【NBA專欄/李亦伸】只剩底薪尼克前鋒Precious Achiuwa,執教能力關鍵指標
從球技、球路和功能性看,Precious Achiuwa很尷尬。今年夏天在自由球員市場,Precious Achiuwa可能只能拿到一分底薪打工合約,但他卻是雷霆、湖人、溜馬這種類型球隊很好搭的一塊拼圖。
203公分前鋒沒有三分拉開空間,缺少自主進攻能力,打中鋒太小,打小前鋒技術、投籃和持球能力都不足,Precious Achiuwa在現代籃球各種戰術打法陣容確實都不討喜也不好搭。
用不好Precious Achiuwa很正常,像前尼克教練Tom Thibodeau。不會用Precious Achiuwa也很正常,NBA絕大多數教練都沒有這種執教和用人能力。
用好多功能前鋒Precious Achiuwa,是執教能力關鍵指標。
其實每支球隊都需要一個Precious Achiuwa這種風格和能力、天賦前鋒,他是最棒的球隊第八人,也可以是最傑出的第九人。
以湖人為例,他可以打小個陣容中鋒,防守速度對位都跟得上,很適合做苦工和犧牲打。他可以打傳統陣容大前鋒,負責籃板、防守、跟進、籃下偷襲。
在雷霆陣容,他是絕佳拼圖,他沒有Chet Holmgren、Isaiah HartenStein身高與防禦能力,但他有速度、衝擊力和不可預測性,他的積極衝搶和跑動、無限換防,都能在短時間內改變比賽節奏,展現自己奇兵作用。
溜馬的小個陣容,Precious Achiuwa打中鋒負責防守苦工對位,讓Pascal Siakam打大前鋒,如魚得水。假如中鋒Myles Turner還在溜馬,Precious Achiuwa上場可以讓Pascal Siakam拉去打小前鋒形成各種對位優勢,Myles Turner拉開空間,Precious Achiuwa在底線接應+籃下攪局跟進,打法多變。
Precious Achiuwa很好用,看起來功能單一,缺少球技特色,沒有外線能力,但實際上他可以成為很棒團隊球員,創造各種對位優勢,把他的速度、防守、衝擊力、不可預測性展現出來,成為改變比賽元素。
把這種有速度、肯防守、又不佔球權的苦工型球員用好用對,融入團隊,這是執教本事和執行力最完美展示。
NBA幾乎也沒有幾個擁有這種非凡用人能力教練,絕大多數教練都靠名氣+印象+個人喜好+數據分析去決定用人、選擇,卻忽略Precious Achiuwa這種類型、球路和風格球員可以帶來的衝擊力和不可預測性。
26歲前鋒Precious Achiuwa淪落到只能拿底薪,甚至只有打工的角色,在絕大多數NBA球隊都擺不進輪換陣容,我很驚訝,難以置信,這也是我常說「NBA在退步的原因」。
教練不會用人,不敢用人,甚至不懂得如何用好一個功能性球員,挖掘最大潛能,成為團隊合作中一股神秘力量和奇兵,全世界都一樣,執教需要的不只是知識、戰術、戰略、技能、經驗,更重要的是如何給角色球員信心和定位,在合理恰當時機挖掘球員最大潛能,成為改變比賽奇兵,成就一個團隊。
今年夏天那個教練會把Precious Achiuwa撿來用,還能用得好用得巧用出最高效,我很期待。
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