I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 569 The manipulator behind

After defeating the Warriors with a defensive strangle battle, the Clippers got a precious 3 days of rest.

Four games in five days makes the Clippers, which has a lot of personnel rotation, exhausted. The Clippers are constrained to share the Staples Center with the Lakers, so they often suffer in terms of schedule.

Back-to-back away games at every turn, consecutive back-to-back games, and long-distance road trips.

After all, there is only one arena, which is shared by several professional teams in Los Angeles. Boxing matches, concerts, and various activities will also be held. It is quite good to be able to make a schedule. This is a technical job.

In this case, the Clippers' newly built Huawei Center is particularly important and valuable. Once the center is completed, the Clippers will have their own independent competition venue.

The schedule can be more relaxed, giving players a more even rest and adjustment time, instead of playing wildly for a period of time, and then resting for several days in the middle.

However, for Mike Malone, these three days are a good opportunity to have a continuous chunk of time to participate in team training and tactical research.

The potential of the Clippers lineup makes Mike Malone gear up. This guy is already a workaholic. He locked himself in the video analysis room of the training center and pondered over the Clippers' games this season, especially paying attention to the players. The details of our defense.

If the offense depends on talent, imagination, flashes of inspiration and superb skills, then defense is to find the devil in the details.

In a high-speed confrontation top basketball game like the NBA, a 0.1-second flash in the defense may cause you to lose your defense, unable to keep up with the opponent's offensive pace, and then lead to the collapse of the entire defense line.

Therefore, excellent offensive coaches are often unruly and outgoing.

And good defensive coaches are mostly obsessive-compulsive, with a strong obsession with details.

A defensive madman like Larry Brown is even more concerned about the distance and movement of players on the field, using a ruler to measure it.

Mike Malone also has this habit of pursuing details. He uses video to find problems in the team's defense and record them.

In just two days, Mike Malone has written two full notebooks, edited more than ten hours of video, and then handed it to Tyronn Lu for viewing.

Tyronn Lu briefly looked through it, didn't say much, and said directly: "The team's defense will be handed over to you, and I will give you enough time for training sessions."

Director Lu is well versed in Min Congda's management methods, and the professional work is left to professional people to do it!

As the head coach of the team, he mainly plays the role of stabilizing the morale of the army and coordinating the distribution.

Cole left, and Malone came again, one to build the offense and the other to be responsible for the defense.

And I, Tyronn Lue, am the team's spiritual pump!

Mr. Smart is really far-sighted and has arranged everything properly and seamlessly. He is indeed the best general manager in the league and the god of NBA management!

Tyronn Lue had already praised Min Congda to the sky in his heart, but Min Congda didn't know that the Clippers were undergoing further evolution.

Instead, he paid more attention to the situation of other teams, such as the Cleveland Cavaliers, such as the Miami Heat.

After Cole went to the Cavaliers, unlike Malone who came to the Clippers, his role in the Cavaliers was immediate.

In a short period of time, the combat effectiveness of the Cavaliers was immediately liberated, and the Cavaliers' team style also changed from the previous defensive side to the offensive side.

The biggest change came from LeBron James. After Cole continued to let him play the fifth position and tortured him, James finally accepted to be the starting 4th position of the Cavaliers.

He reduced his offense with the ball, changing from a passer with the ball to a setter + finisher role.

Such a transformation is of course painful. It has been 03 years since James entered the league in 10.

He has not been baptized in college basketball. Because of his excellent physical fitness and outstanding vision, he has always played as a passer with the ball.

When he first entered the league, the Cavaliers held him in the palm of their hand and asked him to play the No. [-] position. With him as the absolute core, he would play all the ball.

The advantage of playing this way is that James has quickly increased his ball in his field of expertise, and his experience and skills have rapidly improved.

When he broke through with the ball and made a layup, it was top-notch in the entire NBA history, and the success rate was extremely high.

The disadvantage is that in those areas where he is not very good at, there is almost no progress.

Although in the NBA you can do one trick and eat it all over the world, but if you want to win the championship and become the best in history, you must be different from ordinary players and have higher requirements.

Steve Cole put forward higher demands on James, and he was a little unconvinced at first, but Cole is a tough and skilled person.

He is not Mike Brown, he will only be used to James and let James stay in his comfort zone to play.

And Cole also has a very strong backer, that is Min Congda.

During December, James called Min Congda from time to time to complain.

He said that after Cole came, he played much harder and always did things that he was not good at.

Not to mention the waste of physical energy, the data will still decline, the shooting rate will drop, and even the high-level data that he has been ruling the league has begun to decline.

Min Congda asked him at the time, do you want statistics or championships.

James hesitated for a while and said he wanted them all.

Min Cong scolded James angrily on the phone.

This scolding, coupled with the fact that the Cavaliers' record is getting better and better, James gradually accepted this setting.

Steve Kerr also uses several methods together, wanting him to play the [-]th position, don't you want?Then you might as well play number five.

The fifth position is more strenuous than the fourth position, so playing the fourth position is much more comfortable.

Usually Steve Kerr compares Jordan with James at every turn.

It is said that when Phil Jackson came to the Bulls, he asked Jordan the same way.

Let Jordan reduce his possession of the ball and learn to share the ball with his teammates more.

James said that I shared the ball, and I have a lot of assists per game.

Kerr refuted him, sharing the ball and assisting are two different things.

In short, mentioning Jordan still works.

Because James has fixed his eyes on Jordan since he entered the league.

Not only is he staring at Jordan, but the Nike company behind him is also staring at Jordan.

Nike very much hopes that there will be a second Michael Jordan to continue the legend of Nike.

As Kerr gradually took the initiative in the Cavaliers and readjusted his tactics and style of play according to his own ideas, the Cavaliers had a very good record in December and January, from the previous fourth and fifth positions in the Eastern Conference, soaring all the way , came to the second place in the East.

The number one in the East is currently firmly controlled by the star-studded Miami Heat.

The state of the South Coast Galaxy Battleship at the beginning of the season was not as people imagined. It was directly destroyed and the league was invincible.

They lost some games, especially to some mid-range teams, which dimmed the Heat's starlight a lot.

It can also be seen from the performance of the Heat that the grouping of superstars has never been easy to succeed.

At the beginning, the Lakers F4 failed, Payton did not integrate into the team from beginning to end, and Malone's injury had a huge impact.

The Big Three of the Celtics have achieved unprecedented success, because the three of them are really a good match, and the Celtics' tactical system is well constructed.

A little further away, Barkley joined the Rockets. Although he failed in the championship, he mainly lost to injuries.

In the 1996-1997 season, before Charles Barkley was absent due to injury, the Houston Rockets had a record of 21 wins and 2 losses in the first two months, which can be said to have swept the league.

The problems faced by the Heat may be more complicated than those of the Lakers and Rockets.

Nash and Howard are two too special players, one can only attack but not defend, and the other is very defensive and lame.

Fortunately, Nash is the point guard and Howard is the center. If the point guard can't defend, others can make up for it; if the center can't attack, it is harmless in this era.

At the same time, one of Nash and Howard is old, and the other is troubled by back injuries to lose weight. The Heat's Galaxy battleship is far from being as luxurious as it looks, but is riddled with holes. It requires coaches to recombine these flawed but talented parts stand up.

The outside world has always expected Pat Riley to regain the coach and use his qualifications, iron blood and wisdom to knead this star-studded lineup like he did in the 2006 season.

But after playing for two months this season, Riley has never had any actions or ideas in this regard. On the contrary, when the Heat's record was not good at the beginning of the season, he stood up several times to support Spoelscola.

Of course, the pressure on Spoelskola's shoulders is very, very great. Riley's support for him is both support and a spur. He must find a way out for this Heat.

As one of NBA-Batman's fans, Spoelscola has quietly absorbed a lot of nutrition from NBA-Batman's blog during this time.

It may be because the composition of the Heat Galaxy battleship attracted a large part of the public opinion traffic. In November and December, there were many articles about the Heat on the blog.

Professional coaches like Spoelstra basically don't read some analytical ball reviews on the Internet. After all, the level is not very good. Only NBA-Batman is a must-see.

In fact, not only Spoelstra, but all coaches in the league, as long as they are younger and are still working hard to learn and improve, there is no one who does not read the NBA-Batman ball review column.

In the past, NBA-Batman started by sending out messages in advance and sending out all kinds of gossip, which attracted many ordinary fans.

It was only later that people realized that the ball review blogs associated with it were the essence, and each one had very deep insights.

These insights are not the kind of journal-like, superficial comments, or just an analysis of the player's performance. After reading it, it is the same as not watching it.

These articles will accurately poke some key issues of the team, and put forward some very thoughtful ideas, and even some thinking that leads the trend of the times.

Some people say that the two articles on NBA-Batman ushered in the NBA's offensive pick-and-roll era, and the overall thinking of the league is to carry out reforms and games around "space-ball possession".

People have different opinions about the characters behind NBA-Batman, and most of them agree that there is actually a team behind NBA-Batman.

It is likely to be a sports think tank with a group of relevant experts, video analysts, and data analysts to conduct relevant research and influence the direction of the entire league.

The investigation team cooperated by the alliance and the FBI has also been conducting investigations, but unfortunately there has been no clue, and it has gradually been forgotten.

Spoelstra kept absorbing nutrition from these articles, looking for inspiration, and then experimented in the game, and finally found a system suitable for the current Heat.

A dual-core system with Wade Howard as the defensive core and Nash + Bosh as the offensive core.

The specific tactics are various and complicated, but there are a few basic ideas:
First, weaken Howard's role in the offense.

This is the biggest and most important decision Spoelstra made after studying, practicing, and discussing with the coaching staff and Riley.

A star like Howard wants to make himself a low-post monster. Only in this way can he occupy a place in the ranking of historical super centers.

It's a pity that whether it is from the perspective of personal ability or the current trend, letting Howard play alone in the low position is a practice that is harmful to the offense and has no benefit.

Spoelstrom withstood the pressure, and together with Riley, persuaded Howard to devote all his energy to defense, and was only responsible for piecemeal attacks, eating cakes, grabbing offensive rebounds, and doing pick-and-rolls.

Second, use Nash and Bosh's high-position pick-and-roll as the team's core tactics to design and further enhance Bosh's tactical status.

Third, Wade has gradually shifted from being the core of offense and defense to being a versatile player. At critical moments, he is positioned as a tough player, weakening his possession of the ball.

Fourth, Ray Allen is no longer simply a substitute sixth man, but the team's key outside three-point tactical point, and many offensive tactics are designed around Ray Allen.

Fifth, abandon the high-energy-consuming extreme perimeter oppressive defense, and make good use of Howard's deterrent power to protect the basket, reduce the pressure on perimeter defenders, and make the team's defense more balanced inside and outside.

A series of integrations and changes in the team brought the Heat back to life, and starting from December, when the Clippers ended their unbeaten streak, the Heat started their winning streak.

Throughout the 12 games in December, the Miami Heat had 15 wins and 14 loss, including a wave of 1 consecutive victories, replacing the Clippers, which made the entire league tremble and made people feel invincible for a while.

Seeing the team's record getting better and better and the system gradually stabilizing, Sipo was naturally relieved, but he also knew that this season had only just begun.

The NBA regular season is too long, and November and December are just appetizers, just one third of the way through.

In 13, the season is gradually entering the middle, and various tests will follow, especially the injury problem, which is the fatal injury of many superstar teams.

Spoelstra must strike a balance between record and injuries at this time. The Heat are already a team with tough training, which is a great test for the players' bodies.

For this reason, Spoelstra took the initiative to leave a message on the NBA-Batman blog, hoping to get some pointers, and even if the other party is an individual, he would like to invite this person to the Heat as an assistant coach.

Spoelstra wasn't the first to do it, he won't be the last, and he won't be the only one who didn't get a response.

Because how would they know that behind the NBA-Batman is the Clippers general manager Min Congda?
(End of this chapter)