"Chu, how does it feel to be a teaching assistant?"

Walking out of the general manager's office, Kobe, D'Antoni, and Chu Xuan walked together, and Kobe, who had been silent, opened his mouth to ask Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan smiled, his face still full of joy.

"Of course it's good, I can't contain my excitement."

Bryant laughed: "Why are you so excited? You're not calm enough. There was no grace or courage that convinced me at the time. ”

Chu Xuan's eyes rolled, revealing a strange smile: "What kind of demeanor do you want, haha, I'm really happy because I can coach Kobe." ”

"Uh, haha, okay. Then the great coach Chu Xuan, what kind of advice do you want to give to your players? ”

"My only advice is that you can shoot less and that will make it easier for you."

Chu Xuan seemed to be extremely serious and said.

When Kobe Bryant heard this, he immediately smiled: "Shooting is my specialty, sorry sir, your suggestion will not be adopted." ”

The rare humor of the two made D'Antoni on the side laugh.

Letting Chu Xuan become a teaching assistant is what D'Antoni meant, and he wants to train this young man. In his opinion, Chu Xuan's personality allows him to get along with the players, which is very crucial for the Lakers this season.

Of course, Chu Xuan's youth can't convince the public, and he has no prestige. Therefore, in D'Antoni's team's future planning, he did not give Chu Xuan a very important role arrangement, his plan was only to let Chu Xuan learn temporarily.

"Chu, I've thought of your job."

Chu Xuan turned his head and looked at D'Antoni. He is indeed thinking about what kind of assignment D'Antoni will give him.

"You need to continue your scouting work, but at this level you have an additional role as an assistant coach. From now on, you will be Kobe's full-time teaching assistant, and you can give him advice on all aspects. ”

After hearing this, Chu Xuan nodded with a smile, "Kobe, from now on, we will work together." ”

Kobe Bryant grinned, patted Chu Xuan's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Then I hope you can do a good job, I'm very harsh." ”

Chu Xuan tilted his head and raised his eyebrows: "How harsh?" ”

Kobe Bryant's face darkened, revealing his white teeth: "Then accompany me to practice shooting for 3 hours first." ”

"Oh, no. Kobe, that's what a caddie does, I think I'm going to be exhausted. ”

*******

On the Lakers coaching staff, there are many people who are assistant coaches. Like some game analysts, video editors, trainers, senior scouts, sometimes they are hung up with such an identity.

However, these assistant coaches are not able to be the assistant coaches of the real coaching staff, and they cannot sit on the bench on the sidelines to coach the game live.

However, Chu Xuan was already very happy to be able to become a teaching assistant, after all, he was not yet 22 years old.

With this status as a teaching assistant, Chu Xuan was able to provide advice to D'Antoni more directly.

When asked by D'Antoni, one of the first things he offered was to "give Whiteside some playing time and try to use him." ”

In the last game, Thackeray performed as Chu Xuan predicted, sorry for his 20 minutes of playing time. Importantly, his defense was not as good as the opening game against the Clippers. Apparently, Thackeray was only a momentary outburst.

Compared to Thackeray, Whiteside is athletic and has an edge on the defensive end.

Originally, D'Antoni was ready to use Whiteside, so Chu Xuan's proposal was adopted.

After all, in the next game, the Lakers will face the Western "pseudo-old team" Spurs, and someone must be on the inside to give him some defensive pressure. And in this regard, Whiteside is undoubtedly superior to all of the Lakers' interior lines.

*******

When I got back to my accommodation, it was already evening.

Whiteside went to a nightclub with Kelly, Meeks, and others, and by 10 o'clock, he hadn't returned.

Chu Xuan had something to say, and when he was anxious, he dialed Whiteside's phone.

"Hey, Hassan, I have good news here."

On the other end of the phone, Whiteside's voice was a little excited, and there was a very messy noise.

"Hey, Chu, what's the good news?"

Whiteside roared so hard that Chu Xuan could barely hear it.

Feeling the atmosphere on the other side, Chu Xuan couldn't help frowning, he seemed to have experienced the extravagant nightlife in Los Angeles, which was the burial ground for the players.

"Oh, damn it. You've gone a little too much today, come back quickly. Otherwise, I'll call Mike and ask him to cancel your playing time tomorrow. ”

"Oh, uh? What the? Chu, what did you say? I'm going to play? Oh God, it's so exciting. Chu, you can't call Mike ......"

Whiteside's voice paused, and then he spoke incoherently.

Chu Xuan frowned, he could feel that Whiteside's mood had been very low these days, and this time he went to the nightclub to release his depression. He can understand, but he still has a hard time accepting the extremely undisciplined life of athletes.

"Hey, Chu, are you hanging? God, I'm going back, you can't make this call, hey? Feed? ”

*******

"Chu, what do you think of today's game?"

On the afternoon of the 1st, during the Lakers' in-team training session, Chu Xuan followed D'Antoni's side.

After hearing D'Antoni's question, Chu Xuan quickly said: "Spurs are a very low-key team, they have always been very stable, and they are often easy to ignore. But when it comes to the playoffs, they tend to be very competitive. Under Popovich's leadership, they have a very good and well-developed tactical system. Within this system, every player is able to play his part, and that's what makes the Spurs scary. There is no absolute superstar, but at critical moments, the five people they are present cannot be ignored and have a very big threat. ”

"They've got great spinning, solid offense, and a bucket-like defense. But in my opinion, it's not unbeatable, I've watched a couple of games they lost last season in the last few days. I found that there is a certain commonality in the Spurs' losses, and the main thing we need to do is to protect the rebound, followed by the restriction of Parker, and then the defense of the Spurs' mid-range. On the offensive end, do a good job of passing the ball, stay patient, and strive to have more open shooting opportunities, on this basis, we must increase the impact on the Spurs' interior line and create more defensive fouls on the opponent. ”

Chu Xuan talked about his opinion, and in the process, D'Antoni couldn't stop nodding.

In D'Antoni's opinion, what Chu Xuan said was very correct, and it was also the result of their research.

Parker is the engine of the Spurs, and as long as he's on the court, he's very useful. The Spurs relied primarily on pick-and-roll offense and multiple passing balls, and then tried to hit a success rate. And, the main thing is that as long as you lose to the Spurs in rebounding, the odds of winning are very small. After all, very few teams have a higher success rate than they do against a team like the Spurs.

Therefore, D'Antoni also made a lot of arrangements for this.

However, the most important thing is to see the performance of the Lakers players.