Chapter 287: The Coach Has the Final Say!

It is also strange to say that fans not only think that James is a bad teammate, but also think that James is a bad coach, this statement is not unfounded, after all, the 6 coaches who have coached James will either be fired, or they will be fired.

Paul Silas was James' first coach after entering the NBA, and he increased the Cavaliers' winning tally by nearly 35 games in the 03-04 season, and the Cavaliers maintained a 50% regular season win rate in the 04-05 season, but these credits were widely believed by fans to be attributed to LeBron, so after Gilbert Arenas became the owner of the Cavaliers, he was directly fired.

After Paul Silas left, Brandon Malone briefly coached the Cavaliers, and then Mike Brown became the head coach of the Cavaliers, he helped the Cavaliers reach the playoffs in his first time as head coach, and reached the Finals in the 06-07 season, although the Cavaliers lost 0-4 to the Spurs, but the Cavaliers still signed a two-year contract extension with Mike Brown.

In the 08-09 season, the Cavaliers had a 66-16 regular season record, and Mike Brown was named Coach of the Year, but in the following seasons, the Cavaliers failed to get any closer to a championship, and Mike Brown was fired by the Cavaliers in 10 years.

It was widely speculated that the Cavaliers owner fired Gilbert to express an attitude towards James, who was in the transfer turmoil at the time, but the Cavaliers failed to keep James in the end.

The comedy is that after the Lakers were fired, Mike Brown was recalled by the Cavaliers and signed a five-year contract, but in 14 LeBron returned to the Cavaliers, Mike Brown was fired again, and the Cavaliers hired European coach Blatter to take charge of the team.

Blatter led the team to the playoffs for the first time as an NBA head coach, but Love and Irving were injured in the playoffs one after another, resulting in the Cavaliers losing to the Warriors 1:4 in the finals.

After the start of the 15-16 season, the Cavaliers' poor record, Blatter was fired quickly, and Mike Brown was fired for less than 1 year, this matter quickly became the biggest argument for the outside world to black James's 'abolish coach', and during that time, the major media almost unanimously criticized James.

Just when people thought that Tyronn Lue would coach for a year at most, Tyronn Lue changed his fate, because the Cavaliers were able to complete a 4:3 reversal when they fell behind 2:0 in the finals of the 15-16 season, and Tyronn Lue was named the most suitable coach for James for a while, and the topic of 'scrapped coach' was never mentioned again.

But the good times didn't last long, the 16-17 season Finals Cavaliers were beaten by the Warriors, and after the start of this season, the Cavaliers lost to weak teams in a row, and the call for Tyronn Lue to quit began to sound, and now James erased Tyronn Lue's tactical board immediately became the most powerful proof of 'scrapped coach'.

"Zhang Feng's fans still take care of your own business, right? Have you ever seen David Joggle's tactics? Didn't the king's game be played according to Zhang Feng's intentions? "James' fans quickly countered.

Speaking of this, Zhang Feng's fans were speechless. Indeed, every time he plays an important game against a strong team like the Celtics and the Thunder, Zhang Feng is pulling his teammates to talk about tactics in the live TV screen, and only against weak teams like the Bulls and Hawks can David have the moment to pick up the tactical board and draw tactics.

However, Zhan Hei found a way to refute Zhang Feng's fans for free, saying that it was because Zhang Feng's tactical philosophy was the same as that of head coach David, and it made no difference who spoke it.

On the court, the Kings' defensive tactics have not changed, and the Kings players are still helping to defend LeBron in various ways under the leadership of Zhang Feng, but the Cavaliers took Korver and set up fixed-point batteries with JR-Smith in the bottom corners of the left and right sides, which greatly pulled out the high space, which made James more comfortable to break through, and Love could also play Willy in the low post.

When the Kings attacked, as soon as Zhang Feng passed half court, JR and Korver stepped forward to wrap him, and at the same time, James was still keeping an eye on Zhang Feng's passing route, and the Kings could only entangle with the Cavaliers in the high post, and the offensive efficiency was greatly reduced.

The situation was unanimous until the final official timeout of the second quarter, leaving the Kings with only two points left in the lead, and they urgently needed to make tactical adjustments.

"We need to do a good job of defending the bottom corner threes, and tell JR and Korver not to let them shoot easily, otherwise we will be exhausted on the inside and outside. So, after the timeout, we switched to 1-on-1 marking, LeBron can defend if he can, and let him break through if he can't prevent it, but he doesn't let go of the shot, understand? David took the tactics board and highlighted the bottom corners and horns on both sides.

"Okay, Coach," Randolph nodded.

"OK, I'm okay" Willie also raised his hand in agreement.

"I don't think it's good to play like this......" Zhang Feng hesitated for a while before deciding to speak, which made a group of Kings players, David, and the coaching staff look sideways, and they guessed that Zhang Feng might be unable to save face.

David made a tactical change because the LeBron tactics that Zhang Feng insisted on at the beginning have failed, but Zhang Feng, as the absolute core of the king, has put forward reasonable tactical suggestions many times in the past games, and he has to listen to Zhang Feng's thoughts, "Then you say, it's almost too late."

"We should continue to insist on helping LeBron, and they can chase points during this period not because of the bottom corner three-point involvement, but because LeBron's offensive options are more reasonable......"

Zhang Feng is not unbelievable when he says this, originally the Cavaliers fell behind in the first quarter because of LeBron's many singles, and now the Cavaliers' offensive methods are back on track and they will naturally catch up with the score, but there is another important reason for the Cavaliers to catch up with the score, that is, the King's offensive efficiency is inefficient, and the backcourt rebounding protection is not good.

"So what do you think should be done?" Although David didn't want to listen to it anymore, he still let Zhang Feng finish his words.

"Let Sampson go, he's done a good job of protecting the frame," Zhang Feng proposed.

hat? Not only David, but even Sampson himself was a little unconvinced, he was able to sit on the bench this time because of Mason's acute gastritis, and the team needed another player to enter the activation squad, he originally thought that this was just the team's official business, but now Zhang Feng actually let him play, or at such a critical moment at the end of the second quarter.

"Let's talk about it in the second half" David frowned and waved his hand to refuse, Sampson's expression on his face returned to normal, Zhang Feng had to blink and replied, "It's okay, the coach has the final say."

Regarding Coach David's coaching skills, Zhang Feng's evaluation from the bottom of his heart has always been a passing level. David's strength lies in his ability to take good care of the players' emotions, even if it was a thorn like Cousins last season, David can get along peacefully with him, and Cousins himself has no dissatisfaction with David.

Zhang Feng still has to remember the previous game against the Nuggets, the Kings led by a large score in the fourth quarter, and both teams should replace the bench players after the timeout, but David still let him continue to play for 2 minutes, and then called a timeout alone to let him go off the court alone and enjoy the cheers of the fans.

It's not easy to be so meticulous, so this time David vetoed Zhang Feng in public, it seems that he does not agree with Zhang Feng's tactics from the bottom of his heart, that is Sampson, he has never played a game before, what are you kidding?