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

Chapter 3 With six strong generals in hand, can't they still win the "cricket" summer league?
Lu Yong continued to look down, and soon another familiar name came into view.

Jose Barea, a point guard with a height of 1 meters and a weight of 8 kilograms, is the undrafted pick in this year's draft.

In Lu Yong's previous life, Barea signed a two-year $100 million contract with the Dallas Mavericks after playing in the summer league for the Dallas Mavericks.

Although he didn't have many opportunities to perform in his rookie season, he averaged only 5.8 minutes per game, scored 2.4 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.7 assists, but throughout his career, he spent 11 years repaying the Mavericks and dedicating all his energy to Dallas. .

Barea scored in double figures in 6 seasons in his career. The highest season he averaged 12 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists per game. He was full of energy on the court.

After helping the Mavericks win the championship in 2011, he was poached by the Timberwolves with a high salary. He played for three seasons and reached the peak of his career. He returned to his old club in the summer of 14, until he announced his retirement due to injury in 20. He still averaged 7 points and 4 assists per game. Performance.

In the 10-11 season, Barea, who was only 1 meters tall, defended against James in the finals so that more fans knew him.

Not only did he make it difficult for the Heat to guard against, but in some rounds, Barea also switched to defending LeBron James and did not become a loophole, which made LeBron James, who was not good in post-up singles at the time, suffer a lot.

He is famous not because he was inspirational enough in the early stage of his career, but largely because of the series against the Big Three of the Heat that year.With his own efforts, Barea has won wide recognition, and can even be said to be one of the most inspirational undrafted players in league history.

In short, this small man whose actual height may be less than 1 meters is very capable, and he is a legacy in this year's draft.

When he saw the No.3 player, Lu Yong believed that he would be able to lead the team to achieve good results in the summer league.

Reggie Evans, with a height of 2 meters and a weight of 03 kilograms, will be nicknamed "Rebound Maniac" in the future. He has gained a foothold in the NBA for 111 seasons just by rebounding.

The most amazing battle of Evans' career was the game against the Raptors on behalf of the Nuggets. He played 39 minutes and scored 0 points and 20 rebounds. The second player to get this data.

He has been waived many times in his career and played for 7 teams in total.But in the peak season, he was able to grab 27 rebounds in less than 12 minutes, ranking fifth in the league.

Due to the poverty of his family, Evans grew up eating a lot of food. The concrete basketball court next to his home became a "paradise" for him to avoid chaos and crime. Tackles were the rhythm of Evans' childhood, which indirectly shaped his fierce, tough, and unscrupulous basketball style.

In the 2002 NBA draft, Reggie Evans was not selected unexpectedly. After all, in that era, 2 meters was only the height of a striker. In addition, his offensive skills were rough and he was too old. The team chose to give such a player a chance to exercise with valuable draft picks.

After losing the selection, Evans has already packed his bags and prepared to go to the European League due to the pressure of life after a short period of sadness.At this time, the Seattle Supersonics summer league lineup was short of players. Evans received a call from the general manager of the team, Rick Sander, to invite him.

The hardships he has experienced since he was a child made Evans dare not miss any opportunity. In the summer league where rookies and undrafted players tried their hand at the knife, Evans was like a hungry beast. His fierce defense and rebounding ability won him A $35 base salary contract.

Last season, he was traded to the Nuggets by the Seattle SuperSonics. Because of insufficient offensive methods and no training value, he was refrigerated by George Karl, who loves offensive tactics.After Evans tried the free market this summer, no one cared about him, so he simply signed up for the summer league, hoping to get a chance to prove himself again.

Being able to play in the BIG13 basketball league after 3 seasons in the NBA, the "rebound maniac" Reggie Evans naturally has his bravery.

Reggie Evans can be regarded as the bankrupt version of "Flower Bug" Rodman, with good rebounding ability.

Regardless of his short stature, he has a fierce style of play. In the summer league, it is suitable to partner with power forward Hakeem Warik, who has a poor rebounding awareness, in the frontcourt.

Lu Yong memorized these names. Although they have not reached the peak yet and are at the trough of their careers, their combined strength should not be underestimated, enough to set off a storm in the summer league.

In any case, Lu Yong must play well in the summer league and improve his status and voice in the Grizzlies.

As long as these three players can be successfully signed after the Summer League, they can be used even in the new season. They are almost not ready to play the main force, but they are more than enough to be a substitute.

Looking at the list in his hand, Lu Yong began to feel excited for the upcoming summer league.

Rudy Gay, Lowry, Hakeem Warrick, Ariza, Barea, and "Rebound Maniac" Reggie Evans, with these six fierce players in hand, can't they still win the "cricket" summer league ?
Lu Yong handed the drawn list to Tony Brown. "Just these few, find a way to contact them, and you can choose the rest of the players."

As the chief assistant coach, Lu Yong is naturally the head coach in the summer league and has an absolute right to speak.However, Tony Brown, as his deputy, also enjoys the right to supervise and propose. Both of them are assistant coaches who have come out of the NCAA, and they can just hug each other to keep warm in the competitive relationship.

Tony Brown froze for a moment and asked, "But you only selected six players, isn't it a little short? Leave the rest to me. I'm afraid I'll screw things up and I won't be able to take the responsibility at that time."

"Why don't you choose a few more? I'll just choose a few more."

"Don't worry, these six people are enough. I am the coach of the summer league. I should be responsible for the poor record. I will explain if Mike objected. You just need to choose the players you like." Lu Yong laughed.

"Well, I hope you're right." With the cap in his mouth, Tony Brown turned around and lay down on the table to write his name.

Lu Yong and Tony Brown were just colleagues and had no personal relationship in college.

The two can share the same hatred because they are both newcomers who entered the coaching staff from the NCAA, but there is still a competitive relationship in essence.If it were a darker assistant coach, he would have long wished that Lu Yong would make a mistake, hoped that he would lose all five games in the summer league, and leave get out of class immediately.

The position of the chief assistant coach is not static. Coach Mike Fratello has the right to transfer the positions of the coaching staff. Tony Brown can speak out to remind him that he is very kind.

(End of this chapter)