Chapter 943: Coach Z's protégé, Sam Mitchell
PS: Jansky is too tm garbage, Europeanizing the Chinese team, facing the Asian team and not playing the inside, and forcibly losing the height advantage of the Chinese team, facing the small Taiwan team actually ran outside to shoot, the point guard did not break through the ball, and his head was mushy after taking the ball, and the defense on the inside was completely scum, Yi Jianlian was injured and didn't mention it, why did he let this game be in such a poor state for so long? FVCK, Deng Huade is more than a few notches higher than Jannaski, at least he knows what the positioning of the Chinese team is, and he plays Asian games to learn a hairy European style of play. It's a really wretched game.
"What about Kwame and Merlot?"
On May 9, 2005, in the restaurant of a large hotel near Hollywood, a black man took the newspaper in his hand and asked his companion on the side, at this time the black man with glasses frowned a little, and when he finished speaking, his assistant also had a little embarrassment.
"Merlot and Kwame they went shopping, you know, we just beat the supersonic the day before yesterday and they look like they need to relax now"
After the assistant finished speaking with some embarrassment, the black man also sighed, seemingly a little helpless.
This big black man with glasses is none other than Sam Mitchell, the head coach of the Raptors who came to Los Angeles from Memphis, and it was lunch time at noon, but during this time period, some players on their team did not show up in the restaurant on time, but after getting the answer, Sam Mitchell did not have much other action, and for an NBA team, his voice was not so sufficient in this regard.
"Yes. I know. You go and inform them. We'll go to Staples Arena at two o'clock in the afternoon to acclimatize to the court so they don't get late," the Raptors head coach finally told his assistant with some seriousness.
In the past two years since he came to the Raptors, Sam Mitchell has had a very happy life, whether it is his old teammate Mobley or several star players of the team because he is from the Timberwolves, he is also very respectful to him, and the management of this team is also very supportive of him because he is a disciple of Zhuang Fei, in this case, he has a stable coaching environment that the average NBA head coach does not have.
In such a coaching environment. He didn't disappoint, leading the Raptors to the second round of the playoffs for the first time last year, losing the last six games to the Lakers led by Phil Jackson at the time, and he himself won last year's NBA Head Coach of the Year, which is a perfect result for a rookie head coach, at least the most perfect achievement he can imagine.
He knows very well how many catties and taels he has, he knows that he is different from his teacher Zhuang Fei, and he can only look up to Zhuang Fei's greatness. He also didn't tell them when he first entered the Timberwolves like Zhuang Fei did that the team's goal was to win the championship.
The same. He also knows that his talent and ability are limited, many times although he can copy the set that Zhuang Fei made in the Timberwolves before, but what he can do is only this, he can't make his own things or form his own system like Green, so many times he knows very well that he needs good players, and the support of these players, without the support of these players and a stable coaching environment, he doesn't think he can succeed.
In this case, the atmosphere in this team has also been very good in these two seasons, although Anthony and Kwame Brown are some' 'abnormal' players, but these two people are not thorns, and he doesn't need to correct the abnormality of these two people off the court, just like when he said to them when he was in the Timberwolves, I don't care what you are off the court at all, what I need is your performance on the court, although in the end Zhuang Fei changed this sentence, and he began to catch off the court, but that was Zhuang Fei, that was his great teacher, he was able to catch the players' off-court and make the players obedient, but he couldn't.
He has his own NBA survival philosophy, and he has to have his own NBA survival philosophy, and he's doing a good job right now, at least after his success last year, and his success this year shows that he's doing really well.
After finishing today's lunch, the Raptors head coach didn't stay in the dining room, but went straight to his room to watch the clips of the Lakers and Clippers playoff game.
"It seems that how to suppress the Lakers' offense is the key to whether the team can win."
Although in the past, there was a lot of research on the Lakers' game videos, but every time I watched the Lakers' videos, Sam Mitchell would have an incredible feeling, when he was in the Timberwolves before, the Timberwolves' offense trained by Zhuang Fei was also extremely good, but at that time, the Timberwolves were also a team that attacked to the extreme.
But the Timberwolves' offense is completely different from the current Lakers' offense, the Timberwolves' offense was minimalist at that time, and now the Lakers' offense is extremely complex, these two different styles also cause Sam Mitchell to find no way to deal with such an offense, which means that his current teacher is completely different from his previous teacher, in this case, the experience that followed Zhuang Fei in the past is naturally completely useless.
Of course, although he doesn't know how to crack the Lakers' offense like almost most head coaches in the NBA, some experience in the regular season can still provide him with a lot of help, of course, the Clippers also give him a lot of hints on the current video, or just like the Lakers' game with the least points this season is also a game between the Lakers and the Celtics, as long as the team's offense is dominated by the inside, and then the success rate to suppress the speed may be successful, but the Celtics and Clippers can do itHis Raptors can't do that. And more importantly, the Raptors and Clippers have a completely different style from the Celtics, and this is a team with a very casual offense, which can be said to be exactly the rhythm that the Lakers like.
"It's really a troublesome thing, it seems that you can only count on Kwame's frontcourt rebounds, but fortunately, he's been in good shape lately" Looking at the video on TV, the Raptors head coach also had some anticipation when he thought about the end. For him. Now the team wants to win this series. It takes these players of his to play at a super level.
For Sam Mitchell, this series is the first time he has faced Zhuang Fei in his career, and it is absolutely rare for him to be able to remain calm in such a situation, at least he now knows where his team is, and he knows what his team should do.
"Anyway, in this series, I will definitely play my own basketball," the Raptors head coach finally swore to himself as he watched the Chinese hugging his players after the game on TV.
And it was at this time. The door to Sam Mitchell's room was also pushed open by his assistant.
"Sam, Melo they're back, now it's time for us to get off and get used to the venue"
After the assistant finished speaking, Sam Mitchell also nodded slightly, then took a deep breath and turned off the TV, for him, the battle had begun
The Los Angeles Lakers' second-round opponent is the Raptors, which is a familiar opponent that is also less complicated than other opponents like the Spurs or the Timberwolves, in this case. The series was extremely calm before the start of the series, without much gunpowder. There's also not much grudge like the shouting of Clippers owner Raheem Sterling in the first round.
Even at the pre-game press conference, the head coaches of both sides, Zhuang Fei and Sam Mitchell, were very friendly, which made many reporters not see the hustle and bustle that a playoff game should have.
Of course, although this round of the series seems to be missing some hustle and bustle, but for these reporters, they still have no shortage of topics, at least the relationship between Zhuang Fei and Sam Mitchell is a good topic, last year's best head coach and this year's best head coach, plus the previous league has been circulating Zhuang Fei suppressed his own disciples, such news is still very popular.
Of course, even without the gossip, it's going to be a very exciting game just for these two pairs of styles, and their game will certainly be more exciting for these two attacking teams than the others.
On May 9, 2005, at seven o'clock in the evening, the Staples Arena in Los Angeles, at this time, the NBA famous arena was already full of spectators, or an hour ago, the Staples Arena was full, for this game Los Angeles Lakers fans have been looking forward to for a long time, after all, it has been less than half a month since the last home game of the Los Angeles Lakers, for these Lakers fans, such a length of time is very torturous. Especially after the Lakers played what has been called the most beautiful basketball in NBA history this season, for many Los Angeles fans, coming to the Staples Arena every night or watching the Lakers every night in front of the TV has become a regular schedule.
It is precisely because of the gap of half a month that the stands of Staples Arena are particularly crazy today.
"Kenny, how much trouble do you think the Raptors are going to cause the Lakers in this game"
While the two teams were warming up on the field and the managers of the two teams were greeting each other, Barkley, the commentator in the stands at Staples Arena, looked at the players on both sides of the field with some curiosity and asked how the players on both sides of the field asked their partners.
In the eyes of many experts, there is no suspense in this game, or there is no suspense in this round of the series, especially in this year's regular season, the Raptors proved that they can only play against the Lakers, and they can't defend against the Lakers, in this case, they can only be stronger than whose offense, and the Raptors want to suppress the Lakers on the offensive end? It's impossible.
While it's not very likely that the Raptors want to win the Lakers, it's still possible to cause trouble.
"It depends on the performance of Kwame Brown in this game, he is the lifeblood of the Raptors, if he can play well, the Raptors will actually play with the Lakers," Kenny Smith said after a moment of contemplation, and at this time the referee on the court, Bavita, had already thrown the basketball into the air.
The competition has officially begun. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )