"No defending champion will choose to train young players in the defending season after two consecutive titles, so let's adjust the core structure......

Coach Hollins himself felt that this idea was a little too unusual.

In fact, there is a big obstacle to doing such a thing.

There is a not-so-good list, that is, in the summer of 1997, after two consecutive championships, the general manager of the Bulls wanted to help Jordan find a successor, and maintain the continuity of the team's core when Jordan was 34 years old.

At the time, the Bulls wanted to trade Pippen for Maddy.

But Jordan refused.

The players are also selfish, they will be willing to give for the team, but they will not want to sacrifice their current chances of creating a triple title to help the team bring young people.

Of course, Jordan ended up helping the Bulls win three straight championships, and the '97-98 season was his year of godhood.

This is just a success, and the rest, let alone a two-time defending champion, even if it is a one-time defending champion, will not say that it will be a new talent in the defending season.

There is a question of interest.

The management will also consciously avoid this kind of team strategy that may lead to infighting.

Coach Hollins made such a decision, and was able to be recognized by the coaching staff without objection and management, which is based on the fact that the two bears have gained weight this year.

Coach Hollins also doesn't know if it's luck or misfortune.

The intricate road to defending the title, with its twists and turns, and difficulties, is difficult to understand by watching the lively fans and media.

……

Matchday has arrived for the third game of the five-game team.

On the morning of the 20th, Sun Ce and his teammates came to the Staples Center for a meeting at 9 a.m.

When Coach Hollins announced that he was going to increase the reuse of the outside trio and play more outside shots until injuries and stamina crises on the inside were resolved, the players were receptive to it.

At present, only Yi Jianlian, Gasol Jr., Larry Sanders, and Gobert can be used, of which Gobert is an alternate option, and the other three are still very average in physical strength.

Gasol Jr. must be the kind of talented, he and Randolph are fat does not affect the speed, he is fat or not, it does not affect the length of time he plays, he has long been accustomed to the slow pace of play with a fat body.

But with such a large tonnage, the physical strength is not much better, a game is played for more than 30 minutes, and to ensure efficiency, it is appropriate to play 256 minutes.

Of course, this is based on the fact that the Grizzlies don't need Gasol Jr. to stand on it for time, and the vast majority of stars in the league have one thing to do, that is, their physical strength has declined, and they have to stay up on the court, and they have to learn to relieve the physical crisis on the court.

Because even when they can't play, they need to be a threat on the court, the outside is generally an offensive threat, and the inside line is generally a defensive threat.

Larry Saunders and Yi Jianlian have average physical strength, the former must ensure offensive efficiency, the latter must ensure defensive efficiency, and the playing time should not exceed 24 minutes at most, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain.

This kind of rotation for the Grizzlies is very difficult to come up with on other teams.

But the Grizzlies have always emphasized efficiency, and in the 11-12 season, they were able to stay healthy during such a brutal schedule, and when they won the championship, no one would complain about such a rotation, even if it was at the expense of their own stats.

But once you get used to it, it is not appropriate to suddenly want to improve their playing time, because your teammates are used to the good side they show.

So, that's good news for Gobert, he's going to get some opportunities.

Moreover, it's not just Gobert, or the three young stars on the outside that it's a good opportunity, it's an opportunity for the entire outside line!

Because of the main outside three, it is impossible to let these three play on the court all the time, but the rotation has changed from around the inside line to around the outside line.

The last few games have been based on Larry Sanders and Randolph, Prince and Gasol Jr., Yi Jianlian and Richard Jefferson...... and so on to arrange the outside line rotation.

Now it is based on the three young players on the outside, and the lineup is carried out.

Then you will definitely have to try more outside combinations, and Livingston, who has the ability to play, and Hardaway Jr., who has the ability to catch and shoot, may have more opportunities!

Moreover, this is really a change that can temporarily alleviate the team's injury invasion, and the strength may decline, but it will not cause the outside rotation to become rigid because of the need to match the inside combination with fewer injuries.

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"Paul, why aren't you happy to get more opportunities? Was it that I didn't please the nurse that night? ”

"......" Paul George gave Sun Ce a blank look and replied, "I'm worried about the team, Lord, do you think this is a good arrangement?" ”

After the tactical meeting, the coaching staff initially arranged several sets of tactical drills around the rotation of the outside lineup.

The rotation strategy has changed, but what kind of lineup how to play, how to use the characteristics of the players, this will not change.

In the middle of this, Paul George spotted a problem and said to Sun Ce: "I don't think we had a way to do this, and it could be the worst-case scenario that the coaching staff came up with. ”

"It's better to have a temporary solution to the crisis than nothing, and besides, I can't always rely on Zach and Mark, I've resigned myself to their weight problems, they may play more at the end of the season and in the playoffs in the future, and I'll have to rely on you and Klay in the future."

Thinking of Randolph and Gasol Jr., two bears who have no self-discipline at all, and often secretly form groups to eat junk food, and even eat cream cakes and grease dripping barbecue during the season, Paul George nodded: "Maybe this is the trend of our team, you are right, Zach is also 32 years old, and his role should be played in the playoffs." ”

"Yes, we can show more of our abilities in the regular season, you say me and you and Klay, can the three of us average 70 points per game like James, Bosh and Wade? Klay and I are now averaging 52 points per game combined, which is just short of you, and you are only averaging 14 points per game. ”

"I'm really sorry for holding you back!"

Paul George can't complain, he's trying to learn to pass and try to create better shooting opportunities for these two!

was actually complained about by Sun Ce!

However, think of the trio averaging 70 points per game...... Even the trio of Zhan Weibo had only done it in their first year of formation...... If you can do something like this, it's exciting to think about.

Suddenly, Paul George felt that something was wrong with what Sun Ce said? It doesn't seem like this sentence just now...... But what's wrong?