Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 270
The players quickly felt the change.

The most obvious point is that the team's training is no longer as Buddhist as it was during the Zen master's period. Zen master's training methods are all based on the player's self-consciousness, but in many cases, the players need to be spurred. During the Bulls period, Jordan was the one who wielded the whip; during the Lakers period, Although O'Neal is a little healthy, Kobe is a training madman, and later introduced Garnett, a loudspeaker on the court.

But now, Jim believes that it is necessary to establish rules as soon as possible. The team pays the players wages, and the players should also play according to the team's requirements. Moreover, hard training is only good for the players.

For example, Varejao, a freshman in the acting department, has a long way to go on the road to becoming Divac's successor. The Yugoslav actor in his early years had a shooting range as far as the three-point line, and Sam Perkins' double-projection inside The combination opened up a lot of space for Magic Johnson and James Worthy to overwhelm the inside.

After watching a few summer league games, Varejao's hand-to-hand pass has a little bit of meaning, and feeding the ball to a player who steals the back door is also occasionally ingenious, but the shooting is terrible. It seems that after one or two seasons I'm afraid Nei can't count on it. When his shooting comes out, he can really become an important part of the team.

Fortunately, Garnett is about to return from injury, and those who do these jobs will eventually return to Garnett.

The construction of a new defensive system cannot be completed in a day or two.

After the Summer League ended, the Lakers' training camp for the new season started early. In the first few days of joint training, the team's offense and defense were chaotic. Many players did not adapt to this kind of game thinking. In their impression, in The true essence of basketball is to beat the opposing players on both ends of the offense and defense. Although the "triangle offense" last season had some pick-and-roll coordination and off-ball screens, it is by no means like the system that Jim tinkered with. Every offense must rely on pick-and-rolls. It is suggested that every position should be used as a wall to cover teammates.

"God Ron, that's not a cover, you don't think it's okay to just stand there, do you? Just stand there and you see, you gave Kobe a double-team gift while blocking his A breakthrough line, and you are in a position where there is no offensive threat, Kobe can't pass the ball to you, you can only force the shot... and you guys, when Ron screens, you have to open up space, You know what? Udonis? Did your mid-range shot go to waste? Why don't you stand at 45 degrees and get ready to catch the ball? This play will be blocked by you if Ron disassembles correctly and cuts to the hoop , are you playing wild ball? You can stay away from the three-point line, but you must keep a distance from your teammates. When you stand here, the opponent must make a choice whether to help defend the basket or block your shot. Remember Are you staying?"

"Trevor, the air cut is not for you to run around. Your teammates are ready to attack the basket. What you have to do is to keep the distance, open the space, and always keep the pass line unobstructed. You fall into the basket. Perfectly played the role of help defender!"

"Nene...Not every ball has to be finished with a dunk. When Kareem was in college, the NCAA prohibited players from scoring dunks, but this did not prevent him from leading the team to a record of 88 wins and 2 losses. We have a lot of ways to put the ball in the basket, and that's what you have to master, now...to work on shooting!"

"Kobe, do you think it's easy to score on Anderson, so you want to create some difficulties for yourself?"

You don’t know if you don’t practice. Whether you are a new player or an old player, when you are familiar with a new offensive and defensive system, there are all kinds of problems. Jim and the coaching staff have to be ready to correct the players’ problems at all times.

After the tactical training is over, the players practice shooting, and the main members of the coaching staff will watch the training video in real time to find out the shortcomings.

Within a few days, Jim's voice became hoarse, and he had to be equipped with a loudspeaker to convey his anger to the team.

Time passed day by day, and the preseason of the new season was getting closer and closer.

"I kind of know why Jeff Van Gundy's hair is getting thinner and thinner. The head coach job is really not done by humans. If I had another chance, I'd rather have Tom Janovich come over and try it out... ..." After two months of hard training, the new system finally got a little bit of an outline. Jim, with a gray complexion and disheveled hair, activated the skill "decentralization", letting Stevens and Bzdelik take charge of the daily training on both ends of the offense and defense. Under his title of vice president, he hid in the office and pretended to be absent from work.

"This is not the style of the great Jim Buss." Kupchak handed over a document "Pat Riley made a trade request to us, asking for Dwyane Wade. He said the Heat did not Not for sale, and can bring in third parties to balance cap space."

"This old thief will never die, tell him he doesn't need to harm Dwayne, Dwayne is not for sale!" Jim glanced at the document, then crumpled it up and threw it into the trash can .

"Disaster? What do you mean..." Kupchak was at a loss.

"Oh, it's not important, is there any other news?"

"The Bulls have put Dikembe Mutombo on the shelf, and they seem determined to develop Eddie Curry and Tyson Chandler... It is said that the Houston Rockets have made an offer, not It's too high, if we make a move at this time, maybe..."

Jim thought about it carefully. Although Uncle Mu's real age is a mystery, there is still some oil in the fuel tank.

But after considering the bargaining chip at hand and the team's tactical system, Jim gave up this idea. Two years ago, Uncle Mu could no longer adapt to the Nets' fast rotation and perimeter oppressive defensive system. Now let him play unlimited. Switching defenses, wouldn't that kill him.

"We don't need Dikembe Mutombo, let him go to the Rockets, what age is this, and he is still blindly collecting heights inside, we will use this preseason game to let Jeff Van Gundy understand, What he did should be the dust of history!" Speaking of Van Gundy, Jim's attitude is always very excited.

Kupchak was a little dazed, Van Gundy didn't seem to offend Jim, right?Why does he have such a bad opinion of Van Gundy and the Rockets?
In his previous life, Jim was "deceived" by the major domestic media, thinking that the Rockets were some kind of peerless team. Later, when he really understood the game, he found out that apart from Yao Ming and McGrady, what kind of cats and dogs were the assistants assigned to him? , that scrawny lineup and rigid coaches, it would be a ghost to pass the Mavericks and Jazz.

In the new season, there will be new opponents, such as the Suns who got Nash. Although Stoudemire has become Boozer, the impact is not that exaggerated, but Boozer is also proficient in pick-and-rolls. Sparks, it is hard to predict. If the Suns are one of the imaginary enemies, they must master the infinite switch system as soon as possible to restrain D'Antoni's V-shaped offense and pick-and-roll tactics.

(End of this chapter)