CHAPTER XVII
Don Nelson graduated from college in 1962 and entered professional basketball, and after a few uneventful seasons, he was signed by the Boston Celtics as a disciple of "Cardinal" Auerbach, and it was during these years with the Celtics that he was deeply influenced by Auerbach's ideas of run-and-gun tactics. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info He basically inherited the old bishop's bombardment thinking after becoming head coach, but the difference is that Nielsen's alternative is more crazy in comparison, and its running and bombing is more deviant in the context of the time.
In 1976, Nelson retired and became head coach of the Bucks that same year. During his 10 years at the helm of the Bucks, the Bucks ranked among the bottom five in the league in terms of pacing, and the average points conceded per game and defensive efficiency were among the top two in the league.
After leaving the Bucks, Nelson signed with Golden State and began coaching the Warriors. But because the Warriors' interior line was almost vacuum, and no one was available, Nelson had to choose to run and shoot like Auerbach back then, and at the same time experiment with more positional alternatives to get the interior line, and the result was that he trained the 2.31-meter-tall Bol into an outside battery, and instead made the 2.01-meter-tall small forward Rod Higgins, who is good at grabbing rebounds, the team's "interior lineman" who played the most minutes.
Nelson's run-and-gun tactics lie in the study of misalignment tactics, and try to break the universal rules of alignment. It is under the guidance of this line of thinking that, in addition to the three core members of the team, Mitch Richmond, Tim Hardaway and Chris Mullin, the trio collectively called "RunTMC" by fans, Nelson often put a small forward and a guard around them to play a five-small lineup, and the result is naturally to play the game at a thunderous speed, making the audience cry out that their hearts can't stand it.
In 1995, Nielsen had just resigned in the middle of the season, and his whirlwind was still being talked about by fans around the league. Now that Jordan is back from retirement for the first time and is starting the second three-game winning streak of the Bulls dynasty, the whole league is studying and learning from Coach Phil Jackson's triangle offensive strategy.
In Mu Le's view, the Timberwolves player structure is too young, there is no too mature tactical execution, if you want to arrange a complex tactical system, it is difficult to see the effect in a short time, and the running bomb, which is often used as an alternative tactic, is very suitable for today's Timberwolves. Apparently Sanders saw this as well, so he was very interested in the run-and-gun tactics that Muller had proposed.
Thinking of this, Mu Le looked at Sanders, who sat back in his office chair, took out a pen and wrote something in his notebook, looking up at Mu Le from time to time, without interrupting his thoughts.
"If we're going to run and shoot, we need a point guard." Mu Le said.
"The team's starting point guard, Winston Garland, had only 6.1 points and 4.4 assists last season, and he's 31 years old and not a good fit for a run-and-shoot."
Hearing Muller speak, Sanders stopped his pen and looked up at him and said, "Garland won't be on the court next season, he's decided to retire." ”
"So who is the team going to sign as the starting point guard?" Mu Le asked.
"Do you have any good advice, Mo, I want to hear from the point guard you think is best suited for run-and-gun tactics."