After listening to Su Yang's suggestion, McMillan said he should think about it again and see if there is a way to achieve the best of both worlds, which can not only allow Reeve to appear on the stage to brush up the data, enhance his trading value, but also ensure that the team's game is not affected.

Su Yang felt it was unnecessary, but he knew that McMillan was a good man, so he would let him go. It doesn’t matter if Reeve played well, and if he played poorly, he would naturally reduce the time he played, and there was no need to force him now.

After leaving the airport, Su Yang rushed back to Chinatown, slept happily until the afternoon, got up and had a seafood hotpot, and ran to watch the Cantonese opera performance. He did not study the video and relaxed wholeheartedly.

On the morning of the 21st, the Trail Blazers were in regular training. Su Yang arrived at the base at 7 o'clock. Several scouts had been working for two hours at the same time and also edited videos of the Nets' recent game.

"These guys are really fighting..."

Su Yang sighed in his heart that the pace of scouts' work is tighter than that of coaches, and that everything has to be ahead of the team's main force.

At eight o'clock, McMillan and other coaches were all here.

The trainers and everyone held a meeting in the big room to summarize the team's recent situation and discuss how to play against the Nets.

Su Yang had already watched the video and took the initiative to speak first.

"It's enough to target Kidd against the Nets. There are no fixed routines on both ends of the Nets' offense and defense, and it's all up to Kidd to command on the spot..."

Before he could finish his words, several scout colleagues and trainers responded in laughter, as if they heard something particularly funny.

Someone said: "Yes, Kidd is the Nets' head coach..."

It was so funny that others laughed.

Su Yang accidentally discovered that a hint of embarrassment flashed across McMillan's face, and he didn't seem to like the joke.

Su Yang didn't think much and continued: "Kidd is a master of reading competitions. He is good at organizing and easily reaching tactics by mobilizing players to run..."

Kidd's good at reading games is a recognized fact in the NBA. Even his confidence and pride, like LeBron James, once publicly stated before participating in the Olympic training camp that if Kidd plays point guard, he is willing to give up possession without reservation.

Therefore, whether Kidd was in the early stages of the Mavericks and the Suns, in the middle stages of the Nets, and in the later stages of the Mavericks, as long as he appeared on the court, the whole team would obey his command. Even Carlisle was strictly speaking on how players ran, and he also gave power to Kidd.

"We should take advantage of Kidd's habit of not being able to take the initiative to reduce the defensive pressure on him, and lure him to choose to pass the ball to other Nets as much as possible, but focus on defending others, increase the Nets' offensive time per round, and thus amplify their shortcomings of not being good at positional warfare..."

In Su Yang's view, in the new season, Carter has just returned from injury and his playing time is controlled, and he still plays as a substitute. This leads to Richard Jefferson in the starting lineup. Only Richard Jefferson is the strongest shot in the Nets' starting lineup. As long as he focuses on defending Richard Jefferson, the defensive strategy will become very simple and the execution will be very efficient.

"Finally, it is recommended that the point guard bring Kidd to the bottom corner when attacking, weakening his on-site command effect."

After Su Yang finished speaking, many colleagues applauded, as if they agreed with his ideas quite a bit.

Monty continued to speak as the chief assistant coach, but his defensive strategy was completely different from Su Yang's idea.

Monty believes that Kidd should be strictly prevented, increase the difficulty of Kidd's shooting and passing balls, and delay the offensive fluency of the entire Nets' team, especially the fast attack in the defense and offensive stage, because the Nets have Carter and Jefferson, which can be called the Flying Team. If the rhythm of its offensive is not delayed, the Trail Blazers will inevitably be exhausted on the defensive end. Even if the game is successfully limited to a few, the effect will decrease rapidly with the passage of physical strength.

After Monty finished speaking, the atmosphere in the conference room became a little awkward, and many people looked down and didn't know who to support him.

Monty is the chief assistant coach. According to his identity, his advice should be adopted, but in the past few games, especially against the strong teams of the Spurs and Hornets, Su Yang has proved his ability, and those suggestions are mostly reasonable.

"I understand both strategies, and I think they make sense. How to implement them depends on the situation after the game starts. If other Nets players have a relatively high shooting percentage..." McMillan did not make a decision directly.

Monty frowned slightly when she heard it.

Su Yang didn't care at all. The defensive strategy was a general direction and it really depends on the situation. The so-called plan cannot keep up with changes.

At the end of the meeting, Su Yang walked to the training ground and pulled McRoberts to conduct special training. He reminded him to pay attention to how Kidd mobilizes his teammates to run in the evening game, and at the same time observe how Kidd defends and stands. Learn a little bit, and the benefits are huge.

In the afternoon player video conference, McMillan still did not announce the overall defensive strategy. By six o'clock, McMillan announced the list of starting players, and announced that Moles Lucas and three assistant coaches would appear with him to participate in the game.

The NBA stipulates that each head coach can only bring three assistant coaches to the sidelines in each game.

Among them, the chief assistant is a must, and there are two people who often choose according to the situation, and most of them have style restraint types.

In this game, Su Yang is not on the list of the two assistant coaches, and this is the first time in the season.

Su Yang was a little surprised, but after half a second he realized and prepared as usual. On the contrary, the players were a little confused, especially Otero and others. They wanted to ask why Su Yang was not there several times, but they still held back when they said something.

The players and coaching staff quickly left the locker room.

Su Yang and another assistant coach, Daim Poros, stayed, and the two tacitly ignored each other and worked hard.

Unexpectedly, Daimporos took the initiative to chat with Su Yang, and in his words, he hinted intentionally or unintentionally: McMillan did not bring Su Yang to play this time, mainly because the two assistant coaches, Bill Bilo and Morace Lucas, played too few in the past 11 games, and Su Yang both played and did a lot of things. McMillan intended to balance.

Su Yang listened and thought that Bill Bilo and Mores Lucas were old and didn't follow him on the road trip. Now he returned to home court, and it was reasonable to have the opportunity to arrange a game, so he didn't think much about it.

At 7:30, the Trail Blazers and the Nets started.

Su Yang turned on the TV and watched the live broadcast to take notes in preparation for halftime break, and provided advice to the team members and coaching staff.

The Trail Blazers' starting lineup, Blake, Roy, Webster, Aldridge, and Fry.

Nets starting lineup, Antoine White, Richard Jefferson, Marik Allen, Jason Collins.

The Nets won the jump ball, and Kidd took the ball and led it to the front court.

The live footage immediately sent the Trail Blazers assistant chair, and suddenly saw Monty commanding the players to put pressure on them.

Originally, live broadcasts are not specifically designed for assistant coaches, but the Portland regional TV station is responsible for live broadcasts. This time, it is to meet the local fans' requirements for watching Su Yang. The commentator was a little disappointed that Su Yang did not appear in the assistant coaches' seat.

The commentator didn't talk much, and soon followed the competition again.

The Trail Blazers first attacked around Fry several times, and the effect was relatively poor, because Jason Collins moved very fast in a small range and was willing to mention high-level defense. In the following rounds, the Trail Blazers played randomly, and the defensive end did not limit the Nets.

Fortunately, the Nets' shooting percentage was relatively low. When they scored until the first quarter, they had three and a half points left, the Trail Blazers led 16-13.

After the timeout, Roy stood up and scored 8 points in a row with a shot and a sudden shot. On the Nets, Kidd did not attack and no one responded.

Just like that, the Trail Blazers ended the first quarter 26-19.

McMillan made a rotation adjustment casually, while Reeve Lafrenz appeared in the audience's cheers.

Seeing Reeve appear, Su Yang felt a little embarrassed, and then Lenovo failed to play this time because it was contradictory to McMillan or Kevin. After all, Kevin wanted to let Reeve get some data, while McMillan wanted the best of both worlds.

But there is really no basis for speculation.

He then paid attention to the game again, wanting to see what data would Reeve play in non-trash time.

Unexpectedly, Reeve made two mistakes in the play.

Fortunately, after Carter's steal, he handled the price difference and made two consecutive shots, but it did not turn into scores.

However, due to two steals, the Nets successfully found a familiar defensive turn and offense to quickly lower the pace, and various impacts on the basket, causing Adrian, Webster and Pullsbila to take two fouls each in a single quarter, and the Trail Blazers' inside defense was on the verge of collapse.

Fortunately, Roy and Jack withstood the situation.

The two made 4 of 6 shots, allowing the Trail Blazers to lose only 4 points in a single quarter. At the end of the half, they led the Nets 48-45.

At halftime, the Trail Blazers returned to the locker room.

McMillan and Monty made a summary speech, pointing out the problems in the team in the first half, and mentioning that oppressing Kidd is the correct defensive strategy and will continue to be implemented in the second half.

Morace Lucas, Bill Bielo and Daimboros, the three assistant coaches, continued to speak, each mentioning some things that need improvement, but there is no practical information or specific suggestions.

Also as an assistant coach, Su Yang made the final speech, pointing out that Adde needed to improve his thinking and play more at the basket because the Nets' two inside players are good at defending long-arm pitchers.

Su Yang also suggested that Ade should play more, otherwise the Nets' inside defense would be more unscrupulous, which would be very unfavorable to the Trail Blazers' overall offense. McMillan said he remembered it, but did not ask carefully how to play more.

At the end of the half-time break, the players and coaching staff left the locker room, and assistant coach Daim Poros ran to the VIP private room to watch the game.

Su Yang stayed alone in the locker room and didn't feel lonely at all. He could only study the Nets' offense in his mind.

In the third quarter, Ade was troubled by fouls again and left the court for a few minutes. He didn't have time to try Su Yang's suggestions. The other Trail Blazers performed well, but failed to limit Jefferson and allowed Jefferson to score 8 points at the end of the third quarter.

Just when Su Yang felt that he would continue to play steadily and hoped to win, McMillan on the TV waved at the end of the bench, and Reeve Lafrenz appeared on the court again, but Reeve himself was clearly lacking in confidence.

Immediately afterwards, Richard Jefferson used the screen to hit Reeve two points.

The Blazers attacked, Reeve's pass was predicted, Jefferson made a quick steal, assisted Antoine White to hit a three-pointer.

Turning around, the Trail Blazers' offense was limited by the Nets' defense, and time was overwhelming in the last few seconds. Reeve's pick-and-roll quality was too poor. Jack made a double-team and made a move. The Nets grabbed the basket and quickly got down. Jefferson broke through to attract double-teams, and passed the ball to assist substitute center Nenard Kostic to score a dunk. Reeve tried to defend, but it didn't work.

In that wave of 7-0, the Nets overtook the Trail Blazers.

McMillan hurriedly replaced Blake, Roy, and Webster, broke the three-person rotation habit and did not have enough rest.

Unfortunately, Kidd, who pretended to be dead for three quarters, suddenly showed his power and assisted Jefferson, White and Carter to hit the ball.

Whether the Trail Blazers quickly squeeze through the cover to catch up, grab the ball in advance, delay the robbery, or the local three-defense and two-defense, put any restrictions on Kidd's passing.

Su Yang was very impressed and thought that Kidd's Hall of Fame-level point guard was far less efficient than Kidd's teammates to catch the ball.

But he was powerless and could only sit in the locker room to watch the live broadcast. Even if he was yelling, no one would pay attention.

The Nets also used joint defense, but Ade made 5 fouls and didn't play much in the first three quarters. The Trail Blazers were completely unable to crack it, so they could only watch the scores be pulled apart.

In the end, the Trail Blazers lost to the Nets 97-108, suffering their first home defeat in the new season.

The players returned to the locker room and the atmosphere was dull, and they were not as calm as they had lost to the Nuggets and Wizards before.

Su Yang said nothing, and when the coaching staff reviewed the game alone, he couldn't help but mention that it might be debatable to let Reeve Lafrenz make his debut in the second and fourth quarters.

He said it was very tactful, but McMillan answered very clearly: General Manager Kevin really wanted to see Reeve perform.

When Su Yang heard this, he complained in his heart that it was really like that.

But he could also understand Kevin's idea. After all, the Trail Blazers' current salary space: Reeve accounts for $12.44 million, almost zero contribution; Steve Frances accounts for $15.07 million, zero contribution after being bought out; Oden accounts for $4.66 million, zero contribution after being reimbursed for injury; Dalius Myers accounts for $8.25 million, absolutely zero contribution after being reimbursed for injury...

At present, the Trail Blazers mainly rely on several rookies and two middle-class people, and even play in the basic salary, but the total salary exceeds the salary cap by as much as $17.61 million, and they need to pay a lot of luxury taxes.

The boss Paul Allen is not short of money, but the general manager Kevin is really ugly in his face, especially the garbage contract between Reeve and Miles, who led the signing of the contract.

If Reeve can be sent away, even if he changes the air or even pays a draft pick, it will not only benefit the Trail Blazers, but at least it will make the face look a little better.

At the end of the coaching meeting, Su Yang sighed in his heart that it is really difficult for an NBA team to operate, and it is extremely difficult to win the championship.

But he didn't want to be restricted too much and decided that if he became a head coach in the future, he would have to fight for basketball personnel rights.
Chapter completed!