Chapter 58: The Test
Richard's new idea is to directly promote Rasonestrovic to the starting line-up, even if he loses.
Such an idea came out after the battle of the Clippers, and Richard found that the Warriors who could not play the center's high-post strategy were simply a team that anyone could lose, and without the center's organizational response and cover in the high post, the scoring opportunity would not come so easily.
Perhaps for the Warriors, not being able to play the tactics Richard wanted would be a failure.
After all, if it is only a weakened version of the strategy, the Warriors will not reach the position that Richard wants to achieve, and such a Warrior will at best barely squeeze into the playoffs and then lose in the first round.
But Richard wants the team to go further, he doesn't want to wait that long, and he wants to be able to compete for a championship in the next year or two.
Richard didn't think that way before, he just wanted to see the hope of the playoffs, but after only a while, Richard's perspective was different, and the opening two consecutive wins showed Richard that the Warriors have enough quality to go further.
And the loss to the Clippers in the last game also told Richard that the Warriors still have plenty of room for improvement.
As long as the Warriors turn these advances into progress, it will be enough to achieve Richard's goal.
Richard decided that he would still talk to Rasonestrovic, and he wanted to see Rasonestrovich improve as soon as possible.
The Warriors lost to the Clippers a day earlier and rushed back to Oakland overnight because they had one more game on Nov. 4 against the Trail Blazers, and the Warriors were defeated.
Because of the evening game, Richard only arranged acclimatization training, so the players finished training early and stayed in the locker room to rest.
For the loss of the last game, the Warriors' players are still very worried, after all, their performance in the last game was very bad, but Richard did not get angry, which makes them very strange, in their opinion, they did not play well, and the coach at least had to scold them.
As a result, they didn't hear Richard explode or reprimand a player, which made them feel worried, and they felt that it was not that the coach was not angry, but that the coach had not had time to get angry......
Richard slowly walked into the locker room of the training hall, and the dressing room, which was still a little noisy, instantly quieted, and everyone lowered their heads and was busy with their own affairs, silent.
Richard glanced around, then looked at Lasonestrovich: "Lasso, come to my office." ”
Rasonestrovic's face turned pale in an instant, but Richard just dropped the sentence and turned away.
The rest of the dressing room threw sympathetic glances at Rasonestrovic, in their opinion, after the last fiasco, the coach must have called them alone must not be a good thing, so they all felt that Lasonestrovich must be going to be trained.
The locker room was suddenly panicked, for fear that he would be called over by the coach after a while.
Rasonestrovich rubbed a few times before he got up and walked out of the locker room.
Rasonestrovic was a little baffled by Richard's call-up, and he didn't think the coach was going to reprimand him as hastily as his teammates.
After all, the team's defeat in the last game is related to the state of the main players, even if they want to reprimand them, they should call a few main players first, not his substitute center who has even ranked behind Chris Anderson in the order of appearance since the start of the game.
However, for his performance in the new season, Rasonestrovic himself is not satisfied, last season when he was in the Timberwolves, Rasonestrovic gradually played the starter, but the performance was good and bad, and he was traded to the Warriors before the start of this season, Rasonestrovic was very worried at the time.
He was worried that it would be difficult to play in the main team if he changed teams, so Rasonestrovic trained and played all summer, and he even participated in the summer league in the hope of integrating into the team as soon as possible.
And the training camp before the start of the new season made Rasonestrovic very excited, because he was pleasantly surprised to find that the team actually developed a set of center-forward tactics around him!
This surprised Rasonestrovic, because in this way he will not only be able to play the main team, but also the absolute main team!
But again, Rasonestrovic found that he could not adapt to the center-forward tactics developed by his coach, which Rasonestrovic himself found strange.
In the Slovenian national team, the center-forward tactic is the most common tactic, and Rasonestrovic naturally often plays this tactic.
However, Rasonestrovic found that the Warriors' center strategy is different from that of the national team, in which he needs to stand high to respond and cover, and he also needs to run anytime and anywhere to continue to cooperate with his teammates, which makes it more difficult.
Rasonestrovic found himself completely unable to adapt and ended up playing a few regular games in the preseason before being dropped out in the regular season.
Rasonestrovic has no complaints about being abandoned, he did play poorly, and that's right.
And now, the coach has approached him again, and Rasonestrovic speculates that it may have something to do with this, or maybe the coach is dissatisfied with his adaptability and improvement.
Rasonestrovich pushed open the door to Richard's office, and then saw Richard sitting behind the boss's desk, frowning and not knowing what he was thinking.
Rasonestrovich was even more worried, Richard's expression was not a good sign.
"Coach, do you have something to do with me?"
Rasonestrovich was a little nervous, the look on his face revealed everything, and Richard looked up at this scene and laughed.
He came to Rasonestrovic, not because the players wanted to reprimand him or anything, but because he wanted Rasonestrovic to know about his plan.
Richard leaned forward, then looked at Rasonetrovic with both eyes: "Lasso, you didn't do well in preseason, so I put you on the bench, but now, after another week of training, I don't know if you're ready?" ”
Rasonestrovich was more ready to speak, but Richard pressed his hand and continued: "Whether you are ready or not, I am ready for you to try, now, we need to do an experiment!" ”
"Experiments?" Rasonestrovich was a little confused.
"That's right, experiment, I'll start you for the next few games, I want you to play strictly according to the team's tactics, and I want to see your improvement in the last few games! I'd like to see you play in the high post, and I want to see you juggle screening, passing, and attacking on your own...... And then at the same time...... I'm going to give you the most room to play and you're going to get a lot of playing time, so don't be afraid to make mistakes, all you have to do is play the kind of basketball I call it! ”
Rasonestrovich was completely stunned, he didn't expect Richard to call him over, he actually said this, what does this mean? Will I be able to start?
Rasonestrovic was pleasantly surprised, but at the same time a little worried, he was afraid that he would not be able to do well.
Richard seemed to see Rasonestrovich's concern, and he said again: "Don't be afraid of any mistakes, just do what I say!" ”
Richard made a move that reassured Rasonestrovic, and Rasonestrovich nodded with difficulty: "Coach, I will try!" ”
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