I'm a big shot in basketball

Training continues.

Francis continued to play poorly, visibly refusing to hand over the basketball most of the time, and it was stomach ache to watch.

It's useless to worry, you have to grind slowly.

Su Yang was temporarily idle, NO.14 received his first salary in October, and bought shares of sports brands such as Nike according to the plan, taking advantage of the super trough caused by the double blows of the 911 incident and the Internet bubble, to make a fortune.

It's a pity that the principal is only 03 U.S. dollars. When the patriotic enthusiasm of the Americans fades in January [-], the stock market will fall sharply again.

In my spare time, sort out the mountain of mail.

Various credit card advertisements, promotional activities, and religious propaganda, accumulatively more than 200 letters, and a large number of scouts recommending themselves, I don’t know how to get my address, but I want to promote talents, but I am the strongest scout, guaranteed for 20 years .

In the end, I accidentally received a thank you email from the luxury brand LV Louis Vuitton, signed by an executive named Delphine. It turned out that LV and the great artist Stephen had jointly signed it before, and it was a huge failure like Su Yang predicted.

The sales of related products jointly promoted are extremely low. LV hopes that Su Yang will give more suggestions in the future, which is a bit polite.

Without thinking too much, he put down the email and studied potential transactions, especially the small forward position. Dawson has already listed targets.

NO.19, the Rockets flew to Arizona.

The Suns announced in advance that the new aid Marbury will not play, and the main force Marion will not play. The team is led by second-year players Charlie Bell and Joe Crispin. They lack combat effectiveness, but after the first quarter of the game , The Rockets actually fell behind by 2 points.

Su Yang saw it in his eyes and knew that it was Francis who made several consecutive running mistakes, and because of the slow pass, he wasted some easy scoring opportunities, which caused Griffin and others to gradually reduce their enthusiasm, and the team's offensive efficiency was greatly reduced. , playing awkwardly.

During the intermission, assistant coach Wells proposed to adjust the rotation and try double centers with Francis, thinking that it would better liberate Griffin, otherwise Mobley, Thomas and Walter, the three players who were there last season, would Because of the long-term muscle memory, I will subconsciously look for Francis, and enter the previous situation where two people cooperate with three people to watch.

The implication is to let Eddie Griffin play as a substitute so that Eddie Griffin can become a better tactical center of gravity.

"NO!"

Su Yang resolutely refused, "I already have an idea, don't worry for now, we will take action when things get serious."

To deal with Francis' character, you have to make the matter bigger first, and let Francis really think about why it can be solved, because geniuses foresee and solve problems, ordinary people suffer once to solve problems, and Francis needs to suffer more times.

Originally, he planned to find a way to get Francis to see a psychiatrist, but the assistant teacher Larry Smith's informant was invalidated.

Rocket rotation continues as usual.

Tactical moves are still inefficient and there are various mistakes.

After the whole game, the Rockets had a full main lineup and narrowly beat the Suns without a main lineup by three points, which was a bit embarrassing.

After the game, he specially brought Francis together to attend the press conference. Talking about why it was so difficult to win, Su Yang said calmly: "That's because we are running into a new offensive system and trying various rotations. Francis sacrificed a lot..."

Francis raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling something was wrong.

But I can't tell what's wrong.

The whole team flew back to Houston overnight, rested one night, and faced the visiting Trail Blazers back to back at the Compaq Center.

Rasheed, Bunch Wells and Derek Anderson are the three main starters for the Blazers. Their offense and defense are so-so. However, the Rockets still have various tactics on the offensive end. After the game, 18 points behind.

Back in the locker room during the halftime break, Su Yang pretended nothing happened, showed Rasheed's offensive video, and asked Griffin to repeat how to defend better, "Rashid likes straight-arm jumpers, and the focus of defense is Don't let him get into the rhythm..."

Griffin nodded silently.

The game continued in the second half.

Su Yang was ready to wait patiently.

Unexpectedly, only 4 minutes into the third quarter, Francis broke through and collided with Bunche Wells. It may be a little painful, and he rubbed his knee.Seeing this, Su Yang knew the opportunity was coming, so he immediately stopped and replaced Francis, saying that he wanted to avoid injury.

Francis said it was okay to fight.

Su Yang insisted that he couldn't take any risks, and immediately dispatched Arroyo, and the rocket's offensive was like turning on super power.

A wave of 24 to 9, only 3 points away from catching up.

The Blazers requested a timeout, but they still couldn't defend when they came back. The Rockets played another wave of 13 to 4, leading by 6 points.

Francis looked shocked.

After the game, the Rockets defeated the Trail Blazers 98 to 84. Arroyo sent 24 assists in 13 minutes.

Attending the press conference after the game, Su Yang took Francis together again, talked about why he reversed and won in the second half, and said excitedly: "Because Steve forced the Blazers to change their defensive strategy through a breakthrough, but unfortunately he suffered a knee collision and had to leave the game early. Rest, but the effect he created still exists, the whole team took advantage of the trend to complete the overtake, we can do this for a long time..."

Francis felt more and more wrong.

After playing the Blazers, rest for two days.

Su Yang arranged for joint training again, specifically saying that Francis sacrificed a lot for the team, and it is necessary to let everyone see how fierce his original style of play is, and then arrange for Francis to match Cato, Moon, Glenn Rice and Koller. Substitutes battle.

The bench lineup played less off the ball.

The time Francis holds the ball has greatly increased, like a fish returning to a pond from a dry land, full of vitality and various performances.

But the offensive efficiency is the same. After a team training game, Francis scored 48 points, but the bench lineup lost 6 points. In terms of matchup data, Francis only had 4 assists, while Arroyo sent as many as 12. assists.

The whole team assembled and summarized. Su Yang praised Francis for his outstanding performance, lamented how much he had sacrificed for the team, and praised Mobley for perfectly taking on the main output role in the starting lineup. If he can maintain it for a long time, he is expected to be selected Three formations.

When Francis heard that his brother Mobley had improved, he was very happy, but he still had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

The Rockets played against the Magic the next day.

Su Yang adjusted his tactical focus and asked Francis to use all kinds of screens to attack with all his strength. After 5 minutes, a timeout was called and Arroyo was replaced as the point guard. It was a typical fake starting strategy, and Francis was having fun, but he didn't care.

Repeat the operation twice, and the game is over.

The Rockets beat Tracy McGrady's Magic 111 to 96. Francis scored 32 points and Arroyo had 11 assists.

Rest for three days, home World War Spurs.

Su Yang continued to arrange for Francis to play fake starts, and the effect was relatively good. During the substitute stage, he scored consecutive points against Terry Porter and others to help the Rockets tie. They played back and forth until the end of the fourth quarter. In order to win, Francis greatly increased his running enthusiasm .

Relying on Francis as a bait to draw attention, Mobley passed the ball, and Griffin lobbed, the Rockets finally beat the Spurs.

Attend a press conference after the game.

Su Yang repeatedly praised Francis for his excellent work. It was Francis's sacrifice that allowed Mobley to play excellent statistics, and also allowed Arroyo and Griffin to give full play. Francis should enter the MVP discussion, please pay more attention to the fans.

"We'll keep the current rotation..."

The last point is to establish a false starting strategy.

Francis finally understood why something was wrong. He felt a little embarrassed, but he could accept it. Brother Mobley played better and better, and his own statistics did not suffer.

The team arrived in Philadelphia the next day.

In the finale of the preseason, Su Yang arranged for a truce for the main players, allowing the players without contracts to play more, not caring about winning or losing.

But I never thought that the 76ers had the same idea. All players without contracts played, and the rookies pecked each other at the beginning.

As the game progressed, the Rockets' players' tactical quality was crushed, and they finally defeated the 114ers 81 to 76.

At the end of the preseason, TNT and other media praised Su Yang for his excellent coaching and looked forward to more performances in the regular season.

Su Yang checked the schedule and found that the first match started on the 30th, and the opponent was the Eagles, so he tried his best to study how to deal with it.

The first battle must be won.