Chapter 209: The Godfather of the Crotch Dribble
Is Li Wei a puppet doll?
Frankly, he is!
So far, he has only relied on his amazing ability to read and turn into a tactical maniac, and the team's skills and tactics are dominated by him.
However, in other aspects, such as the specific implementation and details of tactics, the arrangement of training, various precautions in confrontation, etc., he is still studying tirelessly like a student!
If it weren't for the Organism Regulator increasing his brain to an astonishing rate, it would have taken him two or three years to fully understand the tactical learning alone. If you are as mediocre as Heberdur, you may not be able to understand it in five or six years.
Being a manager is not a player, players only need to recite the tactics drawn by the coach, and the head coach has to think, analyze, and pick out the best solution from thousands of tactics!
It's like using a mobile phone, everyone can learn it, but if you want to build a mobile phone, you have to put in a lot of effort!
Moreover, being a manager is obviously not as simple as drawing a picture on the tactical board, the most important thing is the details!
If you don't succeed in using a lot of tactics, you will be very successful if you use another coach, that is, they have grasped the details!
For example, the most basic blocking and pick-and-roll tactics are used by all coaches, but how many in the world can reach the level of Jerry Sloan?
This is like a step-back jumper, most of the basketball fans around the world will do this, but how many have reached Jordan's level?
If you think you can block and replace Sloane, just like you think you can replace Jordan with a step-back jumper, you're really sitting on the sidelines!
The same trick is used by different people, and the effect is completely different, because experience and ability are a crucial part of it. Coaches need to pay attention to many details in all aspects when coaching, and they have to rely on a lot of actual combat accumulation, and no matter how fast the brain reaction speed is, it can't help much.
Fortunately, Li Wei has the great god Chuck Daley by his side as a mentor, who can make up for his shortcomings in all aspects.
What Li Wei could think of, Chuck Daly had already thought of, and what Li Wei couldn't think of, Chuck Daly also thought of. Daley is behind him this season, and I don't know how many details have been missed!
To put it bluntly, Daley is the real head coach of this team, and Li Wei looks more like an offensive assistant coach who specializes in drawing tactics!
Moreover, many of Li Wei's tactics are too whimsical and not suitable for the current NBA, and the most thing the Knicks coaching staff has done this season is to deny Li Wei's tactics!
In the continuous negation, Li Wei also continues to grow!
As the old saying goes, only a famous teacher can produce a high apprentice. As soon as Li Wei entered the alliance, he met famous teachers such as Chuck Daley, coupled with the ultra-fast brain reaction speed brought by the regulator, the progress was really fast.
He reckons that by the end of the season, he'll be able to develop into a barely qualified manager, as he's a big slice of experience behind the rest.
Of course, lack of experience is not a problem, because Chuck Daly has always been by his side, just like Qi Huan Gong has Guan Zhong, Liu Bang has Xiao He, Liu Bei has Zhuge Liang, and the super god helps you get everything!
Li Wei admires Chuck Daley, a famous teacher, and Daley also thinks that Li Wei is a rare piece of jade.
The smartest disciple he had ever taken in the past was Rick Carlisle, and he knew a lot of things at a glance. In his opinion, Li Wei's comprehension is ten times better than Carlisle!
Originally, according to Daley's idea, it would be very good to be able to bring Li Wei to the right track in three years, this is just on the right track, not a teacher, anyway, Li Wei has money, and it is okay to continue to sign Shuai as a teaching assistant. He's old, and there's only so much he can do.
But looking at it now, it seems that it only takes one year for this disciple to be able to stand alone and become a real head coach, which is really amazing!
He is very glad to have such a mantle heir!
At this moment, Li Wei glanced at Dali and said with a smile: "Puppet doll? I love that statement! Chuck, I haven't listened to your nagging for a while, you are not qualified as the mastermind behind the scenes, you can mention me more when you have time! ”
Chuck Daly laughed: "Your brain is spinning so fast, you can figure out many things by yourself without me mentioning them." I'm still a teaching assistant with peace of mind, watch more, talk less, and then speak! ”
Li Wei said: "You are lazy, this is not good!" ”
Chuck Daley said: "Okay, don't talk to me, the Heat team will take Mourning as the main point of attack in the opening game, you go to the sidelines and tell the players, let Riley taste the power of the puppet doll!" ”
Li Wei swept his eyes and saw Mo Ning, the star of the Heat, doing preparatory activities on the sidelines, while gesturing with several players around him. Daley dared to guess the Heat's tactics through this detail, and this is where the experience of the veteran coach comes into play.
So Li Wei walked to the sidelines and whispered: "Charles, Kevin, pay attention to Mo Ning for a while!" ”
"Okay." Kevin Garnet nodded.
Charles Oakley said: "I think this guy can pass the ball because he can't hit the big Z!" ”
"Then you're going to cut off his pass!" Li Weidao.
The race started quickly.
Heat starters: Tim Hardaway, Woshan Leonard, Dan Marley, P. Murphy starters: Tim Hardaway, Woshan Leonard, P. Hardaway, Wood. J. Brown, Alonzo Mourning.
Knicks starters: Charlie Ward, Alan Houston, Kevin Garnett, Charles Oakley, Zajunas Ilgauskas.
Mourning won the middle circle jump ball and Tim Hardaway advanced with the ball.
Prior to the rise of Aaron Iverson, Hardaway the Beetle was the signature figure of the Alliance, and his feints were as fast as lightning fast.
It was he who led the trend of crotch dribbling, and was revered by many as the godfather of crotch dribbling in the NBA league.
Now Hardaway has experienced a major injury with a torn knee, and his speed is not as good as in his heyday, but his shooting is more accurate, and many times he is too lazy to break through and directly solve the problem with a 3-pointer!
Charlie Ward knows how powerful the Beetle is, and he clings to the defense tightly and doesn't give him a chance to break through or shoot!
Alonzo Mourning had long expected such a defensive arrangement from the Knicks, and was the first to mention the high pick-and-roll.
Charlie Ward was blocked, and Hardaway immediately took the opportunity to hurry up!
Ward bypasses Mourning and continues to block Hardaway's breakthrough route!
On the other side, Mo Ning went down quickly after blocking and dismantling, in a vain attempt to get rid of Big Z.
Big Z didn't go to help defend Hardaway at all, and even when Mo Ning mentioned the high position, he also let the other party take a step, just to prevent others from playing fast and slow!
Mourning ran to the basket and saw Big Z crash into it. His brows furrowed, and he squeezed back hard, trying to rely on his strength advantage to squeeze the other party away!
Big Z gritted his teeth and held on. As a white technical center, power isn't his strong suit, but Mourning is also a lightweight opponent who is underweight.
Li Wei's task for Big Z on the defensive end today is to hard top the opponent for 18 minutes, and don't let Mo Ning take advantage.
That's right, it's only 18 minutes, it's a back-to-back game today, Li Wei won't let Big Z play too tired, so the Lithuanians don't have to conserve their physical strength, use as much as they want, and they will rest when they run out.
Mourning didn't squeeze into a favorable position twice, and at this time Tim Hardaway passed the ball, and Mourning had to catch the ball and play with his back to him!
The star center of Georgetown University has an obvious shortcoming, that is, he is too short!
With a height of 2.08 meters, those 2.1 meters center forwards may not have much disadvantage, but Big Z has 2.21 meters!
When you're more than ten centimeters shorter than others and you don't have a clear advantage in strength, it's a bad situation. Mo Ning shook several times, but never found the right time to shoot, no matter how he throws, he feels like he will eat a hat!
Garnett came over at this time.
Although Li Wei had told him to pay attention to the defense in advance, the current rules do not allow joint defense, and Garnett must wait for Mourning to get the ball before he can come over to cover it, otherwise it will be an illegal defense!
Big Z squeezed Mourning and gave Garnett time to help defend, and Mourning found that the Knicks' No. 21 defense came over and could only pass the ball!
"Hey, hey!" A big black man suddenly appeared in Mourning's passing path and intercepted the ball, it was Oakley!
"I already knew you couldn't fight!" Charles Oakley provoked the ball forward while provoking the opponent!
Alan Houston and Charlie Ward started to go down the first moment Oakley made a steal, Ward received the ball and threw it to Houston, who in turn passed it back to Ward!
Relays in the air, Ward throws the ball into the basket!
0:2, Knicks lead!