Chapter 900 900. This is called professionalism

In the first preseason game of the new season, the two men fought for the ball like Marbury and Jamal Crawford's double shot in the backcourt.

When they discovered that there was a heightened atmosphere of internal competition, the coaching staff considered whether to suppress this atmosphere because they were worried that this would happen.

There is no problem with healthy competition. For example, in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons, there was constant competition within the team, but it was healthy competition at that time. In the end, it only took them two years to reach the top of the league.

Now the competition between Blake and Lou Williams is obviously not a healthy competition, it has formed a vicious circle.

The coach's coaching style has not changed, but the team is no longer the team it was a few years ago. They are a dynasty team, and the veteran players who have won the championship together have become more flexible.

In the second quarter, Maurice Cheeks asked Flying Squirrel and Vaughn Weaver to play.

Both of these brothers love to play "juggling", making fancy passes and shooting, and the little flying squirrel is fine without confrontation and interference. If there is interference, it will not be able to jump, so it can only rely on leaning back or suddenly and quickly shooting to gain touch.

Vaughn Weaver is simply lacking in strength.

The two men played for seven or eight minutes, and Maurice Cheeks was not substituted. With more than 4 minutes left in the second quarter, Liu Xiu and Ray Allen were replaced.

The super backcourt of Liu Xiu and Ray Allen played back and forth with Roy and Luol Deng, and it was quite a spectacle to watch.

In terms of actual scoring performance, Liu Xiu and Ray Allen had a slight advantage, but fell behind by 18 points and failed to recover the point difference.

At halftime, after returning to the locker room, Blake took the initiative to find the coach and admit his mistake.

Liu Xiu was originally lying on the massage table in the dressing room. When he heard this, he got up and went to the lounge next door to sit for a while.

Seeing no one around, the coach said to Blake: "As the core point guard of the second team, it is not a mistake for you to control the ball when you play. Even if you play with the Warden, if it is a tactical need, you

It's not a mistake to control the ball. People like him will understand you.

But what you just did was not to control the ball, not to organize the offense, but to compete. You are the captain, and you should tell the kid how to play. If he doesn't play well, you will call a timeout. We can see you.

Why did you call a timeout? You shouldn't act like he did."

After the coach finished speaking, he went to the smoking room next door to smoke. This year is really worrying!

Blake was stunned for a moment. He came to apologize originally just because he felt he needed to apologize in order to gain the support of the coaching staff.

He was prepared to be scolded by the coach, but he didn't expect to be scolded for this.

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In the third quarter, Maurice Cheeks did not send Blake and Lou Williams together to verify anything, and just rotated normally. Blake and Ray Allen started together, and replaced the Flying Squirrel and Louis midway.

-Williams.

The little flying squirrel has set a good example for Blake. Even though the little flying squirrel is no longer as good as the high school students who have made great progress this summer, when he waves, Lou Williams still has to give him the ball.

At the end of the third quarter, Blake and Lou Williams were substituted together. Blake did not fight for the fight anymore, but scolded Lou Williams with words, asking the latter to follow the tactics and play when he should.

When Cairang played with Randolph and McDyess, he would step aside and give the ball to Randolph, so he would stay aside.

In this case, being tough with reason is more intimidating to a player like Lou Williams, who entered the NBA directly after high school and still has a "cared for" mentality, rather than insisting on fighting.

Blake is not the 'iconic' talent he once was like Little Flying Squirrel, this is how he leads the team.

He also understood that he did not need to rely on on-field competition to win the coach's favor like a rookie. He could become the second team's main point guard and one of the core tactics. This was obtained after the coach's approval.

Liu Xiu was originally worried about how to solve Blake's problem, but the coach finally solved it in a few words.

No wonder the first-generation Prison team had such a chaotic internal situation, but they were able to suppress the internal conflicts on the court.

This is called professional!

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In the first preseason game, Liu Xiu played 3 minutes in the first quarter, 4 minutes in the second quarter, and 3 minutes in the final quarter. He scored 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 block. The Trail Blazers lost 91 to 104.

Timberwolves.

On the 13th, the Trail Blazers faced the challenge of the Hornets at home.

Liu Xiu played more time in this game, playing 19 minutes.

The coaching staff tried Liu Xiu's various tactics on the court, and there was no problem in cooperating with his old teammates.

Coordination with new teammates... Except for Hill, the coaching staff has no hope for the four new players.

Hill's situation was beyond the coaching staff's expectations.

The coaching staff wanted to use Hill as the frontcourt core of the bench, but Hill played very simply. After two games, he showed his ability as a role player such as supporting, long two-point shooting, cutting, and rebounding.

The flashy breakthroughs and star play during the Pistons and Magic eras were not reflected at all.

This was a surprise to the Trail Blazers coaching staff.

Although Hill has a good reputation and his performance last season after being retired for so many years was not bad. He played 60 games and averaged 14.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4 assists per game. This is still a low salary of less than two million US dollars, but legend has it that

After all, it is a legend. It is better not to sign back an uncle with a low salary.

Unexpectedly, without asking the coaching staff to say anything, Renhill had already taken the initiative to make adjustments, leaving the coaching staff with many things to do.

And it can be seen that such an adjustment in playing style will be of great benefit to Hill's health!

But being too happy is also a kind of trouble. Maurice Cheeks took out his tactical notebook and looked at it. Most of the tactics prepared for Hill could not be used.

Facing the Hornets, which had a four-tower lineup of David West, Horford, Aldridge, and Bogut, the Trail Blazers still won 101 to 89 despite a few random moves.

It's not that the Trail Blazers played well, but that the Hornets were so chaotic that Hornets head coach Byron Scott wanted a dog.

After two home games, the Trail Blazers left Portland for Miami on the 14th. This year, it was quite rare to have a preseason game against an Eastern Conference team.

Because the Hornets have returned to New Orleans and the New Orleans Arena has been rebuilt, the Trail Blazers are going to play a game in the preseason and will also go to Miami to play a game.

It's rare to go to the South Coast to play games, so there was only a game on the 16th, and the Trail Blazers went there on the 14th.

However, Liu Xiu did not go to the away game with the team. On the 14th, his aunt was about to give birth. After coming to the United States, his aunt and uncle took care of him. He chose to stay and help with some chores, and the team agreed to his request.
Chapter completed!