I'm a boss in the NBA

Chapter 458 Dazabi who only won 8 game in [-] games!
It's quite fun to play in the China game, especially with Xu Xuan as a local snake.

Although the Lakers players lost, one or two of them didn't feel sad. Under Xu Xuan's suggestion, they went out to have a good meal.

The fans are also very enthusiastic. Even Nick Young has a lot of fans looking for his autograph. You can't even think about this in Los Angeles.

As for taking pictures, there are more of them. Nick Yang is like taking a stimulant these two days, smiling from ear to ear.

On the third day later, the second China game also started.

Compared with this game, the meaning of the two teams playing is stronger.

The front that should be serious has already been serious, and it is time to relax next.

But even if you relax, the Lakers still haven't won. So far, they have played 7 preseason games and only won 1 game, which is really pitiful.

But Xu Xuan didn't really care much about it, and neither did Coach Frank.

False is now the champion coach, and he really doesn't pay much attention to the outcome of the preseason.

After the China game, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles.

They have only one game in the preseason, against the Phoenix Suns.

On the morning of the 21st, US time, Xu Xuan and his party took an overnight flight and returned to Los Angeles from Shanghai after a long journey.

After resting for a day, Xu Xuan got up the next morning, and Xu Xuan had recovered from the jet lag.

Get up early for a run, then take a shower and go straight to the gym.

Surprisingly, the coaches have already started working.

Xu Xuan came to the training ground and saw the chief assistant coach Wharton Jr. who was passing by and asked curiously: "Luke, don't you have jet lag?"

"I should ask you this question. God, what is your body structure? You are more energetic than me, who is used to staying up late." Little Wharton exclaimed, and continued: "I usually only sleep a day. 5 hours, get used to it."

"Me? Just get some sleep."

"..."

Let’s chat first, Xu Xuan has gone to his own training, it’s not easy to be a coach, especially the coach of the best basketball league in the NBA, of course, the salary of assistant coaches is not low, especially Wharton Jr., Xu Xuan I heard that Wharton Jr.'s salary is a little lower than Frank's, not much lower.

This is when talents are cultivated.

In other words, the head coach of the Lakers was originally Walton Jr., but Frank got involved as a third party.

Time passed day by day, individual training, team training, intra-team competitions, preseason games...

Find the problem, find a way to solve the problem, change your thinking if you can't solve it, and ignore it if it doesn't work, strengthen your strengths and avoid your weaknesses.

In the last preseason game, the Lakers also played to their good strengths and lost to the Suns cleanly.

Well, 8 games in the preseason, 1 win and 7 losses, a perfect ending.

It is heartbreaking to say that the Lakers fans are not worried about this at all.

They don't care at all whether the Lakers are losing more or winning more. In their view, it is enough to have Xu Xuan. Even if they lose now, they can win back in the future. Very simple idea.

The Clippers team next door was aggrieved. They were all in the same city, and they were still playing in the same arena. They knew each other best and spread the most news.

People like Griffin couldn't bear it early, and let out words to mock.

Xu Xuan ignored him. In fact, the Clippers' record was not much better, with 6 wins and 3 losses in 3 games, which is about average.

But this person is afraid of comparison, and his heart, which was still a little gloomy after this comparison, suddenly became happy.

"Look, everyone said that we didn't play well, and there is a big Shabi who only won one game in 8 games. If we don't play well, shouldn't they all wipe their necks and kill themselves?"

Although they are all Los Angeles fans, everyone is also divided into gangs.

A group from the Lakers, a group from the Clippers.

In the past, the Clippers were weak chickens, trembling under the wings of the Lakers.

But it’s different now. The Lakers are losing momentum day by day and continue to perform poorly, while the Clippers are in full swing and vigorous. Now it’s hard to say which side has more fans. This problem can’t even be investigated online.

Both ESPN and TNT conducted a census on the Internet, but in the end, there was no census. Because of the census, the fans on both sides started arguing, and then they shook each other, comparing who was faster in typing, and who was faster on the Internet.
In the end, it can only let it go.

However, although there is no statistical result, everyone still has a number in their hearts.

There are many old fans of the Lakers, and many new fans of the Clippers.

Just like doing business, the fans are also realistic. If you can win, they will support you. On the contrary, the team that no one wants to support loses every day. So now basically everyone who can support the Lakers It's feelings, especially after Kobe retired, many people can't even find this feeling.

If Xu Xuan hadn't joined, it is estimated that the few fans of the Lakers would be divided up by the Clippers, except for those fans who have been fans for more than ten or 20 years or even longer.

Now that Xu Xuan came, the result was different.

The Lakers used to be lifeless, but now they are full of vigor!

Because of Xu Xuanlai's relationship, it also attracted many fans who were neutral or even turned to the Clippers. There was no way, Xu Xuan's popularity was really high.

When Xu Xuan was in Indiana before, it was a small city. People like Los Angeles have the pride of their own big cities and look down on the stars of small cities, but now, how dare you try to look down on Xu Xuan?

I can't kill you!

Pride is serious, and protection is also serious, and the two do not conflict!
And what do you say about Xu Xuan's playing? It's a show, it's really a show, all kinds of show operations, usually you don't see it once in ten games, but when you watch Xu Xuan, you may see it ten times in one game.

After this back and forth, the fans were naturally attracted by Xu Xuan, and even seduced many loyal fans of the Clippers.

It made the Clippers players very upset from top to bottom, and it's no wonder that Griffin, the cannonball, is looking for trouble.

Xu Xuan didn't care about this, and the owner of the Lakers, Jenny Buss, was about to smile.

Since the schedule was set and the Lakers started selling tickets in advance, not to mention those scattered ones, the number of people buying season tickets has increased by 30% compared to last season!

Don't underestimate the 30%!It may not seem like much money in your hands, but it will be a lot to her when you collect it.

Not to mention the various peripherals that have officially started selling, including the profits of jerseys, photos, posters and other small commodities, the Lakers have made a lot of money during this period, and their faces are cracked with laughter.

At the end of the preseason, the Lakers coaching staff has a very clear understanding of the current situation of their team.

There is a three-day break after the preseason. The regular season starts on October 10, and on the morning of the 26th after the game with the Suns, the Lakers held a team meeting.

Assistant coaches, trainers, and players all expressed their views on the current state of the team, the technical strength of the players, the state of the players, the running-in situation, etc. Some people said less, some people said more, more or less All expressed their opinions.

There are also some veterans and players who have good tactical awareness and are willing to express, and put forward adjustment strategies for the current situation of the team.

After listening for a while, Xu Xuan came to several conclusions.

First, the team currently has an adequate pitching base.

In addition to him, Lu Wei, Nick Young, D'Angelo Russell, Ingram, Matt Barnes and even Yi Jianlian all have the ability to pull out and shoot three-pointers, but they have a The problem is that it is not stable, Lu Wei is a jerk, not to mention Nick Young, Russell and Ingram are still rookies, Barnes and Yi Jianlian, you can’t see them as pure pitchers .

Moreover, these pitchers also need to devote a considerable part of their energy to defense.

So there is a problem, it is very likely that due to the high confrontation, the shooting feel will decline.

And except for the stage where Xu Xuan led the game, they didn't have very good players who could open up the situation.

Defense is also a big problem. Lu Wei is a big defensive colander. Although being active is positive, he will always make some inexplicable mistakes. Leaving aside Russell and other young defenders, they are all very good, so outside defense In the end, it still has to be blamed on three people: Baye, Wesley Matthews, and Metta Shiping.

Among them, Ba Ye must be the main force.

Ci Shiping's defense is fierce, but over the years, his physical fitness has declined so much, it's okay to let him go up and be a "little smart ghost looking for trouble", let him really take his life to defend James or Durant for the whole game, He estimated that he would leave Xu Xuan first.
The same goes for Wesley Matthews. Although he is black and strong, since he was injured, his strength has declined to varying degrees, both on the offensive end and the defensive end. I expect him to work hard, let alone whether he can hold it hard , It is estimated that he will be gone if he works hard.

Perimeter defense is a big problem.

It was Xu Xuan who gave Frank and the coaching staff of the Lakers a big surprise, especially Frank. He never expected that after one summer, Xu Xuan's defensive ability could rise to this level.

For example, in the past Xu Xuan's defense could only be regarded as fourth-rate or even fifth-rate, but now it has become third-rate or even second-rate.

Knowing that the second-tier defensive players have the opportunity to be on the best defensive team, how can this not surprise Frank.

But in the end Frank talked to Xu Xuan after careful consideration.

To put it bluntly, he didn't want Xu Xuan to put too much energy on the defensive end, even if the outside defense was directly blown, he also thought the same way.

Nothing else, Xu Xuan's defensive improvement is so great, if it is still in the Pacers before, then he can only be happy, and will properly ask Xu Xuan if he wants to pay more attention to the team's defense, but now, he He will not ask, let alone allow Xu Xuan to participate too much in the team's defense.

Because it used to be dual-core, but now it is single-core. A single-core team means that Xu Xuan alone has resisted the offensive end. Defense, in the end, is definitely not worth the candle.

Frank's brain was active and his thoughts clear.

Teams can lose.

The team can lose because of the defense.

But the team must not collapse because of Xu Xuan's distraction.

That is the problem of the general direction, and Frank is very clear about this.

The perimeter defense is a big problem. In comparison, the Lakers' interior defense is not that bad.

The inside combination of starting Randall and Yi Jianlian, the substitutes Larry Nance and Tarek Black all have good defense and defense capabilities.

In other words, at the beginning of the new season, they may start with an offensive-oriented style of play.

No way, it is true that defense wins the championship, but three-pointers are the mainstream now.

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The morning meeting determined the tone of play at the beginning of the season. The players had no opinion, and most of the players were keen on offense.

Especially for rookies like Russell and Ingram, they are happy to ask the offensive coach to talk to them about tactics for a day, but if you ask the defensive coach to talk to him for a day, it is estimated that they will have to ask for leave the next day
The meeting is over, no training is arranged today, one day off, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to prepare for the season opener against Mosaic.

In the last two days of preparations before the regular season, the Lakers have set the tone for the start of the season, but they still don't have much confidence in the first game.

Mosaic is still very strong. Mosaic last season was undoubtedly disappointing. After qualifying for the playoffs, he was eliminated in the first round.So in the offseason, he hired "running and bombing master" D'Antoni, gave up Howard to support Capela, and introduced Anderson and Eric Gordon from the Pelicans, supplemented by the original lineup. Mosaic is undoubtedly much stronger than the team from last season.

Not easy to deal with.

Especially the head coach D'Antoni, Maxima meets Bole, and Bole meets Maxima is probably what people want to see most.Cardinal Auerbach and Lord of the Rings Russell, Popovich and Duncan, Zen Master and Jordan are all the most compatible mentors and apprentices in NBA history, but Xu Xuan estimates that the pair of mentors and apprentices of the German coach and Ha The combination will definitely not be weaker than anyone else.

D'Antoni has always had the habit of digging out point guards, from the madman Van Exel in the Nuggets era and the two-time MVP pass master Nash in the Suns era, to Jeremy Lin in the Knicks era and Marshall in the Lakers era, etc., the German coach At point guard this point has never let everyone down.

Many people are speculating whether there will be a huge change in Mosaic in the new season. Of course, it is not clear whether this change is good or bad.

On October 10, Mosaic came to Los Angeles to prepare for the game.

The first game is the Lakers at home.

Although the team had many problems, Xu Xuan wanted to make a good start, and the first game was the day when the championship ring was awarded, so of course he wanted to win this game.

The morning pre-game meeting and the last training session for the Lakers are over, and they rest in the afternoon to prepare for the game at 7:[-] in the evening.

(End of this chapter)