From today on is the king

Chapter 817 816. Got Trapped by Hooligans Again!

"Tracey, you and Tyshawn should be more fierce in the pinch, Ace, you should shrink faster, and interfere with Greg's catch better, Josh, your inside and outside defensive moves should be faster... Josh, you come down first, and Rashid to learn the timing of expansion and contraction..."

Mike Woodson is instructing the new defensive running position. The two assistants and trainers, Stockton and Malone, have become part of the training. Together with the recalled Tony Allen and Ariza, they are used as the 12-man roster.

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Two defensive training sessions, 40 minutes each, plus a 20-minute break, exactly 100 minutes, after training, Mike Woodson came to Coach Kruger's office.

"Mike, how's the progress?" Coach Kruger had already drawn hundreds of tactical drawings on his desk, most of which were crossed out, and only a few were neatly placed in the folder next to him.

"I think it will be very smooth." Mike - Woodson laughed.

"That's good. Our time is too tight. Let's use the last few games of this month to experiment. If it doesn't work, there is still room for adjustment." Coach Kruger nodded.

The defensive end was handed over to Mike Woodson. Coach Kruger was not worried at all. Coach Kruger took the offensive tactical movement training charts of the small ball play that were as perfect as possible last night and this morning, and took a few training pictures that were relatively perfect. He communicated with Mike Woodson about the connection between grabbing defensive rebounds and counterattacks after pressing the defense, and then asked the players to practice offense.

Switching to small ball play, for the Eagles, the offense is not troublesome, but the defense is more troublesome.

For Liu Mang, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown, Muhammad, Jason Terry and others, playing small ball is very familiar.

The Eagles have a common tactic called cavalry tactic. This tactic is somewhat similar to running and bombing, but it is not the same. It is not the same as small ball. It is not a team offensive tactic, but it has the same effect.

The biggest problem is that the Eagles used to play cavalry tactics, and the defense was traditional defense, at most outside oppression, but now, in addition to facing teams with super insiders, they need to use traditional styles of play. Most teams have to try fast-paced defensive changes, and the transition from fast-paced defensive changes to fast offense is what needs to be strengthened most now.

The offensive tactics were summarized quickly. Another reason is that although the Suns are still regarded as an alternative among fans, there are too few live broadcasts in the United States and not many people understand the charm of that kind of basketball. But in the coaching world, traditional coaches have already been shocked.

Regarding the running and bombing of the Suns, coach Kruger has already paid attention to the running and bombing of the Suns after playing for 20 days in the season.

在活塞队的战绩变成了9胜1负后，太阳队以10胜1负的战绩排到了联盟第一，同时也刷新了太阳队曾由巴克利在92-93赛季创造的队史最佳开局。

With such a strong performance, other teams will definitely pay attention.

But coach Kruger, including Nash, Quentin Richardson, Joe Johnson, Marion and Stoudemire's mini-lineup of the Suns, is not optimistic.

The lineup is too small, the tallest Stoudemire is only [-] meters, and the two forwards are both [-] meters, that is to say, there is basically no inside defense, and the rebounding is also extremely poor.

The rebound difference does not mean that the Suns have fewer rebounds. Their average of 45.1 rebounds per game ranks first in the league, which is more than the Bulls' 44.3 rebounds per game and the Eagles' 43.6 rebounds per game. However, the Suns averaged 47 rebounds per game.

Their strength is that they have a lot of shooters. The team's average three-point shooting rate reached 40.00% per game. Relying on fast-paced offensive and defensive transitions, they achieved a super high shooting rate. The overall average shooting rate reached 40.00%.

If the Eagles were to play and run like the Suns, Coach Kruger would strangle Liu Mang to death, but if he added defense to try to make some changes, Coach Kruger felt that he could still give it a try.

The key reason for coach Kruger to try to change is that the Eagles don't have any big advantage inside this season!After the start of this season, the Eagles' dominance is not as good as last season, because the inside advantage has weakened.

The defense is not bad. The inside defense composed of Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown, Mohammed and two rookie insiders is still very good, but the inside offense has weakened a lot. Boozer and Raheem left, and the Eagles' inside offense plummeted.

Last season, Boozer and Raheem posed a great threat to the inside. Boozer went to the Jazz this season. The Jazz were bad for Bodron Williams.

Raheem also averaged 24 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists at the beginning of this season.

For those who averaged more than 20 points per game this season, as many as 34 players have averaged more than 20 points per game after playing ten games so far, which is more than double that of the same period last season.

Because of the loss of these two forwards with an average of 20+ independent scoring ability per game, the Eagles have more time to focus on the triangle offense this season, so as to make up for the lack of internal independent scoring ability.

But the triangle offense can't fully utilize the advantage of the Eagles' inside athletic ability, and can only rely on Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Jason Terry, Calderon and others to help the inside create opportunities, but instead put a burden on the outside players.

So Coach Kruger has been considering changes, but the deep-rooted traditional style of play in the NBA and even the NCAA makes it difficult for Coach Kruger to get a clue for changes.

And this deep-rooted concept also made the rules that are conducive to running and bombing appear 10 years later, allowing Steve Kerr to find a balance... Mainly because the Warriors have been miserable for more than 20 or 30 years. Curry took "child labor wages". After being overturned, there are signs of collapse, and the salary cap of the league has risen so much that he can sign Durant naked. It can be said that the character that has been accumulated for 14 years has exploded.

The success model of the Warriors cannot be replicated, similar to Larry Bird's successors are all fake.

But the Eagles are different, they have Liu Mang!At least before Liu Mang retires, there is no need to worry about role players. Every season, there are underrated rookies who fall to the end of the first round and the second round. These college players are underestimated because they did not perform well in college or have injuries.

As early as two seasons ago, Liu Mang discussed with Mike Woodson the matter of unlimited switching defenses. This is Liu Mang’s memory. The assistant coach of the Cosmos team, Luke Walton, has learned from the Warriors and Spurs. The fusion is very efficient, leading the rotten Lakers to play the top three defenses in the league. Liu Mang only roughly understands the concept, but Mike Woodson is a defensive master. I will use it when I become the head coach in the future.

It's just that Mike Woodson will not leave the Eagles for the time being. What about the defending champion, who will give up the chance to defend the title?The Eagles’ lineup in the previous two seasons was very traditional, with a defensive center, a shooting power forward, a powerful small forward, a 3D shooting guard, and a wave ratio point guard. This also allowed the Eagles to continue to maintain the style of play of the previous two seasons at the beginning of this season.

The main training is to strengthen the defensive pressure, speed up the frequency of expansion and contraction of the defense, and force the opponent to speed up the rhythm and make mistakes. This defensive concept is very different from the traditional NBA defensive concept. Traditional NBA defensive teams are eager to slow down the defensive rhythm.

The purpose of the two defenses is the same, both to make the opponent make mistakes in shooting or passing the ball, but if the pace is fast, it is very beneficial for defensive counterattacks.

That's where Mike Woodson needs to help the team work out.

As for coach Kruger and Stockton, they are mainly responsible for the offense. They need to make the cavalry tactics more "big", so that everyone can participate and make full use of the current athletic ability of the team. In the past, there were Boozer and Ratliff. As long as either of them was on the court, they could not play the fast break of the whole team.

And because of the foundation of cavalry tactics, the training on the offensive end is much easier than on the defensive end.

During the offensive training, a group of players who can run and jump are very happy, and they are very active when they are positioned according to the tactics, but when they are training defensively, they complain a lot. This kind of defense with a small ball concept is too tiring and consumes a lot of energy. Thanks to the depth of the lineup, everyone can practice for a while. The consumption is not too big, and it will not affect the evening game.

But when coach Kruger came to practice the offense, the whole team was in high spirits and running like hell.

And the new tactics always make young players feel interesting, especially the play style that may be similar to the legendary Suns where everyone on the team can score. Players who usually don’t have many opportunities to perform are very excited to devote themselves to training. Although they complain about suffering, they are very active during training and want to show that they can do it.

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"Ace, make sure, after taking this step, there is no way to turn back!" McGrady was still so indecisive.

"That's good, Tracy, go and tell the coach that you don't want to play small ball, and tell him that you were joking with him." Liu Mang made a very challenging suggestion.

Mai Di gave Liu Mang a blank look, and ignored Liu Mang. Now that he understands, he was tricked again!
Although I don't know what Liu Mang is thinking, why he always has so many weird ideas, but McGrady knows that it is right that he has been tricked.

How long has it been since the Eagles!I was cheated countless times.

McGrady thought that Coach Kruger's eyes were bloodshot during training in the morning when he didn't sleep all night. He was like an angry eagle during training. Now, when Coach Kruger was catching up on sleep, he told him that yesterday was a joke. McGrady felt that he was trying to die.

Yesterday, after Liu Mang and Coach Kruger left home, Coach Kruger called Mike Woodson first, and then McGrady. This kind of thing requires the other core to agree.

At that time, McGrady couldn't stand the temptation of the assist king and agreed, and now McGrady began to regret it again.

Get on a pirate ship by mistake!

This is how McGrady feels now.

At this point, McGrady can only choose to look more at the offensive running route and defensive flanking tactical running. Other teammates who have the opportunity to play are also studying their new positioning.

In the morning, there was an offensive training with new tactics and two defensive training sessions. There was no training in the afternoon, so the players could rest and prepare for the evening game.

The players of the Eagles, especially the role players, now have a clearer positioning. After the change in the tactical system, they are closer to the role players of later generations. Each player has his own clear positioning on the offensive end.

Before the post-90s generation has entered the NBA in large numbers and the average strength of role players has not increased significantly, it is difficult to switch to other teams. However, the role players of the Eagles are all talented role players picked up by Liu Mang with open eyes. Both Tony Allen and Ariza can only practice in the Development League.

The Eagles' small-ball tactic is still called cavalry tactic. The name "the whole team runs to kill you" proposed by Liu Mang was once again rejected, and Liu Mang was very sad about it.

These people don't understand romance at all!

Liu Mang wants to demonstrate the new version of "Cavalry Tactics" first. The core of ball possession is a very good thing for McGrady. He has no doubt that Liu Mang will play well in this aspect. He used to have cavalry tactics.

Playing the Rockets tonight is undoubtedly a good experimental target. The opponent's point guard is too bad, and basically has no ability to control the rhythm. The Rockets' rhythm is controlled by Yao Ming, the center!

Although this has exercised Yao Ming's ability, but the limitations are too great, so the Rockets are the best experimental target.

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McGrady is sad. The role players headed by Jason Terry are very happy. Rasheed Wallace doesn’t care about statistics. Winning is enough. As a romantic literary lover, Rasheed Wallace has an average annual salary cut of nearly 1000 million and renewed his contract with the Eagles. He doesn’t care about statistics.

Of course, Rasheed Wallace did not cut his salary because he came to the Eagles. He would choose to cut his salary when he went to any team that had a chance to compete for the championship. In the past, when he went to the Pistons, his salary dropped from more than 03 million in the 04-1700 season to 04 million in the 05-1000 season.

Jason Terry can run and play, which will be more exciting for him. Kwame Brown, Josh Smith and others benefit the most. The physical fitness of the two is great, especially Kwame Brown. He was originally the player who benefited the most from the inside of the Eagles this season.

As for outside players, Prince doesn't care about these, but role players do!

After the rhythm becomes faster, those who can only be spot-up pitchers have more opportunities to perform, and if they seize the opportunity, they may get more playing time, which is much better than the previous fixed minutes of playing time.

It is much better to fight for the opportunity to show your strength by yourself than to die and wait for the opportunity. This is also the key reason why the Suns went berserk this year. Because of Nash's selfless pass, anyone in the Suns will have a chance to score as long as they play. It all depends on their own hard work.

The training of the Eagles this morning went very smoothly, because the players learned this, so they became very hard-working and supported the team's new decision-making.

After resting for a while in the afternoon, the role players spontaneously found Liu Mang and McGrady, wanting to practice more offensive running. This was their opportunity, and they naturally had to seize it.

When McGrady saw this group of teammates, they were all "poisoned" by Liu Mang, and felt that he was not far from being poisoned...

　The next chapter will be updated before [-] o’clock~ After practicing anaerobic for a while in the afternoon, I fell asleep when I came back from exhaustion.

　　
　
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