Chapter 46: The Dinner
After communicating with Iverson for more than an hour, the relationship between the two has changed from ordinary to enthusiastic.
Although Iverson did not say whether he would seek a trade or not, Wang Tomorrow has a great deal of confidence in keeping Iverson, and he hopes to lead Iverson and his 76ers to win the championship.
After the game against the Timberwolves, the 76ers' next game is two days later, going to Chicago to take on the new Bulls.
So there's a day off in between, a day of training.
On the day of the training day, Wang announced that after the training was over, the whole team would have dinner.
This is a rare word, usually parties or something players participate more, but dinner parties are still not common, Wang tomorrow said that he booked a restaurant in Chinatown, and hoped everyone would train hard.
The NBA has the best training methods, and the arrangement of the training day needs to be formulated by Wang Mingming.
According to the detailed technical potential of the player detector, Wang Ming first arranged individual training for some players.
"Saab."
Wang will be on Saab Saflosa's half-court practice court tomorrow to direct Saflosa's three-point shooting and defense.
The relationship between Safrosa and Wang Tomorrow changed from ordinary to indifferent.
Wang Mingming thought about it slightly to know what was going on, in the last game, Wang Mingming arranged Paul Millsap, who was a second-round pick, to become the team's rotation substitute, and Saflosa, who was in the lotto show, did not have a chance to play until the third quarter of the game, and it was only a short 5 minutes, and the treatment was not as good as a second-round show where everyone had no performance.
Favoritism over the other made Saflosa depressed, and the relationship between the two naturally became indifferent.
So Wang tomorrow in today's training, a separate trainer was arranged to train Saflosa for three-point and defense, and the "potential accelerator" placed on Paul Millsap was taken down and replaced with Saflosa's.
And took the initiative to come over to guide the training.
Paul Millsap doesn't have a potential accelerator, and Wang will naturally not arrange for him to train alone tomorrow, but will have a five-on-five confrontation training.
Iverson, Willie Green, Kyle Korver, Paul Millsap and Steven Hunter.
Tyronn Lue, Louis Williams, Iguodala, Al Harrington and Dyreham Porter.
The deep meaning of Wang's arrangement tomorrow was basically not seen by everyone.
It was also Randy Ayes, who was appointed as the first assistant coach, that he saw a little clue.
"One is the original tactic, the continuous blocking and dismantling tactics after the high-level blocking and dismantling cover, and the other is the choice of running and bombing."
After arranging the tactics for the two teams, Wang tomorrow became the on-site referee.
To Iverson's surprise, the run-and-bomb tactics that he didn't care much about before, even on Tyronn Lue and Louis Williams, have become a great threat, especially Williams, who is like a fish in water, shooting from the outside, breaking through from the inside, cutting and running backwards, and is simply omnipotent.
After the end of the five-on-five, it is the physical fitness training.
The fourth and final part of the training is the explanation and practice of new tactics.
Wang Mingming added a part of the small-ball tactics and defensive counterattacks, the original 76ers tactics are too old-fashioned, and they have to fall to the position to attack, Wang Mingming will "chase and play" to the launch, advance and attack concept to the players, especially a few forwards, after winning the rebound, the first reaction is not to find a point guard, but to push the ball over the half court.
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Philadelphia Chinatown, "Begonia Moon" Chinese restaurant.
The owner of the Chinese restaurant "Haitang Yue" is from Sichuan CD, and Wang Mingming has met him in the past few months since he came to Philadelphia, and he often comes to eat at this restaurant.
Judging from the style of decoration and the deliciousness of the food, it is a good restaurant.
The key boss is also very funny, he is a hidden joker, I heard that Wang is going to lead the team to a dinner tomorrow, I bought enough ingredients in the morning, and I was ready to receive it.
Unlike the impression of the taste of China, the dishes made in Chinese restaurants are sweeter, which is more in line with the taste of Westerners.
The players were all on the pitch and enjoyed a handful of leisure time after training.
The serious huddle in the locker room eased a bit.
Some players who have an indifferent relationship with Wang Tomorrow have turned into average.
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The next day, the 76ers traveled to Chicago.
Now that Wang is just in charge tomorrow, the 76ers are very exposed, especially the many Chinese media who have come to the 76ers' office to request permanent reporting.
This time against the Bulls, a large number of media in the East gathered.
The Bulls are a new team, and in the offseason, the Bulls signed Ben Wallace, which strengthened themselves and weakened the Pistons.
The Bulls also have a good record and are currently in fourth place in the East with 9 wins and 6 losses.
The 76ers are 4-11, just a little better than the 3-win Celtics, and have been the two most disappointed teams since the start of the season.
The 76ers are playing away again, and the Bulls have won seven of their eight home games before, so no one is optimistic that the 76ers can win.
In the pre-game locker room, Wang announced the starting lineup for the game tomorrow.
"Allen Iverson, Kyle Korver, Andre Iguodala, Al Harrington, Samuel Delhampoter."
A change was made, and veteran Kevin Ollie was relegated to the bench by Wang Tomorrow.
At the moment when Wang Tomorrow announced the starting lineup, Wang Tomorrow clearly felt a touch of disappointment in the eyes of veteran Kevin Ollie, and the relationship between the two successfully changed from "average" to "indifferent".
Wang Mingming sighed in his heart, this is also a matter of no choice.
However, Kevin Ollie has always played as a substitute player in his previous career, and only gradually became the team's starter under Cheeks last year.
Wang tomorrow can only hope that Kevin Ollie will adjust himself.
Wang Ming took out the tactical board and finally emphasized the tactical ideas of this game.
On the other side of the home team, the Bulls locker room.
Head coach Scott Skeles made the starting line-up announcement:
"Chris Dujon, Kirk Hinrich, Ruel Deng, Andres Nocioni, Ben Wallace."
It's also an unconventional lineup, with a vague sense of guard and forward position, but the results are surprisingly good, and the Bulls have even won five straight games with this lineup, and if they beat the 76ers, then they will have six straight wins.
Ben Gordon, the team's leading scorer, will continue to play off the bench as the team's bench killer this season, the Sixth Man of the Year, and has always contributed explosive output off the bench, averaging 22.3 points per game after a month of playing.
"The 76ers' rebounding and defense are not good, especially inside defense, so in this game, I ask you to play to the advantage of speed and breakthrough, kill inside, attack the basket, and on the defensive end, I ask you to expand your defense, cut off Allen Iverson and the inside and outside line, and most importantly, pay attention to the prevention of three-point shots!"