The Rest, Only Noise

The history of NBA championships is the history of the hegemony of centers.

From George McCann to today, only the 1979 Sonics didn't have a superstar center. Louie now has Ewing in his hands, but he's still struggling with the offense and defense.

During the Celtics period, he played too many cards, so he was able to role-play Sampson on the offensive end, creating four systems with Bird and Thomas as the core.

Now, with Ewing and Stockton, maybe we can only follow the classic Jazz team and play the system.

Louis only knew that the Jazz under Sloan were attacking, but he did not know the specific measures. He hoped to promote the establishment of the system according to his own ideas.

Ten days before the end of the training camp, Louis officially launched the offensive system.

However, he changed the name of the system.

Although the concept of the system originated, it was not copied. So an "N" was added.

Louis made it clear that the team's play style in the new season is to use the ball-handler pick-and-roll, the positional battles are echoed in two and three groups, the shooting guards are drawn, the small forward is responsible for the flank pick-and-roll + cutting + catch-and-shoot, the two insider collective tools are humanized, and the low position Offensive, give full play to Ewing and Oakley's ability to shoot in the pick-and-roll.

The result was not smooth. First of all, everyone's concept of the new system was not strong.

Moreover, even the veteran players who have played for Louis for a year have to give up the tactics that they have memorized and learn new tactical moves and pick-and-roll passes and cuts.

With less than half a month left before the start of the preseason, Louis has thrown out 200 tactics.

The tactical reserve of the NBA coaching staff depends on the number of assistants.

The more assistants there are, the more varied the tactics.

Louis has the largest coaching team in the league. Of these 200 tactics, except for 10 offensive tactics designed by Louis himself, the rest are all from Zhao Yuanzheng, Jackson and Tomjanovich from the college field in a few days. searched.

Even Louis himself only remembered 1/4 of his tactics.

And he needs the point guard to memorize all 200 tactics, and the other positions are allocated according to work, just write down the tactics of his position.

The insiders are grimacing. Some of them lack IQ, some are impatient, and some don't know how to record 69 pick-and-roll + screen methods and various, almost ever-changing screening routes in 10 days.

"Coach, I can't do it!" Antoine Kyle was about to burst into tears while holding the thick tactical manual.

"If you don't want to start, it doesn't matter if you can't, as long as you listen to the ball handler on the court," Louie said softly.

Luis Orr, obviously resentful, suddenly came up with so many tactics, and he didn't start practicing from the first day of training camp.

"It was fine for us not to play these tactics before," Orr muttered.

"I don't care what you were like before, starting today, we are going to open a new era."

Louie's slogan is loud, but the player's problem exists.

For example, Oakley, who has been designated as the starter by Louie: "Coach, you know that I ... can't understand, you let me fight on the court, throw, do anything, these tactics ... I ... I. .."

"Remember the basic 17 pick-and-roll and screen styles I detailed above, and don't just follow orders. Trust John."

Boll didn't say a word, he read the tactical manual that Louis sent him like a book from heaven.

Things weren't going well, but Louis wasn't in a hurry.

Originally, he did not intend to build the system in one season. Except for Stockton, it is estimated that no one in the Knicks team can master it in the first season of building the new system.

Even Stockton, who had high hopes for Louis, frowned at the tactical manual.

Ewing couldn't help asking: "Coach, what is CrossScreen? (Cross Screen

"What is DownScreen?"

"What is DragScreen?"

"No?" Louis was stunned, "Don't tell me you don't understand!"

Ewing believes that he cannot be the only one who doesn't understand: "Do you understand?"

"The only thing I understand is cover," Ball quipped.

The others shook their heads together, but no one could understand the 17 pick-and-rolls and screens.

"What exactly did you learn at school?"

Louis finally knew how urgent the situation was, but he didn't expect to start with the most basic cover.

He quickly left his position, shouted, and asked the insiders to come to the court with the defenders such as Stockton and Webber.

Louis gave the ball to Tomjanovich, and then demonstrated himself as a pick-and-roll man, and asked Zhao Yuanzheng to come over as a defender by the way.

On the other side, Phil Jackson has taken out the only camera in the Blue Palace to shoot.

Because you can't remember it after watching it once, you need to film all the pick-and-rolls and screens, make a video tape and give it to the players.

"The so-called cross screen is a classic offense." Louie came to the right paint area, also known as the short corner, "Like I'm standing here doing an off-ball screen, Oak, you go from the line to the In front of me, and then use my screen to cut to the basket. At this time, our ball carrier has to pass the ball at a 45-degree angle in the opposite direction to create an offensive opportunity.”

Louie added: "Because Oak and Patrick are both players with mid-range shooting ability, after you get a chance through screening, you don't necessarily have to go inside. If there is a chance, you can completely solve the problem with shooting."

"Understood? There are 11 tactics involving cross-screening in the playbook. Write them all down."

The insiders were thoughtful, Louis continued.

"The so-called drag and screen is not as complicated as you think. For example, when Oak was in charge of serving, he deliberately fell to the back. Once he ran to the frontcourt, he did not necessarily go to the low post or other positions, but chose to be on the spot. Pick-and-roll on the ball, or screen for off-the-ball players who have a threat of shooting. If the opponent's inside comes out to help defend, the Oak can go straight to the empty basket; if the opponent's inside is indifferent, our ball-handler can partially It's a two-on-one offense; at the same time, Oak can also pull up to the dessert after the screen to catch the ball."

17 screen/pick-and-roll methods and concepts, explained in detail by Louie.

In fact, a pick-and-roll is a pick-and-roll, and a screen is a screen. At most, there are only back screens and front screens. The difference between a fake pick-and-roll and a real pick-and-roll is that the execution is just to block the person standing in place, or to open the block after the block. Continue to screen your teammates on the flanks, that's all.

These 17 pick-and-rolls and screens emphasize concept, position, space, timing and choice.

"Coach, it's too difficult."

Oakley complained again.

"You can make me fight every game, but I really can't learn this..."

"So I said, if you can't learn, you can only play as a substitute." Louie cleared his throat, "However, I will let Oak start, because I want the whole team to go up and down, except for Patrick, there will be no second The insider understands the playbook, and I need a real tough guy to help Trike out of trouble. Unless someone fully understands the playbook, or proves you can play better than the orc, Patrick and the orc are going to be us The starting inside line."

Kyle accepts his fate. He can't read tactics and is only good at attacking. He is a distinctive insider.

Even if he understood the tactics, Louie couldn't pair an inside offensive machine with bad rebounding and defensive black hole attributes with Ewing.

Originally, Ewing's rebounds were relatively poor. If there was no rebounding idiot like Oakley to help fill it, the frequency of the Knicks' rebounding explosions would catch up with the Chinese team in the world game.

For the next ten days, Louie supervised the training every day.

Especially a few insiders.

The perimeter is reassuring, even if Webber can't master the tactics, a Stockton is enough.

The big deal, let Stockton average more than 40 minutes per game, anyway, this dude's resistance attribute is historical level.

Ewing still gets scolded every day.

He was scolded the most by Louis for three points. The defense likes to pounce, like a male dog who sees a **** in heat. There is no habit of being stuck when grabbing defensive rebounds, and the habit of being full of oddities reminds Louis of some uncomfortable memories from his previous life. Also, unexpected buttery hands.

Ewing often grabs the rebound but loses the ball because he can't hold it.

His palms are not small. When this problem occurs, Louis suspects that his hand strength is not enough.

His suspicions were confirmed by strength trainer Dennis Dillon.

So Ewing had to work out an additional hour of hand strength every night.

Towards the end of training camp, Louie organizes a barbecue party.

His drink rarely changed from Coke to wine, and he sat beside Ewing and asked, "Patrick, do you hate me?"

"Hate, he absolutely hates you." Oakley coaxed, "I've never seen a star scolded like that."

Louie didn't say anything, but Tomjanovich had a "wow" expression, "That's because you haven't seen how Louie scolded Larry and Isiah in Boston."

"Are these two last names Bird and Thomas?"

"Who else could it be?"

Tomjanovich suddenly became the focus of the barbecue, and everyone was entangled in him and asked how Louie scolded Bird and Thomas in Boston~www.readwn.com~ Coincidentally, he was the witness of almost every time Louie scolded his mother. .

There are too many "stocks" in the stomach, and everyone exclaims when they take out any one.

"Is it true, Kochi?" Bol asked in surprise.

Hearing Tomjanovich talk about his glorious deeds, Louie can't be humble enough to be humble: "Rudy may have a part to add to the story, but the story is true."

After being confirmed by the parties, everyone cried out in surprise.

Ewing felt better. It turned out that Bird and Thomas were also scolded.

After more than a month of contact, he has a clear understanding of Louis' quality.

If he wants to scold, his mouth must be dirty.

Thinking of this Ewing felt better.

The league's number one and the league's number one point guard have both been scolded as a motherfucker. What is he struggling with as a rookie?