On January 26, in a CBA regular season game between Guangdong and The Sichuan men's basketball team, Du Feng once again showed the posture of a domineering coach, angrily rebuking the 20-year-old Zhao Jinyang in a suspension process of the game, the whole process lasted for 30 seconds, Du Feng has been glaring at Zhao Jinyang, while constantly exporting in his mouth, the criticism of Zhao Jinyang is very severe.
It is worth mentioning that Zhao Jinyang just held the ball to break through the singles Sichuan foreign aid Haddadi before this timeout to complete the score, but he was still angrily reprimanded by Du Feng, the reason is that Zhao Jinyang's defense is not doing well, did not keep his position, resulting in the team's defense being penetrated, which is where Du Feng is dissatisfied.
The anger of this round once again reflects Du Feng's coaching style, he always puts defense first, and players must do a good job of defense if they want to get a chance to play.
Based on defense, is the foundation of this three-time champion Guangdong, Du Feng has stated more than once, he does not value the player's offensive data, does not look at the points, but also pays more attention to how many rebounds the players have grabbed, and values the performance of the players in every defensive round on the field. The team culture that emphasizes defense is the key to Guangdong's ability to become a CBA giant.
Since re-coaching Guangdong in 2018, Du Feng's requirements for every young player are to do a good job of defense first, and there have been many shots of young players angrily reprimanding young players for their bad defense, and Hu Mingxuan, Xu Jie, Du Runwang and others have been "scolded" for many highlights, which is enough to reflect Du Feng's emphasis on the team's defense.
Of course, this "scolding" under the guidance of Du Feng is based on the premise of wanting players to play well and develop well, this Guangdong team has a number of players who have been trained under du Feng's careful teaching, and Xu Jie, who is 1 meter 79 tall, even entered the national team and became an excellent CBA guard, which is currently close to the level of CBA All-Stars, which is extremely rare.
In contrast, in the past, Du Feng coached the Guangdong team for the first time, when the national youth team scored Wang Gaoshang, did not play in line with Du Feng's ideal defensive performance, and finally lost the playing time step by step, fell out of the rotation lineup, the final outcome was to leave Guangdong to be traded to Qingdao, the follow-up Gao Shang has also played for Beijing Beikong and Shanghai men's basketball team, there is no ball to play, mixed in the domestic three-person basketball field, did not fulfill the expectations of the outside world for his national youth scoring king at that time.
Obviously, Du Feng is right for young players to emphasize the concept of defense, there is no good defensive foundation, only offense is difficult to help the team win, especially young players experience the tempering of the defensive end, it will be more conducive to personal career development, a player who will only attack but has poor defense will not be a star, or there will be no ball to play. On the other hand, a player who can defend will always be valuable and a player that any coach will use.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)