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Chapter 238 Future Directions

Christmas day.

"Michael, does Christmas come so early?"

"There is a game tonight, and there are only Anna and I at home, it's the same everywhere."

Outside the gate of the Magic training ground, Davis got out of the car, smiling and chatting with the guard at the gate.

Although there was a smile on his face all the time, the guard still felt that Davis was not in a good mood today.

"Did you feel it? Michael is acting weird today." Seeing Davis and Anna walking away, the guard whispered to his companion.

"It may be that the pressure has been relatively high recently."

The two whispered, but they never thought about why Davis was in a bad mood.

I lost the game last night, so of course I'm not in a good mood.

But Davis found that the system didn't give him any deadlines like he did when he played against the Magic, which made him take a long breath.

If there is still a two-week limit, Davis probably won't even be in the mood to laugh today.

After entering the arena, DeWeese and Anna broke up. Ana was going to the office to start work, and DeWeese walked directly into the locker room.

After changing into the training uniform, Davis walked to the training ground.

Javi was already there waiting for him.

"Let's start? Michael?" Javi patted the ball and greeted Davis with a smile.

As usual, DeWeese took a basketball out of the hoop and ran outside the baseline.

He took a deep breath and threw the ball.

The basketball made a perfect arc in the air and fell directly into the net.

"Hey, I feel good today. It seems that the Houstonians will suffer tonight." Jarvie whistled.

After Davis set foot on the training ground, he immediately put the depression of losing last night behind his mind, and immediately devoted himself to training.

Dribbling training, shooting training, strength training, tossing for more than two hours, only teammates walked in leisurely from the door.

Glancing at the wall clock on the sidelines, Davis found that it was almost ten o'clock, and it was almost time for the team to gather for training.

Then, he took the pass from Javi again, dribbled the ball, pulled up, and shot.

Half an hour later, everyone including the coaching staff arrived.

Even Rodman came.

After finishing the warm-up exercises, the players began to do their own training in groups.

The whole morning ended in endless training.

The players came to the restaurant, and the nutritionist had prepared lunch for them.

After lunch, the players returned to the locker room in twos and threes to rest for a while. Anyway, the sofa is big enough, and no one will care if you want to sleep.

DeWeese went to Anna's place, and 20 minutes later, he walked back to the locker room with a videotape.

Hey, don't think about it~
Back in the locker room, Davis took his place and opened the video directly.

That was a video of the Rockets and the Jazz some time ago.

DeWest picked this one up on purpose, and both teams are valuable to him.

When everyone walked past Davis, they subconsciously lowered their footsteps, for fear of disturbing him.

To DeWeese's slight disappointment, the typical significance of this game is not much.

Kenny Smith made 13 of 10 shots, 8 of 7 three-pointers, and 32 of [-] free throws. He scored [-] points. . .

DeWeese took out a calculator and counted and counted, and finally figured out that Kenny Smith had a true shooting percentage of 105%. . .

Then he looked for Kenny Smith's data this season and found that he averaged only a little over 12 points per game this season.

In this game, the Rockets won the Jazz by a full 14 points.

However, this video is still very meaningful. Drexler has a steady output of 30 points, while Olajuwon has changed his previous offensive and defensive both ends, and put more energy on the defensive end.

Davis found that the teams that have strengthened this season, especially those few super teams, are all transforming in the same direction.

Jordan of the Bulls, Olajuwon of the Rockets, and Ewing of the Knicks all put more energy on the defensive end. This also caused many teams to play dull defensive battles when facing these teams.

This also led to a further decline in the overall rhythm of the season.

Although this game is not typical, it still brings a lot of inspiration to Davis.

He began to carefully consider the overall rhythm of the Magic this season.

Do you go with the flow and play defense with other teams, or go against the flow and even further speed up your own offensive rhythm?
After watching the video, it was time for training in the afternoon, and Davis walked onto the field.

He walked over to D'Antoni and sat down, discussing the issue with D'Antoni.

Davis asked Anna to bring all the team's records and overall statistics so far this season.

This is one of the changes that DeWeese brought to the Magic. He began to collect samples with the vision of big data from later generations, so that his team can more clearly feel the changes in the entire league's style of play.

"What is your opinion on this question?"

After D'Antoni read the data, he turned to Davis.

"Both styles of play have advantages and disadvantages, but the overall bias of our team is to be stronger offensively."

Davis offers his own advice.

"But the acceleration of the offensive rhythm will lead to faster physical consumption of inside players, especially O'Neal. As far as I know, Shaq's weight has increased again this season. He now weighs about 133KG. Although his agility has not been affected, his physical strength will definitely be affected."

D'Antoni gave his opinion.

It may be that there were too many games played in the system space a while ago. Davis felt that no matter how strong the defense was, it could not stop the attacks of those top players. However, what D'Antoni said was indeed reasonable. O'Neal will definitely be the Magic's first offensive choice now, including in the future. How comfortable he plays is directly related to the victory or defeat of the Magic.

"Ratt is still recovering from his injuries, and there is a high probability that Rat will not stay in our team next season. As the core of the team's perimeter defense, his performance is critical. I don't think our team has the capital to play defensive basketball now."

"Lart will leave next season?" D'Antoni is more concerned about this issue.

"Yes, he expressed that thought to me last night."

"Then... can we find a new defensive core?"

"By the way, I feel that Dennis will have a high probability of leaving next season. His contract is only signed for three years, and he will be a free agent next year." Davis once again poured cold water on D'Antoni.

(End of this chapter)