Duke University is located in Durham, North Carolina, where the scenery is beautiful and the academic atmosphere is very strong, but the most famous is basketball, which has the title of the best basketball school in the United States, won the NCAA championship many times, and is known as the West Point Military Academy of basketball. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It's all thanks to the current head basketball coach at Duke University, Mike ? Shashewski, nicknamed "Old K," is not only the head coach of Duke University, but also the coach of the American Dream Team.

Old K has coached Duke University since the early 80s of the last century, during which many NBA team owners threw olive branches to him, but he politely refused. Brown took over the coaching whip of the Dream Team, led the Dream Team to win gold medals in the World Championships, World Cup and Olympic Games many times, although the old K has never coached the NBA, but his reputation and honor are no less than any NBA coach.

To be able to follow the old K to learn, Wang Zhuo feels that this is a very rare opportunity, although it is only a short 10 days, but Wang Zhuo thinks that it is enough, tactics are dead, athletes are alive, it is easy to learn rigid tactics, but it is very difficult to flexibly use tactics in the practice of the game.

In fact, the Zen master did it on purpose, because there was only less than half a month left before the Las Vegas Summer League, he recommended Wang Zhuo to study for 10 days, and when he came back, it was just in time for the Summer League, and he decided to let Wang Zhuo be the head coach of the Knicks Summer League.

When Wang Zhuo met Lao K, the coach of the dream team, who was handsome and elegant, and had meticulously combed hair, was very friendly to him, not because Wang Zhuo was recommended by a Zen master, but because he seemed to be born with cultivation in his bones.

This may also be the reason why he is reluctant to become an NBA coach, on the one hand, the NBA is too commercial, on the other hand, in order to maintain the emotions of the players at all times, the NBA coach spends most of his time pacing around the bench, and from time to time he has to roar hoarsely.

To Wang Zhuo's surprise, he also met with Golden State Warriors assistant coach Luke here. Walton, a young man his age, who has already won championship rings in his playing and coaching careers.

On the first day of coming to Duke University, K did not explain anything about the basketball tactical system, but took them on a tour of the gymnasium of Duke University.

Walking into the spacious and bright gymnasium, you can instantly feel the youthful and lively atmosphere from the inside of the gymnasium, several teenagers who are playing basketball see Lao K walk in, immediately stop their body movements, neatly cast a respectful gaze at Lao K, that kind of look is like a soldier facing an officer, not only absolute obedience, but also incomparable admiration.

Lao K smiled at them and nodded, and they continued to start a fierce physical confrontation, which made Wang Zhuo and Wharton who followed behind them deeply admired, and they had to admire Lao K's personality charm, and finally understood why the superstar-studded Dream Team players would obey such a famous coach without any NBA coaching experience.

Walking into the complex area of Duke University, surrounded by the heads of many celebrities, including former U.S. President Richard Nixon, and current Apple CEO Tim? Cook, and of course the old K himself, they are all outstanding people who have gone out of Duke University.

"You will find that Duke University basketball stars who have stepped into the NBA have made a difference, but they are not the kind of superstars who dominate the world, because there are no lone heroes in Duke's basketball culture, basketball is a team sport, and the strength of the team is above the ability of the individual at any time!"

Walking into the basketball area, here is the retired player Sean? Battier, Grant? Hill, as well as current players JJ Redick, Carlos? Boozer and Carey? Portraits of Owen and others, Lao K looked at the portraits of several people, turned to Wang Zhuo and Wharton and said.

Since ancient times, Jordan has been a superstar in North Carolina, and Jordan can hold half the sky in the NBA, but Duke University is completely different from the University of North Carolina, which is also located in North Carolina, and he does not have a superstar here to turn the tide, but that does not prevent him from becoming the best basketball school, because they have always advocated team-oriented.

"In a complete basketball system, every player is an indispensable piece of the puzzle, and the coach's responsibility is to make reasonable use of the power of each piece of the puzzle, and finally condense into a complete, huge, and impeccable territory!" Lao K's tone was still calm and calm, and he finally condensed all his experience in coaching for more than 30 years into one sentence and told Wang Zhuo and Wharton.

According to the media, Lao K will hand over the whip of the dream team and quit the U.S. national team after coaching the dream team of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

In the next few days, Wang Zhuo and Wharton learned some tactical systems, Lao K's tactical system is free and rigorous, not sticking to fixed routines and running positions, giving every player room to give full play, he points and runs in from them, so that the team can be condensed into a strong whole.

When he saw Lao K's rigorous tactical system, Wang Zhuo came up with the dirty-sounding word "rain and dew are evenly wet", and at the same time, the Houston Rockets' star James? Harden's cornerstone rhetoric is under a tsunami-like mob from the media and fans.

In the next few days, Wang Zhuo and Wharton served as the temporary assistant coach of Lao K and directly communicated and communicated with the players face-to-face, but Wang Zhuo, who sat on the bench for the first time, did not feel the slightest restraint and uneasiness.

Time flies quickly, and the 10-day period is coming to an end in a blink of an eye, and Lao K prepares a farewell ceremony for Wang Zhuo and Wharton, a friendly game within the Duke University basketball team.

Said to be a friendly match, in fact, there is no difference from the regular NCAA league, Lao K invited the referee who had served as the NCAA league to control the blowing scale on the field, Wang Zhuo and Wharton as the coaches of the two teams each selected 8 players, named Wang Zhuo team and Wharton team, and Lao K himself sat in the audience with the widest view and looked down on the whole court, and the players of the two teams were also gearing up, wanting to prove themselves in front of Lao K.

After the referee's whistle sounded, the center forwards of the two teams jumped the ball in the middle circle, and the two teams played back and forth, the score increased alternately, very anxious, Wang Zhuo and Wharton stood next to their respective benches, and waited until the official timeout, during which neither of the two called a timeout.

After the official timeout, Wharton suddenly sacrificed a five-small lineup, although the tactics were novel and unfamiliar, but the players were very familiar with each other's playing styles, and they actually played the effect Wharton wanted, and the flowing offense caught Wang Zhuo's team off guard, and after shooting 4 three-pointers in a row, the score quickly opened up to 10 points.

Wang Zhuo called a timeout, and did not change the inherent tactics, but sent the best defensive player among the players to defend the Wharton team's conduction forward, and the plaster-style close defense completely strangled the Wharton team's passing route, so that the Wharton team completely turned into a jump shot team, although with the feel, there were still three-point shots, but Wang Zhuo's team relied on suffocating defense and steady position offense, and gradually smoothed out the point difference.

In the second half, the game tended to be white-hot, and the players of the two teams were also affected by the first half of the game, and the physical confrontation became more intense.

Sure enough, it was exactly the same as Wang Zhuo expected, and the rigorous tactical system of triangle offense could not be successfully run-in overnight, which made the original tacit cooperation between the players also have problems, and the offense was not smooth, which would inevitably affect the defense.

Although Wharton reverted to small-ball tactics, Wang Zhuo's unchanging defense kept the score at around five points, and as the final whistle blew, Wang Zhuo's team defeated Wharton 68-62.

Wang Zhuo and Wharton hugged each other, and during this time of learning together, the two also formed a deep friendship.

When they parted, Lao K didn't say anything, but there was a faint feeling in his heart that the back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, maybe it was really time to pass the torch of basketball to the hands of young people.