Coach: Coaching the Grizzlies at the beginning, playing the bantam

Chapter 20 Crouching dragon and phoenix chick? "Mindless" and "unhappy" must be separated! !
After the preseason, the teams got a few days off to make the final sprint for the upcoming regular season.

Regrettably, several rookies reused by Lu Yong in the summer league did not get too many opportunities to perform in the preseason. Only the tough guy Reggie Evans was valued by Fratello, and he averaged about 10 minutes per game when he came off the bench. .

Fratello likes a tough guy like Evans, who is not afraid of physical confrontation and plays with passion.

If it weren't for this, "Spring Man" Swift and Warrick wouldn't be firmly in the team's starting lineup.

Lu Yong felt that he had to correct Fratello's misperception and let him realize the importance of the team's preseason defeat.

Fratello's employers have thick colored glasses, and outside players can't play their characteristics at all when playing under his hands.

The rookie who just entered the NBA was even worse. He didn't have the chance to appear in regular time, and could only show his face in garbage time. His talent and potential were all suppressed by him.

In the first five games of the preseason, the rookies Gay, Lowry, and Barea averaged only single-digit playing time per game. The data collapsed like the summer league, and they could not be reused at all.

Although the striker Ariza is not a rookie, his situation in the preseason is also not much better.

He averaged 8.6 minutes per game, only scored 2 points and 1 rebound, and had nowhere to play his defensive role. Sitting off the court has always been depressed.

Reusing veterans is a feature of Fratello's employment. It's not that he doesn't believe in newcomers, but he still prefers experienced veterans when he has a choice.

Even the 35-year-old veteran Eddie Jones, who was sent to the bench in the new season, averaged 26 minutes per game, while Rudy Gay, the No. 8 pick in the first round, only played less than 10 minutes.

Fratello's operation directly made Lu Yong look stupid, and reminded him of another famous coach in the league, Larry Brown.

The two have similar coaching styles, and the employers make the same mistake.

No wonder he was gradually eliminated by the league in the next few years, and in the end he couldn't even find a job.

The most embarrassing thing was Mike Miller, who was praised by the management in the group confrontation and proved his outside threat with practical actions.As a result, after the start of the preseason, he could only play the role of a spot pitcher, and his tactical role had nowhere to play.

The only difference is that he became the Grizzlies' starting shooting guard in the new season from the sixth man on the bench last season.

Fratello's series of people-seeking Lu Yong is about to have a cerebral thrombosis. If it weren't for the new season, he and the Grizzlies have both won and lost. Lu Yong would have bought a plane ticket to return home overnight. The job of chief assistant is a day I can't do it anymore.

Before the start of the regular season, ESPN announced the first team battle list.

The Grizzlies' performance of 2 wins and 4 losses in the preseason is obviously not optimistic, and they only rank 16th in the league.

In other words, it just happened to step on the tail of the playoffs.

This is still considering the Grizzlies' fifth record in the West last season, otherwise Lu Yong has no doubt that ESPN will rank the Grizzlies outside the 20th position.

The good news is that the Grizzlies management still has a clear mind after all. General manager Chris Wallace offered contracts to all three players invited by Lu Yongxia.

Among them, Reggie Evans is the person Fratello named and admired. He signed a three-year contract of 700 million US dollars with the team, and his annual salary is 2.5 times that of last season.

The undrafted Barea signed a two-year rookie contract, and the salary standard was the treatment of a second-round pick.The annual salary is not high, but fortunately, he doesn't have to worry about being laid off, and he has the opportunity to play in the NBA.

Ariza signed a one-year short contract of 175 million. In the summer league, he focused on defense, his personal data was average, and his presence was low compared to the others.

The success of staying in the Grizzlies is also due to his hard work on the defensive end. His active fighting attitude is his weapon to impress the management.

Lu Yong is very clear that the contract provided by the Grizzlies to Ariza has lost money, not because of the money, but because of the contract period.

Ariza's 3D striker attributes don't have to worry about becoming poison even if he directly signs a 4-year contract with him. Unfortunately, the concept of 3D players has not yet been popularized, just as the three-pointer is not the mainstream offensive method in the league.

As an assistant coach, Lu Yong can only provide advice, and the specific matters of the contract have to be decided by Chris Wallace.

Ariza, who only signed a one-year contract with the team, approached Lu Yong privately, hoping that he could persuade Fratello to give him more playing time.

Lu Yong can only let him stay calm, defend well, practice shooting more, and wait patiently for opportunities.

The coaching staff was not idle during this period, and almost all their time was devoted to the video editing room, holding meetings to find the reasons for the preseason losses.

Fratello believes that the players have not yet come into the game from the relaxed state of the holiday, so the preseason will lose.

A simple summary is that the star is not in good condition and failed to take the lead in the game.

Tony Brown and the other two assistant coaches nodded in agreement, like a tool man who had no idea at all.

Lu Yong sat helplessly on the chair and really wanted to tell Fratello, "You lost because of your cerebellar atrophy, but any Grizzlies with a little brain will not suffer two consecutive losses."

But if this sentence is really said, there is no need to install air conditioners in the editing room, and the temperature will definitely drop to freezing point.

It's normal for an assistant coach to disagree with a head coach, and that's the assistant coach's job.

So after pondering for a while, Lu Yong still organized the language and said: "I think the team can't blame all the blame on the player's state after losing 4 games in the preseason. There is a problem with our lineup. If we want to play a good offense, the starting lineup A change has to be made."

Fratello frowned and asked, "How to change?"

Lu Yong got up and walked to the small blackboard, pointed to the player information and said: "Warrick and Swift are both players with strong bodies. I don't deny that they are very talented, but when these two appear on the starting list at the same time, Our offensive space ability is too weak. Opponents can unscrupulously shrink to the basket, which not only greatly squeezes Gasol's singles space in the penalty area, but also limits the breakthrough of guard Stoudemire. This is also the team's poor offense s reason."

Fratello sat in a chair and lowered his head in thought, without raising any questions.

Lu Yong went on to say: "When Gasol's inside singles environment was bad, and Stoudemire was double-teamed when he broke through with the ball, there were still three players left in the team's starting lineup. Among them, Swift and Warrick were both Without outside shooting ability, he can only bite the bullet and hit the basket, coupled with Mike Miller's insufficient tactical status, the unsmooth offense is an inevitable result."

"I propose to take Warrick out of the starting lineup and put Eddie Jones, Ariza or Gay on the bench to top the position, so that the height of the front line will not drop, but it will also play a role in opening up the space. , to increase offensive firepower."

"But in this way, the team's flank defense ability will be weakened." Fratello put forward a different view.

"I think Ariza's help defense level is not worse than Warrick. He just lacks game experience, but his personal ability and enthusiasm are very good. Eddie Jones' lateral speed has indeed declined, but the overall effect of him staying on the court Definitely bigger than Warrick, both of them can better adjust the starting fault tolerance rate." Lu Yong said firmly.

If Lu Yong was the head coach, he would have put Warrick on the bench long ago.

How can a reckless man who has no shooting ability on offense and only knows how to cooperate with the basket become an excellent starter?
Being the sixth man is more than enough to chase points in chaotic battles. After all, his physical condition is really good, but there is already a brainless Swift in the starting roster, and a good guy like Warrick will be driven crazy.

Lu Yong was fed up with sitting on the court and watching this pair of crouching dragons and phoenixes team up. If they want to win, the two things "brainless" and "unhappy" must be separated!

　Sorry, brothers, today's update is late, and there is another chapter tonight.

　　Thanks to the big Wang Xijing brothers for their reward and support, thank you very much.

　　
　
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