Start coaching the Thunder, starting with Westbrook

Chapter 174 Announcing Comeback
"The Thunder announced that Westbrook will participate in team training, and it is suspected that he will come back from the game?"

In the second day's training, Li Sheng announced his decision, and the official also released the news at the same time.

Now Bennett and Presti should also breathe a sigh of relief. After all, although it seems that there is no obvious conflict between the two sides, Li Sheng's persistence makes them wonder whether he really has any views on Westbrook.

Now this is what everyone is happy with, and it can be regarded as an explanation to the fans who have been paying attention, and the media has good material for hype.

As Li Sheng said before, after they get their first loss, they will find a weak team for Westbrook to come back.

It happened that the opponent after the Warriors lost was the Timberwolves, and the game was one day apart. Li Sheng just announced the news in advance during the training that day.

Westbrook looked a little unbelievable at the scene. He really let Li Sheng fool you miserably, and now he is happy that he can play.

In fact, Li Sheng has also considered whether to let him come off the bench, but considering that this may stab Westbrook's strong self-esteem, the gain is not worth the loss. He is not even willing to accept a substitute at the end of his career, let alone now he thinks he is at his peak?
Well, anyway, Li Sheng felt that his path had gone astray, and he hadn't really reached his peak.

Of course, this kind of news is good news for the Thunder team, except for Reggie personally, after all, Westbrook's comeback will definitely be a great strengthening for the Thunder.

At least their already ferocious impact will be improved to a higher level, and Westbrook is much stronger than Reggie's individual strength. With one more strength, other players will naturally play more easily and efficiently.

However, when discussing with the outside world, there must be some suspicion.

For example, why did the Thunder bring Westbrook up when they lost? Is Westbrook's injury healed? Is it because the team's situation is not good, so he came back with an injury?
If you don't know what's going on, just looking at these media reports, you may think that the Thunder are now at the bottom of the Western Conference and are just waiting for Westbrook to return to the savior.

The Thunder finally lost a game before, and the media that had been supporting them in front of them started to make trouble, as expected, but they just won the Spurs, and they also had one win and one loss against the Warriors, and they were still in poor form and lost by two points.

But now that Westbrook is back, many people feel that there is a good show to watch.

There is no doubt that Westbrook's strength is stronger with more Thunder, and even Heizi can't deny it, otherwise why would they want to be black?

Only those who are strong will be black, and those who are weak and non-threatening are ignored.

But in this way, will there be dissenting voices in the team?
During Westbrook's absence, Reggie was on the top of the starting lineup, and he performed pretty well. He didn't take many shots but was very efficient. Many people said that he was the poor version of Westbrook, and Heizi even directly regarded him as Westbrook's substitute.

In any case, it must not be a wonderful experience for Reggie to suddenly be pulled from the starting lineup after performing well, and then have to compete with Antetokounmpo for time when he comes off the bench.

Even if he lost to the Warriors in the last game, it can't be said that it is Reggie's problem. He still performed relatively normally.

In addition to him, Antetokounmpo, Ennis, etc., have been in the main position of the Thunder during Westbrook's absence. Their possession of the ball is bound to decline due to Westbrook's return.

Although a strong teammate has been added, if the distribution of ball rights is not done well enough, it is likely to cause internal conflicts, especially when newcomers such as Antetokounmpo need the opportunity to perform most.

It would be fine if there were not many chances at the beginning, but they have already shown some abilities, and now it is not so easy to let them hold back

As for Fisher, he is already in retirement. It must be much better to sit on the bench than to be drilled with old arms and legs.

The other is the most important thing, what does Durant think?
It's good to lead the team with a single core to win, but I lost a game temporarily. Should I bring Westbrook up to compete with him for the core?

Especially with regard to Durant's MVP issue, everyone thought his MVP was stable before, but now that Westbrook is playing, it's hard to say.

Of course, judging from the current situation, it is difficult for the Heat to compare with the Thunder. The Spurs do not have a particularly outstanding point. George does not lose the record, but his personal performance is slightly inferior, not to mention that he also lost the previous head-to-head contest, and the statistics are slightly inferior.

Durant doesn't have a strong competitor this season, so as long as he doesn't collapse himself and the Thunder's performance doesn't drop too much later, it's pretty stable.

However, Westbrook's appearance will definitely take up a lot of ball and shot rights. Before that, he was undoubtedly the team's first shot choice. It is not easy to say that Westbrook came out.

And if there is a conflict because of the lack of ball rights, it will hurt much more than rookies.

Although the relationship between the couple was good before, the situation will change, and so will the people. If it can continue to be like this, it would be fine, but it will be hard to say later.

Of course, Li Sheng also knows this. He is also worried about whether the outside world's comments will have some bad influence on the team. Anyway, he knows that Westbrook and Durant are very concerned about the outside world's comments, but Durant's side is not very obvious for the time being.

But many things are accumulated little by little, and quantitative changes produce qualitative changes.

If it weren't for the backlog of dissatisfaction in his heart, how could Durant have resolutely walked on that road knowing how disgusting his future choice was?

Although he must have regretted it later, he will definitely not admit it on the surface, nor can he admit it.

The current momentum of the team is still very good. Naturally, Li Sheng will not let such strange words from the outside world affect the team, but he has no intention of telling them at this time. After all, he just wanted to bring Westbrook up. At least we have to see how Westbrook and the team are working together now.

Of course, he also made it clear to Westbrook during training that he can play as he wants, and he can judge the situation by himself. This is his power as the core and point guard, but he can't completely follow his own temper. If that is the case, Li Shengke has to do something.

This is an ugly word beforehand, lest something goes wrong, and he still wants to play tricks.

During the training, although Li Sheng did not arrange an in-team training match, he still rehearsed his tactics, and this is actually not the first time Westbrook has officially participated in the team's tactical training.

Although he was not guaranteed to play before, he was allowed to carry out some cooperative training, originally to ensure that he could keep up with the team at any time.

Now the Thunder's tactics are not that complicated, especially for a core player like Westbrook. He only needs to remember the running positions of his teammates, and the sudden points can be given to the position;

But now Westbrook is not as "dumb" as he was in the past, and he is still willing to run when it is time to run. After all, his fixed-point shooting is not that strong, and the opponent may not guarantee that he will score if he is released. He has to have the ball in his hand to find the rhythm.

The best way to do this is definitely not to wait for the passing point guard to make a direct shot, but to make an empty cut and go down to win the chance to kill the basket.

This set itself is not that complicated, just remember to fix a few running routes, and you can use it directly when you go on the field.

Anyway, the opponent is the Timberwolves, so it can be used as training.

　There is a chapter that I lost by myself, dizzy...

　　
　
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