Coach: Coaching the Grizzlies at the beginning, playing the bantam

Chapter 73 Chicken Soup Coach Online?Take a sip before the game!The opening game against the Clippers!Morale is high!
On the evening of the 28th, the Sonics were a guest in Los Angeles, and the opening game officially started.

Lu Yong walked into the visiting team's locker room with a tactical board in his hand. The players all stood up and greeted him, especially the rookies, who respected him as a young coach.

The Sonics are a team in the rebuilding period. There are no contradictions in the locker room and few thorny players. It is most suitable for the head coach to manage.

As soon as Lu Yong came in, he made a joke, trying to decompress the players. "Why are you all looking listless? You won't be under pressure against a bad team like the Clippers, right? Let go of the game. We will strive for a big victory in this game and let the media see the strength of the Supersonics. How strong is it?"

Assistant coach Brooks wiped his sweat with his hands when he heard the words. Last season's bottom-ranked team said that the Clippers were a bad team and they wanted to win a big away game. Lu bravely said this.

Lu Yong handed the tactical board to Tony Brown, walked to the center of the locker room, clapped his hands, and said loudly: "Our goal in the new season is to reach the playoffs. I hope everyone will not put themselves in the weak position. No matter the opponent Whoever it is, we must show the determination to fight to the death, and use practical actions to tell others that the last place is long gone, and now the Sonics are a brand new team with a bright future!"

Brooks stood stunned. This was the first time he heard Lu Yong motivating the players, and his tone was as arrogant as ever.

Tony Brown has long been used to it. Lu Yong was good at brainwashing rookie players when he was in the Grizzlies. In his opinion, these are just drizzle.

Lu Yong then shouted: "Don't forget, the team was the team with the worst record in the league last season, and it only ranked 25th in the latest power ranking. So we don't have any pressure, Winning more games is progress, why don't you dare to give it a go?"

"The ones under pressure should be the defending champion Grizzlies, and the Celtics who just formed the Big Three in the summer. What we need to do is to go all out, hover outside the championship list, burst out the energy in your body, and surprise the outside world. "

The rookie players laughed when they heard Lu Yong's encouragement, and the pressure on their bodies was indeed much less.

Playing for a team that ranked last in the league last season, no matter how bad the record is, no one will say anything. Even the coach said that winning one more game this season is considered an improvement. There are still some new melons who have just entered the league. What are you afraid of?

Brooks stood on the sidelines, thinking that he had never heard these words from his former head coach Bob Hill.

Every time the team loses, Hill will reprimand the players for not being decisive enough to attack and not working hard enough to defend. In the eyes of veteran coaches, this is the most correct way of coaching.

But after listening to Lu Yong's words, Brooks, who is also young, found that the mental state of the rookie players seems to have become more abundant.

Encouragement without reprimand is destructive connivance, but it is undeniable that at the critical point of the opening game, encouragement is indeed the best way to let young players relieve pressure, which is better than blindly emphasizing the defensive effect.

Lu Yong said: "As a coach, what I can do is to arrange tactics for you and bring out your own characteristics when employing people. But the game is never played by the coach. Only you can really influence the game. I hope The Sonics are a team with a fighting spirit, even if they lose, they must make their opponents pay enough!"

"All good grades are hard work. No one can help you to succeed, because the key to success is always in your own hands!"

The players applauded after hearing this, and they were so excited by Lu Yong's words that they wished they could play with the Clippers right now.

At present, there are not many chicken soup coaches in the league. Most of the active players on the first level are old coaches who came from the 8s and 90s.

What they have in common is that they emphasize defense and training, find ways to put pressure on the players before the game, and instill the determination to win the game.

Lu Yong is just the opposite. He is well aware of the importance of decompressing rookie players. Before the game, it is more about establishing the team culture, and the second is emphasizing the game.

On the surface, it looks like Lu Yong is messing around, but in fact he has successfully relieved the pressure on the rookies, making it easier for them to perform well after they debut.

Fifteen years later, most of the truly mainstream coaches in the league have become comprehensive players with chicken soup + tactics, with one set of rhetoric, and even the stars are easily confused.

The most representative ones are champion coaches Rivers, Tyronn Lue, Steve Kerr, and Mike Malone, who has led the Nuggets to the top three in the Western Conference all year round.

Of course, knowing how to cook chicken soup is also destined to not sit in the position of "champion coach" for a long time. You must have the tactical literacy that you should have. This is the key to increasing the competitiveness of the head coach.

Otherwise, the probability of the final end will be the same as that of Doc Rivers, cheating and cheating around with the title of champion coach, and even leading 3-1 in the playoffs is not guaranteed.

During warmups, the Sonics were relaxed.

The chicken soup that Lu Yong cooked himself before the match finally worked.

The biggest advantage of the Sonics this season is that there are many young people in the team. In addition to passing and cutting and screens, the main tactics are also fast breaks.

Lu Yong emphasized more than once that he should pass a long pass quickly when he has the opportunity, and would rather make a mistake than miss the opportunity to play a defensive counterattack in vain.

This offensive method does not have much gold content, but it is precisely one of the most suitable offensive systems for the Sonics.

Young people can run against veterans, and there is nowhere to release their vitality.

Joakim Noah can send a long pass after picking off a rebound in the backcourt. This is his characteristic, and it is also the reason why Lu Yong strongly recommended him in the draft and brought him back to Seattle with the No. 5 pick in the first round.

As long as they can continue to cooperate with fast break and counterattack, the morale of the team will definitely rise, and it will become the most passionate team in the league.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the two teams announced their starting lineups.

Supersonic Five: Delonte West, Bunch Wells, Durant, Szczerbiak, Joakim Noah.

Clippers five: "Alien" Cassell, "Old Cat" Mobley, Corey Maggette, Brand, Chris Kaman.

Noah showed passion at the beginning, jumping the ball and beating Kaman, who is 2 meters tall.

Delonte West took the ball across half court, observed it, and passed it to Kevin Durant who came up to meet him.

Durant is still not calm at the moment. After Lu Yong said so many words before the game, he just remembered one sentence: the key to the door to success is in his own hands.

Facing the opportunity, he didn't hesitate at all. Taking advantage of Maggette's flanking and slowing down the screen, the free throw line was pulled up and it was a jumper.

Durant was good at mid-range catch and jump shots when he was in college. This is his familiar playing rhythm, with perfect arc and trajectory.

He wants the outside media to see who is the best player in the 07 draft!
Maggette's speed around the screen was slow, and the slight interference with his hand was ineffective. The ball fell into the net hollowly, whoosh! 2 to 0.

"Nice job, Kevin, that's it!"

Lu Yong stood on the sidelines and took the lead in applauding. This was exactly what he wanted to see.

Although Durant's offensive efficiency was low in his rookie season, his main scoring method was the mid-range jumper, which was efficient and comfortable, and it didn't matter even if he made a few wild shots.

It's often said that Kevin Durant doesn't believe that the night is coming because the torch is in his hand.

　Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a recommendation ticket, and ask for a meal from everyone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)