the rest, only noise

Chapter 136 Contradictions and Problems

Later, the supper was delivered.

Sampson once again disliked his integrity and couldn't stop eating.

Louis talked about defense along the topic of offense. Although Sampson is not the core of offense, he is the core of defense proposed by Louis.

Even with Bird on the second defense, and even if Lambiel is a good one-on-one player, the Celtics' starting lineup's defense still has major problems.

This prevents them from being a top defensive team.

The upper limit of the defensive end is very dependent on Louie's adjustments to the lineup and the use of Sampson.

Louie wants to use Sampson as a two-notch less athletic, but bigger Kevin Garnett.

One of his requirements for Sampson is to regard the area within the free throw line as his own territory.

No matter who dares to get involved in this area, it must be severely attacked on the spot.

Sumpter agrees with Louie's arrangement. Size is the core. Although the defensive core is ugly, it is hard work. Looking at the whole team, it is really him who has the ability to wipe everyone's ass.

After supper, Louis and Sampson left the Greek Academy together.

They went home separately.

Louis' "home" refers to Lorraine's apartment.

Lorraine has to go to the language school during the day, and will fix dinner by himself at night, and then wait for Louis to decide what to do next.

Louis came back late today, and it was already ten o'clock when he arrived at the apartment.

Since it was getting late, of course Lorraine could only be brought to justice on the spot.

The next day, Louis differentiated the players by skin color and arranged a fierce confrontation match.

The intensity of this match was far beyond imagination.

KC Jones believes that they are playing as an official game.

Cowens shouted: "This group of people is already sensitive, and you still let them form teams according to the color of skin, do you think the trouble is not big enough?"

"Are you worrying so much about it every day?" Louis asked him angrily, "Ralph still has a lot of bad habits of getting stuck, why don't you teach him more?"

Cowens rolled his eyes and said nonchalantly, "How do I teach? Today's young people are getting more and more temperamental, and they can't be scolded, so why not teach them?"

Today is the first match between official players.

Louie made Bird, Ainge, Lambiel, Paxson, and new offseason swingman Scott Wedman SF/SG the White Team.

Let Thomas, ML Carr, Long, Maxwell, and Sampson form a team.

After such a distribution, Louie can really understand how crowded the Celtics' current lineup is.

Even if split into two lineups, they are all starters who can lead a team to 50 wins.

The friction between Bird and Thomas was magnified in this game.

Also, the coaches who lead the black and white teams are also interesting.

Rudy Tomjanovich led the black team and KC Jones led the white team.

It seems that Louis does not have to make distinctions in terms of skin color.

But his distinction has brought the color politics in the Celtics to the facade
They all played according to the system that Louie set up yesterday, the white team played the second system, and the black team played the first system and the third system.

After one game, Bird had 9 assists and hit a lore from Isiah Thomas.

"Larry is really Larry, we are not rivals at all." Thomas said in a strange voice.

Bird didn't take his words to heart, and he turned and walked to the sidelines without even looking at the black team.

"Isaiah, it's meaningless to say such things. Larry doesn't have to work hard to beat you." Lambiel challenged. "Your lineup is obviously better than ours, but you lost. You, the core, have an inescapable responsibility."

Thomas sneered and asked, "So what if you lose? Will you be sentenced to death?"

"That's not necessary, but next time the coach arranges it like this, let's take the whole lottery." Lambiel believes that having a lottery can increase the investment of both parties.

Louie didn't care what Thomas thought of Bird, and he didn't even care that the player caused conflict because of the color of his skin.

This is inevitable in the United States. It is unrealistic to try to eliminate this deep-rooted social contradiction with a few words or rely on the authority of the head coach.

And this is not a problem with the Celtics, as long as it is a team, he has conflicts.

As the leader of the team, what he has to do is to prevent these conflicts from erupting and guide them to a stable area.

Just after the match, KC and Tomjanovich came to Louie to report on the game.

"The cooperation of the white team is better than that of the black team. Larry integrated them together." KC was full of praise. "This guy is a genius. He can play this effect in the first match. It's amazing."

Tomjanovich was not so happy.

"With Isiah alone, the No. [-] system cannot be implemented."

After operating the system himself, Tomjanovich knew that the No. [-] system was tailor-made for Thomas and Bird.

Using Thomas' speed and impact that can tear apart any defense, combined with Bird's perfect high-post offensive threat, he has achieved an all-around system that can threaten the restricted area inside and penetrate Yang with a hundred steps outside.

Most teams have a headache just how to limit Thomas' offense. Adding a Bird to the outside to respond, the intensity and pressure of the offensive end will directly rise several levels.

KC doesn't think any team can handle this system, let alone three other offensive systems.

It is very difficult to integrate into these systems, let the system work for you, and make the tacit understanding between the players quickly reach the point where you can know the opponent's thoughts just by actions, especially when there is a gap between Thomas and Bird, and Bird disdains and does not want to get close to his teammates.

"Although the No. [-] system is simple, the essence of the four-corner offense lies in the movement of the corner players." Louis hopes that they will only be responsible for pulling out the three-point line to create space for Thomas to handle the opponent alone.

Tomjanovich continued: "Isiah is obviously not used to this kind of four-corner attack."

These problems exist objectively.

But what Louis cares about is other details.

The white team also had many problems. Just in this confrontation, the new aid Weidman and the rookie Paxson ran the wrong "L" tactics at least 7 times, all thanks to Bird, a trader who can be called the Buffett of the stadium.

In other words, the white team can do better. They are very unfamiliar with tactics, and everyone is getting used to it. Only Bird has mastered the system from the first game.

The problem of the black team is not so much that Thomas is awkward, it is better to say that both Sampson and Maxwell have some problems.

They don't have the will to play the No. [-] and No. [-] cores of the No. [-] system in Bird's absence.

They didn't inherit the jobs that originally belonged to Byrd.

Sampson's pick-and-roll quality is poor, and he doesn't catch the timing well. Although Maxwell's cut-in is very sharp, he doesn't protect the rebound like a [-]th position.

"Dave, if within two months, Ralph's cover and position are still like this," Louis said fiercely, "you get out!"

Louis always said that when he turned his face, he turned his face, and his emotions were more unpredictable than that of a baby.

However, he always quickly returned to normal after turning his face, and said to KC with a pleasant face: "Tomorrow I will break up the lineup, and we will continue to play the confrontation match."

After speaking, Louis went to urge Lambiel to practice three-pointers.

Cowens complained aloud after he left: "Is the kid's mood so unstable?"

"You don't think he hired you as an assistant coach to appreciate your other abilities?"

"Isn't it because of my radiant personality?"

"What do you say?"

The next day, the competition started again.

Louis put Bird, Thomas, Angie, Maxwell, and ML Carr on the same team.

This lineup is the perfect combination of deadly paint threat and perimeter threat, with smart off-ball runners and bold cutters.

Sure enough, when the correct five people got together, they played the basic routines of the first system and the second system beautifully.

Bird has mastered the essence of high position trading, but his teammates still make mistakes.

When the tactics go wrong, KC will call a timeout.

"It's obviously the same routine, why do you keep making the same mistakes?"

"Now you have to ask those people," Bird sneered, "I don't know just those few running methods, why can't I remember, why can I run wrong, it can't be that Xia Tian went for pig brain replacement surgery?"

Maxwell and Carl were ashamed.

On the other side of the field, Sampson lost consecutive card battles to Bird.

Cowens finds his job in jeopardy because of Sampson's softie.

He is in a hurry!

He is really in a hurry!

Cowens bared his teeth like a wild dog and roared: "Ralph, is it a man? Do you want me to give you a pair of bras? Put on some fucking lipstick, it's as soft as cheese!"

Originally, Sampson didn't intend to talk to him.

He clutched his stomach and howled in pain when Byrd pushed the small movement into his stomach.

"Stop barking, you jerk!" Cowens yelled.

Sampson was furious: "Shut your stinking mouth!"

"You want me to shut up? Then you're going to be hard. I'm tired of teaching you, but you ignore my teachings. If I'm still playing ball, I'll kill you, you son of a bitch!"

Sampson turned humiliation into strength with Cowens' sweet words around his ears, and he roared heart-rendingly, using his talent to dominate the rebound.

Like all honest people who are cornered, Sampson exploded.

"Shouldn't have had it earlier!"

"Shut your fucking mouth!"

"Okay, okay, shut up, come on, don't let me remind you again." Cowens was really afraid of dampening his enthusiasm.

Louis came over, and he said to Cowens: "He still has the habit of using his talent to grab rebounds. You have to find a way to correct this."

Although Louis has let Sampson watch the positioning videos of Moses Malone and Maurice Lucas for several years, the positioning on the field is more of habit and will.Some people see their opponents shooting, and they go to the position immediately, while some people have to wait for the ball to hit the basket before reacting.

Sampson belongs to the latter. This is a vice brought about by talent, just like those talented monsters who stand outside the three-point line and cannot thrive. They all have their own technical development affected by their outstanding talent.

(End of this chapter)