This Forward is Not Serious

For Springman, the biggest difference between Old Winter and Phil Jackson is that the former "walked" out of the NCAA.

Old Winter was less than 30 years old when he started coaching the NCAA in 1952. He was the youngest coach in the NCAA at that time.

After nearly 20 years of coaching in college, he entered the NBA to start his coaching career, and became Phil Jackson's assistant coach in 1985, which opened the great era of the triangle offense in the NBA.

Now, the 84-year-old Winter is no longer Phil Jackson's assistant coach, but a team consultant for the Lakers.

There are two reasons why Springman chose the elder Winter.

One is that Old Winter is a native Texan, so he will naturally pay extra attention to the Texan team.

Two words, that is, their next game opponent is Kansas State University.

Although Kansas State University is not as famous as the University of Kansas, it is still more famous than the University of Texas.

According to the ancestors, they had a Hall of Fame player, Mitch Richmond.

Domestic fans should not be too familiar with him.

This is a star of the same age as Jordan. Simply list his achievements:

NBA Rookie of the Year, 6 NBA All-Stars, 1 All-Star Game MVP, 2 Teams 3 times, 3 Teams 2 times, member of the Dream Team in 1996, member of the Lakers Championship in 2002, averaged 21 points per game in his career.

Compared with the previous Texas Tech "Batman" Tony Batty, this is an extremely dazzling existence.

But even for a legendary player of this level, his influence in Kansas State is still not comparable to that of Old Winter.

Old Winter started in 1954 and left the NCAA in 1969, coaching at Kansas State for a total of 15 years.

During these 15 years, he led his team to the NCAA Elite Eight eight times, and reached the Final Four twice. He himself was also elected as the NCAA Coach of the Year.

It can be said that during that period of time, Kansas State was an absolute powerhouse in the NCAA, ranking at the forefront of the power list all the year round.

So taking advantage of the opportunity to play against Kansas State to get in touch with Old Winter, and with the identity of the Texas team, it should still be possible to meet.

Three days later, the University of Texas played against Kansas State University at home.

Kansas State University's current strength ranks high in the big12 league, and the star of the team is junior Kadir Martin.

Martin was selected to the second team of big12 last season and has a strong scoring ability.

In history, Martin participated in the draft after four years of college and failed to be drafted, but relied on his own efforts to make it to the NBA. He can be regarded as an inspirational figure.

The game was fierce, but Durant scored consecutively at the critical moment, and the University of Texas won the game 71-61.

According to the technical statistics after the game, Durant had a game-high 27 points and Lin Ying had 13 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

After the game, Springman found the head coach of Kansas State University and contacted Winter Sr. by phone through him.

Old Winter was more enthusiastic than he had imagined.

The triangle offense is very successful in the NBA, but no one is using it now except the Lakers, not even Kansas State.

Because this tactic has very high requirements for team configuration and tactical literacy.

In a sense, it's a bit of a one-off.

So if someone is willing to learn, Old Winter is naturally very happy, because it means that his life's hard work can be passed on.

The communication was very pleasant, and the two were scheduled to meet in two days.

After setting the time, Springman found Durant and Lin Ying, and he was going to take them to see Old Winter.

If you can get old Winter's "teaching and solving doubts", it will definitely be helpful for the two to master the triangle offense.

Lin Ying was still a little excited when she heard that Springman was going to take him to see Old Winter.

There is a saying that it is better to see once than hear a hundred times.

In the past, he only stayed in a noun for the triangle offense, which was no different from Princeton, run-and-gun, and pick-and-roll tactics.

But after watching the game between the Lakers and the Bulls before, I really discovered the awesomeness of this tactic after watching it with a research attitude.

It's as if you have seen a great painting, and now you are going to meet the artist who painted it!

Moreover, the place where Springman and Old Winter agreed to meet is also very interesting. It is an indoor arena in Los Angeles.

This is almost saying that the old Winter will teach Durant how to play triangle tactics!

Old Wendt has gray hair and a bloated and wrinkled face, which is what a western old man in his 80s should look like.

But his spirit still looks very strong.

In history, this person lived a full 96 years, almost a hundred years, which is considered a long life.

For Springman's direct behavior, Old Winter said... he likes it very much!

Originally, he wanted to teach it, and Springman also brought the players, which was much more convenient.

And I have heard about Durant. The top three high school students in the United States have also shown top scoring talents this season. It is difficult not to attract attention.

On the contrary, when he saw Lin Ying, he was a little surprised. He thought that what Springman brought would be that kind of traditional big center.

However, in the following chatting and display sessions, Old Winter had a new understanding of Lin Ying.

And soon another big man appeared in his mind.

Tony Kukoc.

"They're a good fit for the tactic."

After realizing this, he also gave Springman a reassurance.

Then, he began to teach by hand.

The triangle offense is a systematic offense.

According to Old Winter's explanation, it is an offensive tactic based on "interpretation and response".

This sounds a bit difficult to understand. In layman's terms, it is to read the opponent's defense, and then establish a reasonable triangle to find scoring opportunities.

This is a concept, and according to the different positions and endpoints, it can be roughly divided into four types of attacks, namely: Low.Post, Pinch.Post, Corner.Pnr and PnrBlind.Pig.

Translated into Chinese, it is the low post, the weak side horns, the corner pick and roll and the blind pig.

Of course, these are the four basic tactics. Just like the concept emphasized by the old Winter, the triangle offense is not a fixed position, but needs to be read and reacted.

Therefore, many detailed tactics have evolved from these four basic tactics, which are endless.

Then, based on the technical characteristics of Durant and Lin Ying, Old Winter focused on Low.Post, which is the tactics of low-post singles.

What Lin Ying saw was Jordan's low post and Kukoc holding the ball at the top of the arc is actually one of the evolutionary tactics of low post singles.

The only difference is that the inside line that was originally in the low position has been turned into an outside line.

As Lin Ying thought before, this tactic is to use Jordan's destructive power in the low post.

Of course, what Old Winter talked about was not just what Lin Ying thought of, he talked a lot about the details of this low post attack.

Because like what he said at the beginning, the core of the triangle offense is to read and react, so reading is the premise.

Just like ordinary people playing basketball, the low-level player has to figure out what technique to use to launch the attack, and the high-level player chooses which technique to use to attack according to the defense.

So when to let Durant sink to the inside, this is a very detailed issue.

Then if you can't play this tactic, it doesn't matter, the triangle offense can be switched at any time.

The old Winter went on to talk about Corner.Pnr, which is the corner pick-and-roll.

The corner pick-and-roll is generally a tactic in which the first and third positions cooperate.

Here it is required that the No. 1 position has a certain breakthrough and shooting ability, and the No. 3 position has good passing ability.

Specifically, refer to Pippen and Cole of the Bulls, Odom and Fisher of the Lakers in history.

This tactic is launched at a forty-five-degree angle. The first position gives the ball to the third position, and then uses the third position to pick and roll and pass the ball to launch the offense. You can shoot a three-pointer from the bottom corner, or you can use the basket. The pick-and-roll at the fifth position breaks through and scores, or goes inside and directly breaks through and scores.

Still follow the sentence, read and react, and choose the most reasonable offensive line according to the opponent's defensive focus.

Then, like the low-post attack, this tactic does not necessarily have to be the first and third positions.

With the ability to break through and shoot, Augustin can do it, and he is also the No. 1 position.

But the role of the third position can be played by Lin Ying in the fourth position, because Lin Ying's passing ability is better.

And he also has a stable outside shooting ability, which can create more offensive space for the first position.

The characteristic of this tactic is that Durant does not necessarily have to participate, and can be used when Durant is resting off the court.

With just a few tactical explanations, Lin Ying felt that the door to her new world had been opened a lot.

And he also realized that the conclusions he had analyzed from watching the video before were still one-sided.

The real triangle offense is not simply a superstar singles tactic, it is far more complex and advanced than imagined.

It is really different from simply reading theoretical books to teach and solve doubts.

An afternoon passed quickly, if possible, Lin Ying hoped that the time could go slower.

But Old Winter was old after all, and explaining to them for an afternoon also consumed almost all of his energy.

And when he finished explaining, his view of Lin Ying was completely different from when he first came here.

This thing is just like a real class. After the teacher finishes the class, the students can naturally tell the good from the bad.

Specifically, when parting, Old Winter not only gave Lin Ying a copy of the book he brought, but also wrote his email address on it.

"If you have any questions, you can email me."

This is Chiguoguo's preference.

But there is nothing wrong with it, it is gold that always shines.

Springman's appreciation of Lin Ying before, and now Old Winter's preference, these are all proofs.

Or you can understand it as a talent, a tactical talent.

Just like adding points to the technology tree in many novels, Lin Ying's adding points are different from others.

But there are few people cultivating in different technology trees, so it is easy to get the favor of similar people.

With theory, there is also understanding, and then there is training.

It is by no means so simple to master triangle tactics.

Just like in history, after a series of failures by assistant coaches, Phil Jackson once said that he was not surprised.

Because triangle tactics require a lot of basic training to improve players' ability to read the game, passing ability, tacit understanding and so on.

This is by no means as simple as "being hunted down, falling off a cliff, surviving a catastrophe, and learning magic skills" as in the novel.

However, half of Lin Ying and Durant's usual training content is basic training, so they get started much faster than others.

Barnes' sophistication is also reflected at this time.

The team was working on the triangle offense, but he just didn't use it, he just played... no.

He was not in a hurry to use the team's new tactics in the game, because he knew that if he used the new tactics to lose, it would hurt the players' enthusiasm for training.

This is the same as holding back the big move, you can't release it if you don't hold back the progress bar.

And Barnes also has the capital to hold back the big move.

The University of Texas has a good record recently. It can't beat Kansas, but it is still very sure when facing other opponents.

Time flies, one month later.

In the past month, the University of Texas played a total of 6 games, including 2 invitational games, with a record of 5 wins and 1 loss.

As the tacit understanding of the new starting lineup increases, the team's competitiveness is also constantly improving.

And with this wave of good records, their ranking in the big12 division has also reached the third position.

At this time, Barnes began to put out the triangle offense.

In the first game in February, the University of Texas and Texas Tech ushered in the second confrontation of the season.

This time it was at Texas Tech's home court.

That is to say, in this game, the fans present saw the triangle offensive tactics again in the NCAA arena after many years.

Although this triangle offense was a bit different from what they had seen before, it was equally effective.

Lin Ying's passing ability, Augustin's three-pointer and breakthrough, and even James' air cutting ability were all displayed very well in the game.

Of course, the biggest visual impact to the fans is Durant's huge lethality in the low post.

Originally, because the NCAA has a small field, it is difficult for you to play low singles comfortably like the NBA.

But triangle tactics solve this problem.

After Wendell jammed the Texas Tech center, Durant got plenty of post-up opportunities around the rim.

The height and wingspan of the NCAA's absolute fifth position, and the confrontation that has been significantly improved compared to the beginning of the season, he has too much advantage in playing the opposite striker and guard.

Even if Wendell doesn't get stuck sometimes, Durant can easily cause damage to the opponent's center after turning around.

"He played like Michael Jordan!"

Even the home commentator couldn't help expressing emotion after seeing Durant's performance.

In the end, Durant scored 35 points and 11 rebounds, leading the team to avenge Texas Tech with a new season high.

"He calls me Michael! Michael!"

In the passage back to the locker room after the game, Durant shouted at Lin Ying excitedly.

Durant's excitement is understandable, Jordan is like a god in the minds of basketball players.

Although it may be that the commentator said that more because he thought of the scene of Jordan's low singles when the Bulls played.

But whatever it is, comparing you to Jordan is a huge compliment.

Lin Ying also nodded excitedly.

There is still a month to play against Kansas again, but he has already begun to feel a little impatient.