I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 258 Infinite Reverie (Fifth Change)

There are not a few people in the league who have similar ideas with McMillan.

For example, Mr. Smart-Min, the general manager of the Clippers, also thinks so.

The relaxed training atmosphere of the Clippers and the looser tactical routines are all required by Min Congda.

While he asked Dunleavy to focus on Randolph when making plays, he also wanted to be less rigid.

"Give Curry, Davis, Harden, Hinrich, etc. full freedom of choice. When they think they can shoot, let them shoot, don't be so rigid, insist on passing the ball from the inside .”

Victory often dies from wild shots. This is the experience Min Congda summed up after watching the ball for a season.

Although the stinky boy Curry can really get in when he makes waves sometimes, there are more times when he doesn't get in.

Sometimes I believe too much in my own touch, and the result is that many offensive opportunities are wasted, resulting in poor team offense.

And teammates follow the switch back and run, constantly watching you shoot the iron is very damaging to morale.

Like Kobe, although he is also strong, but Kobe's situation is different in many cases. He is a teammate and has nothing to do, so he can only do it by himself.

In this case, if you can make a shot, everyone thinks you are really good. If you can't make a shot, there is nothing you can do. The strategy has failed.

It's not that Curry's teammates have nothing to do, but that Min Congda gave him the privilege of shooting at the beginning of his rookie season.

When Deng Levy wanted to train Curry as a traditional point guard, Min Congda refused to let him make blind shots.

This season, Min Congda doesn't believe in evil anymore. He doesn't believe that a few little guys from the outside line can play together with the team.

He thought, "Curry can make a good shot, but Harden can also make a wave, right? George can also make a wave?"

With this in mind, the Clippers' first preseason game against the Blazers became a symphony.

Outside shooting, three-pointers, long two-pointers, all kinds of unreasonable shots.

Even during the fast break, Nick Young wanted to throw a three-pointer, but he missed it. Min Congda was very happy to see it.

Not surprisingly, the Clippers trailed the Blazers by 11 points in the first half.

Then fell behind even more in the third quarter, falling behind by 20 points at one point.

Min Congda thought that he would lose the first game of this preseason game, and got 500 yuan.

Unexpectedly, in the fourth quarter, with 17 points behind, Harden and Curry scored 4 three-pointers in a row.

Once the score was caught up to only 7 points!

It scared Min Congda into a cold sweat.

Fortunately, the fifth three-pointer was missed, and the Blazers stabilized their position.

In the end, they defeated the Clippers by 98:93, 5 points.

Min Congda received $500 in the account, and the Trail Blazers started the new season.

"These two boys are still a little bit strong, there is no danger, there is no danger."

To sum up after the game, Deng Levy wanted to criticize everyone.

But at the last moment, Harden teamed up with Curry to chase points continuously, but Dunleavy saw something.

As a veteran coach, Dunleavy saw something in Harden that Gordon didn't: organizational ability.

When Harden takes the ball at critical moments, he can always see all directions and listen to all directions, and his own attacking colleagues can also take care of his teammates.

This ability is something that Gordon does not have. Gordon generally only has the basket in his eyes.

And Curry also has this ability, such two players are on the same team, what kind of sparks will they create in the future?

Deng Lewei felt that there was a lot of room for imagination, and for a while he began to admire Min Congda again.

"Smart made a few full shots in the backcourt, in fact, to cultivate their independent offensive and organizational skills. If Harden and Curry can grow up, then their achievements may be very scary..."

Min Congda's operations always brought Lao Deng infinite reverie.

This is one of the reasons why Lao Deng endured the risk of a heart attack and continued to sit as the head coach of the Clippers.

He did not give up on his dream of being on stage in the finals.

After playing the Trail Blazers, the Clippers went to Sacramento and Oakland one after another to challenge the Kings and Warriors.

These few unimportant preseason games, Min Congda accompanied him to watch the whole process, because he had to check and accept.

He wants to observe whether the rookie's playing effect is good, and if it is good, he will consider trading it in the future.

If it's not very good, it means you can keep it, and keep it to help the team slowly.

Of course, if you play too well, like Curry, you can't even trade.

It's too unreasonable, there is no reason to directly trade away the champion who has played well.

In the second game against the Kings, there was one person who was targeted by Min Congda, and that was Bledsoe.

This small steel cannon came off the bench for 20 minutes, relying on strong breakthroughs and precise three-pointers.

Scored a team-high 19 points to help the Clippers win the Kings and win their first preseason win.

After winning the game, Bledsoe was very excited, raised his arms, and he was the one who played the best tonight.

But he found that the general manager Smart Min who was sitting on the sidelines had a serious face and looked unhappy.

Back in the locker room, Bledsoe asked Curry, "Why doesn't Mr. Smart look happy when he wins?"

Curry said: "It's okay now, and he will be even more unhappy when the regular season is reached. The more he wins, the more serious Mr. Smart is, because he is afraid that we will be too proud. On the contrary, once he loses, he will be happy It's very easy, because everyone is under pressure because they are afraid of losing, so let everyone relax."

It turned out that this is the first time Bledsoe has seen such a manager.

"Just get used to it slowly. Mr. Smart has a lot of things that are different from ordinary people and worth learning."

Curry reminded Bledsoe as someone who had been there.

10月8号打金州勇士，快船遭遇了一场惨败，90：120输给勇士队30分。

In this game, the Clippers collectively misfired from the outside, and both three-pointers and mid-range shots were a mess.

Bledsoe took a special look at Min Congda on the sidelines, and he was really chatting and laughing!

After the game, I went to the locker room to talk and laugh with everyone, and the depression of losing was swept away.

"Sure enough, Curry didn't lie to me."

After that, from October 10th to October 12th, the Clippers lost all 10 home preseason games!
Losing to the Spurs, losing to the Nuggets, losing to the Jazz, losing to the Kings, some are big losses, some are narrow losses.

With the Clippers fans fully buying tickets to support the Clippers, it is really unreasonable to lose so much in the preseason.

After Min Congda lost to the Kings by 99:100 in the last preseason game by 1 point, he was so happy that he almost couldn't hide his identity as an undercover agent.

In the post-match interview, the reporter asked why the Clippers lost consecutive games in the preseason.

Min Congda said: "It's just the preseason. If you lose, you lose. What's the use of winning? Will it make us into the playoffs?"

He said so, but he thought in his heart, because my lineup has been successfully built, this is a team that can't win.

Look at this slow inside defense, weak third position, and the guard line who shoots indiscriminately, how to play, how to win?
For a while, even the Clippers fans began to worry, can the Clippers set sail for the new season?

The only people who are not worried are the Clippers players themselves. They know how much they are.

And the preseason and the regular season are really completely different.

(End of this chapter)