Chapter 17: The biggest surprise in the rookie of the new season

After taking the makeup photos, the league also announced the schedule for the 07~08 season, and the Lakers training ground "happy" to get a more gloomy "black mamba"!

The Lakers' opening game of the new season is home to the Suns.

In the past two years, the Lakers have made the playoffs twice, both at the hands of the Phoenix Suns.

Especially in the 05~06 season, the Lakers were beaten by the Suns for 3 consecutive games and lost the series in shame when they were leading 3-1. In the fourth game of that series, Kobe Bryant shocked everyone with his "double kill" performance, he thought that his two kills had broken the Suns' mentality, but he didn't expect it to be "the long night is coming".

After that game, the Lakers played a total of seven games in the playoffs against the Suns, and the Lakers won only one game.

With Kobe's character, the Suns are naturally enemies in his eyes at this moment.

Low air pressure is also normal.

Speaking of which, Li Wan has not spoken to Kobe Bryant until now.

It's not Kobe Bryant targeting him, although the summer soap opera has ended, but the big move that Old Bass promised him has not yet appeared.

It is estimated that it was not until the "big earthquake" appeared that he could relax his tense nerves a little.

Now facing any one of the Lakers, he speaks with a straight face.

Odom also set up a bet in the locker room, betting on how many months Kobe Bryant's first laugh would be.

In the last half month, as the players have returned to form one after another, and Teks Winter has returned, Phil Jackson has also begun to conduct more detailed tactical training.

"Zen Master" returned to the Lakers in '05.

But the Lakers' first two seasons were not the "triangle offense" that they won the "triple championship" at the beginning of the 21st century.

With the exception of Kobe, the Lakers have not had a solid response point for the past two years.

However, this season, as Bynum has grown further in the summer, the entire coaching staff believes that the time has come to restart the "triangle offense".

No, the 88-year-old Winter is back on duty.

As the founder of the "Triangle Offensive Tactics", no one knows the "Triangle Offensive" better than him.

Or rather, the perimeter player's version of the "triangle offensive tactic".

The core of the Lakers' "three consecutive championships" in the 00~02 season is Shaq O'Neal, and the entire "triangle offense" is also formulated by Phil Jackson around him.

And during his time with the Bulls, Winter has always been an assistant coach on the team.

It is very appropriate for him to integrate the Lakers with Kobe Bryant as the core to play "triangle tactics".

It's just that it is not a simple matter to regain the "triangle offensive".

The first team session, Winter called a halt several times.

Kobe Bryant's singles choices many times gave him a headache.

Do not make 1vN, do not rely on 1v0, do not exclude 1v1.

These are the three ultimate goals of the "Triangle Offense" to operate the ball.

Unlike other offensive tactics that pursue the absolute "1v0", the "triangle strategy" is all about creating open spaces or 1v1 singles from the beginning, and then scoring points through the superstar's outstanding individual ability.

This is also the reason why the "triangle tactic" has always been called the "superstar tactic".

To a certain extent, the "triangle tactic" is the most "self-free" tactic for superstars.

The problem with Kobe Bryant is that a lot of times, he believes more in individual ability to score, rather than in a theoretically absolute 1v1 or 1v0 situation.

Usually 1vN is the choice.

"It's really a second Michael Jordan, there really is no difference between the two in this regard!"

Phil Jackson couldn't help but laugh out loud as he listened to Winter's complaints. When he was with the Bulls, Winter complained about Michael Jordan a lot. Think he's playing too selfishly.

But...... Michael Jordan can be selfish, and he has Scottie Pippen by his side, the greatest "second master" of all time. Even if he doesn't.

Pippen can do it too.

The Lakers are not good, Bynum's ability to shoot the ball is very reluctant, and to count on him is to wait for the "old sow to go up the tree".

In this way, before the training of the "Triangle Offensive" began, a big problem was encountered!

Phil Jackson didn't practice hard like "squeezing toothpaste".

Kobe Bryant has been fighting alone for two seasons, and his desire to finish is still strong, and it is impossible to expect him to transform all at once.

The offensive end is not smooth, and the problems on the defensive end are not small.

The 33-year-old Derek Fisher has further degraded with sideways footsteps. Although he hasn't degraded to the level of the "panty-legged defense" that followed, it's unlikely that he can be expected to block the opposing player one night, especially against the league's top point guards.

In addition, Pau Gasol and Ariza have not been traded at this time, and the team lacks interior and wing reinforcements.

After Phil Handy watched it for two days, his final thought was to defend the team.

This tactic has never been accepted by NBA head coaches, and by this summer, Popovich has become a treasure in the hearts of many coaches by locking up LeBron James with a joint defense.

The only problem is that the NBA has the concept of "defending for three seconds", if you want to defend the joint defense, you need enough tacit understanding, and now there are factors that have to move on the inside, and it is even more difficult to defend the joint defense.

The Spurs are also a group of main players who have played together for N years, which has formed a enough tacit understanding.

Li Wan is one of the few bright spots.

Whether it's on the defensive end or in the offensive end, he rarely makes mistakes, and his super high ball intelligence is undoubtedly on display in the process of the team's run-in.

The more Phil Jackson looked, the more satisfied he became.

"Lee, I'm planning to put you off the bench in pre-season, but I'm going to keep you on the pitch for more than 25 minutes every game."

Li Wan nodded.

The recent time together made him feel as if he had "misunderstood" Phil Jackson.

Since entering the training camp, instead of hindering Li Wan's behavior in the slightest, he has been very active in helping Li Wan adjust. Such a manager is undoubtedly happy for a newcomer.

Mike Conley also called Li Wan the day before yesterday and cried to him about the unfair treatment he had suffered in Memphis: "They chose me with such a high pick, but they didn't plan to train me!" ”

That's a lot of fun......

"You've improved a lot in terms of your ball handling and projection, and you know that very well, the pre-season stage is for grinding and I'm looking forward to playing well!"

Li Wan continued to nod.

Phil Jackson's words say that he feels that he should have a better relationship with the head coach.

Well......

It's all to blame on Kupchak!

On October 25, the day before the preseason kicks off, the day the Lakers' media open day.

Kobe Bryant faced the camera and pressed again: "I can't accept the same loss as last season, absolutely impossible!" ”

Phil Jackson took the initiative to mention Li Wan: "He is not on the right path, there may be such a problem since college, I believe everyone will see a different him, in the rookie of the new season, the biggest surprise, I think it is him!" ”