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Chapter 416 Renewal Problem
After G1 of the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers had a day off.

Su Yang woke up early in the morning, picked up the mobile phone next to the pillow to check the news, and saw many fans discussing Curry's contract extension.

Some fans believe that Curry's G1 performance is worthy of a five-year maximum salary offer, after all, 40+ lore.

There are also fans who believe that the best choice for the Lakers should be a one-year qualification offer, allowing Curry to become a restricted free agent, which can match the bidding contracts offered by other teams, and can avoid risks to the greatest extent, and give Curry a maximum salary in the next year Renew.

All in all, Curry will continue to stay with the Lakers next season, unless something particularly unexpected happens.

For example, Curry rejected the qualification offer, negotiated friendly with the Lakers, and entered the free market, but the Lakers are not the kind of true philanthropists, and most of them are unwilling to do that. Then Curry has to take the risk to wait until March next year, and the qualification offer will automatically become invalid. just work.

It is also possible to sign first and then change. It depends on the final result of the Lakers season. If the defending title can hit three consecutive games, it will be difficult.

In other words, like the Grizzlies treated OJ Mayo and the Timberwolves treated Michael Beasley, the four-year rookie contract expires, no qualification offer, directly put into the free market, and no re-signing, but Curry does not have those two Sao operation.

It may be that after the Lakers make a qualification offer, other teams compete for Curry for the top salary. The Lakers give up matching offers due to issues such as luxury tax, injury concerns, and ability questions, but the probability is also small, because the Lakers have bird rights and can surpass Curry. Salary cap matching.

"Speaking of which, there are several unexpected situations..."

Su Yang is too lazy to think too much, he definitely wants to take Curry away, but everything depends on the situation, the best case is the offer, the Lakers choose not to match, the worst case is the Lakers renew Curry with a 5-year maximum salary, The compromise is to sign with the Lakers first and then trade Curry.

For now, the most important thing is to defend the title.

In addition to wildly praising Curry and discussing Curry's contract extension, the other most discussed topic is "Kobe wins lying down". Some fans think that Kobe's performance at other times is lackluster except for the "extremely risky and extremely lucky" mid-range shot at the last moment.

After breakfast, Su Yang rushed to the conference room, took Mike Brown and other assistant coaches, and simply reviewed the G1 game video.

"Our defense against Danny Green is relatively poor. The main reason is that we underestimated his ability to attack with the ball and rush to shoot three-pointers..." Su Yang explained, in fact, he reminded Kobe before, but Kobe was too confident and thought he could return to defense several times.

Looking into the reason, it is probably because Danny Green, in various scout reports, is mainly known for defense and fixed-point three-pointers, but he did not expect that in this round of the series, Danny Green would actually attack with the ball, and his ability to catch and shoot the ball in an emergency stop , approaching Ray Allen.

Mike Brown scribbled down what Su Yang said, and then said: "For training in the afternoon and tomorrow, I will remind Kobe..."

Everyone talked about how to limit Leonard's mid-range shot. After much deliberation, there is no good way, but the main thing is to prevent the ball from catching.

The meeting turned to end, and the afternoon training was held immediately. Mike Brown really pulled Kobe to talk in detail about 'Don't underestimate Danny Green', just like a head coach.Su Yang accidentally saw the two talking, and thought that Mike Brown probably wanted to take over.

Originally, before Phil Jackson left, Mike Brown was the most popular coach to take over the Lakers. As a result, Su Yang left the Thunder in a rare way. It can be said that he suddenly snatched Mike Brown's position as the head coach of the Lakers. After the end of this season, Su Yang resigned As for the coaching position, according to common sense, the person who is most likely to take over as the head coach is Mike Brown, which is reasonable.

"Bread can take over..."

Su Yang thought to himself, with the advent of the small ball era, Mike Brown is good at the dynamic system, and will not be difficult to develop tactics because of the team's big ball-holding core. D'Antoni fits.

D'Antoni is quite good for Curry, but the role of Gasol and Kobe will be weakened, and the overall effect is not as good as Mike Brown.

At the end of training in the afternoon, Artest suggested that the whole team watch the Eastern Conference Finals between the Heat and the Pacers together, but the game has not yet started.

Instead, Su Yang took the whole team to the cinema to watch the recently released "Iron Man 3", but after watching it, he found that something was wrong. How could the villain be the big BOSS, because 22 years ago, Iron Man let the pigeons go, and he was going to kill him Kill and destroy the world?

The screenwriter's malice is too deep. In order to please the audience, he infinitely elevates the protagonist while infinitely lowering the villain's IQ and motivation.

Anyway, diaosi has no good life, even if Gao Fushuai does something wrong, it doesn't matter. He clamors every day that it is fair, but respects blood and birth.

After watching the movie, Kobe and others also complained, saying that it was too Hollywood routine: Iron Man started with a traumatized heart, a counselor who only used money to show off, was forced to shoulder the important task of saving relatives, friends and even the world, and finally sublimated into a real hero...

On the 21st of the next day, the second game of the Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Spurs continued at the ATT Arena in San Antonio.

Perhaps out of some consideration, Popovich adjusted the Spurs' starting lineup, and Splitter replaced Diaw as the center.

Duncan switched to the power forward position. Su Yang saw the Spurs' starting roster and wondered on the spot whether to arrange Jordan Hill as the starting center and Gasol to defend Duncan. lose points.

But if it is temporarily adjusted, Jordan Hill has not started a game for a long time, and the ghost knows what the effect will be.

After thinking about it, Su Yang decided to continue to let Chasing Dream Green be the starting power forward, and encouraged him in advance: "You may be beaten up by Duncan tonight. You have to remember that this is a series of seven games and four wins. We have Time to find a way to limit Duncan..."

Chasing Dream Green nodded excitedly, and offered to say: "I will go around the front to defend, interfere with receiving the ball, and look for opportunities to cut the ball."

The game then started, and the Spurs won the jump ball. Sure enough, Duncan singled out the dream on the first attack. Fortunately, he shot and hit the basket.

But in turn, Duncan helped block Gasol, grabbed a defensive rebound, passed Parker quickly, and finally helped Danny Green score two points, then turned around and stole the basketball that Curry tried to hit the ground and passed to Chasing Green. Parker made a fast break and succeeded in a sneak attack.

Except for Duncan's low-post singles, the Spurs' offense is mainly Parker Duncan's pick-and-roll. Parker has a firm shot and a high hit rate.

Green was difficult to defend, and Duncan quickly made 5 of 3 shots.

Regarding Curry's defense, the Spurs have not changed. Leonard and Danny Green take turns defending, while Duncan and Splitter, whoever screens for Curry will go up and double-team. It depends on the situation and decides whether to give it to the weak side. Make up defense, and resolutely prevent Curry from scoring efficiently.

The generals of the Lakers followed Su Yang's arrangement and resolutely found Parker to play the wrong position. Kobe and Artest played very well and held on to the score.

Who ever thought that the game entered the end of the first quarter, and the Spurs' Dior and Ginobili, who came off the bench, teamed up for a small explosion.

Dior made three three-pointers and forced the Spurs to lead by 9 points into the second quarter. Su Yang sent Curry to lead the team.

It's a pity that facing the Spurs' super targeted defense, Curry made consecutive shots, and it seemed that his actions were a bit slow.

Taking advantage of the timeout, Su Yang reminded and suggested that Curry could rest, but Curry insisted on playing and did not forcefully stop him.

Bryant then appeared on the court and scored frequently to stabilize the situation, helping the Lakers to only trail the Spurs by 6 points at the end of the half.

During the intermission, Su Yang adjusted his strategy: "In view of Curry's excellent three-point performance in the last game, in the second half of our game, Curry used more off-ball running positions as bait, using the three-point threat to help Kobe and others create Easy scoring space..."

Su Yang wants to let Curry play with the ball, but the situation is not good for the time being, so he can only let Curry play more without the ball.

The third quarter started in a blink of an eye.

As expected, Curry's running without the ball attracted the Spurs' great defensive attention. Kobe and Gasol played pick-and-rolls to score in succession. Forcibly help the Spurs stabilize the situation.

After three quarters, the Lakers were only 5 points behind.

But in the fourth quarter, the game turned into a foul battle. The Spurs scored 8 times and the Lakers 11 times. They failed to tie the score until the end.

At the end of the game, the Lakers lost 98 to 102 to the Spurs, and the Western Conference Finals became a 1-1 tie.

Curry made 17 of 5 shots and only had 16 points and 8 assists. Kobe scored 39 points in vain. The result is quite regrettable.

The previous praises for Curry have turned into ridicule. Only the Lakers know that Curry has a sore ankle.

The whole team flew back to Los Angeles, and the team doctor Garivetti consulted with Curry's chief surgeon, thinking that Curry needed to rest and observe.

Fortunately, the Lakers rested for 4 days, and Curry could fully rest, and he didn't have to play closed games with injuries like in his previous life.

It's just that regarding Curry's contract extension, the Lakers' management has a little bit of hesitation, and Su Yang can't say whether he is happy or sad for a while.

　Curry scored high points in a single quarter in the 13-year playoffs and played closed games with an ankle injury. They are all real history. Changing teams in the novel adds dramatic effects.In fact, I don't need to explain, the main thing is that I am not confident...

　　
　
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