Basketball trainer, I created a super giant

Chapter 406 I praised your team's performance, and you're still not happy?

At this moment, Tang Sen is in Finland in northern Europe.

It's late November, and Tang Sen plans to take Harmon to the Arctic to see the aurora borealis.

Considering the working hours in the United States, Tang Sen and his assistant Moore had a video call.

The conversation then turned to discussions about D'Antoni.

"not enough."

Criticizing D'Antoni is appropriate, but it's not enough.

Tang Sen said, "The players are also part of the problem. The head coach can't be blamed alone. The players also bear a lot of responsibility for the team's loss."

"To put it specifically, Dwight doesn't play with his brain; he relies too much on his body."

Townsman would ask the media department to edit the games he played for him.

Intuitively, Howard is scoring high points, but he mostly relies on his physicality to play.

The integration of technology and physical fitness is poor.

This strategy is fine for playing in lower-ranked matches.

Against a high-level opponent like O'Neal, he needs to play smarter and truly utilize the techniques he's been taught.

The key issue is that he consistently gets high scores and is young. With the media's praise, he inevitably becomes arrogant and loses sight of reality.

So we have to criticize him and let him know that playing like this won't work. He needs to find a way to integrate into the team's tactics, learn to play with his brain, and use all his skills on the court.

"And Nash, the Suns played without any tactics at all. Shouldn't he, as the point guard, take responsibility?"

"If you don't like it, compare him to Changxi and Jason."

"In short, we need to create a certain momentum, which is to make the Suns players understand that even if they can win, if they continue to play like this, they will never win a championship."

With the Suns' current disorganized style of play, even if the Knicks break up, the Suns will not be able to win the championship.

The Magic won the championship that year.

Tang Sen felt that Rivers' coaching level was average, but he was excellent at uniting the team and giving motivational speeches.

Moreover, the players have a clear set of tactics, including inside-outside coordination, pick-and-roll, and penetration and passing. Although it is simple, there are real tactics involved.

What does the sun have now?

Nash became a complete figurehead, a truly mindless one-on-one game.

"Also, let's talk about D'Antoni's control. He needs to understand that he doesn't have enough control over the team."

I don't expect you to have the ability to tame even Jordan like Jackson did, but at least you should be someone who has the final say.

If you want to play your tactics, then go ahead and play them.

The players are playing individually, without any tactical coordination. Ultimately, it's because your head coach lacks control.

Players are chess pieces, and you are the chess player. You can't completely cater to the pieces; you have to make the pieces act according to your ideas.

If they don't listen, you have to use force.

Even if you lose, you can withstand the pressure and persevere until you can win.

After losing just two games, they were immediately scared and abandoned their tactics.

Moore on the other side noted everything down.

After finishing discussing the Suns, Tang Sen brought up the McGrady-Kobe rivalry.

Since the start of the season, Kobe has made rapid progress and his stats have skyrocketed, while McGrady has gradually declined.

Tang Sen had spent so much time with him and knew him well.

His fighting spirit is really not as good as Kobe's.

He won the championship and received all the honors he was entitled to, and he felt somewhat indifferent to worldly desires.

He's not even as good as Carter.

Carter hasn't won a championship yet, but he's still working hard.

But the rivalry between McGrady and Kobe is the most important topic in the league.

Both are top scorers with a huge global fanbase and are in the media spotlight. Speculating on their competition can boost the popularity of the NBA.

"You could post some comments, criticize Tracy, compare him to Kobe, and motivate him."

"Also, the All-Star voting has started, so we can also publish some reports from that angle."

As Tang Sen spoke, he thought of Wade again.

At the start of this season, the team's strength declined somewhat, and Wade took on more offensive responsibilities. Compared to last season, his stats have increased significantly.

He's averaging 28 points per game.

Tangsen believes he has the potential to become a top scorer.

"We can do more promotion for Dwight in China to attract Chinese fans to vote and create the impression that he is going to squeeze out Tracy's starting position in the Eastern Conference All-Star Game."

McGrady needed a boost. After Moore noted it down, Townsend brought up Nowitzki again.

"His publicity efforts are not enough. I passed through Germany last week, and although basketball is not a big market in Europe, I didn't see any reports about Dirk in the newspapers."

"Increase the publicity efforts and say that he is the number one basketball player in Europe. With his current strength, he deserves this title."

Tang Sen noticed the surprised expression on Moore's face and asked, "What, do you think it's exaggerated?"

Averaging over 30 points per game, third in scoring, he's on par with Kobe and Iverson. He's the best in Europe, and Tang Sen doesn't think that's an exaggeration.

Tang Sen hurriedly shook his head and asked if Tang Sen had any other requests.

Tang Sen hung up the video call.

The NBA is a commercial league that cannot function without media promotion and publicity, and it also needs to make money from television media.

Similarly, the media also relies on the NBA.

Therefore, to a certain extent, the league can influence media coverage.

Stern's aggressive media hype surrounding the showdown between the two superstars was a testament to his control over the media.

If the media department can get major media outlets like the Los Angeles Times to criticize D'Antoni, then it certainly has the ability to create an even stronger voice of criticism.

Phoenix.

After defeating the Clippers, the entire Suns team returned to Phoenix.

Next, they will host the Bulls.

When facing Eddie Curry, the "Little Shark," Howard learned from his previous game's experience.

Reduce head-on physical contact, show off your footwork, and use your agility to fight.

Back when Kwame Brown was on tryouts, he could outplay Eddie Curry with his athleticism. Now, Dwight Howard's athleticism will only be even stronger.

With the mindset that "even if I can't beat a big shark, I'm not afraid of a little shark," Howard scored 31 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, leading his team to victory.

It means leading a team.

The Suns are now practically Howard's team.

Just like the Lakers back then, when the ball crosses half-court, they first pass it to Howard, and if Howard doesn't have a chance, they pass it outwards.

After beating the Bulls, the Suns turned around and beat the Bucks, securing a three-game winning streak.

This result left D'Antoni increasingly conflicted.

The day after defeating the Bucks.

The team had scheduled a training session, and Gentry arrived at the American West Arena early in the morning.

Arriving at D'Antoni's office, just as he was about to push the door open, Gentry heard voices coming from inside.

The voice sounded somewhat familiar.

Corentillo the Younger.

Gentry's expression changed slightly. He released the doorknob and waited to the side.

Not long after, young Corangelo pushed open the door and stormed out.

Seeing his reaction, Gentry was startled and quickly went into the office. Seeing D'Antoni's worried face, he became even more certain of his suspicions.

"Mike, Brian isn't going to listen to the media's nonsense and fire you, is he?"

These past two days, I don't know what happened, it's like I've stirred up a hornet's nest in the media.

Apart from the local Arizona Republic, the voices were overwhelmingly critical of the Suns.

They say D'Antoni is a rookie and needs to go back and practice for a few more years.

To say that D'Antoni's existence is a waste of the Suns' luxurious roster.

The first thing the Suns need to do if they want to make a mark in the playoffs is get rid of D'Antoni.

But Gentry thought the media was talking nonsense.

There are no tactics.

Does that mean that one-on-one attacks aren't a tactic?

"get out of class dismissed?"

D'Antoni was taken aback and asked in surprise, "Who said I was going to be fired?"

Gentry pointed outside and said, "What did Brian talk to you about just now?"

He saw young Corangelo storm off, clearly after an argument.

D'Antoni sighed and said, "He's praising my team's performance."

"real or fake?"

Gentry was stunned. "No, I was praising your team's performance, why are you making such a face?"

(End of this chapter)