All-Around Forward Swingman

He now understands Popovich's mind, in fact what he said is not wrong. Compared with those old fritters who have been on the bench for many years, it is easier to cultivate players who are full of yearning for the NBA and have certain potential or ability.

"But maybe it's your thinking that will miss a lot of good players." Although I agree with Popovich's thinking, Yang Shan still sighed.

"That's true, but there is no way around it, just like you said. Even if a substitute player has an occasional outstanding performance, it will not be remembered by any team's scouts. After all, it is their data sample 02 too Even an occasional highlight moment doesn't mean much. Of course, this also creates a vicious circle. The more you don't have the chance to play, the smaller the data sample is.

"There is no way around this. Every team has its own goal, whether it is to win the championship, or enter the playoffs, or maintain a balance of payments, and these are related to the team's record. Many fans think He said that coaches are unwilling to give chances to rookies, but sometimes they have to get Zhenyang. Although rookies are powerful, they also have a problem, that is, they are not stable enough. For the sake of record, most coaches trust those who have already broken through in the NBA. Famous players, so as to ensure the strength of your team and maintain the team's record. As for who will be buried, players with good potential will be buried, as you said, if this batch fails, continue to the next batch. "Popovich said with a smile.

Yang Shan nodded, it is normal for the coaches to have such thoughts. When the fans say this, they just need to use their mouths, but the coach thinks too much.

Of course, more importantly, Popovich did not say that the team's record is directly related to their salary, and whether they can continue to find a coaching job. I really think that those coaches who have been in the league for many years don't understand this, they all know it well, it's just that the pressure of the record is too great, and there is nothing they can do.

Especially for some teams with a relatively stable team lineup, like the Spurs, there are 3 people in GDP who can maintain the team's record. Too fresh blood, unless he is very optimistic about that person.

Looking at the Spurs for so many years, the team has newcomers, and all of them are old people who have retired and made changes as a last resort. If there is a good choice, Popovich is definitely not willing to do so.

Just like Batum, who joined the Spurs last year, he also caught up with the good time when Bruce Bowen was about to retire in 897. Otherwise, how could he have secured the starting position after only playing a dozen games. Bruce Bowen didn't have the idea of ​​retiring this year. In fact, he wanted to retire after winning the championship the year before last.

But the team thought about whether they could win consecutive championships, so they played for another year. In fact, his state was not much different from last year and this year.

But last year the team had no good options, so Bruce Bowen had to stay in the starting position. If he was two years younger, Popovich would not be so anxious to put Batum in the starting position. Instead, it will be put on the bench to exercise slowly, in short, it is forced by the situation. .