Human inspiration always bursts out in an instant, just like the apple smashed on Newton's head and made him discover gravity, maybe this story is compiled by later generations, but the connotation of this story is by no means false. Leon felt that his brain must have been smashed by some unknown apple, and he had been thinking about a set of questions before that. When Nash, Stoudeyer, and Dio are all on the floor at the same time, how to arrange and combine them to make the most of it.

Nash is undoubtedly the most versatile of the three, and the MVP can do a good job of blocking and picking with Stadamire or connecting with Dio. The problem is between Stadamire and Dior. Stadameyer is a basket-facing style of play, and Dio showed his excellent low-post playmaking skills in '06, but such technical characteristics undoubtedly caused him and Stadamyre to clash.

Stadameyer needed plenty of space inside for him to sprint, while Dio needed to open up the battlefield in the low post to command, and Leon's original idea was to increase Stoudamire's mid-range and allow him to play high and low with Dior at the top of the arc. However, the technical characteristics of Stoudeyer lead to such a combination only Dio passes the ball to Stadameyer to shoot, and there is no Stodameyer pass back to Dio to implicate, such a pure one-way assist, loses the role of the tactical system, and Stodameyer becomes a pure mid-distance pitcher is also a waste.

Leon thought about letting Dio go to the high post again, but when he was in the high post, he had two shortcomings, one was that his mid-to-long-range shooting was not stable enough, and the other was that when Stoudamire received the ball, the basket attack could hardly pass the ball back to the high post, and the same one-way pass was meaningless. The problem seems to be with Stoudamire, but as an efficient offensive machine, his scoring efficiency is beyond reproach, and Leon is not prepared to change Stoudamire's style of play.

Leon wants to add Nash in again and become a grafting bridge between the two, but the three-person offensive group can either play separately, or they can match each other to form a complete circle. Leon just thought about it and broke his head, he thought that if it didn't work again, what would happen if he added a Jascovitius? He asked him to come so that he could replace some of Nash's functions.

"Replace some of Nash's features?" Leon's attention was drawn to this thought of his own.

It occurred to him that there was a connection between Dior and Stadameyer? Isn't it enough to have a tactical system between Nash and Stoudamire formed? As for Dior, I can make him the second Nash!

Because during the Celtic period, Leon never fixed Dior's position on the court, and as a jack-of-all-trades he topped almost every position, past Kevin Garnett, past Paul Pearce, and top Gilbert Arenas. His outstanding performance with the Suns in '06 blinded Leon, so much so that he even wanted to get Dio into the tactical core by changing Nash and Stoudamire.

In fact, Nash and Stoudeyer have very little room for change, but it is Dior, this guy is the real plasticine. I didn't pinch this piece of plasticine by myself, but ran to pinch those two diamonds! Leon realized that he had been thinking about the problem from the beginning. Of course, he wanted Nash to score more points and Stoudamire to support the system alone, so he followed this line of thought when it came to Dior, but walked into an incomparably complex labyrinth.

It was only at this time that he realized that what he had to do was not to continue exploring in this labyrinth, but to turn around and leave, because there would be no answers in this labyrinth.

He called a timeout, replaced Nash, and then said to Boris Dio: "Boris, I'm going to give you a task and I hope you can do him well." If you do, I'll give you my treasured Cuban cigars. "Because the suspense of the game is not very big, Leon said it lightly.

Dio must have a mission, frowned, he came to play, but he didn't want to complete any task for Leon; But as soon as he heard the cigar, his brow furrowed again, and he said, "No problem, just ask." ”

"Next, I'm asking you to take Nash's place, play point guard, and organize the offense on the court, it's easy, isn't it?" Leon gave instructions to Dio.

Dio was stunned for two seconds, nodded, and said, "No problem, just like I did in Boston." ”

"yes, I know you can do it, like a real point guard. My request to you is simple, don't make a mistake. Leon reminded at the end, and then the timeout ended, Leon replaced Raga Bell with Brent Barry, and before coming on the court, Leon said to Nash: "Try to be a shooting guard, if there is a good opportunity, don't let it go, score, score." ”

Nash nodded, having scored 22 points despite having "only" six assists so far tonight, and he was no longer responsible for a lot of the offense in the game. In the past, it would have been nearly impossible for the Suns to go on any offense without Nash's hands, but today Nash's role doesn't look that heavy.

After arranging, Leon sat back on the bench with a sigh of relief, and D'Antoni leaned in and asked, "Is this your solution?" Let Boris go play point guard? ”

Leon nodded and said, "That's right, you're right, sometimes what seems like a complex problem has the simplest solution. ”

"But I don't think it's that simple, Boris can play a few positions, center, striker, defender, but he can only be replaced temporarily, people call him a French magician, but he is not really a magician. There is almost no contact with Boris as a point guard in weekday practice, and we have experimented with enough lineups and tactics so far that I am afraid the players will fall into chaos. ”

D'Antoni's concerns are justified, as Leon has attached too much to the Suns' original system so far, and they have four or five routines at a time on offense, which is not a good thing for a well-functioning team. They used to have only one brain, two arms, and two legs, but now they have three heads, and one moment this head is a head, and that head becomes legs again.

Leon agreed with D'Antoni and responded: "So, it's time for you as an assistant coach to make a difference. ”

"What?"

"Do you remember the conversation I had with you in Maurles? I said you're going to take care of the offense, and I'm going to keep the roster and keep the offense going with the Suns. Remember? I'm just implementing my idea right now, I'm giving the Suns some small advice and direction, but the details of the offense and how to adjust the tactics are ultimately up to you. Mike, a master tactician? “

Leon didn't forget to put a top hat on D'Antoni when he spoke, D'Antoni could only shake his head helplessly, Leon was right, the reason why he was willing to stay as an assistant coach at that time was because Leon promised him that the Suns would try their best to maintain their original offensive style to win a championship. Now he has made some useful adjustments, and naturally how to improve and do those small tasks depends on D'Antoni, who is more familiar with the player's situation.

At this time, D'Antoni realized that there was only one problem that Fox Leon had racked his brains before: how to be a good shopkeeper.

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In the end, the Phoenix Suns easily defeated the Seattle SuperSonics by 21 points 123-102 on the road and won their first win of the season. And in the second half of the game, Boris Dior came on the court to play a cameo point guard, which did not attract much attention from the media and fans after the game, because his performance as a point guard was really bad, obviously he was not used to it, and his teammates were not used to it.

Only a few professional commentators and veteran fans have seen some clues from this, thinking that Leon is bringing change to the Suns, but what kind of change is too small to know. More attention was paid to Nash's assists, who scored 25 points after only seven assists in this game. The Suns didn't get to the point where he had to score, which is different from him in the past, but also because the sample was too small, people were still just speculating, and Leon didn't reveal any information in his post-game press conference.

On the SuperSonics side, Durant scored 20 points, there is no doubt that this is a rising star with an unlimited future, but the current NBA does not belong to him. The Suns' focus is on the next game, where their opponent will be the real man who has a lot to do with the Suns in the playoffs — Kobe Bryant and his Los Angeles Lakers.