In the final sprint, many teams choose to reduce the playing time of their main players in less important games to prepare them for the upcoming playoffs. Of course, those teams who are in a hurry to hit the top four or eight are not so luxurious, basically the main players will ask to play as long as they are not injured and cannot go on the court, although they also know that this can have a serious impact on their careers, but they can't care about it for the playoffs.

As the top spot in the East, the 76ers clearly have the qualifications to do so, and Brown is also prepared to limit the playing time of Iverson, Snow and Mutombo. But in Chang Wei's view, limiting the playing time or something is pediatrics, and it is better to directly engage in the rotation system! So he told Brown what he thought, startling him by looking at him as if he were looking at a sociopathic madman, in fact Brown believed that only a madman could think like that.

In the face of the old coach's doubts, Chang Wei explained: "Rotation rest is actually the highest level of time limit, for some less important games, such as non-national live broadcast games and when facing teams that have no hope of making the playoffs, we can choose to take a rotational break." Judging from the team's current record, a few games off will not affect our first place in the East, but it will allow the players to get enough rest time and exercise the bench lineup by the way, why not? If it's just a limit to playing time, I'm afraid the players' condition will not be guaranteed enough! ”

But Brown didn't quite agree with Chang Wei's idea, he said: "Although these games are irrelevant, but the fans also spend money to buy tickets to see their favorite stars, at this time we put them on the bench and don't let them play for the whole game, do you think it's appropriate?" ”

Chang Wei said indifferently: "What's wrong with this? And we don't have all the main players on the bench, so it's nice to have one or two players off every game. If I'm not mistaken, the league doesn't require key players to play every game, so what's wrong with us starting the rotation early in order to better prepare for the playoffs? If you don't think that's a good thing to talk to, let me say it. ”

Brown waved his hand: "It's not that it's bad to tell everyone that I want to take a rotational break, but there is basically no manager who will arrange a rotation of players for no reason before this!" Like I've tried to rest players before, but most of them are because the players have just recovered from injuries and are not suitable for continuous high-intensity games, so I pressed them to the bench so that neither I, nor the fans or even the media reporters could find any thorns, but now ......

Chang Wei intercepted his words and continued: "Now we can officially announce that so-and-so player is not going to play in the next day's game because of the discomfort of so-and-so!" The final interpretation is in our hands, can reporters really go to the training hall to get to the bottom of it? And we can unify the external voice, so that others can't catch the problem? Do you think about the media and the fans, but also for our own players? ”

Saying that, Chang Wei also crossed his fingers and was counted by the old man on the list of 76ers players who have played more than 35 minutes per game this season, trying to convince him with the most direct numbers: "Snow, 39.7 minutes per game, Iverson, 38.9 minutes per game, Lewis, 37.2 minutes per game, Lynch, ...... per game"

"Stop, stop!" Brown interrupted Chang Wei angrily and funny, "You're memorizing everyone's data to attack me, right?" ”

Chang Wei smiled and said, "How dare I attack you? It's all real, I just want you to see how much you need to rest. ”

"Okay, then let's start with the game against the Cavaliers the day after tomorrow, as for who to rotate and rest, do you have any suggestions?"

"As long as you can agree to rotate the main players, who should rotate and who will continue to play, it's up to you to decide, I don't dare to offend people casually......"

But after all, Chang Wei still discussed it carefully with Brown, and also analyzed the players' staged performances this season. Of course, this also takes into account whether there are suitable replacements in the bench line-up, and if not, how to change the tactical system, which needs to be carefully planned. Although Brown can handle all this, he is an old man after all, and even if it is to let Brown coach for a few more seasons, Chang Wei has no shirk.

In the end, the plan of the two was to start the rotation according to the average number of minutes played per game this season, which is the easiest and most effective way to rotate the rest. Chang Wei also followed Brown's advice and did not rest all the stars of the team in one game like Popovich in his previous life, and he believes that fans should still be considered. In that case, it is only natural that Hugh Snow will be the first round, he is currently the player who has played the most minutes per game in the team, but he does not have the terrifying popularity of Iverson. What's more, Reed can take his position at any time, but his defensive skills are slightly lacking, and his offensive firepower is even better, although this will sacrifice some of his defense, Chang Wei believes that Reed's offense is enough to make up for the points he lost on the defensive end.

Soon at Brown's behest, the 76ers officially announced that the team's starting point guard Derrick Snow missed the away game against the Cavaliers the day after tomorrow due to calf soreness, but he will travel to Cleveland with the team to watch the game. The reason for the soreness in a certain part of the body was decided by Chang Wei and Brown after a long discussion, such a situation can be big or small, and it has enough flexibility to deal with the reporters' pursuit and interception, which is really the best reason to take a turn to rest.

However, what Chang Wei didn't expect was that the news sent by the team made many fans nervous, after all, it is now the final stage of the regular season, and no one wants their team's main players to suffer injuries at this juncture, calf soreness can indeed be big or small, but some people can't stand it from thinking about the worst, the team has received a number of letters from Philadelphia asking about Snow's injury, which also forced Brown to take the initiative to accept an interview with ESPN to refute various rumors. He repeatedly stressed that Snow would return after this game, which calmed the fans.

Chang Wei, who participated in the planning of all this, also felt a sense of emptiness, he didn't expect the current fans to be so able to do things, it seems that it is better to be careful in the future to learn from some later generations.