Williams was responsible for training, and everything seemed the same as before.

Two days later, Stevens arrived at the training camp.

If the league were to elect the most handsome head coach, Stevens would definitely get an overwhelming number of votes.

Tyronn Lue, who had just been poached by the Cavaliers with a historic first assistant coach salary of 6.5 million for 4 years, was only 38 years old, only one year older than Stevens.

But fans would never call him a "young commander" because he was only young, not handsome.

Handsome, that was the first impression the Pelicans players had of Stevens.

They never had the opportunity to see Stevens so closely before.

"I'm not the championship trophy, you don't have to stare at me so intently."

Stevens looked at the Pelicans players and said with a smile.

His first sentence immediately made the players laugh.

Generally, first impressions are largely determined by the first sentence when strangers meet, and Stevens's words would give people a very easy-going feeling.

Of course, it also lacked the majesty of a head coach.

"Of course, I promise, I will lead you to win the championship trophy."

But his next sentence quickly drew whistles and cheers.

The Pelicans were only thinking about winning the championship this season, and this sentence touched their G-spot.

Tang Tian also laughed along.

He and Stevens chatted before, but because they weren't on the same team, it was more like a conversation between friends.

He didn't know much about Stevens' specific coaching style.

But now it seemed that Stevens had more than just tactical ability, he was also good at talking.

"I'm Brad Stevens, you can call me Coach or Stevens, of course, if you feel our relationship is good enough, you can call me Brad, of course, I hope you can all call me Brad at next season's training camp."

Stevens's subsequent self-introduction was also very unique, making the players laugh again.

He really was a very easy-going head coach.

"Alright, I know how much you desire the championship, and I'm going to tell you how we're going to win this championship right now."

After a brief opening, Stevens immediately entered the role of head coach.

"We had a great season last season, Tang and AD performed excellently as the core, Nikola is very talented, Jrue, Trevor, and Anthony are excellent shooters on the outside, and Spencer, JaVale, Al, and Bismack also performed very well.

Making it to the Western Conference Finals, completing a 1-3 reverse sweep, the only team in the playoffs to win at the Warriors' home, those have already proven that we are a very talented and very resilient team."

Stevens pulled the tactical board over, he first affirmed the team's performance last season.

"But we lacked one thing."

He said, changing the subject.

"Teamwork."

His words caused a stir among the players, Stevens was saying that they didn't have teamwork.

"What I mean is not that you don't play like a team, but that you lack a team-oriented style of play."

However, Stevens's next words quickly dispelled the players' doubts.

"Our style of play last season, the most core thing was Tang holding the ball and attacking and distributing, after Nikola entered the starting lineup, the sense of space was greater, and the effect of attacking and distributing was better, this is a simple and practical style of play, but it is also easily targeted."

Stevens talked eloquently.

"Once Tang is double-teamed and unable to score, or when other people are not feeling well, the entire offense will become struggling, and even if Tang can score, his physical exertion in the double-team will be very large."

Stevens's words caused the players to think for a while, and then they nodded in unison.

In fact, the Pelicans' tactics have been relatively simple for the past two seasons, and they did encounter the situation Stevens mentioned in the playoffs last year.

This was a very insightful analysis.

"We want to keep this tactic, it can come in handy at critical moments, but before that, we have to establish a new tactical system to make the game simpler."

Stevens said, starting to draw on the tactical board.

"Pick-and-roll is the core of our tactical offense, most tactical initiations come from pick-and-rolls, and so does our tactical system."

Stevens then began to explain the tactical system.

It seemed a bit complicated, and the tactics of each player on the court were explained very clearly.

After listening to it, Tang Tian roughly understood his tactical system.

This was a bit like the Spurs' hammer play, but not exactly the same system.

Accurately speaking, it was a variant hammer play that concentrated the finishing point on the team's offensive core.

Creating space and containing defense through the movement of shooters, creating scoring opportunities for the core through the organization or transition of big men at the top of the arc.

This was very Stevens.

You should know that Isaiah Thomas averaged 22+ points per game for the Celtics last season, and interior scorers like Sullinger also averaged 2.3 assists per game.

And this was really suitable for the Pelicans.

Tang Tian's scoring ability was definitely far better than Isaiah Thomas's, and Jokic's organization and passing ability was not something Sullinger could compare to.

When Stevens was about to finish speaking, Tang Tian observed the reactions of the others.

Most of the players were listening very attentively.

Stevens's previous speech gave people a feeling of being easy-going and lacking majesty, but after this series of tactical explanations, he successfully earned their respect.

There are many kinds of coaches, Monty Williams wins respect for himself by getting along with the players through excellent interpersonal relationships; Larry Brown directly and openly has the final say, and no one can object, using this method to establish the team's prestige; Popovich earns his position through excellent tactical ability.

Stevens was a bit like Popovich, and this was the most direct way to earn respect.

After all, the head coach's responsibility is tactics, and tactical ones are the most able to hold the court.

Tang Tian also paid attention to Williams and found that he was listening very carefully as well.

He seemed to understand why Williams was willing to return to the Pelicans, he should also respect Stevens.

"Complex tactics require sufficient tacit understanding and absolute trust between each other, one thing we must learn in the game is to share the ball, if you are willing to pass the ball to a player with a better opportunity, then when you are in a scoring opportunity, you will definitely get the player's pass."

After the tactical explanation, Stevens also mentioned the issue of team chemistry.

This was also what he had been doing in the past at Butler University and the Celtics, playing team basketball.

And his way of speaking really made it easy for people to accept.

After listening to it, Tang Tian suddenly had the feeling of returning to the Spurs.

Stevens really could take this team further.