super small forward

Chapter 228 228. The Spurs' Mind

Nick Young's strength is indeed good, but he is the kind of player who has no ability to distinguish strength. Although there are certain advantages in saying this, for example, he will not be afraid of any opponent and dare to play his strongest strength against any opponent. But like In these three games, it is clear that the three teams with poor records have the strength to win, especially the Trail Blazers and Nets, which are obviously better than the Rockets and Raptors.

After Nick Young was yelled at by Kobe, he was like a wounded little daughter-in-law who was too wronged to speak.

"Oh, Kobe, in case Nick is right, the Clippers are really, really good. They won us a game this year. We tried our best and didn't win that game. I'm going to go back and get a good night's sleep. Go all out tomorrow!" Liu Ren teased.

"Yes, I think so too. There are not many teams that have won us in the West this year. I believe the Clippers are very good. I have to prepare well and see you tomorrow!" Whiteside took the initiative to cooperate.

"Hey, it seems that I can't do it if I don't work hard, Giannis, stay and practice shooting with me!" Kobe picked a soft persimmon at random.

"Ah! I see!" Antetokounmpo didn't expect to be named without saying a word, and the good boy was still excited about being able to train with Kobe.

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The Playa Vista Center, another property of Clippers owner Sterling, is the Clippers' training facility.

Although it can't be compared with the Toyota Center of the Lakers, which is enough to be the home stadium of an NBA team, there are not many teams that can have a separate training hall. Most of the teams use their home stadium as the training hall.

Unlike the Lakers who watched the live broadcasts of other teams together, the Clippers came here to watch the game today with less than five people, and everyone else expressed their unwillingness to train in Sterling's arena. Finn, Barnes, Jr. Jordan and others all rented the UCLA arena for training, and they were not even willing to step in here, obviously to draw a line with Sterling.

Paul watched the seven-and-a-half-hour game without saying a word, and he is now in a daze.

In just one month, just one month, the championship, which seemed very close, has now become extremely far away.

A month ago, they almost won 18 consecutive victories, almost overtook the Lakers and ranked second in the Western Conference, and they might even compete with the Spurs for the regular season championship.

But now the Clippers can't even organize a training game, and more than half of the players expressed their unwillingness to train in this training hall.

Rivers patted Paul on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry Chris, Shelly (Shelley Sterling, the wife of the Clippers owner) has told me that Donald has been suffering from depression, and she will use the guardian's If you want to sell this team, you will wait for the court to decide to sell it!"

It’s okay for Rivers not to speak, but when he talked about Paul, he exploded. He roared: "No! I don’t want this! I want a championship! We would have been the strongest team, but now! We are about to Facing the Lakers, they didn't take us seriously at all! You know, the Lakers were having a party at the Toyota Center this afternoon to celebrate entering the playoffs while watching the game! They may think that the 76ers are better than us, at least the 76ers Everyone is going to give it their all, and none of us want to play well, and we all want to get out of here!"

After finishing speaking, Paul ignored Rivers and left with his bag.

"I know that this year is my best year, why is this!"

Paul has a feeling that there will never be such a good situation this year again...

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At the ATT Center in San Antonio, the Spurs, who had just lost, were in their kickoff meeting.

"Greg, we can't hold back, I don't want to be the same as two years ago!" Duncan said to Popovich with wide eyes.

However, Popovich drank his red wine indifferently, as if he was not listening to anyone, and was taken aback by Duncan's sudden words: "Tim, what are you talking about? Two years ago? Oh, I was two years ago. The red wine I bought has long been used up, why don't you try the bottle I'm drinking now? It was given to me by Kobe last Thursday..."

"Greg!" Duncan slapped the table hard, almost knocking Popovich's red wine bottle down.

Popovich is also helpless. If it was Duncan ten years ago, he would not be so impatient. There is no way that Duncan is 38 years old, and he has no time to wait. If he does not win the championship this year, no one can say what he will be like next year. .

"Okay Tim, I know you're anxious, but if we win the Grizzlies easily, everyone's attention will be on us. Don't you think the Lakers pay too much attention to us? The last game We all use substitutes. They actually used more than 20 professional scouts to observe our tactics. You should also know that if our tactics are thoroughly studied, our advantage will not be so great, right Luke. "Popovich suddenly mentioned Luke Walton, the new assistant coach.

Luke Walton obviously didn't expect Popovich to suddenly mention him, but although he came to learn things and doesn't have a strong sense of belonging here, he has a very strong professionalism. Just focus on which team to do things for.

Wharton nodded and said: "Yes, our ace is very powerful, but as long as this ace is used, all teams will follow suit, and this is not a very difficult tactic, but it is very simple, and it is very easy to spread to the league. The tactics of all teams, as long as we use them, all teams will play according to our style of play in the future."

Walton deserves to be called the most suitable guy to be a coach by Zen Master. It was originally because the Spurs used a new era of small ball tactics in this year's playoffs that the Warriors will start a new small ball storm that will sweep the league next season. He foresaw this in advance.

"But we still play like the regular season and lose! The Grizzlies are very strong!" Duncan was still a little dissatisfied.

Popovich appreciates Walton's words very much. He has exactly the same views on Walton as Zen Master. This guy is really wasting his talent as a player, and he should be the head coach!
Popovich knew that he would not be able to keep Wharton in the future, but out of love for talent, after seeing Wharton's talent in coaching, he taught him everything he had in the past month, and he did not hesitate to develop what he had developed. The concept of the system that will make big changes in the NBA is all handed over to Walton.

Popovich didn't answer Duncan's words, but asked Walton: "Luke, what do you think we should do?"

Wharton knew that Popovich was testing him. He thought for a while and said, "It's okay for Tim. We only need to win four games? There are still six games, and four wins are enough for us..."

(End of this chapter)