Start coaching the Thunder, starting with Westbrook

Chapter 60 Convergence
"call!"

After a day of running around, Li Sheng immediately filled the bathtub with water after returning to the hotel and sat in for a soak.

Then he suddenly thought of Liu Yiran, and unconsciously put a smile on his mouth.

He had a good impression of that girl, especially when he met her just after thinking about an affair, Li Sheng had to wonder if his marriage had arrived.

And after getting along for a long time, he feels that the girl has a lot of advantages, not to mention that she is beautiful, and she has a good personality. Although she likes to be shy, she is a little confused when she comes to a foreign country, and it is easy to fall into the misunderstanding of inertial thinking.

But she is also very smart and good at learning, and she has learned a lot of useless new knowledge from Li Sheng.

It's a pity that Li Sheng can only stay here for two days, and he has to fly back to Oklahoma City tomorrow afternoon to join Adu and the others first.

Presti has already called and said that he has made an agreement with them. Adu, Antetokounmpo, Robertson and Ennis are naturally willing. For rookies, this is an opportunity to improve themselves.

As for Adu, after he heard that Leonard was training with him, he also wanted to experience the defense James received in the finals.

In fact, this should be a misunderstanding that outsiders often have. The team's defense limits the opponent's stars not only by relying on one or two defensive champions, but more importantly, the defensive system and the rotation of everyone on the team.

I have heard of a star player who kills people by attacking, but I have never heard of a defender who can completely rely on personal defense to lock up a star player.

It's like the Spurs against James, relying on the defensive coordination of the inside and outside, limiting James' breakthrough and his connection to the team.

This is actually the Spurs' defensive strategy. It was even more exaggerated in the early years. At that time, James was not good at shooting and didn't have a back. Just like Antetokounmpo later, he could only break through the frame.

The finals in 15 were similar, because of the loss of two generals, the Cavaliers only had James as a star, and the Warriors only needed to restrict him.

In the end, Iguodala won the FMVP by relying on the restrictions on James, but did he really do it alone?

Isn't it because of the cooperation of Green, Thompson and Barnes, the first-generation "Four Famous Catchers", and the amazing rotation of the Warriors' five defenses?

The defensive end is not well reflected in the statistics, and even ordinary people can hardly see the clues on the scene, so many stars don't like to do defense, especially the work of helping others to wipe other people's ass, but this is not uncommon in the Warriors.

So it's no problem for the Warriors to beat James by relying on the system. If you have to choose an FMVP, of course it is Curry who guarantees the bottom-up output.

As for the instability of the pitcher, there is really nothing to do, but this is a series. It is also not good if you just take it for granted that you will forget the performance when you won the game just because of the impression points in one or two games.

far away...

Of course, Leonard's defense is worthy of recognition. He is indeed the Spurs' perimeter defensive leader. If it weren't for his and Danny Green's defense, how could Parker be able to cover up the colander?

Of course, at this time Leonard must still be unable to guard against Durant, and even at his peak he should only be able to explode each other.

In the second round of the 16-17 playoffs between the Thunder and the Spurs, Leonard, who was still on the rise and already a bit of a master, lost in one round with Durant, who had just returned from a serious injury.

And in the comeback the next season, Leonard almost led the team to overthrow the cosmic brave who joined Durant.

The card that year was really strong!

Many people say that the God of War cartoon passed the Eastern Conference single-core championship in 19, but they don't know that if it weren't for injuries, it might have been possible in 17.

Of course, there are no ifs in this world, and a victory in a game cannot represent a victory in a series. It's just that the lead of 20+ points before the injury made many fans unavoidable.

Later, in the 19 finals, Durant only played part of the time due to injury, so in general, the real peak series between the two still did not happen, which has to make people feel regretful.

But failure is the main theme of life and the main color of the NBA. There is only one final winner in each season, and other teams and players are all losers. But it is precisely because of the hard work and hard work of these losers that the success of the winners can be contrasted.

Just like the Cavaliers team that defeated the 73-win Warriors to win the championship, as long as James is still playing in the league, he will always be talked about.

Emmm...

Of course, Li Sheng will find a way to help Durant realize his idea, because he heard that Danny Green will also practice extra during the offseason, so not only Leonard, but also Huang Ama will be seen.

At that time, if there is a training game and the defensive lineup of Leonard + Green + Robertson + Antetokounmpo is played against Durant, I wonder if the schoolbag will cry?

After all, I heard that he was double-teamed by the first brother and another Green in the Warriors training game, and he couldn't stand it...

On the plane, Durant shuddered suddenly, and then began to search for who was looking at him, only to see Li Sheng's strange eyes, and he felt puzzled.

Today is the day when Li Sheng rushed back, and then they will fly to San Antonio for training together.

And these two days they stayed in Oklahoma City were not idle, after all, this trip will take a long time, so they have to make their own arrangements.

Compared with the three rookies who are still more humble in front of Li Sheng, they all seem very happy after seeing him lead the team. Durant treats Li Sheng very normally.

Compared with Westbrook, his feelings towards Li Sheng are considered impartial, neither liking nor disliking.

However, he is more willing to help Li Sheng arrange training for him during the offseason.

Because of Westbrook's injury in the previous playoffs, no one shared the defensive pressure for him, which made him feel very difficult.

Although even when Westbrook is there, his performance against the Grizzlies' defense will be greatly restricted, but at least the team's offense will be much better. Now the team is not performing well and the team lost the game, which makes him unacceptable.

So this offseason he wants to further strengthen his confrontation, especially shooting under strong confrontation.

As for physical strength, it is already very difficult to improve this kind of thing.

Of course physical strength can be developed, but generally there is an upper limit, and more trade-offs are needed. For example, if you fight against strong physical strength, your agility and speed may decrease. Of course, Durant chose to keep the latter, so that he can maintain his maximum aggressiveness.

In fact, God has given him such a talented body shape. He is not the son of God, and some other defects should be satisfied. In fact, this is a problem that needs to be solved by the coaching staff, not him.

If the coaching staff can't hide the shortcomings of the stars and play to their strengths, what's the use of them?

So Durant still has some opinions on Brooks in his heart, but Shuai is also his mentor after all, and he is not the kind of character who will say anything generously.

Now it depends on what Li Sheng can do, whether he can be better than Brooks.

(End of this chapter)