Beijing Shougang's third foreign aid Brown's first game was against Tianjin, when his performance was amazing to the outside world, he only played 17 minutes, and then he scored 29 points. The efficiency value on the field is also the top position of the whole team. But after the game, head coach Yannis said of Brown, saying: "When Brown played in Europe, I heard about this player, and his efforts on the defensive end have a certain reputation in the industry. He is also a good player. And my advice to Brown, as with every new player, is to integrate into the system as soon as possible. Because we're a team that plays as a whole. For Brown's evaluation, it was "Yannis".
It was Yannis's fifth season in charge of Shougang, and there was a brief departure in between, but he returned again in the second half of last season. In these five seasons, Yannis has emphasized and instilled two things from the first moment he took office: defense and team basketball. Over the years, Yannis has deeply imprinted these things on the team, which is the core thing that Yannis has built the team. Therefore, he has always stubbornly insisted that the outside world can agree or disagree, but there is no right or wrong in itself.
Because of a professional coach, he has his own persistence, which is the basis for his success in leading the team for so many years. Yannis is not only in the Shougang team, but also in the previous European coaching, when the Chinese men's basketball team was an assistant coach, it was all the same. Every coach has his or her own coaching style and philosophy of building the team, and this is Yannis's team. You could think of this as Yannis's stubbornness, but he himself might prefer to see it as an insistence.
Having said all that, you may be able to understand why Yannis replaced Jeremy Lin with a four-point difference in the final quarter of the match against Shenzhen, taking out Brown, who was more capable of cutting points. I know that many people don't understand Yannis's substitution adjustment, thinking that this is the biggest failure of his coaching this game. But from Yannis's point of view, he trusts Jeremy Lin more in the ability of the team to organize the attack on the court, and compared with Brown himself, Jeremy Lin is indeed more mature in combing the team to a large extent. Jeremy Lin on the court, Zhu Yanxi, Li Muhao, Fan Ziming, Zhai Xiaochuan's participation has greatly increased, which is what Yannis should look like team basketball in his heart.
At the same time, Jeremy Lin's defense is also an aspect that Yannis values very much. In his mind, defense is the core basis for winning, a player, offensive ability is not the most important, but must do a good job of defense. And Jeremy Lin is definitely the best and hardest foreign aid in the league in defense.
Many people may say that Jeremy Lin's physical ability is much different from that of two years ago, and many foreign aides can get rid of his defense with relative ease. But sometimes, intuitive feelings are not necessarily a reflection of the reality on the field. As a team, they prefer to make more accurate and objective judgments from the relevant data.
If you look at the high-level data on this, you know how effectively Jeremy Lin is defensively on the court. According to Pro Basketball statistics, in the second stage, Jeremy Lin averaged 14.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game in the 24.8 minutes per game, with a true shooting percentage of 54%. What's more, Jeremy Lin's defensive efficiency is the best in the team, and when he is on the floor, Beijing has a net win of 23.6 points per 100 rounds.
At that time, Yannis was reluctant to take risks, which was not his character or his coaching style, and he preferred to use what he trusted more and was best at. This may explain why he replaced Jeremy Lin and took down Brown. What's more, Jeremy Lin in this game actually feels very good offensively.
If you are familiar with and understand The character and characteristics of Yannis, you must know that this is not the first time he has used foreign aid. In the 2017-2018 season, when defender Aaron Jackson injured his shoulder, the team quickly signed Thornton as a firefighter. Thornton's situation is somewhat similar to the current Brown, both are players with strong personal ability, but the disadvantages are also obvious, late to the team, and the lack of running in with the whole team, it is difficult to quickly integrate into the team. At that time, Yannis was slow to activate Thorton, and finally let him play very few games. For example, in the 2018-2019 season, the Shougang team also signed Dimitrius Jackson in the case of Jackson's injury, but this player never got the opportunity to play.
Yannis prefers to use players who are more suited and familiar with the team system and integrate better. In this regard, especially in the crucial moments of the game, Lao Ya has always been like this.
But in the past two years, While insisting on his own set of things, Yannis has also made "adjustments" in some aspects. That's why he signed Gibson, McCreary last season, and this season's guard foreign signings renewed Gibson and signed Brown. Moreover, Yannis has given Gibson and Brown more full offensive freedom. This is a big change from the early days of his coaching of shougang team. But in his bones, Yannis's understanding of the relationship between defense and offense has not changed substantially. What may have changed is how he sees the weight of the two in a basketball game. But this proportion is only fine-tuned.
Text/Beiqing Sports Song Xiang