Chapter 10: Misfortune

Vic Forest Devils Deacon Head Coach's Office, Zhuang Fei, Mark Allen, Bill Rambo, the three coaches of the Devils Deacons are sitting together again, and now it is the middle of October, and it has been more than a month since the Devils Deacons team's devil training has begun, and the three of them get together almost every day to discuss the progress of the players and how to carry out the tactics of the triangle attack, which has become a norm.

"I'm worried about the players' performance right now" Bill Rambo is the one of the three who is directly responsible for the players' training, he knows the players' current state best, and the current situation of the Devil's Deacons team makes him very worried, although the players are also working hard to follow his training plan, but the overall effect is not satisfactory to him.

"Thiem is the most improved player in the team at the moment, I think this season can allow him to play more with the ball, Carter and James Posey have improved significantly, but others are a little bit bad, especially Wally Szebiak, his pace is very slow, but after receiving the ball he always thinks about dribbling, not the first time to pass the ball, no matter how to change it, Ragabel is okay, the pass is good, but the vision is very bad, if you set a passing target for him, he can pass the ball well, but, it would be pretty bad if he was asked to choose his own target, and then there was Stephen Green, I don't think he had any talent for this, he didn't have to participate in this kind of training at all, and it was for nothing if he practiced" Bill Rambo hated iron and steel.

Zhuang Fei nodded and did not speak, but the worry between his eyebrows was self-evident, judging from the data of the dynasty system, Bill Rambo's analysis was completely correct. Duncan is the fastest improving player, the offense has risen directly from 73 to 80, and the ability evaluation has also risen from 86 to 88, this is only a short month, Duncan's rocket-like progress can be said to be incredible, according to Zhuang Fei's recent understanding Duncan practiced swimming before the age of fifteen, and it was only a short five years of contact with basketball, this kind of basketball talent simply made Zhuang Fei not know what to say, people are more popular than people, Zhuang Fei's previous life was to practice basketball at the age of 7, and he thought he was hardworking, but in the end he still achieved nothing, Basketball is a sport that requires too much talent. And Carter has also improved, the offense has risen from 85 to 89, and the ability evaluation has also risen from 75 to 76, although it is not as obvious as Duncan, but it is definitely not slow, and James Posey is also the same, the offense has risen from 63 to 67, and his ball handling and possession have also improved a lot, as for Ragabel, Wally Szzebiak, and Stephen Green, the data does not show their improvement at all.

Even ordinary people will make a little progress after a month of crazy practice, why do these three people have zero progress? Is there still hidden data in the system? This is what makes Zhuang Fei most puzzled.

"Zhuang, according to the plan, now we should start the tactical training of the triangle attack, but you look at the current state of the players, should we postpone the team's tactical training, after all, their foundation is still too poor" Mark Allen looked at Zhuang Fei quietly after speaking, and Bill Rambo was also waiting for Zhuang Fei's instructions.

However, Zhuang Fei was gently tapping the table in front of him with the index finger of his right hand, and he was also making a final choice. Mark Allen and Bill Rambo waited for about 5 minutes, and Zhuang Fei finally spoke after sighing.

"No need to push, just follow the original plan," Zhuang Fei finally said helplessly.

"However, can this really work, the triangle attack is based on the individual ability of the players, if the ability of these players is not up to the mark, the training effect can not be guaranteed at all, and the bamboo basket is empty" Mark Allen prefers to let the players practice their skills first, and then carry out tactical training.

"No, now they are practicing almost, if they don't make progress now, no one can guarantee what will happen to them after another month of practice" Mark Allen's eyes darkened, Zhuang Fei's worries were not unreasonable, since there is no progress now, will there be progress in the future? Unknown.

"Besides, time waits for no one now, I don't have much time to slowly grind with them, the league's regular season will start next month, this is absolutely not to be missed" Thinking of the person in the principal's office, Zhuang Fei shuddered, if the start was bad, Zhuang Fei would not think that the principal would be merciful, now he is in a hurry, since the two cores of Duncan and Carter are making good progress, then let's start the next step, maybe through tactical training, those people can suddenly have an epiphany.

"That's right, Mark, the opponent I asked you to arrange for the friendly game, how did you arrange it" The schedule of the NCAA in the United States is actually very similar to that of the NBA, there are preseason and regular seasons, almost all universities will find some teams to play preseason games before the regular season, for Zhuang Fei, this is the most important part of his plan, through the preseason to hone the team's triangle offensive play, through the game to find out the shortcomings, and then improve, So he asked Mark Allen to find a practice opponent half a month ago.

"It's almost okay, there are 5 universities willing to accept our invitation to play a practice match with us, but the last opponent you specifically asked for was the University of North Carolina and they refused, do we have to choose the opponent for the last practice match again?"

"No, just these five, by the way, who is the opponent in the first game, and when" Zhuang Fei asked.

"Next Saturday, the opponent is the University of Connecticut Huskies"

"Kangda?" Zhuang Fei was taken aback

"yes, what's wrong, what's wrong, their strength is very good, although the team is a little worse, but the results have been very stable in recent years, and this year they also reached the top 8 in the country, which is also the best result in their team history, their manager is very ambitious, this is the first invitation they sent to us" Mark Allen wondered.

"No, it's nothing" Zhuang Fei shook his head with a wry smile, for Kangda, how could he not know that the popularity of NCAA in China is not very high, but after 2004, Chinese fans paid more attention to NCAA, and at that time, Kangda was definitely one of the top existence of all NCAA teams, and Zhuang Fei, a Chinese coach who did not know much about NCAA, had also heard of its prestige. It's just that I didn't expect Kangda to be a team with no background, and I think this time is just their rise period.

"By the way, Bill, although Mark's tactical training will account for a large proportion of future training, but your technical training should not be relaxed either, it is best for you to discuss with Mark, how to combine technical and tactical training, so that the effect may be better" Zhuang Fei reminded.

Mark Allen and Bill Rambo both nodded and agreed with Zhuang Fei.

"And there's about Stephen Green"

"Stephen is that?" Mark Allen curious.

"Don't let him practice passing, let him defend full-time" Zhuang Fei sighed and said, Stephen Green is the only player in the team's starting five who has not appeared in the NBA, the dynasty system does not have a very high evaluation of him, and he is a corner player who focuses on defense, and his potential cannot make him develop in an all-round way, if Ragabel's potential can also allow him to take both defense and shooting into account, then Stephen Green can only defend full-time.

I hope the team will get better and better, next Saturday's Kang Da will be a huge test, Zhuang Fei shook his head again.

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