basketball king lunatic

Chapter 209 Pippen's Thoughts

Pippen broke up with Jordan with a little doubt and a little bit of excitement.

Cartwright has confirmed that he will leave the head coach position after this season to serve exclusively as general manager.

So if Phil Jackson refuses to return to Chicago, does he have a chance to become the head coach of the Bulls?

To be honest, Pippen didn't expect the situation to change so quickly.Before the start of this season, because the power struggle within the Bulls became more and more intense.The son and daughter of the former owner almost fought for the position of the Bulls owner.

As the second head of the Bulls who has played for the Bulls for more than ten years, he has completely experienced the entire Bulls dynasty, a member of the top [-].In the case of Jordan's retirement, Pippen is undoubtedly a big help for both sides.

And Pippen has been in contact with both of them throughout his career, and they can be regarded as friends.In order not to fall into an embarrassing situation, at Jordan's suggestion, Pippen chose to retire from the team.

As for joining Cartwright's coaching staff, that's another story.As the team's locker room leader, Pippen's opinion is very important, but when he becomes an ordinary assistant coach, he is not so conspicuous.

What Pippen didn't expect was that what was thought to be a protracted struggle ended abruptly because the former boss's daughter had a car accident.

Little Jack became the owner of the Bulls without any risk.Although many people and even the police suspect that he deliberately attacked his sister.However, whether it is from the situation at the scene or the evidence provided by himself, the accident seems to be a traffic accident caused by the driver's drunk driving.

However, the reason why Jack Jr. competed for the ownership of the Bulls was only because he took a fancy to the market value of this giant team.After all, only six or seven years have passed since the second dynasty of the Bulls, and the Bulls seem to be on the road to revival towards the third dynasty.

So Little Jack intends to sell the team at the right time to invest in his football club in Europe.

Yes, Jack Jr. is an avid football fan, even if the most successful team and strongest player in basketball belongs to him. In the 90s, he didn't pay much attention to the team.

It was Cartwright, Pippen, and Wang Shipeng who joined forces to talk with Jack, and they temporarily stabilized Jack.There is no plan to start selling the Bulls for the time being, and Jack Jr. also guaranteed that the team will not leave Chicago. This condition will be part of the contract.

No way, unlike other teams, the Bulls and Chicago are already a totem-like existence. Wang Shipeng can't imagine how big the Bulls would be if they left Chicago when Jordan just retired. fluctuation.

While some say such concerns are unfounded, Chicago is the third-largest basketball market in the United States.Unless the team moves to Los Angeles or New York, it's a disadvantage to move anywhere.

No way, this kind of thing is not impossible to happen. The Seattle Supersonics, which will be sold in a few years, is a notable example.

After decades of deep cultivation, Seattle, where Microsoft is headquartered, doesn't have more potential than Oklahoma, but when the boss wants to bring an NBA team to his hometown, everything else is easy.

So Wang Shipeng's concern is not without reason, Pippen thought.

Fortunately, Little Jack also agreed to this point, and said that he would write the inability to move into the contract as a necessary condition.

Now that the matter has been resolved, Pippen will start working as an assistant in a down-to-earth manner to help the team adapt to the triangle offense.After all, it's been said that Phil will return to Chicago next season.

Pippen, who devoted himself wholeheartedly, quickly showed excellent coaching ability.Pippen rose to prominence within Cartwright's coaching staff because of his excellent understanding of the triangle offense.

Although the team is gradually getting familiar with the triangle offense, and Cartwright has also added some triangle offense routines to his offensive system, but after all, he is a head coach with his own coaching style, and Cartwright refuses to fully introduce the triangle offense.

Of course, there is no way around it. If the triangle offense wants to exert its full power, it needs an absolute strength of one-on-one on the offensive end.Just like Jordan and O'Neal of the Lakers.

But the Bulls didn't have anyone who fit the role at the start of the season.

Although Wang Shipeng's attack power and desire to attack are sufficient, he still can't become an absolute strong point.What's more, although his offensive ability is strong, but limited by his physical fitness, his one-on-one ability is not good.

No way, Pippen had no choice but to hold down his plan to bring the triangle offense to the game this season.He felt that maybe when Phil came back, the problem would be resolved.

However, as Wang Shipeng improved his physical fitness unexpectedly and without warning.Although his explanation to the outside world was the long-term accumulation of long-term training, Pippen absolutely did not believe it. He said that someone had never trained. Pippen has seen many training madness in his career, but he has never seen anyone relying on training. Developed the physical fitness of Jordan.

Some talents are born, and you can't accept it.Pippen has always felt that Wang Shipeng actually completed this shocking transformation with the help of mysterious oriental witchcraft.

Although Wang Shipeng's physical fitness has improved, it even seems that his court vision and golf quotient have improved.Wang Shipeng's singles ability has also improved a lot.

Because his three-point ability and foul-making ability have been improved to a higher level.

In the game in January, Wang Shipeng's average number of three-pointers made on the court rose from 2.3 to 2.8, averaging 8.4 points per game with three-pointers.

And Wang Shipeng's average free throws per game rose from 5.1 to 8.6, and he averaged 7.7 free throws per game.

It is not too surprising that Wang Shipeng, who can score 16.1 points by relying on three-pointers and free throws, averaged 30+ points per game in January.

And Pippen was also promoted by Cartwright to the chief assistant coach in January, which made Pippen's ambitions even more inflated.

Perhaps, I really have the opportunity to become the head coach of the team.

As Pippen, who has worked with the league's top shooting guard for more than ten years, he undoubtedly knows better than most what it means to be a super shooting guard.He also often thinks about what tactics Wang Shipeng is suitable for. Maybe the triangle offense is really not completely suitable for him.

Pippen even felt that Wang Shipeng actually had his own offensive system. Whenever he stood on the court, he could easily control the offensive rhythm by himself. His offensive frequency was very fast and he was not suitable for the triangle offense. The styles are somewhat similar.

Pippen thought again, I heard that Nelson Sr. and Cuban had a lot of trouble because of Nash.Maybe you can make a suggestion, and it would be good to poach old Nelson.

Pippen thought as he walked.

(End of this chapter)