Chapter 414 413. The difference between new generation coaches and traditional coaches

As time goes by, the Bobcats' defensive system is being built in an orderly manner.

With the help of several players who are willing to lead their teammates in training, the progress of system building has met Carlisle's expectations.

Not only Zhang Yang and Felton received information bags that day, but also Hill, Okafor, Millsap, Brad Miller and others.

Okafor doesn't like to talk much. With Felton in his corner, he keeps silent most of the time and only speaks when necessary.

Brad Miller has good defensive awareness and understanding of the system, but despite his big and strong frame, he is shy and rarely speaks.

Those who help Felton lead his teammates in training are mainly the executive vice-boss Hill and the future inside tactical core Millsap.

This was the first time Millsap was assigned such a job. He was very excited and participated in it actively and proactively.

His offensive and supporting talents were buried in college, which had a great impact on his entire career.

From the age of 18 to 20, he barely developed any offensive skills, as the head coach of Louisiana Tech University focused on honing his defensive skills and rebounding.

Although he won the division rebounding title for three consecutive years, becoming the only player in the history of the NCAA's first-level league to win the division rebounding title three times in a row and leaving his name in NCAA history, it also had a very negative impact on his future professional basketball career.

He only started to practice offense after entering the NBA, and his three precious years in college were wasted. The ceiling of his future offensive capabilities must have been severely lowered and cannot be made up for. His rebounding ability, which was number one in the United States during his NCAA years, can only be considered okay in the NBA.

But this time...it can't be said to be a blessing in disguise. Millsap specialized in team defense for three years in University and laid a solid foundation. He was good at defense in his rookie year, but his defensive efficiency plummeted in his sophomore year. It was the team's fault. The defensive efficiency of their entire Bobcats team plummeted last season. Now the team is starting to build a defensive system. His speed of understanding the new defensive system is the fastest among all the frontcourt players on the team, no doubt about it. This enables him to help Felton lead the team in training.

With his strength improving and being promised to be the core of future support, what Millsap wants most now is a position in the team.

He definitely can’t compete for the star player position, because the third brother is just standing there.

Don’t even think about it, Boss No. 3 is the fat Boss’s number one supporter.

But he can compete for the defensive leadership position. Okafor is aloof and only thinks about how to play the game well. He is not interested in these things. This is his opportunity.

Although it might seem a little strange for a core player who will take over Brad Miller's position to compete for the defensive leader...never mind, he is a leader after all.

Soon, it was October and the official training camp time arrived.

Media day and team activities were delayed for two days. On the 3rd, the Bobcats continued their pre-season preparations for training camp, but the training content changed and entered a new stage - mainly focusing on intra-team training games.

Small-scale cooperative training and individual training have taken a back seat.

In this regard, veteran Brad Miller, who only joined the Bobcats in the middle of last season, seemed very uncomfortable.

But older veteran Hill was not surprised by this, as he had already adapted to it once last season.

This is Carlisle's style of building a system. If you look at the defensive systems he built for the Pistons and Pacers, and the offensive system he built for the Bobcats last season, you can see that he will not spend one or two seasons slowly, and then launch a new system when everything is ready.

Instead, after drawing up the framework, we just start working on it, making adjustments as we go along, constantly adding new things, and using actual combat to try and error.

He is less than 50 years old and is considered a new generation coach in a world full of old men. His vision and ideas are fundamentally different from those of the older generation of coaches.

The older generation of coaches attached great importance to preparation, and Carlisle certainly also attaches importance to preparation, but he attaches more importance to execution.

It’s hard to say which method is better, it depends on the team’s configuration.

There is a reason why Carlisle was envied by his coaches of the same period. When he went to the Pistons, the Pistons had Ben Wallace, who had just entered his prime. When he went to the Pacers, the Pacers had Reggie Miller, Artest, and O'Neal... All of them had a talented lineup but the previous coaches were incompetent and had a terrible record. He has a strong ability to build a system and can lead the team to the first place in the Eastern Conference and the Eastern Conference Finals, greatly shortening the reconstruction time. Of course, there are disadvantages, just like when he was in the Pistons, he laid a good foundation for the system in the first year, and perfected the system in the second year, which made Dumars think that he should win the championship in the second year. As a result, he met Kidd at his peak and did not even make it to the finals. He was immediately replaced and was picked by others.

The current Bobcats, like those two teams, have accumulated enough talent over the past four years to allow Carlisle to shine.

Although some players are not adapted to his system-building style, they will eventually get used to it, just like Hill last season.

Moreover, most of the players on the Bobcats are young and have not played in the NBA for long. They don’t know much about how other teams build their systems. They don’t think there is anything wrong with their own team. They just do what the coach arranges, and the training plan transitions smoothly...

As for Zhang Yang, his personal training progress is very fast. He is indeed talented in tactical coordination. He can get started quickly in both offensive and defensive coordination. He has done a good job in leading and demonstrating, and has played a positive role in Felton's leadership of his teammates in training.

In addition to team training, he also did personal training. On the 28th of last month, his three-point shooting had improved to 92. While he was happy, he couldn't help feeling a little depressed, as the three-point shooting had already opened up a small gap with the mid-range shot, and was almost catching up with the attacking basket.

So, he decided to practice three-point shooting intensively until his speed was slowed down to the level of mid-range shooting. Maybe then he wouldn't be so frustrated because his three-point shooting improved much faster than his mid-range shooting?

It is October 10th and the training camp has ended. The team had a day off yesterday, but Zhang Yang is still practicing. Today is the last training day before the preseason. It is time to polish the defense system with official games, and he is a little excited.

His teammates were as excited as he was. Under the leadership of Felton, Millsap and Hill, they had not slacked off for the past half month and had been training hard every day, waiting for this moment.

However, after the team meeting in the morning, the fat boss first poured cold water on his teammates: "I know everyone is looking forward to using the game to test our progress on the defensive end, but I hope everyone is prepared for us to defend particularly badly..."

Felton is only one world championship away from completing the title of 'Basketball Grand Slam', and his influence within the team will be further enhanced.

Pouring cold water on the team when everyone was extremely excited and looking forward to the event would definitely make some teammates feel dissatisfied, but no one refuted him, and even the dissatisfied teammates took note of what he said.

Zhang San saw that Little Fatty knew what to do without him reminding him...

After being reunited for more than ten days, he roughly guessed who had caused the change in the little fat boss - classmate KING.

Regardless of whether it is possible or not, regardless of whether one knows how to do it or not, one always has to get involved, and appears to be highly confident, and one's desire for control is also enhanced... This operation is exactly the same as that person's.

But this is not a bad thing, because the fat boss is very different from King. He just wants to be the boss and loves to lead his teammates. He will not compete with his teammates for anything.

When it comes to opportunities to shoot during chaotic battles, the Fat Boss won't compete with Jack; when it comes to being the top scorer, the Fat Boss won't compete with Zhang San... When it comes to playing basketball, the Fat Boss only does what he is good at and is willing to do the dirty and tiring work, making a clear distinction between 'being the boss' and playing basketball.

Who doesn't like such a boss? As for the fact that he is becoming more and more powerful, one should still spoil his own boss.

But Zhang San still feels sad. He has lost some of the happiness as a younger brother. The boss doesn't need him to remind him every few days anymore. Is this the price of growing up?
On October 10, the Bobcats played their first preseason game at home. This game attracted much attention, as their opponent was the Magic.

The Bobcats put on an amazing offensive performance last season, from being predicted to win 50 games to finally winning 60 games and reaching the Eastern Conference Finals. They also made no secret of building their defensive system during training camp this season, and are the most anticipated team this season, bar none.

Last season, the Magic went from being on the edge of the playoffs and striving for 40 wins to finally reaching fourth in the Eastern Conference and defeating the Cavaliers to advance to the second round. They are also an emerging powerhouse that has attracted much attention.

The two teams are seen as direct rivals for this year's playoffs. Although today's game is a preseason game, it still attracted the attention of many fans.

However, after the game started at 7 pm, the Bobcats' performance in the early stages surprised everyone - they were shot to pieces by the Magic!
One of the reasons was that the Magic's 'one grab and four shots' tactical coordination was better and harder to defend, but more importantly, the Bobcats' rotation and defense were a mess. The commentator of Guangdong Sports, who broadcast the game live, gave an objective evaluation - the Bobcats players wanted to do everything well on the defensive end, but the coordination was not tacit, and as a result, they did not do anything well.

With a bad start, the Bobcats players were naturally impatient. Their defense was not good and their offense was also affected. Although it was only a preseason game, who wanted to lose when they stepped onto the court?
Felton's pouring of cold water in the morning worked at this time. Regardless of whether or not everyone was satisfied with the old man pouring cold water before the game, everyone had a psychological expectation that "the game might be very bad."

During the halftime break, Carlisle did a lot of subtraction on the defensive end, and by the third quarter, the Bobcats' defense had improved significantly!

Although the Bobcats lost to the Magic 101-114 in the end, the difference between losing 63 points in the first half and 51 points in the second half was obvious. Of course, the Magic sent out more substitutes in the second half, which was the main reason why the Bobcats lost fewer points, but the Bobcats' progress during the game can still be seen!
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