The Rest, Only Noise: Chapter 469 Off the ball also makes a difference...?
What is Louie looking forward to most in training camp?
Naturally, the kind of Mars-to-Earth competition that happens between young people.
In the Knicks, there are three young men with very strong personalities.
The No. 1 pick in 1985 was Ewing, the No. 1 pick in Wilson in 1986, and the No. 7 pick in Miller in 1987.
Ewing represents a tough old school style, the kind of fire between Wilson and Miller that makes them look like twin brothers.
In every playoff, it's always Ewing and Stockton, and then Wilson and Miller.
McHale tended to join Wilson's camp before pairing Ewing with Oakley in the paint.
The Knicks now have a very luxurious staff reserve and can organize high-quality and high-level competitions every day.
Ewing's team included Stockton, Oakley, Stevens and Michael Cooper.
Benj's team consists of Miller, McHale, Rodman and Hornacek.
One side is a typical big ball, and the other side is a small ball that does not even have a pure center.
The Ewing team had a glaring problem.
There is no player with stable and autonomous offensive ability.
Ewing is the fourth offensive option in the Knicks, and his teammates, like Oakley, can play with the ball, but that's not what he's best at. Stevens, who doesn't attack at all, is like an enlarged version of white K.C. Jones.
But a black defensive back with a shooting percentage of no more than 40% may not even be able to play in the NBA in the contemporary era, let alone become a core member of the eight crown dynasty.
Michael Cooper and Oakley are the same kind of player, if you play him, of course he can play, regardless of shooting percentage.
Therefore, the Ewing team's offense is basically Stockton looking for someone to play the pick-and-roll like a concubine at the top of the arc.
They get one opportunity after another through a systematic tactical pick-and-roll.
The weakness of Benj's team, from a lineup perspective, is lack of defense.
Because they don't even have a big center, but in reality, the lack of a big center is not a problem.
Wilson can guard several positions, McHale can guard Ewing alone, and Rodman's defense has been recognized by many coaches last season.
Just think that Louie got a couple of calls to trade Rodman.
Everyone is not fools. They really think he is powerful, so they want to trade him.
Louie also knows that Rodman will be a key part of the team's future, and he is very concerned about Rodman's performance in this matchup.
He saw an exciting quality in Rodman.
He instinctively knows how to defend.
Switch defense, rotation, assist defense, single defense, each of which is high-level.
Miller is Oakley's younger brother off the court, and on the court, he is not recognized by his father, mother and sister.
Moves, catches the ball, Yan Ye shoots Oakley.
"How did you guys get to Game 6 with Boston? It's hard to imagine that it's all about Benj, right?" Miller deliberately provoked them.
"That's right!" The reason for the Knicks' strong rise last season, Kevin McHale, was like a passer-by, "Yes, it's all Benj! If it weren't for him, how could we be with the Celtics? People play six games?" 1
Whether Miller was irritating the Ewings with trash talk didn't matter after he said it.
The Ewings ramped up their moves, and Stevens, who haunted Miller like an octopus, wanted to teach the rookie a lesson.
When Miller tried to get rid of him, Stevens would grab his clothes.
This kind of foul will not be called in intra-team competition.
The more Miller struggled, the more force Stevens exerted on him.
Miller will sooner or later know he's dealing with a guy who doesn't know how to give up.
Oakley, arguing about his third-year status, swung his elbow at Rodman and smashed Benj's team's offensive rebounds.
When the offense can't open, defense is indeed the answer.
Ewing's team played like the Knicks in the playoffs, but Benj's team played like the stubborn Knicks.
Miller's remark made Wilson very embarrassed, and the momentum he had just woken up was immediately suppressed.
Miller, who finished playing the big game, was taught a lesson by the Ewing team.
44 to 29
Benj's team lost.
After the game, Ewing mocked Miller and said, "If we had you last year, maybe we could have played seven games against Boston with your mouth."
They have friction every day.
This level of rhetoric seems normal to Louis. Even if the ball is unhappy and he wants to fight, as long as he doesn't put people in the hospital, he will swear on the surface, but inside he is watching the show and eating melons.
With more and more friction, the team naturally divided into two factions.
One faction followed Wilson, the other followed Ewing.
You can't see it in the game, but you can see who they are playing with in private.
Rodman was always bullied by Oakley, so he preferred to be with Wilson.
Sally is a courtesan who works on both sides.
Stevens has known Ewing for a long time, and is naturally closer to Ewing and them.
Stockton and McHale are special.
On the surface, Stockton and Ewing are closer, but in fact he is very prestigious in both groups. He is one to two years fresher than Ewing and Wilson. Although he is not the boss, he is the commander of the team.
He is very similar to Kidd of the 08 Dream Team in the Knicks. He knows that the big names are Kobe and James, but Kidd is the big brother of the team.
McHale's inclinations are hard to determine, he can play with everyone, and he doesn't have a deep friendship with anyone because he's a veteran, and neither side is of the same generation.
His character meant he wouldn't have the same prestige as Stockton with youngsters.
On the second day of training camp, Louie was impressed with Miller's shooting.
His shooting is ugly, probably the ugliest of any perimeter sharpshooter in history, but he's accurate and can run.
His movement is different from Ellis.
From Ellis's off-the-ball movement, it can be seen that he has a high ball quotient, has a good grasp of the team's tactics, and is well aware of the dynamics of his teammates.
His chances are all based on his own judgment.
And Miller is a rare off-ball player, he does not run as precise and effective as Ellis, but integrates himself into the offense of the N.UCLA system.
He often does a lot of ineffective but pulling off-the-ball moves like Wilson.
While those runs didn't do him any favors, they gave his teammates better offense.
Once his three-point threat is enhanced and opponents fear him with the ball, his off-ball threat will be even greater.
This is why, when the shooting threat is at the level of Curry, there will be "library gravity".
Having the best three-pointer in history and a historic level of off-the-ball movement means that wherever you go, you will destroy the opponent's defense.
In this case, as long as your teammates are not trash, you can play well.
This is the reason for the rise of the 2014-15 Warriors. A Curry with the ball will only be like Wiseman in 2020-21 after he was reimbursed and struggled to bring the Warriors to the top eight in the Western Conference. Curry, who activates his teammates without the ball, is the cornerstone of the Warriors dynasty.
Seeing how Miller and Wilson coexisted off the ball without interfering with each other, Louie started thinking.
Is there mutual suppression between off-ball shooters?
Can a utilitarian shooter overpower another?
This is really contrary to Louis' understanding.
The moment an attacker gives up the ball and chooses to run without the ball, he is selfless.
This means that all his opportunities will be created through positioning and tactics. Why is such an attack utilitarian?
If he's wrong, then Miller and Wilson should also be mutually exclusive.
Last season, when Wilson and Ellis ran off the ball at the same time, tactical confusion often occurred.
Wilson always moves ineffectively, but Ellis often has opportunities, so Louis thinks that there is a problem with the tactical connection.
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Louie believes Ellis didn't do it on purpose, he's always played this way, and, before Wilson arrived, he was indeed the most powerful weapon on the Knicks perimeter.
His only fault was not changing the way he played when Wilson arrived, but it wasn't his fault.
That's how he plays, and he plays really well.
Louie might have had a hard time finding this without Miller.
Now, with Miller, Louie finds that there is a certain problem with Ellis's off-ball movement. He can't help thinking, when Ellis comes back, does he really want him to give up the starting line?
How can the league's three-pointers of the past few years be willing?
With Miller in, Wilson's off-the-ball offense has returned to his college days.
The two UCLA-born flanks hardly have the problem of style conflict.
Miller is mainly off the ball, Wilson can hold the ball, but Louis wants him to play like Durant without the ball. Therefore, both of them mainly run empty-handed during the regular season.
Miller is always a three-pointer with a small amount of ball-handling offense and a fast-break counter, while Wilson is an offensive ace with both off-ball and on-ball.
On the sixth day of training camp, the Benj team went crazy.
Their off-the-ball offense, combined with Ewing's lackluster touch, resulted in the first 40-point slaughter in Louis-era training camp history.
"It's too embarrassing, you **** are all running around for me!" Louis scolded with a smile, "You dare to say that defense is supreme!"