Chapter 842: Half the Team Are Coaches

Chapter 842: Chapter 262: Half the Team Are Coaches

Think about it, this season the team’s playing style has changed so much, often requiring adjustments, but problems are always solved smoothly… it really is inseparable from having such a group of teammates.

Zhang Hao thought that he hardly participated in the team’s strategy discussions this season, but the team always arranged a very suitable strategy for him, probably because of the changes in this year’s lineup.

Soon, free activity time ended, and the players came back. Barkley returned with a burger to munch on, leaving Zhang Hao speechless… yet O’Neal was eagerly watching Barkley chew on his burger, despite not bringing one back when they went out together, which was indeed quite magical.

No matter what those two big guys were up to, Zhang Hao was very much looking forward to what kind of plans this group of coaches + future coaches + players who used to be coaches and returned as players would come up with. The result…

“So these current and future coaches only came up with this kind of tactic?”

…

The halftime break was about to end, and players from both teams returned to the court.

The Lakers sent out Kenny Anderson, Byron Scott, Zhang Hao, Barkley, and Jason Williams as their starting lineup for the second half.

The SuperSonics sent out Eric Snow, Jose Hawkins, David Wingate, Sam Perkins, and Shawn Kemp as their lineup.

David Wingate, a 20th pick in the second round of the ’86 draft, currently excels at catch-and-shoot threes.

Zhang Hao analyzed the new players on the field and felt that aside from other things, George Karl was indeed good at developing three-point shooters.

Future fans have deep impressions of mad scientist, D’Antoni, Popovich… and other coaches’ player development skills, but they always seem to forget George Karl, the head coach whose coaching career spanned four eras.

Almost every player on the SuperSonics is required to practice threes, whether they’re good or not. Those who can shoot must shoot more.

Zhang Hao has a current three-point shooting percentage of thirty-three, improving his top arc threes as the game progresses and focusing solely on this area, slowly reaching this level, which isn’t particularly great, averaging 1.8 threes per game, still considered inconsistent.

Payton, with a thirty percent three-point shooting percentage, also averages 1.5 three-pointers per game, looking quite impressive.

Unlike those head coaches, under George Karl, anything can be a three-pointer, and anyone can play counterattack, as long as it’s effective. Some players can’t develop, but those who can, like Payton and Kemp, have real talent; many others are traded or abandoned. Those currently playing have learned and developed.

Nevertheless, Eric Snow seems yet to develop, and there are rumors in the free market that this defensively talented second-round pick from ’95 has already been put on the shelf by the SuperSonics.

The second half began with the SuperSonics attacking first.

Eric Snow passed the ball to Kemp at the free-throw line, then cut into the inside.

Kenny Anderson closely followed, but Eric Snow couldn’t shake him off. Zhang Hao confidently guarded Kemp’s mid-range shot, as Kemp forcefully drove!

The Lakers quickly collapsed, and Kemp distributed the ball to Eric Snow, who had circled under the basket and appeared outside. Eric Snow passed to the other side, and Jose Perkins hit a long two-pointer.

With a point guard, Kemp, and three shooters on the floor, it’s truly difficult to defend unless their shooting touch falls.

Of course, the Lakers have begun intensifying their defense against the opposing perimeter shooters; however, just back from halftime, unless the opponent’s touch cools off, there won’t be immediate effects.

When the Lakers attacked, without playing any tricks, Zhang Hao saw David Wingate, a 196 cm swingman, defending him, and immediately went to the low post!