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

Chapter 214 Lu Yuanzhi meets someone who makes him uncomfortable
The fallout from last year's Rookie of the Year hype in the Memphis media has yet to die down.

Pau Gasol averaged 17.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 2.1 blocks per game, beating Lu Yuanzhi and Battier and others, and was elected the Rookie of the Year in the 01-02 season.

However, there are also many neutral fans who say that Gasol's election is inseparable from his being on a bad team like the Grizzlies.

Gasol averaged 36.7 minutes per game last season, which was nearly twice as long as Lu Yuanzhi's less than 20 minutes. Naturally, his statistics are better than Lu Yuanzhi's.

Lu Yuanzhi was on a championship team, and the team that finally won the championship, as a second-round pick, did not have much playing time at the beginning, which led to the data being inferior to Gasol.

If you look at Lu Yuanzhi's playoff performance, the best rookie will not fall to Gasol at all.

But the evaluation is based on regular season data, and Lu Yuanzhi's loss was not unfair.

This season, the Grizzlies chose to hoard talented players. It turns out that Swift is an excellent jumping man, the newly introduced Kirilenko has excellent static talents, and George also has excellent dynamic talents.

Speaking of Kirilenko, the Grizzlies chose to send Battier away and gambled on Kirilenko's future, which has a lot to do with Lu Yuanzhi.

If any team management, in addition to the Kings, also pays close attention to Lu Yuanzhi, the Grizzlies will definitely be ranked high.

The more I study Lu Yuanzhi, the more I feel that such a player is suitable for the Grizzlies.

He has height, strength, speed, impact, and shooting ability from beyond the three-point line.

Wouldn't such a player fit in well with the existing Grizzlies system?
Holding the ball?

No need to hold the ball!

The Grizzlies have a lot of people holding the ball, and Jason Williams doesn't want to let anyone else play with the ball. You just need to stand in a good position and wait for him to deliver the ball to you without a trace.

Therefore, the Grizzlies will bet heavily on Kirilenko.

Anyway, from the perspective of the Grizzlies management, the two people have exactly the same static talents. It makes no sense that Lu Yuanzhi can develop long-range shots, but Kirilenko cannot.

It really can’t be developed!

Throughout Kirilenko's entire career, he has failed to develop a stable outside shooting ability.

Even at the end of his career, he gradually lost his accuracy in even mid-range shots, and finally had to leave the game sadly.

The Kings continued to use the starting lineup of Divac, Clark, Stojakovic, Lu Yuanzhi and Bobby Jackson, while the Grizzlies sent Gasol, Swift, Kirilenko, Gordon -The lineup of Jirisek and Jason Williams.

Lu Yuanzhi faced Kirilenko and was indeed restrained.

With the same high mobility and the same height and wingspan, Lu Yuanzhi suffered a lot in the hands of Kirilenko.

What's even more uncomfortable is that the theme of this game is still to help Clark improve his statistics, so Lu Yuanzhi cannot get too much tactical tilt.

But even if they reveal their inability to fight against Kirilenko, the Kings are indifferent to this situation.

Anyway, there is only one Kirilenko, and the Grizzlies are not the Kings' playoff opponent, and they are even less likely to trade Kirilenko, who they spent a lot of money to trade back.

As for whether other teams will be inspired to find a tall and fast man like Kirilenko to guard Lu Yuanzhi.

Haha, do you really think that the static talents of Lu Yuanzhi and Kirilenko are easy to find?
You've searched all over the NBA and can't find such a player.

Oh, maybe Garnett can, but are you willing to trade Garnett with Lu Yuanzhi?
He doesn't have to defend Webber?

Moreover, the current tactical tilt is on Clark. Who can guarantee that Lu Yuanzhi, who has obtained the tactical tilt, cannot soar into the sky?

The biggest sufferer in today's game is not Lu Yuanzhi, but Swift.The second overall pick in 2000 met Clark, who was similar in size to him, except that Clark was taller and Swift moved faster.

Clark was not afraid of this lanky power forward at all. After receiving support from Lu Yuanzhi and Stojakovic, he locked up the brainless Swift on the defensive end.

Swift, who didn't have many brain cells, would only rush to the basket when he got the ball. Clark naturally didn't give him any face, and knocked Swift awake with two big blocks.

My kids, the Kings’ inside line is really not something you can get in if you want.

After Lu Yuanzhi failed to fire, the Kings quickly replaced Turkoglu and Jim Jackson in the rotation stage to make up for the firepower.

This Kings team has a very strong offensive power in the starting lineup, but in the rotation stage, because of the presence of Turkoglu and Jim Jackson, the firepower has not dropped much.

It can be seen in this contest with the Grizzlies. Although the Grizzlies, led by Gasol, withstood the impact of the Kings' starting lineup, their substitutes could not handle it once they rotated the lineup.

At 116:99, the Kings easily defeated the Grizzlies on the road.

The main players of the two teams scored equally, but the Kings' bench scored nearly 20 more points, directly defeating the Grizzlies.

However, the management and fans of the Grizzlies must not be sad, because the main lineup of their youth army withstood the impact of last year's champion Kings. Lu Yuanzhi, who was once the nightmare of the Grizzlies and Bai Yueguang, was eliminated by Kyrie Lianke was limited to only 25 points, 8 rebound and 1 assists in 4 minutes.

Yes, although Lu Yuanzhi has difficulty scoring, he has not forgotten the team's main goal, which is to help Clark improve his statistics. His four assists were all obtained by breaking into the basket and passing the ball to Clark.

Although Lu Yuanzhi's current ability to finish at the basket and his "enhanced confrontation" skills, neither Gasol, Swift nor Kirilenko can have much impact on his layups.

But Lu Yuanzhi, who strictly followed the coaching staff's tactical requirements, still chose to pass more passes to Clark.

Clark was undoubtedly the most handsome player in the game, with 20 points and 16 rebounds, including 4 in the frontcourt. Countless "experts and scholars" exclaimed that the Kings had found another treasure!

After beating Darius Miles, the No. 2000 pick in 2000, Clark beat Stromire Swift, the No. [-] pick in [-].

I wonder if Kenyon Martin in New Jersey is trembling at this time?
If Clark beats Martin again, the three power forwards selected in the top three picks in 2000 will all be ravaged by Clark.

However, Marcus Fizer, who is far away in Chicago, has begun to panic. He, the fourth pick in 2000, seems to be no match for Clark.

It's really amazing. The top four picks in the 2000 draft were all power forwards. I don't know if everyone was short of power forwards that year, or if the power forwards collectively broke out that year.

However, Lu Yuanzhi knows that Clark can bully Miles and Swift, but it is not necessarily easy to beat Martin and Fizer.

Feizer, in particular, is 206 centimeters tall and weighs 119 kilograms. He is the type of insider Clark hates to face.

Feizer is also on the Kings' inspection list, but it will be some time before the two teams play each other. Wanting to see Feizer's performance live is not a task that can be completed in the near future.

Anyway, all insiders with height, weight and mid-range baskets are on the Kings' inspection list.

But the bad news is that the Bulls have always been keen on forming twin towers and may not be willing to trade Fizer.

In this game against the Grizzlies, the Kings have no candidates to examine. Gasol is "not for sale" to the Grizzlies, at least not for the past few years, and Swift and the others don't like him at all.

Not as good as Clark!
The Kings did not stop in Memphis and took a red-eye flight to Miami overnight. The next night, they will adjust the Miami Heat in back-to-back away games.

　The brothers are all guessing who will be replaced by Clark.
　　I have a candidate in my mind. You all know it, but you all ignore it subconsciously. Hey, wait until I reveal the answer.

　　Although the black bear guessed by some brothers was pretty good, it really wasn’t.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)