Zhiba NBA

Chapter 205 (two hundred and four) the hidden danger of the Lakers' split

At first, Jason Basley's home team signed Van Gundy because he valued his iron blood and defensive philosophy.At first, the two had a good personal relationship, but as the season progressed, their differences in philosophy became more and more obvious.Bass believed that Van Gundy was not good enough in using rookies, which wasted his excellent signings. At the same time, Van Gundy paid too much attention to defense, and the team's pace was too slow, which made the game not exciting enough.But Van Gundy thinks that Bass has too much control, he is a very controlling person, and he is very dissatisfied with this.If it weren't for Kobe and the two of them being on good terms with each other, and through several mediations, the two might have already torn their faces.

(Small allusion: Van Gundy has a very strong desire to control in history. Except for assistant coach Thibodeau, who is the iron coach of the Bulls in the future, no one is allowed to participate in the training of Yao Ming. Rockets general manager Dawson once guided Dameng’s footwork skills and is a veteran of the team. However, Dawson’s guidance on Yao Ming’s skills was criticized by Van Gundy. This incident indirectly led to Dawson’s resignation from the team. Leigh fired Van Gundy as an excuse and hired Adelman, who was loved by the players)
Generally speaking, the core person in the management of an NBA team is the general manager (this general manager is just a general term, and each team may have different positions in charge of operations and transactions. For example, Kupchak is the vice president of the basketball operations department of the Lakers at this time, while Danny Ferry of the Cavaliers is the GM) and the head coach, but the Lakers are quite special.The general manager Kupchak is very capable, but he is highly obedient to the Bass family.The real person who wields the most power over issues such as the draft trade is Jason Bass, who only has one scouting position.Bass is not only the grandson of the team owner, he has a unique insight in operations, and several beautiful operations have indeed won the recognition of the team's staff at all levels.He and Van Gundy, the two big men, maintain superficial harmony, which is very important to the Lakers.

Just the day after the Raptors, this day is the Lakers' rest day.After a day of training, Odom took the initiative to invite Jason Bass, and the two found a secluded small bar to sit down and chat.

Buss was a Lakers fan in his previous life, and he didn't play as long as Yuanfei. It was around 05 that he began to pay attention to the NBA.Therefore, he has a strong affection for Odom. In his view, Odom is the only star-level helper who can support Kobe during the difficult times of the Lakers.Some other players, like Mihm and Brown, are just incompetent.In the next three years from 08 to 10, the Lakers achieved an excellent record of two championships and one Asian championship. It was Odom who sacrificed his starting position and assumed the responsibility of the bench leader.Later, he was also named the best sixth man and became the only player in the history of the Lakers to receive this honor.

But today Odom seemed hesitant.However, it is still easy to find a topic between men and men. Bass knew that Odom likes beauty, so he deliberately chatted with him about women's topics, and offered to pour wine for him.Soon Odom opened the chatterbox.

"My old friend Lamar, what exactly do you want to talk about when you asked me out today?" Bass saw that the atmosphere was getting better, and brought the topic to the topic while the iron was hot.

"In this matter, I have exceeded my authority a bit, and may even exceed your authority. But I am for the good of the team, so I don't vomit quickly." Odom also drank a few glasses, and he started talking casually with alcohol.

"please say."

"I like the city of Los Angeles very much, and I want to keep playing here. But I have some troubles with our head coach." Odom finally told the truth: "This guy's tactics are too messy, Jason, you don't know, he has 5 sets of basic tactics, and each set of basic tactics can be divided into seven or eight specific tactics. Each specific tactic has three or four changes. There are a total of 150 tactics! He asked each of us to move every ball according to his tactics, treating us like robots! How can normal people remember so many tactics? what?"

"This is indeed a problem. This bald man is really messing around." Bass also drank a few glasses, and he was already upset with Van Gundy, and he was also a little angry.

"He has a strong desire to control. You see, I don't have any hobbies. I just drink a little wine and have a chick during non-working hours. Because of these private lives, he can find a reason to criticize me." Odom was very wronged.

"Private time is sacrosanct!" Bass backed.

"He also often abused us, which is not conducive to the unity within the team." Odom said adding fuel to the fire.

"I know these things. Don't worry, I will support you, and I won't let the baldy know that you told me!" Bass didn't drink too much, and he didn't lose his mind and make too absurd promises.

Odom didn't expect Bass to agree to fire Van Gundy as soon as he was hotheaded, and he could report the problem to the high-level, and he had achieved his goal.

But a gap between the two big shots of the Lakers has gradually formed.

After scoring 72 points in a single game, Kobe continued his fiery touch. On January 1th, he easily scored 27 points in the home game against the Warriors. Adding Gasol's 30 points, Deron Williams' 22 points and Odom's 19 points, the Lakers scored 18 points to beat their opponents.

But after the game, Van Gundy seriously criticized the players on the grounds that while they scored as much as they wanted, they also allowed the Warriors to score 105 points.

"Damn it, bald man, everyone is happy to win the game, and you're throwing cold water?" The general manager Kupchak on the side complained secretly: "This little brother Fan is really a typical case of being out of time and spoiling the fun. Please God, don't let Kobe stand up and scold him. Kobe's temper is not very good!" Mr. Ku's worry is justified. section.

But what Ku always didn't expect was that Kobe supported the coach's view. "Our offense is great, but there is still room for improvement in defense. We need to make better use of the big men inside and play a solid team defense around Dikembe and Paul." Bryant said.On the one hand, it is because he recognizes Van Gundy's hard work to make up for his shortcomings. On the other hand, he and Van Gundy are equally picky, and both of them are the type of excellence.

Bryant is the leader of the team, he supports the harsh criticism of the head coach, others will naturally not say anything.Even Jason Bass just watched with cold eyes and did not raise any objections, but after all, some dissatisfaction spread in the team.Van Gundy is very diligent and hardworking, so he will also have high demands on other people, which will inevitably create some conflicts in interpersonal relationships.Deron made a mistake in training, and he yelled at him; Mim didn't follow up in time to defend the pick-and-roll, and he also yelled at him; Odom was 2 minutes late for training, but he was still yelled at by him; even Gasol couldn't resist for a while in the confrontation, and Fan Baldzi's "soft, bitch" and other swear words immediately came over.As for the young Bu Laiqie and Lu Wei, let alone them, they lost their confidence after being scolded by Van Gundy.

(Small allusion: Van Gundy was known for not being good at cultivating rookies in history. Hyde, whom he valued, did not achieve any results but slowly faded out of the league. Spanoulis, who was pressed to death by him on the bench and even escaped from the NBA, made a lot of achievements in Europe and later became the MVP of the Champions League. After Van Gundy left the team, Adelman boldly used Brooks, Landry, Lowry and other newcomers, which achieved good results, and Lowry even grew into an All-Star player.)

Van Gundy didn't know the future achievements of Bu Laiqie, Lu Wei, Barnes, Deron and others, but Bass knew.In his opinion, the powerful new players he had racked his brains to get were belittled by Van Gundy like garbage, and some of them simply sat on the bench without even having a chance to play.Bath's resentment was growing.

　Most of the descriptions of Van Gundy come from media reports, and I am not fully sure whether they are objective enough.Maybe the media has demonized him too much, maybe Fan Tuzi is even more unbearable than what he looks like in the article.

　　
　
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