Start coaching the Thunder, starting with Westbrook

Chapter 18 Training Plan
In fact, in the previous life, the Thunder had many good opportunities to win the championship. From the perspective of the league, the Thunder was actually the one that won the most praise.

This can be seen from the whistle support that San Shao received, not to mention the historical free throw king Ha, the "Golden Wheel Law King" Durant is also well-known, but Westbrook's treatment is slightly worse than the two, but with his style of play, it is enough to be called "Thunder Thunder Three Whistle".

The reason why they failed to succeed together is that luck is a large part of the factor, not to mention the fact that Harden, Dewey, and Ibaka who have been let go for millions have been injured in turn, making it difficult for the Thunder to get all the healthy main players to play the entire season every season.

What's more, the Thunder's lineup also has natural weaknesses. In recent years, most of them rely on scouting for rookies to discover their potential, just like the Texas Xiaoqiang who always "picks up junk"-but this is Harden's next home, and this luck is also absolute.

Speaking of luck, there is also an inevitable element, because the boss is unwilling to invest, so he can only go this kind of "sideways", but this kind of supplementary gun can still be played in the regular season. When the playoffs need to test individual abilities, the gap in the lineup will be infinitely enlarged.

Sometimes in the regular season, the core is overworked for the record, and the playoffs are exhausted, leaving behind the so-called "playoff hip pull" personal performance.

Pulling the hips is really pulling the hips, but the reasons do exist.

In recent years, there has been a saying that "Spurs coach, Thunder rookie, and Xiaoqiang old player".

Even the Mavericks, who were renamed the Lone Ranger, ushered in a supernova and entered the playoffs steadily, but the Spurs could only be defeated in the playoffs.

In the new era, there will be no stone Buddhas, and there may not even be admirals. Maybe in another dozen or 20 years, the Spurs will be competing with the king.

Not to mention this, and not to mention the turmoil in the outside world, after the press conference, Li Sheng received a long-overdue task reminder from the system, clarifying the goal of the new season, not only to reach the finals and win the championship, but also to win as many team and individual honors as possible.

Because these points can eventually be used to redeem items in the mall.

It's very systematic and straightforward, and anyone who understands it doesn't need an explanation.

Get good results, get more points, and then exchange good things from the mall, and then feed them back to the team, and you can continue to get good results, which forms a virtuous circle.

So Li Sheng is full of motivation now, and for him, the most important thing is naturally to train these four rookies as much as possible, and hope that after this offseason, they can at least play and contribute in the new season.

How far the current Thunder team can go depends on whether they can play well and give Dewey enough help.

A player's ability to play depends on various factors, but he himself should be the most important. Therefore, for these future rookies, Li Sheng's expectations will naturally be higher than those of other players who have not left their names, because they have the elements of success, and Li Sheng has to create conditions for them.

Especially Antetokounmpo and Gobert, if the Thunder's lineup wants to upgrade and win the championship, it really depends on their future growth.

"how do you feel?"

When they entered the arena, the four rookies seemed eager to perform. After Li Sheng asked a question, they all responded enthusiastically at the same time.

Not to mention the home field effect. There are fans who support you at the game site, which will make players more expressive; on the contrary, boos will interfere with the performance of visiting team players and affect their state.

Of course, the home whistle is also a very important reason.

At the request of Li Sheng, Presti also specially opened some fans to come in. They were very excited to see the team's rookie, and then they saw Li Sheng, who was said to be the team's new head coach, and they were somewhat at a loss.

The auditorium seemed a little noisy for a while, and many people were discussing what was going on.

Originally, Westbrook's injury made the Thunder's future uncertain in the new season. Unexpectedly, they experienced a coaching change before the season started.

Fans may have the idea of ​​"If you don't go to the old, you can't come to the new"-there is no such proverb in English, but you can almost understand the meaning, and Li Sheng is from the coaching staff of the new champion Spurs, which can somewhat make them feel that the Thunder management is not randomly selected.

Of course, most people don’t really care who the coach is on the sidelines at all. Everything is unknown before the results are made. They watch the players play, so they may look forward to the rookie’s performance more than any coaching change.

Especially for local fans, a rookie will spend at least three years, which means that the next three years may be familiar faces.

However, Li Sheng just let the four rookies show themselves a little on the court, proving that they can gain a foothold in the NBA, mainly in terms of physical fitness. As for the others, they have to practice hard during the offseason.

Brother Antetokounmpo has not yet become a big muscle bully at this time, because of his height and figure, he even looks very thin.

But in him, many people saw the shadow of Durant.

He is tall, has long legs, and has slender muscles—well, there are almost no muscles at this time, anyway, he is a relatively unique tall person.

Of course, they would definitely be disappointed after seeing his performance on the field, but this time is not a game, so Li Sheng asked him to show his physical fitness as much as possible, running, jumping, and dunking.

The physical fitness of Thunder rookies is generally not bad, and dunks are commonplace. Even Harden, who everyone thinks of the floor, did not rarely break through dunks during the Thunder period.

As for why he walked the floor and never dunked when he could layup, this has a lot to do with the serious injury he witnessed with his own eyes; and why he even lost his defense, this has to mention a big guy called "Charity World Peace".

Not only Antetokounmpo, Robertson is also a fierce man who can catch all kinds of dunks in the air, not to mention Gobert, who is 2.16 meters tall and has a wingspan of 2.35 meters. He can easily hang the frame with a small jump.

The one who is slightly worse should be James Ennis, but he is also tall and long, and Li Sheng plans to develop him in the 3D direction in the future.

The template for 3D players in this period should be Battier. No matter how effective his eye-closed shots are, at least it sounds bluffing, let alone his excellent three-point ability.

What Li Sheng didn't know was that the other time and space Ennis didn't play in the NBA immediately after the draft, because the Heat at that time were unwilling to spend time on training rookies.

Well, it seems that James' teams are all in this mode...

It was only after James left the Heat that Ennis got the Heat's three-year minimum salary contract. After that, he moved to various teams.

However, after Li Sheng had a brief exchange with him, he decided to keep him.

Firstly, he did have 3D potential, and secondly, his humility impressed Li Sheng.

Li Sheng also wants to see if he can find something suitable for him in the mall of the system. If he can use this to change a player's life, even if only he knows it, it will make people feel very fulfilled.

In fact, these four rookies have good personalities, otherwise they would not have any future achievements.

For example, although Antetokounmpo has been criticized for his character in later generations, let alone that he has not yet learned the "excellent tradition" of the Bucks-it is worth mentioning that the two notorious players of the Warriors in the future, Bogou and Zhazha, both came from the Bucks; he has never had other bad news outside the court.

He even played hard on the court, of course he was a bit "clumsy" when defending, ahem...

Anyway, Li Sheng already has a prototype in his mind about how to train Brother Antetokounmpo.

(End of this chapter)