the great gatsby

Chapter 417

D'Antoni and members of the coaching staff were there, Gatsby was in attendance.

"The three starters I envisage last season remain unchanged. Gatsby plays point guard, Thompson plays shooting guard, and Bogut plays center. There is no need to change these three. As for small forwards and power forwards, my idea is Andre (Iguodala) at small forward, Danilo (Gallinari) at power forward, what do you guys think?" D'Antoni asked.

Dan - D'Antoni said: "It is reasonable, I have no objection."

D'Antoni looked at Gatsby, Gatsby was thinking, after a while Gatsby said: "I have some ideas, let me say it, you just listen, because Cameron and Amale's departure, we The strength of the starting lineup must have declined, and the rotation lineup is not bad, but I think the starting lineup can be discussed again."

D'Antoni said, "What's your opinion?"

Gatsby said: "If Danilo and Andre enter the starting lineup, the starting offense will be very strong, but the offense of the rotation lineup may be affected. If the rotation lineup is Jamie Lin, Wilson, Len Nader, Drummond and Scola, then the offensive power of this lineup is slightly insufficient. It is better to keep Danilo and Andre in the rotation lineup, so that both the starting and rotation can be taken into account. What do you think? ?”

D'Antoni thought about it for a while, but he agreed: "What you think makes sense, but Andre enters the rotation..." D'Antoni hesitated. After all, Iguodala was a team leader before, so let him enter the rotation. , he was really afraid that Iguodala would be dissatisfied.

Gatsby smiled and said, "Andre has a very good personality, he won't mind these things, I will make it clear to him."

D'Antoni smiled: "Then I don't have a problem, then who is in the starting lineup?"

Gatsby laughed, "Small forward Kawhi, power forward Drummond, how about it?"

D'Antoni said strangely: "Kawhi naturally has no problem, Drummond is just a rookie, you are so optimistic about him?"

Gatsby smiled and nodded: "He will surprise us, and I want him to play the position before Cameron."

Dan D'Antoni was surprised: "He has this ability?"

What Gatsby said about Anthony's position is not singles, but Anthony's position as the core of the ball in the high post, which is the routine that Green played in the Warriors in later generations.

Gatsby solemnly said: "He has this ability. It will definitely be difficult at the beginning, but he will quickly get into the role. He will play this role better than Cameron!"

D'Antoni became serious. Gatsby has always had a target. Since he said so, he must have his reasons.

Gatsby said: "John, you are the team's shooting coach. Next, you have to train Drummond's three-pointers. He must have a three-point threat, otherwise the space will be too poor."

Shooting coach John laughed, "Leave it to me."

Gatsby said: "How's Kawhi's three-pointer going?"

John said with a smile: "He has improved a lot. I guess he worked hard during the offseason."

Gatsby nodded in satisfaction: "That's good. You should also help with Toby. He is a good seed. I am very optimistic about him. His future achievements will not be bad."

This lineup is tentatively determined, and then the Knicks will start training according to the arrangement. This is only a temporary lineup, and it depends on the effect of the game to fix it, but let's practice like this for the time being.

Gatsby booked a wine table in the restaurant, invited everyone to have dinner after training, and cleaned up the new players. After drinking and eating, Gatsby and Iguodala went to the balcony to chat.

"Andre, you are welcome to join!" Gatsby raised the red wine in his hand and touched Iguodala.

Iguodala smiled happily: "Thank you, I finally have the opportunity to be a teammate with you. I have been looking forward to it for a long time. I want to talk to you more about investment. You are really a genius in investment." , Uber’s valuation has now exceeded 500 billion, which is amazing!”

Gatsby laughed and said, "It's just a mistake, but we can find some investment projects in the future."

Iguodala clinked glasses with Gatsby again: "Be sure to take me!"

Gatsby took a sip of the red wine with a smile, suddenly wanted to smoke a cigar, groped inside for a while, took out two cigars, and handed one to Iguodala, and the two enjoyed the rich aroma of the cigars with the red wine.

"Andre, what do you think about starting?" Gatsby asked.

Iguodala smiled: "You know I've always played unselfishly, and that's why you want me, right?"

Gatsby smiled and said, "I like to get along with people like you. Both Cameron and Amare are too egotistical."

Andre nodded: "The common problem of young geniuses, oh, you are an exception, you just asked me the starting question, you don't want me to be a substitute, do you?"

Gatsby nodded with a smile.

Iguodala laughed: "I knew smoking your cigars was always going to be a bad thing, so I was waiting for me here, it's okay, anyway, as long as you take me with you when you invest, anyway, it's okay to play as a starter or as a substitute." Playing ball, the wages are worth a penny, I accept it!"

Gatsby smiled and said: "It's just the regular season. In the playoffs, we have to play together. You know the five small lineups, right?"

Iguodala had a bitter face: "I was beaten to shame by you, can I still not know?"

Gatsby laughed loudly: "What I imagine is that when the time comes, you, me, Clay, Drummond or Danilo, and Kawhi, the five of us will form a super five small lineup. God kills God, Jade Buddha kills Buddha, just ask if you are afraid!"

Iguodala froze for a moment: "Can it work?"

Gatsby nodded vigorously: "It will definitely work!"

"Drummond is a rookie, Klay and Kawhi are only sophomores, and Drummond is too short, our lineup has almost no high points, can it work?" Iguodala was stunned by this crazy attention .

Gatsby smiled and said, "Don't worry, you'll know when the time comes."

In Gatsby's opinion, this lineup is much stronger than the Warriors' five junior lineups. Although Thompson, Leonard and Green are all young, their defense is top-notch. The Warriors' five junior lineups do not have the ability to play low-post singles and attack tough situations. The ability is very poor, the best is Barnes, but the effect on the big stage is not very good, and the Knicks lineup, their own offensive ability is not comparable to that of Barnes.

Gatsby's height has grown to 198cm, which is the height of Kobe Bryant and Jordan. This season, he can start to learn Jordan's post-up singles. It was only comparable to the super dead five after Durant.

This is not a question of whether it works, but a question of whether the opponent is afraid!

　Well, the fifth update!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)