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In the game against the Atlanta Hawks, Earl Watson regained the starting position again, but his playing time was greatly reduced to less than 10 minutes. The reason was that his defense against Mike Bibby was not very good. , but the defensive effect of Russell Westbrook, who replaced him, is not much better.

Mike Bibby is able to get a contract close to the maximum salary. Naturally, he has a hand. As Mike Bibby grows older, the original gorgeous style of play inherited from the Sacramento Kings has become more and more unpretentious and stable. He is not effective and aggressive, and he is also not greedy for merit or aggressive in offense, but the players who defend him cannot relax in the slightest. They need to focus on him all the time. For young players like Westbrook , is simply impossible.

In Westbrook's view, a player who doesn't seem to be a threat, but who only makes one shot occasionally, who will take it to heart, and if he doesn't use his energy to attack and score a few more goals, he will naturally have nothing. Back, but Mike Bibby's defense is poor, but the overall defense of the Eagles is very good, and Al Horford and Josh Smith are very flexible players, it is not so easy to hit the basket, Weiss Brook's strengths naturally cannot be brought into play.

In the end, although they won the game because of their overall strength, the Supersonics did not take advantage of the position of point guard, which made Earl Watson feel a lot of resentment.

If it were changed to before, Earl Watson is very content. He can play as a starter or as a substitute. As long as he is allowed to play, he will do his best to express himself and contribute his strength conscientiously. Watson is a very peaceful person. Otherwise, he would not have gradually gained the upper hand in the competition with Lucidno.

The head coach arranged for Russell Westbrook to start. Watson has no complaints. He is a rookie, a high-ranking rookie, and looks amazingly talented. The team should focus on training him. The premise is that your performance is good. Just like in the last game, you are stronger than me and performed better than me. Naturally, you have no complaints about letting go of the starting lineup, but your performance is not good, which is a bit unreasonable.

If the team has no pursuit in terms of performance, then they can cultivate it however they want, but it is clear that the highest goal of the Sonics this season is to win the championship. As for training players, if the team is playing very well, it is basically certain that they will be able to win the game. It is understandable that you asked me to leave the game early to give the young people more time, but you have to say three or four Take the starter off for me.

Watson still wants to win a championship this season. If he can win a championship ring as a starter, this can at least be recorded in the history of the team and become a part of the championship team. Lessimo took himself down from the starting position, and then left a lot of playing time to Westbrook, and there was some dissatisfaction in his heart.

Especially for two consecutive games, when Westbrook's performance was not very good, his resentment was even heavier, but when the team challenged the Detroit Pistons in an away game, Carlesimo once again used the opponent's point guard as a young man. For the reason of the players, Westbrook was arranged to start again, but this game was against Allen Iverson, and Westbrook could not take advantage of it at all. Brook still couldn't defend against others, and he didn't attack well.

Carlesimo only replaced Watson at this time. Although Watson suffers from height and strength confrontation, he is very experienced in this situation and knows how to prevent the opponent's advantages from being brought into play, and in physical confrontation If it is not as good as others, use hard work to make up for it, first focus on defense, put all your energy on defense, do not seek merit, but seek no faults, which is a very appropriate position for a role player.

When Westbrook was on the court, although the Pistons failed to take the lead, the Supersonics could not stretch the score too much. After Watson came on the court, the team's operation became much smoother, and gradually the The score was drawn, and the Detroit Pistons without Billups seemed to be without soul and brain.

But when Carlesimo replaced Watson again, replaced Westbrook and Jarrett Jack, and played double point guards, the team did not take advantage. Playing tactics, the Detroit Pistons are naturally not the Supersonics. opponents, but so one-on-one, the Detroit Pistons are no worse than the Sonics.

For the current situation of the team, Stephen has always been on the sidelines. Training players and cultivating rookies is generally right, because Stephen had suffered enough of this last season. He sang all the way in the regular season, but it was difficult in the playoffs. There are many reasons, because the helpers around him are not strong enough. Durant's performance in the regular season is so good, but it has dropped too much in the playoffs, and other than him, other people can't help Stephen, so this season , Most of the time, Stephen saves two strengths, and never goes all out until the critical time, and many times he would rather risk the result of losing the game and hand the ball to his teammates to handle.

Although we still won the game in the end, the game was staggered, which made people feel that it was not that good. Naturally, the reason was that the team was changing back and forth at the point guard position, and Watson and Westbrook's style of play Too different, not like the original Ridnour, the two players have similar styles of play, basically there is no difference for other players after changing players, Watson and Westbrook are not good, once they are changed, other players cannot Adapting so quickly, and it seems that the even distribution of playing time is very fair to both parties, but in essence, neither of them is very satisfied. The two of them seem to be playing with air.

This is the disadvantage of a bloated lineup. If you want to straighten Westbrook, you have to give up Watson completely. No matter how good or bad Westbrook plays, keep him on the court. Mature quickly, but still want to train players and don't want to give up the game. There is no such good thing in this world.

Stephen doesn't want to interfere with the coach's decision, nor does he want to favor either of Watson and Westbrook. One represents the present of the team and the other represents the future of the team. Although Watson cooperates well with himself , but limited to talent and ability, that's it. If you want the team to become better, you have to wait for Westbrook to grow up, but Stephen is unwilling to wait for a season, so naturally he will not waste the opportunity of the game .

Boarded the special plane from Detroit, and the plane flew towards the southeast. This time it was still a back-to-back away game, and the next opponent was the Washington Wizards. While on the plane, Watson moved towards Stephen, but Seeing that Stephen had put on the blindfold and started to rest, he sat back down again. Even on the special plane, the treatment of the players was different. Stephen occupied a small space by himself, and it was too conspicuous to pass by for no reason.

On the next morning, when Stephen got up early to go to the training room to practice strength, Watson followed behind. Stephen didn't feel surprised, but he wasn't very enthusiastic either. After listening to Watson's story calmly , Said to Watson: "I can understand what you said, but lineup adjustment and playing time arrangement are the responsibility of the head coach. Has the right to decide, and you know, Russell Westbrook is the player that general manager Presti urged to sign, and it is also appropriate to focus on developing him. Although it seems to affect the team, we will always win the game Yes, I will propose to the head coach that the starting lineup is still yours, but the playing time depends on the state of the two of you. I advocate healthy competition within the team. I can guarantee fairness and will not favor anyone. You can rest assured .”

Standing on Stephen's standpoint, Carlesimo has expressed enough respect for himself. Correspondingly, he has to show respect to him. Lineup adjustment and playing time are the business of his head coach, and he has to intervene in that It is ultra vires. Stephen can only propose from the standpoint of justice and the team, but he cannot directly interfere.

However, being able to achieve this result is already very satisfying to Watson. For him, it is no problem to let go of the starting lineup or reduce playing time, provided that the opponent's performance is better than his own. Stephen suggested that two people compete in a healthy manner. Watson is worried about this at all. He believes that his experience and strength can help him gain an advantage. After all, he has played with Stephen and the others for a season.

Sure enough, in the game against the Washington Wizards that night, Watson was very active from the beginning of the game. Facing "Agent Zero" Arenas, who had just renewed his long-term contract of [-] million yuan, Watson not only He fully demonstrated his ability in defense, and showed himself frequently in offense. After listening to Stephen's suggestion, Carlesimo really couldn't replace Watson, who was in such a good state, until the end of the first half At this time, Watson had already scored [-] points and [-] assists, only three points less than Stephen.

In the end, with the whole team working hard, the Sonics defeated the Washington Wizards by 23 points. After losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers, they quietly won three consecutive victories.

Thank you x Chen Shuyou for your support. I wanted to add another chapter, but I really didn't have time, so I had to add a thousand words to repay my support.