Play in God's jersey

Chapter 231 Locker Room Meeting

With two consecutive losses at the start, Terry Porter is under pressure.

In the past few seasons, the Suns have been a strong team in the Western Conference. This season, the Suns have also maintained the original players. At least on paper, the team is strong. Otherwise, many experts would not have predicted the Suns' record before the start of the game. Those who can win [-] games can make it to the playoffs.

This means that I gave myself a well-equipped number, but I can’t play it. Terry Porter is impatient. After two defeats, some media reports are asking him to quit get out of class. As for the Suns fans , that’s why many people have this idea, not because of the record, but because the Suns, who were running and bombing before, didn’t make it far in the playoffs, but they played well, not like entering a positional battle. Slowly grinding and playing ugly.If the Suns have been playing and running, even if the team's performance is poor, they will not worry about the attendance of the arena.

Therefore, no matter where it is placed, the saying that appearance is justice is true.

So before the game against the Trail Blazers, the Suns had a locker room meeting initiated by Terry Porter and Stoudemire.

The other Suns players were a little surprised. Why didn't the coach ask Nash to call on everyone? Nash is the number one leader of the Suns on and off the court, but everyone didn't say much. After all, Stoudemire is also a core player. It is normal to call for such a meeting.

"Our current performance on the court can't win, we have to make changes, otherwise we will be finished this season." Stoudemire said first, his eyes scanned all the teammates present, and then returned to Terry - on Porter's face, signaling Terry Porter to speak, obviously the two had already discussed before holding the recall.

"I fully agree with Stoudemire's opinion. We have to change. We can't continue like this. We have to play more core, not more dispersed. Everyone takes the ball and goes to attack. This is the past. Now we need to concentrate the ball in the hands of players who are more offensive threats, give them the ball to let them take care of the offense, and other players must focus on the team's defense." When Terry Porter said this, he deliberately glanced at Qian Duoduo, paused, and then continued,
"Our most sure offensive point is the interior. Stoudemire's offensive ability is definitely in the top five positions in the league. With such a good offensive point, we need to make better use of it and enter into positional warfare. We need to hit more balls into his hands, better display his offensive threat, and help the team open up on the offensive end."

"Of course, we still have O'Neal's strength on the inside and Nash's strength on the outside. All in all, we want to concentrate the ball in the hands of these strengths, rather than habitually taking the ball and doing it." After Ray Porter finished talking about Stoudemire, he added Nash and O'Neal to balance the situation.

Qian Duoduo sat at the bottom, knowing in his heart that he was criticizing himself without naming his name. As for what, he is just a rookie and rookie, as for throwing the blame for the failure on me?I can't bear it either.

While he was thinking, Dragic spoke,
"I agree with the coach's opinion, this way the team's style of play will be more clear."

Qian Duoduo took a look at his bench brother. This guy saw the opportunity quickly and stood up first to show his loyalty.

Sure enough, Terry Porter showed a gratified expression and nodded, "What about other people's opinions?"

"I also think it's pretty good, and I will work harder on the defensive end." Alandu Tucker said, anyway, this change didn't have much impact on him, and basketball rarely hits him on the court to attack.

"I also agree." Louis Amundson, who joined the team during the offseason, said that he has nothing to do with the Suns' past, and he also understands that he joined the team to rely on defense.

"The team did this before. Stoudemire has always been one of our offensive cores. I don't understand how it is different from the past." Dior, known as the "Master", said.

"Yeah." Raja Bell echoed.They are all veterans in the team, not new recruits, just a few casual words are enough.

"Qian Duoduo, tell me." Terry Porter didn't answer Dio and Bell's words, but glanced at Qian Duoduo who hadn't spoken all this time, planning to find a soft persimmon.

But Qian Duoduo didn't intend to be a soft persimmon. He wanted to stab someone if others didn't pinch him. He is a rookie, that's right. He also treats everyone in the team with a cheerful face and a sense of being easy to get along with. It's fun to be able to make jokes. Yao Ming predicted that when he was in the national team, Qian Duoduo's character would be more enjoyable than Yi Jianlian in the NBA. Ah Lian's character is too introverted.But this doesn't mean that Qian Duoduo is a good old man, he doesn't resist when others step on his head, and let others bully him, that's an idiot, okay?

And, more importantly, he has the capital to resist now. He really has the strength to play in the NBA. For the team that provides the opportunity to play, unless the coaches of the entire league are blind, that's okay.Taking another [-] steps back, if no team wants him, what's the matter? I quit, the wind is blowing, and I go back to China. I'm already a billionaire, so I'm afraid of wool?This is his greatest confidence.

"I agree with the coach's point of view. You should play inside. The inside is closer to the basket, so you can attack more confidently."

Hearing Qian Duoduo's words, Terry Porter also felt a little relieved, this is right, a rookie should have such awareness earlier, listen to the coach's words, follow the coach's instructions and be honest on the field Playing basketball, don’t always play with the halo of being a core player on the school team before participating in the draft. You always feel that you are good enough to play in the NBA. Which player was not the core player of the school team or even some national teams before?But in the NBA, don't you have to obediently accept the position of a role player? There are only 30 teams in the NBA, and there are only one or two core players in a team. Not everyone has the ability and luck to become a core player.

But what Qian Duoduo said next was beyond his expectation,
"Coach, I'm also an inside player. In the previous games, my performance on both ends of the offense and defense should still be very efficient. The shooting percentage in the offense is higher. Against the Spurs, I made 9 of 7 shots and against the Hornets. I made 2 shots. 2, 100 percent. I had 3 blocks in the first game, 4 blocks in the second game. I think I should get more playing time."

Qian Duoduo is an explanation of the data and the facts, which is well-founded, and Terry Porter is a little speechless for a while,
What can I say?Can you say that you and Stoudemire discussed in private, in order to win Stoudemire's support, you promised him to slightly limit Qian Duoduo's playing time?To put it bluntly, I'm just a rookie coach, okay. Many times, if you want to coach a team smoothly, you need the support of the stars in the team.

"I also think we should increase playing time of Qian Duoduo, he played well." The big shark O'Neill went on to say that he likes Qian Duoduo, a rookie, but he is telling the truth, he is not biased, although he has a bias help.

Playing on the court shows strength, not everyone is blind.

"Qian Duoduo plays actively and seriously on the court, and has a good attitude towards the game. What he provides to the team is positive help, not a negative drag. Increasing his playing time is a matter of course." Barnes still said the same Straightforward.

"I also feel the same way. Qian Duoduo is very dynamic on both ends of the offense and defense, and his passing is also doing a good job connecting the team. This can help the team. He should get more playing Time." Nash also said.

Stoudemire glanced at Nash, his old partner, and felt a little dissatisfied. Shouldn't he be supporting himself?And the topic of discussion now is to concentrate the ball in the hands of players with more offensive threats. Isn't it talking about increasing the playing time of a rookie? This deviates from the topic.

If someone fanned the wind, someone would light the fire, and if someone started the fire, someone would follow.

Others also echoed one after another, thinking that Qian Duoduo's playing time should be increased, and the wind direction of the whole meeting changed.

Terry Porter didn't expect it to end up like this. He just wanted to hold a meeting to emphasize offense and defense. Although he also wanted to suppress Qian Duoduo, a rookie, he didn't criticize by name, and now only a few obeyed. Most of them, and Nash and O'Neal among the Big Three on the team expressed their support for increasing Qian Duoduo's playing time. He is not good at confronting the team's superstars. bits unless,

Unless Nash and O'Neal can be traded away in exchange for the team he brought up in the Bucks before, it should be much more convenient to coach.

But before the transaction happens, it can only be like this temporarily.

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