God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 498
Before the preseason kicks off, there's one more summer league to play.Of course, not every team needs to participate in the summer league, and there are many summer leagues recognized by the league. Even if they want to participate, they can choose one at will.Although the Bobcats are a new army, Jackson also hopes that the team will go to the summer league to see the world, and as the head coach, it is impossible for him to lead the team in person, so the task of leading the team to the summer league is It fell on Chang Wei's head.

"Damon, you know I'm afraid of trouble, can't you find another assistant coach to lead the team to the summer league?" Sitting opposite Jackson, Chang Wei said angrily. He didn't want to lead the team to the summer league. league.Although many teams will send their chief assistants to be the coaches of the summer league, in Chang Wei's opinion, just anyone can come.

There are some differences between the summer league and the preseason. Teams usually use the summer league to see the quality of rookies, and also examine those role players who only got training camp contracts, in order to find some leftovers.If some people still care about the preseason record, the summer league performance may only be paid more attention to by the team.

Chang Wei's resistance was completely expected by Jackson, and he said with a smile: "Chang, after much deliberation, you are the only one who is the most suitable, and you also picked them from the rosters of the other 29 teams. Who is responsible if you are not responsible?"

Chang Wei was taken aback for a moment, as if what he said was okay, maybe other than himself, the rest of the coaching staff would not be very good at using this group of players, wouldn't they just mess around in the summer league?Where can we achieve the goal of exercising and discovering talents?

After thinking about it for a while, Chang Wei said helplessly, "It's only this time, don't make another example."

However, Chang Wei didn't intend to bring the entire team there. He went to the countryside and brought some players who were valued by the management with training camp contracts.In his opinion, it is enough to bring the substitutes to see the world. He does not plan to bring Roy. The senior has shown enough maturity in the training camp, and letting him go is tantamount to killing him. Chicken with a bull knife.

Jackson has no objection to this. Since Chang Wei is asked to lead the team to participate in the summer league, then let him choose the players himself.In this way, a team of Bobcats consisting of substitute players and several undrafted picks and free agents went to Las Vegas under the leadership of Chang Wei. Although this summer league has not yet been included in the NBA, there are many participating teams , there will be more games.

In Chang Wei's view, there is no major problem with the Bobcats starting. They just need to continue to accumulate experience. On the contrary, the substitutes need more polishing.In the intra-team match, various problems often occurred on the substitute side, which caused the main players to win very easily every time, forcing Jackson to disrupt the two teams to barely achieve the effect.

Speaking of which, the Bobcats' substitutes all have their own characteristics. Ellis' breakthrough ability is very powerful, Kapono's three-pointers and Allen's defense are their ability to settle down.Although the height of the inside combination is average, one offense and one defense can be regarded as complementing each other. It can be said that the foundation of this substitute lineup is good, but it is still unknown whether it can give full play to its power.

Chang Wei's idea is very simple and rude. Everyone can play the simplest pick-and-roll tactics on the offensive end. Anyway, one trick is popular all over the world.The defensive end is even simpler. Although Ellis likes to gamble for steals and Kapono is a big colander, the presence of Allen can make the team's perimeter defense impregnable. , They may not be as good as those tall insiders in protecting the basket, but they are more than enough to play against the opponent's substitute during the rotation time.

The outcome of the summer league was completely ignored by Chang Wei. He just hoped to use this opportunity to determine the play style of the bench lineup, and the core of the bench he selected was Ellis.The current Ellis is not the sharp knife that once suppressed Curry in later generations, but he has already achieved a considerable level of breakthroughs, but he still doesn't like passing the ball very much.

When Chang Wei told Ellis to let him control the ball, the No. 2005 pick in 40 couldn't believe his ears. You must know that he was also a soy sauce role on the Warriors' bench before. I didn't expect the Bobcats to actually Make yourself the primary point guard on the bench!But Chang Wei immediately said: "But you have to remember one thing, you must create opportunities for your teammates on the field. Considering the intensity of the summer league games, my requirement is to average more than 8 assists per game. Is this okay?"

This is a big problem!Ellis wanted to cry, he was a guard, but like a shooting guard better than a point guard, attacking the basket is his greatest hobby.But Chang Wei had to listen to what he said, so he could only accept the job with a bitter face.

Chang Wei doesn't care whether you want it or not, anyway, it's beneficial to the team and not harmful.In fact, among the few people picked out by Chang Wei as bench thugs, except for Ellis who can hold the ball, Li is at most half of them. Everyone else needs to pass the ball to drive them. How many of Kapono and the others are still playing with wool?Go straight to the field and do the switchback run!
In the first two games, Ellis was still a little uncomfortable. He knew that he was going to the basket with the ball all day long, and he would never look back when he hit the south wall. If it becomes an assist, it would be great to not make a mistake.His willfulness also caused the Bobcats to lose the first two games. Although Chang Wei did not blame him, the sighs of his teammates still made Ellis blush. Dao Kan can't make it through.

Ellis, who was suffocating with energy, began to read the opponent's defense. Fortunately, it was the summer league, and the opponents played without rules, which gave him almost unlimited opportunities and space to experiment.In the next few games, Ellis's scoring dropped significantly, but the scores of others rose more significantly. He even sent an astonishing 17 assists in one of the games. When it was over, he himself couldn't believe it.

Although the Bobcats only got No.3 in the summer league in the end, Chang Wei didn't care about the record at all. He was only pleased with Ellis' rapid transformation.Although this kid is only a second-round pick, Chang Wei knows that he was also a very strong scorer in his previous life. With him on the bench, the Bobcats have the ability to compete with their opponents during the rotation.

(End of this chapter)