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

Chapter 307 The Impossible (Fourth)
Cole's joining the Clippers as an assistant coach caused quite a stir in the league.

When Kerr decided to leave the position of general manager of the Suns, many teams hoped that he would serve as general manager or head coach.

But Cole resolutely decided to return to the post of TV commentator and be a bystander instead of a participant.

After all, the spectators of the game are much more relaxed than the participants of the game.

But in just half a year, Cole changed his mind and chose to be an assistant coach.

And went to the Los Angeles Clippers, a hugely controversial traffic team for more than a year.

This undoubtedly gives people a huge room for imagination.

The speculation given by some media is that Cole will inherit the position of Clippers head coach next season.

In the past half of the season, as Dunleavy's successor, he first came to the team to adapt to the environment.

There are also some media who believe that it is Min Congda rather than Deng Lewei who Cole is really going to replace.

Smart Min's position in the Clippers is not so stable. Once the team overturns, Cole will be on top.

The answer given by the well-known NBA Twitter self-media and mysterious whistleblower NBA-Batman is: Steve Kerr ate fried fish in the Clippers cafeteria and found it delicious. In order to eat fish here for a long time, he decided to sign a contract. clippers.

This NBA-Batman gossip about the Clippers is getting more and more outrageous.

Clippers fans are full of expectations for the arrival of Steve Kerr, thinking that Kerr can quickly change the Clippers' current offensive state.

As a result, on January 1, the Clippers lost to the Golden State Warriors 14:112 in Oakland.

On January 1, the Clippers defeated the shaky Los Angeles Lakers 16:99 at home.

In back-to-back battles on January 1, the Clippers lost to the Indiana Pacers 17:110.

On January 1, the Clippers defeated the Timberwolves 19:119 at home.

Still win a game, lose a game, the team's state is still ups and downs.

In this situation, Min Congda is already very satisfied, winning or losing is not stable.

It's better than winning streak after wave after wave, right?

And Cole has been in office for a while, and the team's offense has not changed much.

The so-called pass-and-cut offense, the Clippers' high-position support and bottom-line slips are indeed increasing.

But in terms of offensive efficiency, there is no qualitative improvement.

And because of the increase in turnovers caused by more passes, the Clippers' defensive quality has declined.

Originally, the Clippers' defense has been tuned, and the effect of positional warfare against pick-and-rolls is much better.

However, the lack of athletic ability at the third position, the old and young guards, and the two relatively slow big men inside have made the Clippers' ability to defend against quick counterattacks difficult.

When there are few mistakes, the Clippers can control the rhythm. Once there are more mistakes, the Clippers will be in trouble.

In the few games we lost, there were many mistakes, and the opponents caught and counterattacked and played fast breaks.

Last season, the Clippers played the Warriors very well, but this season they have lost twice.

In addition to the absence of Curry, it was mainly because the Warriors caught and counterattacked, allowing Rubio to bring out his fast-break and counter-organizing ability.

This situation is almost unsolvable for the Clippers, unless the trade improves the third position, but how could Min Congda make such a trade.

Seeing that Cole did not bring any immediate changes to the Clippers, Min Congda can go fishing with confidence.

And Cole also felt very strange after he came to the Clippers. As the general manager, Smart, is he just doing nothing?

I don’t see anyone every day, show up for a meal at noon, and disappear in the afternoon, watch the game occasionally at night, and scold the league after the game.

No deals are made, salary space is not dealt with, business negotiations are not participated in, media interviews are not arranged, and only fishing and clubbing are done every day.

He thought that Smart was making some great changes every day in the Clippers, but it turned out to be "bad"!
However, after working in the Clippers for a period of time, Cole quickly discovered the difference between this team and other teams.

The first is the atmosphere of the team. From top to bottom, there is a sense of relaxation, not sloppy, but relaxed.

Everyone is doing their part to complete their work, encouraging and cooperating with each other, without oppression and fighting.

After asking, I found out that the salary of the Clippers employees is higher than that of the Lakers next door, and Smart has not laid off any employees since he took office.

The second is the low workload. Everyone from the coach to the staff does not have a lot of work every day, and they will never work overtime when they get off work.

When Kerr worked for the Suns, he felt that there was endless work every day, and it was common for employees to work overtime.

Especially when it comes to player transactions, a lot of things need to be communicated and documents need to be processed.

There are only a few big deals that affect people's hearts every season, and many teams seem to do nothing.

In fact, small transactions, signings, and selections are non-stop, and the uniform team is very busy.

In addition to basketball affairs, business affairs are even more of a headache for Kerr.

But there is no way, the team's record is useless, if you can make money, you can realize it.

Otherwise, if you have a good record, money will not fall from the sky. You must be able to package and cooperate.

These things that make Cole worry about every day don't seem to exist in the Clippers.

trade?Mr. Smart doesn't like deals.

business?Let them find themselves.

scout?No way, Mr. Smart never reads scouting reports when drafting...

In this way, it is incredible that the Clippers can make today's results.

What surprised Kerr the most was that the Clippers coaching staff and players had no pressure to win, which is unimaginable in professional teams.

It's as if farmers don't count on harvests, banks don't count on interest rates, and James doesn't count on hit rates. It's impossible.

But this impossible thing happened with the Clippers.

Mike Dunleavy reminded Kerr on his first day at work, "Don't put too much pressure on us. We don't ask to win immediately. Our goal is to look at the long term."

After repeated nurturing by Min Congda, Lao Deng finally became what he once despised.

Kerr got the same answer in his daily communication with the Clippers players.

It's just that the players are young and energetic, and they want to win from the bottom of their hearts, and it's very unpleasant to always lose.

In response to this situation, Cole did not rush to get angry and arranged a lot of tactical training for the players.

Instead, focus on appeasing the players' emotions, telling them that the reform of the team's tactical system is a long-term plan.

"Now it's just a transitional stage. We need to be patient enough to slowly understand the meaning and role of the pass-and-cut tactical system from the game to the training."

It doesn't make sense that Kerr's first job as an offensive coach isn't to immediately draw a lot of tactical maps for the players to memorize.

His first job is to convey the concept of sharing the ball and passing the ball to these young people.

Let this concept go deep into the reflex nerves of the players, so that once they see an opportunity when they are playing on the court, they will not hesitate to share it with their teammates.

This concept highly overlaps with Min Congda's idea of ​​"everyone has a ball to play".

But to complete the infiltration of this concept, a dozen games are definitely not enough.

Fortunately, Cole found that Min Congda had given him enough patience.

When the Los Angeles media published an article questioning whether Cole could bring the Clippers an offensive improvement, Min Congda spoke in support.

Nonsense, the team has not "improved", can Min Congda support it?

"Half a season, a summer, give me this time, I will give you a surprise, Smart."

"No, Curry will come back at the end of the season. At that time, there will be surprises for you."

(End of this chapter)