Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 671 Micro-Management Master!

Taking turns, as the name suggests, means taking turns to rest.

In the modern NBA, resting is not an uncommon thing. But in the NBA in the 90s, resting was not widely popularized.

In this era that advocates one person, one city, advocating iron and blood, and emphasizing attendance, no one will bring up the matter of rotational rest.

A young fan saved up money for several months and then spent money to buy tickets to watch the stars play. When he entered the venue, he saw that his favorite fan was actually sitting in the lounge area in suits and ties. The feeling was as bad as it could be.

From a team operations perspective, taking a break is also not conducive to selling tickets.

Therefore, when Coach Philip proposed taking a break in the lounge, the Timberwolves players did not show too much joy. They all looked at Coach Philip with inexplicable expressions.

"Coach, do you think I'm a softie?"

"I don't have to take turns, I'm in good physical condition!"

Garnett was the first to speak, and he disapproved of coach Philip's proposal of rest. Kevin Garnett is a "ruthless man" known for his high attendance rate, and some clues can be seen from this stage.

There was no injury. Garnett didn't feel that he needed to take turns to take care of his body. He felt that his body was very good and there was no problem.

Moreover, Garnett has another consideration. If the team rests, the coach will inevitably give up victory in certain games, which Garnett cannot accept in any case.

He has some different ideas from Phillip. He wants to win every game.

He wants the team to keep winning and wants to accumulate more honors for himself.

He wants to pursue the championship, and he also wants to pursue various statistics and records in the regular season. In his opinion, this is not contradictory.

"Kevin has a different opinion."

"Well, I understand what you said."

"The matter of rest is flexible. If the players themselves don't want to rest, there is no problem on my side."

"Except Kevin, does anyone else have an opinion?"

"We are all our own people here, so just speak freely. It doesn't matter."

Coach Philip heard Garnett's words and nodded slightly, indicating understanding. Then he looked at the other Timberwolves players and asked aloud.

"Coach, I don't need to take a break either."

Under Phillip's gaze, Marbury raised his hand and said.

The starting point for his objections was basically the same as Garnett's, but compared to Garnett, Marbury had some other selfish motives.

That is, he does not want his team's status to be shaken.

Although he is very confident in his personal abilities and feels that he has established a firm foothold in the Timberwolves, he is still unwilling to sit on the sidelines and watch his teammates play.

He didn't want that one day, Philip would suddenly discover someone who could replace his role and value, and then push him off the court.

This is related to his future and worth. Marbury doesn't dare to gamble. He would rather stay on the court. Even if he is really injured, he has no regrets.

This mentality is actually not difficult to understand.

Garnett and Marbury expressed their opinions one after another, and the rest of the Timberwolves members also echoed their opinions, saying that they did not need to rest.

Even players with Marbury's team status are worried that their team status will be shaken due to the lack of playing games.

This is especially true for other players whose status is not stable enough.

The other players of the Timberwolves are not worried about injuries at all. What they are worried about is that they will not be able to live up to their worth and perform in the prime age of their playing careers.

This is what other players care about most.

The Timberwolves players expressed their opinions one after another, and then everyone's eyes fell on Wu Dao one after another.

Until now, only Wu Dao has not expressed his attitude.

"Take turns"

"Being able to have adequate rest time is really beneficial to the players."

"Coach, I naturally support your idea."

Noticing his teammates' gazes, Wu Dao nodded with a smile, first recognizing the positive effect of Phillip's suggestion.

After hearing this, Phillip's somewhat unhappy face finally softened a little.

Being opposed by so many team members, it must be impossible for Philip to say that he doesn't care at all. As the coach of the Timberwolves, doesn't he have no respect for face? !
The obedience and affirmation of martial arts served Philip very well.

"but."

When the word "but" came out of Wu Dao, Phillip couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and looked at Wu Dao.

"Fans spend money to watch our Timberwolves games. If the main players don't play, the fans will be disappointed."

"Coach, your starting point is good."

"I am also willing to cooperate with your work. After all, I also hope that my career can be longer."

“My idea is that when facing a weak team, you can appropriately adjust my playing time, so that we can maintain our competitive state and allow us to get sufficient rest time.

Hearing Wu Dao's words, Coach Philip's expression brightened slightly.

This is a pertinent and feasible opinion, and it is much more agreeable than the rejection of his kindness by guys like Garnett and Marbury.

While Philip was happy in his heart, all the Timberwolves' substitute players also looked at Martial Arts with surprise on their faces, and the emotions in their eyes were full of gratitude.

The playing time of the main players has been appropriately compressed, so who will fill the extra time? Not a substitute player yet? Wu Dao's words are very in line with the interests of the substitute players.

As for what the main players of the Timberwolves think.
Then martial arts has nothing to do with it.

Things like playing time ultimately depend on hard power.

In the NBA, there is rarely a situation where you have hard skills but are unable to play in the game.

As long as you are strong enough, you can play.

The fans' eyes can't lie, they can tell who is strong and who is weak.

"Then regarding the matter of taking turns, let's make some adjustments according to the opinions of martial arts."

"If you have any opinions, you can tell me when the time comes." Coach Philip clapped his hands and settled the matter.

The next day, all Timberwolves players got a day off.

After the game against the Pistons, the Timberwolves will have a day off before playing against the Dallas Mavericks at home.

Consecutive home games are really a good thing for the Timberwolves. After all, they can wait for work and do not need to rush to catch flights or games.

Although it was a rest day, martial arts did not have a free day.

His agent arranged for him to participate in a local radio program. It was an interview program. The radio station had been contacting the management of the Timberwolves and martial arts agents for a long time. Taking advantage of the Timberwolves game, this interview invitation Finally made the trip.

The recording time was in the evening. Wu Dao had an "early" dinner at four or five o'clock, and then went to the recording site accompanied by his manager.

In the preparation stage of the program, the program team gave Wu Dao a "question list". The content on the list was what the host would ask during the show. The program team gave Wu Dao great rights, and he could delete those questions at will. Questions he didn't want to answer.

The content of the questions varied. Some asked about Budo's emotional experience, and others asked about how Wu Dao trained and played when he was in Asia. At the same time, Budo was also asked to evaluate who he thinks is the best player in the league today, and to look forward to and predict the future achievements of the Timberwolves. .

Wait, wait, etc., there are more than a dozen questions like this, covering a wide area.

Wu Dao just took a general glance, followed the manager's suggestion, deleted some questions about evaluating "peers", and then handed the list back to the program team.

The manager's idea is very simple. He asked Wu Dao to participate in the radio show to increase his popularity, not to attract hatred for him.

Martial Arts can talk about some of his personal experiences to increase the fans' understanding of him, and he can also look forward to his career plans and the future of the team to harvest the fans' expectations.

However, regardless of whether it is bragging or slander when evaluating peers, even if it is a self-consciously fair evaluation, there is a high probability that something will go wrong.

A few years from now, there may be fans who specifically seek out the audio material of martial arts to discredit other players to make a fuss about it. This kind of thing is already foreseeable.

If possible, it would be better to avoid it as much as possible.

The recording time of the talk show was quite long, lasting more than two hours intermittently.

I have to say that the American radio program is quite unique. During the recording, the host even took the opportunity to have a drink with Wu Dao.

It seems that they think that by pouring some wine into Martial Arts, they can get more real answers from Martial Arts.
A talk show was just an episode in his martial arts vacation. After it ended, he returned home and went to bed early.

Early the next morning, Wu Dao's figure appeared in the gym on time for today's adaptive training.

During the regular season, the intensity of martial arts training was strictly controlled. Although he himself could not feel the accumulation of fatigue in his body, it was good to pay close attention to it.

In his spare time, he often pays attention to the financial industry and the development of domestic enterprises.

In 98, it was the time when various domestic industries were booming. It is not an exaggeration to say that all industries are waiting for prosperity and there is gold everywhere.

In fact, there is no such thing as a very awesome or powerful financial acumen in martial arts.

But what do you mean, standing on the wind, even a pig can fly.

He earns US dollars in the NBA. With the shortage of foreign exchange in the country, he now returns to the country to invest in real estate. The benefits that can bring him in the future should not be too great.

Needless to say, investing in this horse or that horse, buying land or building in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, his assets will increase exponentially.

In an era when households with more than 10,000 yuan are rare, he, an NBA player who earns several million dollars a year, has countless ways to keep himself in the forefront of the times.

On March 3, the Timberwolves played against the Mavericks.

Tom was absent due to injury, Chris Kyle was promoted to the starting position and became the starting number one position of the Timberwolves, while Marbury switched to the second position.

In the game against the Mavericks, Coach Philip implemented his "rest plan." In addition to playing for about ten minutes in the first quarter, Coach Philip kept him in the rest area for the next two quarters. In the fourth quarter, Philip Seeing that the score between the two teams was stalemate, Wu Dao was sent back to the court.

In the middle two quarters of the game, the Timberwolves were without two strong attackers, Wu Dao and Tom, and all their outside attack tasks fell on Marbury.

Like Garnett, he is a player who swore in front of Philip that he did not need to rest.

Therefore, coach Philip did not significantly compress the playing time of these two players.

In this game with the Timberwolves, the Mavericks played very well.

Five players on the team scored in double figures. Guard Hubert Davis only played 20 minutes and scored 19 points on Chris Kyle.

而全明星级别的二号位，塞德里克-塞巴洛斯（90年第二轮21顺位，身高198cm/86kg）在马布里的防守下也是出战34分钟，单场砍下了22分。

Marbury's performance today was relatively average. He seemed to have not played this role as an attacker for a long time. He made 15 of 6 shots and 3 of 1 three-pointers. He only scored 17 points.

But Garnett took up the banner of interior offense, scoring 14 points on 9-of-5 free throws and 4-of-22 free throws, a star-level performance.

Although Wu Dao only played two quarters, he still shot 10 of 8, 4 of 2 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws. He scored a team-high 25 points in the game, which was a solid victory for the Mavericks. Everyone learned a lesson.

In this game, the Timberwolves narrowly defeated the Mavericks 114:110.

The fans who were just watching the game didn't have that kind of "up and down" mood. The Timberwolves were indeed suppressed by the Mavericks in the middle of the game and found it difficult to breathe.

But when the fans saw that Coach Philip was still able to put martial arts in the rest area, the fans couldn't help but feel extremely at ease.

Even if martial arts is resting off the court, it still puts a lot of pressure on the Mavericks players.

No matter how many points they win, the Mavericks players don't feel at ease.

The result of the game was just as they expected. Garnett, Marbury and others clung to the score. When Wu Dao came on the court in the fourth quarter, he directly defeated the Mavericks' morale and ended the game. victory.

After successfully winning the game, Philip was very happy. He felt that his arrangement was really excellent.

The team won again, and the players did not suffer much.

In this game, 11 players from their team got the opportunity to play. Compared with those teams with "standard 7-man rotation" and "6-man rotation", the Timberwolves he coached "truly" demonstrated the coach's coaching. Art.

With this idea in mind, Coach Philip just started micro-managing again in the subsequent games.

With a difficult victory over the Hornets 114:112, Wu Dao scored the second winning goal of his career; beating the Raptors 113:91, Wu Dao scored 21 points in two quarters and clocked out.

Then on March 88th, the Timberwolves played against the second-place SuperSonics in the Western Conference at home. With coach Philip's micro-management, the Timberwolves fell behind by one point 89: and narrowly lost to the Sonics.

With only 5 seconds left in the game, coach Philip arranged tactics for the players during the timeout. He felt that the defensive pressure on the martial arts side was too great, and then he had a flash of inspiration and asked Sam Mitchell to execute the key mid-range shot.

The result was that Mitchell was in a vacuum, but he didn't make the shot.
This is also the first home defeat for the Timberwolves since March.

The fans were very excited after the game. They angrily complained that the coach did not let the star player perform the key shot. Even Mitchell who missed the shot was also criticized by the fans.

In this regard, Mitchell also felt resentful towards Philip.

In the eyes of a star of martial arts level, this is a key goal, a winning goal, and an opportunity to make a name for himself. But in Mitchell's eyes, this is a scapegoat!
Coach Philip's micro-management has reversely consolidated Martial Arts' team status.