Chapter 748: Storm Is Coming, Fengmanlou and Master Romar!
After five consecutive days of fierce battles between the Suns, Cavaliers, Grizzlies and Timberwolves, the Seattle SuperSonics finally got a short break.
The last game in November between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Timberwolves is November 29th, and the next SuperSonics game in the Eastern Conference against the Bobcats is December 3rd.
It can be said that there is almost four days of rest in between.
These four days of rest are very, very important for the Sonics, who are currently under great pressure.
The pressure on the Seattle SuperSonics is very, very high now, not just physical pressure.
In fact, the physical pressure is not bad. The Seattle SuperSonics team is full of young players. If there is a physical problem, you can persevere if you grit your teeth. The key is the psychological pressure.
The records between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Trail Blazers-Timberwolves are now too close!
All three teams are 10 wins and 8 losses, plus the 10 wins, 10 losses and 10 wins and 9 losses of the Thunder and Clippers. It can be said that the Seattle SuperSonics may be ranked eighth in the Western Conference if they are not careful. The position dropped to 12th in the Western Conference!
If they really fall to twelfth in the Western Conference, what kind of fireworks it will be, SuperSonics players can't even imagine.
Not to mention the Seattle SuperSonics players who couldn't imagine the team falling out of the top eight, even the team's head coach Nelson had a hard time imagining it.
As the head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, Nelson is under considerable pressure.
This season, he has always believed that after the team wins the championship, his most important job is to help the players overcome their arrogance after winning the championship.
Young people will inevitably be arrogant and arrogant after winning a championship at such a young age.
However, I have to say that the media across the United States and around the world have really helped the Sonics a lot. These Sonics players who grew up amidst the boos and curses from the American and world media have all kinds of qualities. , that is, without the quality of arrogance.
According to the purpose of the garbage club established by the players of the team, all members, regardless of age or family, north or south, are garbage.
Nelson learned something from his new assistant Malik Rose about the Trash Club, the team's secret organization that meets almost every week.
Before the meeting, the leaders of these garbage groups such as pj Tucker and Barea will shout before the meeting: Eat Yes’ food,
Wear Yes clothes, be Yes dog, sell Yes life.
Hearing Malikros say this, when Old Nelson heard it for the first time, it was really shocking.
He has been in the NBA for so many years and has basically seen all kinds of storms, but he has never seen anything like this with the Sonics players.
It's no wonder that the Seattle SuperSonics players have such strong cohesion.
It’s no wonder that in last year’s playoffs, when facing the Rockets, Durant wanted to play even with a broken leg!
You know, Durant can have such an awareness even if he is not a member of the garbage society, let alone members of the garbage society like Tucker, Barea and others!
In the playoffs last season, Durant was willing to give his life to Yes. This shocked Nelson. Now, he knows that Durant is definitely not the only one in the entire team who is willing to sacrifice his life for Yes!
Therefore, such a team, after winning the championship, is so arrogant and unable to recognize that it will never become this team's biggest enemy.
The players on this team are really crazy.
This kind of madness saves him, the team's head coach, a lot of troubles, and also adds a lot of troubles.
The current problem with the Seattle SuperSonics is that the relationship between Yes and the players on the team is too fairy tale and too weird.
Most of the players in the team are willing to break their legs for Yes, and they are willing to work hard for Yes.
Nelson can now be sure that even Ibaka, if he can stay in the NBA in the future, if Yes needs him to break his leg, he will not hesitate to sacrifice his leg and his life.
You treat me like a confidant, and I treat you like a nobleman of the country.
That's the relationship between Yes and the rest of the Sonics.
What Yes did within the team was so extreme that it was called a fairy tale in the United States and around the world.
He has never seen a player like Ibaka who can do anything tolerate being on the court for so long.
He has never seen an NBA team boss tolerate a role player in the team to such an extent.
This is not the first time for Ibaka!
In the first season, Nelson thought Yes tolerated Rondo and the others as much as NBA stars tolerate their teammates.
The next year, Yes was even more tolerant of Durant.
And this season, Yes's tolerance of Ibaka even makes people think Yes is crazy.
The boss of a team can do such a thing for his teammates. As long as the teammates are not supercilious, even supercilious people will be moved and influenced!
Such a fairy tale atmosphere within the team is positive most of the time, but it can also create very uncomfortable crises.
Ibaka has been trained hard by Yes for more than a month. If he is well trained now, he can remove Ibaka from the starting lineup.
If he hadn't practiced well, he wouldn't have been able to remove Ibaka from the starting lineup. This is moral kidnapping!
Now Yes and the entire Sonics have been morally kidnapped by such a fairy tale!
So much so that now many people around the world are waiting to see the joke between Yes and the Sonics.
Let’s see if Yes is really going to protect Ibaka even if they don’t make the playoffs, or will they finally give up on the fairy tale that the world has been shouting for three years and finally give up on Ibaka.
Anyway, most public opinion around the world is not optimistic that Yes can lead the team to the playoffs in the Western Conference with Ibaka, a player who knows nothing, playing four-on-five on the court.
According to what Pippen said on the TNT team.
"If Ibaka starts every game in the regular season this season and averages more than 35 minutes per game, eventually the Seattle SuperSonics can make the playoffs. I propose that this year's regular season MVP can be awarded directly to Yes. No matter where the Sonics enter the playoffs, the MVP will still be Yes. Do you agree or disagree?!"
Faced with Pippen's domineering look, no one in the TNT team spoke up to object.
Nelson knows very well that this is certainly not because Pippen has the supreme authority to smash the TNT team.
In fact, none of the clowns on the TNT team can be said to be authoritative. Others simply do not believe that the Seattle SuperSonics can finally enter the season with Ibaka playing at least 35 minutes in each game. Postgame!
With Yes averaging 45 points per game this season, the Seattle SuperSonics have now maintained their position in the top eight in the Western Conference for 18 consecutive games, which is the limit.
The current Seattle SuperSonics are really likely to fall from the top eight position at any time.
Yes used his own strength to forcefully train Ibaka for 18 games, which is very, very incredible.
In fact, at the beginning of the season, Nelson planned to replace Ibaka after the team fell out of the top eight after playing five or six games.
In the end, Ibaka was saved by Yes until now.
Nelson has no ill feelings towards Ibaka.
On the contrary, he admired this young man very much for his hard work, very hard work. No matter what, people who work hard can always be loved by others.
It's just that for Ibaka, his mistake was that he should not have appeared in the NBA this season, but with the Seattle SuperSonics. He should have grown up in Europe for one to two years.
In the NBA, people don't want to see a player who doesn't have NBA standards grow.
Ibaka's initial ability is F, and the minimum ability in the NBA is C. Without the ability of C, others will not care whether you are on the road from F to C.
As the best head coach in the league, Nelson has certainly noticed Ibaka's progress.
Ibaka is indeed not the kind of player with a low golf IQ as rumored outside.
In other words, Ibaka's golf IQ may be really low, but Yes has really trained him very well, so Ibaka has been improving.
If Ibaka's initial ability when entering the NBA was 40 F, then now, Ibaka's ability has reached 50 E, and some of his abilities have even reached the 60 D level.
only……
This still does not reach the level where he can start in the NBA and play 35 minutes in every NBA game. This still makes the Seattle SuperSonics seem to have one less player on both offense and defense on the court.
Likewise, this still cannot change the current shaky ranking of the Sonics.
So he's worried now, and so are the other Sonics players.
I'm afraid even Ibaka himself has been feeling anxious now.
The entire team, perhaps only Yes, is still calm and indifferent now.
During these four days of rest, Nelson could clearly feel the tension within the team.
Old Nelson heard some rumors from Rose. Rondo and many SuperSonics players were planning to bully Ibaka. When Ibaka came home from training, it would be best to beat Ibaka halfway. If Ibaka is injured, then a month or two is best.
In this way, Yes will not have to give up Ibaka and lose the reputation of a fairy tale. At the same time, the Seattle SuperSonics will not have to worry about falling out of the top eight in the Western Conference without Ibaka as a hindrance.
Nelson was already shocked when he heard that Rondo was joining forces to attack Ibaka.
"Mr. Nelson, Rajan actually took action on his own first... but failed in the end."
When Rose said this at the end, Nelson was even more speechless.
Already started...
Looking at the scratches on Ibaka's face and the bandage on Rondo's left wrist, Old Nelson was really speechless.
Rondo and the others also wanted to take action against Durant last season, but they were not so direct.
It can be seen how explosive the current supersonic interior is.
Even with the explosion inside Supersonic, Yes is still unmoved!
Old Nelson knew that Yes must know this, but Yes remained unmoved.
Nelson has nothing to say about his choice of Yes.
This is the best option.
The current situation within the team is caused by the external situation.
If Yes takes a stand, it will inevitably either side with Ibaka or Rondo and the others.
Whichever side you take, it's not a good thing for Yes.
Instead of choosing sides, it is better to do nothing and directly defeat the external pressure. When the external pressure is gone, the internal situation will naturally remain calm.
Well, the least pretended calm is calm.
This is a very good choice, and Nelson also admitted that this is the best choice to deal with such a thing.
However, the premise of this best choice is that Yes can really break the external pressure!
Is Yes really confident enough to lead Ibaka's SuperSonics to stay in the top eight in the Western Conference?
Nelson was really curious and really looking forward to it.
This is how Yes feels to him now.
In the days leading up to the game against the Bobcats, the atmosphere inside the Seattle SuperSonics became extremely strange as the team was about to fall out of the top eight.
The pressure inside the Seattle SuperSonics is very high, and there is a lot of public opinion outside. Even the SuperSonics' next game opponent, the Bobcats, no, has now handed over to Charlotte Hornets head coach Larry Brown and the Bobcats. The young boss Jordan's presence is slowly increasing, and he is constantly putting pressure on the Sonics.
Under such a stormy situation, it is difficult for most players within the SuperSonics to calm down.
But Yes…
James Harden and Gasol really find it incredible.
The leader of this team is actually still in the mood to go to the University of Washington every day to teach the University of Washington players how to play.
"Maybe our crisis is not as big as those people say..."
"Um."
Gasol nodded in agreement after Harden finished speaking.
In the past four days, after completing daily training, Yes spent most of his time at the University of Washington with Curry and the others.
Now the entire NCAA is experiencing the 'Lorenzo Romar Storm'!
Lorenzo Romar's five-little tactics reappear in the NCAA.
The University of Washington, led by Curry, Klay Thompson, Green, Isiah Thomas Jr., Spencer Hawes, Quincy Pondexter and others, has now been on a winning streak for more than a month, beating its opponents by 30 in every game. points or more.
Now the storm blowing up again at the University of Washington has shocked the entire United States.
And the University of Washington that blew up the storm was taught by Yes.
Called the University of Washington's five-small tactic, there is no pressure on Ye Si. He is too familiar with Curry, Green and Clay...
Pondexter and Spencer Hawes are also fully capable of fulfilling the duties of Barnes and Bogut in the NCAA.
"Teacher, I heard that Ibaka has been attacked three times in the past four days? Do you really don't need to worry about it?"
"Need not."
After Yees cut off Curry's ball, he threw the ball to Curry again and said to Spencer Hawes on the side: "The screen action can be bigger."
Regarding Yes's guidance, Hawes nodded crazily with eyes of admiration.
On the other side, Steve Kerr, the assistant coach of the University of Washington, also looked at someone with admiration.
Of course it wasn't Yes, but Lorenzo Romar, who was smiling and crossing his arms all the time on the sidelines.
Finally, I can learn the five little tactics of Lorenzo Romar style!
If the basketball coaches in the NCAA knew that the current five tactics of the University of Washington could beat them to death without Master Romar personally taking action, they would definitely collapse, right? !
Lorenzo Romar has long been used to being looked at by Cole like this, or in other words, he has long been used to being looked at like this wherever he goes.
"Yes, you really didn't lie to me!"
“Yes, if it says it can be done, then it must be done!”
Lorenzo Romar looked at the man on the court coaching Washington with stars in his eyes.