When the Pelicans killed the Lakers three times this season
After gaining an absolute advantage in the play-off place battle
Pelicans head coach Willie Green
With a roar of resignation
Vented his emotions
Perhaps many people will wonder
The two teams have no feud
Was Green's reaction a bit over-the-top?
Let's start with an episode:
Before this crucial battle
The Pelicans are getting ready to warm up for a shot
And that's right here
The Lakers' home stadium extinguished the lights in the arena
In the face of this "off-board trick"
Willie Green didn't look for the Lakers' theory
It's about bringing pelicans players together
Uttered an uplifting remark
"You've all played with the street lights out, haven't you?"
Let's just treat this place like that! ”
This chicken soup is like a movie line
It is bound to become a classic in the history of sports
meanwhile
The Lakers lost and lost
It also paid a price for the light enemy
Apparently they didn't expect that
First time as head coach,
At the beginning of the season, he coached Willie Green, who won 1-12
It contains such a tenacious energy
Willie Green was placed in the crowd
It's the most inconspicuous of the masses
His playing days were just as bland
For example, I'm asking you now
Say the NBA player with the name "Green" on it
You'll say Dream chaser, Jeff, Danny,
Gerald, AC, Jaylen and so on
You probably can't think of Willie Green
But the so-called "honest people"
I was able to mix in the NBA for thirteen years
It is by no means useless
Last July
Willie Green is behind the Pelicans head coach
His old partner, Rivers, helped him out
"That Galactic Clipper Fleet,
Everyone was in the locker room listening to Willie. ”
Emotional intelligence + communication skills
It's Willie Green's magic weapon to play with the NBA
Remove the old evaluation of former colleagues
Another thing can also support this
Willie Green announced his retirement in the summer of 2016
Just a month passed
The Warriors signed him as assistant coach
Subsequently, they won the championship
After three years of further study with the Warriors
Summer 2019
The Suns hired him as an assistant coach
In Phoenix
He built an indestructible defensive system for the team
Help the sun last year
In a situation where it is not optimistic all the way
Reach the Finals
It is worth mentioning
Paul who works with Willie at the Sun
He was also his teammate at the Hornets (the predecessor of the current Pelicans) in 2011
That season's playoffs
They were eliminated 4-2 by the Lakers
Exactly eleven years have passed
Willie Green belongs to the old hatred of the old together
It can be described as "gentleman's revenge, ten years is not too late"
About Willie Green
There is also a trivia
He entered the league in the 2003 draft
That's right
03 Golden Generation
Willie as a player
There is no comparison with James, Wade, and Anthony
But as a coach
At least in the first year of formal coaching
He's good enough
When he took up the Pelicans coaching position
Willie Green didn't say much
"Trying to help teams get into the playoffs"
now
Missed 24 games in Ingram
Cairn Williamson did not play a game
The harsh conditions of the team's mid-term blood swap trade
He may still be able to do it
After this year's All-Star Game
The Pelicans' defensive efficiency ranks upstream in the league
The average steal per game is the first in the NBA
Willie Green's defensive philosophy
This detachment is being trained to be the hard bones of infinite change of defense
He coincided with the temperament of his disciples
They are telling the world:
"Don't bully honest people"