The Godfather of Basketball

After the first two games of the series, the Cavaliers returned to Cleveland.

It's hard to laugh at the 0-2 deficit. For the Cavaliers, the only comfort now is that the next three games will be played in Cleveland, and they have a chance to reverse the decline at home.

But it's just a chance. If any of the three home games lose, the Thunder will get the match point, and they will also enter the situation of continuing or going home.

Tang Tian was not in a good mood, and the performance of the Thunder team far exceeded expectations.

The disappearance of the Rose clause has made Durant's contract much smaller than before, so that in the summer, the Thunder have enough salary space to renew Ibaka and Harden in advance at the same time.

And this kind of potential contract allows the players to devote themselves to the game and release their talents more completely.

It seems that in the Big Three team at that time, Yao Ming snatched Rose's youngest MVP, and the butterfly effect has dug a hole for himself until now.

In his office, Tang Tian listed all his tactical systems.

Inside kills: The Thunder's Perkins has a strong low-post defense ability, and Ibaka's assisted defense is excellent in single defense. It is not so easy to create kills. It would have been a good choice for Paul to hang Perkins out for singles, but the Thunder The defense on the weak side of the team is very fast. Whether it is Westbrook, Sefolosha, or even Durant and Ibaka, they can interfere with Paul with their outstanding talents.

This method is very useful for the Celtics and the Heat, but it has limited effect on the Thunder with excellent athletic ability.

Defensive counterattack: This can be directly crossed. Westbrook's fast break only takes 4 seconds. This kind of one-handed pass and speed play is obviously better than the Cavaliers.

Unlimited cutting: It is also a question of talent. The Thunder are young and full of talent. Many times it seems to be an opportunity, but the pass may be intercepted, and the effect is far worse than opening up space and hitting in.

High position support: The effect of Yao Ming’s high position support is the most useful since the series, because the open space on the field, the cutting of one or two players can quickly tear apart the Thunder’s defense, but Yao Ming’s current physical strength has always been a problem , It is unrealistic for him to play the whole game.

...

After crossing one by one, all the past experience seems to be useless.

He put down his pen, turned on the tablet, and continued to watch the video of the series between the two sides, but he still couldn't think of a good solution.

Just as I was thinking, someone knocked on the door and came in.

It was Keith Jones.

He's here to hand in his rookie report.

Because he was busy with the finals, he left it to Jones to deal with the rookie training and other manager-level things.

"The quality of the last rookie in the first round this year is very average." Jones said directly after coming in.

The Cavaliers traded to get two first-round picks, one from the Suns and one from the Pacers, both at the end of the first round.

Tang Tian nodded.

The 2012 rookie is really average.

Taking the first round as an example, except for the top-notch ones, Anthony Davis, Lillard, Drummond, and Bill, the rest are mediocre.

Tang Tian nodded.

There are still a few things that can be made in the second round this year.

For example, Draymond Green, this is the lubricant of the Warriors in the future. If he cuts the beard to the Cavaliers, the Warriors will have no lubricant, and I don’t know if the game will become very dry.

"I heard that LeBron might be going back to Cleveland soon." Knowing that Tang Tian was worried recently, Jones didn't mention the details, but only picked up the important ones.

"What did he come back for?"

"It seems to be dealing with some real estate matters." Jones replied.

Tang Tian nodded. No matter what, the possibility of James returning to the Cavaliers at this stage is zero. Selling the idle property is also a way of saying goodbye to the past.

"Oh yeah, LeBron flew in from Miami where he was on his honeymoon with his wife and someone snapped a picture of him having dinner with Pat Riley and Heat owner Mitch Arison, if If nothing else, LeBron should opt out of his contract in the summer and sign with the Heat."

Tang Tian didn't speak.

It is not too surprising that things have developed here. The Big Three of the Heat in the previous life were two years later than expected, but they still appeared.

And as far as James is concerned, his experience in the West for half a year last year was really bad, let alone joining the Heat, he can directly avenge the Cavaliers.

Whether it is personal emotion or commercial value, this is the best choice.

Think about the scene after James avenges the Cavaliers and wins the championship.

It is estimated that the entire league will directly explode.

Although because of his existence, those may only be able to think...

But there is no doubt about the strength of the Heat's Big Three. The Cavaliers' striker is already weak, and with the addition of James, the game may be even more difficult to play against the Thunder.

Not to mention Spoelstra, this severely underrated coach is the coach who has posed the greatest threat to him in this year's playoffs.

Spoelstra.

When thinking of this, Tang Tian suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

As far as Spoelstra is concerned, what he is best at is the outside bag holding the ball. This has been tried and tested until he met Paul.

Paul easily broke his trump card, but Paul really only has one.

One means unique, only the Cavaliers have it, but the Thunder don't!

Thinking of this, Tang Tian suddenly felt enlightened.

Even some deep memories in my mind were awakened.

In the previous life, the Heat beat the Thunder, and the defensive end relied on this trick!

If you think about it more carefully, among the four young masters, only Harden has better organizational skills, and he is playing as a substitute!

Thinking of this, Tang Tian suddenly couldn't help laughing.

This is really a turn of events, one word to wake up the dreamer!

Jones watched Tang Tian frown first, then laughed out loud, and couldn't help wiping his sweat.

Tang Tian could be... crazy, right?

Tang Tian laughed for a while, then realized that Jones was still in the office.

"You go down first, and report to me if you have any new progress."

Seeing Tang Tian's happy brows, Jones was sure that he had thought of something good. This boss, who was a round younger than himself, always had the most active head.

He nodded and was about to go out.

"By the way, call Sam."

Jones nodded, closed the office door and backed out.

After a while, Cassel arrived at the office, and Tang Tian asked him to call the members of the coaching staff into the meeting room.

0 to 2 behind, Durant's complacency, the media's hype about the "only talent theory", the Thunder championship...

It's time to respond to everything!

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