Kiki 讓練習變有趣，最重要的一點就是讓他們集體花一個半小時練罰球， 一人投一百球，讓他們目前聯盟排名前十的罰球命中率再往前， 他要他們每場比賽要有五十個罰球機會。 By Dave D'Alessandro/The Star-Ledger December 03, 2009, 6:52PM Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger The Nets' free-spirited practice Thursday was a response to their 18th straight loss Wednesday, near the end of which Josh Boone, Sean Williams, and Devin Harris could only sit dejectedly on the bench. He takes over as head coach at the precise time that their hopelessness and vulnerability have reached DEFCON 1, and Kiki Vandeweghe has been around long enough to know that there’s probably not a blessed thing he can do about it. So on Thursday, he ordered them to take free throws. One hundred apiece. That’s 1,500 foul shots in all, and it took a half-hour — or roughly half the amount of time he wants practice to last even in the best of times. Talk about changing the culture: The Nets’ new coach has seized upon the only thing his team does well — the one area in which they actually rank among the top 10 in the NBA – and he figures they might as well try to get better at it. His team, his terms. Now all he has to do is get the refs to put his team at the line 50 times a night. “Part of today was putting some fun back into basketball,” explained Vandeweghe, who coaches his first game Friday night against Charlotte and Larry Brown, who coached him at UCLA. “Players have to have fun. They have to enjoy themselves. Coach has to have fun. Fans have to enjoy watching. You have to start with the players enjoying the game. Part of it was to make it a little bit easier. Today was a little longer because we instituted some changes.” At 0-18, any change is welcome, and no idea is stupid. The Nets are (officially) as low as a team can get this time of year, and Vandeweghe is trying to get 15 despairing individuals to start feeling good about their jobs again. So he scrapped the film session, because watching Dallas’s 49-point quarter would be pointless. He told them they’re going to streamline the halfcourt offense, but more importantly, they’re going to run. He told them they’re going to trap more, and junk up the game when practical. And much of the practice was a lecture from Vandeweghe and Del Harris about how they have to stop feeling sorry for themselves, and embrace the game’s joy again. But any change at this point – no matter how small – is welcome. Yes, even if they have to endure the tedium of 1,500 free throws (which they hit at a .780 clip, by the way), the coach said their habits must change. “You feel like you’re playing a different way, so it’s a breath of fresh air from what we’ve been used to,” Devin Harris said. The most realistic assessment, as usual, came from Keyon Dooling: “I think that’s how we rationalize it,” he said of the fresh-start scenario. “It is, somewhat. We don’t know the rotations, everything is new, so we have to prove ourselves all over again. And that’s okay with me.” “I don’t have any delusions,” Vandeweghe said. “The team is in a tough spot. Anytime you institute a rebuilding program, you go through tough spots. Nobody expected a spot like this; we’ve just got to keep progressing, keep getting better every day. To me every game is an opportunity.” NOTES Manpower help arrives Friday, as Rafer Alston (knee) will return from his one-game absence, while Dooling (hip) and Tony Battie (knee) may be ready for their debuts. Yi Jianlian (knee) could play Sunday against the Knicks. Vandeweghe played for Hall-of-Fame caliber coaches throughout his career, so he called one of them Tuesday, and all Doug Moe did was laugh at him. “He thought it was hysterical,” Vandeweghe said of the coaching gig. Harris on Chris Douglas-Roberts’ harangue after the Mavs game: “He’s not speaking anything that’s not true. It’s not like he’s off-the-wall.” Dave D'Alessandro may be reached at [email protected] http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2009/12/new_nj_nets_coach_kiki_vandewe.html --

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