Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 41 Team status, preseason begins

After getting the video of the triangle offense, Duen did not immediately invest in tactical study or daily training.

Tomorrow is media day for the new season, and training camp is opening the day after tomorrow.

As for today, Duane first entered the studio with other Lakers players to take some makeup photos.

However, Dunn was told after taking the makeup photos that Kobe would not be able to come today. The media day originally scheduled for tomorrow had to be postponed to October 10.

The opening date of the training camp remains unchanged, which means that there is no specific plan for tomorrow, and all players will have a day off.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't go out to have fun with your teammates. Whether you stay in the hotel to rest, or go to the arena to play hard and become a rat in the training hall, it's all right.

In order to strive for the favor of Zen Master in the preseason, and then get more playing time in the regular season.

Duen decided to stay in the hotel and watch the video and master the triangle offensive tactics as soon as possible.

However, the triangle tactics are indeed a bit too advanced.

Duane was alone in the room watching the video. Even though there was a personal explanation from Tex Winter, the founder of the triangle offense and now the assistant coach of the Lakers, Duane was still confused.

In order to deepen the knowledge reserve of the triangle tactics and deepen the understanding of the corresponding tactics, Dunn had to call Rambis and ask him for help.

Rambis didn't express his displeasure after receiving Du En's request for help, but after ten minutes, he came to Du En's room to teach Du En.

Although Du En was still dizzy after listening to it, he felt drowsy and unenergetic for a while, just like when he was learning English in his early years.

But after systematic study, Duane finally had some impressions and foundations of the triangle offensive tactic in his mind.

Time soon came to October 10, and the Lakers' Hawaii training camp officially opened.

After the physical examination in the morning, except for O'Neal, who was still recovering from injury, and Kobe, who was not present, all the remaining Lakers players began to actively devote themselves to learning the triangle offensive tactics.

During this period, the Zen master also promoted the benefits of meditation to everyone.As well as using words to constantly PUA the players.

The role players didn't have to think too much and just listened to the Zen Master's instructions.

However, Payton felt a bit like a thorn in the side. After only practicing the triangle offense for a few ten minutes, he began to reject Zen Master's coaching philosophy.

The Zen master didn't say anything about it, just pretended that Peyton didn't exist, and let Peyton stay alone.

Payton found that making trouble had no effect at all. On the contrary, it made Zen Master and O'Neal a little unhappy, so he restrained himself a little.

But there was not much change in the future, just started to grind foreign jobs, and Payton did not actively devote himself to the study of the triangle offense.

Thanks to the day of study yesterday, Du En could probably understand what Payton was resisting.

All three points of the triangle offense are ball carriers, but only one person can hold the ball at a time.

This means that the other two, even a big name like Jordan, have to play off the ball obediently.

Payton has always been a ball-handler. Let him hand over the ball, let him run the tactics, let him be constrained by the triangle offensive tactics, and play according to the script, and he will naturally feel uncomfortable playing.

At the same time, the triangle offense clearly distributes the scoring cake on the court to every player accurately.

It is usually divided according to the difficulty of scoring. The closer to the basket in the low attack, the easier it is to score.

Then, in the triangle offensive system, it is the most reasonable way to give more possession of the ball and shots to low-post stars.

The Bulls let Jordan play in the low post. On the one hand, the Bulls did not have a low post killer like O'Neal.

On the other hand, Jordan is really impeccable!
Just relying on breakthroughs, the defender's scoring rate at the basket is higher than that of most insiders.

Jordan has the basket again, and he handed the ball to Jordan. Even if the penalty area is full of people, Jordan can put the ball into the basket in the low post.

Having said that, the Lakers have O'Neal, and they are still at their peak.

Relying on O'Neal's low post dominance at his peak, Jordan had to obediently let O'Neal play in the low post when playing with O'Neal.

In terms of the distribution of shot rights in the Lakers team, only when O'Neal couldn't catch the ball in the low post would he choose to replicate the success of the Bulls back then, like handing the ball to Jordan, and give the ball to Kobe.

O'Neal is in the low post and can play from the one to the five.Kobe was in the low post and could play from the one to the three.

Payton, who also likes to play in the low post, can only play from the first to the second position.

From the perspective of shot selection and scoring percentage, within the same team, giving the ball to Kobe is definitely more reasonable than giving the ball to Payton.

What's more, Payton is getting older now, and when he meets a point guard with a stronger defense, Waterloo will also happen.

To put it bluntly, starting from the triangle offense system, the inside line is greater than the outside line.

Starting from the current configuration of the Lakers, O'Neal was injured and absent, and Malone was not familiar with the triangle offensive system, so the triangle offense should revolve around Kobe.

And because of Kobe's personal ability, he doesn't use point guard configuration at all on the offensive end, and he doesn't even eat small forward configuration after gaining weight.

It only needs an inside line to supplement the firepower of the fourth and fifth positions. It would be great if it can also bring some high-position support capabilities to the team.

Because of this, Payton seems a bit redundant.

As far as Payton is concerned, the triangle offensive system does not add to Payton at all. On the contrary, it greatly reduces his possession of the ball and makes him play very uncomfortable.

Duan can understand Payton. Although Payton is old, he is not that old yet.

A veteran like Payton must not be reconciled to retiring immediately after the Lakers win the championship ring.

Payton definitely wants to go out and get a pension contract above the middle class. After all, he still has a family to support.

At this time, the Zen master asked Payton to reduce the ball and reduce the number of shots.The opportunity that Payton can play, let Kobe play again.

No one would be happy when something like this happened.

Everyone knows that without the ball, there will be no data, and without data, there will be no big contract.

In fact, Zen Master also intends to transform Payton as an off-ball player and as a 3D player.

The Zen master has long known that one goal for the Lakers F4 is not enough, but the old Bass insists on introducing Payton, so what can be done?
In Zen Master's plan, O'Neal, Malone, Kobe, this combination is invincible in the triangle offense.

Kobe started off the bench and was able to play off the ball.

Malone has been playing pick-and-rolls before, has a strong ability to run without the ball, and is good at cutting and switching offenses, which can bring a lot of help to the Lakers in sports games.

O'Neal can only play with the ball, but as long as Kobe and Malone play without the ball most of the time, O'Neal has enough ball rights.

At best, let O'Neal give up the ball and shots to Malone.

Among the five starters, except for the three ball handlers OK and Malone, the remaining two should be 3D or 2D. That is, the point guard and small forward need to have the shooting ability to open up space, and at the same time have good defensive ability.

Payton's defensive ability is good, but the three-pointer and mid-range have been unstable.

In fact, Payton's free throws hover around 70% all year round. For a point guard, his shooting ability is obviously weak.

Therefore, in Zen Master's triangle offense, Payton is not as useful as dribble guard Fisher.

Fisher doesn't stick to the ball, has a basket, and can stretch the floor.

Although the defense will be blown into the air when it encounters a monster of Rose's level, it can still withstand ordinary starters.

As for the Lakers' starting small forward, in fact, there is no need to insist on shooting ability, as long as they can provide a stable defense.

After all, Kobe has grown up in the past two years, and no one double-teams Kobe, which will make Kobe's shots less comfortable.

It can only be said that Peyton and Zen master hated each other and tortured each other.

Zen Master felt that the old Bass did not listen to his advice, and instead of using the middle-class special case to sign the 3D wing, he signed Payton, who was not needed, but because Payton was famous, he had to let Payton start.

Payton also learned about the triangle tactics and found that it was very unfavorable to him. He wanted to fight for some team status and let him control the Lakers' offense in order to get better data and fight for the next contract after winning the championship.

But just because the Zen master’s prestige is too high and his Qi-nurturing skills are so good, no matter how he makes a fuss, he always punches the cotton...

It is worth mentioning that Payton was hampered in the triangle offense, but Duane was like a duck in water.

Duane was supposed to practice with the substitute, but because Kobe was absent from the training camp, the Zen master had to temporarily replace Kobe's position with Raduane.

In the next two days of 5V5 actual combat training, although Du En made mistakes and was full of loopholes, Master Zen still taught Du En very patiently and continued to give Du En a lot of ball rights and shooting rights.

After a summer of hard training, Dunn's strength has reached the starting level, and he is not far from the All-Star level.

The initial discomfort was just that the triangle offensive tactics were too complicated.

After receiving personal guidance from Master Zen and constantly looking for extra lessons from Rambis, Du En finally began to integrate into the triangle offensive system, playing more and more smoothly and performing better and better.

Although, the Zen master has been PUAing Duen since he asked Duane to replace Kobe for training from the beginning.

But Du En could feel that Zen Master's attitude towards him had changed slightly.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. On October 10, Bryant finally came to the Hawaii training camp.

The Lakers' first preseason game this season is about to start on October 10. Kobe is now back with the team, and it's a good time to come back.

However, when Kobe comes, all the stars will support him, and everyone will play around Kobe.

Du En also enjoyed this kind of treatment as a prince, but now he has become an abandoned prince.

Fortunately, there are Fisher, Devin George, Walton Jr., Sampson, Uduka, Pago and others by his side.

In the substitute lineup, Du En can still dominate the field and call the shots.

In the blink of an eye, time came to October 10, the Los Angeles Lakers played their first preseason game against the Golden State Warriors.

Dunn's NBA career is finally about to begin.

(End of this chapter)