Healing Basketball

   Chapter 316 316. The tears of the coach are flying

  Something is acceptable without it, but it is better if there is.

   A basketball player who can accept changes in role functionality.

   But if he can be more involved in organizing and cooperating with the offense, as long as he has a little energy, he will naturally be happier and more actively involved.

  Maybe it is not so sensitive and cannot subjectively understand what has changed, but instinctively it will feel happier.

   The Blazers' second-team players felt that way.

  Kevin Plitt looked at the coach who had a good chat with Liu Xiu and felt that he was not so suitable to be a coach.

   Although he also supports Liu Xiukai to play shooting guard, he understands the benefits.

   But he has been working hard every day for a period of time, thinking is exhausted, and he has not thought of a good way to help the team complete the adjustment.

The   ren coach has never been so worried. It does not mean that the coach has not worked hard during this period of time, and he has worked very hard, but he is not anxious.

   And the current situation proves that the coach is right. There is no need to worry about this kind of thing.

   The chief teaching assistant felt that he should give up this position...

   Entered another rotation, led by Payton and Raheem, and played quite well.

At this stage, Payton's ability to organize and attack did not show much. Basically, it was Raheem and Derek Anderson's singles. Payton's ability to cooperate with the inside line on the defensive end was shown. As a point guard, Payton's flank defense, The pinch attack on the edge of the three-second zone is actually not much worse than his single defense, otherwise he will not be able to win the best defensive player.

   A decent performance is enough for the Grizzlies.

   Now that the Grizzlies have lost their temper, they almost wrote 'We're cowardly' on their faces.

  In the beginning, they only thought of taking advantage, not 'We're going to avenge the sweep of the playoffs last season'.

   They don't have such tough leaders.

In the original time and space, after the Grizzlies were swept by the Spurs in the 2003-04 playoffs, from the 04-05 season to the mid-2007-08 season before Gasol was traded to the Lakers, the Grizzlies and the Spurs The team played against each other 14 times, with 13 losses and 1 win. The only win was Duncan who suffered from plantar fasciitis in the 2004-05 season and was sidelined due to injury.

   Kobe conquered Gasol. In the 2006-07 season, when the Lakers played against the Grizzlies, Kobe made 20 of 37 shots and scored 60 points, leading the Lakers to a 121-119 victory over the Grizzlies.

The Trail Blazers were ready to narrow the difference before halftime. Unexpectedly, the combination led by Payton, Raheem, and Kwame Brown played until the end of the first half, and the Trail Blazers still led 59-49. Grizzlies 10 points.

After coming back from the intermission, the Blazers chose to use the combination of Momoko + Warden + Rahim + Butcher + Parallel Import Champion to start a single quarter rush. The first half scored a score of 18-16, which really opened up the score. The worst part was the combination of the warden + gloves + extrajudicial fanatics + butcher + McDyess in the second half, and the score was 12 to 6.

   30-22 in a single quarter, after three quarters, the Blazers led the Grizzlies by 18 points 89-71!

  Maurice Cheeks tried several lineups in the last quarter, Payton + four other players, Liu Xiu was also in the ranks of the rotation.

   During this period, the Trail Blazers only scored 18 points, and the Grizzlies scored 25 points, but it did not hinder the overall situation.

In the end, relying on Liu Xiu's 21 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, Payton's 9 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, Randolph's 15 points and 9 rebounds, Momo's 11 points and 4 assists, and Rahim's 14 points and 6 Plate 3 assists...The Blazers beat the Grizzlies 107-96 to improve their record to 7-1!

   At any rate, in the 03-04 season, Payton was still a superstar. He joined the new team and his performance improved significantly. After the game, Payton was invited by Fox Sports to accept the post-game interview.

   Liu Xiu, Randolph and others got together to talk about nicknames.

   Liu Xiu said to Rahim: "Sharif, I think you should have a nickname."

  Rahim hesitated: "My family doesn't like that I have a nickname..."

   "How old are you? Do you need your parents to decide on a nickname?"

   "...The nickname we call in private is fine, but I hope not too many people know about it." Rahim still couldn't stand the agitation.

   However, although he was motivated to agree to the nickname, Rahim still looked at Liu Xiu with great anticipation.

   Liu Xiu thought for a while: "You can call your bishop. I heard that you believe in religion. If your parents accidentally find out, you can justify it."

  Rahim: "Uh... Warden, I was originally a candidate for headmaster."

   "Bishop, it's really good, you accepted the setting so quickly, I'm optimistic about you."

  “…”

  Rahim was helpless, and after thinking about it, he still didn't explain it.

  The teammates are really ruthless, didn't they realize that he lost ten pounds from the middle of last month to the middle of this month?

   Everyone just remembers that the warden gained ten pounds!

  Rahim is still a little happy that he has a nickname! Originally, and having a nickname, in his opinion, the difference is still very big!

After    gave Rahim a nickname, Liu Xiu felt a burning gaze.

   "Kwame, what's the matter?"

   "Warden, can you give me a nickname too?" Kwame Brown's eyes were full of anticipation.

   Liu Xiu warmly responded: "You first get rid of the nickname of the champion of parallel imports."

   "Yes! I see!" Kwame Brown was excited.

   Warden: ?

  Parallel import champion: The warden will give me a nickname when he gets rid of the parallel import champion title!

   On the other side, the Blazers coach and chief assistant were also chatting, but the coach was emotionally unstable.

   His chief assistant told him that he didn't want to be a coach anymore!

   "Watt? Kevin, what do you mean?"

   "We can find a better chief assistant coach. My ideas can't keep up with the new era. If I want to aim for the championship, my ability is really not enough."

Morris-Cheeks was so moved that his eyes couldn't contain the dew, and he said sincerely: "Kevin, I hope you can think about it, although you don't adapt to the new rules now, but I believe in you, you must Overcome difficulties!"

  Kevin Plitcha shook his head: "No, my dream was to become a head coach, and now it seems that my coaching dream has come to an end..."

  …

  …

At noon on November 18, 2004, the Trail Blazers officially announced that the team's former assistant coach Kevin Plitcha would leave his post and be transferred to the team's vice president, general manager John Nash, and head coach Maurice Cheek. Sri Lanka will be the right-hand man of the new vice president.

  According to Sports Illustrated, the Grizzlies assistant coach Lionel Hollins has accepted an invitation from the Trail Blazers to return to his old club, the Trail Blazers, as a tactical coach.

   Grizzlies general manager Jerry West has confirmed that Hubie Brown submitted his resignation and respects Hubie Brown's decision.

   Hubby Brown is 71 years old, and it is not surprising that he cannot continue to serve as the head coach of the NBA team due to health problems.

Hubby Brown leaves, his coaching staff must be disbanded, the new head coach will have his own team, Lionel Hollins finds a new home, the Grizzlies agree to let go, these things should be taken for granted , it is logical, no one is surprised. If the Grizzlies do not agree, the new coach will come and bring a new coaching staff, and the Grizzlies will have to pay the salary of Lionel Hollins. In this case , of course, it's good to get together and loose.

When the    Blazers players heard the news, they also congratulated the new president of the team on their promotion.

   Then I saw the picture of the head coach of his own team chasing the new boss with the bench, shouting: "You XXX pay me back the money and tears from last night..."

  Because of the fear of conflict with a certain team member, the vice president has been working out for the past year, running so fast that the coach can't hit him!

   On the first day of promotion, the vice president finally gave up.

   After making a lot of noise, the coach was exhausted.

  Kevin Pritt has been promoted to vice president. What the coach feels here is that the status of the warden team is becoming more and more stable!

   Who is the most accustomed to the warden by the management and coaching staff?

   Not the boss, nor his coach, but the former chief assistant and the current vice president!

  …

   At 7am on November 19th, Liu Xiu woke up on time.

   "Have performed 2 hours of mid-range shooting simulation training, 30 minutes of catching, turning and shooting simulation training, 30 minutes of catching and turning and shooting simulation training... To extract the simulation training results, it takes 477 healing points..."

   After breathing heavily, Liu Xiu completed the extraction of the simulation training results, and the ability evaluation interface appeared in front of him.

   "Host Ability Rating: 84,

  Athletics: Speed ​​90, Strength 92, Bounce 86, Agility 94, Stamina 91.

  Basic skills: 72 three-pointers, 83 mid-range shots, 92 layups, 93 ball control, 89 pass accuracy, 84 turns, 69 steps, 79 turns, 77 emergency stops…

  Techniques: 88 low post, 79 shots after dribbling, 79 acceleration layups on the go, 69 European steps, 69 pull-up jumpers, 68 fallback jumpers, 79 breakthroughs in rhythm flow, 81 breakthroughs in front of the body…”

After switching to shooting guard, the three basic skills of emergency stop, rollover and turn have improved greatly. The two skills of emergency stop jumper and fallback jumper have also improved to a certain extent. The basic skills of mid-range shooting have also improved a little. The training direction is clearer and the training is more effective.

   After washing up, Liu Xiu came downstairs, and the cutest sister in the world was humming and making breakfast.

   Listening to the wonderful singing, Liu Xiu sighed, "As expected of my sister! ’

   Liu Xiu sang a couple of lines along, and her sister appeared at the kitchen door with a kitchen knife and said friendly: "Brother, are you trying to sing two of my favorite songs?"

  Liu Xiu was moved and hurriedly left the living room to practice Bajiquan and physical training on the match day.

   There is a game tonight, and the opponent is the Raptors who have been in constant conflict at the beginning.

   When it was breakfast time, Liu Xiu read the newspaper prepared by her sister while eating.

   Yesterday, after the Blazers officially announced that Kevin Pritchard was the vice president, Paul Allen gave an interview, praised Kevin Pritchard highly, and revealed some details.

When Paul Allen contacted Kevin Pritchard in the past few years, he learned about his talent in drafting, team management and player management...and so on. He has long been trained as a team deputy. , but Kevin Plitcha, who wanted to be the head coach, refused to serve as vice president many times, and was not ready to take over the team until now.

   Seeing this, Liu Xiu could only spit out a word of "Fuck".

   But when he saw this, he remembered one thing. He seemed to have seen a piece of news about the Blazers draft in his last life.

  Roy and Aldridge were chosen by the general manager named 'Kevin'.

In the 2006 draft, the Trail Blazers traded for the Bulls' draft rights. They didn't choose Adam Morrison, who performed as well as Larry Bird in college. No normal person would step on this pit. Aldridge was selected second. , the operation is quite satisfactory.

But the template for the top 5 picks was McGrady's Rudy Gay. Experts and TV commentators thought that the Trail Blazers would select Gay, a genius under 20 years old, with the sixth overall pick. In 2004, the All-American high school In the ranking of students, Howard first, Josh Smith second, Rudy Gay third, the first two directly entered the NBA, Rudy Gay asked his idol McGrady, followed the latter's advice and went to college to try it out , the NBA can enter at any time, and the college game is not played if you want to.

   I didn’t expect the Blazers to select Brandon Roy, who graduated as a senior and was regarded as having drained his potential in public opinion at the time.

   In the end, whoever played longer is the strange team doctor. In terms of strength, Roy has been selected for the second team in the third grade.

   Liu Xiu didn't expect the boring chief assistant in his eyes to be so capable...

  …

   "Let me introduce to you, our team's new assistant coach, Lionel Hollins, is responsible for tactics, discipline management, team training, and communication with various departments..."

  The coach warmly introduced the new assistant to the players.

  Hollins has not officially joined the Trail Blazers. It will take time to terminate the contract with the original team and sign the contract with the new team, but the work is waiting for no one, and it will come directly now.

Lionel Hollins, 51 years old, was selected by the Trail Blazers with the sixth overall pick in the first round in 1975, the core of the backline in the only championship journey in the history of the Trail Blazers, and was selected as an All-Star and Best Defense. Lineup, the No. 14 jersey fluttered over the Rose Garden Arena.

  Liu Xiu looked at the information in his hand, this afro-headed and bearded teaching assistant is so powerful!

   However, hearing the job that the coach has arranged for the new assistant, Liu Xiu feels that Hollins' hair volume may not be guaranteed!

   He seriously doubted that the vice president's Mediterranean was tossed out by the coach.

   All these tasks are left to the chief assistant coach. What does the coach do?

After joining the Blazers coaching staff, Hollins immediately started work. He really knows a lot about the Blazers. Last year, the two teams played against each other 7 times. His old club had 1 win and 6 losses. In addition, the Blazers are the old club who retired his jersey, and it is difficult to understand.

  However, after joining the Blazers coaching staff, Hollins did not immediately participate in the construction of the new tactical system.

It’s not a lie that the vice president told the coach that he didn’t help the team much. The new rules and Liu Xiu’s change of position are beyond the ability of the vice president. The departure of the vice president from the coaching staff will not have much impact on the Blazers. , the newcomer Hollins has a different perspective on basic tactics, which can immediately help the Blazers...

   The adjustment of the team's tactical system and the change of Liu Xiu's position are in progress in an orderly manner. After a day of preparations, the Trail Blazers ushered in the challenge of the Raptors at home.

   (end of this chapter)