If Mike Brown had told Li Liang in the past that "we have to execute XX defense", Li Liang would have figured out what was going on under normal circumstances.

For example, the 2-3 joint defense that ordinary fans can know, half-time man-marking, 2-2-1 joint defense, unlimited change of defense, etc.

More advanced, that is, the general commentators are not particularly clear, but senior fans also understand, such as 1-4 joint defense. (Actually, anyone who has seen Slam Dunk knows it.) ）

More advanced, it is that only professionals can understand, including the various variations and routines derived from man-to-man defense, as well as the defensive strategy of combining man-to-man and joint defense, such as match-up zone defence.

As a person who has a deep understanding of various tactics, is already qualified to be a head coach, and has learned tactics from various historical tacticians in the system, it is the first time that Li Liang has heard of this "swarm defense" and "SWARM defense". ”

"Why haven't I heard of this defensive tactic?" Li Liang touched his chin and asked.

"It's a defensive strategy designed by Coach Wayne Walters at Thaddeus Stevens Institute of Technology, which I recently came across when I was flipping through my notes, and I think his defensive philosophy fits in well with our team's staffing." Brown rubbed his eyes as he spoke, he really took a lot of time to find the ideal defensive strategy.

Many fans will think that the NBA has the most advanced basketball tactics and concepts in the world.

Actually, no, the NBA is a commercial league, and its players must be the best, but the concept is not necessarily the most advanced.

Conversely, NBA basketball philosophies and tactics may be more conservative and backward.

For example, the tactic of a star pulling a one-on-one singles has always been the most important part of the NBA.

You say that this tactic is experimental and advanced, and he just uses it.

Because NBA teams need records, practicality comes first.

Therefore, experimental tactical play is often started in college first, and then proven to be effective, and then slowly adopted by professional leagues such as the NBA.

With a history of more than 100 years of basketball, various tactics can be said to emerge one after another.

Although everything is the same, when combined with the rules and the situation of the players, each does have its own uniqueness.

Then, Mike Brown introduced Li Liang to the "swarm defense" system he fancied.

The swarm defense is an invention of the Stevens Tech basketball team coach.

This Stevens Institute of Technology is not an NCAA league school, it is a two-year community college.

Many students in the United States want to enter the NCAA to play, get scholarships, and prepare for the professional league in the future.

However, some students do not meet the standards, so they have to go to a second-level community school, and after two years of study, they have the opportunity to move up to a school that has joined the NCAA league.

These community colleges formed their own consortium called the NJCAA, of which Stevens Institute of Technology is a member.

Coach Wayne Walters is the head coach of the Stevens Institute of Technology basketball team and is a former middle school basketball coach with 30 years of basketball coaching.

Don't underestimate these unknown middle school and college basketball coaches, they are often the most innovative.

Some fantastic tactics are often developed by some coaches of weak teams.

Because the quality of the players themselves is not good, they need tactics and discipline to make up for it.

The same is true for this "swarm defense", which is suitable for teams with slightly less athletic ability and poor individual defensive ability.

Every tactic has a basic philosophy, and the Swarm Defense is no exception, and its basic philosophy is:

Running is faster than sliding, so run as fast as you can to drive your opponent's attack.

This concept seems very strange, because it has always been the offense that drives the opponent's defense, and I have never seen it said that the defense leads the opponent's offense.

In fact, it is not impossible for defense to lead the offense.

Some coaches who are good at creating defensive traps, after figuring out the opponent's offensive path and the offensive habits of the players, will set defensive traps, drive the ball carrier to the set route, and finally fall into the encirclement, causing the opponent to make mistakes.

The idea of swarm defense is the same.

The so-called running is faster than sliding, which means that when you are passively defending, you are moving in a sliding step.

And the sliding step is always slower than the normal run.

So, he asked all the players to take advantage of the normal back-and-forth running to trap the nearby ball carriers.

At the same time, this kind of bag clamp is not a high-intensity pressure bag in the traditional sense, but a delay similar to that of the Bee Philosopher, the role is not to force the opponent to make mistakes, but to disrupt the opponent's rhythm of ball holding and make the opponent feel the pressure.

As soon as the opponent feels the pressure and hesitates to attack, the packer will immediately retreat to chase back the defender in his position.

While a normal defense is about waiting for the opponent to make a move, the swarm defense is about making the first move to test and force the opponent to respond.

Each of the five of them is like a bee, stinging the opponent's ball carrier and making the opponent's attack completely chaotic.

In the games coached by Coach Walters, he averaged more than 30 turnovers per game.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the opponent's level.

Li Liang is very smart, and as soon as Mike Brown says a little, he understands the meaning of this swarm defense.

Taken together, it's an attacking type of defense.

Since the players under his command have relatively weak individual defense ability, it is better to take the initiative than to sit and wait for death.

In local areas, a two-to-one advantage is formed in a short period of time.

Before the opponent transfers the ball, run back to the defense as soon as possible to disrupt the opponent's normal offensive rhythm.

The name "swarm" is really good.

But Li Liang, of course, had doubts, and said, "Are you sure this kind of interference will be effective for NBA-level point guards?" ”

Because of the quality of the players, some tactics are effective in the lower leagues.

But once you get to a high-level, high-level league, it's useless.

Because the player has become more capable, a bee sting may not affect him at all.

And things like blocking the ball carrier are also present in general defense.

It's just a defensive habit, or a targeted strategy.

Whether it works or not as a strategic idea and the core idea of tactical operation, to be honest, no team has tried.

Mike Brown said: "I think there are two reasons why you can use a swarm defense, and the first is that it's not the kind of defensive strategy that is immediately effective and immediately effective. A bee stings an elephant, and the elephant hurts, but it doesn't die. But many bees stinged one after another, and the elephant will always be stung to death. The effect of the swarm defense is more invisible, a little more chronic, and it is the feeling of the opponent's attack as a whole that he destroys, rather than the feel of a few players. Second, swarm defense requires physical strength, and I think D'Antoni's offensive thinking really saves physical strength, and the extra physical strength is just used for defense, not wasted. Thirdly, I think Bruce should be the last word when it comes to making turnovers, especially steals. ”

Brown's first point is still very reasonable, and this is an idea, how to implement it, there must be many details and tactical routines, which can be slowly tested and improved.

The second point, D'Antoni heard that he probably wanted to get his bald head through, and Lao Tzu designed labor-saving tactics to give the defense physical energy?

Third, Brown is trying to gain recognition by patting on the back.

But Li Liang's two stable steals per game are skills obtained from the system!

Do I assign a skill to each team member? It's a pity that the system didn't give him this function, otherwise why would he use such a painstaking design strategy.

However, Brown's idea of "swarm defense" is indeed very attractive to Li Liang.

This kind of active defense, in which the enemy advances and we retreat, and the enemy is tired and disturbed, is quite like the style of a socialist guerrilla.

Maybe you can really make a name for yourself in the NBA.