Richard is naturally no stranger to Stevens' tactical system.

In general, Stevens' tactics can be summarized as "who is weak and who is strong......

Whoever is weak and whom, as the name suggests, is very simple, that is, who is the shortcoming in the opponent's defensive system, then catch this point and play wildly.

Of course, this is only a general generalization, and there will definitely be changes on the pitch.

Overall, Stevens' tactical system is a variant of Princeton's system.

Just as the tactical system of the Warriors in later generations was a variant of the triangle offense, Stevens gave the Princeton system a major change......

However, even if there is a big change, the shadow of the Princeton system can still be seen from the lineup and on-court performance.

For example, there is a big man on the interior who can pass the ball and loves to pass the ball, that is, Horford.

For example, the players on the field are running all kinds of crazy positions, looking for opportunities to shoot in open spaces.

At the moment, Richard plans to copy Stevens' offensive system, which is almost the most suitable offensive system for the Clippers at the moment.

As for the defensive system, it can't be used.

Stevens' defensive system, that is, who defends against whom, catches the opponent's deadliest point.

This is Stevens' helplessness, because their flaws on the defensive end of the Green Kai team are too big and too big, and the reason for this is that they are too short......

175 to the No. 1 Thomas Jr., 188 to the No. 2 Bradley.

Horford, who is 208 tall, plays center......

Each position is much shorter than the league's standard height, and Bradley in the No. 2 position is not as tall as the No. 1 player.

In this case, Stevens can only sacrifice the trick of killing 800 enemies and losing 1,000, that is, smashing the opponent's most threatening point, frantically wrapping it, using the number of people to fill the defensive quality, and if one can't be prevented, then the two will defend.

In this way, although it can limit the opponent's most threatening points, it is easy to make the opponent vacant......

Even in the case of a clamp, the opponent cannot be restrained.

Of course, there are times when the opponent's most threatening points are directly defended, creating the illusion that this Green Kai team is particularly good defensively.

That didn't change until Thomas Jr. and Bradley were traded......

Richard naturally doesn't need to use this kind of trick at the moment, although Thomas Jr.'s point is indeed a big defensive hole, but Thompson's defensive intensity is much better than Bradley's, and he can share some of Thomas Jr.'s defensive pressure.

The defensive tactic that Richard is going to use in the new season is the zone defense......

It's a defensive system that Richard loved when he was teaching at Purdue.

It's just that the NBA banned zone defense for a while, and the team didn't need to use zone defense, so Richard hasn't used this defensive system for a long time.

The reason why zone defense was used in the first place was to take care of Iverson, and zone defense can infinitely reduce Iverson's disadvantage on the defensive end.

And now that the league has opened up the zone defense, and because of Thomas Jr., it's a good time for the Clippers to use zone defense.

The offensive system and defensive system have been decided, and since the beginning of September, under the leadership of Richard, the Clippers have begun a training camp for the new season.

The training effect of the defensive system is still quite ideal, at least Richard is very satisfied, the players on the field have a high ball quotient, strong tactical execution ability, and the effect of regional joint defense is quite good.

But the offensive system is a little less effective......

It's not that the tactical execution is not in place, but that the accuracy is not good.

Leonard's current basket is a bit unbearable to look at, and even if he runs out of a large open spot on some occasions, it is difficult to shoot a satisfactory shooting percentage.

Thompson is not bad, but compared to the future Tang God, the gap is still quite large.

As for Monroe, it seems a bit chicken in this system, not to mention the three-point shot at the moment, even the mid-range shooting ability is very weak......

Richard was wondering whether to replace Monroe as a starter and replace him with a big horse monkey with a stronger offensive ability.

But the thought was extinguished by Richard as soon as it arose.

Compared with trading Malaysian monkeys, Richard may sell Monroe first, after all, a center like Monroe cannot be integrated with Richard's system, so it is only right to let him play decent statistics early and sell it early.

Now Richard is also more and more aware of why Monroe will wander the league when his strength is good......

Monroe's strength is really good, but it is a bit mediocre in all aspects, there is no three-point ability, and there is no way to open up space, which is the most important point, as for the mid-range shooting ability, Monroe has developed it in the future, but the effect cannot be said to be good, it can only be regarded as average.

In terms of interior defense and rebounding, Monroe has no advantage over those traditional centers......

This is the reason why Monroe is good, but he can only wander in the alliance.

Therefore, the player that Richard will sell first in the future will definitely be Monroe, not the big horse monkey.

……

In the blink of an eye, the time has entered October, and the new season is about to begin.

Although the effect of the one-month training camp on the offensive end is not ideal, but at the moment Richard can only do this, unless he can make the newcomers in the team reach the peak strength in the short term, otherwise he can only reluctantly accept this reality now.

On October 3, the Clippers played their preseason opener at home.

Richard didn't know what Stern was thinking, and gave them the Clippers the defending champion Mavericks from last season as an opponent in the preseason opener......

One is third-to-last in the West and the other is the defending champion, and Richard suspects Stern is trying to see them make a fool of themselves......

In fact, this time it was Richard who lived the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and Stern saw that he was about to retire, so he didn't have the heart to rectify Richard.

The reason why this schedule is arranged is actually to generate income.

The Los Angeles ball market is good, and the Mavericks are the defending champions, so they have a lot of attention, so they naturally have to play together.

The preseason game is the Mavericks vs. the Clippers, and the regular season opener is the Mavericks vs. the Lakers......

……

"Coach, look at this posture, you're about to start rising again?" Before the start of the game, the old driver greeted Richard with a smile.

Carlisle was also by his side, smiling at Richard.

The current veteran driver and Carlisle are really complacent, and in the case of absolute disadvantage, they turned defeat into victory and defeated the invincible Pirate team, which is enough to become one of the classic finals in NBA history.

But now the old driver is actually not without trouble, he has a falling out with Kuban......

At first glance, this seems to be a rumor, what kind of joke, the old driver will have a falling out with his good friend Kuban? At first glance, it is fake news.

But this news is really true......

After winning the championship, the veteran driver is ready to let the team make some big moves in one go, and strive to continue to defend the title this season.

But Cuban didn't know what he was thinking, and the only move he did this offseason was to bring in an old Carter......

What combat power can old Carter have now? It is no exaggeration to say that the current Carter's combat power value is estimated to be inferior to Sun Yue.

For a whole offseason, Cuban did such a thing, and it is no wonder that the old driver can be happy.

Of course, the trouble is not the kind of complete tearing face, but the old driver is a little unhappy.

He also knows very well that his peak will not last long, and if he can't win the championship in the next three years, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win the championship as a core in the future.

In this case, the old driver is naturally a little unhappy.

"It's still far away, these new melons and eggs still have to be tempered well."

"Don't keep your hands tonight, give me a hard beating, let these new melons and eggs see the cruelty of the alliance!"

Richard said to the two in front of him.

Carlisle smiled and waved his hand, "It's just a preseason, we're all old guys on the team, how can we have the energy to fight with you in the preseason." ”

"If it weren't for the opener today, and it was against your Clippers, I would have been ready to let Dirk rest."

……

"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, and the starters for both sides began to take the field.

The Mavericks' starter was to replace boxing champion Chandler with Carter, and nothing else changed.

The old jet, the old demon Kidd, the old hacker Marion, the old driver, and now an old Carter, almost became a nursing home.

It is worth mentioning that Chandler, the boxing champion who played an important role last season, is also leaving the team now......

The Mavericks' starting lineup looks a bit nondescript and is not expected to be their normal starting lineup.

……

Richard was pacing back and forth on the sidelines, and it could be seen that he was a little entangled in the game on the field.

In the opening minutes of the first few minutes, the old men of the Mavericks truly interpreted what it means to "the basketball dream" and beat the Clippers to a disgraced face.

Especially the old Terry, in the opening five minutes, the newspaper scored 11 points......

This shows that the Clippers' regional joint defense has not played as well as it should.

The good effect of the training camp is completely different from the actual battle, at least the regional joint defense effect of the players on the field at the moment is far from Richard's expectations.

……

In desperation, Richard could only call a timeout to get Thompson and Leonard to cheer up and take on the defensive responsibilities they should have.

Thomas Jr.'s defensive shortcomings must be made up for by these two people, otherwise, Terry Sr. alone is estimated to be able to blow up the Clippers tonight.