Chapter 374: The last distress

Chapter 377
At the end of October, the new NBA season kicked off. On October 30, the regular season took the lead in the three cities of Oakland, Los Angeles and San Antonio. The Utah Jazz challenged the Golden State Warriors away, the Houston Rockets played against the Los Angeles Lakers, and the San Antonio Spurs played at home. Receive the championship ring from last season and play against the Portland Trail Blazers.
On the 31st, the teams started fighting against each other. Only a few teams did not have a schedule. The Suns were one of them. Their first game would have to wait until November 1st to go to Seattle to challenge the Sonics.
On the 31st, Leon and the team arrived in Seattle by plane together. After they checked in at the hotel, Leon gave everyone a vacation and allowed everyone to go out and play, as long as they were guaranteed to come back before midnight. Okay. Before this game, the Suns' training was too hard. Even Steve Nash, who has always been known for his hard training, said that for the first time, "Never come tomorrow" after training. Thoughts.
That's right, this is the training style of Fox-Leon. It is not based on time and volume to win, but is known for high intensity, high efficiency and high consumption. Leon put forward high demands on the Suns players. After several preseason games, various tactical combinations and routines made everyone dizzy, so Leon did not organize the players for the past two days. Any high-intensity exercise is just a simple exercise. Close to the game, it will be a holiday directly, so everyone should relax.
Leon himself stayed in the hotel room. Someone invited him to dine tonight, but Leon thought about it and refused, because he still has a lot of preparations to deal with for tomorrow's game.
After eating dinner, Leon stayed in his room and never came out. D'Antoni ordered a cup of coffee at the front desk, then knocked on Leon's door and sent him in. D'Antoni was stunned as soon as he entered the door. He saw that the room was filled with all kinds of manuscript papers, some with tactical maps drawn on them, and some with various data. D'Antoni asked, "What are these? Are you inventing something? Frankenstein."
Leon tidyed up the manuscript paper, stacked them neatly on the table, and said: "It is more convenient to use a computer, but sometimes it is more intuitive to use paper and pen. I am calculating the offensive and defensive efficiency of various lineup combinations on the field. , I want to have a bottom for tomorrow's game."
D'Antoni smiled and said,
It’s fine to leave these things to the data team to do, but I heard that you never need a computer to calculate those complicated parameters. You can figure it out with your eyes. Really."
Leon said: "Calculating the data is not about the results, which are deceptive, but to discover why there are such results in the calculation process. In this way, you will not be deceived by the results, but The truth about victory can be found from the video and data."
With that said, Leon took a sip of the coffee from D'Antoni, which was a bit bitter, but he told D'Antoni that he didn't like to add sugar to his coffee. Bitter coffee can stimulate his brain nerves. Now Leon faces different problems in the Suns and the Celtics. In the Celtics, he pays more attention to defensive data and opponents' offensive efficiency. Compared to offense, the defensive changes are much less. Even the extremely complex defensive strategy used by Leon in the Celtics in 2005 is much simpler than the offensive routine in terms of variables.
But when it comes to the sun, his attention will be focused on the offensive end, and from the chaotic offensive routines, he has sorted out a most funny and reliable idea belonging to the sun. In the past, D'Antoni put forward a set of ideas and achieved great success. However, his success only remained in the regular season, and he was repeatedly blocked in the playoffs. In addition to the lineup and luck issues, the Suns must have huge holes in their play.
Leon spent a whole preseason experiment to complete his summer vision of the Suns tactics, and partially succeeded. For example, he proved that Stadamel can independently support an offensive tactical system, and Nash If he wants, he can also become the team's top scorer.
But now, what worries Leon most is that the two proved to be separated from each other to support the tactics alone. The two combined are equally invincible, but Leon not only wants this, he also hopes that the systems supported by the two can be integrated. With me and you in me, this can give full play to the power of the two.
O'Neal and Kobe have a triangle offense as a binder. The Spurs are a three-person combination with a natural advantage in tactics. Back then, the Celtics relied on the outside group to pull a Garnett. The Suns are different. They claim to be MSN, but Sean Marion, in Leon’s view, cannot be a support link on the offensive end. As for Jaskovicius, he is a good lubricant and transmission. He is the team's excellent tactical sixth man, but his position overlap with Nash, and the loopholes on the defensive end, he is destined to be unable to take on greater responsibilities.
Previously, Leon’s best candidate was of course Boris Dior, so he had high expectations for Dior in the training camp. Almost every tactical combination would include Dior. But I don't know why, this kid worked very hard, but he couldn't make the amazing performance of 2006, especially when Stadamel was on the court.
Leon tried to find out if there was any conflict between Dior and Stadamel, but the relationship between the two was good. He also talked to Dior alone. Dior said that he had tried his best, but he couldn’t find it. It seems difficult to call with Stadameier in play.
"You've always looked sad these two days. If you have any questions, you can actually communicate with me. You don't always have to think about it alone." D'Antoni sat in the room and watched Leon frowning and thinking about the problem. Said kindly. After becoming the team's assistant coach, D'Antoni's job is indeed a lot easier, all he has to do is to direct the team to train, and then do the work arranged by the head coach.
Leon is different. Although he said before that he doesn't care about defense or offense after coming to the Suns, but in fact he will still ask a lot of questions, especially some details, his control has reached an astonishing level. However, the two days have eased a lot, and the players seem to have become accustomed to Leon's training method. He reminds him loudly in training less and less.
Faced with D'Antoni’s reminder, Leon smiled and said:
I have to figure out some questions by myself. When I figure it out and figure it out, I don’t have to worry about too much training and command in the future. I just need to make sure The team moves forward in the general direction I set, and the team will move forward." Leon said this is really a terrible ass, there is a sense of "learning my operation, the rest is A in the past".
But this may be the highest level of coaching. D'Antoni laughed and did not speak. The two chatted for a while, and D'Antoni was about to leave.
When leaving, Leon asked D'Antoni a word, he asked: "Mike, if you encounter a very complicated and difficult problem, what do you usually do?"
D'Antoni thought for a while and said: "I will choose to sleep, wait a while, and then maybe find that this so-called complex problem can be solved in a very simple way in a few days."
Leon was thoughtful after hearing it. Perhaps D'Antoni was right. He has been using very complicated ideas to solve this problem, including designing a new set of tactics for the bench. But that effect will never be good. An excellent solution to a problem must be simple and elegant, just like those precise mathematical formulas. Maybe just a turn around can solve the problem, but Leon still needs an opportunity to turn around.
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The next day, on the night of November 1, the Suns, who had conducted simple training during the day, came to the Key Arena. Their first game of the season will start at 7:30 in the evening. More than an hour before the start of the game, players from both sides were warming up on the field. Leon met his old player, Michael Reid.
This summer, Reid was traded by the Boston Celtics to get marksman Ray Allen from Seattle to make room for the team's new superstar, Kevin Durant. The reason why the Supersonics chose Reed is because Reed has always played an offensive and defensive role in the Celtics. He has a gentle personality and mainly plays off the ball and defends. He can assist Durant. , And can lead the team, it is really a good choice.
Yesterday, Reid invited Leon to have a meal, but Leon refused. This made Reed a little bit disappointed~EbookFREE.me~ But today he saw Leon come up to say hello, after all, this is what he really is in the NBA Coach, the real professional league initiator.
Leon stepped forward and shook hands and embraced Reid, watching the first player he picked in the NBA, and accompanied him through his first years in the NBA. They grew up together, failed together, and won the championship together. They couldn't help feeling very much. thousand. Leon looked at Reid's no longer sour face, and the knees that were tortured with injuries and thick knee pads, and asked, "Do you know why I didn't eat with you yesterday?"
Reid said: "I don't know, but coach you always have your reason."
Leon smiled and said, "I'm afraid you and I will get drunk and won't be able to play today's game."
Reid laughed when he heard it, yes, if the two met last night, there must be a lot to say, there must be a lot of wine to drink. Now, after all, each is the leader, one coach and one player, starting to fight for their own honor.
"Good evening, I have asked Raja to take good care of you." Leon finally patted Reid on the shoulder and said. The two big locks of the Celtics' past guard line seem to be overwhelmed.
(End of this chapter)