start with scouting

Chapter 411
"Since there is a Chinese owner, Su Yang, it's time to form an NBA team with Chinese players as the main players!"

"If you gather the peak Yao, Bashen, Ah Lian, Xu Yong, Wang Qi, Zhu Ba, Sun Dasheng and Jeremy Lin, as well as Hu Weidong who faced Kobe Bryant in the summer league, and Ma Jian who participated in the Clippers trial training, is there any chance? Chance to make the Western Conference playoffs?"

In just a few minutes, the Chinese basketball community dominated by Weibo and Hupu was frantically discussing the King's team formation next season.

Su Yang was so busy that he replied one after another to congratulations from Dayao, Xiaomi Lei and others, as well as Durant and others. When he was free for a while at noon, he flew back to Los Angeles and told Jiang Ruolan to start the next operation. related work.

Although there is no right to appoint and dismiss the king's personnel for the time being, important staff can be recruited in advance. As an NBA team, the president of basketball affairs or the general manager is a must-have position. Su Yang has already finalized potential candidates in advance.

The main deadline is the end of the finals, about mid-June, when the time comes to resign as the head coach of the Lakers, and then start recruiting and building a team from scratch.

When the bid for the king was determined, the main team building strategy was formulated simultaneously, and there were private communications with potential targets.

"Go back and find someone to contact Sam Hinkie, executive vice president of the Rockets, and invite him to interview us for the general manager position. I have been in touch with him before. He was on the sidelines, waiting for us to buy the Kings. The negotiation process should be easy. ..."

Sam Hinkie had the opportunity to serve as the general manager of the 12ers in 76. At that time, the two sides had mutual intentions, but the 76ers finally decided to promote Tony Dinho as the general manager of the team. As a result, after finishing this season, they found that Mr. Tony’s business ability is really good. too bad.

At the end of the regular season this season, the 76ers miss Hinkie and plan to invite Hinkie to officially become the general manager. Su Yang naturally wants to take the lead. After all, Hinkie is currently a candidate for the general manager with a relatively small reputation and strong executive ability. Quite hard to find.

"How high is the annual salary limit?" Jiang Ruolan asked.

"300 million, if Hinkie is unwilling to accept, turn around and contact David Griffin of the Cavaliers, or Masai Ujiri of the Nuggets, mainly to examine their mastery and application of CBA terms, as well as past successes and failures case analysis…"

Su Yang has no obsession with the selection of the general manager. After all, with the advantage of rebirth, he knows who should be selected and who can make deals. The main purpose of finding a general manager is to help him handle those trivial executive tasks. After all, sometimes For a second-round player, it may be necessary to negotiate several rounds with the target team. If you have that spare time, it is better to develop a few popular mobile games.

As long as the general manager is selected, the entire basketball affairs department will be able to operate. Those players must be selected, those transactions must be made, and the preparations can be realized. When he resigns as the head coach of the Lakers, the journey of the king's dynasty can officially begin.

"Then are you going to continue as head coach?"

"I will lead the team until the Kings win the championship, and then hand it over to Snyder, but if he wants to go elsewhere, then I will continue to be in charge. It will be difficult to have a good coach in the next few years. The current group of old guys will still be in charge. It is the main force of the alliance..."

The NBA has entered the 21st century, and there are only a few young coaches who have really made a name for themselves. The young coach Stevens, Nick Nass, and others are all old faces. Su Yang is not at ease to hand over the team to someone other than Snyder People who don't know how to play, let alone invite black head coaches in order to please the main players in the team, especially those of the Celtics in the future, will inevitably be hammered to the ground.

While chatting, the plane landed in Los Angeles.

Su Yang replied to the congratulations from the basketball association, several bosses of the CBA, and domestic sports brands, and told Jiang Ruolan on a whim: "In the future, as long as it is a domestic sports brand, you can charge less for advertising in our venue, but if it is Li Ning Normal price..."

Jiang Ruolan was quite confused, Su Yang simply explained, anyway, that's the thing, and the reason is the same.

After a night's rest, Su Yang rushed to the Lakers training base, pulled the assistants and scouts to discuss how to play against the Spurs next.

According to the schedule, the first game of the Western Conference Finals will start on the 19th. After the Lakers have a day off, they only have two days to prepare.

While waiting for others, Mike Brown and the others congratulated Su Yang for being promoted to the boss, and joked that they wanted to continue working with him.

Everyone was blowing, and all the participants were present. What was more surprising was that Jesse Bass, the scouting director, was also present.

Jesse Bass said on the surface that he was learning how to organize meetings, but he looked like he was supervising Su Yang. After all, Su Yang was already the king's veritable boss, and he might lose the motivation to lead the Lakers to defend the title. .

Su Yang didn't think too much, arranged the order of speeches as usual, and then turned to the main topic, with scout Ryan West making the report first.

In the second half of the Western Conference semifinals, the Spurs swept the Grizzlies 4-0, showing super strength. The performance of the second-year rookie Leonard averaged 14.7 points per game, which surprised many commentators. Danny Green averaged 44.4% of the points per game. The three-point shooting rate is also exaggerated, but the most important thing is that Duncan's performance in the playoffs is like returning to before 08. He averaged 17+7 per game in the first round and 19+10 per game in the second round.

"The Spurs are very good at defending three-pointers. In the first and second rounds, they only allowed their opponents to shoot 27% of their three-pointers per game." Scout Ryan West said, "And we were the first team before the playoffs. Two rounds, the team with the highest three-point shooting percentage..."

It sounds a bit like the strongest spear and the hardest shield, but the Warriors led by Howard can barely be considered a three-point team, and the Grizzlies cannot be considered a three-point team, so the Spurs have too much sample deviation for the reduction in three-point shooting percentage. , the reference value is slightly lower.

The Spurs defended well against three-pointers, mainly because Danny Green and Leonard chased people well and did not give too much space for emergency stops. In addition, the Spurs' rotation system was well done, and they were more timely in defending open spaces, and they were good at blocking. Put the side in the middle, and pass the ball less in a wide range.

Ryan West finished speaking quickly, and all the scouts and assistant coaches nodded in agreement, with a slight worry in their words and expressions.

Seeing the situation, Su Yang said with a smile: "We don't need to worry about the Spurs suppressing the three-pointer. Instead, we have to make full use of Curry's three-pointer advantage to create opportunities for small games and misplaced duels. Against a team like the Spurs, we cannot let They control the rhythm.

In other words, don't fight according to normal logic..."

The Spurs are a team with super defensive execution. They create more turnovers by blocking the ball while pinching the pass. They strive for a large number of offensive and defensive transitions. They also pinch three-pointers and the basket. They only give relatively inefficient mid-range shots. The rush is delayed, and the middle distance is not given.

If you decipher it according to normal logic, more passes, more screens, and more running are all things the Spurs are good at.

Since 04, the Lakers have seriously lacked three-pointers. They mainly relied on Kobe's completely unreasonable mid-range shots to play against the Spurs. This time he must be caught and beaten.

Su Yang briefly explained, Mike Brandon's assistant coaches all nodded to express their understanding, but the scouts had nothing to say.

There is no way, the head coach of the three consecutive championships is so arrogant, the key is to have a wealth of experience against the Spurs, and the qualifications are full.

Everyone discussed some details, and quickly finalized all the plans. The Lakers set off for San Antonio at noon.

　Ask for a ticket!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)