I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 358 What kind of inside combination is this?
14-man squad?

That's right.

Because Li Ran signed his name on a veteran's basic salary contract.

Next season, he will be an important member of the Hornets' bench.

The head coach is warming up to that phrase, which will become a reality with the Hornets next season.

Knowing that Li Ran's name also appeared on the roster, Hornets player Alexander.

Although Li Ran has made it clear that he will not start next season, but this does not delay when his performance is poor, the head coach will personally go on the field and replace him in a rage.

That kind of scene, just thinking about it, makes me die.

The Hornets' showy operations during the offseason are considered to be a matter of course. After all, if you play well, it doesn't mean that you are also talented in coaching.

And often the better a player performs in his career, the worse he performs in coaching and management.

And those players who performed mediocrely during their player period have a higher probability of becoming a famous coach.

Of course, Larry Bird is that one exception.

Nash and Kidd are typical examples of coaches. Their player careers are extremely brilliant, but their coaching level can only be said to be CJB.

And Phil Jackson and Stephen Kerr are perfect positive examples.

The player period was mediocre, and the coaching career was brilliant.

When it comes to management, the smiling assassin Isaiah Thomas and the famous basketball god Michael Jordan are almost the same as Nash and Kidd.

Therefore, in this offseason, the performance of the Hornets did not attract much attention from the outside world.

On the contrary, those strong teams are more eye-catching.

The Cavaliers traded a double-double machine Kevin Love from the Timberwolves. Next season they formed the Big Three of James, Love and Irving, and the Cavaliers became the league's top team.

As for the defending champion Heat, only Wade was left this season.

They may be the saddest defending champions in history.

As for the other of the Big Three, where did Howard go?

In the last two years of the Heat's Big Three, Howard's performance gradually declined due to back injuries. In addition, his tactical status in the team was not high, so in this offseason, Howard did not hesitate to switch to another team. a team.

This team is none other than the Los Angeles Lakers who just lost Yao Ming!

After the Lakers signed Howard, they are already on par with the Cavaliers on paper.

The combination of Kobe, Paul, and Howard is also worthy of everyone's expectations.

Although Kobe was seriously injured, as long as he is in the Lakers, he is a banner, and the Lakers are a team that cannot be underestimated.

There is another team worth noting, and that is the Lakers' neighbors.

The Clippers broke the well-known racial discrimination time in April this year, and Sterling was ordered by the league to sell the team.

Without Li Ran intervening, Ballmer took the Clippers at a record price, even higher than the $20 billion in another time and space.

And in the offseason, they made a big splash of money and successfully sent the Clippers into the ranks of the league's strong teams.

They traded the league's top point guard Raja Rondo from the Celtics, plus Griffin and Jordan in the team, without Paul, the lob city looks like it will be different way reborn.

In addition, because of Li Ran's butterfly effect, the thunder that has never dissipated.

The combination of Durant, Harden, Westbrook, and Ibaka is perfect. This offseason, they also recruited Gasol in Mosaic in turn.

This lineup highlights one horror.

如果李然没记错的话，本来应该去公牛的加索尔，在自己34岁的年纪，场均打32分钟还能交出16+11+4+2的恐怖数据。

Think about how oppressive the starting lineup composed of Westbrook, Harden, Durant, Gasol and Ibaka is on both ends of the offense and defense?
Anyway, Li Ran thinks that as long as there are no accidents, the champion of this season will basically belong to the Thunder.

After re-signing Eric Bledsoe with a 5-year 7000 million contract, all the signings of the Hornets during the offseason officially ended.

On October 2014, 10, the regular season of the new season began.

The Hornets' opponent in the opening game was the Magic.

The Magic was cut off by the Hornets Tobias Thomas, the core of the team is Li Ran's old teammates, Mishen Millsap and Montenegro center Nikola Vucevic.

Li Ran wasn't sure what the team's first game would be like.

Because the matchup between Millsap and Vucevic is the two most important points for the Hornets to operate this season.

And Vucevic has also reached his peak this season, a seven-foot center with a quasi-20+10. At the age of 24, he is now in his best form.

In this game, TNT gave the Hornets, or Li Ran a face, and sent their commentary team to explain the game.

After all, it was Li Ran's first return to the game after leaving the NBA for two full years. Although he was in a different capacity, this was enough for TNT to respect him.

Seeing the Hornets' starting roster, O'Neal rubbed his eyes subconsciously.

"The Hornets are starting, why do I not understand it?"

Barkley snatched it over, read it subconsciously while watching.

Center: Nikola Jokic, PF: Draymond Green, SF: Jimmy Butler, SG: Klay Thompson, PG: Eric Bledsoe.

What is this starter?
Play rotation in the first game?
Yao Ming did not, Yi Jianlian did not, and neither did Li Ran. . .Well, Li Ran is the coach, so it's understandable if he doesn't make it.

However, in the two positions in the interior, whoever you play is better than these two guys, right?

This year is the third season of Dreaming Green.

In the first year, he averaged 5+4+1 per game in the Hornets.

In the second year, his data increased slightly, but he was still the third power forward after Yi Jianlian and Harris, with an average of 7+5+2.
And this year, after Li Ran came to the team, he became the team's starting power forward?
Did he secretly give Li Ran a gift?
You know, the UAE averaged 16+8 per game last year, no matter in any team, it is a well-deserved starter.

Moreover, at the age of 27, he is at his peak and has the potential to become the core of some weak teams.

In this case, did Li Ran just take Ah Lian down like this?
For a while, speculations such as whether Li Ran had a conflict with Ah Lian began to surface in the minds of some conspiracy theorists.

The same is true for the center position. You let the best and most dominant center in the league after O'Neal sit off the court, and you also let a center with top talent sit off the court, and let a fat guy with the 18th overall pick play. starter.

Did Li Ran have some unhappiness with Yao Ming Ah Lian during the offseason?

However, seeing Li Ran sitting next to Ah Lian and Yao Ming talking and laughing happily, and Yao Ming even laughing like an emoticon, this kind of speculation is naturally untenable.

Therefore, people can only attribute this wonderful debut to Li Ran's self-confidence.

As soon as the game started, they were ready to watch Li Ran's jokes with their little horses.

(End of this chapter)