The team's fifteenth man confirmed that Bryan Skinner could not be sold either, and the Bobcats' recruitment work had to end there.

On the third day of Joe's return to Charlotte, he handed Kevin Pritchard a list and began his interview after contacting them one by one.

There are six coaches who came to interview the Bobcats defensive assistant coach this time, which can be said to be a lot.

No way, Qiao Hai is too sought-after now, at the beginning of his career, he played the name of an offensive master, triangle offense, Princeton offense, and even blocking, running and bombing, and Hawks offense, Qiao Hai seems to be omnipotent.

During this period, Qiao Hai created a chain defense, a strong-side multi-person pressing defense, and last season's infinite switching tactics.

It can be said that Qiao Hai's defense is famous again.

Now, Qiao Hai's tactical concept is ahead of the league, and everyone wants to learn from Qiao Hai for a few seasons.

What's more, they found that Qiao Hai has not been coaching for a long time, but his students are already well-known, with Stamreford coaching the Rockets, Byron Scott coaching the Lakers, Lawrence Frank coaching the Nets, and Lionel Hollins also taking over the Grizzlies before the new season.

Qiao Hai already had four disciples and started their teaching.

The list of interviewees included Roy Rogers, Jeff Buzdrick, Frank Vogel, Tom Thibodo, Brendan Malone and Tony Brown.

Roy Rodgers and Jeff Buzderrick are both NCAA assistant coaches, Frank Vogel and Tom Thiberdo previously played for the Celtics, Brendan Malone played for the Cavaliers last season, and Tony Brown played for the Grizzlies last season as an assistant defensive coach.

When Qiao Hai saw this list, he already had an idea.

In a simple interview, the six of them explained their defensive theories in turn, and many of their theories actually borrowed from Qiao Hai's defensive system.

Qiao Hai was not very satisfied with what he heard, only Tom Thibodo's rigorous attitude made Qiao Hai feel that it might be helpful to him.

So, it only took half an hour for Qiao Hai to directly announce: "I declare Tom the winner, he will be the new defensive coach of the Bobcats." ”

Then, Qiao Hai looked at Roy Rogers and Jeff Buzdrick, "Roy, Jeff, if you can't find a satisfying job, I suggest you go to Wake Forest University and give it a try." ”

For Frank Vogel and Brendan Malone, Qiao Hai also gave corresponding arrangements: "Frank, Brendan, if you are willing to stay, I can give you a contract as an ordinary assistant coach." ”

In the end, Frank Vogel nodded in agreement, but Brendan Malone rejected Qiao Hai's offer because he was the Cavaliers' chief assistant coach last season, and Brendan Malone was clearly unwilling to lower his value.

So, in the end, Joe kept Tom Thibodo as the team's new defensive coach and Frank Vogel as the team's new assistant coach.

This is the end of the replenishment of the coaching staff.

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In late September, the Bobcats' pre-season training camp began.

Prior to this, Qiao Hai also determined the tactical style of play for the new season.

"We're keeping some of the passing and cutting tactics, and at the same time, we're adding a whole new set of tactical plays......"

With Chris Paul joining, the Bobcats' offensive tactics are definitely going to change, and last season, the Bobcats can be said to be a seedless style of play, and everyone can get the ball.

But in the new season, with Paul here, Qiao Hai must use Paul to the maximum.

A point guard, if he wants to maximize the use, the necessary condition is naturally to let him hold the ball more and attack more independently.

Therefore, Qiao Hai quickly arranged several sets of singles tactics.

"We use a series of runs to pull away the strong side and then create a misplaced single opportunity for Chris through blocking and pick-and-roll, in which case the opponent has only two options, one is to let Chris go and the other is to pinch Chris."

Qiao Hai analyzes this style of play, if there is no accident, this set of singles tactics will become the regular style of play of the Bobcats in the new season.

"If you get caught in the middle, Chris can pass the ball......"

But, Scott Brooks raised an objection: "Joe, there's a problem. ”

"What?"

"Chris is just a rookie, does he really have what it takes to attract pinch shots?"

Qiao Hai immediately clapped his hands: "That's a good question, Scott thinks very far, but obviously, Scott, you don't know Chris very well, Erwin should know Chris very well, he led the team to play in the summer league." ”

Elvin Gentry immediately laughed and explained: "Although Chris is only a rookie, he is like an old bird in this league, very mature, and his individual ability is not a problem at all, so if Joe really has to give him enough balls, he will be able to create a considerable threat and force opponents to pinch him." ”

Scott Brooks nodded in understanding.

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In terms of offensive tactics, the Bobcats have only one adjustment, increasing Chris Paul's singles and creating misplaced singles opportunities for Paul as much as possible.

In addition, coupled with the passing and cutting offense, the Bobcats' offensive tactics are already sufficient.

In terms of defensive tactics, Qiao Hai did not make any more adjustments, he just perfected the multi-player pressing defense on the strong side with the help of Tom Thibodo.

Playing as a strong side stack will only be one of the options in the Bobcats' defensive tactics in the new season, and the main defensive tactic is still infinite change.

The Bobcats' infinite defensive advantage is huge, this season, Qiao Hai continues to hoard wing forward players, and the addition of Danny Granger has further strengthened the forward depth of the Bobcats, so to speak, as long as Qiao Hai continues to replace the wing forward players, the Bobcats' infinite defensive changes will not suffer!

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Tactical training, physical fitness is still the top priority.

In late September, the Bobcats focused on physical fitness, and in early October, when the preseason began, the Bobcats gradually stopped their high-intensity physical training.

In the preseason, the Bobcats faced the Heat in their first two games, and both games were easily won.

Although the Heat chose Andrew Bynum this season, it is obvious that the little sharks still need to be cultivated for a long time, so for the time being, the Heat is still only a team on the fringes of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

For the upper lynx, it is naturally not an advantage.

Then, the Bobcats fought the Bulls twice, and it was another easy two-game winning streak.

The same goes for the Bulls, who sent away Eddie Curry, but their strength has slipped a bit, and this season, they are still only a team on the fringes of the playoffs.

After four consecutive wins, the Bobcats took advantage of the back-to-back Wizards to encounter a little difficulty, losing their first game away from home, because Gilbert Arenas directly broke Paul's defense.

Back at home in the second game, Qiao Hai adjusted and used Michael Reed to replace Arenas, which worked, and then won the second game.

In the last two preseason games, the Bobcats vs. the Rockets, a wave of two consecutive defeats.

In the end, the Bobcats' preseason record was 5-3, which was quite in line with expectations.