De'Anthony drew a sharp breath when he heard Wang Yi's words.
"I need to get the assistant coaches together and study this. Wang, you stay too. We'll all figure out how to deal with the Spurs' possible offense running through their center, and their pick-and-rolls between the center and guards."
Wang Yi nodded.
De'Anthony gathered three assistant coaches and Wang Yi, making six of them in all, and they studied countermeasures together in the conference room.
The NBA already had plenty of ways to counter all kinds of tactics.
All they had to do was collect the countermeasures for offenses built around a center and for pick-and-rolls between guards and centers, then put them to use.
Unfortunately, the Kings simply couldn't use the usual way of countering an offense built around a center.
The best way to stop that kind of offense was to have a center of similar height guard the opposing center out on the perimeter.
Bond could defend out there.
But the problem was that he was too tall and not mobile enough.
The Spurs' center, on the other hand, was very nimble.
If they had Tures guard him, Tures wouldn't be tall enough. The guy could just shoot a midrange jumper right over his head.
After going back and forth on it, Wang Yi and the coaches decided to have their two centers take turns harassing the opposing center.
The other players would stick tightly to the rest of the Spurs and deny them the ball.
Even if they got the ball, the Kings would make sure to get physical with them.
As for the backup plan, Doug would guard the Spurs' center.
Why was Doug the second option instead of the first?
Because De'Anthony thought Doug was already a little too cocky on the team.