Chapter 531: Maddie and Arenas
"Coach, are you still worried about Arenas?"
In the chairman's office of the Boston Celtics, Zhuang Fei looked at the analysis report in his hand with a frown on his brows, and the more he looked down, the more he felt a little incredible, and he was also extremely helpless.
On the side, the team's assistant coach Stephen Green was also extremely helpless, the report in Zhuang Fei's hand was compiled by him and the team's data analysts according to Zhuang Fei's instructions, it can be said that when the report came out, his expression was much more severe than Zhuang Fei's when he first read it.
"Yes, there must be a solution to this matter, a perfect solution, only when this matter is solved, can the strength of our team really go to the next level" Zhuang Fei gently put the report in his hand on his desk, then looked at Stephen Green in front of him and sighed.
This report is about the data analysis of Maddy, Arenas and Yao Ming this season, although the Boston Celtics have only played 22 games this season, only about a quarter of the season, it can be said that the sample is not very large, but it can also analyze a lot of things.
This season, Maddy averaged 38.5 minutes per game, averaging 24.5 points, 8.2 assists and 5.6 rebounds per game, while Arenas played 31.5 minutes per game this season, averaging 19.8 points, 3.5 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game. Sooner or later, this small forward will become a player with an average of 25+8+6 per game this season, according to the current strength of Maddie, he is also fully able to bear the boss of this team in terms of championships, at least there is no problem in terms of strength, Maddie's growth is expected by Zhuang Fei, because last season, the boss of the Boston Celtics has become an A+ player in the playoffs, in this case, Maddie's role this season is heavier, which is inevitable.
It's just that what Zhuang Fei didn't expect was that Arenas's outburst this season surprised everyone, as a substitute player for the team. It's a miracle to be able to play almost 20 points per game, at least in recent years, no matter what season the best sixth man has not performed like this, and even Ginobili, who has won the Sixth Man of the Year award for two consecutive years, has not averaged more than 16 points per game in a season. And, more importantly, the defender is clearly not fully unleashing his energy.
Zhuang Fei has always been clear about Arenas' position with the Boston Celtics, this is the most important player on the team's second team, and Zhuang Fei's expectation for him is to be able to beat all other teams' second team for the team's second team like Ginobili. In this regard, Zhuang Zhuangfei has complete trust and confidence in Arenas, and in fact, Arenas's performance has fully proved that he can do this, and no team has been able to beat Arenas and Boston Celtics in the second team competition among all the opponents of the Boston Celtics so far this season.
Let Arenas lead the team's second lineup, this is Zhuang Fei's most original expectation, and it is also the best expectation that Zhuang Fei thinks, Zhuang Fei only needs Arenas to lead the second team, but it is obvious that Arenas's performance this season has completely exceeded such expectations, and it has also completely exceeded Zhuang Fei's positioning of him, in this case Zhuang Fei must change his positioning of Arenas.
At the time of last season. Arenas asked Zhuang Fei more than once when he would become the team's starter, and at that time, Zhuang Fei's answer was always very mysterious, and he always said that he would not be put in the starting lineup until Arenas learned to pass. And Arenas is very confused about Zhuang Fei's statement, but he has no doubts, he has never doubted the person who selected him to the American team, selected him to the NBA, and almost saved his career, although he doesn't know what Zhuang Fei means by 'learning' to pass. But Arenas understood this sentence more as his own lack of strength.
In fact, for Zhuang Fei, the promise of 'learning' to put him in the starting line after passing the ball is a very vague and comforting vague answer from Zhuang Fei, because in Zhuang Fei's blueprint for the Boston Celtics, Arenas is not in the team's starting lineup, Arenas is the core of the Boston Celtics, but in Zhuang Fei's most original plan, he is the core of the team's second team, and Zhuang Fei was not optimistic that Arenas can coexist with Maddie from the beginning.
"I didn't expect that when Arenas and Maddie were on the court at the same time, the time efficiency would be so low," Seeing the worried look on Zhuang Fei's face, Stephen Green sighed again and said.
Maddie's current data is about 38 minutes per game and can play 25+8+6, which seems to be very efficient, but if this data is separated, when Maddie and Arenas are on the court at the same time, if Yao Ming is not on the court, then this data is converted to the same 38 minutes, then Maddie's data will become 20+6+5, and the data of Arenas on the other side will become an average of 15 points per game when converted to an average of 31 minutes per game, and in addition to the decline in the personal data of these two people, Boston Celtics team statistics will also decline, if the current Boston Celtics can score 107 points per game, when Arenas and Maddy are on the court at the same time, Yao Ming is not on the court, the Boston Celtics will convert to 48 minutes of average points per game will become 92 points, a drop of 15 points per game, and Yao Ming, Maddy and Arenas are on the court at the same time, the team's ball is the most efficient when Yao Ming is assigned to implement the No. 5 strategy, and it can reach 121 points in 48 minutes.
This kind of data analysis is actually very clear that when Maddie and Arenas are on the field at the same time and no one helps them distribute the ball, these two people will not only be tied up by themselves, but the team will also suffer, in this case, Zhuang Fei has actually been deliberately letting Maddie and Arenas play separately this season, even if Yao Ming tries to distribute the ball when he is on the field at the same time, even if Zhuang Fei is so cautious, but it is impossible to completely avoid such a situation. After all, although it is a good tactic to let Yao Ming distribute the ball, as a center forward with a height of 2.26 meters, the more you have the ball, the more mistakes you make, in short, this is an unconventional and non-mainstream solution.
If Zhuang Fei could still prevaricate Arenas with words such as Arenas couldn't pass the ball in the past, then now, Zhuang Fei can't let him say such things, even if he does, it is estimated that Arenas may not believe it as much as before, at this time Arenas's strength has been recognized by everyone, especially in the few games when Maddie was absent and suspended, the guard was able to score more than 30 points per game, and not long ago scored 24 points in a single quarter in the game with the Magic, When Arenas showed such strength, Zhuang Fei needed to give an explanation no matter what.
It is estimated that now in Arenas, he has enough strength to become the team's starter, at least Zhuang Fei has an absolute opinion on letting Prince start instead of Jackson, Arenas has a very simple personality, he is willing to obey Zhuang Fei's orders, but this does not mean that he does not have his own ideas, after Maddy's comeback in recent games, this defender has been playing very aggrieved.
Zhuang Fei understands very well that Arenas is now waiting for Zhuang Fei's explanation, but it is difficult for Zhuang Fei to give Arenas an explanation now, because he has no way to give an explanation.
"This is really troublesome" Zhuang Fei shook his head helplessly and said, if he could, he would rather Arenas be an A-level player than an A-level player, for Zhuang Fei, Arenas only needs to be A-, now when Arenas breaks through, Zhuang Fei has to start to reconsider the positioning of Maddie and Arenas, and also has to change the role of Arenas, it is obvious that now he is not satisfied with the role of the sixth man. If this matter is not handled well, it is very likely that something will go wrong.
"If the center of the team's No. 5 tactics is Carter, then the problem of the coexistence of these two is completely solved, and Carter, Maddy and Arenas will definitely be the most offensive firepower combination in NBA history" Zhuang Fei thought about it and finally thought of Carter, but in the end Zhuang Fei still shook his head, now even if he uses the dynasty system's trading system to smash dynasty points, he can't smash Carter.
"Coach, don't be too anxious, I think there will be a solution in the future" Stephen Green, who looked at his teacher's somewhat gloomy look, also said on the side, and finally Zhuang Fei also sighed and nodded.
Although Zhuang Fei has not solved the problem of Arenas and Maddie coexisting now, for the Celtics, the recent schedule is very tight, and Zhuang Fei has not given much room to solve the problem of these two.
On December 15, the Boston Celtics began the first game of their road trip, in Chicago Zhuang Fei led the Boston Celtics to defeat the Bulls 109-100, in this game Maddy scored 25 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds in the standard data, and Arenas came off the bench to score 18 points, it seems that Boston is back to normal, and all the players seem to have returned to their own originally set trajectory. (To be continued)
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