Start coaching the Thunder, starting with Westbrook

Chapter 34 Communication

Westbrook's arrival naturally attracted the attention of the audience, and many people were still shouting towards this side.

Even if it is the media, it will be a matter of the future. At this time, Westbrook is not so "crazy", let alone the fans who support him, so he stood up and turned around and waved to the surroundings, which immediately attracted a lot of cheers, faintly louder than the shouts in the game.

This is the influence of stars!

At this time, Westbrook is already a solid All-Star player. Although the All-Star is a substitute, it's not that he can't do it but that the opponent is too strong.

We all know that the Western Conference has never lacked star guards. In recent years, Paul and Kobe first occupied the backcourt position, and then Curry and Harden rose successively. It is not easy for Westbrook to occupy a starting position in the 16 All-Star.

You must know that the "cousin" Lillard, who will explode in the future, has never made an All-Star start in his career, which also leaves a BUFF that Lillard will explode after the All-Star.

Although the Thunder is located in a small ball market, the youth storm that started in 10 has swept across the United States in 12. In addition, Westbrook's own style of play has exploded, which is very attractive to fans. His current popularity and popularity are not comparable to these unknown people on the court.

When fans watch football, they don't just watch the wonderful games and tactics, but also the teams they support and the players they like. It can be foreseen that when the game is over, Westbrook will definitely be surrounded by fans.

Then Westbrook sat down again, looked at Li Sheng who also sat back, looked at the game on the court again, smiled and said: "You let that 'little kd' control the ball, aha?"

As soon as Li Sheng heard it, he knew that this guy hadn't paid attention to the relevant reports at all, but the nickname of "little KD" was somewhat interesting.

At first, it may be because he was selected to the Thunder, and then Antetokounmpo is very similar to Durant, and he is both inside and running to play forward. He has good athletic talent, so fans have such expectations.

But of course, after the TNT program was aired, this title spread with some irony.

But after this game, I believe it will be slightly better.

Although the Magic team changed their defensive style in the first half at this time, Antetokounmpo has shown confidence and his condition is getting better and better. His size is indeed misplaced against the players of the Magic team. If he does not double-team, he can punish his opponent.

Once the ball was double-teamed, the Thunder's outside touch recovered in the second half. At this moment, Gomez and Ennis made three three-pointers, and even Robertson made one.

So instead of being narrowed, the score on the field was stretched to double digits.

Oladipo's expression looks a little helpless, because the Magic can only rely on him to attack in series.

Originally thought that Thunder, which has been deeply involved in public opinion recently, was a soft persimmon, and he would usher in a three-game winning streak for Xialian. Unexpectedly, Thunder's state suddenly recovered, and Audi even suspected that he was being targeted.

They didn't play well offensively, but the Thunder played too easily, and then further mobilized the enthusiasm of the defensive end, making their offense even more hindered.

In 2 minutes, Antetokounmpo has scored 5 points and 2 assists, one step closer to a triple-double.

This is obviously what everyone wants to see, and Antetokounmpo will gradually play better and better in the next few games, and public opinion will definitely change further.

Then after training and strengthening during the offseason, the regular season will only be stronger, and by then this nickname may be called a good name again.

Of course, Li Sheng knows that Antetokounmpo is not a small KD, he is himself, and he can be regarded as a unique style of play, at most he can be regarded as James in the power forward position.

"What do you think is the biggest problem for the team right now?"

Since the team is in good shape on the field, Li Sheng doesn't mind having a good chat with Westbrook.

After all, if he wants to coach the Thunder in the future, he must have a good relationship with the two cores.

Compared with the unpredictable Durant, Li Sheng thinks Westbrook is better.

Westbrook froze for a moment, glanced at Li Sheng, and was a little surprised to see his serious expression. He didn't expect him to ask himself a question about the team seriously.

But he thought about it, and said: "In the past, we lost three opponents, the Mavericks, the Heat and the Grizzlies. This year it was because of my injury. The first two years were mainly too young. Our lineup has impact, but lacks experience. Now if we compare them again, I believe we will win!"

Although he was later criticized for having a low golf quotient and playing without a brain, Westbrook is more likely to get on the court and hot-headed, and the golf quotient does not mean IQ. It is still possible to calm down and think about problems off the court.

Of course, what he said must not be so calm, but the star himself must not lose confidence and admit defeat before he has played. Whether he can win or not is another matter.

Li Sheng smiled, but asked again: "Russell, have you heard about the evaluation of you by the outside world after you lost in the finals last time?"

Westbrook's complexion changed. Although it seemed that Megatron would go his own way on the court and would never be changed by others, he was actually just like Durant and Harden, who were easily influenced by outside public opinion.

In fact, it can also be seen from the subsequent development that these three brothers are not malicious, but they are definitely not mature mentally.

The most successful players in the league in the future, James is more mature and stable, and Curry is humble and low-key. Although they sometimes get slapped in the face when they speak, they generally feel like adults.

As for the "Three Young Masters of Thunder", judging from their actions, they are all a bit glassy, ​​"childish", and a bit self-centered. The bearded man who seems heartless is actually very sensitive and fragile.

And Westbrook, who looks like the number one in the world and completely ignores outside comments, is actually not so "hard-hearted".

He once said that he was willing to change his style of play for Durant. In fact, he said otherwise, but he must be sincere when he can say this.

Including his subsequent year with the Lakers, it would be crazy to say he hasn't changed at all.

It's just lineup problems plus injuries, poor running-in, and poor results. In addition, Westbrook's body has indeed declined. The biggest support is gone, and his technical shortcomings are revealed.

As a result, Westbrook found that he couldn't do it when he wanted to carry the team. Isn't this a kind of sadness?

At that time, Westbrook even gave Li Sheng a feeling of Curry, at least in the point that he was confused and couldn't be himself and then seemed to have declined significantly, which was exactly the same as Curry who Durant had just joined in the first half of the 16-17 season.

From the unanimous MVP scoring leader to an All-Star, Curry was also criticized for declining. During the two consecutive championships, it was even considered that the new king of Golden State had changed positions.

Then the "king" ran away by himself, and everyone suddenly discovered that the "king" of Jinzhou hadn't changed from beginning to end.

To put it bluntly, in a star team, except for James, who is a stat maniac who takes all the money, and Durant, who can play the special model of the top efficiency in the dream team, it is normal for other people's data performance to decline.

Westbrook's problem is nothing more than a data maniac meeting another data maniac, but because his strength and status are not as good as others, there is no way but to be weak and take the blame.

It's no wonder that the fans would say that the Lakers had two brushes that season, which was too damn reasonable.

However, Westbrook in the future is irreversible, but now he is not without hope. A very important joint point lies in his injury this time.

After Westbrook came back in the previous life, he still continued his previous violent style of play. Not only was the coach conniving, Durant also acquiesced. Why, because Westbrook is not so thunderous and there is no hope.

The Thunder later hoped for the biggest 16 playoffs, knocking out the Spurs with 65+ wins in the regular season.

It's just that this is a double-edged sword. Most of the time it can hurt people, but sometimes it can hurt people. The fatal thing is that it is always at the decisive moment.

After Durant left, Westbrook became even more crazy and never looked back on the way to brush data, as if he wanted to prove himself in this way.

Facts have proved that he went in the wrong direction. A player who used Tony Allen as a template during the draft, it is understandable if you say that his organizational attributes are not good. Is it entirely his problem that the defense is getting back?

Moreover, the Thunder's three juniors are not considered defensive champions, and their defensive attitude is no match for Curry's small stature. Whether it is the stamina blame Westbrook or Durant and Harden who are not good at physical strength, this is definitely a problem with the training environment.

It seems that the Thunder are very good at cultivating rookies, but to a certain extent, it is not the same as the Timberwolves. Towns, who also used defense as a selling point in the draft, later became a typical example of strong offense and weak defense. The same is true.

So what Li Sheng thinks is to reverse it from now on.

But it must not be that easy, because Westbrook is not a rookie. He is now a star and one of the core of the team.

Seeing the change in Wei Shao's face, Li Sheng immediately smiled understandingly and said: "It seems that you don't need to say more, you know what I want to say?"

Westbrook was silent for a moment, then turned his head and looked at Li Shengdao expressionlessly: "Coach Li, are you laughing at the core of your team?"

It's a good thing they didn't tell me "I'm the MVP, who the fuck are you"...

Li Sheng smiled lightly: "The core is produced, not spoken."

"I've been playing for five seasons, you rookie!" Westbrook's eyes couldn't contain the anger, this time it was really aimed at Li Sheng.

Udoka and Collins next to them couldn't care less about watching the game, they looked over nervously, ready to come up to try to persuade them to fight.

They are also players. In terms of height and body, it is still possible to stop Westbrook.

Li Sheng's tone was still not salty, and then he did suddenly ask a question: "Russell, have you ever thought that you will leave Oklahoma City?"

(End of this chapter)