Grab Curry at the start

Chapter 7: Caring about the Players

"Curry and Love's pick-and-roll is the best." Tyronn Lue carefully watched the video and came to a conclusion after sorting out the data.

Zhang Sixin seems to be more casual in coaching, but he will not be sloppy whether it is pre-match preparation or post-match resumption.

Curry and whoever picks and rolls will not be too bad, he is strong enough.

But among the few insiders of the Timberwolves, only Love can be said to have both inside and outside.

In the current situation of the Timberwolves, Curry and Love's pick-and-roll will gradually become one of the team's core tactics, and Zhang Sixin also likes Love's ability to launch a fast break with long passes, so he is very satisfied with this result.

In the preseason, there are not so many games. In fact, there is more time for targeted adjustments than the regular season.

Zhang Sixin's current requirements for players are defense and three-pointers, and the tactics are relatively simple.

They adjusted for four days before ushering in the second preseason game.

This time their opponent is the Raptors, why is it an Eastern team again, there is a geographical reason.

The Timberwolves can be said to be the Western team closest to the East in terms of position. Generally, everyone will not go too far in the preseason.

The Raptors are also a rising team. They rely on Bosh and Bargnani, two big men who can shoot, to open up the fort. In fact, it is a bit of a bombardment, but they don't have a good enough first position.

This time Zhang Sixin intends to test the outside offense and see how other outside players other than Curry are doing.

Anyway, the Raptors' defense is not very good, they will get enough opportunities.

Zhang Sixin changed his starting line-up and started with Belinelli and Milicic, starting with DeRozan.

The Raptors were robbed by the Timberwolves. Originally they would get DeRozan and Belinelli.

Let DeRozan attack, he can also attack, and the efficiency is not bad, but his desire to attack is quite satisfactory, and he will not force his shots.

And this time, he played well against Williams.

Seeing that DeRozan played too reasonably, Zhang Sixin began to look at other people.

Belinelli is not bad, but limited to offense off the ball, would be a suitable rotation.

Mills dared to shoot, but his hit rate was not very good. His style is only suitable for chaotic battles, and he still needs time to hone.

Matthews can score and is relatively strong.

He lost the selection mainly because he was an older rookie, and his characteristics were not outstanding enough.

In fact, his skills are relatively mature, and he can shoot and dare to shoot.

His problem is that his main attack effect is mediocre, he has less contact with his teammates, and because of his static talent, his defense can only be said to be tough enough, not at a good level, but it is more than enough for purely playing as a wing.

If he can adapt well, it is not out of the question to replace Corey Brewer in the starting lineup.

Danny Green's words are too standard now. The key is that shooting still needs to be tempered, and he can't grasp the few opportunities. His advantage is tactical execution.

Sun Yue's words also failed to grasp the opportunity.

Sun Yue's athletic ability is fine, but his wingspan is still not enough to defend against the striker, and he needs to improve his judgment.

In fact, he can learn from Danny Green and improve himself in terms of tactical execution.

"They all have their own advantages, but the deficiencies need to be made up. It doesn't have to be comprehensive, but at least in some aspects they must fully meet the requirements of the team."

Zhang Sixin saw that Tyronn Lue was so serious, so he simply asked him to record it and help the players improve during training.

With neither Curry nor Jefferson making the main attack, the Timberwolves fell behind at halftime.

On the Raptors side, Bargnani played very well.

It is not without reason that the Italian became the No. [-] pick. His ability to hold the ball is actually good.

The height of the fifth position, flexible footwork, can break through with the ball, Bargnani is really hard to limit when he feels good.

This is already Bargnani's fourth year in the league, and his physical confrontation has improved a bit. Those who can keep up with his footsteps are not as tall as him, and those who can match their height are not as fast as him.

However, this buddy is not good at defense. After more physical confrontation, the shooting rate starts to drop, which is easy to deal with.

Zhang Sixin felt a little regretful, it would be perfect if Le Fu moved faster.

But for the time being, Zhang Sixin will not let Le Fu lose weight, and Le Fu's weight loss feels less lethal.

But if the team does not lose weight, the team will speed up and fear that he will be injured. It is better to reduce playing time a little.

In the second half, Zhang Sixin started to let the team play normally.

The insiders Love and Jefferson partnered with Milicic respectively, allowing Milicic to assist in defense.

"Milicic has the ability to assist in defense, and it would be great if his anticipation ability is better." Zhang Sixin sighed.

"It can be practiced, his movement is better than Al." Ron - Adams said.

After strengthening their defense in the second half, the Timberwolves began to chase points.

At the end of the quarter, Curry's score increased.

It's a pity that Love's outside touch is mediocre today, and the Timberwolves have caught up with the score several times but have not been able to surpass it in one fell swoop.

In the last few seconds, the Timberwolves were still 2 points behind.

"The team's ability to independently create scoring opportunities on the offensive end is relatively poor, and it relies too much on star players." Zhang Sixin sighed.

In fact, it's okay to rely on star players, but now the Timberwolves star players have not grown up, and problems will arise if the opponent is a little tougher.

But it's okay to have a problem in the preseason, Zhang Sixin enthusiastically arranged the final attack.

Curry received the ball and blocked the shot from outside the three-point line, but unfortunately missed.

"It doesn't matter, if you have experience this time, you will be able to hit it next time." Zhang Sixin comforted the frustrated young Curry.

Losing a game is actually nothing. What is more sad is that there are not many media satirizing the Timberwolves.

The main concern is the local media, at most the Chinese media, and the American mainstream media is still not interested.

"There's still a lack of enthusiasm." Zhang Sixin sighed.

Some of the heat he created some time ago has now faded a lot, and Minnesota is still not attractive enough.

"It still needs a solid record, and the team's enthusiasm will stabilize."

However, there are other good things too.

Love came out with a mission, and this buddy got a double-double again, but the efficiency was not as good as the first game.

So, the boy was under pressure.

[Le Fu's anxiety. 】

Zhang Sixin called him a good guy, as if half of his team needed psychological advice.

Clearing the task is the task of clearing the task, it is better to take everyone to do more psychological counseling.

Young lads earning high incomes right out of school and facing fans and the media may really need some extra care.

Zhang Sixin decided that in addition to asking them to do weird things to finish everything, he would also take them to chat from time to time and organize active and healthy activities.

Therefore, Zhang Sixin specially took half a day off and rented a place to hold a barbecue meeting. Anyone who has a girl can bring a girl.

By the way, game competitions are held to help cultivate players' hobbies.

Of course, tasks are also part of it.

(End of this chapter)