The rest is just noise

Louis' weight loss plan has not yet started, he first needs to meet with the new team members.

In order to complete this meeting, he had to prepare a speech.

Later, he felt that the speech was too stupid. Although four new players came this year, the old players still dominated.

Therefore, there is no need to give a speech or anything like that, it is enough to just say a few words as usual.

Before Louie returned to the court to meet with the players, Tom Thibodeau, one of the new members of the coaching staff, came to say hello.

At this time, Thibodeau did not yet have a Van Gundy-style Mediterranean hairstyle as Louis recognized.

But it's not special, just a normal short hair.

"Coach Lu, I've been looking forward to this day since I joined the job." Thibodeau was referring to meeting Louis.

Louis nodded and smiled: "I hope my appearance did not disappoint you."

"Very good, Coach Lu, a man should have a little more meat on his body." Thibodeau knew that pleasing Louis would be beneficial to his future.

Unfortunately Louis has already made up his mind to lose weight.

There was nothing strange about Thibodeau's words to him, but there were too many strange things about Thibodeau.

Judging from the data, he is not the kind of defensive coach Louis wants.

When Thibodeau was in college, he was the captain of the school team and mainly played power forward. Not only did he have long hippie-like flowing hair, his playing style was also very modern - he was a three-point maniac, and was ridiculed by his teammates,

The reason why he shoots three-pointers like crazy is because there are no four-pointers.

However, he cannot go to the professional league to show off his three-point shooting like Antoine Walker, because even in the Chinese League A, no team will accept a person who is only 1.88 meters tall but can shoot three-pointers.

Soft egg.

Louis could not find any information on Thibodeau's interest in defense.

There is only one little joke-like story - it is said that Thibodeau is always accompanied by "Jesus" in his games, because every time he is penetrated by his opponent, he will yell "Jesus!"

After graduating from college in 1981, he gave up the idea of ​​playing professional basketball and stayed at his alma mater to become a coach.

Of course, like many others, he started as a teaching assistant.

Moreover, Louis was not surprised to see the words "Tom's main research direction is offense" on his information.

If Louis didn't know Thibodeau, he could naturally use this information to determine Thibodeau's future development direction. But unfortunately, he knew Thibodeau, so he saw that Thibodeau had developed a system called "Random Gun" in college.

When playing the run-and-gun system of "shooting birds", it's like listening to Han Hong singing rap, and my scalp is numb.

"Tom, as a member of the coaching staff, what help do you think you can bring to me?"

Louis asked straight to the point.

Speaking of this, Thibodeau got excited.

"Coach Lu, I know a lot about offense and I can help your offensive system."

Louis smiled and said: "What else?"

"I'm an avid videographer. If you need me, I can replay a game 20 times and remember all the details."

Louis likes this.

"continue."

"I love everything about basketball. Basketball is the only thing in my life. I can give up anything for it."

Louis quipped: "Including marriage?"

"Yes." Thibodeau smiled bitterly, "Including marriage."

Before coming to New York, Thibodeau worked for the Timberwolves. During this period, he fell in love and had reached the stage of marriage. Relatives and friends had already sent gifts to the new house.

As a result, Thibodeau was fired by the Timberwolves. Because of the success of the Knicks and Trail Blazers, the league's style favored brutal physical combat and iron-blooded defense, and offensive assistants like Thibodeau were not valued.

After losing his job, Thibodeau was in a state of despair for a few days. He was emotionally unstable and made a decision - he would not get married. Women would only hinder his career.

When Elgin Baylor interviewed him, he specifically asked Thibodeau according to Louis' instructions: "What do you think about your emotional state?"

"I won't get married." Thibodeau's answer at the time made Baylor feel that this person was either a pervert or a genius. "I think if I want to be a good coach, there will be no room for women in my world."

Louis believes that Thibodeau loves basketball more than anyone on the coaching staff.

Because none of them can give themselves all to this sport like Thibodeau.

Everyone has emotions, and Thibodeau also has them, but he ties all his passions to basketball.

He looks like a Rukawa Kaede type of person who only has basketball in his life? But Louis doesn’t think that Rukawa Kaede will remain the same after becoming Japan’s number one high school student and landing in the United States. When Rukawa comes to the United States, he will find that he is 1.87 meters tall.

The small forward is as small as an ant in the American high school basketball world. When the time comes, he will wake up and start to have human desires.

Thibodeau, on the other hand, seemed completely stunned.

There is no room for anything other than basketball in his world.

"Tom, are you interested in changing your research direction?" Louis asked.

Thibodeau said nothing: "But please give me orders."

"In addition to you, the offensive coach on the coaching staff already has Doug Moe, and you should know how good he is in this area. This summer, we lost Billy Donovan and Jeff Van Gundy, who

They are all excellent defensive coaches. This is also the professional talent we urgently need. If you are willing to transform in this direction, I will pay more attention to your opinions in the coaching staff meeting." Louis promised, "If you are in the process

If you encounter difficulties, you can ask me at any time."

Louis wants Thibodeau to give up the offensive basketball he has been practicing for 11 years.

Thibodeau's hesitation did not last more than 3 seconds.

"I can't wait to learn a new class." Thibodeau said excitedly.

To be honest, before the meeting, Louis didn't have high expectations for Thibodeau.

Thibodeau gave him the impression of being a seasoned defensive coach. As a head coach, he had average flexibility and liked to be tough on his main players, which was contrary to his philosophy.

But after meeting, Thibodeau gave him too many surprises.

He is a basketball fanatic, like ascetics and monks who have given themselves over to God, only one thing is important in their lives.

For this kind of person, Louis can trust him with anything.

In addition, Thibodeau also gave Louis some extra surprises.

He analyzed the performance of the Chinese team in the group stage of the Barcelona Olympic Games.

To be precise, it was the performance of Yu Tiancan, the Knicks' fourth pick this year.

Yu Tiancan's performance in Barcelona can be described as a snake's head but a tiger's tail. It was definitely not good to meet Sabonis in the first game. After he was beaten, he slumped for a few games. By the time he picked himself up, it was already too late.

Regarding Yu Tiancan's performance, Thibodeau has another opinion.

"While Harold showed potential as a core big man at Wake Forest, he was more like a more athletic but less offensive version of Rick Schmitz."

Thibodeau used samples from Yu Tiancan's dozens of NCAA games to prove that if faced with a strong center, Yu Tiancan's inside singles are not reliable, with an overall shooting rate of only 38%, but his defense and rebound protection have always been trustworthy.

In the Chinese team, the coaching staff's thinking solidified and Yu Tiancan was assigned to the core player position.

His discomfort, coupled with various reasons such as being beaten by Sabonis in the first game, caused Yu Tiancan to not enter the state until the fourth game of the group stage.

Thibodeau's report surprised Louis.

He thought he knew Yu Tiancan well enough, but he still made the mistake of habitual thinking.

Because he had watched Yu Tiancan grow up, he had always paid attention to his performance in college.

But he doesn't have enough energy to study the field like Thibodeau.

"You took the trouble to report this."

Thibodeau's report not only let Louis know where the national basketball team lost, but also provided a reference for how to use Yu Tiancan in the new season.

"It's all what I should do." Thibodeau said modestly.

After Thibodeau left, Quin Snyder also came to say hello.

Seeing Snyder's look, Louis couldn't imagine the future Jazz coach who would always make a murderous expression like he was going to publicly murder someone.

Snyder is a typical horse-faced handsome guy, just like Wu Zun, Keanu Reeves, and Daniel Wu. Seeing him, Louis felt that his title as the most handsome man in the team would be temporarily given up.

Who made him lose weight and gain weight?

"Coach Lu, in what direction do you want Harold Yu to develop?" Snyder asked.

Louis handed the report that Thibodeau just handed over to Snyder: "I hope he can grow into a balanced offensive and defensive center. This is our team's recent observation report on him. Take this report and make a copy for yourself."

Keep it and return the original to me. Before planning Yu's blueprint, you must first understand what kind of player he is."

"I understand, Coach Lu."

After Louis sent away the most handsome boy in the team, he pinched the fat on his face.

Strictly speaking, he has not yet achieved the achievement of "being fat and ruining everything". The more than ten pounds of fat has caused obvious changes in his body shape and face, but it is only a change, the kind of fattening that is visible to the naked eye, but

It's not completely broken yet.

Therefore, it is not too late to make amends. It is time for his six-year struggle with fat to come to an end.

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