start with scouting

Chapter 23 A Little Bit of Work
After finishing the interview, Su Yang returned to the locker room with Mike Roberts and others.

McMillan called Su Yang halfway, and dragged him to have a secret talk in the player tunnel, saying that after discussion with the coaching staff, he decided to let him replace Monty to coach the remaining games of the summer league, and he didn't have any requirements for the record.

But we can no longer indulge Mike Roberts and others to shoot three-pointers casually, because that is not conducive to cultivating tactical awareness.

Su Yang was speechless to that kind of request, but considering the main goal at the moment, he still agreed.

In the evening, the veteran Outlaw invited a dinner to celebrate the first victory, and all the players responded to participate.

Su Yang also received the invitation, but not as a coach, but as a good friend of the players.

Chatting during the meeting, Outlaw and others publicly expressed their support for Su Yang.Webster was particularly excited, emphasizing that after playing for so many years, there has never been a coach who specially designed three-point tactics for him, and Su Yang designed two kinds of tactics in one game.

Aldridge, who was originally on a temporary truce due to his ankle, joined the dinner party halfway. He said that after discussing with the team doctor and agent, he decided to come back early and participate in the next few games. He bluntly said that he wanted to experience the feeling of being guided by Su Yang.

Su Yang felt very happy for everyone's support. Naturally, he would not reject anyone who came, but he also felt a little overwhelmed.

After the dinner, he returned to the hotel. He spent the night thinking about how to adjust the rotation, especially the position of power forward where Aldridge and Mike Roberts are. Both of them have the ability to start, but their technical characteristics are completely different.

Different technical characteristics require different tactics and different lineups.

No one helped him with the design. He fought alone for more than four hours. Fortunately, he had been editing the Spurs video for so many days before, and he had already stored many tactics in his mind in advance with Duncan as the core, and some of them could be used in Alder by analogy.

Considering that Adelaide is not yet used to high-intensity confrontation, it would be more costly to let Adelaide directly ask for the ball in the low position. Su Yang also referred to the triangle offense and specially designed several sets of easy catch schemes for Adelaide, which can be regarded as avoiding weaknesses and enhancing advantages.

NO.11 In the morning, Su Yang rushed to the training ground temporarily rented by the Blazers with big dark circles under his eyes.

He convened the players to explain the new tactical system, and was soon discovered to stay up late to design tactics.

The players were very moved, and they were very serious when rehearsing tactical moves, making it look like the finals are coming.

The second-year Adelaide, compared to the second-year Duncan, is one Garnett behind.But even if Adelaide is in the second grade, his low-post turnaround jumper ability is almost at the MAX level, and he can fully afford the low-post core, and he can make every shot accurately.

Mike Roberts, who was in charge of the simulated defense, had little power to fight back and called for double-teaming several times.

Adelaide lacks experience in dealing with double-teams, and his scoring efficiency plummeted. Su Yang took the opportunity to guide how to grasp the timing of the ball.

After the training, Su Yang received a call from official website reporter Casey Hodell, saying that he was going to do an exclusive interview.

The two met at the bar. As soon as Casey sat down, he said eagerly: "You are hot! In the morning, ESPN reported in detail that you led the team to reverse 21 points and win. The fans are very interested in your wild coaching style. Hundreds of people have posted on the official website. Leave a message, want to get more information about yourself, there are many young girls among them, they think you are handsome.

The most excited are those old fans. They are eager to see the team return to the Western Conference Finals. They want to know how you will help the team in the future. He wants to see more of your coaching cases and see you realize your bold words . "

"You can ask me whatever you want..." Su Yang was amused, but he never expected to win many fans by just saying a few words casually.

He guessed that there may be few people like him who speak their minds directly in the public media without any scruples, and few people coach like him, allowing big players to shoot three-pointers, and the game looks pleasing to the eye.

For more than an hour, Su Yang answered dozens of questions. The big questions included how to evaluate the two core players of the Blazers. The small questions included what movies he likes, what zodiac sign, whether he has pets, how many slices of pizza to eat...

Su Yang solemnly emphasized that Aldridge is also the core of the team, and asked Casey to put the answer in the most prominent position.

Casey naturally agreed, and said that after the report was published, several newspapers with large circulation in Portland would reprint it.

If everything goes as expected, Su Yang will soon become a local star in Portland.

After lunch, Su Yang took a short break, and continued to lead the team to train, designing tactics for those players who were fighting for contracts.

Those players are very grateful to them, and there are many wandering veterans among them, who bluntly said that they have never had exclusive treatment.

NO.12 At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Trail Blazers faced the Los Angeles Lakers at Cox Arena.

On the Lakers side, the 18th overall rookie Gavallis Crittenton led the team. He scored 1.7 points in the first game of the Summer League and hit the lore with 10 seconds left in the game. If Oden hadn't made his debut Crazy [-] fouls, can definitely steal the headlines.

Another core member of the Lakers, Jordan Farmar, played most of last season for the Defenders of the Lakers' Development League. This time he came to participate in the summer league.

Considering that the two core players of the Lakers are both guards, Su Yang commanded the strategy of pinching and defending against pick-and-rolls, intentionally emptying the other three players of the Lakers with relatively poor abilities, but neither Crittenton nor Farmar could pass the ball well. .

Coupled with Adelaide's low position, the Blazers led by as many as 18 points in the first quarter, and the rhythm of the game was established early.

In the end, Alder easily scored 32 points and led the Blazers to a big victory over the Lakers.

After a day off, the Blazers rushed to the Cox Arena again to face the New York Knicks, who had won four consecutive victories.

On the Knicks side, the famous Isaiah Thomas personally led the team, as well as the second-year veteran Nate Robinson, the first-year player Reinaldo Buckman, the first-round rookie Wilson Chandler, and the future CBA fierce Randolph. Morris.

Before the start of the game, ESPN's on-site commentary believed that the two teams would be inseparable and might see overtime.

But after the game started, Nate Robinson, who was brave and invincible before, under the high pressure of the Blazers' 32-zone defense, made continuous shots, blocked breakthroughs, missed passes, and ran into people. He seemed unable to play, and his offensive efficiency plummeted.

Aldridge turned into a god of war, caught Randolph Morris and beat him wildly. All the first eight mid-range shots were hollowed into the net.

After halftime, the Trail Blazers led by as much as 27 points, and the famous Isaiah Thomas stomped his feet and roared angrily.

But anger can't change the game. The Knicks failed to turn the situation around in the second half and eventually lost to the Blazers.

The New York Times headlined "Legendary star brutally crushed by rookie scouts" and reported how bad Isaiah Thomas' coaching is. It suggested that Knicks owner James Dolan fire Thomas, even if it would be better to hire Su Yang to coach.

The report aroused many discussions, and Su Yang's name was once again circulated in the mainstream media across the United States, still with a positive image.

In the next three days, the Blazers defeated the Grizzlies and the Sonics one after another, ending their trip to Summer League with a record of 5 wins and 2 losses.

Summary At the press conference, the reporter asked Su Yang how he managed to turn the big bad situation around.

Su Yang replied that the credit should belong to the players, and he would also like to thank Coach Monty for so many adjustments and tests in the early stage.

That night, the Trail Blazers team celebrated at the casino opened by Trump, and general manager Kevin Pritchard was present to participate.

When he was drunk, Kevin approached Su Yang and said that the Rockets had formally issued an application to invite Su Yang to participate in the assistant coach interview, and he had already nodded in agreement. If Su Yang is willing, the team can provide two days off .

Su Yang declined on the spot. After all, the boss of the Rockets is so picky, even if he is the head coach, there is no room for maneuver.

On the morning of NO.18, the Blazers flew back to Portland.

Kevin and McMillan publicly invited Su Yang to join the coaching staff as a player development coach.Kevin said that Su Yang has unique experience in determining the style of play for players, and Mike Roberts' gorgeous transformation is the best proof.

Such a position is slightly different from what Su Yang expected.

But after all, he was closer to the goal, and the speed was far faster than expected, so he accepted the invitation decisively.

(End of this chapter)