The American Air Center Stadium, also known as the air corridor stadium, was built in June 1992. It was renovated this summer and can accommodate 19000 people. It is now the home of NBA suns, WNBA Phoenix Mercury and AFL Arizona Diamondbacks. At 10 a.m., the Suns will be here for interviews and photos.

Guo Xu and coach Mike d'antony, team's first assistant Larry drew and manager Brian Cologne arrived at the stadium at 8 o'clock and had a coffee chat in the manager's office to discuss the new season.

Guo Xu has to make some suggestions, otherwise they will have to hate in the playoffs this season. Guo Xu is the leader of the team. But how to arrange the time for players to play, DAntoni has the final say.

At present, D'Antoni has two Achilles'heel. In his previous life, he didn't get better until he went to coach the Rockets.

One is that he is rigid in rotation. Whether it's the Suns, the Knicks or the Lakers, Dirk is often stubborn in rotation of seven or eight. When the players are tired to a certain extent, they start to suffer from the main injuries, and then the role players shine brilliantly. This routine has been repeated several times on de fat.

Second, he didn't arrange to practice defense at all last season. Maybe he can solve this problem by finding an assistant coach who emphasizes defense.

The Suns signed Larry drew, a defensive assistant, this summer, which was a surprise. As for the appointment of the coaching team, Guo Xu didn't make any comments. Brian knew that the team needed to strengthen its defense. There was a ready-made free man who was blinded by him.

As a player, drew was a point guard, averaging 20.1 points, 8.1 assists and 1.7 steals in the king's field in the peak 82-83 season. After retiring, drew began his teaching assistant career. Since 1992-93, he has been a teaching assistant for the Lakers, pistons, and wizards. He just left the wizard for three seasons this summer.

Because the Wizards failed in the past three years and ruined Jordan's comeback performance, drew was not a popular teaching assistant. Brian signed him largely because he was cheap.

He attaches great importance to defense and likes to warn the players that they would rather let the opponent go to the free throw line rather than easily give up the defensive position and give the opponent an easy chance to score. In Guo Xu's previous life, drew served as the eagle team's commander-in-chief, twice in the first round tour, once into the second round.

And drew's most famous story is that in 2018, he took the place of Talon Lu as the Cavaliers coach for a period of time, and achieved an excellent record of 8-1.

With tyronlu absent, the rotation and technical and tactical level of the Cavaliers increased significantly, which was recognized by the majority of Cavaliers fans. Some fans even said in the Forum: "this level of Larry drew should have replaced Talon Lu for a long time!"

In terms of coaching qualifications, drew finished blasting tyronlu. At that time, he had been in the NBA coaching position for 18 years. Compared with tyronlu's stubborn use of "suicide five little", drew's rotation adjustment of the team's lineup was obviously more reasonable and convincing.

It's a pity that Talon Lu came back before the playoffs, and the Cavaliers immediately changed back to the "give the ball to James" tactic

D'Antoni's idea is to keep playing small balls, let Diop and two veteran players be marginal people, and young people who can run play more. He doesn't look up to Diop, a blue collar guy who can't shoot. Instead, he's interested in James Jones, a low ranking rookie who can shoot three-point shots and can be a guest in No. 4 position.

Drew suggested that the team should ensure at least 10 players in rotation. In addition to Guo Xu, the playing time of others should be controlled within 30 minutes. In this way, the role players can not only ensure the efficiency of attack and defense, but also ensure that they are full of physical strength and reduce the possibility of injury. In addition, this will allow young players to get more exercise in the regular season and play a role in the playoffs.

Drew is a coach who likes rotation. During the coaching period of Mike Woodson, the former Eagles played for a long time. Joe Johnson played more than 40 minutes per game for many seasons. After drew took over the coach, each game was played by 12 players in rotation. The core Joe Johnson and Josh Smith only played about 35 minutes.

His weakness is that the offensive tactics are too bad, mainly the basic pick and roll plus singles, not to mention leading the team to score more than 100 points, three playoffs were not even 90 points, relying on defense to win.

Together, the two coaches complement each other in style.

At the beginning, Guo Xu didn't listen. After the two coaches discussed how to allocate the playing time of interior players and asked him about his ideas, he expressed his opinions.

"Mike, don't blame me. This time I'm on Larry's side, even though he's a new comer." Guo Xu said with a smile.

When drew signed, he was a little worried that Guo xutai liked attacking and neglecting defense. Now his idea has been supported and he is very happy. He doesn't like players who go to extremes and feel that they can't succeed.

De Antoni had to face Guo Xu and sighed, "do you think you should increase the playing time of role players?"

"Yeah, otherwise it's hard for new players to play in the playoffs, and they'll feel nervous if they don't have experience. I think Diop has to have time to play, about 10 minutes a game, and when he comes across an opponent who is attacking the penalty area, let him go up for a while. It's going to boost his confidence and his physical fitness is great Guo Xu explained."We changed him to defend Shaquille O'Neal and Duncan. It's almost OK to attack. Try the effect in the regular season. When the opponent's inside attack is bad, you can let him sit on the bench."

Three to one, d'antony has to listen, even if he doesn't like it.

It's Guo Xu's proposal that we sit together and talk. What he wants is such an occasion where we can "stand in line". If we have differences in private discussion, we will not hurt our friendship.

Guo Xu also gave d'antony face, in terms of offensive tactics, he fully supports d'antony's decision, veteran can rest. The veteran's task is to impart the experience of the game to the newcomers in training, and to be a captain in the dressing room to maintain a good relationship between them. In terms of strength, they are not better than a group of young Superman.

Laga bell, a 27 year old, is definitely going to be important. He has a lot of experience in the game, although he is not in the NBA most of the time.

In addition, the key point of De Shi's running and bombing lies in the point guard. His teammates can rotate. Guo Xu has to play more. Of course, he has no problem. If he plays less, he can't get good data.

Manager Brian also supports rotation, so that the data of role players will be more average. If the starting data are very beautiful, the management will not be good to renew their contracts with them in the future.

Talking about the core set makeup, Guo Xu suggested that five people should be on this year.

"Is it too much?" D'antony thought three would do.

"Not much. Now the Western teams are calling out four stars and five stars. We don't need to lag behind in this respect. In an interview, I intend to say that the sun is also a big five." Guo Xu said with a smile.

Brian patted his hand, bared his teeth and said with a dirty smile: "high, it's really high!"

Three people can't help but shrink their necks. The expression of the goods is really not good.

"If we don't do this, I'm afraid the new season's attention will not be as good as those teams. If we do, it will be different. They are famous players, we are young players, and after playing well, the fans will certainly support us more."

Guo Xuting admired Brian's analytical ability. In fact, he didn't think so much about it. He just believed that the talented young team-mates would certainly improve this season. If they took photos together, they should be praised in advance.

Taking a few photos can boost the confidence of young players. Why not?

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