Chapter 237: Popovich's Ambitions
On the basketball court, there is nothing more difficult than getting players to change their style of play, but once this change is achieved, it is very scary, as if the boss was a complete lone before the sister-in-law came, but after the sister-in-law came, Kobe actually made a sacrifice, so that his average assists per game reached 5 at once, and then all the teams dealing with the Lakers were caught off guard, and then the Lakers won the championship that year.
Popovich's head hurts, it's hard for him to imagine that a young player who has just entered the league and is at the top of the league will know how to make trade-offs, and will know how to sacrifice his exposure and give the ball to others, he used to think that no young player can do this, no matter which successful star has grown up history, even if he looks at Kidd, who is mainly an assist tandem, he was also a good player with 20+ when he was young.
It's understandable, if you want a big contract, you have to be an All-Star, if you want to be a full-name star, you have to have good data, if you want to have good data, you have to have the ball, in other words, you have to keep the basketball firmly in your own hands, let every score and every assist pass through your own hands, so that all fans can remember you as a person.
In other words, possession usage is synonymous with boss, and what team's boss will give the ball to those supporting characters? At least young people in the United States are not so well enlightened, and they follow the "take-it-or-leave-it doctrine".
However, Totoro taught Popovich a lesson with his performance today, Totoro's performance tonight was extremely poor, he shot less and naturally scored less, his assists are no longer harshly pursuing a fatal hit, but to transmit the ball to the weak side, so that others can conduct a second conduction, so that his assists are not much, in addition to steals and blocks to maintain the usual level, he also took the initiative to protect the rebounds for his teammates when grabbing rebounds, such a performance is simply surprising, Everyone in the industry who watched the live broadcast of this game shouted like the old man, because this is something that only an older veteran can do for the championship, this is the real team basketball, and it seems that this is not the first time that Totoro has done this season.
"Why don't you come to the Spurs, this little guy? If it were you, I would be confident that a second dynasty would be created here. ”
After that match, Popovich didn't care too much about the outcome of the game, but stared at Totoro shaking hands with his players with very burning eyes, which were very similar to the eyes that Totoro looked at Ivy and Lufa at some point, and also looked at Bugay at times.
Popovich is a coach who advocates team basketball, and although he still gives Duncan and Ginobili some singles tactics when it comes to some fatal fights, he is indeed a coach who embraces team basketball as a philosophy.
But it's easy to find a coach like him, but it's a bit hard to find a player like Duncan, especially among young players.
NBA, to put it bluntly, is a commercial league, the performance of players is linked to the dollar and reputation, who doesn't want to get a 20+10 data per game to get a maximum salary contract? Who doesn't want to kill the opposite side at the last moment of the game and then raise their hands to enjoy the worship of the audience, in contrast, the team's record is not so important, because it is the coach, the team, the team owner who has something to do with the record, anyway, he is still young, as long as he brushes up a good data, it is a big deal to wait for the contract to expire and then jump ship, there are 30 teams in the NBA.
Moreover, the players who can enter the NBA are not general, no matter which water cooler guardian they are in their student days, it is difficult to learn to assist if they don't recognize the reality in the NBA, Parker in the Spurs team is also a veteran who has been in the league for 8 years, he was originally just a final-round pick from France who didn't know the 28th in the first round, but now he is indeed a league star of FMVP, His success is arguably due to Popovich as a coach and the Spurs as a team basketball philosophy.
But no matter how many times the old man told Parker to be calm and to shoot at the most appropriate opportunity, the French sports car will still be unable to suppress his desire to perform sometimes, and at some times he will be out of touch with the other four members of the team, and it can be seen from this incident how great Totoro is doing today.
Zhuge Go dared to swear to the sky, if Totoro can still play like this in the next game, then the Spurs have no reason to advance, he can try to completely let go of Totoro to defend the other four players, but the old man doesn't think that Totoro who will switch from offensive mode to taunt mode will not switch back, no matter how they play, there is a high probability of collapse, and the next game is still the home court of the Rockets, and the law that Spurs must win the championship in odd years is likely to be broken by this young man this year.
"Anyway, I'm going to get ready now, whether it's a deal in the next two years or when his contract expires in two years, I'm going to find a way to turn him into my player."
The old man has never been so persistent because of a player, if you have to say that there is, it is Duncan that year, Popovich is crazy for the champion signing, and finally got his wish with a small means to obtain the core of the team with a shelf life of ten years +, other times he has an indifferent attitude towards the players, you love to come, I don't force it if you don't come, every year I find some older veterans and select a few rookies in the final round to make up for another three years.
But this time, Popovich is fascinated, he thinks that Totoro is the next team building core similar to Duncan, the core of the Spurs' post-Duncan era, get Totoro, just like Duncan first came to the team and David Robinson, the two of them can join forces to win a few championships, after Duncan is old and retired, build a team with Totoro as the core, and also create an odd-numbered dynasty!