Chapter Fourteen Hollins' surprise!
D'Antoni left, leaving the place where he had struggled for several years, but also took away his honors. In the Knicks, he won the best head coach and also received the championship ring. However, he did not slander Zhou Mubai in the media, but instead praised Zhou Mubai very much, believing that his cooperation with Zhou Mubai is his best memory.
Zhou Mubai also has a high evaluation of coach D'Antoni and expressed regret for D'Antoni's departure, but he hopes that D'Antoni can continue to shine in other positions.
The master and apprentice farewell seemed to be in a deep relationship with their master and apprentice, but there were many speculations from outside, because the quarrel that broke out before and the sudden change of coaches after the start of the season meant that there must be a lot of unknown things inside.
However, D'Antoni and Zhou Mubai did not respond to this, so they could not inspire too many waves.
However, the new coach Steve Cole felt a little surprised.
Cole is a person who is good at activities. Before D'Antoni left, he had already done a good job with his boss and general manager. For Zhou Mubai, Cole talked to him for an hour, and the next day, Cole took out a new tactical system. After reading it, Zhou Mubai decided to support Cole as the team's head coach.
The new coach is on the way, and the Knicks start a new tactical system.
The tactical system compiled by Zhou Mubai and Cole is not the orthodox Princeton tactics, but a variant. The change lies in the fact that the core is changed from center to defender, but the core idea has not changed, and it is still mainly about human movement and ball movement.
On the third day of Cole's official position, a game was ushered in.
Cole didn't want to take risks and wanted to use the original tactics to fight, but Zhou Mubai rejected it.
"Steve, we don't have to be afraid of losing. Even if you have bold experiments, new tactics also require a lot of games to hone. You are not afraid of losing. Besides, I have the best guarantee. Once the game is critical, I will give you a guarantee."
Cole suddenly became bolder.
He was very glad that he could meet a superstar like Zhou Mubai in his first coaching session, and he trusted him very much. With Zhou Mubai's support, he could almost abandon all his concerns.
The opponent in this game is the Memphis Grizzlies, who are the playoff teams. In the meat grinder in the West, as long as they are the playoff teams, they cannot be underestimated.
The Grizzlies' starting lineup is still very good, with OJ Mayo, Marc Gasol, Mike Conley, Rudy Guy and other good players, and they maintain their excellent combat effectiveness.
Grizzlies' coach Lionel Hollins became the Grizzlies' head coach for the third time in 2009. This time he created a lineup that is extremely good at defense. Although he was unable to grab Tony Allen in the summer, the Grizzlies' defense is already tough enough and is called a strong team harvester. The Grizzlies are not a strong team, but they can always turn any team into a raven and then defeat their opponents in an environment where ravens peck at each other.
This is a very good training opponent, but it is not a good training opponent.
Because if you can fight tactics with such an opponent, there will be basically no problem with the execution of tactics;
It is said that it is not a good opponent because the new tactics are difficult to execute and are easily interrupted. Faced with such an opponent, it is probably difficult to achieve the purpose of running-in tactics.
Kerr wanted to give up, but Zhou Mubai was very relaxed: "Our tactics may not be able to be implemented, but their tactics may not be able to be implemented either."
This is confidence in the team's defense.
Zhou Mubai was not confident. With the encouragement of Tony Allen, Chandler and Iguodala, the Knicks have become a team that can defend and is willing to defend.
This matter is very interesting. The Knicks were originally an offensive team, but now due to tactical reform, they have not yet practiced offense yet. Instead, they have reached several levels of defense and become the best defensive team in the league. Are you funny?
The match between the two sides begins.
Grizzlies' coach Lionel Hollins has no confidence in tonight's game. Even though the Knicks have a new coach, Zhou Mubai is the very strong team, but he is still looking forward to it. After all, the Grizzlies are also a team that is good at defeating the strong with weak, and he has also made a lot of arrangements for the Knicks' offense.
But at the beginning of the game, he was shocked.
Shock is all-round.
First of all, on the defensive end, the Knicks' defense is perfect, and it takes a lot of effort to prevent the Grizzlies from trying to score a goal!
The tight defensive network built by Zhou Mubai, Tony Allen and Iguodala on the outside has almost no flaws to dig into. Even if you break through, there is an inside barrier behind Tyson Chandler!
Come on!
You are the Knicks, the team with the most offensive last season. Why build a civilian team that can only win by relying on defense? Isn’t it good to play your extremely gorgeous offense?
The defense gave Hollins a great shock, and the offensive end was even more shocked.
Hollins is obviously a very good coach. As soon as the Knicks runs, he can see that the Knicks have given up D'Antoni's style. But what surprised him was that Zhou Mubai gave up holding the ball!
What did he see?
Zhou Mubai actually runs without the ball!
Zhou Mubai does run without the ball. At the beginning of last season, when he was with the Lakers, Zhou Mubai played without the ball, but he only played a few games and started holding the ball. He was a ball-dominated holding ball.
Zhou Mubai occupies a large amount of ball-holding rights, but no one has any objection to this, because the data he produces is worthy of his ball-holding rights, and the games he wins are worthy of his control.
Hollins even believes that for a player like Zhou Mubai, if he doesn't give him the ball, it will be a crime against the team.
Although he said that the Grizzlies have become a team that shares the ball, if he coaches Zhou Mubai, he will definitely let Zhou Mubai hold the ball, because that is the best way for the team.
But now Zhou Mubai stops holding the ball!
Zhou Mubai kept running without the ball, but Iguodala was the one who controlled the ball. Others were either running or helping teammates with unball cover. Especially Zhou Mubai cut out after hand-handing hands was frequently used.
Hollins observed carefully and found that Zhou Mubai reduced the time he held the ball, but his efficiency not only did not decrease, but also increased slightly.
To be honest, this starting lineup lacks offensive talents. Except for Zhou Mubai and Fred's three-pointers, the others are not even reliable in the middle distance.
However, through the unball running and the constant empty hand-cutting hand-handing, the Knicks pushed out layer by layer like peeling an onion.
Chapter completed!