Coach: Coaching the Grizzlies at the beginning, playing the bantam

Chapter 207 Might as well be bold, maybe we can compete for the championship in the new season?

After everything was arranged properly, Lu Yong left Philadelphia by plane, ready to enjoy the holiday.

Some media photographed Lu Yong getting off the plane at Los Angeles Airport and boarding a commercial vehicle to pick him up with a woman wearing sunglasses.

Once the news was released, many paparazzi started digging up information about the woman, full of gossip.

However, compared with the lace news of Lu Yong's holiday, the attention of all teams in the league is undoubtedly on the free market.

This year's NBA free market is very lively, and there have been many high-profile transactions and signings. The most concerned one is naturally the news that "Queen Bee" Chris Paul has landed in Los Angeles.

According to reports from the Los Angeles media, the Clippers and Hornets have officially completed Paul's deal.

The Clippers traded Eric Gordon, Kaman, Aminu and an unprotected first-round pick in 2012 for Paul and two second-round picks in 2015.

In this new season, Paul will put on the Clippers jersey and fight alongside Griffin.

The Hornets management expressed their gratitude and blessings to Paul, while Stern said that this deal will benefit the future of the Hornets.

In fact, a few hours ago, the Hornets media had already reported the news that Paul was about to leave the team. Withdrew from the Paul contention.The reason is that the deal about Paul is about to be concluded, the Queen Bee's next home will be the Clippers or the Lakers, and the deal can be completed tomorrow at the latest.

However, the process of the transaction is faster than the fans imagined. The Clippers also counted their capital in order to get Paul. An All-Star center + two potential rookies + a first-round pick from the Timberwolves are very sincere.

In fact, before this, the Hornets had reached an agreement with the Lakers on Paul's deal, but in the end the deal was stopped by the league. This farce was still teased by fans from time to time until ten years later.

After the transaction was completed, the Clippers completed the upgrade of the lineup. The inside line has Griffin and Jordan Jr., the golden partner, and the starting small forward is Butler who just joined.In the backcourt, the Clippers have Paul, Billups, Mo Williams and Bledsoe.

In the new season, the Clippers will not only be able to compete with the Lakers in Los Angeles, but will also launch a strong impact on other powers in the league.

In addition, when the Hornets put Paul on the shelf, in addition to the Clippers and the Lakers, in fact, many teams in the league also participated in this competition and gave good offers.

Among them, the Magic took the lead in providing a reliable offer, JJ-Redick + Nelson Jr. + Ryan Anderson + Braden Bass.

However, these four are all role players and cannot be seen by the Hornets, so they were resolutely rejected by the Hornets management.

After that, the Warriors also offered an offer, Stephen Curry + Klay Thompson, when Curry was in his third year and Klay was still a rookie who hadn't played, so the Hornets' rejection was very reasonable.

Even after a few years, the Hornets management estimated that they even wanted to die. The team's failure began with rejecting the "Splash Brothers".

What's more interesting is that after trading away Garnett, the Celtics also provided an offer not long ago, Rondo + first-round pick. At this time, Rondo is already a two-time All-Star, a steal king, and a three-time selection The best defensive team, and only one year older than Paul, but the offer was still rejected by the Hornets.

It is said that when Rondo learned that he was going to be replaced by Paul, he was furious and rushed into the management's office and was furious. He could replace me with anyone, but he was replaced by Paul!

Everyone is familiar with the following things. Rondo and Paul became a pair of enemies in the league, and even had the experience of fighting. In fact, the rift between the two was settled as early as this time.

Of course, the most stupid thing is the Rockets management. The Lakers' offer to the Hornets is a three-party deal that pulls the Rockets together.

In this deal, the Lakers got Paul, the Rockets got Dajia, and the Hornets got Artest, Kevin Martin, Scola, Dragic and the Rockets' first-round picks.

At that time, all three parties agreed to the deal and reported it to Stern. As a result, Stern called a meeting of representatives of 30 teams in the league and asked them to vote by show of hands. In the end, 30 of the 28 teams voted against it.

In the end, only the Hornets and the Lakers agreed to the co-authorship. Even the Rockets, who participated in the three-way deal, voted against it, becoming a laughing stock in the league.

In addition to Paul, the top star, the farce between Howard and the Magic management has finally come to an end.

Originally, the Magic and the Nets started serious negotiations on Howard's deal, and have already found a third-party team for the deal, the Trail Blazers.But according to Wojnarowski's latest report, the Magic have terminated their negotiations with the Nets and removed Howard from the trading market.

This also means that Howard's deal will not be completed in a short time.

Entering the offseason, the Nets have been committed to strengthening the team's inside line. Before that, they aimed at Howard of the Magic and Nene, a completely free agent, hoping to win one of them.

And yesterday, Nene announced that he would renew his contract with the Nuggets for 5 years and $6700 million. Therefore, there is only one way left for the Nets, which is to go all out to win Howard, and they have accelerated the negotiation process with the Magic.

As a result, the Magic management was not really ready to lose Howard. A few hours after the Blazers joined the negotiations, the Magic unilaterally terminated the trade negotiations on Howard and refused to negotiate with any team in the league.

In short, the Magic decided to withdraw Howard from the trading market and will not try to trade Warcraft in a short time.

The Bulls, which ranked first in the Eastern Conference last season, also signed an individual in the free market. They won the "CIC King" Hamilton with a three-year contract of 3 million, and their backcourt strength has been strengthened again.

Since being out of the playoffs last season, the Bulls have been planning to strengthen the team's shooting guard position.After the Pistons announced the layoff of the team's meritorious Hamilton, the Bulls immediately pursued him, and finally got what they wanted.

In this way, in the new season, Hamilton will partner with Derrick Rose. This combination of the old and the young will support the Bulls' backcourt.

Hamilton, 33, spent the past nine seasons with the Detroit Pistons and helped the team win a championship in 9.Last season, he was very unsatisfactory under the coach John Kuster. He was put on the bench for 2004 weeks and failed to play. .

Although Hamilton is getting older, his strength lies there. Joining the Bulls in the new season will definitely make this young team stronger.

In addition, former Sonics center Joakim Noah is also in contact with the Bulls management recently. The two sides have not yet reached an agreement on the contract, but it is not difficult to judge from the Bulls’ move to abandon last season’s starting center Al Jefferson. The Bulls are very eager to pursue Noah, the champion center, and the two sides are likely to join forces in the end to impact the dominance of the Heat's Big Three.

Several veteran strong teams in the West did not conduct major transactions, but only made a few corner reinforcements on the premise of retaining the team's core lineup.

The Lakers signed Mike Roberts for 600 million in two years, trying to make him make up for the loss after Odom left the team.

However, the two are not the same level of players at all, and this signing can only be regarded as the Lakers' dying struggle at best.

麦克罗伯茨在联盟效力4年，过去3个赛季都在步行者打球，上赛季51次先发出场，场均得到7.4分5.3篮板和2.1次助攻。

Although the signing of Mike Roberts by the Lakers can strengthen the depth of the interior to a certain extent, at least at the beginning of the season, the Lakers' frontcourt will still face greater pressure.First of all, Bynum was suspended by the league and missed the first 5 games of the new season. Secondly, the young insider Carracter was injured in training and underwent surgery on Wednesday local time. He is expected to miss 4 to 6 weeks.

The new season has not yet started, and the Lakers have fallen out of the championship ahead of time. If they can reach the second round of the playoffs, they will be successful. Their overall strength is far inferior to that of the Sonics, Spurs and Clippers.

Lu Yong believes that the two teams in the West that are most likely to reach the finals are the Spurs and the Supersonics. Even though the Supersonics experienced a serious population loss in the summer, there are Durant, David Lee and "Warrior" Jackson Sitting in town, the Supersonics are still the first step in the Western Conference championship, and no one dares to underestimate it.

At the end of July, what surprised Lu Yong the most was that the Warriors signed free agent Kwame Brown for 7 year and 1 million. The most famous "parallel import champion" of this century will start his 800th season in Golden State.

The 28-year-old Kwame Brown is the NBA's first high school student No. 10 pick, but because his performance was much lower than people's expectations, he was named a parallel importer.Due to his good low-post defensive ability, Brown has been in the league for [-] seasons. Although it is difficult to renew his long-term contract, there are always teams that favor him.

The Warriors have been chasing inside defensive champions to improve the team's defensive capabilities.They even offered DeAndre Jordan with a high salary of 4 million U.S. dollars in four years, but they were finally matched by the Clippers. They also reported that they were interested in Yi Jianlian, but they were cut off by the 4300ers halfway. Signed Kwame Brown to a seriously overpriced contract.

After seeing the news, Lu Yong just wanted to praise the Warriors management. He signed a blue-collar insider who averaged 1 points and 800 rebounds per game in his career for 6 million yuan in one year. Grandma's house.

In early August, Lu Yong flew back to Philadelphia and rented a villa accompanied by Allen Iverson.

Of course, it is better to say that it is white prostitution than renting a house.

Because the owner of this villa is a good friend of Iverson. Hearing that Iverson was looking for a house for coach Lu Yong, he sent the key over immediately. He didn't care about the rent, but only charged a symbolic amount.

This is an old villa with three floors, but the location is good, not too far from the city center, only 20 minutes away by car.

The supporting facilities around the villa are also very complete, including supermarkets, scenic spots, nightclubs, and shopping malls, so you don't have to worry about the convenience of life.

Lu Yong signed two of the largest coaching contracts in history, and he is now considered a rich man. If he decides to die in Philadelphia, he will simply buy one himself, but he will definitely leave after Iverson retires, so he did not refuse. Just moved in.

Leaving the villa, Lu Yong and Iverson drove to the arena.

The 76ers used the holiday time to hold a mini-training camp. Except for Garnett, Brand and Peja Stojakovic who are far away in Europe, other players in the team arrived at the arena on time.

It is quite normal for teams to hold private mini-training camps during the offseason. Usually, veteran players will not participate. The purpose is mainly to inspect newcomers and new players who have just joined the team, and check their training in July. progress and facilitate readjustment of the training plan.

When Lu Yong and Iverson stepped into the stadium, the newly appointed assistant coach Hoiberg was already on the sidelines guiding the players to practice shooting.

Hoiberg is deeply respected by the players for his professional movements and theories. The most important point is that Hoiberg is the assistant coach recruited by Lu Yong to the 76ers. As long as he is not stupid, of course no one wants to offend him. It's too late to please.

Lu Yong stood on the sidelines and watched for a while, walked behind Hoiberg and said with a smile, "Why didn't you rest for a few more days, I didn't inform you that you must come to today's training camp, for fear of disturbing your vacation with your family."

"As a coach, you set up training camps to inspect players by yourself. Of course I can't slack off." Hoiberg turned his head and smiled. "These guys have a good shooting foundation. Did you consider their basic shooting skills before signing up during the offseason?"

Except for Garnett, Brand and Dalembert in the 76ers' 15-man roster for the new season, everyone else has a good shooting level, and the foundation is easy to improve. It is impossible for Hoiberg not to see it. .

"Of course, it's hard to get ahead in my tactical system without shooting outside. I'll leave their three-point shooting training to you in the new season. I know you've always been professional in this regard." Lu Yong smiled.

"Don't worry, if I can't do this well, I might as well go back to college and just hang around." Hoiberg shrugged.

Listening to the planned communication between the two, Iverson was very happy standing aside, which shows that the strength of the 76ers in the new season is definitely not weak, and everything is under Lu Yong's control.

Sitting on the sidelines and watching for a while, Lu Yong entered the field and greeted the players one by one, then called assistant coaches Snyder, Vaughn, and Hoiberg to the video analysis room for a meeting to determine the new season of the 76ers in advance tactical style.

What Lu Yong wants to determine is not only the tactics, but also the running-in of the lineup, analyzing the season prospects of the 76ers, and putting the worst situation on the surface, so as to avoid being caught off guard at that time.

During the meeting, Lu Yong suggested that in addition to the passing and cutting system, the 76ers should also strengthen the offensive efficiency of internal cuts and counterattacks in the new season, and strive to build the 76ers into a team with both offensive and defensive ceilings.

On the front line, Iguodala is a small forward who is good at splitting the ball and assisting his teammates. Garnett and Brand also have good ball transfer ability inside. The next hand-to-hand feel.

Of course, the three-pointer will also be the main offensive method of the 76ers, but the premise is that the transfer of the ball is smooth enough to get the ball as soon as the teammates have the opportunity. This is not an easy task.

Snyder didn't have any objections when he heard the words. Lu Yong has been coaching the Sonics for four years and has been playing like this. Facts have proved that his system is very successful, leading the team to win two championships.

Vaughn sat aside and hesitated for a while, then said softly: "The passing and cutting system requires players to run and move a lot, which tests the players' tactical execution ability. If it's just a summer, I think it will be difficult for them to run proficiently."

"So I plan to determine the lineup and train in a permutation and combination way, so that each of them is familiar with what they should do, so that it will be easier to find their position after playing." Lu Yong said.

"It's a good idea. There is too little time left for us, otherwise we can use 2-3 seasons to build a championship lineup." Vaughan sighed.

"You might as well be bold, Jacqueline, maybe we can compete for the championship in the new season?" Lu Yong crossed his legs and said with a relaxed smile. "My goal is to win the best coach again and bid farewell to Allen with a championship ring. The goal of reaching the playoffs is to tell the media and fool people."

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(End of this chapter)