Bishop of the Devil

Richard is naturally no stranger to Stevens' tactical system.

Generally speaking, Stevens' tactics can be summarized as "Whoever is weak will beat him, and whoever is strong will defend him"...

Whoever is weak should be beaten. As the name suggests, it is very simple. If the opponent's defensive system has a weak point, then hit it crazily.

Of course, this is just a general summary, and it will definitely change on the court.

Generally speaking, Stevens' tactical system is a variant of Princeton's system.

Just like the Warriors' tactical system in later generations is a variant of the triangle offense, Stevens gave Princeton's system a major overhaul...

However, even if there is a major overhaul, the shadow of Princeton's system can still be seen in the lineup and on-field performance.

For example, there is a big player inside who can pass the ball and loves to pass the ball, that is, Horford.

For example, players on the court are running around wildly, looking for opportunities to take open shots.

Right now, Richard plans to copy Stevens' offensive system, which is almost the most suitable offensive system for the Clippers at the moment.

As for the defensive system, it cannot be used.

Stevens' defensive system means that whoever defends the other player will catch the opponent's most lethal point and strangle him to death.

This is a helpless move by Stevens, because the defensive flaws of their Green Kai team are too big. The reason is that they are too short...

175 for Thomas at the first position and 188 for Bradley at the second position.

Horford, who is 2.08cm tall, plays center...

Each position is much shorter than the league's standard height. Bradley at the second position is not as tall as other players at the first position. How can he defend one against another who is quite satisfactory?

In this case, Stevens could only resort to the trick of killing eight hundred enemies and losing one thousand, which is to attack the opponent's most threatening point, double-team him crazily, and use the number of people to make up for the defensive quality. , If you can’t defend one, then two will defend you.

If you do this, although it can limit the opponent's most threatening point, it will easily leave the opponent open...

Sometimes even when double-teaming, the opponent cannot be restrained.

Of course, sometimes the opponent's most threatening point will be directly defended, creating the illusion that this Green Kai defense is particularly good.

This situation lasted until Thomas and Bradley were traded, and then it changed...

Richard naturally doesn't need to use this trick at the moment. Although Thomas is indeed a big defensive hole, Thompson's defensive intensity is much better than Bradley. He can share some of Thomas's defensive pressure.

The defensive tactic Richard plans to use in the new season is zone defense...

This is a defensive system that Richard liked when he coached at Purdue University.

However, the NBA banned zone defense for a period of time, and there was no need for the team to use zone defense, so Richard has not used this defensive system for a long time.

The reason why zone defense was used in the first place was to take care of Iverson. Zone defense can infinitely reduce Iverson's disadvantages on the defensive end.

Now that the league has relaxed its zone defense, and because of Thomas, now is a good time for the Clippers to use zone defense.

The offensive and defensive systems have been finalized. Starting in early September, under the leadership of Richard, the Clippers began training for the new season.

The training effect of the defensive system is quite satisfactory. At least Richard is very satisfied. The players on the field have high football IQ, strong tactical execution ability, and the effect of regional defense is quite good.

But the effect of the offensive system is somewhat unsatisfactory...

It's not that the tactics weren't executed properly, but that the accuracy wasn't good enough.

Leonard's current basket is simply unbearable to look at. Even if he runs into a wide open space sometimes, it is difficult to shoot with a satisfactory shooting percentage.

Thompson is not bad, but compared to the future Tang Shen, the gap is still quite big.

As for Monroe, it seems a bit useless in this system. Right now, Monroe is very weak in mid-range shooting, let alone three-pointers...

Richard was wondering whether to replace Monroe in the starting lineup and replace him with a stronger offensive ability.

However, this idea was killed by Richard as soon as it came up.

Compared with trading the Big Horse Monkey, Richard may sell Monroe first. After all, a center like Monroe cannot be integrated with Richard's system. It makes sense to let him play decent data as soon as possible and sell him as soon as possible.

Now Richard understands more and more why Monroe wanders around the league despite his good strength...

Monroe's strength is indeed good, but he is a bit mediocre in all aspects. He has no three-point ability and cannot open up the space. This is the most important point. As for the mid-range shooting ability, Monroe will develop it in the future, but the effect cannot be said to be good. It can be regarded as average.

In terms of interior defense and rebounding, Monroe has no advantage over traditional centers...

This is why Monroe is good but can only wander around the league.

Therefore, the player Richard will sell first in the future will definitely be Monroe, not Monkey King.

…

In the blink of an eye, time has entered October and the new season is about to begin.

Although the offensive training results after a month of training are not ideal, Richard can only do this now. Unless he can make the newcomers in the team reach their peak strength in a short period of time, he can only accept it now. This reality.

On October 3, the Clippers played their preseason opener at home.

Richard didn't know what Stern was thinking. He arranged for the Clippers to choose last season's defending champion Mavericks as their opponent in the preseason opener...

One is third from the bottom in the Western Conference, and the other is the defending champion. Richard suspects that Stern wants to see the Clippers make a fool of themselves...

In fact, this time it was Richard who judged a gentleman with a villain's heart. Stern was about to retire, so he had no intention of punishing Richard.

The reason for arranging this schedule is actually to generate income.

The ball market in Los Angeles is good, and the Mavericks are the defending champions, so they attract a lot of attention, so they naturally want to play together.

The preseason game is the Mavericks playing the Clippers, and the regular season opener is the Mavericks playing the Lakers...

…

"Coach, look at this attitude, are you starting to rise again?" Before the game started, the veteran driver smiled and greeted Richard.

Carlisle was also beside him, looking at Richard with a smile.

The current veteran driver and Carlisle are really satisfied. In the case of absolute disadvantage, they turned defeat into victory and killed the invincible Buccaneers. This is enough to become one of the classic finals that will be remembered in NBA history.

But now the old driver is actually not without troubles. He and Cuban have broken up...

At first glance, this seems to be a rumor. Are you kidding? The old driver will break up with his good friend Cuban? It’s fake news at first glance.

But this news is really true...

After winning the championship, the old driver is ready to let the team make some big moves in an effort to continue to defend the title this season.

But Cuban didn’t know what he was thinking. The only move he made this offseason was to bring in the old Carter...

What fighting power does old Carter still have now? It's no exaggeration to say that Carter's current combat power is probably not as good as Sun Yue's.

Throughout the entire offseason, Cuban has only done so much. It's strange that the veteran can be happy.

Of course, the breakup was not a complete breakup, it was just that the old driver was a little unhappy.

He also knows very well that he will not be able to maintain his peak for long. If he cannot win the championship in the next three years, I am afraid it will be difficult to win the championship as a core player in the future.

In this case, the old driver naturally felt a little unhappy.

"It's still far from enough. These new melon eggs still need to be tempered."

"Don't hold back tonight, give me a hard beating, and let these new melons see the cruelty of the alliance!"

Richard said to the two people in front of him.

Carlisle smiled and waved his hand, "It's just a preseason game. Our team is full of old guys. How can we have the energy to compete with you in the preseason game."

"If today was not the opening game and it was against your Clippers, I would have given Dirk a rest."

…

"Dududu!" The referee blew the whistle to start the game, and the starting players from both sides began to appear.

The Mavericks' starting lineup just replaced boxing champion Chandler with Carter, and there were no other changes.

The old jet, the old monster Kidd, the old hacker Marion, the old driver, and now there is an old Carter, it almost becomes a nursing home.

It is worth mentioning that boxing champion Chandler, who played an important role last season, has also left the team...

The Mavericks' starting lineup looks a bit nondescript and is not expected to be their normal starting lineup.

…

Richard stood on the sidelines and paced back and forth, and it could be seen that he was a little confused about the game on the court.

In the opening minutes of the first few minutes, the old guys from the Mavericks truly interpreted what "fuck the basketball dream" means, and beat the Clippers into disgrace.

Especially for Old Terry, in the first five minutes, the newspaper scored 11 points...

This shows that the Clippers' zone defense did not play its due role.

Good training results and actual combat are completely different things. At least the current zone defense effect of the players on the field is far from Richard's expectations.

…

In desperation, Richard could only call a timeout to allow Thompson and Leonard to cheer up and assume their defensive responsibilities.

Thomas's defensive shortcomings must be made up for by these two people. Otherwise, Old Terry alone may be able to defeat the Clippers tonight.