Chapter 6 Pre-Games Meeting
The Nets don't know much about Ed Stan Vansquie's sudden hiring of a Chinese assistant coach.
Especially when it was known that the assistant coach was only 25 years old and did not have any coaching experience, this discussion was even more gushing, and they speculated about what kind of back door Wang would go through tomorrow?
Stan Vanschi's illegitimate child?
When it reached Lawrence Frank's ears, Frank naturally didn't have a good face, and looked at Wang Mingming, who was sitting in the conference room with a hint of indifference.
Frank is 36 years old and a junior coach, he was 29 when he first became an assistant coach, but before that, he had some experiences that sounded a little "legendary". He worked in the commissary of the "Five Star Basketball Training Camp" for four years, never attended a formal class, until later, with the help of Gafunkel, he found a job as a university administrative assistant, which was officially half a foot through the door.
Compared with Wang Mingming, who was "lucky" and directly became an assistant coach, Frank is the one who has really been tempered.
"Ahem, let me introduce ....... first"
Ed Stan Vansage cleared his throat, sat down in the auditor position in the conference room, stood up and pointed to Wang Mingming, "This is our newly admitted fourth assistant teacher - Wang Mingming from China." ”
Similar to the DJ when the NBA players appeared, except that there was no audience cheering on the tsunami, only a few old guys sparsely and slightly perfunctory applause.
Wang Tomorrow stood up and waved awkwardly to say hello.
Stan Vansage then went on to introduce head coach Lawrence Frank, first assistant coach John Loyer, and the remaining two assistant coaches, Tom Barres and Pat Savian.
After the introduction, Stan Fanschi said that he had other things to do, and hurriedly left the conference room.
The conference room fell silent all of a sudden, and Wang himself recalled the names of everyone, only the appearance and name of head coach Lawrence Frank with difficulty.
Frank turned on the projector, and regardless of Wang Mingming, he stood in front and erased the tactical map on the small blackboard by himself.
No one spoke, and the atmosphere seemed more solemn.
Wang Tomorrow also calmed down, no one spoke, and he would not take the initiative to speak.
Lawrence turned his head, swept everyone's eyes, and looked deeply at him in the eyes of Wang Mingming.
It was a long time before Lawrence was the first to speak:
"Let me tell you about the division of labor and responsibilities of our coaching team at the moment."
"John Loyer is the first assistant coach and along with me, he is responsible for the tactical arrangement, the on-the-spot command on the pitch, and the tactical drills at both ends of the pitch. Tom Barres is the assistant coach of the defense, he is mainly responsible for the tactical drills of the team's defensive end, proposing some defensive tactics, setting up the defensive positions of the personnel on the field, and targeted defensive teaching, and Pat Savian is our assistant coach, arranging the coaching of the physical training. ”
Frank obviously said these words to Wang, and he continued: "Stan Vansage has assigned you a player development consultant, so there is still a lack of an offensive assistant coach in the team, so you are tentatively appointed as an offensive assistant coach and player development consultant, with player development consultant as the main job, is it okay?" ”
Wang Ming nodded, "Yes." ”
"So at the moment, you should know the lineup of our team, and the next game, tonight, we will face the Celtics at home."
After Frank finished speaking, he controlled the projector and projected a lineup comparison between the Celtics and the Nets on the wall.
Prior to this, the two teams just played a game in the North Shore Garden yesterday, the Celtics defeated the Nets 99-96, the Celtics iron bucket formation was dense, and the Nets only shot 37.5% from the field, and could only be forced to shoot three-pointers that are still not particularly good at outside, and the whole team actually shot 24 three-pointers, which is rare.
Ricky Davis and Paul Pierce are both red-circled and belong to the Celtics' offensive powerhouse.
"I think it's time to put Clifford Robinson in the starting lineup." Defensive assistant coach Tom Barres expressed his opinion, "In the last game, although we made a mess on the offensive end, we had a bigger problem on the defensive end, the Celtics actually shot 36 of 71 from the field, shooting more than 50 percent, if Robinson was in the starting lineup, there would be a big improvement on the defense, Jason Collins' lateral movement speed and help defense awareness are really poor. ”
Lawrence Frank fell into deep thought and hesitation, this is indeed a question he is also thinking about, but Collins is after all a veteran of the team's two-year Eastern Conference championship, and his single defense and card ability are very good, the data does not show his huge role on the court, rashly replacing someone else's starting position, I am afraid it will cause conflicts within the team.
On the other side, Wang Tomorrow is also thinking about things.
After Frank took office, the Nets have been building an offensive system based on Princeton as a framework in recent years, saying that the team has no offensive assistant coach, but Frank himself is an offensive master full of creativity and imagination, plus Jason Kidd, the top court commander, the Nets are one less offensive assistant coach, in fact, there is not much of a problem, Wang tomorrow's offensive assistant coach, I am afraid that at this time can play a role in making suggestions.
"What do you think, King?"
A question in his ears interrupted Wang Mingming's thoughts, and Wang Mingming was stunned, "Huh? ”
But then, he reacted, watched the four coaches staring at him, regained his composure and calm, walked to the tactical board in front of him, and said slowly:
"At the moment, the Celtics are mainly single-handed."
Wang Mingming took out the marker pen and drew a circle on the No. 1 and No. 4 positions represented by the tactical board.
"The single defense is to try not to make substitutions as much as possible, Delonti West in the No. 1 position and Reeve Fiorentina in the No. 4 position."
"Delonte West is a sophomore, 1.91 tall, 82 kilograms, he has good physical fitness, he can attack, he is very aggressive on the defensive end, but there are also occasional low-level turnovers and misalignments on the court. Rieve Fiorentina is a 30-year-old veteran who is now riddled with injuries and relies mainly on experience and awareness to fight against opponents. Compared to the tough performance of the youth, the defense is not very good now. ”
"Our style is top-notch offense and defense transition scoring, the best half-time Princeton."
"If you want to beat the Celtics, the first thing you have to step up on the offensive end is Vince Carter, who can be the point guard for the team."
Frank listened carefully, frowning slightly, Kidd is the team's offensive lead point of control that he recognizes, Vince Carter's individual offense is okay, and he doesn't have Kidd's calmness when he encounters the bag.
"I mean put Carter with the ball against Delonte West or Reeve Fiorentina, because of the Celtic's man-to-man strategy, they have a high probability of switching defenses, and a high pick-and-roll at the top of the arc will create a lot of heads-up opportunities."
Fitness assistant Pat Savian immediately objected:
"Vince Carter isn't physically fit enough to play point guard all game, not at his best."
Wang corrected his misunderstanding tomorrow: "It doesn't take the whole game, and Richard Jefferson, when he hits Delonti West's defense, the efficiency will also be very high." ”
"So how can we better develop a misaligned attack?"
Frank's eyes lit up, and he became interested.
Wang Ming gushed endlessly, and drew on the tactical board, "If you block and dismantle in a high position, I think you just need to do this, this and this, and ........."