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Chapter 105 Role Positioning
The joining ceremony finally came to an end, and Blunt began to introduce the Sequoia team members to Tianyang.

The starting five are center Grant Fairhoeven, power forward Reed Travis, small forward Roscoe Allen, shooting guard Donian Pickens, and point guard Marcus Aaron. Lun.

When introducing Roscoe-Allen, Blunt specifically mentioned that Roscoe has improved very fast, from averaging 7.3 points per game last season to 15.6 points per game this season, an increase of more than double, which is very rare.

It may be precisely because of the skyrocketing data that Roscoe's confidence has greatly increased, and he decided to participate in the NBA draft after the end of this season. Even though he is a senior student, the chance of being selected is very slim.

Except for the starting lineup, Blount also introduced the other team members to Tianyang one by one. Although they just exchanged names in a "flying horse" manner, Tianyang kept these players in mind one by one.

After introducing the team members, Blunt took Tianyang to the coaching staff's office.

The Sequoia team has a total of four coaches, and Johnny is the head coach, with a good grasp of offense and defense.Blount is a player development coach, mainly responsible for player selection and other work, so he was the one who discovered SkyOcean.

The other two coaches, one is in charge of physical training Haze, the other is in charge of training players to shoot Walsh.

There is another one who is also in the coaching staff's office, but it is not the coach, but the team assistant Brad.

Blount told Tianyang that any problems related to playing can be told to Brad, and he will do everything possible to end it.

After the face-to-face meeting, Blount was about to leave with Tianyang, but Haze suddenly called to stop the two of them.

"Tianyang, I have a rude request, I wonder if you mind?"

"Please speak!" Tianyang responded simply.

"Recently, I am thinking about a new physical training plan. They are tired of the previous routines. Just now I saw that you showed a warm-up exercise. I personally think it is very good. Can you share it with everyone? Just help me by the way. busy."

To be honest, Haze's request made Tianyang a little embarrassed.The warm-up routine shown before was bought from Xiao Heipi.It's not that he cares about the money, but he only bought one issue, and some content is still missing. He is worried that the unsystematic training method will waste everyone's time.

Haze had already spoken, and it was not good for him not to agree. After thinking for a while, he opened his mouth and said:
"No problem, my set of moves is basically based on the videos flowing on the Internet, imitating the training of NBA teams, and then patching them together. You can try it, but the specific effect depends on the individual situation."

"That's good, there will be confrontation training later, how about we share it tomorrow?"

After making an appointment with Haze, Blount and Tianyang returned to the court and began to participate in confrontation training.

The training format is relatively simple, with Roscoe Allen leading the starting lineup against the second and third teams.

Johnny arranged this way not because he wanted the second and third teams to be abused by the first team, but to help the first team provide a favorable tactical training environment first.

Tianyang was divided into the second team, led by small forward Michelle Humphrey, guard Marcus Shelfield, power forward Cameron Walker, and center Josh Sharma.

The main content of confrontation training is also very simple, pick and roll plus zone defense.

Because the Sequoia team's main scoring points are on the outside, and the inside is relatively weak, the center is only responsible for blocking, rebounding, and blocking shots.

There is another reason, that is, Coach Johnny himself is also a guard player. He was born at Duke University in 86, got the Naismith general, and was selected by the Spurs as the 10th in that year. .

The Duke University experience allowed him to learn from the old coach K how to use the characteristics of each player, so the offensive and defensive tactics of the Sequoia team are not very complicated.

The entire confrontation training lasted for 40 minutes. Although both the starter and the second facelift were closed, the starter still won by a huge advantage of 52 points to 32 points.

Of the 32 points scored by the second team, 18 were scored by Tianyang alone, all of which were due to Josie Sharma who made a pick-and-roll for him. 18 of 7 shots.

Almost all of the missed shots were thrown under duress, and the shortcomings of Tianyang's poor confrontation were fully exposed.

After the training of the starting and second teams, Coach Johnny asked Tianyang to lead the third and second teams to play.

What's interesting is that Tianyang led the third team to a narrow victory this time. Although only 10 points were scored, they made 6 of 5 shots and were extremely efficient.

After two rounds of training, Johnny motioned for a break, and then chatted with Blount.

"What do you think? What do you think he is responsible for?"

Brown obviously didn't expect that Johnny would decide Tianyang's role in such a short period of time. He lowered his head and thought for a while before saying, "From his three-point level, I think he's a corner shooter." It couldn’t be more appropriate, when the team is ahead, put it on, and most of the shots will be accurate.”

Johnny did not express his opinion, but continued to ask: "Do you think he is not suitable for scoring goals in sports games?"

"COME ON" Blount spread his hands, "You and I both know that he has outstanding consciousness and a very good understanding of the game, but his lack of physical fitness cannot be made up in a day or two. The facts are in front of you, and you have to accept it."

"It's a pity!" Johnny shook his head, his tone depressed.

"Don't be a pity. If he had the strong body you had when you were in college, he would have already become ESPN's top ten rookies of the year. Can we miss it?"

Blount boasted in disguise, Johnny smiled helplessly, and then he clapped his hands and shouted, motioning the players to get closer.

"Guys, in less than a month, the Pac-8 Conference Championship will officially start, and we are currently ranked [-]th. If you want to go into March Madness with me, then from now on, you can't relax for a moment, we The opponents are strong, so we need to work harder, understand?"

"It must be done, please rest assured the coach!" Roscoe-Allen took the lead in responding, and the rest of the players also expressed their determination one after another.

Johnny was very relieved when he saw it. After a long time, he continued: "Some of you have been fighting with me for several years. You should understand my coaching style. Whoever is capable will win. This is always the same. There will be changes, so next, I'm going to announce a new role adjustment!"

After the words fell, except for the first five players, the rest of the team members were a little nervous, and their little thoughts began to fiddle with each other.

But Na Zeng thought, except for the swap adjustment between Tianyang and Marcus Shelfield, the team's starting lineup, second team, and third team have not changed, and the entire Sequoia players are a little confused.

Until Johnny finally said: "In addition, when Roscoe Allen is not on the court, Tianyang will play to lead the team's offense and defense, and serve as the first offensive firepower!".

With this arrangement, although Tianyang is still a substitute, his actual status can be said to be the team's second leader.

The person who joined the team less than half a day ago became the team's second-in-command, and the Sequoia players didn't even think about it.

(End of this chapter)