Chapter 419: New Thunder
In the Thunder locker room, Durant breathed a sigh of relief after dealing with reporters, he hates dealing with reporters the most, he just wants to play well, why do these reporters like to stare at him?
Durant thinks that it doesn't matter if he stares at him, why do you keep asking questions about Carlimo? For what team cut him? Damn, now that the Thunder's record is so bad, and last season was so bad, the team can't find someone to blame? There are two reasons for the team's poor record, one is that the head coach is not strong, and the other is that the boss of the team is not strong, and the team can't cut itself, right?
Barefoot, Durant rushed up and slammed the locker room door shut.
Westbrook cautiously looked at the big guys with gloomy faces, he was a rookie and was embarrassed to say more, so he whispered to little Jordan, who was also a rookie: "The team finally did a good thing, that guy Carlsimo should have been a bastard a long time ago, don't you say?" But who will take over as our head coach? Is it Scott? That's not bad...... Hey, man, why are you so quiet? It can't be the memory of Calsimo, right? ”
Little Jordan snorted coldly and said, "I remember him as a bird!" That idiot, you chose me and let me sit on the bench! Didn't he see my efforts in the gym? Can't he see how I'm doing on the pitch? That old blind man will say I need to be honed, huh! ”
Westbrook nodded in agreement, the selected Rose, Beasley and Mayo in front of him have all secured the starting position, of which Rose and Mayo dominate the rookie of the week in the East and West, which makes him very angry, but Carsimo is notoriously distrustful of rookies, except for Durant who started in the locker room as soon as he came last season, and the other rookies as long as they don't have the boss to talk, sit on the bench for a season first.
The Thunder's record is so bad is not only the head coach's problem, but also their locker room atmosphere, Durant, Prince, Green and Collison are all taciturn by nature, Westbrook and Jordan Jr. are not good at words, looking at the team atmosphere is lifeless, no one roars and gets angry when you lose, no one cheers and celebrates when you win, how can such a team win?
This can be seen from the reporters leaving the locker room, except for Westbrook muttering a few words, no one spoke, and even Jordan Jr. closed his mouth today: because today's opponent is the Warriors, since the day he was drafted by the Thunder, Jordan Jr. has been waiting for this day, he wants to teach the Warriors a lesson, teach the old Nelson who deceived him and the Warriors uniform team who is blind like Carlsimo and Blind, and make them regret that they didn't choose themselves in the draft but chose a Congo stupid boy.
Nelson Sr. aimed at Ibaka from the beginning, he needed a big man who was good at attacking, at least accurate in the middle of the shot, able to help Chamberlain pull out the bag, so that the opponent did not dare to go into the penalty area to trap him, Jordan Jr. was never his choice.
Of course, Nelson Sr. is extremely cunning, the old man did not try out Ibaka at the beginning, but praised Jordan Jr. vigorously, he thought that he would definitely not have a chance to select Jordan Jr., this kid's excellent physical fitness inside line is rare, and he should be selected in the top ten. As a result, no one chose Jordan Jr. at the draft meeting, and of course he wouldn't choose it, it was all fooling people before, who would have expected that Jordan Jr. would be in his heart, he was stupid and really thought that the Warriors wanted to select him in their dreams.
After this happened, Jordan Jr. hated Nelson Sr. and the Warriors, and he didn't go on vacation after signing a summer, but worked hard in the training gym, taking advantage of Kobe Bryant and other superstars to run to play in the NBA, he hired Maddy's full-time trainer to train him, and wanted to take revenge on the Warriors in the game.
Jordan Jr. had an exceptionally good summer league season, averaging 18 points, 22 rebounds and 5 per game. 2 blocks, known as Chamberlain's second, who knows that since the preseason, he hasn't even played time, Carsimo doesn't need him at all, no matter how good he is in the training game, he directly clashed with Carsimo in the regular season, and little Jordan is also a temper tantrum!
In this way, Calsimo does not need him, which leads to Jordan Jr.'s outrageous reputation now, and he is about to draft the All-Star rookie lineup, and he has no voice at all.
The door of the locker room opened, and a handsome middle-aged man walked in, the middle-aged man was about thirty-seven or eighteen years old, with black hair meticulously wiped with hairspray, a straight suit on his body, shiny leather shoes on his feet, his eyes were sharp, his face was solemn, and he looked like a human elite.
"Hey, Scott." Durant and the others said hello, and this is their assistant coach, the guy with a good chance of being their next head coach, Scott Brooks.
NBA coaches are divided into two categories: academic and practical, the academic is Popovich and Larry Brown, who were not professional players when they were young, but loved basketball and actively studied the game, and later became head coaches. Practicals such as Nelson Sr., Pat Riley, etc., are all retired NBA stars.
Scott Brooks is also such a player, he was a playmaker when he was a professional player, and played for Texas Catholic University, Shenghua Golden Delta University, and University of California, Irvine in college, averaging 20+ points per game, and is a point guard with strong scoring ability.
Later, in 1988, Scott entered the NBA, where he played a total of 10 seasons and played 682 regular season games, averaging 5 points, 2 assists, and 1 rebound per game in his career, and won the championship with Olajuwon as a member of the Rockets in 1994-95.
After retiring from the game, he studied tactics for a few years, and Scott was taken to the Denver Plateau in 2003 by Nuggets coach George Carr, where he coached him carefully, taught him by word and deed, and studied for three years in 2006 He went to the Sacramento Kings, originally wanted to covet the position of head coach, but the latter didn't trust him at all, or let him be an assistant coach, and he ran to the SuperSonics last season in anger.
At that time, the SuperSonics had a terrible record, and Scott was waiting for the team to fire Carsimo and then take the helm himself. As a result, the SuperSonics team is very able to survive, and last season played so badly that he did not change the head coach, Scott once thought that Carsimo had an ambiguous relationship with the team's general manager Presti, but fortunately, he could bear it, and now he finally boiled from a daughter-in-law to a mother-in-law, and waited for the day when Carsimo was fired.
Scott knows that his current position is still very unstable, he is only the acting head coach and not the main head coach, so he acts very low-key, and despite the toughness of the Warriors this time, he still wants to beat the other side, if he wins this game, he is likely to be corrected by the uniform team.
The Thunder want to win right now, they want to get the support of the Oklahoma fans, so whoever can bring them the win, they will be the head coach.
Didn't Scott just want to win, and Carsimo didn't want to win? That guy wants to win more than anyone else, but he thinks it's impossible to win with such a bad deck of cards, and Scott doesn't think so, in his eyes, the current Thunder may not be very good, but it is definitely above average.
Energetic, Scott began to deploy tactics, first he looked at Durant, groaned and pinched his words, he said softly: "Kevin, you know, I'm the same guy as you, we all want to win, right?" Do you want to win? ”
Durant was stunned for a moment, and secretly said in his heart, aren't you talking nonsense? Lao Tzu doesn't want to win, do you want to lose? Fuck the other side is the Warriors led by Chamberlain's bastard, they are all in the league for a year, and they are the eyes of the list and Chamberlain was born in the wilderness, but now he is the first person in the MVP list and the prince of the league, what about himself? Schoolbag Du, turtle Du!
After receiving the exact answer, Scott's spirits were lifted again, and he said: "In this case, man, then your position may have to change today, you used to have unlimited firing rights, but today I am going to cut down on your shots, your tactical position will change in the first half, no longer a terminator but a battle planner, can you accept it?" ”
When he said this, Scott was also aggrieved in his heart, fuck you look at the old Nelson on the other side as the head coach, often training his players on the court like a grandson, whether you are Chamberlain, Jackson or West, whether you have a big temper or a small temper, you are trained as a grandson, let you sit on the bench and you have to play as a substitute, let you watch the game you can't play, what about yourself? You have to ask the players for advice on how to arrange a tactic.
Thinking so, Scott sighed in his heart, no way, he can't help but bow his head under the low eaves, when he studied under George Carr, he learned that as a coach, you must not offend the team's number one core before you become a famous coach, otherwise just wait to get out, generally speaking, when the team uniform team encounters a dispute between the head coach and the team boss, as long as the head coach is not a famous coach like Riley and Zen Master, it is the head coach who will get out, because the team box office depends on the players after all.
Carl is actually quite kind to people, but I don't know what Lu Dao is for, he just can't get along with his proud disciples, he used to coach Ray Allen, the two fell out, and now he coaches Anthony, and the relationship between the two is not good.
Duran's temperament is calm, not the kind of person like Kobe, Marbury, and young Iverson who will kill you if you dare to touch my ball, plus Scott gave him enough face to communicate with him in a consultative tone, so he nodded and said: "No problem, chief, I try to minimize the number of shots in the first half, but then who do we use to attack?" ”
Hearing this, Scott's heart suddenly settled, and he couldn't help but thank God, fortunately, the Thunder boss is Durant, not Kobe, otherwise he would have waited to get out.
"Russell, it will be Russell's main attack!" Scott looked at Westbrook and said firmly.
Westbrook looked at Scott in a daze, thinking for a moment that he was having auditory hallucinations, isn't it, Scott, are you my long-lost father? Carsimo has never let him start, and Scott is going to make himself the number one core as soon as he comes to power?
A great sense of happiness befell Westbrook's head, and he could not even finish his words, and cried out, "Daddy...... Ah no, boss, don't worry, I won't drop the chain today, God praise you, you can rest assured to hand over the ball to me, I will definitely make the Golden State people miserable! ”
Arrange Westbrook to attack in the first half, this is something that Scott has been planning for a long time, before being the head coach, he didn't understand why Carsimo didn't like to use this little guy with strong physical fitness, high morale and excellent ball skills, and having him can definitely help Durant relieve huge pressure.
In addition to Westbrook's ability, Scott is also showing favor to him by doing this: Boy, Lao Tzu gave you the ball as soon as he became the head coach, you learned about Entu, and the team uniform team will ask for your opinion in the future, you must say good things to me!
The guard selected with the fourth pick in the first round, there is no doubt that Westbrook will be another core of the Thunder team in the future, the team will not use such a high draft pick to pick a leftover, not to mention Westbrook's physical fitness and self-motivation, in Scott's opinion, this is a small Chamberlain, Carsimo doesn't even pay attention to him, no wonder he will be cut by the team, just this vision, deserve it!
The main tactical execution candidate has been arranged, Scott has the last arrangement, the front is the offense, this time the defense will be arranged, if this arrangement is invalid, then he may still have to suffer defeat today - he wants to find someone who can deal with Chamberlain, and this candidate he has already chosen, and he has been investigating for months!
Scott's gaze shifted back, then on a large man who looked like a black tower.