activa-t Chapter 230 229. Coach, I want to play... (ask for a monthly ticket)
Chapter 230 229. Coach, I want to play... (ask for a monthly ticket)
Chapter 230 229. Coach, I want to play... (ask for a monthly ticket)
"Hey, we are probably at the end of the game in this game. If we continue to fight, the chance of winning is not very high, but in the end, it is really not worth the loss for us."
"After all, under this kind of high-intensity confrontation, coupled with continuous away games, the players are likely to face the risk of injury."
"So if it still doesn't get better after coming back in the fourth quarter, then can we change the main lineup and try to give up the game."
During the rest period after the end of the third quarter, assistant coach Mundy also frowned and said to Stan Van Gundy beside him.
It is not a shame to give up a game tactically on the basketball court, because there are many games in the regular season. In this long season, no one can say what unexpected things will happen.
Therefore, as the coach of the team, he should not only lead the team to win as many games as possible, but also make some precise plans for the entire season.
"Well, if we can't close the point difference to single digits within 4 minutes, then we can indeed try to give up this game."
"Because the team really can't stand the injuries."
Hearing Stan Van Gundy's words, assistant coach Mundy obviously let out a long sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Van Gundy would show his stubborn side again, and started a fight with the Nuggets at all costs.
If this is the case, regardless of the final victory or loss of the game, the physical burden on the players alone is too great.
And this situation is obviously not a good thing in a long season.
For this road trip in the Western Conference, the Magic have actually done a good enough job. Even if they face a loss in this game against the Nuggets, there will be no fans to blame more.
After all, the current Magic team has an uneven lineup, which is a very clear thing in the hearts of all fans.
So even if this game loses to the Nuggets, this is not a shameful thing for the Magic.
You know, the Los Angeles Lakers, who were the strongest in the league two days ago, just lost to the last king in the league.
At the time, this ushered in the abuse and doubts of many fans, who denounced the Lakers for match-fixing and cooperation with gaming companies, which also put a lot of pressure on the Lakers.
Although Los Angeles has outstanding economic capabilities and a relatively wide geographical area, the fans' abuse faced by the Lakers is like drizzle and they don't take it to heart at all.
But it can't stand the relatively large number of fans.
So this also caused the Los Angeles Lakers to fall into a storm of public opinion in the recent moment.
Su Jiu who was sitting aside wiping his sweat at the moment also heard the communication between Van Gundy and Monty.
But after hearing the conversation between the two, Su Jiu's heart tightened for an instant.
For Su Jiu, winning or losing this game is actually not that important, because the team's shooting touch in this game can be said to be very bad, and this is not something that Su Jiu can turn the tide by himself.
So in this case, what Su Jiu was more concerned about was whether this task could be completed.
Due to JR Smith's personal explosion in the third quarter and Su Jiu's decline in offensive touch, the scoring gap between the two has not widened much so far.
So after hearing that Van Gundy had the idea of giving up the game, Su Jiu's heart tensed for an instant, and he felt an ominous premonition.
Once Van Gundy really chooses to give up the game, then with Su Jiu's current status in the team, there is no need to think too much about it. Van Gundy will definitely take him off the field.
Then wouldn't the two people's already similar scores at this moment become more dangerous? !
After all, JR Smith is never shameless, and he can do things like brushing data in garbage time.
And George Karl will help him do this kind of thing even more. Although it is nominally to continue JR's personal state on the court, in fact George Karl also has some personal selfishness.
Because JR Smith, with his current performance, is likely to win this year's Best Sixth Man award.
And once JR Smith won the best sixth man of the season, then for George Karl, this can be regarded as a big credit.
Because JR Smith is one of his many disciples.
What's more, the standard for evaluating a head coach is not only how many championships he has led the team to win, but also the cultivation of players.
You know, among the head coaches in the NBA, it's not just as simple as a champion coach and leading the team to win.
There are a lot of bad teams that don't go after those famous and popular coaches, but go to those professional bad coaches.
Because for these teams that want to be bad, they don't want to win, they just want to get as high as possible in the draft by losing.
Thereby accumulating more potential and soaring into the sky in the next few years.
And there are as many as 30 teams in the league. Among these 30 teams, only 16 teams can enter the playoffs each year.
In addition to being able to fight hard for the playoffs, at least half of the remaining [-] teams can only win a future by playing poorly.
This also makes bad coaches more and more marketable and more and more reused by teams.
For example, the legendary J Babikerstaff Jr. who is said to kill the head coach of any team in whichever team he is in later generations.
Although his career coaching winning percentage is less than 30%, he will not face unemployment in the NBA under any circumstances.
why? !
Just because he's going to lose...
Because he is a professional accountant, a professional receiver...
After all, losing is easy, but it is a science to cultivate the team's potential while losing...
And Bickerstaff Jr. turned the loss into a piece of knowledge.
That is, when facing a game of pecking each other, if both teams want to play badly, they will definitely do everything possible to lose.
But it can't be seen by the league and fans as match-fixing, let alone blatantly withdraw its main lineup. After all, the team still needs to use them to attract fans and earn some tickets.
So this is the time to test the professionalism of bad coaches. At least in the league of later generations, if Bickerstaff dares to be second, then absolutely no one dares to be number one.
Oh, by the way, before Su Jiu traveled back, Bickerstaff Jr. was the head coach of the Cavaliers in 2020, so you can say that he is not very good...
"Ahem, coach, although the team's touch in this game is not very good, I don't think we should give up such a game easily."
"The recent wave of consecutive victories has obviously improved the morale of the team. And we have not reached the point where we will definitely lose this game."
"So I think we can really keep fighting because I really don't want to give up a game."
When Stan Van Gundy and assistant coach Mundy were discussing, Su Jiu, who was sitting next to them, interrupted with a serious face.
Seeing Su Jiu's confident expression at this moment, and adding the sentence he said: "I really don't want to give up any game." This also made Stan Van Gundy obviously stunned for a moment.
Since Van Gundy has been the head coach of the team for so many years, he has long forgotten who the last person who said this sentence was, and which season it was.
But after a moment of stupefaction, Stan Van Gundy put on a smile and replied to Su Jiu:
"Hehe, Su, I know you are a very serious player about the game, and your desire to win is also very strong."
"To be honest, I am very pleased. I am very pleased that you have grown to this level under my hands, and I am even more pleased that you have always maintained this determination to win the game."
"However, sometimes, losing on purpose is not because we are willing to degenerate, but it is a performance of wanting to improve."
"Because we will make more trade-offs. Compared with winning or losing a game, the journey of this season is too long."
"Maybe you just entered the league, so you don't have a special understanding of these, because in the NCAA's one-round elimination system, such a situation may not exist."
"But it's okay, you'll understand later."
Seeing that Stan Van Gundy was rarely able to calm down and explain this knowledge to himself, and he also said it clearly and logically, it was quite a sense of passing on the lecturer.
Looking at Stan Van Gundy's gratified expression at the moment, it seems that he has a very high recognition of his desire to win.
But looking at Stan Van Gundy's current state, Su Jiu really wanted to cry, and even screamed frantically:
"Where are you telling me about your second uncle here?! What I want is to win?! What I want is to get points!! Do you understand if you get points!!"
But no matter how crazy Su Jiu was in his heart at the moment, facing Stan Van Gundy's mother-like smile, Su Jiu could only smile awkwardly, and then said with a wry smile on his face:
"Coach, I want to play..."
Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a recommendation ticket! !
(End of this chapter)