Maybe the younger fans now don't know which person Don Nelson is, and the older ones will talk to you, "Little fart, don't you know?" He was the head coach of the Warriors' Black Eight, the pioneer of the small-ball era, and the inventor of shark-cutting tactics. "Well, yes! Only an old-fashioned scumbag like me knows that the old Nelson No. 19 jersey still flutters over the Celtics' Garden Court.
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Chinese name: Don Nelson
Foreign name: don nelson
Aliases: Nelson Sr., Mad Scientist
Nationality : United States
Place of Birth: Muskie, Michigan, USA
Date of Birth: May 14, 1940
Law School: University of Iowa
Height: 6'6"/1.98m
Weight : 210 lbs / 95 kg
Major Awards:
Coach of the Year in 1983, 1985 and 1992
Top Ten Coaches of the League in 1996
5-time NBA championship as a player (1966; 1968–69; 1974; 1976)
In 1962, Don Nelson graduated from the University of Iowa and was immediately selected by the Chicago And Winds (the predecessor of the Washington Wizards). He was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers after the end of the season. In 1965, Don Nelson was signed by the Boston Celtics as a disciple of Cardinal Arnold Auerbach. Over the next 11 years of his career, Don Nelson won five championships with the Celtics, averaging 10.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. In the seventh game of the 1969 Finals Celtics vs. Lakers, Don Nelson scored in the final moments to help the Celtics win 108-106, one of the few highlights of Don Nelson's playing career. But in any case, the Celtics did not fail to live up to a piece of D.Nelson's outrageous loyalty, and in 1978, Don Nelson's No. 19 jersey was retired at Boston Garden.
Player period don. Nelson
In contrast to the blandness of his player career, Don Nelson's coaching career can be described as vigorous, and in the 31 seasons of his coaching career, he has successively managed the Bucks, Warriors, Mavericks, Knicks and other teams, with 2398 games, including 1335 wins. Because he is good at inventing new tactics and trying out all kinds of new ways of playing, Don Nelson is also known as the "mad scientist"
Bucks period [Keywords: organization forward]
In 1976, Don Nelson took over the Bucks' coaching whip and began the first stop of his coaching career. Immediately after taking over the Bucks, Don Nelson embarked on a radical overhaul, sending Sven Nate to the Buffalo Warriors (the predecessor of the Los Angeles Clippers) and picking Up Marquis Johnson in the draft. Don Nelson's biggest invention during the Bucks era was to create the concept of "organizational forward", similar to James's current role in the Lakers, he transformed Ques Johnson and Paul Placy into such a role, completely releasing the entire team's offensive ability, and Don Nelson completely modified the Bucks' defense and achieved remarkable results. Between 1980 and 1985, the Milwaukee Bucks were the team with the lowest limits on opponents' shooting percentages in the league. It can be said that Don Nelson single-handedly trained a "fawn" who was deceitful into a heroic and warlike "stag". Before Leaving Milwaukee at the Warriors' invitation in 1987, Nelson Sr. won more than 50 games in the regular season for seven consecutive years, and set a personal best of 60 wins and 22 losses in the 1980-1981 season, for which Don Nelson won the NBA Coach of the Year honor in 1983 and 1985. Although the Bucks under Don Nelson's coaching have never made further progress in the playoffs, overall Don Nelson's coaching career can be described as outstanding.
Don Nelson was also a spirit guy when he was young
Warriors period [Keywords: Golden State Athletics]
After taking charge of the Warriors, Don Nelson completely unleashed his imagination as a basketball coach. He abandoned the defensive strategy he insisted on during the Bucks period, and he hated defense as much as a child who couldn't read a good book hated homework. Don Nelson asked his players to run wildly, constantly attacking the basket, he wanted to release the warriors' full offensive potential, Mitch Richmond, Tim Hardaway and Chris Mullin were like stimulants, running on the court like a stimulant, bombarding the basket in various positions, for a time the "Golden State Athletics" swept the league, and Richmond and other 3 people were also known as run tmc, which should be the predecessor of today's "small-ball tactics". But how much water a bucket can hold depends on its shortest board, and even if the Warriors have the ability to score the league, their defense is really unsightly, like a beautiful woman who has taken off her pants. The Warriors still couldn't go any further, and in 1995, Don Nelson and the Warriors parted ways.
Don Nelson built the run tmc
Knicks period [keyword: hurried passerby]
The old Nelson's experience in the Knicks is nothing to mention, and the reason for leaving is nothing more than the loss of the coach. Old Nelson advocated using Ewing to trade O'Neill, not to mention that the deal magic did not agree, but the old Nelson's insight was indeed admirable, so in less than a season, the old Nelson was fired.
Don Nelson and Ewing's loss of coaching and prompting him to leave the Knicks
Maverick period [Keywords: shark cutting tactics]
After coaching the Mavericks, Don Nelson did not stop inventing, this time setting his sights on the once coveted O'Neal. In 1997, the "shark cutting tactic" was first used in actual combat, and Bull Rodman became the first experimenter, fortunately Rodman did not lose 9 of 12 penalties on the spot. The "shark slashing tactic" as a tactic against players on the penalty field still affects the entire league today, in addition to O'Neal himself, as well as Howard, Ben Wallace, Jordan Jr. and other superstars have suffered from it. In his eight seasons in Dallas, Nelson Sr. coached a record of 339 wins and 251 losses, in addition to tapping nash, Nowitzki and Finley and other tough players, but the historical Mavericks regular season record is still outstanding, but the creation of people, the old Nelson's team has never been able to take the step of the division finals.
The Three Musketeers of Nash, Nowitzki and Finley
Back to the Warriors [Keywords: Black Eight Miracle]
In the 2006-07 season, the elder Nelson once again came out to coach the Golden State Warriors, Don Nelson first carried out a drastic reform of the team, traded Roy Murphy, Mike Dunlliway in exchange for Harrington, reused Baron Davis, Stephen Jackson, Al Harrington, Monta Ellis, Bidlins and other chaotic war masters, under the old Nelson's running bombardment system, the team achieved a record of 42 wins and 40 losses, and the eighth place result in the West allowed the Warriors to enter the playoffs again after a gap of 13 years. Facing the 67-15 Western Conference-leading Mavericks, the Warriors eliminated their opponents 4-2 on aggregate to complete the feat of the third black eight miracle in history. Although the Warriors completed the Black Eight Miracle, it didn't go far in the end, and in the second round the Warriors lost 4-1 to the Jazz to eliminate the game. The Warriors never made the playoffs in the next three seasons, and Nelson Sr. announced his resignation as Warriors coach in September 2010. On August 20, 2012, Don Nelson announced the official end of his coaching career. In September of the same year, he was inducted into the Nye Smith Basketball Hall of Fame.
Warriors under Don Nelson complete 'Black Eight Miracle'
Even though Don Nelson has not touched the championship trophy in his 31-year coaching career, he still has a pivotal position in the entire history of the NBA. As a player, he won five championships, hit a fatal mid-shot, and retired from his jersey. As a coach, he has won the NBA Best Head Coach 3 times and is one of the thousand-win coaches in NBA history. Tactically, he proposed the concept of organizing forwards, full attack and full defense, and also invented the famous "shark cutting" tactic, and the full attack and full defense play method he promoted in the Golden State Warriors is the prototype of modern "small ball tactics". At the same time, he is also a very good Bole and is the enlightenment teacher of Many superstars such as Nash and Nowitzki. In general, Donald Nelson has left his own strong mark in the history of the development of the NBA.