fundamentally denying the core potential of Yao Yueban, Gasol and others.

Ranbir glanced at the document briefly and found that it contained a lot of technical and tactical information.

"Wouldn't it be better for you to say it yourself?" Ranbir said helplessly.

Auerbach considers himself to have been engaged in basketball all his life, but he dare not judge Yao Yuehan's performance in his first year that he cannot become the core of a championship team.

O'Neal occupies the center by himself. He can only shoot outside and do a few weak-side attacks. The team mainly plays a two-man rotation around them.

However, it is useless to say more now, the Celtics are in an important stage of reconstruction.

Especially Yao Yueban, a super insider who has been hyped by major media for four years. He averaged 22+9 per game in his first year. How could he not be the core?

Thomas said hesitantly: "I don't quite understand what you mean."

Some people want to ask whether it is too early to draw conclusions now.

Ewing, Garnett, and Duncan all have an indifferent attitude towards individual offense in the playoffs. They will do more off-ball movements and use a lot of pick-and-rolls, screens, and blocking to help their teammates.

Louis dared.

This year's 76ers have a more reasonable lineup than last year.

Ranbir was stopped by Louis before leaving.

"I mean, he can't be the absolute core that controls everything."

In the document, he prepared three tactical systems for the Celtics.

"Being eliminated from the postseason in the playoffs for two consecutive years, going 1-4 without dignity, and without a super team, Benjamin Wilson has made no achievements - such a person deserves to sit firmly in the dog special position.

A seat?" - The Boston Globe.

Louis said tolerantly: "It doesn't matter, there are not so many good coaches in the world."

This time, the showdown is between the 76ers and the Knicks.

Because O'Neal abandoned him to join forces with Benj in Philadelphia.

The meeting is over and there is no result today.

After saying that, Ranbir left.

Now, no one has come forward to ask questions.

Chris Webber made the Knicks' fourth position no longer a weakness, and when he met O'Neal, Webber's fighting spirit skyrocketed.

The Knicks lead the 76ers 3-1.

This is the impact of authority.

But Auerbach couldn't refute him.

Even if he failed again, O'Neal still didn't recognize his problem.

"Many people ask me why I can't stand up and score. Maybe you should ask my teammates why they can't pass the ball to my hands!?"

On the night the 76ers were eliminated, Wilson sent a voice message to Louis.

"Coach, after all these years, the best teammate I've ever played with is still Patrick. He's a jerk, but he's also a good teammate."

After hearing this message, Louis smiled and sent a text message to Benj: "I am deeply gratified after hearing your message, so I have always said that Chuck is the smartest player of your generation. Most of all

What matters is not who you play for, but who you play with. I'm very happy that you think so. If Beane, Jasmine, DeYoung, and Tim know that you think so, they should also be very happy.

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