The next day, the Lakers began training.

With new signings joining, Johi took Scott Pippen and Bruce Bowen to meet their new teammates and then began training.

Before training, Qiao Hai glanced at the team's triangular offensive tactical proficiency, because there was a transaction, so the proficiency was reduced a little bit, to 50%, Qiao Hai shook his head, didn't care, and called Stamrefour directly.

"Stan, let them start training."

Then, he pulled out two brand new training plans, one for Scott Pippen and the other for Bruce Bowen.

……

While the Lakers were training, Joe Hay saw all the media coverage in North America today in Mitch Kupchak's office.

Sports Illustrated: Big Deal, Scott Pippen Turns Los Angeles!

Los Angeles Times: Scott Pippen joins Lakers to overdraft the future now?

Los Angeles Daily News: Two trades, triangle offense, the new Lakers officially set sail.

……

One by one, the headlines of Sports Illustrated were not written by Sam Amik, but by a columnist named Bill Simmons, who Qiao Hai knew Bill Simmons, who was one of the more famous sports commentators in the United States in later generations.

Bill Simmons specifically analyzed the Scott Pippen deal to the Lakers, and he believes that the deal is a win-win deal.

The reason is simple: "The Lakers and the Rockets can't get any worse, they've hit the bottom, and in this deal, they got what they wanted, the Lakers were going to play a triangle offensive strategy, so they got Scott Pippen, and the core of the Rockets was too old, in exchange for an Eddie Jones who was in his prime, to make up for the young forces on the team, and both sides made money, so it's a win-win deal." ”

Sam Amick didn't write a trade evaluation, he focused on the Lakers' tactics, and Qiao Hai also glanced at it, and then didn't pay much attention to it.

The Los Angeles Times criticized the Lakers' two trades, and reporter Brad Turner believes that the Tony Barty trade for Bruce Bowen is needless to say, and it is clearly a loss-making trade, and Tony Barty is at least a qualified interior rotation, Bruce Bowen? He's just a water cooler keeper.

And the Eddie Jones plus Elden Campbell trade for Scott Pippen made Bradturner approve it upside down.

"Obviously, Scott Pippen is old, his performance in the Houston Rockets is really not worth such a bargaining chip, Eddie Jones is an All-Star, Elden Campbell is our main inside, and to exchange two main players for an aging star, this deal is a big loss!"

"It's the team's rookie coach Qiao Hai who made this deal, and I really can't understand why the trade has such a big power, Jerry West will be delegated to a rookie coach, now it's okay, Eddie Jones plus Elden Campbell got a garbage contract, and the Lakers' season ended early......"

Seeing Brad Turner's report, Qiao Hai smiled.

"Why, Joe, did you see Bradturner's report?"

Mitch Kupchak asked with a smile.

Qiao Hai nodded: "I actually want to know, how did this product become a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, I remember that he criticized me last time, right?" ”

Mitch Kupchak shook his head: "The media in Los Angeles, you have to get used to it, either criticism or praise." ”

Then bring out the Los Angeles Daily News: "Look at Mark Medina's report, he's the other extreme, the other side of criticism — touting." ”

Qiao Hai glanced at it a few times and didn't care.

Mitch Kupchak asked: "Who will you fight next?" ”

"Phoenix." Qiao Hai replied calmly.

"Phoenix?" Mitch Kupchak looked up. "Phoenix is not easy to play, Jason Kidd is a superstar, a passer, they also have Tom Gogliotta, who averaged 20+8 per game last season, Clifford Robinson, a power forward who can shoot from beyond the three-point line, and Danny Manning on the bench."

Qiao Hai nodded, still not caring.

"Looks like you're confident?"

Qiao Hai raised his head at this time: "There's nothing to be afraid of, the Suns' tactics are very simple, almost all of them revolve around Jason Kidd, so we just need to press Jason Kidd." ”

"Kill a superstar? It's not that easy. Mitch Kupchak shook his head.

Qiao Hai smiled: "It's easy, if you don't believe it, forget it." ”

Before leaving Mitch Kupchak's office, Qiao Hai remembered something: "Oh, yes, Mitch, help me find an interior player, the team is missing interior rotation right now." ”

……

At the end of the training day, Qiao Hai took a look at the proficiency of the triangle offensive tactics, and after a day of training, the proficiency had increased by another 10%, and it had reached 60%.

There is still a day left until the game against the Suns.

Qiao Hai gritted his teeth and directly announced that he would not have a holiday the next day and would continue training.

If he can have 70% triangular offensive tactical proficiency, Qiao Hai can guarantee an 80% win rate in the next game.

Some of the players complained, but Qiao Hai said that he would use the next day's training day for tomorrow's training, so they could only agree.

The next day, Qiao Hai spent all the victory points he had, two victory points, and increased the proficiency of the triangle offensive tactical board to 100%, and then the next day, the 100% triangular offensive tactical board directly increased the proficiency of the Lakers' triangle offensive tactics by 15%.

Finally, before the crucial game, the Lakers' triangular offensive tactical proficiency reached 75%, which is close to completion.

Qiao Hai also breathed a heavy sigh of relief, this time, playing the sun, he doesn't have to work so hard, he can directly use the 75% proficient triangle offensive tactics to push flat, and he can also have a certain winning rate.

On February 26, U.S. time, the Phoenix Suns arrived in Los Angeles.

The most important battle of Qiao Hai's coaching career has finally arrived.

Before the game, Qiao Hai had been writing and drawing on the tactical board in the home team's locker room, and Stan Lorefour was also discussing something with Qiao Hai, but it was not him who gave Qiao Hai ideas, but he was asking Qiao Hai some ideas, on the contrary, Stan Lorefour was studying.

Byron Scott is still a spectator, and he still doesn't like Joe.

However, Jim Eden's perception of Qiao Hai has changed a lot, although he has not discussed tactics with Qiao Hai, he has already helped Qiao Hai make some pre-game arrangements.

"Is this game Scott Pippen on?" Stanrefour asked a question.

Qiao Hai didn't even think about it: "Up, why don't you go on?" ”

"Or a triangular offense?"

"Stan, where did you start as a journalist?"

Qiao Hai made a joke, and Stanley smiled and said, "No, I'm just asking." ”

"You're like those journalists, you just ask nonsense." Qiao Hai hacked the reporter again, and then continued. "You also watched yesterday's training, our triangle offense has already been shaped, and Scott's arrival can be regarded as making up for the last shortcoming, so Scott will definitely play, and the triangle offense will definitely be used."

Stan Lefour nodded.

Qiao Hai turned around, the players are here, and he has to do the pre-game game arrangement.