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Chapter 208 Let's Play Chuanqie
ESPN's follow-up report on the Thunder's announcement of the new lineup was met with cold reception, but it finally aroused a lot of discussion.

A large number of fans think that the Thunder won the championship was an accident, too many jump shots, too many three-pointers, too much running off the ball, not tough at all, the defense always relies on quick rotation to solve problems, and the offensive end relies too much on player singles , luck is too good.

There are also many fans who think that the referee is biased towards the Thunder, purely because the league wants to take care of the Chinese market.

In addition, Rivers is too disheveled. With such a strong lineup, the Celtics were swept four to zero, which is an unforgivable crime.

Anyway, even if it is not an accident, it is also the result of alliance manipulation, and the opponent is too weak, so the new season will inevitably be targeted and stretched.

In contrast, the Big Three of the Heat give fans unlimited reverie. Many fans feel that even if the three of LeBron occupy a lot of salary space and cause the Heat's lineup to be very deformed, it will not affect the Heat's success in winning the championship. .

Fans believe that in terms of strength on paper alone, LeBron's overall ability is stronger than Durant, Wade's scoring ability can offset Harden and Westbrook, and Bosh is ten times stronger than Ibaka. Worse than the Thunder, but the finals all depend on the main players.

As for the chemical reaction, many fans don't care, after all, LeBron personally promised not1not2not3...not7.

Well-known commentator Stephen A. Smith tweeted Aite Suyang and wrote: "Since LeBron joined the Heat that day, everyone around me predicted that they would win the championship. Ignoring you is the defending champion. It's up to you to prove it! "

Su Yang didn't intend to pay attention to it at first, but suddenly responded and wrote: "lets see who is real champion!"

The tweet was sent out, and some fans liked it to show their support, some fans thought he was just joking around again, and some left messages in Chinese to ridicule him for his grammatical mistakes. As a dignified championship coach, it is simply an embarrassment to the Chinese, and he should learn English well before speaking.

The 15-man roster of the Thunder was confirmed, and the speed was much faster than expected. Su Yang arranged the off-season training points for the newly joined Barnes and others as usual, and then set up the daily text message reminder training program, and then returned to China to start the inspection tour .

According to the plan, the first stop was at the imperial capital, where he had a meeting with Mr. Lei, who had just started his business in smartphones.After a few hours of chatting, he promised on the spot to invest half of the US$500 million championship bonus, and also expressed his willingness to serve as the future image spokesperson for the North American region.

In addition to investment, he also put forward many suggestions to Mr. Lei to avoid detours, hoping to become bigger and stronger as soon as possible, and play less tricks.

After leaving the imperial capital, Su Yang went south to enter the magic capital, first went to the branch office, and checked the progress of MT mainland research and development.

If all goes well, the Android version of MT in mainland China will first be promoted on Mr. Lei's mobile phone, and we will cooperate in depth.

In the end, he went to the national team to report and gave many suggestions as a special consultant, but he did not go to Turkey with the team.

After finishing a series of tasks, Su Yang began to travel around the mountains and rivers, and occasionally took time to watch the performance of the Men's Basketball World Cup.

The hot discussion caused by the Heat's Big Three has also gradually subsided. With the release of the Thunder's championship documentary, some fans finally realized how the Thunder grew up, and also realized how powerful Su Yang's on-the-spot scheduling was, and found that the Thunder was stronger than before.

Mainly in the Men's Basketball World Cup, Durant's low-post and back-up skills were further honed. Even Westbrook took the opportunity to hone his organization and mid-range shooting because of FIBA's lack of defense for three seconds. This is an improvement that ordinary training cannot bring. It's like playing a lot more games.

What worries fans of other teams the most is that in addition to Durant and Westbrook, Green and Chandler also participated in the World Cup.

The four of them worked together better than before, and every time they played at the same time, it was the moment when the US team made a big kill.

The strange thing is that the mainstream public opinion is still optimistic that the Heat will beat the Thunder to win the championship next season, and the gaming companies continue to give the Heat the highest odds of winning the championship, making the Thunder a bit like the Pistons who won the championship with a surprise, and the sense of existence is quite low.

The main reason for the Thunder's internal self-analysis is that the ball market is too small and they haven't won too many fans, so their voices are naturally low.

In addition, the three of Durant are too young to attract too many fans, and their influence is too small compared to LeBron and others.

Su Yang flew back to the United States at the end of September, first went to the Silicon Valley head office for a tour, and then rushed back to Oklahoma to prepare for the new season.

On October [-]st, the Thunder held a press conference for the new season, and the whole team made a healthy appearance. Unfortunately, only [-] or so media were present.

As for the Heat's new season conference held earlier, there were as many as a hundred media that went to participate, and the stadium was packed.

Such a difference made Durant feel particularly depressed: How did he succeed in winning the championship, and his influence still ranks behind LeBron?
Taking advantage of the photo break, Su Yang told Durant specifically: "It is difficult to change the public fans' opinion of a certain player, and it will take a long time. It's like when the fans thought you couldn't adapt to the NBA confrontation, but you became the scoring leader. ..."

After listening to it, Durant understood it, and said very firmly: "I will completely conquer the public fans with consecutive championships!"

At the end of the photo shoot, Su Yang was interviewed by reporters, talking about the positioning of new players, about the training of the only rookie Cole Aldridge, about Durant's impact on MVP, about what role Harden will play in the new season, and about The question of whether Green will stay or not.

For some problems, he already has a definite plan, and for some problems, he does not, and needs to be explored during the preseason and regular season.

The press conference ended at noon, and the Thunder started the first training session of the new season at [-]:[-] p.m., first doing warm-up shooting, and then non-confrontation actual combat.

Considering that he hasn't formally run in, Su Yang mixed the starters and substitutes into three teams, and ran all kinds of the most basic off-ball screens first.

Start from the lower screen, followed by the back screen, the flash screen, the ladder screen, the horizontal screen, and run it in turn. The purpose is to observe the degree of tacit understanding between the players and find potential tactical partners. It is best to create something that can be easily misplaced. cooperation.

For example, Harden does a pick-and-roll for Green. Using Harden's thick body and Green's strong ball-handling and physical fitness, against those traditional shooting guards, it is easy to get misplaced offensive opportunities on the flanks. The two often look for opportunities to play on the bench. .

After running for about ten minutes, assistant coach Snyder suddenly said: "Let's focus on passing and cutting, which is very suitable for us."

Assistant coach Mark and the three nodded in agreement, and the Thunder had already played some passes and cuts last season. Others included European-style pick-and-roll offenses, double-sided separation and wheel offenses, and even attempted triangle offenses, as well as some relatively fixed routines. It is an early attack executed in a large number of counterattacks and fast breaks. It mainly draws on the classic tactics of the Suns, including a lot of horn tactics.

Overall, the Thunder's offensive tactics last season were more complicated, and they did not stick to a certain system for a long time.

Snyder added: "Our overall defensive reading ability is very strong, our off-ball running ability is also very strong, and we also have many passers and ball-handlers. Whoever has the chance will go..."

"You can try it in the preseason..."

Su Yang nodded in agreement. He was not worried that the pass-and-cut tactic was too simple, and knew that the pass-and-cut tactic had many benefits. Instead, he was worried that the pass-and-cut tactic would make the statistics of all members more average. will be weakened to some extent.

In addition, Green has not yet completed the contract renewal, and also needs data to negotiate the contract. I am afraid that a bowl of water is not very good.

It's still coach Holzman's clear statement: basketball tactics are not rocket technology, they are not that complicated, the key is to get people right.

(End of this chapter)