Chapter 326 325. New reinforcements integrate seamlessly!
Vincent heard Carlisle's words and nodded in approval.

He and Carlisle met in the assistant coaching group. When Carlisle was hired by Joe Dumars as the head coach of the Pistons, Carlisle called him to start a new coaching career together.

The Pistons at that time had Ben Wallace, who was the king of the team in terms of both temperament and strength. The coaching staff did not have to worry about the relationship between the players.

Later, when the two went to the Pacers together, they completely ignored this issue, thinking that Jermaine O'Neal would take over the boss's baton from Reggie Miller in a strong manner like Ben Wallace.

After all, his last name is O'Neal and he came from the Trail Blazers gang.

Who would have thought that O'Neal Jr. had no leadership aura at all. He wanted to be the boss, but no one obeyed him and he had to rely on Reggie Miller to control the situation.

Now when Vincent thinks back, even if there hadn't been the Palace of Auburn Hills incident, the team would have collapsed after Reggie Miller retired. Unless they really won the championship in 05 and someone played a decisive role in the playoffs and convinced their competitors, collapse was inevitable sooner or later.

And this is something that coaches like them can find ways to avoid.

Just like the Mavericks during the period when the mad scientist was coaching, from his words, Nowitzki was the absolute leader of the team, and it didn't matter who came. Now that the young general Johnson is coaching the Mavericks, he didn't notice this. Nowitzki is not the kind of player with a tough attitude. Without the protection of a coach, Josh Howard has jumped out to compete for the boss position.

It's been almost half a season, and the Mavericks have only managed to hit 50 wins, and young general Johnson should bear the main responsibility.

In fact, in Vincent's opinion, given Zhang Yang's personality, it is unlikely that his teammates would challenge his status as a star player. But as a coach, it would be better if he could nip the hidden danger in the bud.

And as Carlisle said, if a player like Ricky Davis or Josh Howard appears... we should be prepared.

On the court, the Bobcats led the Heat by 16 points, 12 to 4, at halftime and entered the official timeout.

In fact, the Bobcats have the conditions to create a bigger opening score difference. Sometimes, when the ball is in the hands of Zhang Yang and Okafor, they are confident to make a shot in the face of double-teaming. However, in order to "show tactics to new teammates", they will choose to pass the ball if they are in a double-team and have the conditions to do so.

Facts have proven that stars’ shots against the defense are often more accurate than role players’ open shots, especially when they are in a good mood at the beginning of the game.

But the Heat players actually played very hard.

Wade and O'Neal are both absent. Now as long as the Heat players have the ability to hold the ball, they can swing it. Everyone is trying their best to brush their stats. Of course, there are also players with a strong competitive spirit. No matter how weak the team is or how bad the record is, they still want to defeat the opponent and are fighting for it.

It's just that, with this lineup of the Heat, when Wade and O'Neal are both absent, it is difficult for them to win even if the opponent is in bad shape and has a very bad touch. The most they can do is beat those teams that are also in a bad state. If the opponent is a little stronger, they can't even pull off an upset.

After the official timeout, Carlisle replaced Brad Miller and Mike Miller, and Jarrett Jack, Zhang Yang, and Okafor continued to play, pairing Brad Miller with the team's best offensive lineup at the moment.

After Brad Miller's first high-post assist after coming on the court, his teammates felt the difference!

After receiving the ball, he held the ball in one hand and leaned against Haslem. With a flick of his wrist, the ball flew into the hands of Zhang Yang who used the screen to run back to the baseline in mid-range.

When Zhang Yang received the ball, Ricky Davis who was defending him and Mark Blount who was defending the pick-and-roll double-teamed him, but he had enough distance to lift the ball and jump to shoot!
Although Zhang Yang missed the shot, it was not because Brad Miller made a bad pass, but because he rarely received the ball in such a situation when he was playing without the ball. He was too excited when he shot, and the shot was too powerful, hitting the other side of the basket with a "clang".

In the past, Rondo, Millsap, and Hill all had that kind of predictive passing, but the difference between them and Brad Miller can be seen in just one ball.

If the ball was passed by those three players, they would wait for Okafor to set a screen and then cut in and pass the ball to Okafor, instead of passing it to Zhang Yang who was already trapped in the double-team.

By the time Okafor cuts in, the opposing forward may have already returned to the basket. Instead, Zhang Yang will have a better chance of shooting if he receives the ball before the double-team arrives.

In his first game for the Bobcats and his first offense, Brad Miller showed great adaptability on the offensive end. The system that Carlisle is perfecting this season is based on the triangle offense and Princeton offense, combined with the offensive basketball style of the 80s. The two systems have a high degree of similarity.

The simplest way to play the triangle offense is to create singles opportunities for the first scorer, add a high-post assist to receive shots or assists, put a shooter on the wing, and have players on the front line to cut into the basket.

For Princeton, the simplest way to play is to use screens and cuts to create mismatches, use the mismatches to attract double-teams, and distribute the ball from the supporting point, but passing the ball from the two wings is also very important.

If the lineup structures of both teams are similar, it is actually difficult to tell whether they are playing Princeton or triangle offense during the match.

Of course, there are essential differences between the two.

Princeton needs more support.

For example, in the 03-04 season, Webber was injured and missed the first 59 games. Adelman used Brad Miller and Divac, two high-post players with ceiling level, as the core and achieved a record of 44 wins and 15 losses in the early and middle stages. Brad Miller was selected as an All-Star in the Western Conference, and Peja became a favorite for MVP.

But in the last 23 games, Webber returned at the end of the season, Brad Miller was demoted to a substitute and his playing time was reduced. Adelman returned to the 01-02 season's star + support style of play. In the last 13 games, the Kings' winning rate was less than 11%, with only 12 wins and losses. The record was overtaken by the Timberwolves, and the MVP trophy that Peja had already held in one hand also flew away.

Webber's ability to organize offense in singles with the ball is definitely better than Brad Miller, and his supporting ability is also above average, but Divac and Brad Miller are still better in terms of the supporting ability required in the Princeton system.

In the triangle offense, it is okay if the supporting point is a little weak, but it will not work without players who are good at singles.

In the first half of the season, the Bobcats were not good enough in terms of supporting players, so they were more inclined to use triangle offense when playing team offense.

Because Zhang Yang has not yet reached the level where he can shoot through everything, Felton's offensive strengths and weaknesses are obvious, and Okafor's offensive ceiling is obvious, their offense always seems weak when facing those five top-tier defensive teams, with more losses than wins.

Since the two systems have many similarities, Brad Miller, who played in the Princeton system for several years, can quickly integrate into the new team no matter which aspect it focuses on!
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At 10:24 pm, the game ended and the Bobcats defeated the Heat 104-93, winning five consecutive games!

张杨今晚打了31分钟，19投9中，其中三分球3中1，加上4中4的罚球，拿到23分5板2助攻2抢断1盖帽。

The Bobcats and Zhang Yang's average points per game were much lower than usual, mainly because Carlisle saw Brad Miller integrate into the offense so quickly, so he simply took advantage of the opponent's weakness and constantly adjusted the lineup, trying out various lineup combinations based on Brad Miller's support.

It is normal for the players' playing time to be fragmented and their offensive performance to continue to decline.

But even so, the Heat don't have the slightest hope of a comeback. The Heat have averaged only 89 points per game so far this season, ranking last by a huge margin, and are the only team among the league's 30 teams to score less than 90 points.

When the fortune teller wants to tank, he really wants to tank to the end, unlike Ainge, who wants to keep the star players, retain the team's talents and train new players, while also thinking about tanking... Rivers can be said to be the most sympathetic head coach this season. I have never seen any general manager who demands as much as Ainge.

Brad Miller won the recognition of his teammates in his first game with the Bobcats.

After the game, Millsap took the initiative to ask Brad Miller about passing issues.

The third brother said, "You XX, learn how to coordinate from the big white bear in the next two and a half years. If you still can't surpass him in two and a half years... I will teach you Jeet Kune Do."

God of Mi: Big White Bear's supporting ability ranks among the top in the league, Brother San, you are making things difficult for me!
What can he do? He can only seize every opportunity to learn and work hard!
(End of this chapter)