Coach Nelson's signature move
Speaking of Don Nelson, or old Nelson everyone prefers to accept, everyone may be familiar with the old Nelson coaching the team without a price of crazy shooting, crazy running, or can let everyone remember is the 2007 Warriors black eight, if it is only like this, how can old Nelson become a thousand wins coach, how can he become the top ten coaches of the NBA?
Inability to understand, can only prove our own superficiality.
Coach Nelson the elder Nelson of the player era was also quite brilliant, with the Celtics also winning the championship many times. Since he is known as a mad scientist, let's start with his coaching career.
He made his debut as bucks coach in 1976 and then reached the playoffs nine times in ten years, reached the Eastern Conference Finals three times, and won the 1983 and 1985 Best Head Coach. But never made it to the Finals, why? At that time, it was the world of the Eastern Celtics, of course, there was the 76ers led by Dr. J. Irving and Moses Malone, and the specific stars of the Bucks I can't remember anyway. In 1987 the Bucks were eliminated again by the Celtics in the playoffs, and Nelson Sr. was sacked. This is the first stage of his coaching career.
The second stage is during the Warriors period
In the 88-89 season, as the head coach of the Warriors, he reversed the previous emphasis on defense and raised the offensive banner, so that the Warriors were called the "Golden State Athletics Team", and the TMC combination swept the league for a time. In the 1993 draft, Anfenni Hardaway was selected and traded with the Magic to come to that year's champion Chris Weber. As evidence of Nelson Sr.'s vision, Webb was named the rookie of the year, and the Warriors also made the playoffs with a 50-32 loss, but were swept out by barkley's Suns. In the 94-95 season, because the elder Nelson insisted on Webb's ambiguous positioning, the relationship with Weber deteriorated, and then Weber was traded to the Wizards, and the season ended, and Coach Nelson was dismissed.
One of the most important reasons why Webb's position is blurred, or play multiple positions, is that if Weber does not make changes, or holds a center or big forward position, there will never be a day in the West, when Olajuwon, David Robinson rule the Western Interior, and O'Neal in the East, if they don't make changes, Weber meets them and they don't have much choice but to be blown up.
The third stage was during the Knicks
In the 95-96 season, Nelson Sr. was the head coach of the Knicks, a team that was a strong team in the East in the 90s of the last century, but at that time, the Knicks reached the limit of the Finals, and Ewing could not lead the team to win the championship, and it was time to change. Coach Nelson traded with Ewing to trade the Magic's Shaquille O'Neal. This move now seems very clever, but Nelson, who had such advice at the time, was really admirable. Of course, the Knicks rejected Nelson's suggestion, or in the eyes of the Knicks, any Ewing who O'Neill would, O'Neill would, so they refused to trade.
If you follow coach Nelson's advice, or the Lakers' triple crown is the Knicks'. Because of this trade, the relationship between Ewing and Coach Nielsen deteriorated, and Coach Nelson eventually stepped down.
The fourth stage is during the Mavericks period
Coaching the Mavericks
Originally, Nelson was the general manager of the team, but the coach was fired before he became the head coach himself. In 1998, under the leadership of Coach Nelson, he traded the signing rights of rookie Robert Taylor from the Bucks to get Nowitzki and a rookie signing rights. Then another trade came from the Suns for Steven Nash.
These two-game operations, later people seem amazing, without two brushes, dare to choose a big white man from Europe, in addition to shooting. Whether he was expected to play against Duncan, O'Neal, Mourning, these peak center forwards, it is estimated that even David Robinson at the end of his career could not get it, but Nelson believed in his own vision.
It takes more courage, or wisdom, to get Nash. The 15th rookie in 1996, who spent two seasons with the Suns, was still Kidd's bench, the data was dismal, and when the rookies of the same year, Iverson, Ray Allen, Marbury, and Kobe Bryant all rose to fame, no one would pay attention to a Canadian white point guard, but Nelson chose Nash.
Another milestone was the 1,000th victory of his coaching career on December 29, 2001, the third thousand-win coach in NBA history.
In the 02-03 season, the Mavericks achieved a record of 60 wins and 22 losses, eliminating the Western Conference Kings in the playoffs and meeting the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals. But Nowitzki's accidental injury led to the Mavericks being eliminated by the Spurs, who also won the championship that year. Two white players, no special talent, nor like Duncan debuted at the peak, but the elder Nelson found and selected, and under the leadership of less than 4 years to become the West's giants, Nash's stats greatly improved, Nowitzki not only stood on his feet, but also entered the All-Star, becoming the pillar of Dallas's 20 years of team. Isn't that old Nelson's eyes?
At the end of the 03-04 season, despite Nelson Sr.'s objections, Cuban traded Nash to the Suns, where Nelson's relationship with the team owner deteriorated and he left the Mavericks in March 2005. Nash, who was traded to the Suns, won the regular season MVP and eliminated the Mavericks in the playoffs, not knowing how The Vault will feel.
Incidentally, the shark-cutting tactic was invented by Nelson the Elder, only to be invented by the later Popovich. I have to say that in the face of O'Neal's existence in the League Beast Version, there must be genius ideas, conventional means are not OK, with their own shortcomings or Nowitzki to be cannon fodder, naturally will not be willing, then seize O'Neal to die, if you can't die, then disgusting him.
The fifth stage, the Golden State Warriors period
Warrior Black Eight
In the 06-07 season, he was again the head coach of the Warriors. It's been 12 years since the Warriors last made the playoffs in '93-94. After taking over the coaching whip, the team was fine-tuned, that is, Murphy and Dunlliway, who had a high-paying contract on the team, were traded to the Pacers in exchange for Harrington. Since then, the Golden State gang has been formed, Baron Davis, Stephen Jackson, Harrington, Jason Richardson, Bedrinth, Montaellis, Matt Barnes, Abu Zuk, etc., it is this group of people, it is estimated that Baron Davis's draft is a little higher, Stephen Jackson because of the Oban Hill incident fame, the league became a "martial saint". What kind of achievements can such a group of people achieve? Don't think about the playoffs, the second round is unlikely to happen? Sure enough, with the final 10 wins and 9 wins, the Warriors entered the playoffs with difficulty. The opponent is the Mavericks, who have won 25 more games than the Warriors. However, many people overlooked the problem that although the Warriors won less, 3 of them were won by the Calves.
The process is not described, the former apprentice (Johnson), the disciple (Nowitzki) suddenly stopped playing in front of the master, and under the impact of the Golden State bandits' turn, the Warriors eliminated the Mavericks 4:2, and the Black Eight Miracle was born. It really confirms that sentence, wherever your master goes, it is your master.
Of course, a bunch of ordinary players, led by a wise coach, have achieved amazing results, because the league is ultimately based on strength, doomed to the Warriors' Miracle of the Golden State Bandits can not last. The 07-08 season did not make the playoffs in the Crazy West, and in the 08-09 season, the Warriors only won 23 games and the 09-10 season achieved 26 wins. Of course, the Warriors chose a player who was not in line with the league, Stephen Curry, at the insistence of Coach Nelson, although it was incomprehensible at the time, and the later achievements confirmed the poisonous vision of the old Nelson coach.
On August 20, 2012, it was announced that he officially ended his basketball coaching career. He was subsequently inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame and the basketball career of mad scientists officially ended.
Hug Nash at the Hall of Fame ceremony
Why is it called a mad scientist? It is because the things and actions are inconceivable to ordinary people and cannot be understood, so they are summarized by the word crazy. Why can't I understand? It is because we outsiders can't understand, can't see through, and don't have the kind of in-depth analysis of the environment, the situation, and the characteristics of our own players, and make the most effective combination.
The best way to defeat your opponent is to avoid your opponent's strengths, use your own strengths to attack your opponent's weaknesses, and then win in one fell swoop. It is impossible to make a breakthrough by following the crowd and proceeding step by step.
There is no way to explain the vision of the person, but there is one point, that is, to be able to find the characteristics that others cannot find and stick to it. But what kind of characteristics it is, I can't explain anyway.
I remember when I watched the ball in the early years, I felt that this old man had nothing, that is, he led people to keep running, constantly shooting, this kind of person can also be a coach? Later, I discovered my own shallowness and ignorance.
The logic of a mad scientist can be summed up in three points:
1. Specific analysis of specific problems;
2. Suitable for their own is the best, to carry forward their own characteristics, play to the extreme;
3. Keep pace with the times, do a good job in the overall planning of the present and the future, if not, look to the future.
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