Comfort zone and uncomfortable zone

Afterward, Louis let Paul Gasol return to the starting lineup.

Although Gasol's weight loss has not been completed, when Yao Yueban is absent due to injury, Gasol can just start as the center.

Lu Wuxia discovered that in the next two games, Dad no longer used a position-free lineup that had amazing effects against the Knicks.

The Celtics won these two games with the thickness of the lineup, but Wuxia always felt that it was almost interesting.

He deeply felt the bonus of the positionless lineup on himself and the pressure of the positionless lineup on his opponent.

For teams that don't respond, the Celtics' positionless roster can be a devastating force.

Lu Wuxia was worried that the game that day was just a sudden idea of ​​his father, and he felt that the Celtics should not give up that style of play.

Therefore, when Lu Wuxia returned home, she mentioned the game against the Knicks that day to her father.

"The game against the Knicks?" Louis seemed to have forgotten that game, "Is there anything special?"

Lu Wuxia didn't believe that his father was so forgetful - unless he had dementia.

"Aren't our starting lineup very special?" Lu Wuxia said. "Although the start was not smooth, we replaced David with Wally, and the game was much easier."

Louis laughed and said, "I remember you performed very well that day."

Lu Wuxia said implicitly: "The best part I played was exactly the first quarter."

"So you want to..."

"Why don't we try more about that roster?"

At this time, Lorraine gave her son a blank look, "Mac, you rarely go home, why do you still talk about the competition? Your father never brings work home."

Louis joked: "Maybe our son made a special trip home just to talk to me about this."

"Nonsense!" Lorraine said, "Mac misses his mother, right?"

"Yes," Lu Wuxia responded perfunctorily to her mother, and then looked at her father, "That... no position lineup..."

Louis asked with a smile: "What do you think is the difference between the so-called positionless lineup and the current mainstream 5-OUT (five foreigners) lineup?"

Lu Wuxia thought about it and replied: "The 5-OUT lineup requires an inside player who can shoot three-pointers, but there is no position lineup. As the name suggests... there is no fixed position on the court. The outside line can be an inside line, the inside line can be an outside line... This has higher technical requirements on the players and more stringent requirements on the players' tactical qualities."

Louis asked back, "Why do you think these two frameworks are better?"

Lu Wuxia had almost no hesitation.

"Of course it's basketball without position!" Lu Wuxia said, "5-OUT has not broken out of the framework of traditional games. Basketball without position... sounds more like the future of basketball."

Louis smiled, and Wuxia was not surprised that he had such knowledge.

It's normal for him to like basketball without a position.

It is precisely because he likes that he needs to restrain himself.

"Then do you think, who in our team can play basketball without a position?"

Lu Wuxia thought for a moment and said quickly: "Manu, Kyle, Wally, Andre, Gasris, Mike..."

At this time, Louis interrupted him: "Who can play better in a positionless basketball?"

"I." Lu Wuxia admitted that he would be the biggest beneficiary of positionless basketball, "and Manu."

Then, the question is here.

Louis asked again: "Who in our team can absolutely not play basketball without a position?"

Lu Wuxia first thought of David Lee.

Although Li's height is in line with the concept of no-position basketball, he is a decisive insider who can only swing upwards and cannot swing downwards.

The performance that day proves this.

Then, Lu Wuxia thought of Zaza Pachuria and Nick Collison, both of whom were traditional inside players.

Finally, Lu Wuxia thought of Yao Yueban and Gasol.

Although Yao Jia's skills are excellent enough as an insider, their figure and internal technical characteristics are destined to be impossible to swing downwards.

Swing, this is the only indicator of a basketball without position.

The outside line can be hit to the inside line, and the inside line can be hit to the outside line, so that the difference can be made in the lake.

Suddenly, Lu Wuxia learned the reason why his father refused to vigorously promote unattended basketball.

But he didn't think thoroughly enough.

Louis said: "I believe you have many names in mind, yes, they can't play unattached basketball. But that's not the reason why I gave up unattached unattached basketball in recent games."

Lu Wuxia asked, "Is there any other reason?"

"Of course, do you think basketball can play the whole game without a position?"

Lu Wuxia frowned slightly. Now that I think about it, playing really consumes a lot of physical energy, especially when the defensive end often needs to make a big fortune, which is not only hard to work, but also easy to lose fouls.

In this way, perhaps the most suitable positioning for positionless basketball is as a trump card at a critical moment? Just like the Knicks' murder press?

"You should be very clear that basketball without a position cannot last the entire game," Louis said. "This is a team-level concern, and another concern is my concern for you."

"What are your concerns about me?"

Lu Wuxia didn't expect that his father was worried about him.

"Yes, why do you like basketball without position?"

"Because...this style of play is very suitable for me."

"That's right? It's very suitable for you. To put it bluntly, you're like a fish in this system. You can be the best self in a positionless basketball, give full play to your talents, and reach the limit that is difficult to touch under the regular lineup."

Lu Wuxia nodded slightly, and he had to admit that his father understood him very much.

Then, Louis looked at Wuxia sharply and said seriously: "But as the leader and core of the championship team, putting himself in a comfortable zone is by no means a good thing for you."

Lu Wuxia looked at his father in confusion.

"Do you know Wilt Chamberlain?"

"I know, Michael Jordan before Michael Jordan."

"What's different from Michael is that he has won twice," Louis said. "You should have heard of Wilt's jaw-dropping scoring records. He likes scoring, he likes to capture statistics, and he likes to set records, but when he gave up on scoring and suppressed his vanity about the record, his team succeeded."

"Ralph won the best defensive player of the year for three consecutive years before becoming the only gentleman. At that time, we looked at Ralph and felt that he was a defensive gate that could average 20 points per game. It was not until he suppressed Karim in both offense and defense in the 1984 and 1985 finals that we realized what a terrible inside behemoth he was. If he could not suppress his ambitions, if he was unwilling to be a supporting role for Larry, the Celtics would not establish a dynasty, and there would not be the only gentleman in the world."

"There are Benj and Patrick... I don't say it, you know that you have grown up watching their game since you were young. Do you think they are satisfied with their respective positions and tactical positions? If they are satisfied, they will not break up, right? It is precisely because they are willing to put themselves out of their comfort zone that the Knicks have achieved the 8-year championship in 9 years."

At this point, Lu Wuxia had already fully understood what his father was worried about.

He opened his hands and made a convincing expression, "Okay, dad, I get it, I know what you are worried about, I will jump out of my comfort zone, no... From today on, I will do all the court work I hate, I will put myself in the uncomfortable zone..."

Louis smiled with relief: "It's great, but I have one last example here, which is far more impressive than these successful examples."

Lorraine couldn't stand it anymore: "For God's sake, can we talk about this after dinner? I warn you guys to dance in my uncomfortable zone!"

The world has quieted down.

Louis felt a little uncomfortable, and he felt that the last example was more suitable for an example - that is, the ultimate loser Michael Jordan, a man who had never left his comfort zone (Portland), and his final result was a complete defeat.

Louis wanted to say it out loud, but he realized that his wife was unhappy, so forget it, so many examples just now were enough for his son to understand.
Chapter completed!