After taking a quick look at the rookie's performance, Edison didn't stay too long because he had already made up his mind. So after briefly arranging training, he left the Water House Center.
Although his opponent in the next round has not yet been announced, the Heat are already leading 3-1, and it is estimated that the battle will be over in tonight's home game. Therefore, Edison has begun to focus on how to defeat the Heat.
There is an old saying in China: "Think more about the good things when you are a person, and think about the bad things when doing things." Edison knows this truth very well. And facing the Heat, which owns the prehistoric beast, it is normal for any team to prepare for the aftermath in advance.
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So now Edison is thinking about what to do after his team fails.
Generally speaking, teams that have passed the first round of the playoffs do not want any big changes. After the season is over, their main work for the next season is in three aspects.
1. Contract renewal. It is to retain the core figures of the team and other key players, and try to retain the team's framework of last season as much as possible. This will not be explained in detail, everyone knows it.
2. Transaction. This is also easy to explain. As I said before, the playoffs are for each team to seize the loopholes of other teams and attack hard. Therefore, after the baptism of the playoffs, it is completely clear where the team has shortcomings or deficiencies.
, so the focus of the team in the new season is how to make up for these loopholes.
Therefore, most teams will make small-scale transactions to strengthen their lineup while trying to maintain the team structure. Of course, we do not rule out that some teams will make relatively large transactions out of other considerations.
For example, the Lakers' goal in 2011 was to win the championship, but they were swept by the Mavericks, so the team began to reorganize on a large scale. Or some teams' salary pressure was too great and the team owners couldn't bear it anymore and were forced to
This happens more often when dealing with key figures.
3. Signing. There are two main sources of objects here, the draft and free agents. Everyone knows about the draft. Since the league put forward mandatory regulations on rookie contracts, rookies have become the most cost-effective players in the league. So any team has
The teams they are pursuing will not give up on this group. The most typical example is that when we look at the Heat in the past two seasons, the team really has no money to sign people, so they can only spend cash to buy the rights to pick one or two more players.
Newcomers come out to support the scene.
In addition to rookies, the targets for signing are free agents, but the water here is getting deeper. Generally speaking, the more popular free agents on the market are older, or at least they have completed the second contract.
Because there are too many uncertainties in rookie contracts, it is difficult for you to judge a player's true strength. If everyone recognizes the strength of a rookie, then this guy must have renewed his contract early and will not give him a chance to flow into the market. If
If a rookie like this wants to leave, it must be for the maximum salary. However, due to league restrictions, if they change teams, the maximum contract amount will be less. In addition, no team is willing to lose a good player in vain, so
The parent team will more often adopt the sign-and-trade approach, especially after what happened with Boozer.
Therefore, we see relatively hot free agents in the NBA. Most of them are between 26 and 30 years old, and they can get mid-level contracts. People like Nash can catch up with a team and sign a big contract without paying the salary cap.
This situation is rare. For teams that can pass the second round, the luxury tax may not be paid, but the work cap must be passed.
So the signings mentioned here mainly refer to one mid-level contract per team per year.
As mentioned before, quite a few of the main players here are only 26 years old. Although they have signed two contracts, have their strength been fully demonstrated? Couldn't they show better strength in a different environment?
No one dares to guarantee this. Besides, if you sign a player, whether he can react well with the team is also a question?…
Almost every year, there are people who perform well in the contract year, and then are paid by someone for the full amount of the middle class, and start to retire in the second season. Of course, there are also players who are very suitable for the team after you recruit them. They get better and better as they play, and finally play
The strength worth tens of millions.
So if you want to see the level of a manager, just look at how he uses his four to five million middle-income players every year to understand. Five million to sign Swift or Billups, the consequences are heaven and earth.
But Edison is not concerned about the above three issues right now. Now the entire Magic team has long-term contracts, and the only one whose contract expires this year, Wallace, has renewed his contract early, so there is nothing to worry about in terms of contract renewal.
As for trading, Edison does have an idea, but this thing can't be done with just one slap, and it depends on other people's wishes. Besides, if you show that you want to trade players before the playoffs are over, it will not be conducive to preparations.
As for the final signing, I have already thought about it in my mind, and there is nothing more to ponder. As for how to use this mid-level contract, everyone must know that the Magic are currently paying tens of millions in luxury tax. If you add 5 million,
Then old Pat stabbed Edison.
Some readers may ask, in this case, what else did Edison have to worry about?
Psychology. How players adjust their psychology after a failure is a big problem facing Edison.
The Magic team is different from other teams. Although they say that youth has no failure, the Magic are too young. Any other team that can make it to the playoffs has a more reasonable mix of old and new.
Or there are more veterans, like the Magic, half of them are rookies, which is extremely rare, and can even be said to be the only one.
In particular, Howard and Josh, two of Edison's two major reliances in the future, are still less than 20 years old. Their minds are not yet mature, and their outlook on life has not been fully established. Can they withstand this kind of blow, and will there be psychological shadows about it? You must know that Edison has
As a lesson learned from the past, at first he thought Howard was the stupid big man who was fearless and always optimistic. He was beaten by O'Neal at the beginning of the season. As a result, he was depressed and almost ruined. Edison feels scared when he thinks about it now.
.And the Heat in the next round are really too strong. Originally, Edison thought that the Heat were average in the regular season and thought they would still have an advantage after the change of formation. However, after watching the Heat's game, he found that he was too naive before.
O'Neal and Wade did not give their best in the regular season. In the first game they lost to the Bulls, they underestimated the opponent. In the next three games, the two of them teamed up to defeat the Bulls. Judging from their state against the Bulls,
It is not impossible to sweep him away, but the blow would be too great.
Moreover, these young people have just won the first place in the regular season. At this time, the young people will inevitably feel inflated and feel that they are the first. If they are swept by others in the playoffs, or they fight until they lose in the seventh game.
Edison is really not sure whether their will can withstand it. Now Edison is beginning to regret why he took the first place. If it weren't for the first place, the pressure on him might not be so great.
If other teams lose, there will be a group of old players to comfort them and help the head coach persuade the young players. If there are more old players in the team, even if they lose, especially those who have just returned to the locker room after the game.
At that time, the atmosphere in the team will be better, it may be heavy, but it will not be depressing. 3 or 5 old players can liven up the atmosphere by arguing with each other, and then bring everyone together.
But now the Magic have only three veterans in total for the playoffs, and there is also Marion, who you can't count on. Mentality is contagious. Hill and Nash alone can't inspire others.
, it would be good if the two of them were not dragged into the ditch...
In fact, it is not difficult to prevent players from having any shadows in their hearts, as long as they are not given the opportunity to feel disappointed.
In other words, before letting the players enter the locker room, they must change their minds and transform the negative emotion of failure into the positive emotion of "failure is the mother of success." In this way, when returning to the relatively small and claustrophobic locker room, the players will
By not being prone to random thoughts, the impact of failure will be minimized.
So what Edison has to do now is to find a way to do this.
"Hello, Mike. This is my assistant Kelly." Edison came to a 4-story modern theater and saw the main person he was going to meet this time - Mike Bianchi, the reporter of the "Orlando Sentinel"
Columnist.
There is no doubt about Bianchi's affection for the Magic. Edison can see his evaluation of the Magic in the newspaper every day. Although sometimes his opinions are exaggerated and difficult to accept, his love for the team is permeated between the lines.
It can be said that he is the number one fan of the Magic. Moreover, he also serves as the leader of a 400-member Magic fan club. There are everyone in this organization, from judges to vendors, from doctors to ticket sellers at the amusement park. They are involved in various fields.
Covering all aspects of Orlando. What these people have in common is that they all hold Magic season tickets and love the Magic team.
Now the key to Edison's plan to crack the players' inner demons falls on them.
Bianchi took Edison and Wang Ziqiang to a small performance hall, where about 30 people were waiting.
Seeing Edison come in, these people all stood up, then greeted Edison enthusiastically and blessed him and the team.
After all the noise, Edison clapped his hands to calm everyone down, and then got to the point, "Thank you for your continued support of the Magic Team. I asked Mike to call everyone together today because there is something I hope you can help with."
Before coming, Bianchi briefly talked to everyone present and found out that Edison needed help from them for team matters. Everyone was very positive, and some even asked for leave today. So.
Now when they heard what Edison said, they had no objections and listened quietly to what Edison said next.
"Everyone knows that although we advanced to the first round, our next opponents will become stronger and stronger. Realistically speaking, we are not good enough to compete for the championship now. And our players are so young. I am worried that if we lose, they will
There will be problems with their self-confidence, which is not conducive to their future growth."
The people in the audience nodded after listening to Edison's words. Although they love Magic, they may lose their minds with excitement in the stadium. But in this kind of field, they are still very clear-headed and know that Edison is right. The team does not
It is possible to win all the time, but it is indeed easy to cause problems when losing.
"In order to solve this problem, I refer to common methods in other projects. I have a song here. I hope that once we are eliminated, you can sing it on the court to give the players strength and let them understand that losing is not terrible.
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The people below understood immediately when they heard it. Edison created a team song. This thing is too common, but it has never been very popular in the NBA. Historically, the Magic also had a team song "Remember the Name" which was a rap song.
You can imagine how difficult it is to sing an R&B song in unison in the stadium. Now that Edison mentioned it, more than 30 people thought it was a good thing, and no one questioned Edison's musical standards, so they all said it was a good thing.
After receiving a positive reply, Edison looked at Wang Ziqiang. Wang Ziqiang sent everyone a pile of lyrics that she had prepared for a long time, then turned on the computer and started playing music.
When the people below heard it, they really felt it and it was very impressive, so they became more active in learning.
"There is one last thing. I hope everyone can keep this matter secret. If it is revealed in advance, I am worried that the effect may not be that good, which will not be conducive to the players." Edison then gave another instruction.
Everyone here is a die-hard Magic fan. When they heard that it might be bad for the team, they immediately agreed. In fact, they really did it. On that day, they gave it to every Magic player and every spectator in the stadium.
An unexpected shock.
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