Start coaching the Thunder, starting with Westbrook

Chapter 82 Training Match
Later, after Perkins became a ball commentator, he showed his clown qualities to the fullest, making money, not shabby.

But there are still some ball blinds who blow him up as a "star player", saying how he was when he was in the Celtics, and the Lakers were able to beat the Celtics because of his injury...

Not to mention how difficult it is for the Big Three of the Green Army to lead Rivers to win a championship. After winning the championship, their spirits have dropped a lot.

The two teams still reached the tiebreaker. If Perkins is really that important, he should not be able to reach the tiebreaker, because he was injured and retired in the sixth game.

Of course, this is not to say that Perkins is not important. As a part of the team, he must have his role, but there is no need to be high. Even if he can be present in the tiebreaker, will he definitely win?

What's more, injuries are luck, and luck is sometimes a part of strength. There are very few champions in the past who have not received the "injury bonus" at all, so there is no need to go to the history books.

Perkins has been a blue-collar meat shield with distinctive characteristics throughout his career. He can maximize his role in a tough defensive team like the Celtics, which also coincides with his personal peak period.

After coming to the Thunder, he also happened to be paired with Ibaka, who has outstanding running and jumping and excellent defensive assistance. His weakness of slow speed can be slightly covered up, and then continue to squat under the basket to do what he is best at.

But as he failed to make progress personally and kept up with the needs of the team, his shortcomings became more and more obvious. He couldn't move laterally, turn around slowly, couldn't defend from the outside line, and was often passed by others.

So after Adams grew up in his previous life, Perkins was immediately given up by Thunder.

It's almost the same if you don't give up. After all, starting from next year, the Warriors' small ball storm will sweep the league. Centers like Perkins will be eliminated sooner or later.

Looking at his clumsy appearance on the field, seeing his unrestrained belly that can't be completely covered by the jersey, Li Sheng didn't even bother to say anything more. He already had an idea in his heart, and it seemed that he had to give Gobert a little more chance next season.

Anyway, that's the end of Perkins' career. He has already won the championship, and after coming to the Thunder, he also got a pension contract, which is not a loss.

With his status as a "champion veteran", he is still giving pointers to the team, more than Fisher.

When Li Sheng didn't get in touch with him at first, he thought that he later became a commentator because of his professional needs. Only after he got in touch with him did he realize that this girl is also forced by the same thing in private, with a big mouth and no worries.

Especially because he probably relied on himself as a veteran, while Li Sheng was just a rookie coach. When Li Sheng first wanted to talk about him, he even wanted to refute.

If it wasn't for the fact that several rookies were on Li Sheng's side later on, and the others were so happy to watch the fun that they were not stupid enough to help him, even Fisher was watching from the sidelines, and Durant seemed to be leaning towards Li Sheng, Perkins probably would have messed up something.

If there is a conflict in the first internal training match, it will be a lot of fun, don't expect everyone in this arena to keep it a secret.

Especially Perkins himself may not keep it secret. Rumors like Butler's conflict with Towns and others in the Timberwolves in the previous life, leading the three teams to blow up the starting lineup, were spread by a reporter he befriended, so it seems self-evident who said it.

In contrast, Fisher, although the beginning of the state is not very good, but at least understandable.

Fisher signed the final year of the contract, 135 million dollars a year, ready to accompany the Thunder for the final sprint for one year.

He is 39 years old this year, and he is like an old man with slow footsteps. Let alone Reggie who relies on speed, even Sefolosha, who is not good at dribbling, can pass him in one step-although his speed was not fast when he was young.

Defensively, there is no hope. I can only hope that he can get back [-] points after training. In the new season, he can be a spot-up shooter with peace of mind.

One of Fisher's great strengths is his big heart. Although the 0.4-second lore is controversial, it is a manifestation of his big heart. What's more, he has only one shot at a critical moment, which can be regarded as proof that he has this ability.

So despite his various weaknesses, he was still able to gain a foothold in the Lakers dynasty and played an important role in the Lakers' five championships.

The Thunder recruited him also because they wanted to use his experience to help a team with a relatively young core.

If it wasn't for Westbrook's injury, in fact, he should stay on the bench in the new season, instruct newcomers and maintain a stable locker room, instead of increasing his playing time like now.

Of course, this is also the reason why the team did not hesitate to complete the contract extension with him, and Fisher stayed here for money, and secondly, he really wanted to sprint for the championship one last time.

Perkins can't communicate, but Fisher can speak. Although he has a lot of controversy, he can become the chairman of the players' union. There must be no problem with the sophistication of the world, at least he won't lose face to the head coach in person.

Moreover, Fisher also intends to develop in the direction of the head coach in the future. Even last season, he actually started to play the role of a part of the assistant coach, so naturally he doesn't mind building a good relationship with Li Sheng.

Li Sheng also told him his own requirements, and the training match proved that this style of play is feasible.

Although the rookie team still suffered a disastrous defeat to the starters, they were facing Durant. Fisher has rich experience and experience. He entered the league in the same year as Kobe, and has been in the league for almost 20 years.

He can naturally see the potential of their lineup - except for him, of course.

The defense of these four rookies is amazing enough. I didn't expect that Antetokounmpo controlled the ball and Gobert served as the setter. It was quite effective.

Especially the set of pick-and-roll and pick-and-cut tactics inherited from the summer league. The three of them also practiced together in the training camp before, and the combination of Durant, Leonard and Green also played halftime.

Gobert obviously has not been idle during the off-season, especially after being reminded by Li Sheng, he has also found progress in this area, so he is more motivated to practice passing, and now he can still play a lot of tricks.

Compared with the starters, their transfer of the ball can be said to be a blast.

Fisher has experienced the triangle offense system, and he is no stranger to the play style of pulling out the inside. After all, O'Neal and Gasol have done this before, but the leading offense has changed from the [-]nd and [-]th positions to the [-]th and [-]th positions.

And because their lineup has no obvious personal offensive strength for the time being, there are not many singles. In addition to Fisher standing on an outside shooting point, Antetokounmpo and Gobert's pick-and-roll at positions [-] and [-], Ennis and Robertson's frequent running, screens, and air cuts are also very important.

In this case, the starting lineup can't prevent them at all, and this is because Udoka, who executes the starting lineup, also understands this style of play and has reminded him a long time ago.

Their problem was that they had a chance but failed to make a hit, especially Fisher himself, who had two wide-open three-pointers, and both of them were ironed out, because he hadn't practiced for a long time, and his touch didn't come back so quickly.

So although the results of the training match were in line with expectations, the scene actually didn't look so one-sided.

(End of this chapter)