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Considering the technical characteristics of Francis, Mobley, and Catledge, Su Yang quickly thought of the Mash strategy that the 76ers had used with Simmons as the core in the past. Now, leveraging Mobley's ability to play as a two-way guard, he could replicate it effectively.

The main line of the tactic and its three variations were quickly sketched out.

Head coach Tom glanced at the five assistant coaches and then at General Manager Dawson, nodding slightly to imply that the tactic was indeed feasible.

In the conference room, the atmosphere that had previously been eager to see Su Yang make a fool of himself was completely gone, and the appreciation for Su Yang had increased.

Larry Smith, the chief assistant coach, forcibly controlled his slightly trembling body, and the sweat on his forehead had already seeped into the sunken pits. Suddenly, he thought of how to refute, laughing, "No, no! That's not right, you just said Francis is ball-dominant, so how can you design a tactic to let him crouch in the corner or on the wing? Do you think Francis would accept such a design?"

The other four assistant coaches raised their eyebrows.

Indeed, Francis is very ball-dominant. Although a tactic is nothing, Su Yang seems not to have considered it, which is against the principle: tactics should be based on the technical characteristics of the players, you can't design a three-point tactic for Shaq, even if it's not that exaggerated.

Su Yang chuckled, "So we need to correct his ball-dominant flaw, make him stronger, an All-Star level."

"How do you think we should correct it?"

General Manager Dawson was curious, thinking that Tom was a kind coach, even during the two consecutive championships, he did not force the players, and it was difficult to solve the problem of Francis's ball-dominance, so that last season, Francis's USG usage rate reached as high as 25%. If Hakeem Olajuwon leaves next season, it will inevitably become higher, which will make the tactic difficult to execute efficiently.

"Francis is ball-dominant, on one hand, because during his most critical college period, from Connecticut to Maryland, then to Hashimoto Youth University, and finally returning to Maryland, he has never been able to accept more professional training, leading to bad habits.

On the other hand, it's his relatively complicated growth experience in his childhood. When he has the ball, he feels safe, which makes him overly dependent, and he needs to solve his psychological issues. But his growth experience made him mistakenly believe that seeing a psychologist is an act of cowardice..."

Su Yang had read Francis's autobiography in his previous life, in which Francis mentioned that he got rid of alcohol and marijuana by relying on a psychologist, but before seeing a psychologist, he didn't know and didn't dare to seek help, fearing he would be considered weak.

"This theory is quite novel." Dawson resisted the urge to praise him on the spot, and looked at Tom with a questioning look.

But before Tom could speak, Larry Smith said, "In the last test paper, you mentioned that you can use the ICE defense strategy to improve our defense at the center position, which is a very talented idea. How did you come up with that defense strategy?"

Others looked curious.

It's amazing to think of such a defense strategy, and the key is that it's the same name as Tom Thibodeau's. Either it's a great coincidence, or there has been direct or indirect communication with Thibodeau. If he thought of it alone, it's definitely a genius.

Su Yang pondered in his heart.

"The situation is a bit awkward, how should I explain it to them? Saying it's from the future will definitely be considered a joke, and I can't just take credit for Thibodeau's work. Thibodeau has been dedicated to the basketball career for so many years, and he has devoted all his passion and hair to the basketball career, and he is famous for his defense..."

After sorting out his thoughts, he said, "This is what I thought of when I watched the New York Knicks game. I found that sometimes they would make an online double-team, but their center is not always able to rush up in time. Whenever that happens, assistant coach Tom Thibodeau would shout on the sidelines to remind them to keep up, looking very anxious, but Jeff Van Gundy made him calm.

So I thought that defense strategy called ICE, from Tom Thibodeau's command, fits very well."

After his words fell, the four assistant coaches gave him an appreciative look,

And chief assistant coach Larry Smith felt dejected, not expecting it to be like this, and he still had to think of a way to let his son explain how he thought of the ICE defense strategy later, fortunately, it was named Freezing, no need to make it so complicated, fewer loopholes.

In his melancholy, Larry still didn't give up and said, "Looking at your strength, you must be very poor, how many times can you bench press 84 kg?"

Su Yang shrugged and said, "I haven't been tested yet, but I can try it in the gym. However, I have already started a muscle-building plan, and I will make the 84 kg bench press reach at least 11 times by the end of this summer. I have studied how to quickly and healthily improve strength."

"Do you also understand this?" General Manager Dawson chuckled, not quite believing that such a young person could know so much.

Su Yang also laughed: "Of course, muscle building, three points of training and seven points of eating, protein promotes the super recovery of torn muscles, and carbohydrate intake prevents excessive muscle breakdown, and high-quality protein, including beef and milk, and many plant proteins..."

With the fitness videos he had watched before, such as 'Kill Brother Jeff', he talked nonsense, and it didn't sound wrong, and he also talked about some theories like 'guards should avoid excessive use of ankles when exerting force' and 'single-foot hip flexion to improve shooting stability', which were very professional.

Anyway, he used Curry and Nash's ideas.

"Tactics and training you understand, player psychology and development, those are the two important parts of a team, do you understand anything else? Do you understand trades?"

Dawson asked with a smile, and his heart was inexplicably looking forward to it.

Su Yang thought for a moment and said with a smile, "I dare not say that I fully understand the terms related to trades and signings, but when I was studying the CBA terms, I found a loophole that can be used, that is, how to snatch other teams' outstanding second-round picks.

Take Gilbert Arenas, who is likely to be selected in the 28th pick this year as predicted by ESPN and other organizations, for example,

In fact, many people think Arenas will fall into the second round because he has a poor character and his style of play is a bit strange, often not listening to commands, but with his outstanding performance in the past two years, if he really falls into the second round, there will definitely be teams willing to use the second-round pick to gamble, and then sign a two-year contract with him according to the convention, but if he performs very well after two years..."

In the early 21st century, many teams chose to sign two-year contracts with second-round picks, resulting in no bird rights after two years, and other teams could snatch those outstanding second-round picks with high salaries. The reason for such a situation is that there are relatively few outstanding second-round picks, and in the past, many outstanding second-round picks could be matched by teams, until Arenas came out in the previous life, and the Warriors happened to be unable to match, the loophole was highlighted.

Ten minutes later, General Manager Dawson was shocked to be taught a lesson, and he was very excited in his heart, Su Yang is really a genius.

And assistant coach Larry Smith completely surrendered, lying on the chair like a deflated balloon, knowing it was over.

Head coach Tom couldn't hide his appreciation, almost saying it was decided to be him, but he didn't feel that Su Yang was particularly powerful, theory and practice are far apart, but Su Yang's ideas are peculiar, and may bring a new perspective to the coaching team.

General Manager Dawson asked if there were any more questions, and seeing everyone shake their heads, he immediately got up, straightened his clothes, and said seriously, "I just thought about it seriously, you are such a talent, to be a video analyst assistant at our Rockets is too much of a waste.

The Trail Blazers just fired Mike Dunleavy, and I am very familiar with their owner Paul Allen, I will write a recommendation letter for you,

You go to apply for the head coach position."