212. How to deal with the Lakers
"First of all, we have to be sure that the Lakers are really strong this year! The offense alone is even better than the Lakers I led back then, and many of you have seen D'Antoni's ability to coach on the offensive end, and every player under him can score. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ But one thing is very important, D'Antoni can make the Lakers play so well offensively, all thanks to four points, Liu, Kobe, Nash, Gasol! β
Phil Jackson pressed the button, and the picture turned, and photos of Liu Ren, Kobe, Nash, and Gasol appeared on the screen.
"Kobe, Nash, and Gasol are all familiar to everyone, and we can always find a way to deal with them, and we have to focus on Liu! From the clip just now, you can find a point, Liu is very good at using his body to deal with opponents, I think Mero should have some experience in this regard, it can be said that he is the most suitable genius for playing basketball I have ever seen, and his physical fitness has reached the extreme! He's very good at using his strengths to attack, and the same is true on the defensive end. β
"But I'm not here to brag about how powerful he is, the alliance has blown him to the sky in the past few days, and I'm going to tell you about a few of his shortcomings!"
"First of all, his offensive choice, he relies on his feel to shoot on the outside, and even superstitious about his own hand, look here, he often makes this kind of dry jump shot shooting choice, he shoots like this on the one hand to believe in his own hand, on the other hand, it is the trust of the inside player, whether it is Gasol or their backup big man Whiteside has the best rebounding ability, the first thing we have to do to prevent him is to protect the rebound!"
"Although Liu is powerful, his offense is nothing more than three points and inside scoring, we can guard these two points, from the video we can see that he has almost no mid-range scores, even free throws are average, it is really not good, we can foul!"
As he spoke, the Zen master looked at Chandler, Baniani, and Stoudemire with a smile.
The three of them lowered their heads slightly when they saw the smile of the Zen master, the last time the two teams met, Whiteside snatched all three of them, and Liu Ren even scored on the inside line wantonly, almost without looking at them.
The Zen master didn't say much, it was enough, and he was pretty sure that the three of them would go crazy in their next game against the Lakers. He doesn't expect these three to beat the Lakers inside, but he needs these guys to get back alive so the team can be competitive.
"Next is the point, Liu will also contain our defense when he can't score, so it's unrealistic to expect him to win by defense, just yesterday the Spurs proved that, when he drew the defensive attention of Leonard and Duncan, even the Spurs couldn't guarantee to defend the others, so what we have to do is not only to guard the rebound, but more importantly to make their offense collapse, to do that is actually very simple, let the Lakers concentrate the ball in his hands!"
The Zen master pressed the button again, and the picture changed to a person, and this person was Kobe!
"Phil, that guy is Kobe, aren't we going to be finished with the ball in his hands?" Mike Woodson exclaimed, clearly disagreeing with the approach.
The shadow that Kobe Bryant has left in the hearts of all coaches in the league in the past ten years is not something that can be passed by talking.
The Zen master was very disdainful in his heart, he really didn't understand why Dolan had found such a mediocre coach, but now that the Knicks are gradually finding the feeling of the game, it is unwise to change coaches in the middle of the season, although Dolan gave him all the management of this team, he does not plan to tear up with Mike Woodson now.
"Mike, of course I know how good Kobe Bryant is, he won all five championships with me, how could I not know how good he is?"
The Zen master's seemingly casual remarks shook the players' original disbelief as Woodson's, and the players felt that the Zen master definitely had a way to deal with Kobe.
"Kobe's best is to use his individual ability to score, and what I'm good at is to put the best players in the most comfortable scoring position, but D'Antoni is different, he's better at letting the best players use their individual abilities to help teammates score, he's not good at putting the best players in the best scoring positions, we can use that to separate Kobe from his teammates, and at the same time let him score in the positions he doesn't good at, and then use our best defensive players on the perimeter to put the most pressure on him......"
As he spoke, the Zen master looked at Shambaugh, a defensive point guard who entered the NBA in the same year as Liu Ren.
Zen Master is also a chicken soup coach in some ways, but he is the top chicken soup coach, and his ability to control the hearts of players is unmatched by anyone in the league!
Zen masters are often criticized for relying on superstars to win championships, but he is also a big four, he can lead the team to the finals, because even if the big four have many contradictions, he always has a way to make the big four do their best on the field, but D'Antoni can't, and it is also a strength to be able to give full play to his talent!
The Knicks are not short of talent, which is the most important reason why Zen masters choose them, scorers, defensive giants, and interior pillars, these three Knicks are not lacking.
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The Zen master is pouring ecstasy soup into the Knicks players, and the Lakers management is also planning something, but it has nothing to do with the Knicks, neither the Buss siblings nor Kupchak can look down on the Knicks, although there are already rumors that Jenny Buss's fiancΓ© is hooking up with James Dolan.
"Luke, are you sure you don't want to be an assistant coach on our team first? I think in another year or two you can take over as head coach very well, I promise you! Jenny Bass said in a sincere tone.
Luke Wharton hesitated for a moment, and finally said firmly: "Thank you Jenny, of course I really want to be the coach of the Lakers, but not yet, my ability is not enough, at least now it seems that Mike is definitely better than me, if I become an assistant coach under him, maybe in two years I will be his replacement at most." I've learned everything I can learn from him in the last few months, and to be honest, there's not much new, and I've learned everything he knows from Phil. I want to learn more, I want to learn about Popovich's defense and his weird ideas, and yesterday I saw something very different about the Spurs, and I thought Popovich must not have fully used it. β
After saying that, Luke Wharton emphasized: "Trust me, I will only be willing to be a Lakers coach!" Otherwise, I wouldn't be sitting here discussing this with you! β