Chapter 47: Special Training (II)
On the side of the court, Richard pulled Jerry Stackhouse to chat, he has a complete set of transformation plans for Jerry Stackhouse this season, and this scorer who can score 29.8 points last season will be transformed by Richard into an all-round small forward who can score, defend, and play.
And in order to make Jerry Stackhouse the player Richard wants, Richard even searched all over the United States, and finally found former Lakers legend Michael Cooper as Jerry Stackhouse's special training coach.
Michael Cooper spent most of his career with the Lakers, Larry Bird once called Cooper the best defensive player he had ever encountered, and the word "iron gate" was once Cooper's proper noun, Richard found Michael Cooper, which shows the importance he attaches to Jerry Starkerhouse.
Now, Michael Cooper is standing next to Richard, and then Jerry Starker House is standing in front of the two.
"Jerry, you scored 29.8 points last season, right?" Richard looked at Jerry Starkerhouse and asked tentatively.
Jerry Starkerhouse nodded, "Yes, boss." ”
"But you're only shooting 40.2 percent, so this season, you're not going to shoot too much, you're going to have to improve your shooting efficiency, and that's something I'm going to have to train you for, but the point is, there's another thing you have to learn." Richard was relieved to see that Jerry Starkerhouse did not object to the reduction of shots.
Although he is not afraid of thorns in the players, he is also reluctant to meet thorny players, and Jerry Stackhouse did not object to Richard's request, which can be regarded as a saving for Richard.
He continued: "I need you to put some of your energy into defense, Michael Cooper you should know, he is arguably the top outside defender in the history of the league, this season, your main task, in addition to learning shooting with Chris Mullin and improving his offensive efficiency, is to learn from Michael Cooper the perimeter single defense skills. ”
Jerry Stackhouse nodded, he did not object to Richard's request, it should be said that Jerry Stackhouse is a very receptive player, in Richard's previous life, even if the Mavericks demoted him to the bench position, Jerry Stackhouse could accept it calmly, which proves it.
Now that Jerry Stackhouse can accept this, Richard is no longer worried, and after handing Jerry Stackhouse to Michael Cooper, the team's training is on track.
In the first 10 days of preseason training, the Warriors practiced physical fitness in the morning and shooting in the afternoon, and then interspersed with learning and defensive practice, while upgrading the team's players to adapt to the team's new tactics.
These include the promotion of Chauncy Billups, the revamp of Jerry Starkhouse, and the integration of Rasonestrovic into the team's tactics.
This training lasted ten days, and after ten days, the team's new signings were almost able to integrate into the Warriors' offensive tactics, so Richard arranged a few intra-team matchups to get a little insight into the team's situation.
After a few matchups, the team gave Richard the feeling that most of them could fit into the team's offense, and the defense seemed to be good, but there were still big problems.
First of all, in the offense, Richard found that every time he passed the ball more than three times, the rotation of the ball would stagnate, obviously this is not a good phenomenon, next season the Warriors will be more focused on passing, so Richard is already planning to add passing training in the next phase.
The second is the one-man problem, with Jerry Starkerhouse's improvement on the defensive end satisfying Richard, but Chauncey Billups and Rasonestrovic much worse.
Chauncy Billups has made great progress at the technical level under Ganon Baker's solo training, but as soon as he hits the game, he can't find the rhythm that Richard wants, which makes Richard a little helpless, but Richard knows that the problem with Chauncy Billups is not serious now, but the new style of play still needs to be adapted.
But the problem is big with Rasonestrovic, in Richard's tactics, Lasonestrovich is very important, it can be regarded as a hub connecting the inside and outside, but now, Lasonestrovich simply cannot adapt to the tactics of playing in the high position.
Rasonestrovich's passing is good, but if you put him high and cover the ball according to the Warriors' tactics, it seems that Rasonestrovich prefers to move in the box and in the low post, and if Richard asks him to pull down the high post, he can't get used to it.
This obviously does not meet the tactical requirements of the Warriors, and in this case, Richard can only suspend the use of Rasonestrovic as the main force.
In this case, Richard can only let Danny Fortson temporarily serve as the team's main force, and then change his tactics slightly, allowing Jerry Starkerhouse and Chauncey to get the ball more than Lups.
As the new season approaches, major media in North America have also begun to launch special topics on new season predictions, and most of the predictions for the Warriors for the new season are predicted to be about ten in the West, that is, a place that will not enter the playoffs.
Richard couldn't understand this prediction, because just looking at the Warriors' performance in the second half of last season, the Warriors have the strength to compete for the playoffs on paper.
However, various experts in major media outlets do not recognize the strength of the Warriors, and ESPN expert Mark Stein made the following judgment on the Warriors in his preseason prediction feature.
For the Warriors' new season's recruitment, Mark Stein gave a B-level rating, which is not bad, in Mark Stein's view, the Warriors' new season's recruitment focus is on the introduction of young players, such as Jerry Stark House and other young players, as well as the departure of veterans such as Chris Mills, all of which are considered by Mark Stein as excellent trade operations.
At this point, Marc Stein still said it very well, he thinks that this kind of operation of the Warriors is exactly what the bad team should do.
However, Marc Stein doesn't think the Warriors can do well with this group of young players, on the one hand, he feels that the Warriors' young players can't have enough chemistry.
"The Warriors are missing a good passer, and they sent away Ralph Alston at the start of the season, and in the second half of last season, Ralph Alston averaged more than seven assists per game, which neither Chauncey Billups, nor rookie Gilbert Arenas, or even Earleboykins could do."
"And those who have seen the tactical play of the Warriors in the second half of last season know that the Warriors' tactics are biased towards teamwork and shooting, but this season they traded Jerry Stackhouse, in the Pistons period, Jerry Stackhouse was just a scorer, and his arrival will inevitably destroy the chemistry of the Warriors, so although the Warriors have exchanged for a group of young players with great potential, their future is not as good as imagined."
Marc Stein also believes that the Warriors' roster is too young, young players are more likely to make mistakes, and the lack of senior players in the team will make the Warriors unable to cope with some games with tight scores, which will make the Warriors lose a lot of games that they should not lose.
So, in general, Mark Stein, like most media experts, is not very optimistic about the Warriors, but unlike most media experts, Mark Stein still gives the Warriors a high rating.
His final evaluation of the Warriors was two phrases: Youth Army, Future!
That said, Mark Stein is optimistic about the future of the Warriors, but he is not optimistic about the Warriors' present.
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