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

Chapter 108 Magician-level understanding (fifth change)

The time has entered December, the schedule of October and November is over, and the NBA's various selection awards have been released.

In the East, LeBron James averaged 30.5 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 7.8 assists per game and won the best of the month in the East.

The Cleveland Cavaliers ranked third in the East with a record of 12 wins and 5 losses. Compared with the rapid regular season last season, the momentum of the Cavaliers has slowed down.

On the contrary, Garnett was reimbursed last season, and the Celtics, who were unfortunately out of the playoffs, made great strides, ranking first in the Eastern Conference with 12 wins and 4 losses, followed by the Magic.

However, James' personal performance is unmatched. He has an absolute dominant position in the Cavaliers, and everything revolves around him.

The Cavaliers got Shaquille O'Neal in a trade, and further expanded the lineup. The imaginary opponents pointed directly at the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic, and used the big sharks to deal with the Lakers' top three and Howard.

Last season, the Cavaliers took a light route and were beaten badly by the Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals. This season they have to learn a lesson.

In the West, Carmelo Anthony, another favorite in 03, won the best of the month in the West, averaging 30.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.

The record of the Nuggets is also 12 wins and 5 losses. Like the Cavaliers, the two teams that lost to the conference finals are fighting for the first place this season, vowing to overthrow the rule of the yellow and green armies.

It's just that the season has just begun, and the days ahead are still long.

In the selection of Rookie of the Month, the Bucks' Brandon Jennings and King Tyrese Evans shared the title.

The data of the two is quite good, Jennings 22.1 points, 3.8 assists, 5.6 rebounds, while Evans is more comprehensive 20.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists.

20+5+5, the strong Evans' performance in November was very strong, which gave the Kings fans hope.

In comparison, the No. [-] pick Curry's performance can only be said to be so-so. He played very well in a few games and left a deep impression on the fans.

But some games were mediocre and didn't even get much chance to play.

He scored 20 points in the last game, maybe 5 points in the next game, 5 of 3 three-pointers in another game, and no goals in the next game.

After all, Curry is a substitute in the Clippers. Although Baron Davis has declined, he is still the leader of the team.

The Clippers had an ideal record in the first two months, with 11 wins and 7 losses, ranking seventh in the Western Conference and in the playoff area.

This makes the coaching staff even less likely to let Curry start the team. Curry's effect as a substitute is quite good, and he himself has adapted a little.

On December 12, Mike Dunleavy will hold a monthly work summary meeting with the coaching staff in the training center as usual.

Summarize the team's record performance in November, and then arrange the work plan for December and the direction of the team.

But before the meeting started, Ada suddenly called and said that Mr. Smart was going to attend the meeting of the coaching staff temporarily and asked Dunleavy to wait.

So, Dunleavy postponed the meeting, and the big guys chatted in the conference room of the training center.

Dunleavy's coaching staff consists of 7 people, Dunleavy himself, head assistant coach Kim Hughes, assistant coach and player development assistant Raman Spozato, assistant coach Neil Meyer, John Lucas, Tony Brown and Fred Vinson.

The scale of this coaching staff is really not small, and everyone has their own division of labor.

For example, Kim Hughes is in charge of the team's offense and John Lucas is in charge of the team's defense.

Spozato guides the players' technical movements, Mayer guides specific tactics and so on.

They all surrounded Dunleavy, obeyed Mike Dunleavy's command, and guided the players' training and on-the-spot games.

Originally, everyone was in panic this season. After the team's decline from the peak, everyone could feel that the banquet was about to end.

Once Dunleavy leaves the Clippers, there will be a new coach behind him.

At that time, the emperor and the courtier will all leave the Clippers and go to other teams to find jobs.

Who knew that after Smart-Min airborne, the policy of overriding stability was implemented, and everyone did not work, and their wages were raised.

Then the team's record gradually improved, and everyone worked with peace of mind, doing a good job in daily life and training.

Going forward with the current momentum, it is possible for the Clippers to fight for the playoffs.

It is not an easy task to enter the top eight in the highly competitive West.

"Mike, Mr. Smart doesn't always care about the team's style of play. Why does he suddenly want to participate in our training meeting this time?"

John Lucas asked Dunleavy that although he was an assistant coach, he was no worse than Dunleavy in terms of seniority.

Dunleavy was the No. 1976 pick in 13, and John Lucas was the No. [-] pick that year.

Lucas was the head coach of the Cavaliers, and his performance was not good, so he came to the Clippers to help Dunleavy.

"Who can figure out what the superior means? But Smart is not someone who doesn't understand basketball. Our results in November were not bad. He probably wants to change the policy and let the team go all out for the playoffs."

Dunleavy sighed, thinking that Min Congda's analysis of tactics on the plane really surprised him.

Four months ago, this guy clearly said that he was new to basketball, but in just a few months, his understanding of basketball has reached this level.

Deng Lewei's daily communication with Min Congda can feel that this person has an extremely keen thinking about basketball.

He has his own unique understanding of everything without being influenced by other people's opinions.

This shows that his judgment does not come from books or the teachings of teachers, but depends entirely on the information he receives from the court and his own judgment.

It's a very scary court sense that Dunleavy has only seen on one person in the past, and that's Magic Johnson.

When he was the head coach of the Lakers, Magic Johnson was the kind of person you didn't need to tell him how to play at all. Your advice was an obstacle for him and would interfere with his judgment.

The timing and nodes he identified are beyond the grasp of ordinary coaches and players.

So Johnson was very unsuccessful as a coach later, because what he could see, his players couldn't see.

He is on the fifth floor, and the players are on the second floor. The distance is too far, and they can communicate, but they can't understand and execute, so the coach can't do it.

The reason why Dunleavy sighed was mainly because he felt that after all, the team played relatively freely for a month, and he had no record pressure on his shoulders, so he could test the lineup and play style he wanted to test.

It's better now, the results are a little better, and the higher-ups definitely want to make the playoffs.

Once the playoffs are about to hit, the work will be busy again.

Now Dunleavy often executes eight-man rotations, occasionally giving opportunities to players at the end of the bench.

He will also use a pure bench lineup, play five up and five down, one big, four small, three guards and so on.

When the team was about to produce results in 05 and 06, Dunleavy was used in a 6-man rotation.

Optimistic days are coming to an end now?

(End of this chapter)