You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 573 Bird's Influence

Chapter 589 Bird's Influence
Eddie Jordan is worrying about something.

It is rumored that Iguodala doesn't like Wish. If the two of them can't get along, the 76ers' performance in the new season will not be guaranteed. If the two core players run counter to each other, then the record will be over.

You don't know Eddie Jordan?So -- he's a former NBA player and the current head coach of the 76ers.

There have been countless players with the Jordan surname in the history of the NBA. Eddie Jordan entered the league seven years earlier than the well-known Jordan.Just when another Jordan joined the league, he had already retired.

1984, a magical year, the year Wei Xia was born, Michael Jordan's rookie year, and Eddie Jordan's retirement year.

Jordan's coaching career was not smooth. In the mid-80s, the prejudice against blacks in American society had not been completely eliminated.Players like Jordan who have no roots and connections want to coach, either they have to meet noble people, or they have to survive.

Jordan chose the second path, boil.

In order to enhance his business ability, he went to the NCAA as a support company, and finally got an NBA coaching contract 12 years later.

Knowing that today he has persisted in the NBA for more than ten years, he has led the Wizards to the playoffs several times before, but last season, due to Arenas' injuries, the shortage of personnel in the team, the record went from bad to worse, and the collapsed locker room made the Wizards have a 9% winning percentage. Someone must be responsible.

So Jordan dismissed get out of class.

After he got out of class, the Wizards "united as one", determined to use practical actions to prove that it was not Jordan's problem, but their own waste-they won a total of 19 games throughout the season, ranking first in the league.

It can be said that in the past 2008-09 season, that Wizards team belonged to the thriving existence in the Eastern Conference.

That season, the East briefly tore off the label of lack of competitiveness, although the No.8 team in the West could still rank fourth in the East.However, the record of the teams from ninth to 15th in the Eastern Conference is better than that of the Western Conference.

The West is strong in the top eight, while the East wins in the overall balance.

Except for the Wizards, no team has less than 30 wins, and no team in the West has more than 30 wins except for the top nine teams.

Jordan, who brought out a 9% winning percentage, did not lose his job because of this. After all, all NBA teams are professional.They know which coaches are talented and which are not.

Jordan may not be a famous coach, but he is undoubtedly one of the most capable coaches among the unemployed.

The 76ers, who are about to start a new round of reconstruction, need an experienced head coach.

Either, he revitalized the team, or let him help them win the high pick with the ability to make the last team play 9%, anyway, it can't be lost.

Due to some personal matters, Jordan failed to join the training camp immediately.

When he arrived at the Stockton Academy, the players in the training camp had already been training intensely for three days.

The first time he arrived at the scene, he saw everyone playing a confrontation match.

It was his two assistant coaches who directed the match.

One is Aaron McGee, who has just retired, and the other is Linam.

Jordan noticed they separated Wescia and Iguodala.

One of them is on the black team and the other is on the white team, which is for the sake of fairness.If two core players can be in a team at the same time, that team will be blown up.

What is the value of such a match?
The strong should fight against each other rather than join forces. Fighting in groups will lose a lot of fun.

Jordan noticed the score, 4-6.

It seems that today's match has just started, and he has a good show to watch.

Wei Xia and Iguodala face off.

His activities are extremely frequent, the running position and angle, it seems that he hasn't jumped out of his habit in the Lakers.

It's no wonder that he played for the Lakers for three years, and he hasn't played an official game for nearly a year and a half.

Iguodala's seemingly rough defense against Weixia seems to confirm Jordan's concerns.

Are these two really at odds?

Jordan thought.

Suddenly, Wei Xia used the cover of Ryan Hollins to get rid of the defense. The speed was extremely fast, and it seemed that he had already aimed at the shooting point.

Iguodala's defense was in place half a second later, and the ball passed to Weisha was passed to Hollins who cut inside with a more clever gesture.

Hollins ran excitedly, grabbed the ball with one hand, and used his physicality to slam dunk over Speights.

"Not bad...he's still very selfless."

Jordan has coached the Wizards and played many games with the Lakers before, and he knows what kind of style Wei Xia is.

He dared to say that there is no coach who doesn't like players like Wei Xia.

Each game can be played for 40 minutes, and even if it is not arranged for 40 minutes, he will not be used to it.

He doesn't care much about shooting rights and statistics. If there are other people in the team who can solve the opponent, he can never shoot and concentrate on doing his favorite defense.

Selfless!Selfless!Selfless!Important things should be said three times.

But in the 76ers, he needs this selfless man to show selfishness.

Because Iguodala is also a player who is selfless enough to not care about his own data.

Two core players, regardless of whether there are conflicts or not, if one is selfless and the other is relatively selfish, a clever chemical reaction can erupt.

The simplest example: Jordan and Pippen.

Jordan's obsession with scoring makes him always carry the label of selfishness, and Pippen's existence dilutes this.

If Pippen was as selfish as Jordan, or if Jordan learned to be as selfless as Pippen, would the Bulls of the 90s still be what history has shown?

Wei Xia's pass just now seemed to tell others that he was still the same as before and hadn't changed at all.

It was Iguodala who was proactive.

His appearance made Jordan a little strange, as if he was holding back his energy and wanted to prove that he was better than Wei Xia.

He waved his hands decisively, telling everyone to move aside, and he wanted to be one-on-one with Wei Xia in the middle.

Wei Xia opened his hands and tried his best to guard against it.

His lateral speed was clearly affected by the torn ACL, but his defensive awareness improved in one of the most important games of Bird's career.

Wei Xia can't say whether it is the change brought about by Bird, or after he played a game with Bird's skills, golf intelligence and awareness, he also affected himself.

What exactly caused his defensive awareness to evolve is irrelevant.

He locked Iguodala!

But such a scene is unsustainable, and it is impossible for him to stare at the opposing opponent every round.

Iguodala's offense was choked and passed to Louis Williams on the outside.

When Lu Wei attacked, he knew that he had no one else in his eyes.

He was up against Vaughn Weaver, who was terribly defensive, and his change of direction didn't bring any tricky angles and he broke through.

Seeing that the offense was about to be completed, Wei Xia, who was facing Iguodala before, quickly returned to the paint area, took off with his right foot, and his calf seemed to have explosives. It seemed that the impact of the ACL tear was completely unaffected, allowing him to jump straight to the sky.

Lu Wei's offense was blocked!
"Too ruthless!" he cried out.

Zhu Holiday, who was assigned to the same team with Wei Xia, took the rebound smartly. Wei Xia completed two defenses and launched a counterattack faster than before.

His opponents could feel his lust just by looking at it.

If counted from the first day, he has played three confrontation games, and he can feel his enthusiasm in each game is stronger than the previous one.

Is this the hunger that comes from not playing for a year and a half?
In the frontcourt, Wei Xia dunked.

Eddie Jordan saw that what a torn ACL took away was not physical fitness, but lateral movement.

It's a pity, but after experiencing a torn ACL, it is a blessing in misfortune to be able to preserve the physical fitness to the greatest extent.

The lateral movement speed will affect the defense, and the physical fitness determines the height of his ceiling for a second position who is biased towards the third position.

At least, Wei Xia's physical fitness is still there, and his defense may never return to the height of the Lakers, but in other respects, the future can be expected.

In this confrontation match, Wei Xia basically only made high-profile dunks when he counterattacked. At other times, he was more willing to let people with unstable positions such as Holiday and Weaver show themselves more, because he knew that the head coach had arrived.

He spotted Eddie Jordan early on.

He didn't worry about his position at all, he just wanted Jordan to see what level the rest of the team was.

In today's match, the white team led by Iguodala won.

The results are not surprising.

Except for Brand, who does not play in the match, the white team has Iguodala, Lu Wei, Thaddeus Young, Speights and Kapono.

Two main players, a sixth man, a main rotation and a substitute.

In Weixia's black team, except for Weixia himself, only Hollins is expected to compete for the main force in the new season, and the others can only compete for the main force rotation.

After watching the game, Jordan walked over with a smile on his face, and said in a hearty voice: "I just saw a good game, your enthusiasm and desire are all in it, I am very satisfied. But at the same time, I want to let you know that no matter what kind of game it is, you should go all out. If you hide something now, then you may never have the opportunity to show your 100% self in front of me."

"My words are not just for the substitutes, but also for some players who think they are the main players."

After all, Jordan took a serious look at Wei Xia.

Although Jordan is far from being a famous coach, he has worked hard in the front line of coaching for many years, and he knows how to quickly establish his prestige.

Sure enough, after these words were thrown down, the atmosphere in the team changed significantly.

"Let's stop here today. I hope to see better content in the match tomorrow." Jordan dismissed the team, and then said to Wei Xia, "Do you have time, Wish?"

"of course."

"Shall we chat?"

"With pleasure, Coach."

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