readytorunbook Chapter 233 New Defense Advisor!Sloan!
Chapter 233 New Defense Advisor!Sloan!
Chapter 233 New Defense Advisor!Sloan!
"Seven meat and eight vegetables... seven meat and eight vegetables..."
As soon as he got off the plane, Ron began to shiver, and the cold wind took away most of his passion...
Speaking of which, the old man who only met once was in his last game as the head coach of the Utah Jazz...
Of course, the ending is very tragic. The rockets of the new generation, after all, are products of the old era, and the curtain has come to an end...
In fact, looking at Jerry Sloan's mournful face looking up at the sky at that time, Ron couldn't find any joy of victory in his heart, but today he committed himself to hire him, and his wish came true...
In the icy and snowy Salt Lake City, in front of Ron was a slightly unexpected but cautious old face...
When he kindly handed over his hand and invited Ron to enter the room, Mr. Sloan had a room full of trophies, players, including the honors received by the coach, enough to be described as unprecedentedly many...
However, there is only one difference here. When many uncrowned kings retire, they call it unwillingness, or something that has not been dreamed-the glory of the championship.
When a square and square contract appeared in front of the old man with a smile on his face at the same time as Ron, he suddenly staggered...
"Houston...hire me?" Mr. Sloan frowned and looked at the contract in front of him with interest.
He looked aside again at the super-manager who was called a "demon" or "angel" by the media with ulterior motives, thinking about it for a while...
"Wow, it's still a senior team consultant... This..." Mr. Sloan seemed to be a little urging: "After retiring and returning to the field, I miss the life on the basketball court... But you also know that for people like us who have basketball in their blood, it is common for people like us to complain occasionally and make a fuss on social networks. I have not made up my mind. I must come out! And..."
Ron put on a deliberate humility, nodding and smiling, like a student waiting for his instructor to speak...
"And I don't like you!" The old man said firmly, which made Ron feel awkward...
A dictatorship, a power control; a pursuit of new basketball concepts, a belief in ancient traditions...
Perhaps when this doomsday watchman meets the strongest manager in the new era, he is destined to spark a lot of sparks and make a lot of jokes...
And this has also changed some unknown future trajectories...
...
Maybe Barry would be more of a stickler for this stubborn old man... Ron thought to himself.
"Oh! Maybe you misunderstood...Compared to other team managers, you are a better one! I just hate the others!" Feeling a little bit defeated, the weird old man just finished speaking angrily, and then showed a calm smile, and then added to himself: "Of course I prefer to be independent, but if it is a consultant, your asking price is so high (2 million in 600 years), um, I have to think about it..."
Seeing the old man pretending to be contemplative, is it a little embarrassing?
"Hey, let me say, are the fans of Aerospace City still making my teeth itch?" He muttered coldly, and then blushed with some personal emotions...
ha?So that's what happened...
Although the old handsome is old handsome, he is just a normal person after all, and he still wants to bask in the sunshine, and he doesn't want to ask for trouble, and be sprayed with blood by the fans who support him...
It was the Jazz who blocked the Rockets from entering the second round twice in the past few years. At that time, this made many Space City fans hate it...
Because his coaching philosophy is to emphasize physical confrontation, improve the tough style of play in the 90s, and make opponents play uncomfortable without touching the bottom line of the referee.
Whether it is the Turk Okur or the little-known Ronnie Brewer, in those few series, Yao Mai fell into fierce physical confrontation on the offensive end, thus consuming too much energy, and was often reversed by the Jazz in the fourth quarter...
He also likes to prescribe the right medicine, but if he takes aim at your weaknesses, he will always implement this policy mercilessly, making the opponent extremely embarrassed... (Okur's long shots, and Carlos Boozer and Deron's pick-and-rolls make Yao Ming exhausted...or try to keep McGrady away from the basket as much as possible, and try to let him complete the offense with shots)
"Sloan! Do you dare to be serious and have a serious game with us?"
"That old man taught his disciples how to hit people on the court..." Fans who refused to admit defeat after the game complained on major social networks...
"Haha..." When Ron said every word to the person today, Mr. Sloan himself was very happy: "I just play in the right way. I don't think there is anything wrong with it... The key is that even if you use your body to fight and play with a tough style to the extreme, the guy you think you can't beat will still be able to hit those fate-determining balls while you are chasing and intercepting..."
"Michael Jordan?" Ron sighed.
"...Yes," he suddenly felt a lot of emotion: "Yes, so, whether you lose or win, there is no excuse to make..."
The old quartz clock on the wall was still ticking non-stop. At this moment, after hearing the name of the basketball god, the old coach suddenly realized something, and was filled with emotion for a while...
"...Tell me, what is your goal? This season? Poor performance? Seeking a big deal? Or military training? Tell me! Young man!" He suddenly asked with great interest.
"Huh?" Ron responded without thinking: "Maybe you will laugh at me as a lunatic, but what I want to tell you is—the championship! Yes, there is no doubt... It is this season that seems to be unable to even make the playoffs!"
"Hmph, I've seen a lot of braggarts, but I haven't seen any of your methods and actions... I only saw you suspending the entire team for grandstanding. Of course, the mental outlook afterwards is indeed refreshing... But defensive strength alone is not enough... Then if you are willing to ask an old man who has been in the NBA for [-] years, just tell me... Tell me, what are you going to do? Temporary crazy ideas can also be said... Everyone is welcome!"
Jiang was still old and hot. Ron understood that Sloan was testing himself, and he would definitely evaluate Ron's answer in his heart. This was an opportunity and a test.
"Uh... I'm leaking, don't pass on this information to the media!" Ron stuck out his tongue half-jokingly.
"...Yes, you know, even if the offense is maximized, like the Suns in the early years, they still can't dominate in the playoffs. You can also see that our defense has been eating away at the legacy of the Rockets in the Jeff Van Gundy era, and it has almost disappeared." Ron paused and continued: "The offense is good, but the foundation is lost. , try to give Adelman more choices of soldiers to use, this can bring me a momentary scene, only in this way can I save the ball market, and the Rockets who are waiting to be rebuilt... But I know that even if I get lucky enough to enter the playoffs based on this point, it will only be a round trip... So..."
"Oh! Can't you be satisfied just by entering the playoffs?" Sloan asked jokingly.
Ron shrugged: "Didn't I say everything just now? The championship is my goal..."
"Hi! Go on! I'm listening!"
"Well... So, just in time for the players to be depressed and conflicts erupted in the locker room, I suspended the game and asked the players to initially change their game style, which is defense... Only by really improving our defense can we go further in the playoffs..."
"We're really not weak. We're no worse than the big teams in the West right now... If we want to say what's the real difference, it's that we don't have a particularly stable attack point and a signature role. The second-year Mayo can't really play a role in stabilizing the army... But don't forget, we still have Yao! Everything will be perfectly resolved when Yao plays the return of the king at the Toyota Center... I think our combat effectiveness is not just as simple as adding a superstar. He is the most important part of our entire team. His bonus will make our team Doubling the original combat power several times will surprise everyone in the alliance!"
"When the Lakers of the old era ended and went into the factory for maintenance, who is the leader in the new era of heroes? Celtics? Magic? Suns? Cavaliers? No!"
"What I want to tell you is! The good show has just begun! With the last 1/3 of the schedule left, I will let the red ocean flood the entire league!"
Ron laughed mysteriously: "I know that even if we exert our strength now, we won't be able to win the home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, but...as long as it looks unstoppable in the second half, as long as we can hone our defense...and then take the remaining prestige of the game, the trophy has already waved to us before we know it! And we are pinpointing the opponents in the first round, and we will go head-to-head! If nothing else, it will be the Denver Nuggets we just lost!"
"Yes, of course they are not weak, but like us, they don't have much experience... As long as we can grab a game, yes, even if it is the only victory in the first two away games, passing the first round is not a dream..."
After a long time, Sloan suddenly smiled from the bottom of his heart: "What? A dream? A championship? Just rely on your superficial paper defense system?"
Ron was suddenly a little surprised, this was the first time he saw this handsome old man smiling so happily...
After thinking twice, he finally patted the table again, and stood up: "Forget it, let the old man walk a few more steps on the basketball court...Let's talk about it first, it has nothing to do with salary...This is just my personal decision! I really can't stand it anymore, your bad defense! Let me teach Yao Ming how to become a defensive core! Hehe!"
At the beginning of March, when Ron suddenly announced to the league that he would hire Jerry Sloan, the former Jazz's meritorious coach who was idle at home, as the team's senior consultant, at the time, this did not cause a sensation, nor was it favored by most league teams. In the eyes of everyone, it was just a piece of news, nothing more...
But soon, they will regret it...
And when I regretted it, the red sea was already unstoppable...
...
Meanwhile...a corner of Houston...
"How many more days? I feel very good now, and I was about to go out and beat him up!"
"What's the rush? Your upper body strength is out of proportion to your lower body support... This will only make the gap in your torso wider..."
"...Then what's the use of the "Five Animal Show" I danced with you all day long, and the soup that smelled worse than dog shit?"
"...that's just adjusting your whole body to the best condition...didn't you just say that you feel very good now?"
"... "
After a long silence, Yao Ming suddenly became violent...
"I just want to know when my mother will be able to play. If it really doesn't work, just retire... Anyway, without me, the team will be smooth sailing..."
The Taoist priest also seemed to be frightened by his serious appearance, and for a while raised his feet to urge...
"Ah...well, I can't screw you..." Qing Itachi sighed. "I said, you remember... Whoa! Ha!"
"Again! Get out of here!"
"...cough, cough, isn't it..."
He suddenly took out a dark worm-like object from an urn with sharp eyes and quick hands...
"Come on, the final surgery..."
"This... what is this?"
"insanity!"
"Depend on!"
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Update today at night!
(End of this chapter)