unfinished glory

Chapter 282 Lineup
After a round of cleaning, Li Chongxiao became the longest player in the team.Before he came to the Grizzlies, the only remaining "veteran" was Conley.

After the arrival of Li Chongxiao, Conley became the team's main point guard and has been working hard over the years.Although his performance is not yet at the level of an All-Star, for the Grizzlies, the organization and defense are not accurate, and the offensive end can also provide a certain amount of firepower, which is very good.

But his position is also unstable. The boss Ellison hand-picked Exum as a rookie to replace Conley.

After three seasons of growth, Klay Thompson will definitely become the team's second scorer this season.He has a soft shooting touch and comprehensive shooting skills, and the offensive end is mostly off the ball, which is a perfect fit for any lineup.

Mike Brown also didn't make any trade application, just tinkering with the team's existing roster.Veteran Carter joined for 1200 million in three years to provide firepower for the bench lineup. The team finally has players who are older than Li Chongxiao.At the same time, Li Chongxiao's rookie of the same class, former Spurs teammate Udrih also signed a two-year contract with the Grizzlies for 400 million.

The team's 15-man roster was determined before the start of the game, with Drummond, Gobert, Azeri, Ed Davis and Taylor Zeller on the inside; Thompson, Butler, Hairston, Li Chongxiao, Carter, Pondexter, Conley, Exum, Udry and Jamal Franklin.

This lineup's offensive talent on the outside is about to overflow, but the offense on the inside is very troublesome.One of the five inside players counts as one, and they don't have much autonomous offensive ability.Their defense is very good.Every player has something to offer.

However, only Drummond's position is relatively stable, sitting at the center.But he has been training for two seasons, and his offensive ability still hasn't changed much.Whether other players can start the game depends on the state of the game and the tactics of the head coach.

From the player configuration, it can be seen that Grizzlies owner Ellison has no intention of winning the championship.In today's league, there is no such thing as an All-Star player who can win the championship.His idea is very simple, that is to build a team that completely obeys his own arrangements and win a championship that truly belongs to him.

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Mike Brown also knows why he was selected, nothing more than being famous for being obedient.And he also understands that he is probably the transition coach of the Grizzlies. After Ellison gets the player he wants, he will definitely change to a head coach who can match him.

But in this position, you have to play the role of this position.Not only to be worthy of this salary, but also to consider the next salary.

He is better at training defenses, and it happens that the Grizzlies players have very good defensive abilities.As for the offense, that is the core of the team.The lineup that Mike Brown wants to build is to fully release Li Chongxiao's offensive talent.

Slow pace is the main direction of the Grizzlies this season.On the defensive end, they can send two insiders who are about [-] meters high at any time, making the penalty area look like an iron barrel.The defensive line of Li Chongxiao + Thompson + Conley on the outside is also second to none in the league, and it is difficult for players from other teams to break through.

After a month of in-team training, Mike Brown was delighted to find that the team's inside rebounding ability was too strong. After removing Azeri, the other four inside combinations averaged over 30 rebounds per game. Easily.

Around the team's rebounding advantage, Mike Brown created three major offensive tactics: Li Chongxiao's singles, outside players shooting, and inside second offense.

When the regular season began, the Grizzlies were still in the running-in phase.Li Chongxiao is still not quite used to the team's current situation, so he will still choose to share part of the ball inside and let his teammates play.But the offensive ability of the current teammates is much worse than that of the Gasol brothers, and they basically don't have the ability to handle the ball.

This situation caused the team's record to fluctuate. In the first month of the regular season, they only achieved a record of 11 wins and 5 losses, ranking fifth in the Western Conference.

This was Li Chongxiao's worst start to the Grizzlies.Ellison was furious, called the general manager and the head coach and reprimanded him severely.The team's lineup was selected according to his requirements. Now that the record is so poor, it's a slap in the face.

And rookie Exum's performance is also very average. Although Mike Brown gave him a lot of time, he played really average.Too many turnovers at point guard, average passing ability; not strong enough at shooting guard, poor shooting.

The situation also left Ellison with a dull face.But he is a top businessman at any rate, and he can stop losses in time when the market falls.He didn't force Mike Brown to give Exum more ball rights, because this would make the team's record decline further, and it would be like the Pistons doing their best to cultivate "Prince Ki" who can't help, Using Iverson as a substitute shattered Daben's desire to return. In the end, the team got nothing and became a laughing stock.

The boss is never wrong, the fault lies with the employees.In addition to criticizing the team's management and head coach, Ellison was also dissatisfied with Li Chongxiao, the core of the team. He believed that he was dissatisfied with himself, so he did not do his best to help the team.

These words reached Li Chongxiao's ears through unknown channels, and Li Chongxiao didn't even bother to pay attention to them.He didn't intend to bow his head, so naturally he didn't need to deliberately explain anything.

Since Xiao Hua took office, the atmosphere of the league has obviously changed.Not to mention, in terms of the offense on the court, outside players are obviously more dominant.The referee whistled more strictly for the players' defensive actions, calling fouls at every turn.

Li Chongxiao studied it carefully for a long time, hoping to get some benefits from it, but he obviously overthought.Other perimeter players, like the Thunder's three juniors, Leonard, George, Irving, etc., have received more or less care.Only Li Chongxiao, the referee was "fair" to him as always, and whistled when it had to be whistled.

Li Chongxiao is not afraid of the boss, but as Mike Brown who eats this bowl of rice, he is not good.He could neither offend the boss nor Li Chongxiao.After thinking about it, he felt that the team should not only show results to appease the boss, but also show that Li Chongxiao has made a contribution, so there is only one familiar way to go, which is to hand the ball to Li Chongxiao.

So under the repeated request of Mike Brown, Li Chongxiao not only increased the possession of the ball, but also took the number of shots that should have been given to the inside in the past.Although he only took 1.5 more shots than last season, the offensive rhythm of the Grizzlies this season is much slower. Calculated, Li Chongxiao's shot ratio is much higher than last season.

The slow-paced game is conducive to Li Chongxiao's performance. The number of shots has increased, and the opponent's defense has become more concentrated, but the shooting percentage has not changed much.

In the second month of the regular season, he slowly adapted to this rhythm, shot more baskets, scored more points, and led the team to the best results of the month.

With an average score of 40+ per game, he was successfully elected as the best player of the month, and overtook Curry to rank first in the MVP list.

(End of this chapter)