Champion Creed
Chapter 871 - 871 289 Let him form the groin!

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His tactics are unclear, he doesn’t like calling timeouts, he doesn’t believe in newcomers, and often sits on the bench daydreaming, looking like a VIP spectator.

How do you expect me to trust such a guy?

Roger, do you really think this person can help us?”

Roger pulled out a cigar box, ready to relax with one: “Alright Lenny, I never said all his ideas were right, I just think we can learn from some of his thoughts.

Pete, where’s your secretary?

Without a secretary, who’s going to light my cigar?”

“I thought you didn’t want outsiders present.” Pete Babcock shrugged.

“Note it down for next time, without a secretary, our negotiations will be tough.”

In the midst of conversation, Mike D’Antoni knocked on the door and entered the office dragging a suitcase.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, Babcock stood up directly: “Mike, I should have told the driver to take you to the hotel first.”

“No,” Little Moustache waved, “There’s no need.

I haven’t accepted the Trail Blazers’ contract renewal.

So after today’s talks, I might head straight to Italy.”

Mike D’Antoni came here with a resolute decision.

He has already rejected the Trail Blazers’ renewal contract because there he will never see the day he can play the strongest offense he envisions.

Only with the Atlanta Hawks does he have a chance to turn his offensive tactics into reality in the NBA.

What if he ultimately doesn’t join the Hawks?

Then he’ll return to Italy to coach Benetton!

Yes, this might be his last chance to stay in the NBA.

He has already had his wife and children packed and ready to go, success is the only option.

Roger never knew Little Moustache was this bold, previously his impression of D’Antoni was only slightly better than Doc Rivers’ annoying nasal voice, and tactics forever just a step away from the championship.

But now, he sees another side of Mike D’Antoni.

If he can’t turn his ideas into reality in a team, he would rather not have that job.

This stubbornness has both made him, and limited him.

It is precisely because of his stubborn and singular tactics that his team is always one step away from the championship.

Mike D’Antoni sat down, Roger went straight to the point: “Gentlemen, what can be foreseen is that our defense next season is certainly not as strong as the previous two.

Thus my idea is to find ways to raise the offensive ceiling to compensate, Mike, I want to hear your ideas.”

Mike D’Antoni repeated everything he previously mentioned to Lenny Wilkens.

When mentioning “no need for defense” and “seven-man rotation is enough”, Roger saw Lenny Wilkens clenching his fists several times.

After D’Antoni finished speaking, Wilkens glanced at Roger, shrugged as if to say: “Did you hear the nonsense from that fool?”

It must be admitted that Little Moustache’s approach feels more like an experiment than a mature routine for a head coach in a commercial league.

There’s a reason he can’t win the championship.

But his ideas are not entirely worthless.

“Mike, I agree with most of your points, next season we have to play fast, increase the number of possessions, and shoot more threes.

But to implement your strategy 100% with the Hawks is absolutely impossible, however, we can adopt your general line of thought and make some improvements.”

Roger was about to distill Mike D’Antoni’s tactics, retaining the essence and discarding the dregs.

D’Antoni’s system has very obvious pros and cons, the first dregs, and the biggest flaw in this system, is the defense.

D’Antoni truly doesn’t care about defense at all; in his system, defense only needs to lift their hands as a gesture.

Because serious defense would slow down the pace and affect the nonstop sprinting.

D’Antoni needs the opponent to shoot quickly too, regardless of making or missing, grab the rebound or quickly inbound from the backcourt, accelerate, seize the pace, and create a local advantage during our offensive possessions to increase our scoring success rate while mixing up the rhythm.

This is the fast-paced offense.

No defense is not due to the rumored inability, but because D’Antoni requires extreme acceleration.

This forced acceleration in offense allows for high scores but also enables the opponents to score high; in the playoffs, there’s very little guarantee.

So Roger’s Hawks still need defense: “We can play fast, can execute your ‘seven seconds or less’ trick.

But all this is built on utilizing defense to force the opponent into missed shots or errors.

We don’t increase the pace for the sake of it; only when it’s time to be fast, do we move swiftly.”

“But…” D’Antoni wanted to rebut something, interrupted by Roger raising his hand.

“I know what concerns you, serious defense will slow the pace, and as a result, there will inevitably be some possessions that fall into a half-court battle.

But it’s okay, we can handle the half-court with strength.”

Half-court battle, this is the second dregs to be amended; D’Antoni’s system lacks complete tactics for half-court offense.

The reason Little Moustache needs continuous acceleration is precisely because he lacks much in his half-court offense, he doesn’t dare let his team fall into half-court, and can only completely abandon defense.

Why is it that even though both play small ball, D’Antoni’s Suns and Rockets ultimately can’t win, while the Warriors just barely survive under the strong domination of the GOAT with four championships in eight years?