[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-golden-age-of-basketball":3,"chapter-the-golden-age-of-basketball-the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-752":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Golden Age of Basketball",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1444169,1896,"Chapter 752 - 6 System_3","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-752",752,"\u003Cp>Of course, the failure of the 1990 playoffs cast a shadow over this yet-to-be proven basketball philosophy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is Bobby Beelman’s third season as the head coach of the Trail Blazers, and he is putting a lot of effort into preparing for the team’s defense of their title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Jack Ramsey said, Beelman has taken over the \"golden branch\" from Ramsey’s hands, becoming the new King of the Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This summer, aside from spending a relaxing and joyful day with his daughter during the championship parade, Beelman returned to his basketball workaholic state, beginning preparations for the new season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trade with the West was good, but it also disrupted Beelman’s preparations to an extent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hornacek and Divac still play very important roles in the Trail Blazers team, especially Hornacek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the team’s second organizing point in the backcourt, there are quite a few tactics revolving around Hornacek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reggie Lewis is a player quite different from Hornacek, averaging 17 points, 2.8 assists, 4.4 rebounds, 1 steal, and 0.8 blocks last season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A typical black swingman, tall with long arms, good physical condition, quick lateral movement on defense, good mid-range, but no three-pointer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Trail Blazers have indeed patched their defensive holes at the shooting guard and small forward positions, but changes on the offensive end, flexibility, and sustainability are definitely affected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beelman and Adelman have repeatedly discussed whether the team should revert to the tactics of 1987 and 1988, moving from a league-leading offensive team back to a league-leading defensive team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then on the offensive end, relying again on Ah Gan’s isolation plays, exploiting individual player capabilities, and using a choking strategy to tear apart opponents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After discussing for quite a while, Adelman insisted that they should not give up the team’s smooth field offense and should integrate Lewis and Pinkney into the Trail Blazers’ set plays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After careful consideration, Beelman thought Adelman’s idea made sense, realizing that recreating the environment and configuration of 1987 was not feasible, and it was impractical to use outdated strategies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after Hornacek and Divac left, who would fill the gap in the organized play of the set offenses? Should they develop Lewis?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After much discussion, Adelman had a sudden inspiration, saying, \"Why don’t we continue to enhance Ah Gan’s role as an organizer? He has evolved from a player who averaged just over one assist to now delivering four assists per game, and I believe he still has potential to be tapped into!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bobby Beelman nodded, and then discussed it with Jack Ramsey, who also nodded, agreeing that it was a good idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would solve the problem without adding players, worrying about team chemistry, salaries, or having consultations with the management.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, to make Ah Gan a better facilitator, relying solely on him wouldn’t be enough. Passing and assisting must involve at least two people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s when a solid offensive system should be put in place to help the center lead the entire team’s offense, and also give the Trail Blazers a more long-term foundation for team building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Rick Adelman introduced Beelman to a coach he met during this training camp, a friend from Princeton University, Pete Carrell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-----------------\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In early autumn, Phil Jackson finally received a callback from Michael Jordan. During the offseason, he had called Jordan countless times, hoping to discuss preparations for the new season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jordan was completely on vacation, either unplugging the phone or simply not answering or returning calls, attending training camps, playing golf, gambling in Atlantic City, participating in TV shows, and shooting advertisements for \"People\" magazine, clearly wanting nothing to do with Jackson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, Jordan’s wife was six months pregnant, their eldest son was two years old, and Jordan was staying at his mother-in-law’s house, accompanying his wife and child, and keeping an eye on the developments in the trading market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Trail Blazers’ trade occurred, he communicated with the owner and manager, expressed dissatisfaction, and finally, Jerry Krause \"threw a beautiful uppercut,\" securing Buck-Williams. Jordan knew that his battle with Ah Gan for the new season had already begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought you replaced your brother to fight in the bay, to serve the country!\" Jackson expressed his dissatisfaction with Jordan’s disappearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The battle on the court is just as important, I aim to win another NBA championship for the Americans.\" Jordan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Gan Guoyang won four championships in five years, the number of people who supported and liked Ah Gan increased, and so did those who opposed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he is Chinese, and Americans still hope for an American to triumph, rather than letting a Chinese dominate the honor of being the strongest in basketball for four years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the phone, Phil Jackson and Jordan inevitably discussed the system again, talking about the Bulls’ triangle offense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jordan thought that after last season’s failure, Phil Jackson would change tactics, abandon the triangle offense, and return to a system centered absolutely around Jordan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Jordan’s view, the so-called triangle offense was to a certain extent a \"de-Jordanization,\" which made Jordan very dissatisfied, because in Portland, everything revolved around Ah Gan, and they were very successful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, contrary to his wishes, Phil Jackson stated that they would more firmly implement the triangle offense system in the new season, and Jackson also said, \"If you stop focusing on winning a scoring title, it will definitely be good for the team.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jordan dismissed Jackson’s statement, saying, \"In 1987, Ah Gan won the scoring title, literally snatching it from my hands, and that year they still won the championship!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jackson then told Jordan, Ah Gan is Ah Gan, and you are you, the inside line itself has advantages in defensive impact, and the Trail Blazers’ roster foundation is better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jordan also asked Jackson if Jerry Krause had said, \"If we had Olajuwon instead of Jordan, the Bulls would have entered the finals and even won the championship a long time ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jackson gave a vague answer, saying that after the Trail Blazers traded for Lewis, Krause had thought about getting Olajuwon, but that was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a second option, the Bulls traded and got Buck-Williams, one of the few trades in recent years that Jordan felt satisfied with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition to the \"Bucks,\" Krause also signed Scott Williams, a draft snub.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most attractive thing about Scott Williams is: he was once a member of the North Carolina Tar Heels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For years, Jordan had always hoped to have a teammate from North Carolina, and Krause finally fulfilled this wish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All this pleased Jordan very much, so he quickly engaged in the Bulls’ 1990-1991 training camp with full attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the training camp, Jackson still adhered to his triangle offense—Tex Winter proposed this basketball system thirty years ago, relying on quick passing and minimal tactics, allowing players to enter a state of free and varied attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Winter originally designed this tactic to enable Kansas State University, with its shorter players of average talent, to compete against the University of Kansas, which had the superstar Wilt Chamberlain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the triangle offense is actually a commoner’s tactic, which is also why Jordan doubted this system; he thought Jackson wanted to promote egalitarianism in the Bulls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jackson didn’t see it that way; he believed his system was helping Michael, helping Jordan play basketball in a more comfortable team environment, where he could get more support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During a break at training camp, when Phil Jackson was interviewed by reporters, he said, \"Honestly, I don’t like everything the Bulls did before. I don’t want to create conflict between Michael and the team, but I know he could have done better, integrating better with the team. In the past, many Bulls games were just, give the ball to Michael, then step aside, he fights one against five, solving problems. Most defenses can’t stop him, but do you know how many falls he has to take, how many injuries? Why should he take such risks?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t want him to tire himself out for 40 minutes; I hope someone can step up and help him when the score is close. If we have a system that places Michael within it and allows him and his teammates to develop a kind of implicit connection, and then Michael can find them at critical moments and they can also stand up, then I think, that’s the moment when Michael truly moves towards success.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When reporters asked why Ah Gan was so successful, if it proved that Ah Gan was stronger than Jordan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jackson shook his head and said, \"If Ah Gan also had a perfectly fitting system, I think they would be even stronger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1440,"2026-06-06T01:41:38.168Z",1,"novelbin.me","6c29116f87a7c0fc36bf3a656d5dba4d4deaae590e9d784de1e5418d22f5c1ec","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-753","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-751",2033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-golden-age-of-basketball-cover.jpg"]