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Chapter 45 Each has its own difficulties



Chapter 45 Each has its own difficulties
After listening to Su Yang's suggestion, McMillan said that he had to think again to see if there was a way to have the best of both worlds, which would not only allow Reeve to come on stage to collect statistics, increase his transaction value, but also ensure that the team's game would not be affected.

Su Yang didn't think it was necessary, but he also knew that McMillan was a good guy, so he let him do it. It didn't matter if Reeve played well, and if he played poorly, the playing time would naturally be reduced, so there was no need to force it now.

After leaving the airport, Su Yang hurried back to Chinatown, slept happily until the afternoon, got up to eat seafood hot pot, went to watch Cantonese opera performances, did not study the video, and relaxed his body and mind.

On the morning of the 21st, the Trail Blazers practiced regularly. Su Yang arrived at the base at [-] o'clock. Several scouts had been working for two hours at the same time, and edited the video of the Nets' recent games.

"These guys are really hardworking..."

Su Yang sighed in his heart that the pace of scouting work is more compact than that of coaches, and everything must be ahead of the team.

At eight o'clock, McMillan and other coaches also arrived.

Together with the trainers, everyone held a meeting in the big room to summarize the team's current situation and discuss how to play against the Nets.

Su Yang had already watched the video and took the initiative to speak first.

"Against the Nets, you can just target Kidd. The Nets have no fixed routines on both offense and defense. It all depends on Kidd's on-the-spot command..."

Before he finished speaking, several scouting colleagues and trainers responded with laughter, as if they had heard some particularly funny joke.

Someone said: "Yes, Kidd is the head coach of the Nets..."

Joking like that, the others followed suit.

And Su Yang inadvertently noticed that there was an embarrassed expression on McMillan's face, as if he didn't like the joke.

Su Yang didn't think much about it, and continued: "Kidd is a master at reading the game. He is good at organizing players to move around and easily achieve tactics..."

It is a recognized fact in the NBA that Kidd is good at reading games. Even LeBron James, who is as confident as LeBron James, publicly stated before participating in the Olympic training camp that if Kidd is playing point guard, he is willing to give up possession without reservation.

Therefore, whether Kidd was in the Mavericks and Suns in the early stage, in the Nets in the middle stage, or returned to the Mavericks in the late stage, as long as he comes on the field, the whole team will listen to him. Kidd.

"We need to take advantage of Kidd's dislike of taking the initiative to shoot, reduce the defensive pressure on him, and entice him to choose to pass the ball to others in the Nets as much as possible, but focus on defending others, increase the offensive time of the Nets in each round, and then To magnify the shortcomings of their inability to fight positional warfare..."

In Su Yang's view, in the new season of the Nets, Carter has just returned from injury and his playing time is under control, so he still plays as a substitute. As a result, in the Nets' starting lineup, only Richard Jefferson has a strong sudden shot. Point, as long as the focus is on defending Richard Jefferson, the defensive strategy will become very simple and the execution will be very efficient.

"Finally, it is suggested that when attacking, the point guard should bring Kidd to the bottom corner to weaken his on-the-spot command effect."

After Su Yang finished speaking, many colleagues applauded, as if they quite agreed with his ideas.

Monty continued to speak as the chief assistant, but he had a completely different idea from Su Yang regarding the defensive strategy.

Monty believes that we should strictly guard against Kidd, increase the difficulty of Kidd's shots and passes, and delay the offensive fluency of the Nets team, especially the fast break during the transition phase of the Nets. Because the Nets have Carter and Jefferson, they can be called If the Feitian team does not slow down its offensive rhythm, the Blazers' defensive end will inevitably be exhausted. Even if they successfully limit a few in the opening game, the effect will decline rapidly with the passage of physical strength.

After Monty finished speaking, the atmosphere in the conference room became a little awkward. Many people bowed their heads and cared about themselves, not knowing who to support.

Monty is the chief assistant coach, and according to his status, his suggestions should be adopted, but in the past few games, especially against the strong teams such as the Spurs and Hornets, Su Yang has already proved his ability, and most of those suggestions are also reasonable.

"I understand both strategies. I think they are both reasonable. How to implement them depends on the situation after the game starts. If other Nets players have a higher shooting percentage at the beginning..." McMillan did not directly make a decision .

Monty frowned slightly.

Su Yang didn't care at all. The defensive strategy belongs to the general direction. It really depends on the situation. The so-called plan cannot keep up with the changes.

At the end of the meeting, Su Yang walked to the training ground, took Mike Roberts to conduct special training, and reminded him to pay attention to how Kidd mobilized his teammates to run in the evening game, and at the same time observe how Kidd defended his position. Learning a little bit will benefit a lot.

In the player video meeting in the afternoon, McMillan still did not announce the overall defensive strategy.At six o'clock, McMillan announced the list of starting players, and at the same time announced three assistant coaches including Morais Lucas, who would play with him to participate in the game.

The NBA stipulates that each head coach can only bring three assistant coaches to the sidelines in each game.

Among them, the chief assistant is a must, and the other two are often selected according to the situation, and most of them will have a style of restraint.

In this game, Su Yang was not on the list of the two assistant coaches, which was the first time in the season.

Su Yang was slightly surprised, but he reacted in half a second and prepared as usual.On the contrary, the players were a little confused, especially Otero and others. They wanted to ask why there was no Su Yang several times, but they held back their words.

The players and coaching staff quickly left the locker room.

Su Yang and another assistant coach, Dimbolos, stayed behind. The two tacitly ignored each other and were busy with their own work.

Unexpectedly, Dimbolos took the initiative to chat with Su Yang. During the conversation, he intentionally or unintentionally hinted that McMillan did not bring Su Yang to the game this time. The main reason was that Bill Bylow and Morais Lucas The assistant coach has played too few games in the past 11 games, while Su Yang has played and done a lot of things. McMillan intends to balance.

Su Yang listened and thought, Bill Bailow and Morais Lucas are two old assistants, and they didn't follow the road trip very much. Now that they are back at home, it is reasonable to have the opportunity to arrange a game, so he didn't think much about it.

At 07:30, the game between the Trail Blazers and the Nets started.

Su Yang turned on the TV, watched the live broadcast and took notes in preparation for giving suggestions to the players and coaching staff during the intermission.

Trail Blazers starting lineup, Blake, Roy, Webster, Aldridge, Frye.

Nets starting lineup, Antoine White, Richard Jefferson, Malik Allen, Jason Collins.

The Nets won the jump ball and Kidd took the ball forward.

The live broadcast footage was immediately shown to the Blazers assistant coach, and it was impressive to see Monty instructing the players to put pressure on them.

Originally, the live broadcast usually does not specifically show the teaching assistants, but the Portland TV station is in charge of the live broadcast. This time, it is to meet the requirements of local fans who want to watch Su Yang.The commentator was a little disappointed that Su Yang did not appear in the teaching assistant's seat.

The commentary didn't talk too much, and soon refocused on the game.

The Blazers first attacked Frye a few times, but the effect was relatively poor, because Jason Collins moved very fast in a small area and was willing to mention high-post defense. In the next few rounds, the Blazers played randomly and the defensive end did not limit the basket net.

Fortunately, the Nets had a low shooting percentage. When there were three and a half minutes left in the first quarter, the Blazers led 16-13.

After the timeout, Roy stood up and scored 8 points with a sudden shot. On the Nets side, Kidd did not attack and no one responded.

Just like that, the Blazers ended the first quarter 26 to 19.

McMillan made random adjustments to the rotation, and Lieve LaFrentz entered the game to the cheers of the audience.

Seeing Reeve appearing on the stage, Su Yang suddenly felt dizzy, and then wondered if the failure to play this time was because of conflicting opinions with McMillan or Kevin.After all, Kevin wants Reeve to get some stats, and McMillan wants the best of both worlds.

But that speculation is really lack of basis.

He changed his mind and refocused on the game, wanting to see what stats Reeve would put up when he played in non-garbage time.

Unexpectedly, Reeve made two consecutive mistakes on the stage.

Fortunately, after Carter's steal, he handled it better than the price, and made two consecutive shots, which did not translate into points.

However, because of the two steals, the Nets successfully found a familiar defense and turned to attack quickly. The inside defense is on the verge of collapse.

Fortunately, Roy and Jack weathered the situation.

The two made 6 of 4 shots, allowing the Blazers to lose only 4 points in a single quarter. At the end of the half, they led the Nets 48 to 45.

During the halftime break, the Blazers returned to the locker room.

McMillan and Monty made concluding speeches, pointing out the team's problems in the first half, and mentioned that oppressing Kidd is the correct defensive strategy and should continue to be implemented in the second half.

Morais-Lucas, Bill Bailow and Daimbolos, the three assistant coaches then spoke, each mentioning some things that need to be improved, but there are no dry goods or specific suggestions.

Also as an assistant coach, Su Yang made the final speech, pointing out that Adelaide needed to improve his thinking and hit the basket more because he was 6-for-1 in the first half, because the Nets' two insiders are good at defending against long-armed shooters.

Su Yang also suggested that Adelaide should be allowed to play more, otherwise the Nets' inside defense would be more unscrupulous, which would be very detrimental to the Blazers' overall offense.McMillan said he remembered, but he didn't ask in detail how to play more.

At the end of the halftime break, the players and coaching staff left the locker room, and assistant coach Dimbolos ran to the VIP viewing room.

Su Yang stayed alone in the locker room, and he didn't feel lonely at all. He only thought about studying the offense of the Nets.

In the third quarter of the game, Ade was troubled by fouls again. After playing for a few minutes, he took a rest and did not have time to try Su Yang's suggestion.The rest of the Blazers performed well, but failed to limit Jefferson, allowing Jefferson to score 8 points at the end of the third quarter.

Just when Su Yang felt that he would have a great chance of winning if he continued to play steadily, McMillan on the TV waved his hand at the end of the bench, and Riff LaFrentz appeared on the field again, but Riff himself was obviously lacking. confidence.

Immediately afterwards, Richard Jefferson took advantage of the screen and hit a long two-pointer against Reeve.

The Trail Blazers changed sides to attack, Reeve's pass was predicted, Jefferson made a steal, and assisted Antoine White to hit a three-pointer.

Turning around again, the Blazers' offense was limited by the Nets' defense, and the time overwhelmed the last few seconds. Reeve's pick-and-roll quality was too poor. , Substitute center Nenad Kostic dunked the ball and assisted the score. Reeve tried to defend, but it didn't work.

In such a wave of 7-0, the Nets overtook the Trail Blazers.

McMillan hastily replaced Blake, Roy, and Webster, breaking the three-person rotation habit, and did not have enough rest.

It's a pity that Kidd, who played dead for three quarters, suddenly showed his power and assisted Jefferson, White, and Carter to hit shots one after another.

Whether the Blazers quickly squeezed through the screen to catch up, whether it was a delay in grabbing ahead of time, or local three defenses and two defenses, all of them had any restrictions on Kidd's passing.

Su Yang was overwhelmed, thinking that a Hall of Fame point guard like Kidd would be far less effective in preventing Kidd's teammates from receiving the ball.

But he was powerless, so he could only sit in the locker room and watch the live broadcast, even if he yelled, no one paid attention.

The Nets also resorted to zone defense, but Adelaide had 5 fouls on his back, and he didn't play much in the first three quarters. The Blazers couldn't break it at all, and could only watch the score be pulled.

In the end, the Blazers lost to the Nets 97 to 108 and suffered their first home defeat of the new season.

The players returned to the locker room, and the atmosphere was rather dull, not as calm as when they lost to the Nuggets and Wizards.

Su Yang didn't say anything, and when the coaching staff resumed the game alone, he couldn't help mentioning that it might be questionable to let Riff LaFrentz appear in the second quarter and the early part of the fourth quarter.

He said it was very euphemistic, but McMillan answered very clearly: general manager Kevin very much hopes to see Reeve perform.

Hearing this, Su Yang complained in his heart that it was really like that.

But he can also understand Kevin’s thoughts, after all, the Blazers’ current salary space: Reeve occupies $1244 million, with almost zero contribution; Steve Francis occupies $1507 million, and is bought out with zero contribution; Oden occupies $466 million , zero contribution to injury reimbursement; Darius Miles occupies $825 million, absolutely zero contribution to injury reimbursement...

At present, the Blazers mainly rely on a few rookies and two middle-class players, and even play games with a basic salary, but their total salary exceeds the salary cap by as much as 1761 million US dollars, and they need to pay a lot of luxury taxes.

The boss Paul Allen is not short of money, but the general manager Kevin is really ugly, especially the rubbish contracts of Reeve and Miles, who led the signing.

If Reeve can be sent away, even if the air is changed, or even the draft pick is reversed, not to mention benefiting the Blazers, at least it can make face a little better.

At the end of the coaching meeting, Su Yang sighed in his heart, each NBA team has its own difficulties if it wants to operate, and it is even more difficult to win the championship.

But he didn't want to be restricted too much, and decided that if he became the head coach in the future, he must fight for basketball personnel rights.

 I wish all veterans that their wishes in the Year of the Ox will be fulfilled tenfold!
  
 
(End of this chapter)


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