The Whip of the God of Basketball - Chapter 370

At the beginning of October, the NBA’s preseason finally kicked off, which means that the offseason is completely over, and the teams will be involved in the 2007-2008 season. 23US Before the start of the regular season, the preseason will be a good opportunity for each team to experiment with lineups and tactics, allowing players to adjust their status. On October 7, the Minnesota Timberwolves went to Turkey to play an overseas match against Efes, the Turkish Basketball Premier League team. Since then, other teams’ preseason games have also been scheduled.

The Phoenix Suns’ first game is scheduled for October 12th. They will challenge the Sacramento Kings on the road to start their new season. Before the game, the issue of speculation about the Suns’ play in the new season has already been rampant. The column published by Kolo not only failed to calm people’s speculation, but increased the compliments of all parties. The reason is simple, because if Leon does not bring new play styles and changes to the Suns in the new season, just continue to attack and improve efficiency, how can the Suns make a breakthrough in the new season?

After all, many people believe that the Suns have done their best offensively in the past three seasons. The Suns still have more problems on the defensive end. If the defensive problems are not solved, the Suns will not be able to rush out of the West. Whether it’s the Spurs or the Mavericks, they are strong enough on the defensive end, only the Sun is lame. However, judging from the summer signings and draft, the Suns did not spend their minds on the defensive end.

They not only lost the best sixth man Barbosa, but also let go of the only defensive expert in the low post, Kurt Thomas. They all introduced some old, weak, sick, short and poor. For the performance and future of the Suns in the new season, Phoenix people have expressed their pessimism. In the new season championship expectation survey conducted by espn on October 11, the Boston Celtics continued to rank first. After the successful trade of Reid to get Ray Allen, the Greens finally made up the super three monsters, and it was momentary. No two, comparable to Kevin Garnett in the summer of 2003.

The defending champion Spurs followed closely behind. After easily winning the 2007 championship, as long as the trio headed by Tim Duncan is retained, plus Vicki, the Spurs will always have the strength to compete for the championship. The Dallas Mavericks, also from Texas, continue to maintain their championship competitiveness. Although they have suffered a heartbreaking black eight, Nowitzki is still at the peak. With a boss who can spend money, the Mavericks are still favored by many people. .

In the fourth position, it used to belong to the Suns. However, this year, this position is reserved for LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers. Their amazing performance in the Eastern Conference playoffs last year left a deep impression on people. . Many people believe that the East is about to enter the James-Boston three-headed era, if the Cavaliers operate properly, they will have the strength to win the championship.

It was only at fifth place that the name of the sun appeared on the list, and it was clear that the evaluation of the sun was slightly pessimistic, “Nash is one year old, and Stadamel will not let go. Marion still doesn’t know how to shoot, Bell still doesn’t know how to attack, Dior knows everything and seems to know nothing, and they also lost Barbosa. The only good thing I can think of is that they have Fox Leon, but look. It seems that his summer operations can no longer be as stunning as in 2003. That time I almost wanted to take off my pants and immediately dedicate my chrysanthemum to him.”

At this time, espn’s famous viper expert Bill Simmons commented on the Suns and Leon in a column. As a native Bostonian and Celtic fan, Simmons has always been Leon’s diehard fan in the past. But when Leon left the Celtics and went to the sun, his viper power could no longer hide. But even so, Simmons was cautiously optimistic about the Suns. He said, “Anyway, I think Leon’s arrival may bring the Suns the soul of a champion. Don’t forget that the last one who led the Phoenix people to glory is also from Boston. .”

What Simmons said was Paul Westphal, a mediocre player in Boston, who led the team to the Finals as a Sun player and coach. But Leon and Westphal are different, he really led the Celtics to a revival.

With such controversy, Leon continued to insist on leading the team for high-intensity training. After the training, Leon asked everyone to participate in group activities after the team’s training, including dinners, gambling in Las Vegas, and visiting the Grand Canyon. In these activities, Leon showed his erudition and carefulness. one side. It’s not that the players have not been to these places, but the feeling of traveling alone with the whole team is still different.

In Nash’s words, it feels like we are back in college and high school days. The players must act together, train together, attend classes together, and play together. Of course, all the expenses for the game are paid by Leon alone. His third-hand Toyota will no longer be able to keep it. Sometimes Leon has to ask for money from his family. Khomeinis also complained to Leon, saying that he had been a coach for a few years and had not made a lot of money, and now it is still posted.

Leon said bluntly that he would be rich soon, and he would be rich soon. Khomeinis didn’t know how soon Leon had money right away, but the brokerage company got bigger and bigger, she didn’t care about the travel expenses, just hope that when the sun comes to California next week, Leon can go to Los Angeles , After all, Khomeinis’ belly is getting bigger and bigger, and the due date is March next year.

Leon agreed, and then on October 11th, he flew to Sacramento with the whole team. They will challenge the Sacramento Kings on the night of the 12th, shooting the first shot of the season.

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Leon still remembers that when he was an assistant coach in Boston, his first coaching experience was the preseason game. He pretended to be a head coach on the sidelines. He still remembered that the game was against the Milwaukee Bucks at home. Many years later, Leon still attaches great importance to the preseason, just as he attaches importance to the summer league. Leon has always believed that in the long NBA season, every stage is very important. The reason why many seemingly strong teams cannot make it to the end in June must be due to the fact that during this long season Which step is wrong and not good leads to the final result.

Therefore, no matter how inconspicuous the game, Leon will be fully prepared. In pre-season games where the results do not matter, Leon will set goals for the team and players before the game, requiring them to complete the goals in the game without focusing on the results.

In the pre-match preparation meeting on the morning of the 12th, Leon first set a goal for Steve Nash, that is, he must score 30 points in this game. Hearing this request, Nash was a little surprised and said: “Isn’t it a joke? You keep saying that you want me to take a scoring champion, is it the preseason scoring champion?”

Leon said: “No, I’m serious. You should have felt in the recent training. I am increasing your chances of personal offense. Why do you think this is the case?”

Nash replied: “Let me kill the game at the end of the game.”

Leon shook his head and said, “I really want you to be a scoring champion. After all, you worked so hard.”

Leon’s words made Nash not understand. The other players were also at a loss. What Nash wanted most was a championship, not a scoring champion. And what is he going to do? He already has the assist king, his style of play is to pass the first guard. In recent training, Leon has been emphasizing that Nash should enhance his offensiveness. Everyone believes that Leon wants the Suns to have a reliable firepower at a critical moment. It seems that he really wants Nash to be the number one on the team. The scorer? Who will pass the ball?

Nash is 33 years old, his body will only decline faster and faster, and he has never appeared in the league as a scorer, in the eyes of many people, Nash’s scoring ability is just icing on the cake.

However, Leon did not give too much explanation. He assigned tasks to others. For example, Boris Dior must complete three blocks, Stadamyer must hit more than 5 mid-range jumpers, and Bell must complete 3 breakthrough shots. Basketball, Sean Marion must grab more than 10 rebounds~www.mtlnovel.com~ For professional players, this kind of assignment is a bit ridiculous, because everyone is playing for victory, not for statistics, but since the preseason It doesn’t matter if you win, it doesn’t matter if you have data.

In the afternoon, the team conducted a simple shooting training, and now Leon also holds a position in the Suns, which is the team’s shooting trainer. While in the Celtics, Leon learned a lot about shooting training from Siegfried. Since Auerbach’s death, Leon left the Celtics and Siegfried chose to retire again. . Now that he is back in Cleveland, Leon often calls to greet him. Leon knows how important shooting is for an offensive team.

After the training, Leon asked the players to go out and relax on their own, preparing for the evening game. He himself went to dinner with D’Antoni. During the meal, D’Antoni asked: “Why did Leon give them tasks? I think this is like teaching high school players to play. Yes, during this time I just It feels like you are leading a high school team. But it seems that they are still very obedient.”

Leon nodded and said: “I’m teaching a high school team, so I want to teach them now how to play in a way that suits me and the team.”

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