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Chapter 24 A Good Life Is a Beer Barbecue
Chapter 24 A Good Life Is a Beer Barbecue
Seeing that Su Yang nodded in agreement, Outlaw and other veterans applauded in unison, and stood up to pay attention.
For a moment, the cabin was full of cheers.
Kevin and McMillan looked at each other and applauded happily. Fortunately, this decision was welcomed by the whole team.
Mike Roberts ran from the back row to the front row, gave Su Yang a hug with tears in his eyes, and said that he would absolutely follow Su Yang's guidance in the future, and thanked Su Yang for letting him regain the feeling he had in high school, like rebuilding his career.
Su Yang got up and looked at everyone, smiled and said: "Thank you! I will do my best to help everyone in the future. We can make progress together and work together for the Blazers to reach the goal of entering the playoffs and even reaching the Western Conference Finals!"
Clap!Applause broke out, followed by cheers.
Su Yang and Kevin high-fived each other, shook hands with McMillan, and shook hands with Monty and other four assistant coaches.
When the celebration was over, he returned to his seat, closed his eyes slightly, and began to think about what to do next.
First of all, as a player development coach, the main job is to help players improve, and the direction of improvement includes three major aspects: basketball skills, physical fitness, and mental state, and even determines the role positioning of each stage of their career.
Typically, player development coaches are retired players who have personally played in the NBA, know what it’s like to run and defend, know where a player might get confused, and can teach by example.
People like Corey Brewer, Roy Hibbert, Tony Allen, etc. have served as player development coaches after retiring.
But at this moment in 07, there were not many cases of retired players serving as development coaches, and most of them were part-time ordinary coaches. .
For example, Tom Thibodeau during the Rockets period, in addition to being responsible for the team's defensive construction, was also responsible for guiding the players to develop in that direction. It was he who told John Lucas not to imitate Iverson blindly, but to learn from Dana Barros.
In terms of player development and coaching, the most successful player is Phil Handy. He helped Kobe improve his off-balance shooting skills, helped Leonard improve his offensive skills with the ball, and also boosted morale in the Cavaliers' 1-3 reversal.
With those things, Phil Handy is welcomed by many teams, and he is rushed to hire every time.
"I should take advantage of my foresight to solve the problem of the role positioning of the Blazers players, and by the way, let the two core players break the ice earlier on the relationship, and even remind the trainers to improve their training methods and avoid premature comeback from injuries..."
Su Yang pondered silently, and the problems of the Blazers appeared one after another in his mind, such as Outlaw's too little possession, too rigid style of play, Aldridge needs to improve his catch and shoot skills, and Webster shouldn't play. Pure 3D and more.
But the most troublesome thing right now is that Roy and Aldridge are not convinced with each other. If the original historical trajectory is followed, the two will have to wait until the end of next season to break the ice. It is a waste of a season, which is a pity.
"How do I direct the technical details?"
Su Yang was a little worried for a while. The relationship between player roles and players can be resolved through words.
The technical details are really difficult to handle. His basketball level is at the level of ordinary college boys. Many technical details and principles are very clear.
But if he is asked to demonstrate it himself, he will definitely do it differently, and even lose control of his hands and feet, so he can't do it.
In short, he is now Wang Yuyan in the basketball world, with a wealth of theoretical knowledge, but his actual combat is limited to three-step layups.
"That's all! I don't want to think about it for the time being, first think about what to do in the off-season..."
Su Yang made up his mind to solve the problems one by one. The off-season is coming soon. There is no need to fly around every few days. It is too wasteful to continue to stay in an express hotel. It is necessary to rent a house first. After all, I will stay in Porter for the next three months orchid.
Renting a house near the training base can save a lot of traffic time, but the law and order in that place is poor and it is easy to be robbed.
After much deliberation, I decided to rent an apartment in Chinatown, where there are more Chinese, as in Los Angeles.
There is only a bridge away from the center of the home rose garden, and the security situation is relatively good.
After clarifying his thoughts, Su Yang opened his eyes and found that Channing Frye was looking at him with a smile, and nodded immediately.
Frye sat down next to him and said he wanted to train with him during the offseason and poke around on the radio.
Su Yang agreed, and the two continued to discuss the content direction of the radio program, and finally decided to focus on NBA-related puzzles, such as why the 90s defense seemed so loose, and why no one dribbled the ball fancy.
After Fry finished chatting, Outlaw sat next to Su Yang and invited Su Yang to go fishing on the Tualatin River on weekends.
Su Yang also agreed, and Outlaw took him to play BOORAY again, vowing to win back the title of gambling king in the team.
After several rounds of competition, Su Yang won the hotel room option for Outlaw's five away trips.
...
The two-hour flight ended in a blink of an eye, and the Trail Blazers plane landed at Portland International Airport.
Su Yang bid farewell to everyone, took a taxi to the Express Hotel, packed his suitcase, and drove a Mazda straight to Chinatown.
Turn left and turn right, drive fifteen kilometers, and soon drive to the outskirts of Chinatown.
It was noon, and there were a lot of pedestrians on the road. Asian people can be seen everywhere, and there are also some other ethnic groups.
The entrance of Chinatown is an archway, with a stone lion on each side of the base, and on the top floor in the middle, there are four big characters of "Sihai Family" written from right to left in traditional Chinese characters, and there are some national style patterns around it, quite a feeling of a domestic market .
Su Yang slowed down and drove in, looked around aimlessly, decided to have lunch first, and asked how to rent a house by the way.
He randomly walked into a Cantonese-style roast meat restaurant, ordered half a roast duck, and chatted with the boss.
The boss said that when he came to Portland at the beginning of the century, he deliberately sold two courtyard houses in the imperial capital in order to raise enough capital for the start-up. Now he is living a free life of opening a shop, and his daily income is not bad, but the development of Portland has slowed down, and it is getting worse than before. .
There were quite a lot of customers in the store, and there was only one table and two seats left. Su Yang sat down with a roast duck and asked how to rent a room.
The boss recommended a few places, turned around to greet other guests, and asked him what he was doing in Portland.
Su Yang told the truth, but the boss didn't believe it, and other guests also looked suspiciously at him.
He didn't explain, and started eating roast duck on his own, while thinking about how to guide the players' technical details.
While thinking about it, a man sat across from him, casually put down a sausage, beer, and a copy of Harry Potter.
Su Yang raised his head subconsciously and found that it was a girl with shoulder-length short hair and a slightly shiny forehead.
Just as he was wondering why his forehead was shiny, the girl took a bite of the sausage and took another sip of beer.
Noticing his curious eyes, the girl glanced at him, then lowered her head and opened "Harry Potter" to read.
He looked away in a little embarrassment, and the girl suddenly raised her head and said, "Are you the coach of the Trail Blazers?"
Su Yang hummed and nodded in response, his eyes signaled to continue.
The girl chuckled: "I saw them making a bet in the group chat, saying that you will be kicked out by those players soon."
"Then they're doomed..."
(End of this chapter)
Seeing that Su Yang nodded in agreement, Outlaw and other veterans applauded in unison, and stood up to pay attention.
For a moment, the cabin was full of cheers.
Kevin and McMillan looked at each other and applauded happily. Fortunately, this decision was welcomed by the whole team.
Mike Roberts ran from the back row to the front row, gave Su Yang a hug with tears in his eyes, and said that he would absolutely follow Su Yang's guidance in the future, and thanked Su Yang for letting him regain the feeling he had in high school, like rebuilding his career.
Su Yang got up and looked at everyone, smiled and said: "Thank you! I will do my best to help everyone in the future. We can make progress together and work together for the Blazers to reach the goal of entering the playoffs and even reaching the Western Conference Finals!"
Clap!Applause broke out, followed by cheers.
Su Yang and Kevin high-fived each other, shook hands with McMillan, and shook hands with Monty and other four assistant coaches.
When the celebration was over, he returned to his seat, closed his eyes slightly, and began to think about what to do next.
First of all, as a player development coach, the main job is to help players improve, and the direction of improvement includes three major aspects: basketball skills, physical fitness, and mental state, and even determines the role positioning of each stage of their career.
Typically, player development coaches are retired players who have personally played in the NBA, know what it’s like to run and defend, know where a player might get confused, and can teach by example.
People like Corey Brewer, Roy Hibbert, Tony Allen, etc. have served as player development coaches after retiring.
But at this moment in 07, there were not many cases of retired players serving as development coaches, and most of them were part-time ordinary coaches. .
For example, Tom Thibodeau during the Rockets period, in addition to being responsible for the team's defensive construction, was also responsible for guiding the players to develop in that direction. It was he who told John Lucas not to imitate Iverson blindly, but to learn from Dana Barros.
In terms of player development and coaching, the most successful player is Phil Handy. He helped Kobe improve his off-balance shooting skills, helped Leonard improve his offensive skills with the ball, and also boosted morale in the Cavaliers' 1-3 reversal.
With those things, Phil Handy is welcomed by many teams, and he is rushed to hire every time.
"I should take advantage of my foresight to solve the problem of the role positioning of the Blazers players, and by the way, let the two core players break the ice earlier on the relationship, and even remind the trainers to improve their training methods and avoid premature comeback from injuries..."
Su Yang pondered silently, and the problems of the Blazers appeared one after another in his mind, such as Outlaw's too little possession, too rigid style of play, Aldridge needs to improve his catch and shoot skills, and Webster shouldn't play. Pure 3D and more.
But the most troublesome thing right now is that Roy and Aldridge are not convinced with each other. If the original historical trajectory is followed, the two will have to wait until the end of next season to break the ice. It is a waste of a season, which is a pity.
"How do I direct the technical details?"
Su Yang was a little worried for a while. The relationship between player roles and players can be resolved through words.
The technical details are really difficult to handle. His basketball level is at the level of ordinary college boys. Many technical details and principles are very clear.
But if he is asked to demonstrate it himself, he will definitely do it differently, and even lose control of his hands and feet, so he can't do it.
In short, he is now Wang Yuyan in the basketball world, with a wealth of theoretical knowledge, but his actual combat is limited to three-step layups.
"That's all! I don't want to think about it for the time being, first think about what to do in the off-season..."
Su Yang made up his mind to solve the problems one by one. The off-season is coming soon. There is no need to fly around every few days. It is too wasteful to continue to stay in an express hotel. It is necessary to rent a house first. After all, I will stay in Porter for the next three months orchid.
Renting a house near the training base can save a lot of traffic time, but the law and order in that place is poor and it is easy to be robbed.
After much deliberation, I decided to rent an apartment in Chinatown, where there are more Chinese, as in Los Angeles.
There is only a bridge away from the center of the home rose garden, and the security situation is relatively good.
After clarifying his thoughts, Su Yang opened his eyes and found that Channing Frye was looking at him with a smile, and nodded immediately.
Frye sat down next to him and said he wanted to train with him during the offseason and poke around on the radio.
Su Yang agreed, and the two continued to discuss the content direction of the radio program, and finally decided to focus on NBA-related puzzles, such as why the 90s defense seemed so loose, and why no one dribbled the ball fancy.
After Fry finished chatting, Outlaw sat next to Su Yang and invited Su Yang to go fishing on the Tualatin River on weekends.
Su Yang also agreed, and Outlaw took him to play BOORAY again, vowing to win back the title of gambling king in the team.
After several rounds of competition, Su Yang won the hotel room option for Outlaw's five away trips.
...
The two-hour flight ended in a blink of an eye, and the Trail Blazers plane landed at Portland International Airport.
Su Yang bid farewell to everyone, took a taxi to the Express Hotel, packed his suitcase, and drove a Mazda straight to Chinatown.
Turn left and turn right, drive fifteen kilometers, and soon drive to the outskirts of Chinatown.
It was noon, and there were a lot of pedestrians on the road. Asian people can be seen everywhere, and there are also some other ethnic groups.
The entrance of Chinatown is an archway, with a stone lion on each side of the base, and on the top floor in the middle, there are four big characters of "Sihai Family" written from right to left in traditional Chinese characters, and there are some national style patterns around it, quite a feeling of a domestic market .
Su Yang slowed down and drove in, looked around aimlessly, decided to have lunch first, and asked how to rent a house by the way.
He randomly walked into a Cantonese-style roast meat restaurant, ordered half a roast duck, and chatted with the boss.
The boss said that when he came to Portland at the beginning of the century, he deliberately sold two courtyard houses in the imperial capital in order to raise enough capital for the start-up. Now he is living a free life of opening a shop, and his daily income is not bad, but the development of Portland has slowed down, and it is getting worse than before. .
There were quite a lot of customers in the store, and there was only one table and two seats left. Su Yang sat down with a roast duck and asked how to rent a room.
The boss recommended a few places, turned around to greet other guests, and asked him what he was doing in Portland.
Su Yang told the truth, but the boss didn't believe it, and other guests also looked suspiciously at him.
He didn't explain, and started eating roast duck on his own, while thinking about how to guide the players' technical details.
While thinking about it, a man sat across from him, casually put down a sausage, beer, and a copy of Harry Potter.
Su Yang raised his head subconsciously and found that it was a girl with shoulder-length short hair and a slightly shiny forehead.
Just as he was wondering why his forehead was shiny, the girl took a bite of the sausage and took another sip of beer.
Noticing his curious eyes, the girl glanced at him, then lowered her head and opened "Harry Potter" to read.
He looked away in a little embarrassment, and the girl suddenly raised her head and said, "Are you the coach of the Trail Blazers?"
Su Yang hummed and nodded in response, his eyes signaled to continue.
The girl chuckled: "I saw them making a bet in the group chat, saying that you will be kicked out by those players soon."
"Then they're doomed..."
(End of this chapter)
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