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Chapter 326 People are not fucking sages (3129)

Before the preseason of the 1985-86 season began, a news broke in college basketball.

Teammates of UCLA superstar Benjamin Wilson say he is considering emulating Ralph Sampson and entering the NBA draft after his freshman season.

If he does, he'll be the first player in UCLA history to do so.

As for why he chose to do so, no one knows.

The New York Knicks ushered in the first preseason game of the Ewing era against the Seattle SuperSonics.

The two sides reached the end, and the Knicks narrowly won.

Even with the Knicks winning, they still had a lot of troubling issues in the game.

With a high turnover rate, Ewing's immediate combat power is not at the level that fans imagined.

As a result, they really played [-]% of the preseason winning percentage.

尤因场均出场26分钟，得到18分7篮板3盖帽4犯规。

"Not a good sign."

For the first time, the speculation about whether Ewing was overrated appeared in the mouth of the New York media.

The contradiction within the team lies in not adapting to Louis' new system.

Louis ignored these voices and insisted on fighting.

There are always doubts about change, not to mention these doubters helped the team win the Ewing Award last season.

Their doubts are powerless.

The reason why Louis chose the UCLA system is not only because they have Stockton in their team, but also because there are many changes in this system.

John Wooden is known as the greatest coach in North American history, not just because he coached the two greatest centers in college basketball history.

The mechanism of college sports makes the competitiveness of the school very dependent on enrollment, and in the era when players generally play for four years, the coaching staff can build an offensive system around the trump card.

When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was still called Alcindor, everyone knew that he won three consecutive championships for UCLA.At that time, UCLA's offensive system centered on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's low-post offense to create offensive opportunities for teammates.This is the original triangle offense.

Later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar graduated and entered the NBA, and Bill Walton entered UCLA.

Walton and Kareem are both centers, but have completely different technical characteristics.Walton doesn't have as good an attack around the rim as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but he's better at passing the ball and more effective in the high post.Wooden taught students in accordance with his aptitude and modified the team's system. With Walton at the free throw line as the core, UCLA has always been in an invincible position.

Walton landed above the free throw line, and the other players used mutual screens to cut back and run back, making it even more difficult to guard against.Coach Wooden's assistant coach Pete Carrell, after leaving Wooden, relied on the concept of a center in a high position, carried forward at Princeton University, and eventually formed the Princeton offense.

When a system evolves into two distinct branches under the same coach, its essence must be carefully guessed.

What's more, there is a third branch of the UCLA system.

Before Walton and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, UCLA had already had two consecutive championships, and that team did not have a great center.

At the time, UCLA's aces were Gail Goodrich and Walt Hazzard SG.

Both of them are guards. Coach Wooden immediately took the fast-paced dynamic offense as the core of the system, played the league's first offensive efficiency, and indirectly led to the NBA's offensive revolution.The Boston Celtics absorbed UCLA's advanced concepts and played the popular "Boston Fast Break" under Havlicek's running, which has since brought the NBA to the era of everyone's fast break⑴.

If you stand a bit crooked, you can think of UCLA's fast break as the pioneer of running and bombing.If so, the UCLA system is the patriarch of the NBA's three most famous tactical systems.

That's why Louie wants to implement the UCLA system.

He doesn't want to copy the tactics of 20 years ago, but wants his tactical system to have the diversity of the UCLA system.

If Ewing suddenly becomes the core who can dominate the offense and defense in the future, maybe he can use this guy as the peak Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

There is also another possibility that the Knicks will have stars coming in the future. If they don't adapt to the current pick-and-roll system, they can still learn from the ancestors of UCLA.Originally from the same origin, it is easy to think about changes.

The grievances in the team were basically suppressed by Louis.

His attitude is very clear, if you don't know how to play tactics, just obey the command obediently, if you don't obey the command and complain, then I'm sorry, let me sit on the bench.

Everyone knows Louis' true temper through contact in the training camp.

Just spray Ewing at him with that vigor, if other people dare to oppose him, they will be skinned for you.

1985/10/26

The New York Knicks' first game of the new season is against the Philadelphia 76ers.

The best era of the 76ers has passed, and they are now a paper tiger that relies on starlight to attract fans, but does not have championship competitiveness.

Both Ma Long and Dr. J are well-known figures, and they are also representatives of very rapid decline when they get older.

Andrew Tony, who has a top 50 talent, has been hit by an arrow in his knee, but the 76ers' team doctor seems not aware of the seriousness of the problem, so Tony will play in the new season with injuries.

Not to mention they took Sam Bowie with the pick that should have taken Barkley.

Moreover, Harold Katz, who was one of the richest owners in the NBA a few years ago, has encountered a financial crisis and is reducing expenses. The NBA can no longer take care of it.

The 76ers are in trouble at home and abroad.

Thinking of their plight, Louie suddenly realized that the 1987 first-round pick from Philadelphia suddenly became valuable.

Louie laughed. A few years ago, the 76ers loved to scratch the lottery by sending powerful substitutes for future draft picks. They never expected that one day they would fall into the same predicament themselves.

In the opening game, Malone won the ball first with his rapid bounce.

Maurice Cheeks had the ball, and Louie thought about something old as he watched the guard he nearly took to the Celtics.

The Knicks started with Stockton, Ellis, Campbell, Oakley and Ewing.

In terms of alignment, alignment is done according to position.

Like the Celtics period, there is no such thing as misalignment based on player characteristics.

In the opening game, Cheeks educated Stockton with a jumper.

2 is better than 0
"John, you are being too polite, so be on guard!" Louie shouted.

Stockton held the ball across half court, and he raised his hand and stretched out two fingers.

Ewing and Oakley stared at the same time.

They actually didn't see what the gesture meant at the first time.

Stockton had to shout: "high 35!"

The serial number of a high-position tactic can be ranked up to 35, which shows how much pressure the Knicks have to play inside.

Ewing and Oakley went to the high position at the same time, and they were in the high position on the left as if they were taking over, and set up a pick-and-roll for Stockton at a 45-degree angle on the left.

Beautiful ladder screens disintegrated the 76ers' defense.

Stockton hit a jumper outside the paint.

Stockton doesn't like to talk trash. If he has a problem with his opponent, at most he will give the opponent a look of "you know it".

Cheeks undoubtedly read Stockton's eyes just now.

That look means: You are nothing special, don't be so arrogant.

At this time, Louis suddenly saw Ewing defending Malone as if his brain had short-circuited.

"Patrick, fuck you."

Dr. J lobs Malone.

Ma Long raised his hips and wanted to push Ewing away, but he didn't expect that the stool was removed by the other party, and he only pushed it into the air. When he jumped up again, he already had a bad omen in his heart.

Sure enough, Ewing behind him roared like the shadow of death, and his racket went out of bounds.

"Patrick gave Moses Malone an unforgettable hat!" Marv Albert yelled, "Ewing's first impression at MSG was too deep!"

At this time, Ewing turned back and asked Louis: "What did you just say?"

"What, did I talk? It's a fan with a voice that sounds like mine. Don't pay attention to him. Your block just now was great. I'm very optimistic about you!" Louis gave him a thumbs up after he finished speaking, but he didn't know if anyone could capture this picture. In the future, he will compare it with Naruto Uzumaki's signature "My teeth are white, you are so good" thumbs, and see who is more heart-warming.

Louis was prevaricated by Ewing, and turned around to intimidate the players behind him: "Who the hell dares to tell Patrick about my 'mistake' just now, and I'll kill him, understand?"

Everyone nodded.

"People are not goddamn saints!" Louis explained clearly to himself, "There's no goddamn fault!"

Pohl trembled: "Can 'mother' still be used like this?"

⑴ If you pay attention to NBA history, you will find that UCLA has led two trends.The trend of fast break, and the offensive trend of Princeton based on the support center like Wharton. The 70s was the most prolific era for supporting insiders.

(End of this chapter)