professional shooting guard

Chapter 155

Chapter 155

During this period of time, Zhang Zifeng's performance was not outstanding but definitely not bad either.

In addition to averaging 19 points per game, he also contributed 6.7 assists and occasionally 1.7 steals.

Although it was a little worse than the crazy performance at the beginning of the season, such a stable state has also been recognized by experts and fans.

Countdown to Rhett Brown? "—"USA TODAY" sports column.

At the beginning of the new season, when Embiid was reimbursed for the season, we began to think about whether the 76ers in the new season will continue to chase next year's No. [-] pick?

But after Butch selected the Chinese Zhang Zifeng, Zhang Zifeng's excellent performance at the beginning made us think that we could have an exciting season. We began to look forward to it and became a little excited.

But as the season progressed, problems with the team followed.

The team is poorly organized and needs to move a rookie shooting guard Zhang Zifeng to the point guard to organize the offense.

The team lacks a good power forward. Holmes and Covington performed well, but it turns out that they are just a good substitute role player.

The most serious thing is the chaotic team system. Since the start of the game, six starting lineups have been replaced, and they have not been finalized yet.

The team coach Brown who caused all this can hardly shirk the blame.

In addition to being unable to fit the team and establish a mature and effective team system, his on-the-spot command ability is also very poor.

When the 76ers habitually collapsed in the third and fourth quarters, Brown could not come up with effective means to save the team.

If the team wants to return to the playoffs, it is recommended that the 76ers change a head coach.

The release of this column was immediately reprinted by various local media in the United States, and fans of the 76ers were also hotly discussing the topic of changing the head coach.

Rhett Brown has also read this column, and at the moment he is deep in thought in the office.

This year's economic downturn, and there are only [-] teams in the NBA, but there are hundreds of coaches, so there is a lot of competition.

The assistant coach I hired, Mike D'Antoni, was a former head coach. After being fired by the Lakers, he couldn't find a job. In the end, he could only come to the 76ers as an assistant.

My qualifications are not as good as Mike D'Antoni!

If fired by the 76ers, Rhett Brown doesn't know how many years he will have to wait before he can find another job as a head coach.

Rhett Brown wants to keep this job, in addition to getting a high salary, he also wants to prove himself.

As long as you can prove your strength, even if you can't do it in the 76ers, you can find a coaching job in other teams.

But this requires staying in the team and continuing to be the head coach. Only by continuing to be the head coach can you have a chance to prove yourself.

After sitting for too long, Brown felt a little tired. When he stood up, he walked to the window and saw Zhang Zifeng who was still training hard in the training hall.

Brown thought for a moment, "Maybe I should talk to Jack?"

Since being moved to the point guard position by the head coach, Zhang Zifeng found that he needed to make a big change in his style of play.In the past at Duke University, although I needed to attack with the ball, I often created open spaces by running and waiting for my teammates to pass and shoot.

But in the 76ers, teammates are still waiting for their own pass!

So Zhang Zifeng found that his former elegant running position was not very effective now, and more needed to strengthen his ability to stop and shoot jump shots.

One big difference between the NBA and the NCAA is that NBA teams employ a lot of trainers.

As the core of the team, when Zhang Zifeng wants to train and improve his skills, the team is willing to spend money to help Zhang Zifeng find a suitable trainer.

Some of these trainers are reserve players in the university, and they will come out to work and earn money in their spare time.Or those who fell out of the NBA and couldn't find a club to become professional trainers and earn money to support their families.

Under the confrontation drills by the trainer, Zhang Zifeng has been improving his shooting percentage during this period.

After a day of hard training, Zhang Zifeng said goodbye to his trainer Mark, and was stopped by Rhett Brown when he was about to leave the arena. "Jack, do you have time? I need to talk to you about something."

Hearing the head coach calling him, Zhang Zifeng stopped, walked over and said, "Coach, what's the matter?"

"Come on, come to my office!" Brown said after leading Zhang Zifeng to his office and giving him a bottle of sports drink. "I want to ask you some opinions on the team. You also know that the team's state has fluctuated a lot during this period, which is not conducive to the improvement of our performance."

Zhang Zifeng was stunned for a moment, and said, "Coach, I don't quite understand what's going on with this team!"

Brown said nonchalantly, "Jack, you are the core of the team. You should be able to appreciate the deficiencies of the current team. Speak your mind, this is not only for the team, but also for your sake. The team's performance Only when you get up, can your performance be recognized by more people, and the fans will like you even more!"

Zhang Zifeng pondered for a while and said, "Coach, I think we need a good point guard. I'm not saying I can't do it, but I just think it's not good for the team's offense."

Although the "USA Today" report mentioned the problem of the team's point guard, Brown did not consider the guard line too much in his plan.

In his opinion, Zhang Zifeng did a good job as a point guard and didn't think too much about guards.

But now hearing what Zhang Zifeng said, Rhett Brown had to think about the point guard.

"In addition to the point guard, what do you think the team needs to improve?" Brown continued to ask.

Zhang Zifeng thought about it carefully and said, "I think the team's power forward is a short board. Holmes is good at defense, but his offense is terrible. Covington is good at offense, but he is not good at defense, and his rebounding ability is too good." Oops. What we need is a power forward who can rebound, defend, and ideally shoot from the field!"

"That's a good point, what else!" Brown nodded seriously.

"Our system is very chaotic. Our current configuration is not suitable for playing small ball tactics. Except for Stauskas, everyone else's shooting is very unstable. Once the feel is not good, ours will completely collapse. I think what we need to do in the next season should be based on defense and build a solid defense. Use defense to drive offense! I believe this will give us a chance to hit the playoffs!"

"Jack, you are right. God knows why I was so foolish to play small ball tactics. Jack, you will definitely become an excellent coach after you retire in the future!" Brown praised.

"Maybe, but now I think I should work hard to play well!" Zhang Zifeng said with a smile.

"Jack, I will seriously consider your opinion. However, Jack, you should pay more attention to your training. Human body endurance is limited. Don't overtrain, it will affect your career!" Brown exhorted. .

"Thank you for your concern, Coach Brown!"

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When driving back to the house, Zhang Zifeng called Zheng Xinguo and said, "Coach Brown called me today, and he consulted my opinion on the team."

The other end of the phone said: "Well, Brown is a smart man, he should know how to do it! Jack, you don't have to worry about the next thing, you just need to continue to play well!"

(End of this chapter)