There are many people in the league who think like McMillan.

For example, Mr. Smart, the general manager of the Clippers, thinks the same way.

The Clippers' relaxed training atmosphere and relatively relaxed tactical routines are all required by Min Congda.

Although he asked Dunleavy to develop his tactics with Randolph at the core, he was not so rigid at the same time.

"We need to give Curry, Davis, Harden, Hinrich and others full autonomy to choose. When they feel they can shoot, just let them shoot, don't be so rigid and have to pass the ball from the inside. ”

Victory often dies in the swing, which is the experience that Min Congda summed up after watching the ball for a season.

Although Curry's stinky boy can really get in sometimes when he throws a wave, he doesn't get in more often.

Sometimes trusting too much in your own hand results in wasting a lot of attacking opportunities and causing the team to attack poorly.

And it's very demoralizing for your teammates to run back and forth, and keep watching you shoot and hit the iron.

Like Kobe, although he is also iron, Kobe Bryant is in a different situation many times, he is a teammate who has no choice, so he can only come by himself.

In this case, if you can throw, everyone thinks you are really good, and if you can't throw, there is no way, and the tactics have failed.

Curry is not a teammate, but at the beginning of his rookie season, Min Congda gave him the privilege of shooting.

At the beginning, Dunleavy wanted to train Curry to a traditional point guard, but Min Congda didn't let him, so he let him shoot blindly.

This season, Min Congda doesn't believe in evil, and he doesn't believe that a few little things on the outside can still get up together.

He thought, "Curry can shoot well, but Harden can't either, right?" George can also make waves, right? ”

With this in mind, the Clippers' first preseason game against the Trail Blazers directly became a symphony.

Outside jingle shots, three-point shots, long two points, and any kind of unreasonable shots.

Even when he was on the fast break, Nick Young had to throw a three-pointer and didn't score, and Min Congda was very happy to see it.

Not surprisingly, the Clippers trailed the Trail Blazers by 11 points in the first half.

He trailed even more in the third quarter, trailing by 20 points at one point.

Min Congda thought that the first game of this preseason was lost, and he would get 500 yuan.

Unexpectedly, in the fourth quarter, after trailing by 17 points, Harden and Curry scored four three-pointers in a row.

At one point, the score was chased to only 7 points!

scared Min Congda out of a cold sweat.

Fortunately, the fifth three-pointer did not score, and the Trail Blazers stabilized their position.

In the end, they defeated the Clippers by 98:93, 5 points.

Min Congda received $500, and the Trail Blazers got off to a dark start to the new season.

"These two boys still have some strength, there is no danger, there is no danger."

After the game, Dunleavy wanted to criticize everyone.

But at the last moment, Harden teamed up with Curry to chase consecutive points, but Dunleavy saw something.

As a veteran coach, Dunleavy saw in Harden a trait that Gordon didn't have: organizational skills.

Harden gets the ball at critical moments, always sees and listens to all directions, and his offensive colleagues can also take care of their teammates.

This is an ability that Gordon does not have, and Gordon generally only has the basket in his eyes.

And Curry also has such an ability, so that the two players are on the same team, what kind of sparks will be sparked in the future?

Dunleavy felt that this imagination space was very large, and for a while he began to admire Min Congda again.

"Smart allows a few backcourts to make full shots, in fact, to develop their independent offensive and organizational skills. If both Harden and Curry can grow, their achievements may be terrible..."

Min Congda's operation can always bring endless reverie to Lao Deng.

This is one of the reasons why Deng Sr. endured the risk of a heart attack and continued to sit in the Clippers head coach position.

He didn't give up on his dream of the finals stage.

After playing the Trail Blazers, the Clippers went to Sacramento and Oakland to challenge the Kings and Warriors.

In these unimportant preseason games, Min Congda accompanied the whole process to watch, because he had to be accepted.

He wants to observe whether the newcomer is good on the court, and if so, he will consider trading it in the future.

If it's not good, you can stay, and keep it to help the team rot.

Of course, if you play too well, like Curry, you can't trade if you want to.

It's too unreasonable, how can there be a reason to directly trade the champion who has played well.

In the second game against the Kings, there was someone who was targeted by Min Congda, and that was Bledsoe.

This little steel cannon came off the bench for 20 minutes, relying on strong breakthroughs and accurate three-point shots.

He scored a team-high 19 points to help the Clippers win the Kings and win their first preseason win.

After the win, Bledsoe was very excited and raised his arms high, he was the one who played the best tonight.

However, he noticed that the general manager Smart Min, who was sitting on the sidelines, had a serious face and did not look happy.

Back in the locker room, Bledsoe asked Curry, "Why does Mr. Smart look unhappy when he wins?" ”

Curry said: "It's okay now, but he's even more upset when it comes to the regular season. The more we won, the more serious Mr. Smart became, because he was afraid that we would be too proud. On the contrary, once he loses, he will be happy and relaxed, because he is afraid that everyone will be under pressure to lose, and everyone will relax. ”

It turned out that this was the first time Bledsoe had seen such a manager.

"It's good to get used to it slowly, there are a lot of things in Mr. Smart that are different from ordinary people and worth learning."

Curry reminded Bledsoe as a passer-by.

Against the Golden State Warriors on October 8, the Clippers suffered a heavy loss, losing to the Warriors by 30 points at 90-120.

In this game, the Clippers were collectively dumb on the outside, and they were a mess of three-point and mid-range shots.

Bledsoe deliberately observed Min Congda on the sidelines, and sure enough, he was talking and laughing!

After the game, I went to the locker room to talk and laugh with everyone, and the depression of losing was swept away.

"Sure enough, Curry didn't lie to me."

After that, from October 12th to October 19th, the Clippers lost all 5 home preseason games!

Losing to the Spurs, losing to the Nuggets, losing to the Jazz, losing to the Kings, some were big defeats, some were bad losses.

With Clippers fans buying tickets to support the Clippers, it is indeed a bit unreasonable to lose so much in the preseason.

Min Congda lost to the King by 1 point in the last preseason game, 99:100, and was so happy that he almost couldn't hide his undercover identity.

In the post-game interview, the reporter asked why the Clippers had a losing streak in the preseason.

Min Congda said: "It's just a preseason, if you lose, you lose, what's the use of winning?" Can you get us to the playoffs? ”

He said this, but he thought in his heart, because I have built a successful lineup, this is a team that can't win.

Look at this slow interior defense, the weak No. 3 position, the guard line that shoots indiscriminately, how to play, how to win?

For a while, even Clippers fans began to worry about whether the Clippers in the new season could still set sail.

The only thing not to worry about is the Clippers players themselves, who know how many pounds and taels they have.

And the preseason and the regular season are really completely different.

(End of chapter)