God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 139 Coming out ahead of schedule
Chang Wei's desire to develop a space-type fourth position is not purely for fun. He really thinks that taking out a space-type fourth position now is simply a big killer.As long as West can extend the shooting range beyond the three-point line, when Colorado State is attacking and he pulls out to shoot, dare to ask your power forward to go out or stick to the basket with the center?
If you want to follow out, the inside will become much more empty. A small player can teach you how to be a man with just an air cut; Every road is a dead word.Then the only thing you can pray for is that your center can protect the basket, or that West's three-pointer will hit the iron directly.

Therefore, while Chang Wei appropriately reduced the strength training of the lower body, he also added outside shooting training items to West.Not only that, Chang Wei also arranged for Palesio, Patrick and Korver to train outside shooting with him.In Chang Wei's view, the outside shooting of Palesio and others is already good, but they have not yet reached the top level. If they are complacent because of their three-point shooting percentage of about 35%, then Chang Wei can only say that they are a group A bumpkin who has never seen the world.

But he didn't plan to say these words, just let them practice three-pointers, and when the regular season officially starts, he can let others see how strong Colorado State's firepower is.

During the joint practice, Chang Wei witnessed another major event about the team. The school transferred from the Western Athletic League to the Western Mountain League.To be precise, this is a big adjustment for multiple NCAA teams. Just look at the Mountain West Conference teams.In addition to CSU, the alliance also includes the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the University of Utah, the University of New Mexico, the University of Wyoming, Brigham Young University, the U.S. Air Force Academy and San Diego State University.

In Chang Wei's view, where Colorado State can go has nothing to do with which league the team is in, whether it is the Western Conference or the Western Mountain Conference, as long as it is not one of the top leagues.However, even if he joins the Atlantic Coast League where North Carolina is located or the Pacific Ten League where UCLA is, Chang Wei still has confidence in the team. If he fails to win the league championship, he will definitely be favored by the selection committee and directly win a top 64 national championship. Quota is also normal.

The players have nothing to discuss, which league is not playing for them?Besides, the University of Utah and the University of New Mexico in the new league were old opponents last season. They are not very unfamiliar with this new league, and the performance of the team's joint training is getting better and better. Very high. Since the team was able to enter the championship last season and almost eliminated a strong team like Duke, why can't it go further this season?

The two new aids are even less concerned about this matter. Anyway, as rookies, everything in the NCAA is new to them.Especially West, he is now busy practicing post-ups and three-pointers, and he is as tired as a dog every day. How can he have time to think about these issues?If you have that time, you might as well shoot a few more three-pointers to try your hand!
Seeing West's performance from beyond the three-point line is getting better and better, and the smile on McKay's face is getting more and more.Of course, this also made him write and draw on the tactical board countless times in the middle of the night, busy thinking about how to combine this feature to design tactics for West, but he is still happy. It's okay not to sleep.

In the first preseason game, perhaps because he was not used to it yet, West spent almost the entire game at the basket and in the mid-range. training content.Although he explained after the game that he wanted to test the effect of low post singles training in the offseason, McKay ordered him to shoot more from outside the three-point line in the next game.Now that the post-up singles have been tested, it is normal to test the three-pointer again!
West said that testing three-point shooting is no problem, so Colorado State's opponents in the second preseason game were stunned. This was the first time they saw a power forward pull beyond the three-point line to shoot.Even the head coach on the sidelines was stunned, who should defend?A big man with a height of nearly 2 meters ran to the outside to shoot a three-pointer. What kind of tactic is this?

Although West's three-point shooting rate is relatively average, only 12 of 4 shots in the game, but it is enough to make opponents frightened.McKay didn't let him play in the last 5 minutes of the second half, but West still smiled happily while sitting off the court. For a self-motivated player, there is nothing happier than his obvious improvement in his own strength.

Of course, Chang Wei is the most excited. He has made the space-type fourth position available in advance, and may also speed up the evolution of inside players.In fact, it is already the second decade of the 21st century to shoot three-pointers from the inside to the three-point line, but now maybe Colorado State University can lead a wave of trends.

It wasn't just West who performed well in the preseason. Korver, who joined with him, also showed his potential to become a three-point threat.However, in Chang Wei's view, he still needs time to grow, because Korver's physical fitness is still a serious problem. He can only play less than 20 minutes per game, which is obviously not enough.

But Korver is also suffering and can't tell. He didn't expect Colorado State University's offensive speed to be so fast in the official game, which is more than a grade faster than in training.Rao Chang Wei gave him special physical training during the offseason, and Korver also felt a little overwhelmed.However, as a player with a very strong sense of responsibility, he still runs continuously in the limited playing time, and then throws the ball passed by his teammates into the basket.

The other players performed quite well. Even Palesio, the team captain and last season's scoring champion, seemed to have no interest in scoring. He averaged only 12.3 points per game, which was in stark contrast to last season's 20+ points in a single game.But McKay doesn't mind, he has seen what he wants to see, the team's new tactics run well, and that's enough.

Of course, only the teams that played against Colorado State in the preseason have experienced the strength of the space four. .For such treatment, the players are naturally a little unhappy, but in Chang Wei's opinion, it is great to be able to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger like this.

(End of this chapter)