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Chapter 1091 The future of Los Angeles is bleak
Louie never imagined that he would undertake such a project -- combing the evolution of professional basketball's game style over the past 40 years to help him see the future path.

Louis defined the era before the 24-second attack as the prehistoric era.

George Mikan without 24 seconds is a superstar, and under the 24-second rule, Mikan is just a mediocre center. This rule has a positive impact on professional basketball that cannot be overstated.

From the 1950s to the 60s, during this decade, professional basketball games could be regarded as "chaotic shots and birds". Since each team had at most one black player in the first five years of the 50s, NBA games would be filled with scenes of a large number of slow and stupid white players playing xjb on both ends of the offense and defense.

So, a player like Bob Cousy stands out, his creativity, his no-look pass, his crotch dribble, for people at the time, it was as shocking as seeing "Avatar" in the movie theater in 2008.

Due to the existence of a large number of inefficient offenses, the NBA's shooting percentage has reached an all-time low.

There are plenty of modern fans who will point fingers at Cousy's 39 percent field goal percentage in his career, but you can't get the truth without looking at the bigger picture.

The truth is, Cousy's shooting percentage is above average compared to his generation.

According to Louie's data, among the 300 players who played more than 66 games in that decade, the highest shooting percentage was only 45%, while Cousy's shooting percentage can be ranked 42nd.

If this standard is raised to 500 games, only 22 players are eligible.

The No. 44 Neil Johnston shot only 15%, while Cousy ranked No.[-].

Entering the 60s, the situation has not improved. The hit rate of the so-called good pitchers basically hovers around 37%-40%.

Therefore, the answer to the NBA version of that period is ready to come out.

A giant who can defend and grab rebounds is the password to win.

So in the mid-to-late 50s, Lord of the Rings and the Big Dipper came out, ushering in the 60s, which can be called the golden era of professional basketball.

Because the shooting percentage of role players is generally low, the insiders can naturally catch the number of rebounds that modern players cannot match, and Russell is a supermodel.

Although it is not the level of Chamberlain that transcends the times, he has the top speed and agility in history, and he also has a beautiful pass, which allows him to launch the famous Boston fast break with a pass after grabbing the rebound.

The one who wins the inside wins the world has become the golden rule of the NBA.

The 60s was not only the first heyday of professional basketball, but also a period of exploration and change.

Chamberlain brought the concept of fitness to professional basketball.

Baylor was the first player to play in the air.

Big O made people realize that blacks can also be outstanding point guards, and his size and comprehensiveness have left a beautiful blueprint for future tragedies.

Without the emergence of the ABA, professional basketball in the 70s would have been more glorious for the foreseeable future.

But the price of having one more professional alliance is the diversion of talents.

The NBA is playing steadily, and there is no bottom line like the ABA to spend money to lure talented players to join.This also led to a sharp decline in the NBA's talent pool in the first half of the 70s.

In the era full of "Don and Dick" white men, professional basketball seems to have returned to the 50s when they were shooting birds.As a result, the dominance of the giants became more and more obvious. The insiders of the new generation mastered Russell's support, and everyone could pass a good ball.

In that dark age, the NBA started a decade-long era of fast breaks.

Then, the alliance merged, the mourning bird was born, and the butterfly named Louie started to have effect after effect.

Professional basketball in the 80s can be divided into three parts.

The chaotic 1980-1983, the 1984-1987 when the Celtics ruled everything, and the rise of the Knicks have dominated the league since 1988.

Professional basketball in the 80s was full of flowers, and every team was looking for the winning code.

No one imitates the Celtics, because their strength does not lie in creating an advanced tactical system, but they have Bird, Sampson and Thomas.

The Knicks' rise has really set the course for the rest of the league.

Melee, pressure, confrontation, pocket array...

This is an era that can be named after Louis.

In the first few years of the Knicks' dominance, there were teams trying to fight them in their own way, but as the showtime Lakers were crushed, the Trail Blazers, known as the strongest offense in history, lost three tiebreakers in a row, and all teams understood.

The Knicks have the best style of play under the current rules, and any team that tries to beat them in other ways will fail.

Unless you think your team is better than the Lakers of the Tragedy Division era, or the Trail Blazers of the Jordan era.

Louis' thoughts stopped here.

He is very sure that the Knicks have done the ultimate defense.

In the next few years, countless imitators will appear, and then the league will be brought into a dark age of competitive defense.

In order to enhance the status of the offensive side, the league will still find ways to introduce the rules that eventually created the small ball era. This is a historical law and it is difficult to break.

And Louie didn't want to do the same thing in Los Angeles that he did in New York -- reach the summit with a copy of the Knicks -- that would be no fun.

There is nothing to do with a defensive-centric team, let's create an offensive-oriented team?
With this idea in mind, Louis began to explore the future of basketball.

He's from the future, and he knows what's going to happen in the next few decades.

The dark defensive era encountered David Stern's divine punishment in 2005, but in the first few years of cancellation, the league still has not shaken off the shadow of the old era. The bloody battles between the Lakers and Celtics in 2008 and 2010 were like hitting the league in the face.

Before and after the restructuring, you were all real men fighting, so didn't they change for nothing?
Then, the 2011 Mavericks became the first team to eat crabs.

The divine performance of the German chariot and the crazy shooting performance of the whole team revealed to the fans the trend of professional basketball in the next ten years.

Afterwards, James’ one-star four-shot once again proved the potential of shooting. Until the 2015 finals, the Warriors started the series with five small starts, destroying the only remaining Cavaliers, and bringing professional basketball to a new era.

In the regular season of the 2015-16 season, the Warriors' fifth team always destroyed everything at critical moments. Facing the fifth team, the regular lineups of other teams were as vulnerable as cold weapons meeting hot weapons.

That was the biggest explosion in professional basketball since the 90s. Other teams began to develop their own small ball systems without even trying to target this style of play. Traditional big men who lacked skills and agility lost their living space in the NBA.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr did not stop innovating. After Wu Xiao became the team's trump card, he became obsessed with passing and cutting, but eventually got mad. Facing the new version of Wu Xiao who has a big core + four shots, the Warriors often had to give up passing and cutting and give full play to the personal abilities of the stars to win the game.

The small ball era has come here, and it has come to a crossroads again. No one knows what to do next, and neither does Louis.

He stopped writing.

Unknowingly, he actually wrote a small half of the book, which was just for notes at first, but now the notes tend to become a book.

Louis thought of Riley's previous life, "the future of basketball is a game of five forwards", and this idea was realized by the Warriors with five players.

The way to kill Wuxiao is to switch defenses infinitely, but to completely suffocate Wuxiao, you have to use a bigger wing player and overwhelming talent to complete the matchup suppression.

Before Louie crossed, only 19 Raptors had similar but still insufficient conditions.

Louie found a direction.

A bold idea pops into his mind, which is currently just a blurred line.

Louie knew what he wanted, but he couldn't say it, all he knew was that Benjamin Wilson, in his prime, was the key to building the most beautiful, gorgeous team ever.

So, what's next?
"Jim!"

Louie yelled.

Little Bass walked in, "Sir, what are your orders?"

"Go and help me organize a list of players who may sign up for the draft next year. Also, tell Coach Zhao not to establish Benj as the absolute core just because he is dominant in the training camp, but to give Scottie a certain status."

"Okay, any more?"

"Order me a takeaway, thank you."

"Would you like a Coke?"

"Would you like to see my smile, Jim?"

"Understood, understood."

Louis feels that he may never be able to quit Coke in his life, but if he does not drink Coke, he will be depressed. How can he lose weight without energy?
In the same way, how can Pippen play well without giving him tactical status?

This is like a pig, how can it be sold at a good price if it is not fed fat?
For Zhao Yuanzheng, this was a sudden and big problem.

If Wilson is established as the absolute core, Pippen has nothing to do even if he has an opinion, because the strength lies there.

But to get Wilson in the top position and give Pippen a certain status, this will definitely foster the latter's ambitions, and it is almost impossible for Wilson to completely subdue him.

Alas, the future of Los Angeles is bleak.

(End of this chapter)