the rest, only noise

Chapter 325 17 kinds of pick-and-rolls that beat the team

The history of NBA championships is the history of center dominance.

From George Mikan to today, only the Sonics in 1979 did not have a superstar center.Louie now has Ewing in his hands, but he is still struggling with the offensive and defensive system.

During the Celtics period, there were too many cards in hand, so he was able to characterize Sampson on the offensive end, and built four systems with Bird and Thomas as the core.

Now, with Ewing and Stockton, maybe they can only emulate the classic Jazz team and play in the UCLA system.

Louis only knew that the Jazz under Sloan played UCLA offense, but he didn't know the specific measures. He hoped to promote the establishment of the system according to his own ideas.

Ten days before the end of training camp, Louie officially launched the N.UCLA offensive system.

However, he changed the name of the system.

Although the concept of the system originated from UCLA, it is not copied.So an "N" was added.

Louie made it clear that the team’s style of play in the new season will be pick-and-roll with the ball-handler. The positional battle will be coordinated by two or three teams.

The result was not smooth. First of all, everyone's concept of the new system was not strong.

Moreover, even the old players who have played for Louis for a year have to give up the tactics they have memorized by heart and relearn new tactics such as running positions and pick-and-roll passes.

With less than half a month left before the start of the preseason, Louis threw out 200 tactics.

The tactical reserve of the NBA coaching staff depends on the number of assistants.

The more assistants there are, the more varied the tactics will be.

Louis has the largest coaching team in the league. Of these 200 tactics, except for 10 offensive tactics designed by Louis himself, the rest are all collected from the college arena by Zhao Yuanzheng, Jackson and Tomjanovich in a few days.

Even Louis himself only remembered 1/4 of the tactics.

And he needs the point guard to memorize all 200 tactics, and the other positions are allocated according to his work, just write down the tactics of his own position.

The insiders have a bitter face. Some of them lack IQ, some are impatient, and some don’t know how to memorize 10 pick-and-roll + screen methods and various, almost ever-changing screen routes within 69 days.

"Coach, I can't do it!" Antoine Kyle was about to burst into tears holding a thick tactical manual.

Louis said gently: "If you don't want to start, it doesn't matter if you can't, as long as you listen to the ball holder on the court."

Luis Orr obviously had grievances, and suddenly came up with so many tactics, and he didn't start practicing from the first day of training camp.

"We didn't play these tactics before." Orr muttered.

"I don't care what you were like in the past, starting today, we will start a new era."

Louie's slogan was shouted loudly, but the problems of the players still existed.

For example, Oakley, who has already been selected as the starter by Louis: "Coach, you know that I don't have the ability to understand, you let me fight on the field, hug and wrestle, and do whatever I want. These tactics are me. Me."

"Remember the basic 17 pick-and-rolls and screens I detailed above, don't just follow orders, trust John."

Bohr didn't say a word, he read the tactical manual handed out by Louis like a bible.

Things were not going well, but Louie was in no hurry.

Originally, he didn't plan to build the system in one season. Except for Stockton, it is estimated that no one in the Knicks team can master the new system in the first season.

Even Stockton, who Louis placed high hopes on, frowned as he stared at the tactical manual.

Ewing couldn't help asking: "Coach, what is Cross Screen? (Cross screen)"

"What's Down Screen?"

"What is Drag Screen?"

"No way?" Louis was dumbfounded, "Don't tell me you don't understand!"

Ewing believed that it was impossible for him to be the only one who did not understand: "Do you understand?"

Ball quipped: "The only thing I understand is cover."

The others shook their heads together, but no one could understand these 17 pick-and-roll and screen methods.

"What did you learn in school?"

Louis finally knew how urgent the situation was, and he didn't expect to start teaching from the most basic cover.

He hurriedly left his position, yelled, and let the insiders, along with Stockton, Webber and other guards, come to the court.

Louis gave the ball to Tomjanovich, and then demonstrated himself as a pick-and-roll man, and asked Zhao Yuanzheng to come over as a defender by the way.

On the other side, Phil Jackson has taken out the only camera in the Blue Palace to shoot.

Because I can’t remember it after watching it once, I need to take pictures of all the pick-and-rolls and screens, and make a videotape for the players.

"The so-called cross screen is a classic UCLA offense." Louie came outside the paint area on the right, which is also called the short corner area. "For example, I stand here and do an off-ball screen, Oak, you go around from the top line to my body, and then use my screen to cut into the basket. At this time, our ball handler must pass the ball at a 45-degree angle in the opposite direction to create an offensive opportunity."

Louie added: "Because Oak and Patrick are both players with the ability to shoot mid-range, so after you get an opportunity through the screen, you don't have to go inside. If you have the opportunity, you can use the shot to solve the problem."

"Understood? There are 11 tactics in the tactical manual that involve cross-screening, and you must write them all down."

The insiders were thoughtful, Louis continued.

"The so-called drag screen is not as complicated as you think. For example, when Oak is in charge of serving, he deliberately falls to the back. Once he runs to the frontcourt, he doesn't have to go to the low post or other positions. Instead, he chooses to pick and roll for the ball holder, or cover for the off-ball player who has a shooting threat. K can also pull up to the sweet spot after the screen and catch and shoot."

17 screen/pick-and-roll methods and concepts, explained in detail by Louie.

In fact, a pick-and-roll is a pick-and-roll, and a screen is a screen. At most, there are only back screens and forward screens, and the difference between fake screens and real screens. In execution, it is nothing more than standing in place after blocking, or pulling away after blocking, moving down after blocking, and continuing to cover for teammates on the flank after blocking, that's all.

These 17 pick-and-rolls and screens emphasize concept, position, space, timing, and selection.

"Coach, it's too difficult."

Oakley complained again.

"You can make me fight people every game, but I really can't learn that."

"So I said, if you can't learn it, you can only play as a substitute." Louie cleared his throat, "But, I will let Oak start, because I think the whole team, except for Patrick, will not have a second insider who understands the playbook, and I need a real tough guy to help Chuke solve problems. Unless someone can fully understand the playbook, or prove that you can play better than Oak, otherwise, Patrick and Oak will become our starting insider."

Kyle accepted his fate. He couldn't read tactics, and he was only good at attacking. He was a distinctive insider.

Even if he understands the tactics, Louie can't let an inside offensive machine with poor rebounding and defensive black hole attributes partner with Ewing.

Originally, Ewing's rebounding was relatively poor. If there were no rebounding idiots like Oakley to help fill it up, the Knicks' rebounding frequency would directly match that of the Chinese team in the world competition.

For the next ten days, Louie supervised training every day.

Especially a few insiders.

The outside line is safe, even if Weber can't master the tactics, it is enough to have Stockton.

The big deal is to let Stockton play more than 40 minutes per game. Anyway, this guy's tolerance is at a historical level.

Ewing still gets scolded every day.

He was scolded by Louis the most for three points, the defense likes to jump out, like a male dog seeing a bitch in heat.When grabbing defensive rebounds, there is no habit of being stuck, and the habit of being full of odds reminds Louis of some uncomfortable memories from his previous life.Also, the unexpected buttery hands.

Ewing often grabs the rebound and fumbles because he can't grasp it.

His palms were not small, and Louis suspected that his hands were not strong enough for such a problem.

His suspicions were confirmed by strength trainer Dennis Dillon.

Therefore, Ewing had to practice hand strength for an extra hour every night.

At the end of training camp, Louie threw a barbecue party.

His drink rarely changed from Coke to wine, sat next to Ewing, and asked, "Patrick, do you hate me?"

"Hate, he absolutely hates you." Oakley booed, "I've never seen any leading star being scolded like that."

Louis didn't say anything, but Tomjanovich had a "wait for me" expression, "That's because you haven't seen how Louis scolded Larry and Isiah in Boston."

"Are the last names of these two names Bird and Thomas?"

"Who else could it be?"

Tomjanovich suddenly became the focus of the barbecue, and everyone pestered him to ask the story of how Louie scolded Byrd and Thomas in Boston.

It just so happened that he was the witness of almost every time Louis scolded his mother.

There are too many "inventories" in the stomach, and everyone exclaims when they take out any one.

"Is it true, Kochi?" Pol asked in surprise.

Hearing Tomjanovich talk about his glorious deeds, Louis couldn't be more modest: "Rudy may have some embellishments, but the stories are all true."

After being confirmed by the person involved, everyone cried out in surprise.

Ewing felt better. It turned out that Bird and Thomas had also been scolded.

After more than a month of contact, he has a clear understanding of Louis' quality.

If he wanted to scold, his lips must be dirty.

Thinking of this made Ewing feel even better.

The league's No.1 and the league's No. [-] point guard have been scolded, what is he struggling with as a rookie?
(End of this chapter)