The godfather of basketball started from conquering the NBA

"The biggest wonder in the NBA, the most dynamic team in history."

"Boss Xu has really tried his best for traffic. Every time, he can use that just right stupidity to make others have nothing to say, and then flawlessly reach the top of the news headlines."

"Don't look at the Timberwolves as an inconspicuous underdog, but there are big news every year. If it's really funny, it's the only one."

Overnight, Xu Xiao and his Timberwolves got caught up in a storm of public opinion again. Although Xu Xiao was only about 22 and young, he had experienced a lot of battles in public opinion since he bought the Timberwolves. He didn't care about it at all. Right now, he What is needed is how to stabilize the team. After all, there is only one day before the start of the game, and there is no time to prepare too much at this time.

The next day, Xu Xiao came to the training hall early. The players had already arrived, but everyone's emotions were a little bit wrong. Even the usual warm-up had already been seen. The representatives are warming up to each other.

The other part is represented by Oden and Westbrook. Players who are not interested in Casey are talking with each other. When they see Xu Xiao coming, they rush to surround them.

"Boss, has Coach Casey really resigned?" Roy, the boss of the team, had to be the first to speak.

Xu Xiao caught this detail, this is not a good sign, it is very likely to be the fuse of the conflict, if something happens in the future, the conflict will erupt as soon as it is said to erupt.

"Guys, I know you have a lot of affection for Coach Casey because he's a good coach, a good coach who does his job, but I want to say that he's resigned and it's past tense. , we have no reason and power to prevent a person from pursuing a better future, but we also cannot give up our due future for a person who has drifted away from us.

Ignoring the people around you because of the people who left, waiting until the people around you leave again to be sad again, remembering again and ignoring again and getting into trouble in the long run, this is the most stupid. "

Although Xu Xiao's words were in a soft voice, they were full of power and inspired people, so Xu Xiao hurriedly said while the iron was hot:

"Our team is still young, we need time to adapt to the game, but our adaptation process may not be smooth sailing, we need to give each other time and trust, if I remember correctly, Roy, you also used it for a year It took time to adapt to the rhythm and confrontation of the NBA.

Not to mention Greg, we all need room to make mistakes, but here I want to say to Russell, you are unlucky, because there is not much time left for you to adapt to the nba game, because we have to play in this game. The season is full of victories, this is a difficult challenge for you, do you dare to challenge?

Of course, if you think this is too difficult for you, then we can wait for you for a year, and I can deal with external affairs. "

"No need, Coach Xu Xiao, I only need ten games, and I will definitely not let you down."

Westbrook, who had been silent all the time, spoke directly.

Xu Xiao's bowl of water is good, which makes everyone feel comfortable. Roy looked at Westbrook with a friendlier look, and said directly to Westbrook: "If there is anything he needs to do, he will definitely help, don't Put too much pressure on yourself, and the whole team will support you..." The words of the team's general assembly can be regarded as taking the initiative to accept Westbrook.

As for Wei Shao, Xu Xiao knows the young master too well, and his character is tough. If you want to say Wei Shaocai in your previous life, it may cause some controversy, but if you want to say whether Wei Shao is tough enough and his character is tough enough, then There is no doubt that Westbrook is an absolute real man.

Xu Xiao was very relieved to see this scene, and what made Xu Xiao even more relieved was that the friendship and confidence level that had fallen to 60 had risen by 10 points, and it had reached 70 points. It is only useful. When the team is underestimated and the mood continues to decline, the friendliness obtained from the lottery is unselectable. It can only be used if the internal conflicts are resolved and the mood value does not decline.

Although Xu Xiao is cursing, he still understands psychologically. After all, this thing will not forcibly change people's ideas, but will only make the other party look more convincing. The team is highly convinced of you and has a good understanding of your policies. , when your idea is not accepted, this thing will naturally be useless.

So Xu Xiao took advantage of everyone's emotional stability, and quickly called up the system in his mind to draw a lottery, strike while the iron is hot, and deepen your philosophy.

He still has 6600 system coins, so he quickly came to a wave of ten consecutive draws. This time, he had 50 points of friendship and confidence, and the team atmosphere was full.

Well guys, let's start our warm-up training today and get ready for the first game of the new season.

When the players started their regular training, Xu Xiao hurriedly checked the rewards that had just been issued.

In addition to 50 points of friendliness and confidence, he also has three health cards, one star card and one special skill card. Now he has 8 health cards, which basically ensures that his team will not be affected in the next few years. There was an injury, and Xu Xiao couldn't hold back that star card, so he opened it directly.

Congratulations to the host, who won the B-level star "Al Harrington".

Harrington, Xu Xiao quickly recalled in his mind.

This guy is also a player born in the wrong era, with a height of 2 meters, he has super shooting ability and good athletic ability. The shooting level is quite high and he also has good inside scoring skills. Breaking through the ball, turning around and dunking, if it was played in the small ball era, it would definitely be a big insider killer, but most of the audience's impression of him stays in the black eight Warriors, he is the Warriors' bench gangster.

In short, this guy is an inside player with a very strong scoring ability. It is worth mentioning that he once faced Warcraft Howard and scored 38 points, while the opposing Warcraft only scored more than ten points. It is also one of Harrington's representative games. Once, he also played a bright performance against Yao Ming. His scoring ability is unquestionable, but his defense is not good enough.

This guy's ability can be kept for now. After all, there are already three star cards in the team. A good candidate was selected, but he said to himself with some pity, "It's too early to make a deal. If you add Swift's IQ to this, wouldn't it just take off?"

"Okay guys, let's pause for a while." Xu Xiao called to stop the training. At this time, the basic training items have been completed. Basically, everyone is now either 1 on 1, 2 on 2 or targeting their own shots. Some weak items are being practiced.

"Next, we will discuss the tactics for tomorrow's game, and at the same time, we will also practice some of our tactical systems."

The assistants were a little worried when they saw that Xu Xiao was going to explain tactics. After all, they had never seen a man in his early twenties who dared to be the head coach of the NBA. Besides, he was the owner of the team, so it was hard to say much. What.

They now hope that Xu Xiao can take some responsibility, don't push the work of coaching on them, let alone push all the responsibility on them, after all, they are just newcomers, if it is not for earning a living, who would want to come Serve this second generation ancestor.

By the way, after Casey announced his resignation, some people on the coaching staff who had a good relationship with Casey also chose to resign. head coach.

I also submitted my resignation this morning, and now it means that the coach's management team has undergone a reorganization. This time, Xu Xiao is basically looking for people. Although these people are younger than the coaching teams of other teams, young people have the potential to be cultivated. Now Xu Xiao doesn't have to be afraid that his ideas will not be passed on.

Next is the explanation of Xu Xiao's tactics, and Xu Xiao also saw the careful thinking of these people. Originally, these people had an attitude of fear and disgust towards Xu Xiao, and indeed no one would think that someone who had never fought A 22-year-old young man who has been a professional can eat the rice of an NBA head coach.

So when I came here, I was well prepared. Xu Xiao would hand over all the tactical arrangements and arrangements to their assistants. He was chicken soup + chicken blood. When he pushed the losing pot, the assistants just regarded the Timberwolves as a team. Springboard, where you hone your skills.

But when they listened to Xu Xiao's tactic explanation, they were all dumbfounded. They had never heard such a detailed tactic explanation. A tactic can run out of so many situations. Moreover, everyone in the same position has Looking at his own tactics, and looking at such a young boss, who has a successful career and yet has such a deep understanding of basketball, it is really a difference in the world.

Xu Xiao smiled in his heart and said: "Let's make a small sample. If I don't give you some real things, you really think I'm a dish. Counting my previous life, I, Xu Xiao, are almost a centenarian. How can I be treated by you guys?" The kid got it right."

In terms of tactical understanding, Xu Xiao has a lot to offer.

Soon, the 08-09 season officially opened, and the first game was the Trail Blazers against the Lakers.

The Trail Blazers in the new season should not be underestimated. Durant + Aldridge's double-ranked combination is also quite interesting, but facing the defending champion Lakers, they still have no power to parry. It is worth mentioning that, once Kwame Brown, who joked that Garnett was replaced, played very well this time. Relying on Wang Zhizhi's footsteps and skills, he frequently played Bynum in the paint. He scored 18 points and 11 rebounds in the game. Although he was unable to stop the Lakers' footsteps, But at least it's not ashamed to lose.

Compared with the full-court crushing this time, the second game of the Cavaliers against the Celtics is even more interesting. These two teams will be in a life-and-death situation in the Eastern Conference this season, although the Celtics did not add. The defensive system brought by Nate, but Gasol is younger, this game is also very good to limit the inside of the Cavaliers, helping the team win 93 to 88.

The Timberwolves game was scheduled for the second day, which also made Xu Xiao take a good look at other games. After all, the Lakers and Trail Blazers in the new season will be their rivals.

In the first game, they faced the Kings, the bottom team in the West, an absolute underdog, but the Timberwolves played very hard in this game, because they had to implement Xu Xiao's philosophy and gave Westbrook too many opportunities.

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The Timberwolves finally defeated the Kings 101 to 95 and won their first victory, but for the Timberwolves, the victory is far from nothing. The media and fans after the game are the most difficult to deal with.

And most of the media that pay attention to the Timberwolves is not to watch the Timberwolves game, but just to find jokes and traffic about the Timberwolves, but the victory of the game makes it difficult for them to start.

But they soon discovered the traffic code, which was Xu Xiao's use of Westbrook. Oden used limited opportunities to blow up the King's inside line in the game, and also showed shooting skills that had never appeared last season.

And Outlaw, who also played as a substitute, also showed amazing defensive ability. He had been used as a breakthrough in chasing Martin, the king's top scorer, and Martin only scored 12 points.

The media's focus on Westbrook also caused Oden's dissatisfaction.

"We won, but you didn't pay attention at all. You just focused your energy on a rookie player and a new coach, and found fault with them. This is unfair to them and disrespectful to us." After the game Oden said angrily when facing the media.

"In the last game, we played well, and we will continue to work hard. This season we will definitely enter the playoffs, Russell, how do you feel about the first NBA game?" Xu Xiao smiled and talked to the players on the bus after the game. Said.

"Not bad coach, I think I'm ok, I don't know about you, this is your first NBA coaching game." Westbrook joked with Xu Xiao with a relaxed face.

"I don't think it's as tiring as it is off the court. Next, we will face countless tortures from the media and fans. Everyone, how are you preparing? People with poor psychological endurance get out of the car quickly."

Xu Xiao pretended to be a bus conductor and stood at the door, making everyone lean forward and backward.

"Don't talk about the coach, you are quite imposing when you call it like that."

"Indeed, something like that."

"You are really talented, coach, you can do everything, and you can make people laugh at you."

The players were laughing and laughing, not thinking about Xu Xiao's problem at all.

In this way, they ushered in their next opponent, the Dallas Mavericks, who will be changed to the Lone Ranger in the future.

But Xu Xiao still felt that the name Lone Ranger was not as comfortable as Mavericks, so as an old fan, he continued to call Mavericks as comfortable as Mavericks.

And Westbrook will face a series of nightmares next.

Facing the old demon Kidd of the Mavericks, Westbrook is still a little immature. The old Kidd allowed Westbrook to score 11 of 2 and only scored 6 points, but he made 5 turnovers. The Timberwolves also lost logically. Competition, this allows the media to find a point of catharsis.

Pointing the finger at Xu Xiao, giving a rookie such a long playing time and giving him all the ball rights, such an approach will undoubtedly encourage seedlings.

But Xu Xiao didn't care at all, he knew that the next thing would be a real storm.