start with scouting

Chapter 88 Our Goal Is
After lunch, Su Yang struck while the iron was hot.

He emphasized the importance of reading the game to Durant and Green, and suggested that they watch more classic game videos, such as the Celtics' reversal of the Lakers in the Finals, and gradually develop the ability to determine their own tactics from a global perspective.

The purpose of doing so is to increase the uncertainty of the offense and minimize the situation that "half the tactics will be seen through" as Riley said, making it more difficult for the opponent to defend, but it requires higher basketball IQ and the initiative of all players.

The triangle offense is based on reading the game. Most of the time, players are allowed to decide how to play. In addition, point guards and main players have less time to hold the ball. Many stars are unwilling to accept it, so many teams can't play well.

After Su Yang finished speaking, Durant and Green agreed happily, not realizing how difficult it would be.

The three of them chatted until six o'clock in the afternoon, and the boss Clayton came over and said that he would hold a welcome dinner.

Su Yang waved his hand and refused after thinking for a while, saying that he would do it together after the coaching staff and trainer team were formed. Everyone is working for the team, so there is no need to hold a welcome dinner for himself alone, as long as he knows what he wants.

Clayton accepted it happily, praising him for not relying on his own identity and being able to go deep into the masses.

Early the next morning, Su Yang rushed to the training base again to interview Quinn Snyder as planned.

He didn't engage in those complicated processes, nor did he put on airs as a head coach. He bluntly understood Snyder's ability, knew that Snyder was wronged at the beginning, and hoped that Snyder would play a black-faced role and work together to achieve some results.

Snyder was slightly shocked at first, thinking that he deliberately brought up the wronged history with ulterior motives.

But Snyder soon realized that he was absolutely sincere, so he chose to accept the arrangement and turned to talk about treatment.

After getting Snyder to join, Su Yang discussed with the three assistants of the former head coach PJ Carlesimo.

The process went very smoothly. All three teaching assistants were willing to stay, and the entire teaching assistant team was formed.

Su Yang assigned specific responsibilities to the three assistant coaches, let Steck Brooks be the player development coach, let Mark Bryant be in charge of observing the opponent's rotation during the game, and let Ralph Lewis be in charge of the opponent's offensive and defensive summary.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Phil Handy flew over from New York, and Su Yang had an in-depth conversation with him.

Phil was very curious about Su Yang's appointed invitation, because he had nothing to commend him yet.

But it was precisely because there was nothing worthy of praise that he paid more attention to Su Yang's invitation.

The two had a pleasant conversation. Phil said that there is no need to rebuild the entire training team, and he only needs to be fully responsible for the technical training of a certain player without adding costs to the team's operations.Su Yang was also happy to accept, and directly asked Phil to train Durant.

After chatting with Phil, Su Yang went to the scouting department and had an in-depth communication with the director Blanche.

Blanche is very experienced. Before joining the Sonics, he worked for the Nuggets for ten years.

Su Yang put forward two suggestions: First, simplify the tactical report. It is best not to have dozens of pages. It is troublesome for scouts to write and troublesome for coaches to read.Second, if you have any ideas, just mention them, and you don't have to go through the process to send emails.

Two suggestions, the core purpose is only one: to shorten unnecessary work processes and improve work efficiency.

Blanche readily accepted, bluntly saying that he was surprised by Su Yang's decentralization of power, and maintained his authority in the form of his ability to engage in it.

Su Yang then communicated with the team medical team and the logistics management department to discuss related matters one by one.

In the evening, he finally approached Presti and mentioned the names of Jordan Jr. and several players participating in the draft, hoping to have the right to decide the second round of the draft, so that he could make impromptu selections according to the situation on the day of the draft.

Regarding Su Yang's request, Presti bluntly said that he was a little entangled and needed to think about it before giving an answer, because he had already formulated a series of plans, some of which were to choose players designated by other teams and then trade them.

Su Yang expressed his understanding, and the two agreed that after the draft meeting was held, they would make a decision based on the situation on the spot.

On the 21st, Su Yang held the coaching staff meeting for the first time to determine the development direction and tactical system of rookies.

He already had the answer in his mind, but he still let the teaching assistants speak first, out of respect and not wanting to miss a good idea.

Brooks proposed to convert Durant to a small forward, just like the All-Star Rookie Challenge, to give full play to Durant's dislocation advantages and athletic ability, and stop catching and shooting or singles through complicated running positions to completely liberate Durant.

After Brooks finished speaking, Su Yang asked the rest of the coaching staff for their thoughts, and everyone agreed.

Su Yang also agreed, and he was sure about Durant's position, and then discussed Jeff Green.

Perhaps it is because Su Yang said at the press conference that Green should develop towards Pippen. The old three assistant coaches did not put forward any new ideas, but the new assistant coach Quin Snyder believes that it is necessary for Green to develop a item stunt.

Su Yang nodded in agreement with Snyder's proposal.

Because when Green was still studying at Georgetown University, he was praised by various scouts for his comprehensive skills, but it was difficult to locate.

From the perspective of a small forward, Green has an excellent back, strong coping ability, and height, but his speed is average and he has no stable scoring means.From the perspective of a power forward, Green is flexible and agile, able to open up space, but his rebounds and low-post defense deviate.

In the original history, Green played small forward and was squeezed to power forward by Durant, and then squeezed to the bench by Ibaka. It cannot be said that he lacks ability, but there is always someone more suitable than him, so that the second grade average 16 points were also given up by the Thunder.

"Let him practice three-pointers and support, position the space-based power forward, and put the defensive priority in the back row..." Su Yang did not plan to greatly improve the defense in the new season. After all, the resource allocation is insufficient, and players need to use speed to rotate in many cases.

Snyder nodded in agreement, and the other three assistant coaches also agreed, and the positioning of the two young talents in the team was completed.

As for the other players, they are all positioned as tool people, and there is no need to think too much about where they need to be inserted.

After finishing the positioning, the focus of the meeting turned to the tactical system, first determine the general direction, and focus on dynamic offense.

"We want to significantly reduce the proportion of routine attacks..."

Su Yang elaborated on the envisaged dynamic offensive system. The core is that regardless of fast break, early attack, positional warfare, sideline/bottom line attack, all start with several common starting moves, and then let the players read the game and execute the next tactic.

The so-called starting style is that in UCLA, the defender gives the ball to the wing, and uses the center to cover and go down; or in the triangle offense, the defender leads and runs across the half court to the top of the arc, cuts to the inside and transfers to the bottom line; or in Princeton, the big The height is mentioned in the high position, and after the defender passes the ball, the air cut is interspersed... All these have almost formed a fixed pattern.

At the end of the opening move, if the defense is tight, set up a wall as a cover, and then change according to the cover situation.

It's like playing chess. At the beginning of the game, two cannons make two draws and five draws, seven pawns advance to one, bishops three advance to five...

Then, according to the opponent's second-in-and-third-class response, consider the next step to send troops or other tricks.

"It will indeed be difficult to defend, but the player requirements are relatively high..." Brooks was slightly worried.

Su Yang nodded to show that he understood that compared to the lack of certainty in the dynamic attack, it would be easier to execute the routine attack, such as the point guard bringing the ball to the frontcourt, using the center forward to cover the breakthrough, and then rushing to the basket or shooting or passing the ball depending on the situation.

The two systems have their own advantages and disadvantages. The core difference lies in the upper and lower limits, but how much they can perform depends on the players.

Just like pistol tactics, both systems can be played. Routine attack is instructed by the organizer or coach, and the opportunity is fleeting. Dynamic attack is read by multiple people, launched instantly, and the success rate will be higher.

"Our goal is to build a dynasty, so we have to pursue the upper limit, even if the process will be more difficult..."

The four teaching assistants were dumbfounded. They never thought that Su Yang's goal was to establish a dynasty.

"Don't be surprised, our players have that ability, our coaching staff has that level..."

With a calm face, Su Yang began to arrange in detail which tactics the four assistant coaches were responsible for.

Snyder is more comprehensive and is responsible for formulating the most commonly used starting moves. Brooks is good at singles and is responsible for formulating singles tactics. Mark and Raffl are of average level and are responsible for formulating fast break and side/bottom line tactics with few changes.

Su Yang is responsible for formulating the most important positional warfare and advance offensive, and must learn from others' strengths.

"That's all for the mission. There are still fifteen days before the Summer League training camp. Please remember that our goal is..."

(End of this chapter)