The Godfather of Basketball

Yes, it will be fine. Delong smiled and nodded when he heard Tang Tian comforting himself.

Believe it, the team still needs you to carry forward this season. Tang Tian said as he reached out and patted Deron's shoulder.

Among the three cores of the team, Johnson (older) and Lopez (poor defense) have obvious weaknesses. Deron is the most suitable core. up.

I will. The encouragement and affirmation from the boss eased Deron's mentality that was on the verge of collapse.

Tang Tian nodded, then turned and walked back.

While walking back, Tang Tian entered the different dimension of the system, and directly exchanged an iron ankle for Delong.

Delong looked at Tang Tian's back. At this moment, he felt a hot feeling from his left ankle. The tingling feeling made him unable to help but let out a comfortable groan.

At this moment, he felt that the intimacy between himself and Tang Tian had increased a lot compared to before.

Ding! Congratulations to the host for redeeming honor points 5 times and getting a chance to draw a lottery.

While Tang Tian was walking, a system notification suddenly sounded in his mind.

His vision flickered, and he returned to the different dimension of the system.

In front of him was a familiar lottery machine.

This is the one that was drawn before.

Tang Tian had been speculating about the system's lottery rules before, and it seemed he was right.

The first time is 3 redemptions, the second time is 5 redemptions, and the next time there should only be 7 redemptions to draw.

The lottery machine is still the same one, but the prize column on it is completely different from before.

100 million US dollars, 5 honor points, actual combat weapons, physical strength enhancers, referee bias cards...

The prizes this time are obviously richer and more attractive than the previous ones.

It seems that although the difficulty of obtaining lucky draw opportunities is increasing, the returns that can be obtained are also increasing.

With the first experience, Tang Tian can be regarded as familiar with the road this time. After clicking the lottery button, he waited patiently.

The aperture went from slow to fast, and finally to dazzling, and then slowly reduced the speed, jumped at the actual combat weapon, and then stopped.

5 honor points.

When Tang Tian saw the prize, he was taken aback for a moment, as if he couldn't believe it, and then he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

I just spent 2 honor points, but I got 5 honor points later!

This is a total of 5. If you change to the previous one, you have to complete at least two or three tasks, and wait for the last two or three years.

The role of these two ancestral honor points is really extraordinary!

Tang Tian smiled happily and returned to reality.

Seeing that he was in such a good mood, Frank couldn't help but look at him curiously.

Deron's ankle should be almost recovered. He used words to cover up the past.

Really? Frank looked surprised.

Yes, he recovered well this summer, and our new season will be a blockbuster. Tang Tian continued.

Although Frank was suspicious, Tang Tian didn't have any reason to fool him, and his confidence increased a lot.

The training on the field was still going on. Deron stepped on the bicycle for a while, his ankle felt good, and he went down to the field for training after a while.

Gradually, his range of movements increased, and when he was one-on-one with Livingston, he easily passed his opponent with continuous large crossovers.

Frank's eyes lit up watching from the sidelines.

This is what they are familiar with, and it is also the Deron they have been looking forward to.

The Nets this season will really surprise people!

The training camp lasted for about a week, and other players reported one after another, including head coach Kidd.

The 17-man team is full of competition, and the players work extra hard in training, and Deron's difference from past seasons has also improved the team's morale a lot.

Tang Tian found a suitable time and chatted with Kidd about the team's tactics and some issues related to the new season.

Our goal this season is to reach the playoffs, preferably in the top half.

It's challenging. Kidd said directly.

The Nets have lost Garnett and Pierce one after another this season, and most of the additions are rookies and fringe players. The strength on paper has declined significantly. In theory, it is very difficult to enter the playoffs, let alone reach the top half. .

Yes, there are challenges, but this team can do it. Kidd said bluntly, and Tang Tian did not embellish.

Kidd didn't speak anymore. He knew that Tang Tian was recruited by the head coach, and he definitely wanted to talk to him more than just about a goal.

So we need to make some tactical adjustments. Sure enough, Tang Tian continued.

What adjustment?

On offense, we must first use Brook Lopez's organizational support ability. He has the talent in this area, including Jokic, who we selected this year, and he also has the talent in this area.

Secondly, we need to train three-pointers. Deron and Brook have the scoring ability at critical moments, but our role players need to have more stable shooting ability on the outside. The current league is a league that focuses on three-pointers and offensive space. We We can no longer rely too much on mid-range scoring as before.

But we don't have the talent in this area now. Deron and Yi's three-pointers are unstable, and Brook and Joe's three-pointers are almost none. The newcomer Bo Yang is a three-point shooter, but he still needs time to grow. , I think we should make small modifications to the original tactical system, instead of reinventing the wheel like this? Kidd put forward different opinions.

Jason, you spent a season with me in the Thunder last season. You know that the current strength of the Thunder team is inseparable from the new system. Minor changes will only make those changes slowly disappear in the end. I'll just stay where I am. Tang Tian continued.

Okay, I'll try my best. Kidd didn't continue to refute Tang Tian, ​​he played under Tang Tian for a year, and he knew Tang Tian was the kind of person who said nothing.

Then on the defensive end, the tactic of double-teaming the ball-handler should be used as little as possible. Now that the league is speeding up, the ability of each team to handle the ball is constantly improving. Too many double-teaming of the ball-handler will only make us defensive. It’s better to lose position at the end, even if you don’t defend one-on-one, it’s better than giving the opponent space and watching them perform and score.”

Tang Tian used a very vivid metaphor, and expressed what he wanted to say very vividly.

Understood. Kidd did not refute this time.

Tang Tian seemed a little surprised, Kidd's set up had run through his entire coaching career in his previous life.

But he didn't think too much about it. This kind of reaction was probably because he had gotten along with him before and knew how his character behaved.

Come on, I look forward to you leading this team to a different performance. Tang Tian finally encouraged.