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Chapter 457 Ten thousand years is too long to seize the day
After hastily finishing the replay after the game, Su Yang drove back to the apartment, poured a glass of boiled water and sat by the French window, watching the traffic.

Compared with Los Angeles, a city that never sleeps, and a small city like Saskatchewan, the traffic peaks after the game. Many fans are rushing out of the city. It is probably because the Kings suffered four consecutive defeats. Many fans are in a bad mood and the traffic is also messed up. Quite confusing.

Thoughts involuntarily returned to the king's four-game losing streak, Su Yang was a little annoyed, and couldn't make up his mind about how to deal with it.

Or act like nothing happened.

Anyway, after three days of rest, I will go to the Rockets away game, and then return to the home court to play against the 76ers and Bobcats. As long as I work hard, the players themselves have the desire to win. The three-game winning streak is very promising. The second round is the goal.

As long as it is so qualitative, there will be three or four consecutive losses in the future, nothing more than adjusting emotions, controlling the details, and starting over.

Or face up to the shortcomings and make every effort to improve.

Vazquez's three-pointer is an obvious problem. The 32% shooting rate is enough for the Spurs' strong rotation and switchable defense team, and the Thunder's talented matchup that can make up defenses. A team like the Pelicans with an excellent defensive point guard like Holiday, or even a team with a strong inside defense like the Rockets, uses four different methods to target.

Of those four teams, except for the Rockets' own death, the other three teams all won the game, and the Suns' small defense also won.

Antetokounmpo's shooting and ball handling are also big problems. I chose to put him in the starting lineup, mainly because I want to temper quickly, and at the same time make up for the lack of some kings' starting defense and the overflow of offensive ball power. Brothers will cause Millsap or Cousins ​​to encounter relatively strong double-teams or defenses, which can be easily used by teams like the Spurs.

Marcus Thornton's defense is also a potential hidden danger. It is difficult to reflect the lack of heads-ups in the regular season, but if he encounters the Lakers Kobe, Rockets Harden, and Mavericks Ellis in the playoffs, it will inevitably become a huge loophole. Assist in its defense.

The stability of Gay and Millsap, Thomas Jr.'s defense, and Cousins' explosive personality are also problems.

To solve these problems, Antetokounmpo and Vazquez need time. The best way for Thornton is to substitute, but it is difficult to find suitable 3D player replacements in the immediate league, as well as Gay, Millsap and Cousins , can only find a way to maintain the state.

There is no loss if you don't solve it. In the first year in charge, from the penultimate second in the Western Conference to the second round of the playoffs, it is already at the MVP level.

It takes a lot of manpower and material resources to solve it, and it may not be successful, and it may even drag down some future plans, which is very difficult.

All in all it's hard to choose.

Between the struggles, Jiang Ruolan pushed the door and entered, glanced at Su Yang who was sitting frowning and thinking, took off the down jacket and horse-toe boots, walked into the living room and said, "Today I will contact the sponsor of the new arena. The person in charge met. Last time you mentioned the Golden One. They are a credit group, and they are planning to invest 20 million US dollars in 1 years to reach a naming agreement with us for the new arena. Do you know what they said? If you need cash to support the construction of the arena, you can provide it, just give shares..."

"These days, more and more people are engaging in credit..."

Su Yang stood up and poured Jiang Ruolan a glass of water, "The Cavaliers owner Gilbert's Quicken Loans Group also named the arena, and the Mavericks owner Cuban also engages in lending. In a few years, I think even office typing software will also engage in credit loans." , doing business bitterly is easy to starve to death..."

As someone who has experienced it, Su Yang has witnessed the grand occasion of a big company lending money in the [-]s, which was the most profitable business.

"Let the Gold One Group add money, go to TM's 20 years of 1 million US dollars, 500 million US dollars per year, just want to name Lao Tzu's new arena, and treat me as a beggar? We now have hundreds of millions of fans around the world. That's a lot of attention.

Not to mention the rate of inflation and currency depreciation in the United States, the wages of players have doubled in ten years..."

In the current 10s, $2500 million was considered a super-maximum salary, but in the 20s, even Schroeder dared to refuse the 4-year $8400 million early contract extension, mainly because in that era, the maximum-salary players would sign for 5 years at every turn. billion + US dollars.

"It's okay to add more money, but it's not easy to talk about recently. After all, we are in a four-game losing streak, and the momentum has been greatly reduced..." Jiang Ruolan took a sip from the water glass, "There is also a health care institution that is going to name our new The initial intention of the training hall is 10 million US dollars for 2800 years. This price is relatively reasonable in the Saskatchewan area, and even in the California area, because it is not for profit..."

Su Yang frowned slightly. Hearing the four-game losing streak, his entangled emotions emerged again. He didn't listen carefully to what medical institution sponsored.

Jiang Ruolan was keenly aware, and immediately stopped the topic, and asked instead: "What's the matter with you?" As he spoke, he sat down beside him, raised his hand to touch Su Yang's forehead, and smiled lightly: "I don't have a cold or fever, could it be that the four-game losing streak has caused me to lose a lot of money?" Your champion coach feels powerless?"

Su Yang clicked, followed by a general overview of his thoughts and ideas. When he encountered troubles in the past, he also liked to communicate.

"I think the problem is the starting point..."

Jiang Ruolan sat cross-legged and began to help analyze, "At first, why did you set the goal for this season as the playoffs?"

"The competition in the West is too strong, and at least 49 wins are needed to make it to the playoffs. I was just in charge of the Kings at the time. In terms of the Kings lineup at the time, around Cousins ​​and Thomas Jr., and reinforcements for several free agents are crucial to the impact of the playoffs. The game is a great challenge.

The main thing was that it was not sure that Millsap could be signed smoothly, nor was it sure that Gay could be obtained in a big deal. "

Jiang Ruolan nodded: "So after those signings and transactions were successful, you upgraded your goal to the second round of the playoffs..."

"Yeah, I didn't expect Cousins' irritable personality to become calm so quickly, and I didn't expect the team to train very hard in the off-season. The replacement problems of Gay and Thomas were also dealt with very quickly and very well. , After the start of the new season, the national team won four consecutive victories, followed by 9 wins and 2 losses, dominated the Pacific Division, and once defeated strong teams such as the Lakers and Clippers..."

Jiang Ruolan smiled lightly: "Well, I remember that after defeating the Lakers, you said in a high-profile press conference that the Kings may not be limited to the second round of the playoffs this year, but did not specifically mention the Western Conference Finals or the Finals. Compared to celebrating the Thunder's championship parade and guaranteeing the championship next year, the momentum is much weaker, you are no longer as unscrupulous as before, why is that?"

Su Yang was silent when he heard the words, and Jiang Ruolan continued: "It's good that everyone on the team trains diligently in the off-season, that Guy and Thomas Jr. happily serve as substitutes, and that Cousins ​​controls his temper so obediently. It is because I trust you infinitely.

Because you took the Thunder from 28 wins to a championship, you led the team to four consecutive championships, made many correct predictions..."

"I don't trust my players..."

Hearing the word trust, Su Yang came to his senses. At first he didn't set his goal as the championship, but later he only set his goal for the second round, and then set his goal for more than two rounds. Believe in miracles.

As someone who has experienced the three rookies Durant, Westbrook, and Harden, as well as Chandler, Matthews, and Livingston, Su Yang knows what skills they have, including Curry, Diaw, and Jeremy Lin who transferred to the Lakers. Even in the Trail Blazers at the beginning, I knew that Channing Frye was a center who could shoot three-pointers, that Aldridge deserved a higher tactical status, and that Jack was outstanding.

There are only the king in front of him, Cousins ​​with a violent personality and continuous serious injuries, Thomas Jr. with an extreme personality and poor defense, Millsap and Gay who can't get up and down, Antetokounmpo who hasn't grown up, Gobert and Covington…

Su Yang didn't believe that he could lead these people to win the championship. He was also worried that the Spurs and Thunder were too strong in 14, so he never considered the goal of the second round of the playoffs. Tangled.

During the conversation, Su Yang briefly explained the reason, and Jiang Ruolan shook her head slightly: "Then you are ashamed of the players who trust you so much, do you plan to sign a superstar in the off-season next year, and then use the superstar as the basis to form a team?" The team hits the championship."

Su Yang nodded: "I planned to go all out for Curry and even LeBron in the offseason next year. Millsap and Gay are not in my long-term plan, so I didn't think about winning the championship at first. Frustrated, I fell into entanglement, I am indeed ashamed of the trust and hard work of the players, and I have relied on superstars too many times, resulting in inertial thinking."

"I think there is no need to worry about the Spurs, Thunder and Lakers. Without the Big Three leading the charge, all members can fight hard. We can learn from the 04 Pistons, and we have star-level players in our lineup, and we can also learn from the 06 Heat..."

Jiang Ruolan held Su Yang's hands tightly, "You bought the team just to get rid of other people's restrictions, why do you need to restrict yourself? Don't say that you will definitely win the championship, at least you must be prepared to compete for the championship. If you get it, why are you afraid of it?

Whether Curry comes or not, whether LeBron comes or not, anyone else will not affect your desire to win the championship, you are the best! "

Su Yang took advantage of the situation and hugged Jiang Ruolan: "You're right, 1 years is too long, just fight for the day, I'm going to fight for the championship right now!"

(End of this chapter)