Washington, the training ground for the Congress team, the future "cardinal" Arnold Auerbach is constantly urging athletes.

"Quick, break through faster. Didn't you see a clear gap on the left just now? Just rushed over from there!"

"Don't stand there and stare. Although the ball is not in your hands, you should not stand still. You have to run and run towards the empty position under the basket. I don't want you to attack, but to attract the attention of the defensive players!"

"Basketball is a sport for five people, and you five are a whole! What I need is the cooperation of the five of you, not the four people watching the other person play basketball!"

Auerbach kept reminding his players and kept repeating similar words.

In 1942, Auerbach had never coached a professional team. He used to be a coach in a high school in Washington. Now he has the opportunity to be a coach in a professional team. Auerbach naturally cherishes it very much. Although he doesn't know how long this new league can last, and he doesn't know whether the Washington Congress team will disband soon, since he is the team's head coach, he must lead the team as much as possible and achieve more victories!

So Auerbach brought his quick breakthrough tactics to the Washington Congress.

When he was a college student, Auerbach began to study the tactics of rapid breakthroughs. Later, when he was a coach in high school, he also brought this tactics to that high school. However, the game for high school students is to be strong in offense and weak in defense, so the tactics of high school basketball do not have much reference value for professional basketball. Auerbach also dreamed that one day he could coach a professional team and then bring the quick breakthrough tactics he studied into professional basketball games.

Now Auerbach's dream has finally come true.

The Washington Congress in history was established in 1946, so Auerbach only began to bring his rapid breakthrough tactics into professional basketball in 1947, and achieved a terrifying victory rate of more than 80%. Now, due to Chen Qiang's arrival, the Washington Congress team has been established in advance, and Auerbach has shown his tactics in advance. He believes that once the new season of the NBA begins, the Washington Capitol will inevitably shine with a rapid breakthrough of this new tactic!

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Meanwhile, head coach Eddie Gottlieb also tried new tactics at the Philadelphia Warriors training ground.

Although Gottlieb opposed Chen Qiang's modification of basketball rules, this opposition does not mean that Gottlieb does not know how to adapt. In history, Gottlieb was in charge of the NBA Rules Committee for 25 years, and his understanding of basketball rules far exceeds that of others. Since modifying the rules has become a fact that cannot be changed, Gottlieb can only adapt to the new rules. The basketball rules master quickly developed several tactics used under the new rules, waiting for drills to be performed in the game.

At this time, Gottlieb was trying out a young player.

The player is over 1.9 meters tall, about 190 kilograms, and looks quite strong.

The man's name is Joe Falkers, a striker. He was previously studying with Murray State University and was a star on the school team. He had a good bounce, so Gottlieb gave Joe Falkers a chance to try out.

The result of the trial was very satisfied with Gottlieb. Joe Folkes' physical fitness was very good. Judging from the standards of white players at that time, Joe Folkes' physical fitness was top-notch, strong enough, with a certain speed, and bounced very strongly.

What surprised Gottlieb even more was that Joe Folks showed a new technology, which was one-handed jump shot technology. While Gottlieb was amazed, he decided to keep Joe Folks.

"The new league has modified the rules, and jump shots will become a very common way of scoring. This one-hand jump shot technique has better height and speed than two-hand jump shots, and it is not easy to be blocked. Perhaps under the new rules, it will bring unexpected surprises!" Gottlieb said in his heart.

If Chen Qiang saw Joe Falkes, he would definitely exclaim, why did Gotlieb attract this ancient god!

Ordinary fans basically don’t know much about the NBA in ancient times. Fans born in the 1980s probably only stay in the records of the Mengyi team; for fans born in the 1990s, Michael Jordan seems so unfamiliar; for fans born in the 2000s, they have not even witnessed Chairman Yao’s glory in the NBA. As for the earlier superstars, such as Chamberlain, Kareem, Russell, etc., there are only perverted data and the legends they left behind.

Even George McCann's name has never been heard of, and most of the people who have heard of him are fans of the Lakers. Because these lake lovers like the Lakers, they learned that in the ancient times of basketball, George McCann was the super center.

In the George McCann era, there were not many players who could be as famous as him, and Joe Falkers was definitely one of them. If we describe it, George McCann was O'Neal of that era, and Joe Falkers was Pippen of that era.

Joe Folkes was the first scoring champion in the NBA. In the 1946-1947 season, when it was still the Baa era, Joe Folkes won the scoring champion of that season with averaging 23.2 points. And Joe Folkes also led the Philadelphia Warriors to win the Baa championship that year. It can be said that Joe Folkes was the first scoring forward in the NBA.

The 1946-1947 season was the first season officially recognized by the NBA, so the first scoring champion and the first championship won by Joe Folks are of special memorial significance.

The reason why Joe Falkes is so powerful is because his jump shot is very accurate. Under the basketball rules at that time, Joe Falkes used his jump shot skills to the extreme. He showed the advantages of jump shots to players of that era, which made other players begin to imitate him.

Of course, the jump shots in that era were not the mid-range and long-distance jump shots or three-pointers now, but the kind of jump shots that were closer to the basket. Judging from the current standards, at that position, if you have good physical fitness, you can jump and dunk directly. If you have poor physical fitness, it is easier to use a layup to protect your hook than to directly jump shots.

Joe Folkes' jump shot is very accurate because he uses one-handed shooting skills.

In basketball in the 1940s, players used two-handed shooting skills. People who have paid attention to women's basketball should be familiar with two-handed shooting skills. Of course, with the development of basketball, many female basketball players have also begun to use one-handed shooting.

In the early days, both hands were not able to jump, and they just stood on the ground and threw it like free throws. Therefore, shooting in that era could not be considered a jump shot.

After basketball was invented, it took fifty years to evolve from two-handed shooting to one-handed shooting. It is no longer possible to verify who invented the one-handed shooting technique, but the first person in NBA history to use one-handed shooting was Joe Folkers. It was also after Joe Folkers that one-handed shooting began to become popular in NBA.

Joe Folks' bounce is very good among whites. His vertical bounce can reach 46 cm, plus a height of over 1.9 meters. When he jumped, his shooting height could reach 2.4 meters, so he got the nickname of "Jump Joe". Players of that era had not had the ability to block the shots as they are today, so it was almost difficult to block the shooting height of 2.4 meters.

Therefore, Joe Folks once set a single-game scoring record of 63 points. In today's NBA, this score is second only to Chamberlain with 100 points, Kobe with 81 points, David Thompson with 73 points, Elkin Baylor with 71 points and David Robinson with 70 points, Devin Booker with 69 points, and Pitt Malawic with 68 points, tied for ninth place with Jerry West and George Gervin.

Such an ancient master would have joined the US Marine Corps during World War II and became a corporal. He finally retired in 1946 and then joined the newly established Baa. Now that the NBA has appeared earlier, the Philadelphia Warriors were established early, he did not join the army, but was valued by the Warriors head coach Gottlieb and joined the Philadelphia Warriors.

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In Fort Wayne, Indiana, the Pistons are also in intense training.

The Pistons' head coach was Carl Bennett. He was originally a baseball player. As early as 1938, he worked under Pistons' owner Fred Zorner. Later, after the Fort Wayne Pistons was established, Carl Bennett served as the head coach of the Pistons. It was not until 1949 that Carl Bennett handed over the position of head coach to others and served as the general manager of the Pistons.

The Pistons were very strong from 1942 to 1943. If he had not been poached by Chen Qiang, the Pistons would continue to be in the NBL League, and won the NBL championship for two consecutive years in 1944 and 1945.

The reason why the Pistons were so powerful at this time was mainly because their boss Fred Zorner was willing to invest money, so the Pistons were gathered in all stars at this time. There was no saying that professional basketball in that era was paying for wages. As long as you spend money, you can naturally buy top-level players to join.

In the previous NBL League, the Pistons were all first-class teams. Now in the new NBA League, the Pistons are even more interested in winning the first place. Most of the nine teams in the new league are newly formed teams and will definitely not be very strong. Although Rochester Royals, although they have been in the midst of their establishment, they have been playing amateur games and are definitely not opponents of professional teams.

So Pistons head coach Carl Bennett set a goal for the team, which is to win a complete victory in the new season and win the NBA championship.

Carl Bennett is full of confidence in the championship, after all, the Pistons' paper strength is there. The only variable is probably the new rules.

The three-second zone is expanded, the rules are modified in 5 seconds, the ball is moved to the frontcourt in 8 seconds, and the offensive violations in 24 seconds are all not before. The modifications to these rules have also affected the team's technical and tactical arrangements.

However, Carl Bennett is always convinced that basketball depends on strength. The Pistons have the advantage in strength. No matter how the rules are modified, they will be the winner.

Thinking of the upcoming new season and the Pistons' first opponent, Carl Bennett couldn't help but smile.

In the first game of the Pistons, the opponent was Chen Qiang's New York Knicks. At that time, the Pistons will go to New York to challenge the New York Knicks at home in Madison Garden Square.

"The New York Knicks are the Chinese team. He is the founder of the new league and has proposed to modify the basketball rules. A Chinese, who is not a basketball player, has to advocate reforms in basketball! Haha, it's so shameless. What qualifications do you have to reform the entire basketball! But this is good, I will use a crushing victory to tell you what basketball is! You just stay in New York and prepare to enjoy the slap I gave you!" Carl Bennett smiled.

The Pistons are vested interests in the current basketball rules. Carl Bennett, the head coach, does not want the basketball rules to change, so at this time he can't wait to slap Chen Qiang in the face hard during the game.

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New York Knicks.

As a player and coach, Chen Qiang not only has to personally participate in the team's daily training, but also to guide the players' training.

When Chen Qiang appeared on the training ground as a player, it really surprised other players of the New York Knicks. They didn't expect the boss to play in person. Some players even speculated that Chen Qiang formed a team just to live the addiction of basketball players.

After all, Chen Qiang is not a professional basketball player. The Knicks players are even more skeptical about Chen Qiang's basketball skills. They think that even if Chen Qiang's basketball skills are not too bad, they will definitely not be too good. Several "sensible" players have made plans. In the game, they try their best to pass the ball to Chen Qiang. The winning or losing of the game is not important. The key is to make the boss Chen Qiang have fun.

Feeding the leader's balls during the game is an unchanging truth. The so-called taking money and eliminating disasters, these players receive salaries from Chen Qiang, so they naturally have to feed Chen Qiang. Maybe they can feed the balls well, and Chen Qiang will also raise their salary.

Chen Qiang took out the blackboard and prepared to explain the tactics.

At this time, everyone felt that Chen Qiang's tactic was probably only five words, that is, "pass the ball to me."

But what everyone didn't expect was that what Chen Qiang explained was really basketball tactics. With the in-depth explanation of tactics, everyone discovered that Chen Qiang's understanding of basketball was actually above them!

After the tactical explanation is completed, the actual training begins.

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"Yes, that's such a quick breakthrough."

"Passing the ball, you should pass the ball. The opponent's defensive player is already waiting for you in the inside, and the opponent's defender has come up to double-team you. Why do you still have to force an attack at this time? Didn't you see that you have an open space on the left?"

"You must remember that the purpose of breakthrough is not to score points, but to create open opportunities for other players!"

"Pass! I've said it many times. After breaking through, someone else will double-team you. You have to pass the ball!"

Chen Qiang corrected the players' playing style over and over again.

Finally, a young player couldn't help asking: "Boss, I understand what you mean. You hope to use a quick breakthrough to attract the opponent's attention and create an opportunity for open space. But even if there is an open space, the opponent's defensive players have gathered within three seconds. The opponent's defense is very close. If the ball is passed, you can't score!"

"So at this time, the player who catches the ball must master the skills of mid-range jump shots."

Chen Qiang said, walked to a 45-degree angle outside the three-second zone, and then continued: "Transfer the ball to me."

The man nodded and passed the ball to Chen Qiang.

Chen Qiang received the ball, took off directly, and made a standard catch shot.

"Swoosh!"

The basketball accurately entered the basket, leaving behind a group of stunned players.

"Did you see it? This is how to score after breaking through and passing the ball!"

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Chapter completed!