Chapter Eighty-Three: The Morris Brothers
Cajon humbly asked for advice, and Tang Tian also hoped that Kang Da could go further, and there was no reason not to say it.
"I think you can get Shabazz to play the starting number two." Tang Tian opened his mouth and said.
"Dual point guards?" Cajon was a little surprised by Tang Tian's proposal.
"Well, North Carolina likes to rush to grab rebounds in the frontcourt, which means that their formation on the court is pressed to the frontcourt, this style of play can grab offensive rebounds is good, if you can't grab it, the retreat defense must be a problem, and we can launch a defensive counterattack at the first time by playing double point guards." Tang Tian continued.
Cajon was silent for a moment, then slammed the table.
"That's right! How I didn't expect that! Cajon feels like he's been coaching for nothing in the NCAA for the past 40 years, and he can't think of such a simple way to crack it.
Tang Tian didn't laugh, Cajon is actually not bad, but there is still a difference between the NCAA and the NBA, the NCAA has a large lineup change every year, and teams in different leagues may play each other in the tournament once a year, so the research and targeting of opponents are far inferior to the NBA.
He coached for more than 20 years in his previous life, although he was not as good as Cajon in time, but his tactical skills were much deeper than Cajon's.
"Don, you're such a coach." In addition to being excited, Cajon looked at Tang Tian with a little excitement.
"I just grew up reading books about basketball tactics." Tang Tian explained casually.
In fact, if he wants, he can go to the NBA to apply as a coach and then become the new godfather of basketball.
It's just a life that has already been lived once, and it's too boring to do it again.
On the contrary, this year's experience at UConn made him like the feeling of being a player, and it also inspired his love for basketball as a player.
Cajon smiled and nodded, he didn't ask much, Tang Tian had too many doubts, if he really looked into them one by one, he was afraid that he would have to become Sherlock Holmes.
Tang Tian provided Cajon with new tactical ideas, and Cajon soon began to implement them in training sessions.
I could feel that the players were all a little excited.
After a few rounds of games, the players' confidence has increased greatly, although they know that there is still a certain gap between the team's strength and North Carolina, but it is not as big as imagined, this targeted tactic is like adding a big weight to the balance of victory, and it will definitely bring a big surprise to North Carolina.
There are two core tactical ideas provided by Tang Tian: one is to protect defensive rebounds mentioned by Cajon before, and the other is to launch defensive counterattacks.
Connected, that is, after the interior line defends the rebound under protection, it is necessary to give the ball to the guard as soon as possible, and then the guard will launch a counterattack at the first time.
Oriacchi's height gives him plenty of passing vision, and Walker and Napier are quick and can advance to the front of the pitch in the first place on the counter-attack.
So this tactic is completely feasible for Kangda.
After two days of training, because the tactics are relatively simple, the players have basically mastered them.
Now they can't wait to play North Carolina.
On the day of the race, Olsen drove a new Maserati Quattroporte to deliver the cake.
Tang Tian smiled bitterly when he saw the car.
This Olsen has a mine at home, right? A city with a supercar.
This time the cake was different from the last time, the last time it was cheese, this time it was Viennese chocolate almonds.
Compared to the last time, this time she was significantly more prepared and attentive.
The delicious milk chocolate melts slowly on the tongue with a sweet almond flavor, and the crushed almonds in the cake are full of flavor and release with a hint of cocoa, leaving it perfectly and delicately in the mouth.
Tang Tian ate a piece and really felt that Olsen was simply a top cake maker.
While he felt delicious, he also became more and more curious about why her family didn't eat such deliciousness.
When he returned to the hotel with the cake this time, Walker couldn't help but eat a piece.
"Let's go to the supermarket, or I'll finish your cake." Walker swallowed his saliva and said.
There is a supermarket near the hotel and they just happened to go buy something to eat.
Walker originally wanted to buy one casually, but he didn't expect that the supermarket also happened to sell Vienna chocolate almond cake, so he was happy and bought it directly.
This time, he can eat cake on the field with Tang Tian.
The two of them went to the supermarket and bought some other food, but when they walked to the cash register, they unexpectedly saw two tall figures, and they almost looked exactly the same.
The same face, the same scumbag beard, the same board head, the same height, and even the tattoos on the body are exactly the same.
It's clear that it's a pair of twins.
"Brother Morris." Walker said when he saw it.
Tang Tian nodded.
The Morris brothers, the absolute core of the University of Kansas this year, the elder brother Markieff Morris is 2.08 meters tall and plays a big forward, mainly in the low post and mid-range, and the younger brother Marcus Morris plays a small forward, mainly in the middle and long range shooting.
Both men are both offensive and defensive, especially his younger brother Marcus, who averaged 17.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per game this season, was selected to the All-America Second Team, and ranked first in the previous media's small forward power rankings.
The Morris brothers Tang Tian also knew in his previous life that even in the NBA, he was a player with starting strength.
Kansas, as the No. 2 seed in the West Division, in addition to the Morris brothers, also has talented freshman Thomas Robinson, as well as NBA talent Jeff Vichy, Josh Selby, Tyshawn Taylor and others.
Although they are not as strong as Duke and North Carolina this year, they are definitely second only to them.
If nothing happens, they will advance to the elite quarterfinals and will also be the opponents of UConn or North Carolina in the Western Conference finals.
"Let's go say hello." Walker spoke.
Although it is a potential opponent, it is still necessary to say hello when you see it.
"Can you tell them apart?" Tang Tian asked.
“…… It seems that it can't. Walker said after a moment's thought.
"So how did you say hello in the past, hey Marcus? Or hi Markieff? It's rude for you to call someone Morris directly? Tang Tian said with a smile.
Walker nodded, as if it made sense.
"Hey, Kemba." Not long after Tang Tian and Walker spoke, the Morris brothers over there spotted them first and came over directly to say hello.
"Hey......" Walker didn't know what to say at all.
"Hey, I'm Don." Tang Tian smiled and stretched out his hand to one of them and said.
"Marcus." Marcus Morris smiled and stretched out his hand to Tang Tian.
"Markieff, I know you, you defended against Derek Williams before, and you were very strong defensively." Markieff Morris then also stretched out his hand to Tang Tian and said.
Watching Tang Tian and the two shake hands one after another, Walker suddenly felt a little stunned.