ace marshal

Chapter 1140 Another Young Marshal's Success
The 2008-09 season was the first season the Thunder moved from Seattle to Oklahoma City.

Although the Thunder had formed Durant, Westbrook, Jeff Green and Ibaka at that time, but because they were too young, their potential was only potential after all, and they had not been truly released. .

This is not to say that Coach Brooks does not know how to use players, but that every player who comes to the NBA needs to go through a process of growth. It is extremely rare for a rookie like Magic to win the finals MVP. It still takes two or three seasons, or even five or six years of polishing to take shape.

Coach Brooks is the same. He has been working hard to polish this young team and has been exploring the future development direction of the team.

The following year, the team selected Tyreke Evans with the No. [-] pick.

With the arrival of Evans, the depth of the Thunder's bench has been strongly supplemented.

Although he is only a first-year player, Brooks has a lot of trust in Evans because of his seasoned style of play and delicate skills, as well as his ability to swing freely in the first, second, and even third positions.

Serving as the sixth man allows Evans to better drive the team's second team, so that it can remain competitive for a period of time, which is very important.

Evans also proved it with practical actions, and he was able to contribute 10+5+5 all-around data in his rookie season.

Under the wise selection of the Thunder's management, the Thunder's strong young lineup of Westbrook, Evans, Durant, Green and Ibaka.

This is the most talented lineup in the entire league, even much higher than the Clippers.

Under the patient training of Coach Brooks, the team entered the playoffs for the first time under the name of "Thunder" that season.

However, after entering the playoffs as No.8 in the West, the team was swept out 1:4 by the No.0 Lakers in the West.

The playoff journey of Durant and others was obviously very bitter. They failed to win a game and it ended like this.

"Remember our failure tonight, remember this feeling, and then turn it into the motivation to fight in the future. If you don't want to feel this failure again, you can only continue to polish yourself, strengthen yourself, and make yourself stronger Get up, our whole team can be stronger~!!, One day, I believe we will return this feeling to each other, I believe we can become the winners under the spotlight and ribbon~!!!”

After losing the playoffs, Coach Brooks said to the lonely players in the locker room.

These exhortations quickly became the motivation for the players to struggle during the offseason.

In the following season, that is, this season, although the Thunder did not select any high-quality young players, they made several transactions, especially sending Green to the Celtics in exchange for Perkins. The team has undergone a qualitative change.

Perkins may have limited contributions on the court, but off the court, the Thunder boys really need mentor players like Perkins.

The experience imparted by Perkins' arrival, as well as the unity atmosphere in the locker room, coupled with the real progress of Durant and others, and the richness of Brooks' tactics, allowed the Thunder to continue to evolve.

This year, their performance went from eighth in the West to fifth in the West. Coincidentally, the defending champion Lakers who eliminated themselves last season happened to be ranked fourth in the West.

The shackles of fate brought the two together.

Although the Thunder still have no home court advantage this time, and even though they are facing the Lakers in a state of attacking for three consecutive championships, compared with last year, Brooks' team is more confident.

And this kind of confidence is transformed into a real improvement in hard power on the court.

"Maybe we lost last year and the pain is still there. If it is true, then let us use the victory of the game to heal the pain~!!, I believe you can~!!, together, no matter who the opponent is, we must I can step over~!!"

Before Game [-] of the series, Coach Brooks injected confidence into his players.

With such confidence injected, the Thunder quickly won their first playoff victory in team history, and won three games.

Although the Lakers tenaciously defended their home court, they returned to Oklahoma City.

Thunder generals don't want to let the opportunity slip away.

"Tonight is our most important game of the season. We have to get off to a strong start like we did at home before, and then suppress our opponent. We must give the opponent a strong physical confrontation~!!, the defense responds Get up~!!, win tonight's game, we will destroy a dynasty with our own hands~!!, this kind of opportunity is not something any team can do~!!, we will leave a strong mark in NBA history It’s time to write, let’s go~!!!”

Coach Brooks' encouragement before the game was naturally full of fighting spirit.

This kind of fighting spirit also allowed the team to use their lives. They beat the Lakers at home and eliminated their opponents 4:2, preventing the Lakers from winning three consecutive championships. Yep, they avenged their elimination last year.

"You have now defeated the defending champion, which is the best affirmation of your unremitting efforts over the years. You are on the right path, keep going~!!, you can still play better, and you can still walk Farther~!!"

After the game, Zen Master hugged Brooks and said to Brooks in a tone like an old father.

Under normal circumstances, the Zen master really seldom says these words. Perhaps the Zen master really likes Coach Brooks.

"You are my teacher, I will continue to learn from you, and I will continue to work hard~"

Brooks responded humbly.

The dialogue between the old coach and the young coach is not only a kind of mutual respect between opponents, but also a kind of inheritance of old and new coaches.

In the league of the NBA, in addition to the need for new and old replacements between players to complete the replacement, the inheritance between coaches is equally important.

Perhaps because of his age, Zen master will soon be dismissed and returned to the field, but Brooks, as a young marshal, will continue to move forward.

In the player era, Brooks once won the championship with the Houston Rockets. Now Brooks, as a coach, represents the Oklahoma City Thunder and is heading for the highest honor.

After defeating the defending champion, no one dared to underestimate this young guard.

And being able to lead the team to defeat the defending champion in the first round of the playoffs and enter the second round of the playoffs in the third season of coaching, Brooks is also another successful young coach besides Lan Shengli.

(End of this chapter)