I'm a big shot in basketball

In the conference room, general manager Dawson and head coach Tomjanovich sat at the end of the long table, and on the left were assistant coaches Dean Cooper, Michael Wells, Melvin Hunter, and Jim Boylen, On the right sits the chief assistant Larry Smith alone.

Dawson signaled with a ring, and the personnel officer immediately opened the door and waved with a smile on his face: "Su Yang, it's your turn."

Su Yang got up and nodded in greeting, stepped into the door, saw seven people at a glance, and sat down following the guidance of the personnel specialist.

The personnel specialist first introduced the positions and names of the seven people, and then Su Yang briefly introduced the basic information about himself.

The interview then begins.

The Personnel Commissioner first asked, wondering why he wanted to do video analysis after graduation after he majored in fine arts at university.

Su Yang didn't think much about it, and told the truth.

"Because of my current level of art, luck in life, and the current situation in life, I don't support my unreserved devotion to art for the time being, and I am confident in the NBA-related fields that I have the skills that can help the Rockets and even any NBA team. , and use this to achieve some long-term development, after careful consideration, I decided to try the video analysis position.”

"Then you chose our Rockets because it's close to home?" General Manager Dawson joked, and everyone chuckled.

Su Yang thought that the actual reason was that the Rockets coaching staff didn't have any big names, and the boss was stingy and easy to give opportunities. He said, "Of course the reason for choosing the Rockets is that they are close to home. Playing for the hometown team has achieved a lot of value, and more importantly, the Rockets Compared with the Mavericks and Spurs, the team structure is younger, because Francis and Mobley and others have a bright future..."

Between the words, seeing the playful smiles of distrust on everyone's faces, I thought that they thought they were making a template answer.

Immediately, the topic changed, "But before that, there are still many problems to be solved, such as the attack and defense of the striker is particularly weak, the lack of pillar players inside, Francis' training attitude is loose, and he is relatively sticky to the ball, etc. There is still a lot of work."

The atmosphere in the conference room was a bit awkward, and a young boy who had just graduated pointed out various work problems face to face.

The personnel specialist, general manager Dawson, and head coach Tom didn't say a word to respond. When the chief assistant Larry Smith saw this, he suddenly said with a straight face and seriousness: "That shouldn't be something you care about, and many things are not what you imagined. Simple, understand?"

Without waiting for a response, Larry Smith continued to attack: "Let's talk about the written test first. In the written test, we asked for some data terminology explanations, because since 99, the NBA has greatly increased its emphasis on data analysis..."

Hearing those words, Su Yang felt a little happy.

I thought that the NBA is just a sign of data analysis at the moment, not to mention a significant increase in the importance of it. Only Rockets owner Alexander, as a lawyer and financial practitioner, hates irregular things and always wants to digitize and standardize player evaluations, so for Data analysis is more important, which is why the Rockets in the previous life let Morey, who is engaged in data, be the general manager.

"So, what do you think about the trend of digitalization in the NBA?" Larry Smith forcibly suppressed his anticipation, thinking that it would be best for this kid to say something that looks down on data analysis, and confront his boss Alexander's idea of ​​​​valuing data.

Dawson, Rudy and the others subconsciously glanced at Larry Smith, and they all felt that such a question was beyond the standard.

It's just an interview with a video analyst assistant, and he actually talked about the trend, but this kid raised his tone so high just now, so it's okay to exceed the standard. Let's see how this kid answers. If he can't say one, two, three, it will be fun Slightly.

Su Yang thought for a while and organized his words.

"Data analysis has its necessity and importance. Some data, such as the shooting angle when the player's shooting rate is high, and the shooting angle when the player's shooting rate is low, can definitely be recorded for a long time and used as a training reference. Of course, the current camera technology , it is difficult to have a large amount of fast shot angle data, but a large amount of analysis can also be done manually..."

The shooting angle data became popular after 3D tracking and high-definition shooting technology matured. It began to enter the major teams about 12 years ago in the previous life. The case of Noahlystics adjusting the shooting angle for Lowry is the most typical.

But now there is no such technology in 01,

It can only be observed with the naked eye and analyzed by the crowd.

Originally, the teaching assistants who were waiting to see the jokes slowly became serious, but they never expected that Su Yang would really say a theory of "although I don't understand, but it seems that the logic is self-consistent, and there seems to be such a thing". Manager Dawson also sat up straight seriously.

"And some data values ​​​​are very small, such as positive and negative values..."

Su Yang saw that the reaction of the crowd was too cautious, and turned to joke: "Plus and minus are the evaluation of individual performance, but the calculation method is affected by the performance of everyone on the team. Even if O'Neal's grandma plays for the Bulls, it is easy to have a high plus or minus. ..."

"Haha." Head coach Tom and others laughed out loud.

Chief assistant Larry Smithton felt bored. He wanted to dig a hole for Su Yang to show him off, but his answer was good.

"Therefore, data analysis needs to be viewed dialectically, as a reference, and everything proceeds from reality."

After finishing speaking, Su Yang raised his hands flatly to signal to everyone: Now that I have finished speaking, who agrees and who opposes?

The others turned their heads one after another. Larry Smith signaled that he didn't dare to look directly at Su Yang. He lowered his head and stared at the test paper, thinking hard about how to refute, and then suddenly raised his head: "Then according to what you mean, it's useless to refer to other people's data like assist rate. ?”

Su Yang thought that the assist rate was the ratio of a player's goals coming from teammates' assists, and it did have certain limitations.

"No, of course assist rate is useful.

Because the assist rate can partially reflect a certain player’s tactical status and ball-holding level. For example, in the impression of many fans, the Wizards’ Hamilton scored a lot by running and catching the ball, while the Timberwolves’ Kevin Garnett often scored independently.

But from the perspective of assist efficiency, Hamilton is lower than Garnett, so relatively speaking, Garnett needs more assists from teammates to score, that is, the level of ball holding and tactical initiation is not as good as Hamilton, but Garnett is obviously better player of,

If you need to choose one of the two to form a team, you will definitely choose Garnett as the cornerstone of the team, because Garnett not only scores independently, but also has a historical level of help defense, and is very versatile, that is, the data used as a reference before. reason. "

General manager Dawson, head coach Tom and others nodded in approval, and there was nothing wrong with the logic.

Larry Smith felt quite frustrated, and couldn't find a way to refute for the time being. His mind turned quickly and he decided to start another topic, "I see that you are passing the process of drawing chin and blindpig on the test paper, but you can only draw these tactics. , or can it be combined with actual combat, for example, taking our Rockets' current lineup as an example, can you draw a suitable tactic?"

Head coach Tom glanced at Larry when he heard the words, thinking that as a head coach, I don't pay much attention to tactics, and you usually don't pay much attention to tactics. Why are you so excited today? However, Su Yang's words and deeds are really easy to refute. he.

Su Yang thought for a while, walked quickly to the drawing board, picked up the marker pen and drew directly, "I watched the Rockets game before, and designed a high-position PINdown+DHO hand-to-hand continuous cover tactic, based on Kevin Cato, Kato Tino Mobley and Steve Francis as the core, I call it SCK tactics, the specific starting and running positions are as follows..."

Considering the technical characteristics of Francis, Mobley and Cato, they quickly thought of the Mash tactics of the 76ers in the past with Simmons as the core. Make a copy.

The main line of tactics and the three changes were quickly drawn.

The head coach Tom looked at the five assistant coaches, then at the general manager Dawson, and nodded slightly, suggesting that this tactic is indeed feasible.

In the entire meeting room, the atmosphere of wanting to watch Su Yang have fun was swept away, and he paid more attention to Su Yang.

Larry Smith forcibly controlled his slightly trembling body. The sweat on his forehead had soaked into the hollow. He suddenly thought of how to refute and laughed: "No, no! You are wrong, you just said that Francis sticks to the ball , then how can you design an opener to let him go to the corner or the wing, do you think Francis can accept that design?"

The other four teaching assistants raised their eyebrows.

Yes, Francis is very sticky to the ball. Although a tactic doesn't matter, Su Yang doesn't seem to think about it, that is, designing a tactic violates the general principle: starting from the player's technical characteristics, you can't design a three-point tactic for O'Neal, even if it is not that exaggerated.

Su Yang chuckled: "So we have to correct his shortcoming of sticking to the ball and make him stronger, at the All-Star level."

"How do you think it should be corrected?" The general manager Dawson was curious. He said that Tom was the kind of good coach. Last season, Francis' USG usage rate was as high as 25%. If Olajuwon leaves next season, it will definitely become even higher.

The biggest problem with sticking the ball is that tactics are difficult to execute efficiently.

"Francis sticks to the ball. On the one hand, he has never been able to receive more professional training during the most critical college period, from UConn to Maryland, to Jacinto Youth University, and finally returned to Maryland, which led him to develop bad habits. Habit.

On the other hand, he had a relatively complicated growth experience when he was a child. He would feel safe when he was in control of the ball, which made him overly dependent and needed to solve his psychological problems. However, his growth experience made him mistakenly think that seeing a psychiatrist is a cowardly act. ..."

As someone who has experienced it, he read Francis’ autobiography in his previous life, which mentioned that he relied on a psychiatrist to get rid of alcoholism and marijuana. But before seeing a psychiatrist, he didn’t know and dared not seek help for fear of being called weak.

"This theory is quite novel." Dawson resisted the idea of ​​wanting to praise him face to face, and asked Tom if he had any opinions.

But before Tom could speak, Larry Smith rushed to say: "At the end of the test paper, you mentioned that we can use the ICE defensive strategy to improve our defense at the center position. That is a very genius idea. How did you come up with such a defensive strategy? ?”

The others showed curiosity upon hearing this.

It is remarkable to be able to think of such a defensive strategy. The key is that it has the same name as Tom Thibodeau. Either it is a great coincidence, or there has been direct or indirect communication with Thibodeau.

But it's best not to copy Thibodeau and say he invented it.

Su Yang pondered for himself.

"The situation is a bit embarrassing. Maybe they already know that Tom Thibodeau invented ICE because of three seconds. How to explain it to them? It must be considered a joke to say that it is from the future, and it cannot take the credit for Thibodeau. Dedicated to the basketball career without getting married or raising a child at a young age, his career evaluation depends entirely on his defensive system..."

After clearing my mind, I said: "This is what I thought when I watched the New York Knicks game. I found that they sometimes attack on the flanks, but their center forwards don't get up in time every time. Whenever there is such a situation, , assistant coach Tom Thibodeau would shout on the sidelines to remind him to keep following, his expression was very anxious, but Jeff Van Gundy calmed him down.

So I think that kind of defensive strategy is called ICE freezing, and it comes from Tom Thibodeau's command, which fits very well. "

After the words fell, the four teaching assistants cast appreciative glances,

The chief assistant Larry Smithton was frustrated. He didn't expect it to be like this. He had to find a way and let his son explain later how he came up with the ICE defensive strategy. Fortunately, it was named Freezing, so it didn't need to be so complicated. There are loopholes few.

Feeling melancholy, I was still dissatisfied, and said, "Your strength seems to be poor, how many times did you bench press 84 kg?"

Su Yang shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "I haven't tested it yet, you can go to the gym to try it, but I have already started a muscle-building plan. I will make the 84 kg bench press reach at least 11 times by the end of this summer. I have research on rapid and healthy strength improvement. "

"Oh? You still understand this?" Dawson, the general manager, chuckled lightly, not quite believing it, so young and knowing so much?

Su Yang also laughed: "Of course, it's about building muscle. Three-point training and seven-point eating. Protein is very important to promote the excess recovery of torn muscles. Carbohydrate intake prevents excessive muscle breakdown. High-quality protein, including beef, milk, and many plants protein…"

Based on the previous fitness videos such as "Killing Brother Jeff", I exchanged random chatter, which sounded nothing wrong, and I also talked about "defenders should avoid excessive use of ankles" and "single-foot hip flexion to improve shooting stability 'Theory, very professional.

Anyway, it is the thinking of Curry and Nash.

"You understand tactics and training, and players' psychological development. Those are two important parts of a team. What else do you understand? Do you understand the trade? I'm not entirely sure what you said just now, but the general manager I'm good at what I do."

Dawson asked a question with a smile, and everyone in the conference room chuckled.

It is impossible for a young man who has just graduated to understand so much.

Su Yang thought for a while, and smiled: "I dare not say that I fully understand the terms of the transaction and signing, but when I was researching the terms of the CBA, I found a loophole that could be exploited, and that was about how to take away the outstanding performance of other teams in the second round. show.

Take Gilbert Arenas, who ESPN and other agencies predict is very likely to be selected at No. 28 this year, as an example.

In fact, many people think that Arenas will fall into the second round, because he has a relatively bad personality, his style of play is a little weird, and he often does not listen to instructions, but with his outstanding performance in the past two years, if he really falls into the second round, he will definitely There are teams that are willing to gamble with a second-round pick and then sign him to a two-year contract as usual, but if he performs very well after two years..."

Between words, Su Yang introduced the use case of the Arenas clause. At the beginning of the century, many teams chose to sign a two-year contract with the second-round picks, resulting in no bird rights after two years, and then other teams can snatch those outstanding players with high salaries. two rounds.

The reason for such a situation is firstly that there are relatively few excellent second-round picks, and secondly, in the past outstanding second-rounders, many teams can match high-salary offers. Until Arenas played in the previous life, the Warriors happened to be unable to match. Only then is it highlighted.

After speaking in 10 minutes, the general manager Dawson felt as if a tsunami had erupted in the Pacific Ocean, and he was shocked to be taught a lesson.

And assistant coach Larry Smith completely surrendered, lying half paralyzed on the chair like a deflated ball, knowing that it was over.

The head coach Tom made no secret of his admiration. He almost decided it was him before he opened his mouth. He didn't think Su Yang was so good. There was a long distance between theory and practice, but Su Yang had a strange idea, which might bring something to the coaching team. A whole new angle.

Dawson, the general manager, asked with a smile if there were any other problems. Seeing everyone shaking their heads, he immediately got up and straightened his clothes, and said seriously: "I just thought about it seriously, you are a genius, it's really too inferior to be a video analyst assistant in our Rockets." La.

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