Chapter 589 Bird's Influence

Eddie Jordan is worried about something.

Rumor has it that Iguodala doesn't like Wish. If the two of them can't get along, the 76ers' performance in the new season will not be guaranteed. If the two core players go against each other, the record will be over.

You don't know Eddie Jordan? Then - he is a former NBA player and the current head coach of the Sixers.

There have been countless players in the history of the NBA who have the surname Jordan. Eddie Jordan entered the league seven years earlier than the well-known Jordan. Just when another Jordan joined the league, he had retired.

1984, a magical year, Weisha's birth year, Michael Jordan's rookie year, and Eddie Jordan's retirement year.

Jordan's coaching career was not smooth. In the mid-1980s, the prejudice against blacks in American society was not completely eliminated. Players like Jordan who had no foundation and connections wanted to coach either had to meet noble people or could stand it.

Jordan chose the second path and endured it.

I was able to enhance my business ability. He went to the NCAA to become a support company, and finally got an NBA coaching contract 12 years later.

I know that he has been in the NBA for more than ten years today. He has led the team into the playoffs several times with the Wizards, but last season, Arenas' injury, shortage of personnel in the team, and his record is getting worse and worse. The collapsed locker room has allowed the Wizards to play a 9% winning rate, and someone must be responsible.

So Jordan was dismissed.

After he was dismissed, the Wizards "unite" and determined to use practical actions to prove that it was not Jordan's problem, but their own waste - they won a total of 19 wins throughout the season, ranking last in the league.

It can be said that the Wizards were the only one in the East in the past 2008-09 season.

That season, the East briefly tore off the label of lack of competitiveness. Although the eighth-ranked team in the West can be ranked fourth in the East. However, the team in the East, which ranked nine to 15th-ranked team in the East has a better overall record than the West.

The West is strong in the top eight, while the East is winning in the overall balance.

Except for the Wizards, no team has less than 30 wins, while the West has no team with the top nine teams, and none of the other teams has won more than 30 wins. Even the Kings and Clippers, which are ranked at the bottom, have a record that is more shameful than the Wizards (16 wins and 18 wins).

Jordan, who brought out a 9% winning rate, did not lose his job because of this. After all, all NBA teams are professional. They know which coaches are talented and which coaches do not.

Jordan may not be a famous coach, but he is undoubtedly one of the most capable coaches.

The 76ers who are about to start a new round of reconstruction need an experienced head coach.

Either he let the team reborn, or he let the previous team play 9% of their ability to help them win high-level signings, anyway, they can't lose money.

Jordan was unable to join the training camp as soon as possible due to some private matters.

When he arrived at Stockton College, the players in the training camp had been training nervously for three days.

The first time he arrived, he saw everyone playing a confrontation.

The two assistant coaches under him were directing the confrontation.

One is Aaron McGee, who has just retired, and the other is Linam.

Jordan noticed that they separated Weisha and Iguodala.

One of them is in the black team and the other is in the white team, which is for fairness. If two core players can be in the same team at the same time, that team will be beaten up.

What is the value of such a confrontation?

The strong should confront each other, rather than joining forces, and joining the group is the most shameful thing.

Jordan noticed the score, 4 to 6.

It seems that today's confrontation has just begun and he has a good show to watch.

Weisha and Iguodala face each other.

He works very frequently, and his running position and angle seem to have not yet broken out of his habits in the Lakers.

No wonder he has played for the Lakers for three years and has not played official games for nearly a year and a half.

Iguodala's seemingly rough defense against Weisha seems to confirm Jordan's concerns.

Are these two people really inconsistent?

Jordan thought.

Suddenly, Wei Xia used Ryan Hollins' cover to get rid of the defense, and the speed was extremely fast, and it seemed that he had already aimed at the shot point.

Iguodala's defense came in half a second later, and the ball passed to Weixia's hand was hit by him with a more clever gesture to the cutter Hollins.

Hollins ran excitedly, grabbed the ball with one hand, and used his physical fitness to break the slam dunk on Spets' head.

"Not bad...he's still very selfless."

Jordan has coached the Wizards and played many games with the Lakers before, and he knows what kind of style Wei Xia is.

He dares to say that no coach doesn't like a player like Wei Xia.

He can play 40 minutes per game, or even if it is not scheduled to reach 40 minutes, he will not get used to it.

Don't care much about the right to take action and data. If someone else can solve the opponent for you, he can never take action and concentrate on his favorite defense.

Selfless! Selfless! Selfless! Important things should be said three times.

But in the 76ers, he needs this selfless person to show selfishness.

Because Iguodala is also a player who is so selfless that he doesn't care about his own data.

Two core players, regardless of conflict or not, can burst into clever chemical reactions if one is selfless and the other is relatively selfish.

The simplest example: Jordan and Pipen.

Jordan's obsession with the scoring champion made him always label himself selfishly, and Pipen's existence underscores this.

If Pipen was as selfish as Jordan, or Jordan learned to be as selfless as Pipen, would the Bulls in the 1990s still look like history?

Wei Xia's pass just now seemed to be telling others that he was still the same as before and had not changed at all.

Iguodala is proactive.

His appearance made Jordan a little unfamiliar with it, as if he was so excited that he wanted to prove that he was better than Wei Xia.

He waved his hands decisively, letting everyone scatter aside, and he wanted to be one-on-one with Wei Xia in the middle.

Wei Xia opened her hands and tried her best to prevent her.

His lateral movement speed was obviously affected by a torn cruciate ligament, but his defensive awareness was improving by helping Bird complete one of the most important games in his career.

Wei Xia may not be sure whether it was the change brought by Bird, or whether he used Bird's skills, the ball quotient and consciousness that he was also affected after playing a game.

It doesn't matter what exactly makes his defensive consciousness evolve.

He locked Iguodala!

But such a scene is unsustainable, and it is impossible for him to be able to focus on his opponent in every round.

Iguodala's attack was choked and passed to Louis Williams on the outside.

When Lu Wei attacked, he knew that he had no one else in his eyes.

The one who faced him was Vaughan Weaver, who was very poor in defense and broke through without any tricky angles in his direction.

Seeing that the attack was about to be completed, Wei Xia, who was facing Iguodala before, quickly returned to the paint area, jumped with his right foot, and there seemed to be explosive on his calf. The impact of the ACL tearing was completely gone, making him jump straight to Tianting.

Lou Wei's attack was blocked!

"It's so cruel!" he shouted.

Zhu Holiday, who was in the same team as Wei Xia, cleverly won the rebound. Wei Xia completed two defenses and launched a counterattack, and the speed was faster than before.

His opponent could feel his desire just by looking at it.

If we count from the first day, he has played three matches, and in each game he can feel his enthusiasm is stronger than the previous one.

Is this the feeling of hunger caused by not playing for a year and a half?

In the frontcourt, Wei Xia dunked.

Eddie Jordan saw that what ACL tearing away was not physical fitness, but horizontal movement.

It’s a pity, but after experiencing the ACL tear, it is already a blessing in disguise to be able to retain physical fitness to the greatest extent.

The lateral movement speed will affect defense, and physical fitness determines the height of his ceiling for a second position that is biased towards the third position.

At least, Wei Xia's physical fitness is still there, and his defense may never return to the height of his Lakers' time, but in other aspects, the future is promising.

In this confrontation, Wei Xia basically only dunks high-profilely when counterattacking. At other times, he would rather let people with unstable positions such as Holiday and Weaver show themselves more because he knew that the head coach had arrived.

He discovered Eddie Jordan early on.

He was not worried about his position at all, just wanted Jordan to see what other people on the team were.

In today's confrontation, the White Team led by Iguodala won.

The result is not surprising.

Except for Brand, who did not play against the match, the White team included Iguodala, Luway, Sadies Young, Spets and Capono.

Two main players, one sixth player, one main rotation and one substitute.

Except for Wei Xia himself, only Hollins is expected to compete for the main team in the new season, and the others can only compete for the main team rotation.

After watching the game, Jordan walked over with a smile and said in a cheerful voice: "I just saw a good game, and your passion and desires are all in it, and I am very satisfied. But I also want to let you know that no matter what kind of game it is, you should give your all. If you hide something now, you may never have the chance to show 100% yourself in front of me."

"My words are not only for substitutes, but also for some players who think they are the main players."

After saying that, Jordan looked at Wei Xia seriously.

Although Jordan is far from being a famous coach, he has been working hard on the front line for many years and knows how to quickly establish his prestige.

Sure enough, after throwing away some words, the atmosphere in the team changed significantly.

"That's all today. I hope to see better content in tomorrow's matchup." Jordan disbanded the team and said to Wei Xia, "Do you have time, Wish?"

"certainly."

"Let's talk?"
Chapter completed!