NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 210 A Slight Smile, Hiding Merit and Fame

After three preseason games, the Kings have 2 wins and 1 loss.

But no one cares about preseason results.

On the evening of October 10, Divac organized another round in a small local bar in Sacun.

The number of people this time was much smaller than the last gathering in Miami, but the people this time could be said to be all important figures in the Kings.

Weber, Bibby, Stojakovic, Turkoglu, Lu Yuanzhi, Bobby Jackson, Christie, Pollard were all present, as well as the newly added Jim Jackson.

"Guys, we're back together!"

"Compared with last time, this gathering has more veterans. Welcome Jim Jackson to join our Kings team!"

Jim Jackson has been in the league for many years and has heard that various teams have various ceremonies to welcome newcomers, but he is also an old man. Looking at today's style, it is definitely not to welcome newcomers.

If new people are welcome, why isn't Zeon Clark?
Therefore, Jim Jackson got up in a low-key manner and said hello to everyone, and then asked Divac to continue speaking.

"smart people!"

Several old players of the Kings had this idea in their minds, and they had a better impression of Jim Jackson.

"Guys, we had an amazing journey last season and won our first championship in the new millennium."

"We also experienced great difficulties, such as that G6."

Everyone laughed.

As the final winner, everyone quickly put the unpleasantness behind them and even joked about the game.

“But we overcame all the odds and came out on top.”

"I'm proud of you, guys!"

"Ho ho ho!" The Kings players present raised their glasses and cheered in response to Divac's speech.

"Last season, I said, that was probably my only chance to win the championship."

"I think I lied!"

Everyone looked at each other.

"Because this season, we are the favorites to win the championship!"

What the hell!

Divac, you are so good at playing, why don't you go to the banquet and tell jokes!
The players were stunned for a moment, and then cheered and laughed.

Divac looked at Jim Jackson and then said, "Jim, don't be surprised, last year we set the goal of winning the championship in a tavern."

"You see, the goals of the tavern are always achievable."

"This year, I'm one year older, so I may not be able to play as well as last year."

Everyone was used to the way Divac spoke today, and after a "shush" they waited for his next words.

Sure enough, Divac didn't keep everyone waiting too long, "but Chris and Doug are still at their peak."

"Peja, Max, Hido, Bobby, Mike, and Scott are all better than last year!"

"We have become stronger as a whole!"

“This year we still have to chase the championship and defend it!”

"Hoohoho!"

The Kings players are very excited. Before the start of the season, everyone saw each other's progress. They also know that the Kings, with almost no changes in personnel, only have the goal of defending the title this year!

After talking about his goals for this season, Divac pressed his hands and signaled everyone to be quiet.

"Actually, there is another thing that Rick asked me to do today."

"These words can only stay in this room and must not be spread out."

Everyone looked solemn, wondering what the coach wanted to say through Divac's mouth. "Rick feels that it is difficult for Gion to integrate into our system, so he wants to trade him away during the season to further strengthen our lineup."

"Of course, the transaction has nothing to do with us, but Rick wants to improve Zeon's data to look better, so that we will have more chips in the trade market to exchange for better players."

"This will also help our goal of hitting the championship."

Everyone is carefully savoring the information Divac just revealed.

Tell everyone here, that is, the people in the room, that they are not going to be traded?
It is indeed possible.

It is impossible for too many people to know about this kind of thing that cannot be told outside, which explains why there are no water fountain managers at this party.

At the same time, this kind of thing of helping a certain player to brush up the data cannot be done by just one or two players and the head coach, so everyone is present.

After winning the championship last year, Bibby got a super big contract, which made everyone very envious.

In addition to Bibby's wonderful performances in various Western Conference series, the team finally won the championship, which also added a lot of points.

As the No. 2 scorer, Bibby was able to enjoy championship bonuses after winning the championship and won a super-large contract. Other players were also a little jealous.

This year is a contract year for Lu Yuanzhi.

Turkoglu is in a contract year next year.

Although other players have no upcoming contracts to sign, don't forget that after Lu Yuanzhi opened the door to a new world of commercial endorsements in China, the team's performance became the common interest of everyone.

As long as the Kings can make great progress, as Lu Yuanzhi's teammates, they will not have to worry about finding commercial endorsements in China.

Therefore, everyone quickly unanimously agreed to help Clark improve his data and try to get a more useful guy.

It's best to be an insider!

After all, opponents in the Western Conference all have powerful inside players. If you don't stock up on the corresponding inside players, it will be easy for the team to collapse when someone is injured or in poor condition.

You can't let Weber carry O'Neal every time and let Lu Yuanzhi and Turkoglu move to the power forward position!

Last year in G6 against the Lakers, all three centers were sent off. In the end, Webber had to be left to carry O'Neal. The painful experience did not last long!

"But how can we help him?"

"I mean, his offense seems to be slow and he has no offensive talent. How can we make him score more?"

Bobby Jackson directly started complaining mode.

When they played together on the court before, Bobby Jackson didn't like to cooperate with Clark.

It's not that he dislikes Clark, it's just that Bobby Jackson has played with Lu Yuanzhi and Turkoglu too much, and he can move the clouds and water smoothly.

As a result, Clark fell in love, and when he cooperated with him, he felt like he was constipated, which was hard to handle.

Divac spread his hands and said, "I am only responsible for conveying Rick's meaning and feeding your opinions back to him. How can I help specifically? To be honest, I can't help it."

Lu Yuanzhi thought for a while, as if he had found something, and said directly, "I thought of improving his rebounding data."

Although I haven't heard of a way to increase points for Clark, rebounding is also an important indicator for inside players. Lu Yuanzhi actually has a way?
"No matter who is partnering with him in the post, help him catch more people and let him get rebounds."

"If I, Hido, or Peja are on the court and go in to help him block people, we have height and strength, and most inside players can be blocked by us."

Lu Yuanzhi thought of the Thunder's famous "Ka Feng" and came up with the plan with slight modifications.

Everyone’s eyes lit up, this is a good idea!

And considering Clark's size, even if he is defending normally, someone needs to return to the inside to help him get into position, otherwise his own inside line will be ravaged by the opponent's players.

"This is a good idea! Why do you have so many weird ideas in your head?"

Bobby Jackson patted Lu Yuanzhi excitedly, but Lu Yuanzhi just smiled slightly, hiding his merit and fame.

　Zhang Zhilei is awesome! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)