What is the biggest difference of Thunder Three Less 2.0?

The news came on the offseason. At the moment when he was elected the NBA Coach of the Year without any doubt, Mark DeGenerter was still browsing the video in his hotel room, and his team had no intention of celebrating.

In the face of an interview, he habitually uttered the golden sentence: "I can't win the game, failure is the responsibility of the coach, but victory is not the responsibility of the coach."

After half a second's reflection, you will find that his words are reasonable, just like his another famous saying "a good team always plays well when the opponent plays badly". This kind of spiral speech with a sense of philosophy is particularly attractive to young people like Thunder. They even repeated the coach's words in the post match interview.

"He has many golden words," said Lindi Waters III, the third year guard of Thunder. "We often make jokes about these words, such as' Let five people solve the problem 'and' Play with a 0-0 mentality '. But we will also take these words to heart and play with these ideas."

Youth is always full of rebellion and freedom. The last time they swept their opponents was 12 years ago, when they were also young Thunder Team Reached the finals. Now, the average age of this Thunder is 24 years old, and the oldest rotation player is Hayward, 33 years old. As their coach, 39 year old Dagnot is 56 days younger than James.

The reason for choosing Thunder coach is very simple. They won 17 more games than last year. For the first time since Durant left the team, they won 50 games in the regular season, becoming the first in the western region. They also won the judges' impression points with a series of victories at the end of the regular season.

Of course, you would say that the 25 year old SGA is already an MVP level. Homgren and Jay Williams are also talented. Not everyone can make this group of young people who are more passionate than disciplinary twist into a rope, nor can anyone lead the team to the super high level of third in offensive efficiency and fourth in defensive efficiency against the league's penultimate rebounding ability.

Seventeen years ago, as a student, Dagernot worked as the team manager at the University of Connecticut for four years. Inspired and strongly recommended by coach Calhoun, he went to Saint Cross College to serve as a basketball assistant, and helped the team win the second place in the competition area the following year.

Later, he became Billy Donovan's graduate assistant at the University of Florida. In 2014, while Presti, the general manager of the Thunder Team, found Donovan, he also found the shining point of the 29 year old assistant: "He is a curious learner, a diligent worker, and a thinker with creative thinking."

Presti is like a full grade Bole. He not only met Alexander, Jay Williams and Homgren at a glance, but also met the next two managers.

In addition, he also served as a video analyst for the National Youth Basketball Team of the United States. In the 2019-20 season, although Thunder's coach was still Donovan, in fact, assistant coach Degnott was fully responsible for the team's tactics and training arrangements at that time.

People say that he is the head coach with the most "nerdy temperament" in the NBA, which is not only related to his years of college basketball experience, but also because he is very serious about everything, and his ability is too versatile.

He is also very good at explaining "what happened to the team" to others. Because of this, his post game interviews are also favored by reporters. He will reveal that he is studying the referee's tendency to call and make plans, and will also release data charts to prove that Dort is the most difficult defender in the NBA.

As a white coach in a professional league dominated by black people, Dagernot first demonstrated Scott Brooks's communication and expression ability (the latter's speech on the spot after his defeat in the 12 year finals was a top tear jerker).

Jay Williams said: "His greatest help to us is to establish a close relationship with us. As long as you can resonate with the coach, you can make greater progress. This makes us want to play hard for him."

No matter at any time, playing together with players is the basis for a stable coach. Tom Janovich has let the once prickly dream come true, and Taylor Lu is running all the way on the road of a famous coach. Dagnor also knows this well: "I just trust them, they are worthy of trust. As a coach, you can only do these things, they play on the court."

Dagnot was still modest. Although he could not win the game, he could command the players to win the game.

In the third game of the first round of the playoffs against the Pelicans, the Thunder was once chased to 10 points, and Varan and Nans continued the Pelicans' advantage in the inside line and rebounding. At this time, Dagernot put out a seemingly "suicidal" line-up - let Hayward play the fifth position.

The Thunder of the five outside lineup is not unused, but it is still a bit extreme when it is pulled out at the critical moment of being chased. In the next four minutes, a set of defense rotation, pressure on the ball, and counterattack three points, Thunder played a 9-2 wave with the top five small lineup. When Pelican replaced Nans with Dyson Daniels, Thunder had a 19 point lead.

"We hope to become unpredictable. We hope our opponents will pay attention to us, but we don't know our next action and timing, which will make their response more difficult and their preparation more complex," said Dagnot.

From a certain point of view, Diagnott's style is a bit counter intuitive. His way of speaking is the same as his coaching style. He is not obsessed with winning rebounds - he knows that he can't win, just like the Pelican snatched three front boards in a round in the first game - he is more concerned about the overall situation, and he will sacrifice his rebounds to gain more chips.

"You must evaluate and weigh the pros and cons completely. It is not good to let the opponent take 30 rebounds alone, but there are many things more important than rebounds in the game. You need to take more points than the opponent, which is determined by many factors at both ends of attack and defense. As long as the gains are greater than the losses, we will accept that we cannot solve all problems, we must grasp this degree."

Dignott is like a Go player. He not only focuses on one gain or loss, but also cares about the whole game. This is a kind of wisdom that sees through the essence. Thanks to this, his coaching style is not restricted to tradition, and can also give young people more opportunities to perform.

He allowed every player to practice control and ball holding skills, and let blue collar insiders like Jay Williams and pure shooters like Isaiah Joe try to hold the ball and attack in the game. Even if Jay's footsteps were slightly sluggish, he would not delay him from passing his opponent and distributing to Joe in time.

Thunder's holding point was already rich, but Dagenort was not satisfied with the status quo. He encouraged more players to hold the ball and use their own understanding to instigate the attack. So we can see that, in addition to the Trident and Josh Giddie, Jay, Dort, Joe, Wallace and even Wiggins can all hold the ball and make sharp points, giving a dazzling effect.

Thanks to this, Thunder can quickly pull out the Pelican's defense cracks by transferring the ball in a wide range and breaking points frequently.

This round can more reflect the power of multiple sudden points. The Thunder's five outside lineup is not "three points for three points", but uses the three-point threat to pull out the space in the restricted area, so that each sudden point can involve more defense and create more three-point and empty cut opportunities. All tactics are aimed at putting the ball into the basket more easily, and Dagernot obviously knows this essence.

"We comprehensively and systematically teach players all kinds of detailed skills, such as when and how to set up a screen for defenders, rather than only teaching these skills for fixed positions."

So you can see that Thunder set up a large number of outside lines and even guards to set up a screen. They set up a strategy for Alexander to catch the ball after the screen. This move allowed Alexander to face McChoram (rather than the taller Trey Murphy) at the last moment of G1 to score 2+1.

"Before I came to the Thunder Team, I had never been a screen player." Jay smiled and said, "My college coach would not like this. It's a bit strange. When you attack with the ball most of the time, you never realize the importance of participating in the screen."

Through these trainings and exercises, Thunder players not only have more skill combinations on the court, but also have a better understanding of what choices will be made by their teammates in some cases.

During the period of Scott Brooks and Billy Donovan, the Thunder was an "automatic" team. On the basis of free play, it suppressed its opponents with talent bonus. Now, the Thunder under Dagnot is not only talented, but also endowed with more discipline.

Diagnott is well versed in developing strengths and avoiding weaknesses and playing big chess, transforming and adapting to this young team at the strategic and tactical levels. 57 regular season victories and 5 consecutive postseason victories are his opening prologue.

The younger Degnott and the younger Thunder will face more tests. Whether he can lead this team back to the glory 12 years ago and overcome similar difficulties 12 years ago is still between the two. But talent and talent will always converge into an endless river under the framework of wisdom and discipline. This young army commanded by young talents will also do the same.     

“ I don't know what will happen in the future. But now, we are trying to do our best, moving in the same direction, and always Go on like this. "