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Chapter 71 Young and Energetic



Chapter 71 Young and Energetic
In the era when telephones and the Internet are so developed, Su Yang was a little surprised to receive a handwritten letter.

The content of the letter is mainly to express his appreciation for him and invite him to join the Warriors coaching staff. He believes that his wild and unruly ideas can be maximized in the Warriors, and promises to fully recommend him as the head coach in the future.

At the end of the reading, Su Yang understood that the old Nelson's handwritten letter was a special way to express his sincerity. He had also done this when recruiting other teaching assistants before. Compared with calling or sending emails directly, he really paid more attention to it.

Old Nelson also briefly talked about the plans for the next few years, and Su Yang also agreed with those bold ideas.

But the plan can't keep up with the changes, and the Warriors will encounter a lot of troubles, and the old Nelson can't protect himself.

For the time being, I will definitely not go to the Warriors, but I will not consider the Warriors as a backup choice, because the old Nelson has contributed too much to the NBA, including but not limited to allowing big players to shoot three-pointers, inventing ball-handling small forwards, and hacking shark tactics...

From the perspective of coaching, the old Nelson's recruitment method should be treated with sincerity.

After making up his mind, Su Yang also wrote a reply letter, bluntly saying that he had other plans and would not consider joining the Warriors for the time being.

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After a day off, Su Yang drove to the Trail Blazers training base to resume the G5 game against the Mavericks as usual.

McMillan and other members of the coaching staff also arrived one after another, and everyone gathered together to analyze with laughter.

Winning and advancing made the value of the review extremely small, and everyone hurriedly went to the formalities and talked about other games in the league.

First of all, when it comes to the Celtics vs. Hawks, everyone did not expect that the Celtics, the number one player in the league with 66 wins in the regular season, were tied 3-3 by the Eagles, who were eighth in the Eastern Conference. Really surprising.

After guessing and analyzing, Monty and the others mentioned various factors and accidents, but they didn't feel that Rivers was poor on the spot.

After the chat, the meeting entered the stage of preparing for the Spurs. Assistant coach Dean first introduced the situation of the Spurs and Jazz.

Su Yang thought while listening, and when the introduction was over, he silently sighed in his heart that with Duncan, he could really do whatever he wanted.

The Spurs eliminated the Jazz 4-1. Duncan averaged 2.8 blocks per game and supported the Spurs' defensive system, allowing the Jazz to average only 89.8 points per game in five games. The UCLA offensive system that the Jazz are proud of has become lackluster.

What's worse is that Duncan is so good defensively, but the Jazz have nothing to do with him on the defensive end.

In five games, Duncan averaged 21.8 points per game, only needed 13.6 shots, and grabbed 9.6 rebounds. Boozer averaged 4 fouls per game, and Okur averaged 3.6 fouls per game. The Jazz's restricted area was overwhelmed.

"Then here comes the problem..."

McMillan said: "How do we defend the Spurs, what do you think?"

After the words were finished, the three assistant coaches including Bill Baino turned their heads to look at Monty, and Su Yang followed suit.

Monty is the chief assistant coach and is mainly responsible for the team's defensive layout, so he should speak first.

Monty raised his eyebrows slightly, then opened the notebook in front of him to take a look, and then glanced at Su Yang.

"How about you talk first?" Monty's tone was a little cautious, as if he would be criticized by Su Yang if he said it first.

As soon as these words came out, the three assistant teachers including Bill Baino turned their heads to look at Su Yang in unison.

McMillan also looked at Su Yang, indicating that he could talk first, as if he was saying that this time is not bad anyway.

Seeing this situation, Su Yang said with a smile: "There is nothing to say, I agree with your previous strategy..."

At the end of the previous regular season, Roy was sidelined with a swollen knee. When the Blazers faced the Spurs, Monty proposed a strategy of double-teaming Duncan. Although they still lost the game in the end, they only lost by three points in total because of the lack of strong scoring points.

In the first game of the season against the Spurs, Su Yang mentioned that he would target Parker and Duncan, but Parker was more important at the time.

In the playoffs, the Spurs put more emphasis on Duncan, whose personal ability is difficult to defend alone, and can only be solved by double-teaming.

Even if double-teaming can't solve the problem in many cases, he still insists on double-teaming. At least it must increase the difficulty for Duncan and consume Duncan's physical strength and energy. Don't limit yourself to a few rounds or a game, but look at the entire series.

The key point is that Ginobili was injured in the first round, and his state has declined significantly. Double-teaming Duncan has almost become a necessary option.

"Then let me explain in more detail..."

Monty began to explain how to defend, first mentioned double-teaming Duncan, and then mentioned limiting the Spurs' quick transfer of the ball.

Su Yang nodded as he listened. Monty had no problem thinking. It was indeed necessary to restrict the Spurs from quickly moving the ball, because the Spurs' hammer and zipper series of tactics all needed to rely on the strong side to the weak side, and the weak side to the strong side to achieve.

As long as the Spurs are successfully restricted from moving the ball quickly and in a wide range, the overall linkage of the Spurs can be weakened, and the Spurs can fight with the Spurs in a small area to further increase the income of double-teaming Duncan, but the requirements for the Blazers' rotation are relatively high.

Fortunately, a group of young pioneers have no physical problems, they just need to train their awareness and ensure their attitude.

The key is these two big strategies, the Hornets have tried it, and the effect on the Spurs is very good.

"The above are all my thoughts..." Monty looked at Su Yang again, "Do you have anything to add?"

Su Yang nodded: "I completely agree with what you said. What I want to add is that we need to remind young people to maintain a good attitude. They are facing a group of old ball ruffians. It is best not to have the tragedy of the Suns last year... "

"Indeed!" Monty and others echoed.

In the fourth game of the Western Conference semifinals in 07, Horry deliberately knocked Nash down, resulting in the suspension of Stoudemire and Diaw, and then the Suns lost two games in a row and were directly eliminated. In those two games, the Suns lost two generals and only lost 11 points in total. , quite regrettably.

But before Game [-], Bowen stepped up Stoudemire in Game [-] and kneed Nash in Game [-].

Therefore, although Horry's bump into Nash seemed to be an ordinary foul, Stoudemire still couldn't control his emotions.

The key playoffs are the stage for schemers and gamblers. There are many things that have nothing to do with the game that will affect the result of the game. Anyway, Su Yang feels that the young pioneers, if they don't prepare their minds in advance, will definitely be bullied.

"When training later, tell them well, and remind them to control their emotions before the start of each game..."

McMillan looked at Su Yang, "Then continue to discuss the offensive layout, do you have any new ideas?"

Before asking about defense, I asked everyone, and when I asked about offense, I only asked him. Su Yang felt a little embarrassed when he heard it.

"Without new ideas, we still need to play more small cooperation, play more simple routines, and make more use of local advantages..."

Su Yang repeated the strategy he had mentioned before, and McMillan and others unanimously agreed. After all, in the second game against the Spurs, he didn’t listen to his advice, and ran to compete with the Spurs for patience and integrity, which resulted in a bloodbath of 20 points. The impression was too deep .

The meeting ended at 09:30 in the morning. Everyone rushed to the stadium, and Roy and others had all arrived.

Assistant coach Morais and Dean arranged the offensive and defensive strategies, followed by leading Roy and others to start training.

While the Blazers were preparing for the game, ESPN announced the predictions of 21 commentators for the results of the game between the Blazers and the Spurs. Among them, 19 commentators believed that the Spurs would eventually advance, and only 2 were optimistic that the Blazers could advance.

Those 19 commentators believed that the Spurs only lost one game in the regular season, and they were still beaten by Adelaide. The Blazers have not improved significantly throughout the season, and they still lack experience in the playoffs. As long as the Spurs are fully prepared, it is absolutely impossible to lose four games.

The predicted result was supported by a large number of fans.

There are also fans who say that the young Blazers are already very successful, and there is no shame in losing to the Spurs.

Su Yang saw the relevant reports and tweeted: We are young, we are full of vigor, and we want to win the Spurs.

(End of this chapter)


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