13: In-team confrontation, the two towers inside VS Iverson.
Philadelphia, Wachovia Center Stadium.
It was July 5th, five days before the NBA Summer League and three months before the NBA preseason.
Normally, NBA players would choose to go on vacation and relax at this time, but the 76ers were not like this.
At the Wachovia Center Stadium, all the players of the 76ers gathered here to train. Even Kevin Cato, who did not make the 15-man roster, was no exception!
Kevin Cato was a player he got from the Rockets. He was a gift from the top pick, and Li Muchen did not add him to the 15-man roster.
"Hey, guys, stop!"
Li Muchen, who was wearing a custom-made suit and tie, brought Thibodeau and the newly formed 76ers coaching staff to the players and stopped them.
Seeing that all the players were looking at him, Li Muchen took a step forward with a big smile on his face.""Welcome to the 76-member family. From today onwards, everyone is a comrade who will fight side by side.
I know that you are very unfamiliar with your teammates. You don't even know his name or his technical characteristics.”
"It's okay. We're all professional players, and the best way for a professional player to introduce himself is to use basketball to speak.”
"So, next, we'll be going through group confrontation training.”
After Li Muchen finished speaking, he whispered to Xibodu,""There are 12 players on the field now. Each of you will choose six players for confrontation training.”
"Understood, Bishop!"
Xibodu made an OK gesture. Li Muchen turned around and said to the other teaching assistants behind him.
"You record the data of each player and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each player. I will train them in the future.”
"Yes, Bishop!"
"Okay, okay. I'll choose first.”
Li Muchen also made an OK gesture. He glanced at the 76ers players and said without hesitation,""Big Yao, Stoudemire!"
Hearing Li Muchen's name, Dayao and Xiaosi immediately stepped forward. They looked at each other, and Dayao immediately revealed a shy smile.
"Billups, Crawford, Prince, Kevin Cato!”
Then, Li Muchen quickly named four more people. Thibodeau, who was standing beside Li Muchen, was surprised. He did not expect Li Muchen to leave the superstar Iverson to him.
"Tom Thibodeau, I've chosen my men. The rest are yours.”
"You have the superstar Iverson under you. If you lose to me, you have to treat everyone to a meal!”
Li Muchen gave Thibodeau a malicious smile. Then, he hooked his hands at the six players around him.
Big Yao, Stoudemire, Billups, and the other players immediately followed. After they were far away from Thibodeau, Li Muchen took out the tactical board in his hand and whispered about offensive and defensive tactics.
"Team B's offensive core is definitely Iverson.
Billups, your responsibility is the heaviest. Iverson is very difficult to defend against, so your task is to defend against Iverson's shots. Give the basket to Iverson and let him attack the basket.”
"Prince, pay attention to defending against Iverson. Don't let Iverson easily shoot from mid-range. If he chooses to break through the basket, let him break through the basket.”
"Big Yao, Stoudemire, the two of you will form two towers in the paint and guard the basket. Once Iverson breaks into the paint, you have to pay attention to defense.”
Li Muchen patted the shoulders of Dayao and Xiaosi and continued,""Stoudemire, you have excellent physical fitness and a fast horizontal movement speed. You prioritize defending against Iverson.”
"Big Yao, you use your height to interfere with Iverson. Remember, just interfere.”
Li Muchen reminded him that it was unrealistic to rely on his players to kill Iverson. Therefore, on the defensive side, Li Muchen asked the players to try their best to help defend, make up for, and interfere with Iverson's defense, rather than to defend against Iverson's death.
"On the offensive side, because of the time constraint, we can't arrange too profound tactics. Let's just play a simple pick-and-roll.”
"Billups, Big Yao has a long-range shot, and Stoudemire's ability to hit the basket is excellent. You can get them to come up and pick and roll for you.”
"Crawford, you run more positions on the offensive end. Big Yao, Stoudemire, when you don't mention the high pick-and-roll, pay attention to Crawford's movements and help him pick and roll.”
"Prince, on the offensive end, your first goal is to help the team open up space and get three points from the bottom corner. The second goal is to help Crawford with the pick-and-roll or help Billups pass the ball.”
Li Muchen rambled on. Today was the first day of the 76ers 'gathering. He did not have time to arrange too many complicated tactics.
The reason why Li Muchen let the team play an internal match was not only to let the players get to know each other, but also to see if the double-tower lineup composed of Big Yao and Stoudemire could withstand Iverson's impact.
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