Basketball: Start with the nerve knife

Chapter 17 The biggest surprise among rookies in the new season
After the makeup photos were taken, the league also announced the schedule for the 07-08 season. The Lakers training ground was "happy" to get a more gloomy "Black Mamba"!
The opening game of the new season for the Lakers is against the Suns at home.

In the past two years, the Lakers made it to the playoffs twice, both of which fell to the hands of the Phoenix Suns.

Especially in the 05-06 season, when the Lakers took a 3-1 lead, they were pulled by the Suns for 3 consecutive games and lost the series shamefully.In the fourth game of that round of the series, Kobe shocked everyone with his "double lore" performance. He thought his two lore would break the mentality of the Suns, but he didn't expect it to be "the night is coming."

After that game, the Lakers played a total of 7 games with the Suns in the playoffs, and the Lakers only won 1 game.

With Kobe's personality, the Suns are naturally his sworn enemies in his eyes.

Low air pressure is also normal.

Speaking of which, Li Wan hasn't spoken to Kobe yet.

It wasn't that Kobe was targeting him. Although the summer soap opera ended, the big news that Old Buss promised him hadn't appeared yet.

It is estimated that he will not be able to relax his tense nerves until the "big earthquake" occurs.

Now facing anyone on the Lakers, his face is straight when he speaks.

Odom also set a bet in the locker room, betting on how many months it would be when Bryant laughed for the first time.

In the last half of the month, as the players recovered and Tex Winter returned, Phil Jackson also began to conduct more detailed tactical training.

"Zen Master" returned to the Lakers in 05.

But what the Lakers played in the first two seasons was not the "triangle offense" that they won the "three consecutive championships" in the early 21st century.

In addition to Kobe, the Lakers in the past two years did not have a reliable supporting point.

However, with Bynum's further growth in the summer this season, the entire coaching team believes that the opportunity to restart the "triangle offense" has arrived.

No, the 88-year-old Winter is on duty again.

As the founder of "Triangle Offensive Tactics", no one knows "Triangle Offense" better than him.

Or the outside player version of the "triangle offensive tactic."

The core of the Lakers' "three consecutive championships" in the 00-02 season was Shaq O'Neal, and the entire "triangle offense" was also developed around him by Phil Jackson.

During the Bulls period, Winter has always been an assistant coach in the team.

It is perfect for him to integrate the "triangle tactics" of the Lakers with Kobe as the core.

However, regaining the "triangle offense" is not an easy task.

In the first team training, Winter called a stop several times.

Kobe's singles choices often gave him a headache.

不制造1vN，不依赖1v0，不排斥1v1。

These are the three ultimate goals of the "triangle offense" in operating the ball.

Unlike other offensive tactics that pursue absolute "1v0", "Triangle Tactics" is aimed at creating open spaces or 1v1 singles situations from the beginning, and then scoring through the outstanding personal abilities of superstars.

This is why the "Triangle Tactic" has always been called the "Superstar Tactic".

To a certain extent, the "triangular tactic" is the best tactic for superstars to "free themselves".

Kobe's problem is that in many cases, he believes more in his personal ability to score, rather than in a theoretically absolute 1V1 or 1V0 situation.

Usually 1vN is the choice.

"It's really the second Michael Jordan, there is really no difference between the two in this respect!"

Phil Jackson couldn't help laughing when he heard Winter's complaint.When he was in the Bulls, Winter made fun of Michael Jordan a lot.Think he's playing too selfishly.

But...Michael Jordan can be selfish, and he has Scottie Pippen, the greatest "second master" in history, by his side.Even if he doesn't respond.

Pippen can also support.

The Lakers can't do it. Bynum's ability to play the ball is very reluctant. If you expect him to support it, you are waiting for "an old sow to climb a tree."

That's it, before the "Triangle Offense" training started, we encountered a big problem!

Phil Jackson didn't practice as hard as "squeezing toothpaste".

Kobe has fought alone for two seasons, and his own desire to end is still strong. It is impossible to expect him to change all of a sudden.

The offensive end has not been practiced smoothly, and the problem on the defensive end is not small.

The 33-year-old Derek Fisher further degraded his lateral footwork.Although it hasn't degenerated to the later level of "defense with trouser legs", it is really unlikely that he can be counted on to block the opponent's player one night, especially when facing the top point guards in the league.

In addition, Pau Gasol and Ariza have not been traded at this time, and the team lacks inside and flank defense.

After Phil Handy watched it for two days, his final thought was to defend the zone.

This tactic has never been accepted by NBA head coaches. Popovich has become a treasure in the hearts of many coaches by relying on zone defense to lock LeBron James this summer.

The only problem is that there is a concept of "three seconds of defense" in the NBA. If you want to defend the zone defense, you need enough tacit understanding. Now that there are factors that have to move inside, it is even more difficult to defend the zone defense.

The Spurs are also a group of main players who have played together for N years, and this has formed a sufficient tacit understanding.

Li Wan is one of the few bright spots.

Whether it is on the defensive end or on the offensive end of training, he rarely makes mistakes, and his super high ball quotient is undoubtedly revealed during the team's running-in process.

Phil Jackson looked more and more satisfied.

"Lee, I plan to put you on the bench in the preseason, but I will let you play more than 25 minutes in every game."

Li Wan nodded.

Getting along during the recent period made him feel that he seemed to have "misunderstood" Phil Jackson.

Since entering the training camp, instead of obstructing Li Wan's behavior at all, he actively helped Li Wan adjust.Such a head coach is undoubtedly happy for the newcomers.

Mike Conley called Li Wan the day before yesterday, crying to him about the unfair treatment he suffered in Memphis: "They selected me with such a high pick, but they have no plans to train me!"

This is so shit...

"Although you have shown your ball-handling ability and shooting ability, you have made great progress in this area. You are also very clear about this. The stage of the preseason is for running-in. I look forward to your good performance!"

Li Wan continued to nod.

Speaking of this, Phil Jackson said that he felt that his relationship with the head coach should be better.

Ok……

Blame Kupchak!
On October 10th, the day before the start of the preseason, the day of the Lakers' media open day.

Kobe faced the camera and put pressure again: "It is impossible for me to accept the same loss as last season, absolutely impossible!"

Phil Jackson took the initiative to mention Li Wan: "He is not on the right path. There may have been such problems since college. I believe everyone will see a different him. Among the rookies in the new season, the biggest Surprise, I think it's him!"

(End of this chapter)