The Whip of the God of Basketball

On December 30, the NBA’s official league office officially issued a notice stating the establishment of the ‘trade’ between the Boston Celtics and the New Orleans Hornets, which took effect on that day. . The fastest update visit: щщщ.79XS.сОΜ. On this day, Joe Johnson took a plane and left'Boston' for the distant New Orleans, while the Hornets' two players PJ Brown and Courtney Alexander also flew from New Orleans to'Bo' at the same time. Ston.

In the afternoon, the Celtics headquarters conducted a health check on the two players. Because of the fact that the transaction has just taken effect, the two have not officially entered the team's squad. Therefore, the game against the Memphis Grizzlies on December 31. People will not be able to participate in the battle. The time for them to stand on the court in green'colored' jerseys will have to wait until 2003.

Leon’s main task in these two days is to adjust the tactics for the team’s new lineup, especially the positioning of PJ-Brown. After Tony Barty and'Po' Tapanko were'handed', the Celtics The team's choice in the center position is left with Brown, Blunt and Dalem's "Po". PJ-Brown is an inside player who swings between power forwards and centers. He not only has most of the inside force of the hard-top league, but also has the flexibility of a power forward. He is a rare multi-functional defensive inside player in the league.

For any coach, having such an inside player should feel like a treasure, especially for the Celtics, who currently lack inside defense. This is also the reason why Angie has worked so hard to get Brown. But Leon is a little worried. What he is worried about is not Brown's ability, but how long it will take him to adapt to the current tactics of the Celtics.

From Brown’s playing experience, he has played for the Nets, Heat and Hornets. Among them, he was the defensive defender next to Mourning during the Heat. The two are the best in the league under Pat Riley. The sound of the inside duo; the Hornets Brown is also the defensive backbone, selected as the second team of the best defensive team, is an out-and-out defensive mainstay. In this regard, many'Boston media' praised Anji after the completion of the'handover', believing that the Celtics finally solved the problems of inside defense and rebound protection, and this'handling' was also considered to be The best deal in the league so far.

But Leon, as the head coach, knows well that a team's defense is not something that can be improved immediately after a good defensive inside. It is necessary to establish a suitable defensive system in which an excellent defensive line like PJ Brown can play a role in it, in order to maximize his advantage and bring help to the team. Otherwise, all he can bring is just a few more rebounds and a few more blocks, and there will be no substantial improvement to the team.

This is also the biggest difference between defense and offense. Offense can rely on the individual ability of a superstar, while defense must rely on the system.

The Celtics' current defensive system was designed by Dick Hart and Leon. It is a simple and flat defensive system based on personal defense. It does not pursue excessive rotation, double-teaming and the use of defensive traps. Instead, everyone is required to perform their duties and deal with the people in front of them. It is best to leave them alone. Dick Hart is not without a better defensive strategy, but after pondering with Leon, he thinks that the defensive basic skills and defensive awareness of the Celtics are now good for keeping the people in front of him. , Stop thinking about large-scale rotations, double doubles and traps.

Moreover, the core component of a defensive system has always been an inside player, whether it is a supplement after a rotation, a trap in a defensive trap, or as a last barrier. All need inside players to take up their responsibilities. Before Brown came, the Celtics didn't have such a player. Now they have it. But what about the system established before? Whether to disband on the spot and start from scratch, or continue to adhere to the existing system, step by step, and slowly transform in one to two seasons. This is a question Leon must consider.

So before training on the morning of the 31st, Leon found Dick Hart. The two had been discussing this issue on their way to the training camp. Finally, Hart made two comments. First, PJ-Brown is indeed a very good player in the league. The'color' defensive player, followed by. At present, the Celtics' defensive system construction is reasonable, starting from improving the players' basic defensive skills, one-on-one defensive ability and defensive awareness, and laying a solid foundation for instilling deeper defensive concepts into them in the future.

Leon is now worried about whether Brown's arrival, management's thoughts and pressure from the media will force him to change the established plan. It's like a class that is still in elementary mathematics and lays foundations, suddenly a student who is ‘proficient’ in advanced mathematics comes. To help him increase the difficulty of the textbooks, or let this guy learn elementary mathematics?

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At 9:30 in the morning, Leon saw the new members of the team in the training hall, and did not see Joe Johnson in the training hall. Leon still has a small loss in his heart, but this little empty'hole' It was quickly filled with PJ-Brown's powerful and mighty body.

PJ Brown, who is 6-foot-11 and weighs 255 pounds, has an iron-like face. Leon has known in the team's physical examination report that the 32-year-old PJ Brown is currently in good health and in good competitive form. When Leon arrived at the training hall, Brown was doing strength training in the gym. Leon did not bother him or step forward to say hello. Instead, he held a pre-training meeting with the coaches as usual.

At the small training meeting, Cowens proposed to start defensive practice today. After adding new important defensive players, it is very necessary to conduct a defensive joint training. Leon agreed with Cowens’s opinion and decided to open today. Defensive training.

Before the training started, Leon had the first conversation with PJ-Brown in the gym. He walked to the barbell to greet Brown, but Brown just nodded and counted verbally in his mouth. He was doing deadlifts. Practice to exercise the back muscle'flesh', it seems that he is not much interested in talking with Leon. It is no wonder that PJ-Brown participated in the draft in 1992 and failed to play in the NBA because he was not optimistic. He went to Europe and returned to the United States to play in New Jersey in 1994. Since then, he has been playing for the Eastern team.

The interior of the Eastern NBA in the 1990s was an area where a group of tough guys and bullies were rampant. PJ-Brown experienced thumping and torture in this three-footer, and developed a tough defensive skill like steel, which made him face the Celtics. People's current style of play is very cold. The two teams once had a hand-off on December 1. PJ-Brown sent 10 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocks. The Hornets completely suppressed the Celtics on the rebounds, but the Celtics rely on fast His offense and the'precise' three-pointer knocked the Hornets down.

PJ-Brown is very dissatisfied with this. He feels that the Celtics' style of play is opportunistic and can steal some victories in the regular season. Once in the playoffs, this tactical system that relies on fast breaks and three-pointers will only Was torn apart by the high pressure of the playoffs.

Leon doesn’t care about Brown’s slightly rude performance. Leon doesn’t care about it. He knows that he wants to conquer this old ball. He can only rely on strength and wisdom, play cleverness and use his tongue, except to intensify the contradiction. There will be other effects.

It's just that Leon doesn't care about Brown, but Brown doesn't give Leon any face. When the Celtics began to conduct defensive training, Brown began to constantly put forward his opinions in training, thinking that the team was not perfect in many details of the practice, and the defensive tactics were too single.

"Here obviously can create a very good defensive trap, why not double-team with three? Me, Pierce, and Arenas on the line, the two of them only need to move slightly to make some defense, and then I will Put him... this who, Reid, rushed into the defensive circle~www.NovelMTL.com~ to make mistakes, what a beautiful defense!" In a confrontation practice, Brown even called the training to stop, pointing out that in this case The team has a better defense strategy.

Everyone stopped, listening to Brown's explanation. Now the oldest player in the Celtics is Brown, and Leon is even two years younger than Brown. In the past, everyone was young, no one was in the first place, and everyone was very obedient. Now an old man has arrived and everyone unconsciously follows his advice.

At this time, all eyes were on Leon. Faced with the players' technical and tactical doubts, Leon must respond.

Leon walked to the court, came in front of Reid, threw the ball aside, and said to everyone: "Since someone has questions about our tactical mode, then we will have a Celtic special color. 'Training. Now, the defensive training has come to an end. We will have half an hour of simulation training without the ball!"

The players on the court immediately got into a commotion. Antoine Walker walked up to Brown crookedly and said to him in a funny voice: "See it, see our real training!"

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