Offense wins and defense wins championships.

This is a well-known saying in the NBA, and Chen An also knows it, but for the newly built Magic, the first problem to solve is offense, just like Taizu said: To solve the problem, we must first grasp the main contradiction. And defense is clearly a secondary contradiction.

This is not to say that Chen An does not pay attention to defense, otherwise he would not have selected Green and Crowder, his thinking is very clear, using the magic ball + running to lay the team's offensive system first, while the defensive end will take longer to build and also need patience, because Green and Crowder need time to grow.

In Chen's mind, Green is the team's defensive core, Crowder is the outside gate, and even he needs a good rim protector to become the team's last barrier defense, which takes time, and now he just hopes to rely on Budenhozer to lay the foundation for the team's defensive system and sow the seeds.

And today's coaching staff meeting is to unify all the ideas and set the tone for the future work with a clear goal for the team.

"Magic Ball Theory? You mean Michael. The one Lewis came up with? ”

Budenholzer asked this with a strange expression. At this stage, Morey has not yet figured out the NBA version of the Magic Ball Theory, which was first developed by Michael. Lewis, who was introduced in his book Moneyball in '03 as an example of the Oakland Sportsmen, a minor team in Major League Baseball.

The core of this concept is: 1. Follow the principle of buying low and selling high, and never spend a lot of money to buy high-priced players.

Second, the selection of players only depends on objective data, especially the long-term accumulation of accurately calculated data, so that the players can be selected at a low price.

3. Be good at digging out tomorrow's stars that others don't look down on, and dig out stars from some unknown players.

Fourth, good at the regeneration of stars, some stars who are injured or at a low ebb have been regenerated after joining the athlete team at a low price.

This concept was actually more of an operational concept before it was modified by Morey and introduced into the NBA, so it's no wonder that Budenholzer had a strange expression.

"It's related, but it's fundamentally different, and what I'm trying to talk about today isn't about the operational side, it's about the team's offense."

Chen An further clarified his statement, and Kuqi couldn't help but say: "Attack? Isn't the team's offensive system clear that it's a run-and-shoot? How? You need to change your play, and that's not going to work. ”

On the one hand, Kuqi came as an assistant coach in the hope of entering the NBA, and on the other hand, he wanted to implement his own concept of running and shooting, and the Magic had to play and run and shoot was also one of the conditions for him to serve as an assistant coach, so he seemed very excited.

Chen An smiled and waved his hand: "Don't be so excited, since I have asked you to be a tactical coach, then it is certain that the offensive end is dominated by running and bombing, what I want to say is that there is also a difference between running and bombing, at least in this team, the running and bombing I want needs to be more extreme, and the firepower is more ferocious." ”

Kutch was stunned, Budenhozer was dumbfounded, he couldn't understand what was called a more extreme run-and-gun, and Cole was thoughtful.

Chen continued: "I remember when I first came to the Magic, I had a conversation with Rob, and he felt that Harden was not a good leader and that there was limited room for growth. I told him that despite Harden's willpower, maybe he won't be a good leader, but his room for growth is extremely high in my heart, and maybe in two or three years he will become a superstar in the league, and that's not the end of the road.

Rob asked me why I had this understanding, and I told him that because the league's offensive and defensive rules are constantly changing, it has become a general trend to encourage offense, and in such a trend, back-to-back singles and turn-over jumpers will gradually be eliminated, and guards will gradually use the impact on the basket and three-pointers as the main means of scoring.

Rob wasn't sure if I was right, but I thought my perception was in line with the league's trend, and it was based on that that that I developed the Magic Ball Theory, which in the most straightforward terms, I was going to play one-pointers and three-pointers, and try to eliminate two-pointers outside the paint. ”

Kerr reacted very quickly and immediately said: "You mean you want to use three-point shooting, air cutting and hitting the rim as the team's main means of attack, completely abandon mid-range shots, turn-over jumpers and even low-post singles?" ”

"That's right! My magic ball theory is based on this, through data analysis, it can be seen that among all offensive means, long-distance two-point shots and mid-range shots on both sides are the least efficient ways to score, as for back-to-back singles, turn-over jumpers and other means not only affect the team's offensive rhythm, but also inefficient, and Harden and Lillard are not good at scoring this way, so I decided to give up completely.

For CIC, I have formulated three principles: First, if there is no one around the body for a large vacancy, no CIC shall be awarded.

Second, if the 24-second is not about to end, you will not be hit.

Third, non-lore tactics, in principle, do not consider any mid-shot tactics. ”

"It's crazy, I feel like my heart can't handle it."

Budenholzer clutched his chest and his expression was quite exaggerated, as for Kutch, this time he was dumbfounded, he was desperately thinking about what Chen An meant by the extreme running and bombing, but he never expected it to be crazy like this.

"Combination of sudden shooting, leading the offense with a breakthrough, and laying the foundation for victory with three points."

Chen An gave his core idea, and everyone finally understood why Chen An wanted a Lillard after having Harden and Turner, because according to his offensive ideas, the ball carrier must have strong breakthrough ability and passing ability, at this point, Turner is really not good, can only be a response point or a fixed-point shooter.

Chen An didn't care about everyone's reaction, and said to himself: "Three points will become the most important weapon of our team, in this regard, I think we need to be more clear, not only tactically, but also ideologically, not only our coaches must reach a consensus, the players must also understand, for this we even have to set goals for the players, a game, regardless of the shooting percentage, the number of three-pointers thrown must not be less than 30!" ”

"It's insane!"

Budenhozer has exclaimed, at this time in 12 years, the three-point has not been strengthened to the position of the main tactic, and some teams average less than 10 three-pointers per game in an average season, but Chen An is now asking for at least 30 three-pointers in a game, which is simply crazy and scary.

In fact, this has been reduced, you must know that the Rockets team has 40 three-point shots per game, and 50 three-point shots are also common, while the Warriors are less, generally around 25 three-point shots, the Warriors' system is still mainly based on passing and running, but unfortunately Harden is not Curry, Lillard is not Thompson, Chen An should clarify the team's offensive system as soon as possible, then the magic ball + running bomb is more suitable than the Warriors system.

Of course, the magic ball + run and bomb is not his ultimate goal, after achieving a certain amount of results on the offensive end, he will emphasize the defense at the same time, and slowly improve the offensive system, the ultimate expectation is to achieve a balance between the magic ball + run and the warrior system, to create a unique magic ball style.