king of defenders

Chapter 544

February 2th is the first day of Chinese New Year.

This can be said to be the most important festival of the year, but it is a pity that foreigners do not celebrate the Lunar New Year, and Spoelstra did not give Meng Yun a holiday, because there is an important announcement to be made today, and Meng Yun cannot be absent.

When the players came to the training arena on the basement level of the American Airlines Arena, Spoelstra, Craig, McAdoo, Howard, and Rostern also came together.

Everyone stood in a row.

"I want to announce something."

Subsequently, Spoelstra announced the decision to establish Meng Yun as the team's core player, and announced that the new starting lineup will be Whiteside, Luol Deng, Green, Wade, and Meng Yun.

Naturally, Dragic can only play as a substitute.

Everyone looked at Dragic subconsciously, and Meng Yun also looked at Dragic. He was not notified in advance, and he didn't know that the coach would announce that he would be established as a core player today. Meng Yun also thought it would take a while. Maybe it will be after the All-Star weekend, but I didn't expect it to be so sudden.

Dragic's face was not very good-looking, but he looked very calm. Obviously, the coaching staff had communicated with him beforehand, and he had known this decision a long time ago.

This is also normal. After all, Dragic will start as a substitute in this way. The coaching staff must take into account his emotions and must inform him in advance so that he has a buffer time. If he is suddenly in front of so many teammates If the face-to-face announcement is made, Dragic will inevitably lose his composure, which is not good.

"Now, let me talk about our new tactics."

Subsequently, Spoelstra took out the tactical board and began to explain the new tactics.

When the main lineup changes, the substitute lineup will also change accordingly, and whether it is the tactics of the main lineup or the tactics of the substitute lineup, corresponding changes must be made to adapt to the new lineup.

Now the Heat's starting lineup is Whiteside, Luol Deng, Green, Wade, and Meng Yun. Except for Whiteside, the other four have three-point shooting ability, so Spoelstra simply put X The tactics were taken out again, and after a little modification, it became the current tactics.

"I still want to emphasize one point, that is to counterattack quickly." Spoelstra said: "Green, Wade, Meng Yun, you three must pay attention, you must play fast, and if you have the opportunity, you must fight resolutely. Don't wait for Luol Deng and Whiteside. In addition, normal offense also needs to pay attention to speed."

"Meng Yun, you are a point guard. You must pay attention to controlling the rhythm. We just want to play fast and shoot more outside shots, especially three-point shots. It is the same as the previous X tactics."

Hearing this, Meng Yun nodded: "Yes."

The others also nodded one after another, expressing their understanding. After all, they were all familiar with X tactics.

In fact, Spoelstra is also based on this, so he decided to only make a slight change and continue to play X tactics, because it is already February, and how long will it take for players to re-create a completely unfamiliar tactic at this time? How long will it take to adapt and become proficient before being able to display sufficient combat effectiveness?

Not enough time!
Therefore, after several discussions between Spoelstra and Craig, they made such an arrangement.

In fact, compared with the tactics of the main lineup, the tactics of the substitute lineup are more of a headache for Spoelstra. Luol Deng returns to the starting lineup, and Dragic is on the bench. Then the core of the bench lineup is Dragic. , The previous tactics must be overthrown, and the tactics will be developed around Dragic again.

This morning Spoelstra personally communicated with Dragic, told him the decision of the coaching staff, and also looked at Dragic's reaction. In the end, Dragic said that he could try to play as a substitute first.

Yes.

Dragic did not give an affirmative answer, but said that he could try to play as a substitute first, which does not mean that he is willing to keep playing as a substitute.

In this regard, Spoelstra expressed his understanding. After all, Dragic has the ability, not because he can only play as a substitute because of his lack of ability. Substitute, so Dragic will inevitably feel unwilling, and he has always been a starter, whether he can adapt to the bench is also a problem.

After some explanation and arrangement, the matter is considered to be over.

"Everyone." Spoelstra said with a serious expression, "We have experienced a lot this season. The record at the beginning of the season was not good. The team's lineup and tactics have been adjusted. You need to adapt to new tactics and new tactics. Playing style, when I finally got used to it, Bosh had to leave."

Everyone was silent, yes, this season has really experienced too much.

Spoelstra said again: "We have experienced many difficulties and ups and downs, but because we have experienced so many difficulties, we can't give up. It is not easy to get to this point and have the current record. I don't want to I don't think you will be willing to sink into this situation and ruin the good situation."

"So, we have to keep going."

Everyone was shocked, and their hearts were tumbling.

Meng Yun's blood was burning, and he said loudly: "Yes, you can either fall down in the face of difficulties, or be nirvana in the fire. I don't want to be a coward, so I have to keep going."

"well said."

"Yes, we have to go on and get to the playoffs."

"That's right, if this falls out of the playoffs, those people who ridiculed us last season will definitely jump out again. I want to tell them all to shut up."

No one wants to be a coward, and no one is willing to throw away a good situation. Everyone speaks one after another, aggressively.

Seeing this, Spoelstra breathed a sigh of relief. Although the lineup is now fixed, the situation is still not optimistic. The new tactics and the new lineup need time to adapt and run in. Moreover, Bosh is missing, and now it is just a lineup. Adjustments, no reinforcements, the strength of the lineup has dropped by a level after all.

With today's lineup, it may be impossible to cling to the second position in the Eastern Conference, but Spoelstra will never allow the team to fall out of the top eight.

Must make the playoffs!

"Okay." Spoelstra waved his hand: "Dismiss, training."

After everyone disbanded, Meng Yun found Dragic and wanted to talk to Dragic, but Dragic didn't want to talk to Meng Yun, and walked away after a few perfunctory words.

Meng Yun shook his head and could only smile helplessly. Maybe Dragic thought I wanted to taunt him as a winner, but I really didn't think so, I didn't mean it.

The next day, the Heat ushered in a challenge from the Spurs at home.

The Heat have sent a new starting lineup, but the effect is not very good. The X tactic requires a lot of tacit understanding of the players, which takes time to adapt and accumulate.

There are also substitutes.

Now Dragic has become the core of the bench lineup, and Spoelstra has given him great freedom, but Dragic is obviously not used to it yet, and he doesn't play well.

In the end, the Heat lost the game, and after this game, there will be no games for the next few days, because the All-Star Weekend is coming!
(End of this chapter)