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Chapter 153 The Difference Between a Coach and a Coach
Fortunately, the Warriors paid the price for their poor defense. Ginobili made a shot from the outside and Duncan made a rebound from the inside to stabilize the Spurs.

This is the problem with the Warriors now-the defensive ability is not good.

Roy and Harrington are not good defensive players, but Nelson still likes to use them.

The late defensive ability is not weak, but the strategy he adopts is to let go of shots and not let go, which will have a certain impact on the defense of the outside line.

Although Milicic's will is commendable, he is actually at a disadvantage when facing Duncan-do you think that the basketball court is a fantasy novel, and once you cheer up, you can ignore the strength gap between the two sides?

Even unlocking the gene lock can't be so fast.

Hill is very comprehensive, but his defensive ability is not top-notch.

Therefore, the Warriors can often play wonderful games, and often lose inexplicably. This is not because of the late addition. It can be changed, because the old Nelson is really a very strange head coach.

Looking at the starting lineup of the Warriors today, we know that Nelson didn't even think about defending against the Spurs, he just wanted to attack.

In the heart of this old gentleman, there lived a violent demon.

The Warriors missed two consecutive offenses, bringing the already double-digit point difference between the two sides back to single digits, and Popovich, who was about to call a timeout, called a timeout anyway.

The Spurs called a long timeout of 1 minute, anyway, early CD.

Popovich studied under Larry Brown-since we are talking about this lingering Qiansheng coach again, we might as well say a few more words.

Larry Brown is a very old and very old head coach. He really has many, many problems, but the most well-known one is that he destroys rookies.

In fact, this is probably because Brown is old and his thinking is a little behind the times.

In the 70s and early 90s, most rookies in the NBA were mature players who had played in the NCAA for 3-4 years. These players were already very strong, and some top rookies were even enough to directly become the main force or even the core of a team. .

But in the late 90s, the draft age was getting lower and lower, and high school rookies frequently appeared in the league-since they are young, they naturally need more time to grow.

But Larry Brown is used to those rookies who can be used directly in the 80s and [-]s. Naturally, he looks down on these rookies who still need to exercise before they can use them. Naturally, he will not give them any good looks.

So Milicic was selected by the Pistons and spent more than three years in vain under Larry Brown. In fact, he can only be blamed for his bad luck. How did he become a player of Larry Brown?
Larry Brown's ability to lead the "single-core" Iverson to the finals, and the "civilian team" Pistons to the finals for two consecutive years, all prove that he actually has a high tactical quality.The Pistons can have the current results, and the team's head coach Sanders just inherited the good foundation left by Larry Brown.

So the question is, since he is so good, why did he fall into the pit after going to the New York Knicks recently?
Because Larry Brown is a tyrant!His stubborn and old-fashioned personality made it difficult for him to stay in a team for a long time, and his surly personality prevented him from handling the relationship with the team's stars.

Which of the top stars in the league is not successful?Isn't that calling the wind and calling the rain?

As a result, an old man in his 70s and [-]s would be yelled around like a dog. No one could bear it.

So after only one season after leading Iverson to the finals, Iverson couldn't stand Larry Brown anymore, and the once intimate master and apprentice made it endlessly.

After coming to the Pistons, Larry Brown did not change his nature. Even the low-key and kind Billups once said that Larry Brown's character made him consider the feasibility of strangling him.

He seems to think that players are the coach's dogs, and the newer they are, the less human rights they have.

It was precisely because of the nightmare that Larry Brown brought to Milicic that the European genius told Celtics coach Doc Rivers very suddenly when he was only 28 years old: "Coach, I don't want to play basketball." Already!" (This is what actually happened)
So this European genius just left the basketball court with a fortune enough to allow him to live a prosperous life in Serbia (later it seemed that he was short of money, so he went to boxing again).

This is Larry Brown's domineering and stubbornness. He never understood what encouragement is and what is human heart.

Even the Pistons management couldn't stand him. After his contract expired, he immediately chose Sanders to replace him.

The New York Knicks, who are not afraid of death, offered Larry Brown a high-paying long-term contract of 5000 million—so the New York Knicks were cheated. The team that could barely compete for the playoffs last season directly glided and dived to the bottom of the league. .

Larry Brown, who came to the Big Apple City, still did not change his surly temperament. During training, he scolded little potato Nate Robinson as "little B boy".

How strong is a player who is only 175cm tall but can gain a foothold in the league?
But he was scolded and cried by Larry Brown, and then he went to the media to complain.

Facing the accusations from the media, Larry Brown seemed to lack confidence, arguing that "I don't remember what I said at the time."

The implication is that I was just speaking quickly, and I didn't think about what I said, so please don't catch me.

But the Big Apple is not the bankrupt Detroit, and the players of the New York Knicks are also rebellious.

So Larry Brown had irreconcilable conflicts with the players. Marbury even said that as long as Larry Brown still coached the New York Knicks, he would stop playing.

In the end, the smiling assassin Isaiah Thomas ignored Larry Brown's high salary and long-term contract, and directly kicked him out, and became a coach and manager himself.

The problem is that the Knicks' locker room has been messed up by Larry Brown. They pay the highest luxury tax in the league, with a total salary of 1.14 million, and they only rank third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference.

Larry Brown, who was kicked out, was finally discredited because of the collapse of his personality, and no team would invite him out again.

Fortunately, although Popovich was born as an assistant coach of Larry Brown, he did not learn Larry Brown's tyrant habits and surly temper. He is a very interesting old man.

He gets along with the Spurs players more like a friend and a father and son. He will give the players due respect, and he will even prepare breakfast for Ginobili himself (Europeans and Americans attach the most importance to breakfast).

The old man's biggest hobby is tasting red wine. It would be great if he could share it with his players.

The timing of Popovich's call for a timeout this time was a bit unexpected, and it seemed to interrupt the Spurs' rhythm of chasing points.

But in Popovich's view, the Warriors' powerful offensive ability is actually the most troublesome, and being late is like a ubiquitous ghost.

"Tim, can you carry the basket alone?"

Popovich has seen that Elson's role in the face of the Warriors lineup is very limited, and he decided to replace it with an outside shooter.

But this also needs to look at Duncan's attitude-this is his respect for players.

Even if I want to adjust the team's tactics, I will not only tell you, but also ask for your opinions. After all, you are the one who plays on the court, and you have deeper feelings than me.

Duncan has always been taciturn, and normally only nods.

But this time Duncan hesitated for a while, and then said a lot of words: "Greg, I don't know. If it was the beginning, I would have said that I can easily deal with everyone inside the Warriors. Even if they come together, I will not be afraid." But now...Milicic's aura has changed. He already has very skilled technique, flexible footwork and excellent athletic ability. He couldn't play before, but he didn't have that aura, which limited his original strength He's really different now, and I don't know if I can still handle him, he's like a mad dog today, wanting to tear a piece of flesh off of me. But if you insist, I'll try my best, at least He didn't seem to have a very good shooting touch today, I think I should have a way to deal with him."

"His soul has been sublimated?" Greg summed up Duncan's words with a rather secondary adjective.

Seeing Duncan nodding, Popovich thought to himself, could it be because he was late?
But there is no time to ask these now, the timeout is only 1 minute, and he must rearrange the tasks of the players.

"Tony, the desire to attack late today doesn't seem to be strong, what do you think?"

Tony Parker thought for a while: "I'm sorry, Greg, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. Even if he didn't make a shot today, I dare not be careless. He really is like a ghost everywhere. It felt like our perimeter defense was full of holes and we were giving the Warriors too many open shots."

"Manu, do you think the Warriors' defensive strength can prevent you from scoring?" Popovich asked Ginobili again.

Ginobili smiled: "Of course not."

Popovich re-patted the tactical board: "Very good, then Brent (Barry) will replace Elson, and Michael, you can play as a power forward. Harrington's defensive ability is not strong, and you can choose more shots. Score."

"Okay, coach." Michael Finley didn't want the Mavericks' big contract at the beginning, and he went to the Spurs to fight for the championship.

If it weren't for the sudden emergence of the damn Rockets' Big Three, he might have already won two championship rings.

"Tony, you still keep watching late, try not to let him catch the ball, if he wants to attack, let him break through, don't let him shoot three-pointers."

"Okay, Greg."

"Tim, you guard the basket and you must keep our defensive rebounds. I hope you will put more energy on the defensive end."

"OK, no problem."

"Brent, I hope you will take more shots from the outside when you are on offense. Don't hesitate when you have a chance."

(End of this chapter)