While Wang was still wandering around and arguing with Cheng Qian, the Clippers' coaching staff remained in the training hall for a meeting.

The tight schedule puts a lot of pressure on the coaches, after all, the Clippers can be regarded as a brand new team right now, and a large part of the coaches and players are new and don't know a lot about it.

"In terms of starters, it's basically decided, Paul, Mo. Williams, Wang Cannon, Griffin and Jordan, I think the main tactics are still better to focus on blocking and pick-and-roll tactics, the team has a point guard like Paul and a fast-moving interior like Wang Cannon and Griffin, and the effect of blocking and pick-and-roll tactics will definitely be much better. Negro looked at the players sitting there and asked, "Do you have any of them?" Speak up and listen. ”

"I think that Mo. Williams is not a good fit for the current Clippers, first of all, he is not a good defensive player, both in terms of height and defensive attitude, he is not a good fit for the current Clippers. "Secondly, his offense relies on a lot of ball handling, and he has a bit of a conflict with Paul's position, and his ability to catch the ball is the same, and in general, it's a bit difficult to put in the starting point guard position," said one assistant coach. ”

"I know that, but there's no way around it." Negro nodded, and said helplessly: "Mo. Williams is in a unique situation, his contract dictates that it is not easy to trade him, and the players who can be traded are not particularly good players. The current Clippers don't have a particularly good candidate for the shooting guard position. He can only be replaced by a casual replacement, and if there is a good option in the middle of the season, he can be traded out for a better shooting guard. ”

"Another thing, the offensive ability of our team right now," said another assistant coach.

Hearing the assistant coach say this, Negro's brows immediately furrowed deeply.

That's right, the Clippers have a big problem right now.

Although Tong Guò did a good job of trading players like Paul and Wang Cannon in the offseason, the Clippers still lacked a strong offensive firepower! It's like Wade James of the Heat, Kobe Bryant of the Lakers, and Pierce of the Celtics. Players like Rose of the Bulls.

The Clippers have Paul, though. Wang Cannon and Griffin are three All-Star level players, but none of these three are the kind of players who can play the role of a spearhead on the offensive end.

Paul is a point guard, although he is also very offensive as well. But he's focused more on stringing up the team and assisting. Attacking was not his task. It's not something the team wants him to do.

Although Griffin's dunk is strong and talented, his shooting ability has never grown well. In the playoffs, many key shots need to be shot, and layups or dunks can easily be interfered with by the opponent's foul tactics, and Griffin is clearly not suitable for this task.

As for Wang Cannon, who can give the task of attacking the top soldier to a guy who can dunk and fly?

So although he knew about the problem, Negro couldn't do anything about it.

"The team lineup is like this, the general manager gave us such a lineup, what we can do is to make the most of the advantages of this lineup, let's do it as well as possible." Negro sighed and said.

Fortunately, Nigro is slightly comforted by the fact that the Clippers' defense is much stronger than the offense.

Paul's defense has always been the top in the league, not to mention Wang Cannon's defense, and the entire league can't find a defensive pervert like Wang Cannon. Griffin's defense is average, but that's because of his poor defensive attitude, and once he's serious, his explosiveness and bounce can make him a nightmare for offensive players. There is also Jordan Jr., this guy signed a contract with the Clippers with an annual salary of 10 million, which is something that Negro has never understood, this guy is basically no longer good at all except for defense and rebounding, what does the general manager think will give him a contract of 10 million?

The Clippers' four-position defense can be put on the table, as long as they strengthen at the No. 2 position and bring in a player who is better defensively, then they can form a strong defensive lineup and play defense on the court.

As the saying goes, offense wins fans, while defense wins championships. Count the strong teams in the league, Spurs, Bulls, Celtics, Lakers, which one is not first-class in defense Although there is no detailed tactical plan, but in Negro's heart, he has already thought about the tactics that the Clippers will carry out, focusing on the defensive end, and arranging simple tactics such as blocking and dismantling tactics on the offensive end, which are biased towards positional warfare.

In this way, the next tactical direction of the Clippers slowly showed its prototype in the discussion of several coaches of the Clippers.

The impact of the shutdown on the league is really big, especially for the teams.

The season has shrunk and the schedule has become extremely tight, and every qiē is a sign that this season will not be a peaceful season.

Under the influence of the shrinking season, each team has only two preseason games, and after playing two playoff games, it is time for Christmas, which means that the first regular season game of most teams in the league is played in the Christmas war of Christmas.

Of course, the Clippers are no exception.

However, because there is no predictability, the league does not know that the Clippers will make such a big deal after the shutdown and will suddenly become one of the strong teams in the league, so for the Clippers' Christmas battle, the league does not have any special arrangements for gimmicks.

As everyone knows, the Clippers and Lakers share a ballpark, so in the Christmas game on the 25th, the Staples Center was handed over to the Lakers, and the Clippers only played on the 26th.

There was no Christmas game and the opponents they faced weren't particularly strong, but those weren't a big deal for the Clippers.

In contrast, what was supposed to be a relatively easy two preseason games has become a game that the Clippers take very seriously.

Because of these two preseason games, the Clippers' opponents are all one team, the Los Angeles Lakers!

The Lakers are the big brother of the Clippers, but they are also competitors of the Clippers, not to mention the problem of the two teams sharing the same arena, because of the Lakers' scenery, so the Clippers no matter from what point of view, it seems to set off the Lakers' tall and strong low.

This made many Clippers fans very unhappy.

Especially when the Clippers play the Lakers at home, looking at the Clippers supporters who are fewer at home than the away fans, it is estimated that any Clippers person will feel very unwilling.

Now it's different, the Clippers, who have Paul, Wang Cannon, and Griffin's Big Three, already have the capital to challenge the status of the Lakers' big brother, especially after the Lakers' dream of three consecutive championships broke down, Kobe Bryant was a year older, Phil Jackson resigned as the head coach of the Lakers, and Odom Fisher and other key players of the team were traded out, etc., the call for the Clippers to replace the Lakers as the new favorite of Los Angeles has become louder and louder.

For Lakers fans, the idea of the Clippers wanting to replace the Lakers is a fool's dream, no matter how the giants are down, the giants are giants after all, compared to the grass root team, the giants have their incomparable heritage, N more championships, N more celebrities, these are not what the Clippers don't have, the Clippers are in the eyes of Lakers fans, they belong to the clown-like figures, and they can't be put on the table at all.

In Los Angeles, the Lakers fans are obviously much more than the Clippers fans, and the outnumbered Clippers fans can only endure the humiliation in the face of this situation, looking forward to the preseason encounter, the Clippers can take advantage of the hearty victory to tell the Lakers that its time has passed!

Against this backdrop, the Clippers and Lakers local derby preseason battle has finally begun! (To be continued......)