The Godfather of Basketball

“We need some change. Do you have anything to say?” Dawson sat in the center of the conference table and said directly.

Van Gundy glanced at the others. As the head coach, he naturally needed to speak first.

“I don’t think the preseason can say anything. Our players have just returned from the offseason and they need some time to adjust their status.” Van Gundy said, he said more like an explanation.

Van Gundy glanced at his old subordinate, Sibodu, when he was finished.

“Yes, Sean just traded to the team, we also have rookies, and Yao and T-mac missed a lot of games last season. These need to run in. The season has not yet begun, we still have time.” Xibodu continued Said.

Dawson frowned slightly, he came to listen to the solution, but did not expect to become Van Gundy’s justification.

He looked at Tang Tian who had not spoken.

“Don, what do you think? Do you also think it takes time?”

“No, I don’t think there is much time left for us.” Tang Tian’s answer made Fan Gandi frown, but Dawson was interested.

“What do you mean?” Dawson looked at Tang Tian and said.

“Our opponents are very powerful, let alone the Eastern Conference, the Western Spurs, Mavericks, Suns, and even the Jazz. If we want to break through the first round and go even further, we must occupy more regular season rankings. The forward position, so we have to work hard at the beginning of the season. “

After Tang Tian said a word, Dawson could n’t help nodding his head. After Olajuwon retired, the Rockets did n’t say anything about competing for the championship. They did n’t even break through in the first round. Far below expectations, this has a lot to do with the poor record of the regular season, the first round of encounters with strong rivals.

“This is what we all want to do, but this is not done overnight.” Van Gundy said a little unhappy.

“Do you have any specific ideas?” Dawson motioned for Van Gundy to stop talking before looking at Tang Tian.

“Jeff’s defensive system is very good by itself, and Sean is very good at defending the opponent’s arrow scorer, so our defense does not need to change, but our offense needs to be adjusted. Yao Ming needs to be the offensive initiator at the free throw line. We We need more off-ball pick-and-rolls and air-cuts, and we need more three-pointers on the court. “

Tang Tian didn’t talk much, but he fully explained his thoughts, and he was very organized.

Van Gundy didn’t say anything at this time, Tang Tian spoke and praised him for a while, and he was really not good at attacking.

还有 “Also?” Dawson asked.

“We also need to expand our rotation. I have taken our rookies. They have done well in this summer’s summer league and they have been training for the past two months. They should get playing time. They also need to get playing time. Yao and T-mac have a rest. “

“How many people do you think is reasonable?” Dawson stopped Van Gandy, who was still talking, and continued to ask.

“Nine people.”

“Nine people?” Dawson and Van Gundy spoke at the same time, but this was just an addition to Van Gundy’s original one.

“Yes, 9 people, less than 9 people will spend more time on the main force, more than 9 people, and the members who come up will also have a limited contribution, but the 9 people, the replacement time will be more than 5 minutes, otherwise they can not play a role.

Dawson nodded, Tang Tian said very carefully and reasonably.

接着 He then looked at Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, and Shane Battier: “What do you think?”

“I think Tang is right. I went to Las Vegas to watch the Summer League, and he changed the situation on the court with a pause.” McGrady said almost without hesitation.

“Let me organize is a challenge, but I will try my best to do it well.” Yao Ming did not make a direct statement, but the voice said Tang Tian was right.

“The role players have playing time, they play hard, and with competition, the starting players will be more motivated.” Yao Ming and McGrady both spoke, and Battier naturally would not object, but as a team player, He also expressed his thoughts from another angle.

Only then did Dawson look at Van Gundy and Thibodeau: “What about you?”

Van Gundy did not speak, everyone else agreed, although he is the head coach, it is not difficult to object.

“A few more words of rotation are good for preventing injuries.” Xibodu said something painless and itchy. He got along well with Tang Tian and was unwilling to offend his old boss Van Gundy.

“Okay, just do as Tang Tian said, Jeff, I’m under a lot of pressure, you know that my old man will retire next year.” Dawson finally said to Van Gundy.

“Yes, I understand that I will give Tang Tian all the offense, which is also his responsibility.” Van Gundy nodded.

内部 An internal meeting, the team reached a consensus.

Tang Tian’s action was also very fast. After getting the command of the team’s offensive tactics, he started training for the first training session after the meeting.

Part of his system is derived from the “magic ball” theory of the Rockets in the later period, that is, the tactics of three-pointer king, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu. The other part of com is a combination of Princeton tactics of the world-class gorgeous Kings.

To put it plainly, this is a three-point-based, simplified Princeton tactic.

Yao Ming’s offensive ability is top-notch, which makes him more threatened to take the ball at the free throw line than the Kings’ Brad Miller, which will make this simplified tactic play a greater role.

But one more important thing is the team’s three-pointers.

All of the Rockets’ outside lines can make three-pointers, but all of them are unstable.

Therefore, in each training class before the start of the regular season, three-pointers have become a training program for all players except the center, including inside players such as Millsap, and generally not throwing like Bunge Wells. Three point forward.

Yao Ming is a good quotient player and his learning ability is fast. Although not long, the cooperation with his teammates has also been quite good.

In this break time, the Rockets also completed the final layoffs in the preseason.

Ryan Bowen, Scott Padgett, and Cassie Jacobson were laid off successively.

With a single-point performance of 20 points in the preseason, Barria crowded out John Lucas III who had a guaranteed contract and left the team successfully.

In this way, the Rockets’ 15-man roster for the new season is officially released.

Centers: Yao Ming, Dikembe Mutombo, Chuck Hayes.

Power forwards: Juwan Howard, Bunge Wells, Paul Millsap.

Small forwards: Tracy McGrady, Kirk Snyder, Steve Novak.

Shooting guards: Sean Battier, Luther Hyde, Vassil Spanoris.

Point guards: Raf Alston, Jose Barria, Bob Sura.