new lord of the rings

Chapter 387 "Leaders and Young People"

At the end of the game, the final score was 132:128. The two sides played a high-scoring offensive battle. The fans watched mesmerized. Although the Warriors lost, the fans felt no regrets about losing to Zhang Xin. .

Even Green and Curry didn't show regret or other emotions. They didn't feel embarrassed about losing to their brothers. Instead, they enthusiastically invited Zhang Xin to eat and play, quite happy.

Zhang Xin scored 45 points, 17 assists and 11 rebounds in this game. For Zhang Xin, this level of performance can only be said to be a normal performance. Wen Booker scored 25 points and was the second scorer in the team. The other 3 players scored in double figures.

After winning this game, the Suns currently have a record of 18 wins and 2 losses, ranking first in the Western Conference!

All the basketball critics began to shout wolf, the performance of the Suns is obvious to all, and the progress is very rapid. At the beginning of the season, Zhang Xin led the team forward. Zhang Xin won several 50+ triple-doubles in a row. In order to forcefully hold the scene and increase the confidence of his teammates, but in the last few games, young people have stood up one after another, whether it is defense or offense, they all give people a bright feeling.

Well-known domestic basketball commentator Ma Jian wrote an article called "The Leaders and Young People of the Sun" to analyze the growth of the Phoenix Suns:

"Before writing this article, let me introduce to you the situation of the sun before Zhang Xin's arrival:
To talk about their rise, we have to talk about their decline, and to talk about their decline, we have to look at their glory first. The period from 2004 to 2010 is probably the most glorious stage of the sun in recent years. Under the leadership of Steve Nash , In these six seasons, they entered the playoffs five times and entered the Western Conference Finals three times. Although they did not enter the finals and won the championship, it did not hinder their strength. At that time, the Phoenix Suns were in full swing;

When Steve Nash, Amare Stoudemire, Jason Richardson, and Grant Hill left, the sun also declined and the team began to rebuild. January 2013, 1, Phoenix Suns The team fired Alvin Gentry as head coach and appointed assistant coach Lindsey Hunter as interim head coach;

How weak the sun was during this time:
在2013年2月23日，太阳88-113不敌凯尔特人，创下在连续12个主场比赛中得分都没过100分的记录，这也是太阳队史上主场得分没破百的最长记录；
还有2013年2月27日，太阳84-83击败森林狼的比赛中队员最高得分为14分，这是24秒后第一支赢下加时赛却没有人得分在15以上的球队，凄惨到这种程度！
But it is not without a flash of inspiration. In the 2013-14 season, when the outside world was not optimistic, the Suns centered on Goran Dragic and Eric Bledsoe, with outside lines blooming everywhere, and played a new version of the fast-playing whirlwind. , achieved 48 wins and 34 losses, but also missed the playoffs.

With the departure of Goran Dragic and Isaiah Thomas, the new version of the whirlwind also disappeared, and the sun has been reduced to the quagmire so far.

If you have never seen a long and cold night, you will naturally not know the warmth and hope of the sun.

The Suns fans who have experienced the small ball storm are naturally very disappointed and dissatisfied with the Suns. When the outside world predicted that the Suns would sink for at least ten years, there was a leader who still came to this deep-sinking team under the competition of all parties. The sun in the mud leads the young people of the sun forward.

Zhang Xin came to the sun under the incredible eyes of all parties, and brought an old Pau Gasol and a Rajon Rondo who was considered a prickly head. After a hasty press conference, he brought young people into training The library is closed for practice.

Let's take a look at the composition of the Suns:

Veterans include Pau Gasol, Rajon Rondo, Tyson Chandler, Jared Dudley;
The Mesozoic has Eric Bledsoe, Brandon Knight, PJ Tucker;

The new generation includes Devin Booker (1996), Batty Hield (1993), Malcolm Brogdon (1992) and TJ Warren (1993).

Generally speaking, for a team that has always been strong, of course, the more Mesozoic players, the better. There must be veterans and young people, but a team with a smaller proportion is a stronger team. However, the Mesozoic Sun has too few players and too many young players. , Such a team is generally a team for cultivating young people, commonly known as a rebuilding team. In the NBA, the record of the rebuilt team is not important. People are cultivated, and Gao Shun is a rookie by the way. Such a team naturally has no combat effectiveness.

This is what Zhang Xin faced when he came to Phoenix. We don’t need to feel sorry for Zhang Xin. This is Zhang Xin’s choice. This is what he wants. If he just wants to win the championship, staying in the Warriors is the most suitable , but Zhang Xin got tired after winning three championship rings. He wanted to try to build a team by himself and bring a weak team to the finals. This is what he wanted.

What does it mean to be young?
It means no experience, it means poor discipline, it means less defensive experience, it means no system!

Therefore, Zhang Xin, the leader, led the young people to play more games if they had no experience, start from the details if they were poor in discipline, let the veterans teach by example if they had no experience, and build a system if they had no system...

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After the start of the new season, Zhang Xin led the young people to present a big gift to everyone: 18 wins and 2 losses in the start, and temporarily won the first place in the Western Conference and the first record in the league!
And in the last season, Phoenix was still a bottom team!

If they can continue this kind of performance, many awards in the regular season may fall to the Suns.Such as Best Coach, Best General Manager, Best Sixth Man, Best Improved Player, Best Rookie, etc. This is a reborn team!

Young people are still those young people, and only because of the arrival of leaders can young people shine brightly.

..." Ma Jian's eloquent speech has thousands of words, which gave great praise to the Phoenix Suns and attracted the attention of many domestic fans. Some fans specially @张信, let Zhang Xin also read this article, Zhang Xin After studying it carefully, it is indeed some dry stuff, and the research on him is relatively thorough. Zhang Xin still admires the highly professional Ma Jian's guidance. Listening to his explanation is still very insightful, but carefully study yourself Zhang Xin was still not used to it, but he just smiled.

(End of this chapter)