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

Chapter 320 We Are Friends (Fifth)
When Steve Kerr first took over the Clippers' offense, he also thought about making Curry play more "regularly".

In his original vision, Curry should be a role like Bulls Michael Jordan.

That's right, Cole's setting for Curry is Michael Jordan, which can be called a ceiling-level requirement.

Although Jordan is praised for his unparalleled singles skills, some people say that "the triangle offense is Jordan's singles".

But this is clearly a misunderstanding of Jordan and the triangle offense.

Jordan's singles is indeed at the historical ceiling level. During the three-peat Bulls period, Jordan contributed many extremely exciting singles offenses. He influenced a generation of players with his skills and single-handedly opened the era of "the highest singles revenue" in the 21st century.

But Jordan is actually an out-and-out team player. Except for being criticized for being too independent in the early days, Jordan has always been a perfect team player when he entered a mature stage.

His off-ball running, air cutting, ball transfer, space pulling, and tactical awareness are all very good.

During the regular time when the intensity of the game is not so high, Jordan's "sense of presence" on the court is actually very low.

It's not because he doesn't score, but because he doesn't have much time to touch the ball. Many of the balls are run tactics to find opportunities, and then score after catching the ball.

If you don't stare at Jordan specifically, maybe after three quarters, the audience will think why Jordan didn't play much?

But looking at the statistics, Jordan has already scored 25 points, or even 30 points.

Only in the high-intensity playoffs, or at critical times, will there be moments of Jordan's "spotlight play".

Hold the ball on the outside for a long time, attack by counting down the seconds, and play the Cavaliers one-on-one with the opponent's outside defender, one against two or even three.

The qualities of Jordan left a deep impression on Cole, and he has since then had the standard of a perfect player in his heart.

Curry seems to be completely out of the same level as Jordan, and is a player with a completely different style, but Cole believes that Curry can develop in the direction of Jordan.

His excellent off-the-ball running ability, tactical quality, and superb shooting ability make him an excellent team player during the regular season.

At the critical moment of the game and the high-intensity stage, Curry can also use one-on-one singles to solve the problem.

Of course, Curry's ability to eat one-on-one is far worse than that of Jordan, but it can be cultivated.

But when Curry came back and played a few games, Cole found that Curry was a very different player.

He does have a strong team spirit, knows tactics without the ball, especially his running ability is top-notch.

Running ability lies not only in whether you can run, but also in whether you can run.

Basketball is a sport that requires non-stop running. Only by running can we get opportunities, and only by running can we keep up with the defense.

Curry's running ability is underestimated, and his physical fitness bar is much stronger than the average player.

Defensive players are sometimes not deceived by Curry's skills, but exhausted by Curry's physical fitness.

Curry, who has such excellent team qualities, made some unbelievable choices from time to time in the game.

For example, a sudden three-point shot while on the move, for example, when the ball should be passed horizontally, a sudden back pass to another person, another example is like throwing a three-pointer directly on a fast break, or entangled with the defender in the "dead position" in the bottom corner , He insisted on opening up space and throwing a three-pointer.

These unreasonable choices will not appear in Jordan.

Jordan seems to have a lot of strong hits, hard hits, and unconstrained shots.

But he rarely has the kind of shots that, whether he makes it or not, make people feel "why did he play like that" afterwards.

Because Jordan's mentor in college was Pope Dean Smith of Chapel Hill, he would be scolded for playing like that.

His unreasonableness is often a reasonable helpless move. If he doesn't fight like this, no one can beat him.

Curry's experience in college was different. He played three years at Davidson College, which was a real belly.

His coach is not Dean Smith, and he doesn't have James Worthy in front of him. He has absolute freedom.

With this absolute freedom, Curry has developed some unreasonable ways of playing.

At the beginning, Cole, like Dunleavy, hoped that Curry could change it, give full play to his teamwork, and restrain his excessive personality.

As a result, Mike Dunleavy said, "Don't let him change, there is no such possibility. Mr. Smart wants him to be free and grow wildly. You'd better not bother, he is the No. [-] pick."

Kerr feels that doing so is too irresponsible to the team, is he used to treating Curry like Magic Johnson, Kobe or James?
Being too used to players is not necessarily a good thing. Originally, these talents can achieve greater achievements, but why are they not as good as Jordan?It's just a little bit worse.

But after playing for a while, Cole gradually discovered that Curry's willfulness and unreasonableness were not unacceptable.

The reason is very simple, his unreasonable, overall effect, is actually reasonable, because he can enter!
On the basketball court, there are three kinds of unfilial piety, not making progress is the greatest, as long as you can make progress, it is not a problem.

It's luck to get in one occasionally, but if you get in all the time, it means that this choice is reasonable.

When Kerr gave up the idea of ​​transforming Curry, seeing Curry's imaginative play on the court, he admired Min Congda many times in his heart and admired his foresight.

Cole is a self-important and ambitious man.

There are not many management personnel he can see in the league.

Popovich counts as one, Jerry West counts as one, and Ainge counts as half.

Only Min Congda, Cole felt that he couldn't see through him, really couldn't see through him.

In addition to the training of Curry, the Clippers are different in other aspects.

Whenever Cole thinks, "How can you do this", he will be slapped in the face after a while, "So it makes sense to do this, and it makes sense in the long run..."

Especially for some work in the management of the Clippers, there is no Clippers employee who does not give Min Congda a thumbs up, and Aunt Sweeper said yes.

Cole, who has been the general manager of the Suns for three years, is ashamed of himself. There is really a gap, so let's be an assistant coach with peace of mind.

The game continues.

With four offenses in the first quarter, the Clippers scored four of four and scored 10 points.

The Grizzlies relied on Griffin to hit 2 goals and only scored 4 points. The difference in offensive efficiency was immediately apparent.

Wallace was very restless watching the Grizzlies' start.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with the Grizzlies' offense, with a 50% success rate.

The key is defense, which can't prevent the Clippers' offense at all.

Their defense is obviously solid, and Wallace is confident.

But in front of the Clippers, he was like butter, a hot knife pierced through it.

Seeing Wallace's anxious look, Min Congda said: "You guys need to improve the defensive ability of the third position. The most important thing for the third position is mobility. Height and rebounds are not very important. Remember, mobility is still important. Have one-on-one single-defense ability, don't look at height."

"Put Tony Allen in the third position. Believe me, the effect will be good. Let him switch defenses resolutely."

"Also, you have a big problem with pick-and-roll defense. You should focus on retreating. Don't let Jordan and Griffin delay endlessly. It's meaningless and a waste of energy."

After Min Congda pointed out, Wallace quickly took out a small notebook and recorded it.

After remembering, Wallace suddenly said: "Smart, why are you telling me this?"

Min Congda smiled and said, "Because we are friends, of course friends should help each other."

(End of this chapter)