start with scouting

Chapter 431 Preliminary Achievement
As for who can succeed Su Yang as the head coach of the Lakers, Twitter and other social platforms have heated discussions, and there are even opening bets.

Commentator Stephen Smith wrote: "It is recommended that the Lakers choose Mike D'Antoni. We all know that he is good at coaching guard-oriented teams. He can make Stephen Curry get the honors of Steve Nash. Kobe also likes him."

Bill Simmons, who is also a commentator, tweeted: "It is an extremely difficult task to succeed Su Yang to challenge for three consecutive championships. It is recommended that the Lakers choose a coach with championship experience. Their former head coach Phil Jackson is an excellent player. choose."

Some fans think that it is absolutely impossible for the Lakers to choose Phil Jackson, because Jim Buss must be worried that Jenny Buss will get help, and when the old Buss was still alive, he was always afraid that Phil Jackson had too much power in the Lakers.

As for Byron Scott, almost no fans think that he will be elected as the head coach of the Lakers. After all, he was just fired by the Cavaliers, and he was fired by the Hornets before. important task.

Amid all the discussions, the Kings' trial training was carried out step by step, and the trading contacts with other teams were also carried out simultaneously.

Su Yang was free for the time being, but he didn't have a complete vacation. Instead, he participated in various activities arranged by the team's community relations department. First, he visited the nursing home, then attended the completion ceremony of the elementary school basketball court, and finally went to the new arena to break ground. He was so busy .

In an interview, Hinkie declared to the outside world: "We intend to trade the No. [-] pick. Our goal is to reach the playoffs in the new season. We are looking for more immediate combat power. We welcome teams in need to join us. Get in touch..."

In addition to the King's attempt to trade the No. [-] pick, the Cavaliers are also selling the No. [-] pick. There are reports that no team is targeting the No. [-] pick.

The general managers of many teams, as well as many draft experts represented by Chatford, believe that it will be a small draft year.

On the morning of the second day after the interview was released, the Kings tried out the All-American team for the 12-13 season, the winner of the Bob Cousy Award, the John Wooden Award, and the Associated Press Team of the Year, and a point guard from the prestigious University of Michigan. Trey Burke.

Su Yang came to watch the trial training in person. Seeing Burke's resume, he thought that several major honors and titles are very powerful, almost one-third of Durant's honors in college. The static data of the body test is also biased.

As far as Burke's physical condition is concerned, it would be difficult to enter the lottery range in other years, but 13 years is after all a young draft year.

According to the special requirements of Burke's agent and his father, the Kings did not open the trial training to the public, nor did they arrange other trial players to compete with Burke. And the basic pick and roll.

After watching the whole process, Su Yang felt that there was nothing to report.

The main three-point shooting deviation, the end at the basket, especially the end in the confrontation state, did not reach the starting level.

No wonder the reluctance to accept confrontational arrangements.

Passing is better.

The operation part was finished, and the trial training entered the theoretical part. The original plan was to let Snyder come forward to investigate, but Su Yang temporarily decided to do it himself, and simply asked what options were available for a few basic tactics. Burke answered fluently, and the live camera clicked shoot.

After sending Burke away in the morning, the Kings interviewed Anthony Bennett, who ranked eighth to tenth in the mock draft, in the afternoon.

There is no running, jumping and shooting test, just talking about basketball understanding.

After some conversation, Su Yang found that Bennett was indeed polite.

His understanding of basketball is not bad. If he was selected at the end of the first round, he would probably have a normal NBA career. However, the 13th draft pick, wrong scouting report, and Gilbert's weird preference made Bennett be excluded. to the wrong location.

In the NBA, there is one category of players who will become superstars wherever they go, such as Duncan, Jordan, Kobe and LeBron.

There is also a class of players who will be terrible no matter where they go, such as Mayo and Beasley, and no one can change them.

And more players, their own development and achievements will have a huge relationship with their environment and era.

For example, the Warriors star Chris Mullin, as an alcoholic, if he hadn’t met the old Nelson, I’m afraid it would have become a typical case of wasting talent, and Milicic, the second place in the list in 03, if he hadn’t met Larry Brown. will be better.

In terms of era, Dell Ellis, the three-point champion in the 80s, was initially discriminated against by the head coach in the Mavericks because of the emphasis on the inside in that era. Defense, no one cares.

Bennett is a typical environmental dependence. The No. [-] pick made him suffer too much pressure from the media and fans. The Cavaliers also had problems with how he used him. The ball was in the hands of Irving and West when starting the game. Tyler Zeller.

That caused Bennett to have the name of the No. [-] pick, but he was not treated as the No. [-] pick. He played a lot of time without the ball and fell into a vicious circle.

In the blink of an eye, at four o'clock in the afternoon, the king ended the interview with Bennett, and Su Yang, as the boss, was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines.

Compared to Los Angeles, which was surrounded by a large group of reporters at every turn, Sacramento only had two reporters and two editors from local radio stations. The whole interview seemed very deserted, and the Kings staff deliberately scattered around to fill the scene.

The main questions for the reporters are the direction of rookies, the handling of Evans' contract, and the actions of the free market.

Su Yang responded one by one with the official standard strategy, and finally talked about Trey Burke's trial training: "He is an excellent point guard, he has good control over his body and the basketball ball, and can effectively distribute the ball. Quan, good at pick and roll..."

After boasting, he also took the initiative to mention his shortcomings, "He still needs to improve his three-point shooting and add more threats on the offensive end."

Anyway, don't lie or exaggerate, after all, you won't be elected to the king.

The content of the interview was soon reported and did not cause much discussion. Su Yang looked through the news, but as expected, he saw the news that 'the Nuggets still haven't found a suitable candidate'. He immediately contacted Xinji, and the backup plan can already start advance.

After finishing the main trial training, Su Yang took the time to invite Cousins, Thomas Jr., Jason Thompson, and his old friend Travis Outlaw, who was in the Blazers, to have an outdoor barbecue party together, hinting at the next How many people will not be traded during the season.

Cousins ​​has comprehensive skills and excellent physical talent. The problem is that it is difficult to control his emotions. Su Yang is confident to help him correct it. Thomas Jr. has a strong scoring ability and can be further strengthened. As for defense, there is no need to force it.

The king tried out Michael Carter-Williams, Ben McLemore, CJ McCollum and other simulated lottery players one after another. They would definitely not choose them. The main purpose was to make the whole team work, but there was no invitation letter Brother to participate in the trial training.

Considering that the potential trade will bring the No. 21 pick, Su Yang also specially invited Tim Hardaway Jr., Andre Robertson, and Solomon Hill to participate in the trial training. By the way, he considered using the No. 21 pick in advance and continued to trade in the first round of 14. possibility of signing.

The NBA officially issued an invitation to the small green house at the same time, and Trey Burke was among them, and the simulated pick continued to be stable at sixth.

The Jazz finally took the initiative to find the Kings, saying that if the Kings can select Burke with the seventh overall pick, they can talk about a deal.

Hinkie calmly negotiated with the Jazz, asking for the 14th and 21st picks, as well as the Jazz's No. 46 pick in the second round.

After several rounds of negotiations, Hinkie made a concession and gave up the No. 46 pick in the second round. The Jazz said it was feasible, as long as Burke could be selected.

In a blink of an eye, on June 27, the draft day came, and Su Yang and Hinkie flew to Brooklyn to participate.

(End of this chapter)