super small forward

Chapter 212 212. How to deal with the Lakers
"First of all, we must be sure that the Lakers are really strong this year! The offense alone is even stronger than the Lakers I led back then. Many of you here have seen D'Antoni's offensive leadership ability. Any player can score. But one thing is very important, D'Antoni can make the Lakers attack so well, it all depends on four points, Liu, Kobe, Nash, Gasol!"

Phil Jackson pressed the button, and the screen changed, and photos of Liu Ren, Kobe, Nash, and Gasol appeared on the screen.

"Kobe, Nash, and Gasol are three people I think everyone is familiar with. We can always find a way to deal with them. We must focus on Liu! From the clip just now, we can find that Liu is very good at using his body. To deal with opponents, I think you should have some experience with Melo. It can be said that he is the most suitable talent for playing basketball I have ever seen. He has reached the ultimate in all aspects of physical fitness! He is very good at using his advantages to attack and defend The same goes for the end.”

"But I'm not here to brag about how good he is. The league has already boasted about him these days. I want to tell you a few of his shortcomings!"

"The first is his offensive choice. He relies heavily on his touch when shooting from the outside, and even superstitiously believes in his own touch. Look here, he often makes this kind of dry jumper. On the one hand, it is the trust in the inside players, whether it is Gasol or their backup big man Whiteside has the top rebounding ability, the first thing we have to do to prevent him is to protect the rebounds!"

"Although Liu is powerful, his offense is nothing more than three-pointers and inside scoring. We can defend these two points. From the video, we can see that he hardly scores from mid-range, and he doesn't even make free throws. If it doesn't work, we can foul !"

Saying this, the Zen Master smiled and looked at Chandler, Bargnani, and Stoudemire.

The three of them lowered their heads slightly when they saw Zen Master's smile. The last time the two teams played against each other, Whiteside robbed all three of them. .

Zen Master didn't say much, that's enough. He was sure that the next game against the Lakers, the three of them would frantically fight with the Lakers' players who entered the basket.He doesn't expect these three people to beat the Lakers inside, but he needs these people to be active again so that the team can be competitive.

"The next thing is the key point. Liu will also contain our defense when he can't score, so it is unrealistic to expect him to win the game. Just yesterday the Spurs proved this point when he put Leonard and After Duncan's defensive attention is attracted, even the Spurs can't guarantee to defend against others, so what we have to do is not only defend the rebounds, but more importantly, let their offense collapse. To do this is actually very simple. Let the Lakers get the ball in his hands!"

The Zen master pressed the button again, and the screen turned into a person, and this person was Kobe!
"Phil, that guy is Kobe. If the ball is concentrated in his hands, we will be finished?" Mike Woodson exclaimed, obviously not agreeing with this method.

The shadow that Kobe has left in the hearts of all coaches in the league over the past ten years cannot be passed away just by talking about it.

Zen master was very contemptuous. He really didn't understand why Dolan found such a mediocre coach, but now that the Knicks are gradually finding the feeling of the game, it is unwise to change coaches during the season, although Dolan gave all the management rights to this team. But he doesn't intend to tear himself apart with Mike Woodson right now.

"Mike, of course I know how good Kobe is. He won all five championships with me. How could I not know how good he is?"

Zen Master said these words seemingly casually, which shook the players' disbelief as much as Woodson. The players felt that Zen Master definitely had a way to deal with Kobe.

"Kobe's strongest point is to use his personal ability to score. What I am good at is also to put the best players in the most comfortable scoring position, but D'Antoni is different. He is better at letting the best players use their own personal abilities to help. Teammates score, he is not good at putting the best player in the best scoring position, we can use this to separate Kobe from his teammates, let him score in the position he is not good at, and then use our best outside Good defensive players give him maximum pressure..."

As he spoke, Master Zen looked at Shumpert, a defensive shooting guard who entered the NBA in the same year as Liu Ren.

Zen master is also a chicken soup coach in a certain way, but he is the top chicken soup coach. His ability to control the players' hearts is unmatched by anyone in the league!
Zen master is often criticized for relying on superstars to win championships, but he is also the Big Four. He can lead the team to the finals, because no matter how many conflicts there are in the Big Four, he will always have a way to make the Big Four do their best on the court, but D'Antoni can't do it, being able to bring out his talents is also a kind of strength!
The Knicks are not short of talent, which is the most important reason why Zen Master chose them. The Knicks are not lacking in scorers, defensive champions, and inside pillars.

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Zen master is pouring ecstasy soup on the Knicks players, and the Lakers management is also planning something, but it has nothing to do with the Knicks. Neither the Buss brothers nor Kupchak look down on the Knicks, even though there have been rumors Jenny Buss' fiancé is rumored to be hooking up with James Dolan.

"Luke, are you sure you don't want to be an assistant coach in our team first? I think you can take over the position of head coach smoothly in a year or two, I assure you!" Jenny Buss said in a sincere tone.

Luke Walton hesitated for a while, and finally said firmly: "Thank you Jenny, of course I really want to be the Lakers coach, but I can't do it now, my ability is not enough, at least now it seems that Mike is definitely better than me , if I am an assistant under him, I may be his replacement at most in two years. In the past few months, I have learned everything I can learn from him. To be honest, there are not many new ideas. He will I've learned everything from Phil. I want to learn more, I want to learn Popovich's defense and his weird ideas. I saw some very strange things on the Spurs yesterday. The same thing, I think Popovich must not have fully used it."

After speaking, Luke Walton emphasized: "Trust me, I will only be willing to be the Lakers coach! Otherwise, I won't sit here and discuss this matter with you!"

(End of this chapter)