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Chapter 614 Is It Him? Your Name Is Simmons

In the early morning of the [-]th, Su Yang flew to Las Vegas with the team to participate in the annual summer league.

In this summer league, no veterans were arranged to participate, but the rookie Brogdon led the team, plus the signed undrafted Dorian, as well as Van Vleet and Carroso, mainly let Brogdon and Dory Ann adapted to the NBA confrontation as quickly as possible.

Originally, Bryn Forbes was invited, but it is a pity that Popovich didn't know what magic power to use, so he failed the competition.

He also specially invited Christian Wood, who played for the Kings in the summer league last year, to participate. Su Yang liked his ability to stretch space. It just so happened that there was a shortage of power forwards. He didn't plan to sign other veterans, so he just signed Wood.

Wood played for the 76ers last season, played 17 games, averaged 8.5 minutes per game, and scored 3.6 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.2 assists. The defense is slightly worse.

On the plane, Su Yang chatted with Wood.

"Keep your current style. Although it will be a bit worse in single defense, you can make up for it by interfering with shots and standing up to protect the frame. Don't think about gaining weight or something. It's not suitable for you, it will only make you Lost the characteristics of flexible space power forward."

Wood nodded again and again.

"Coach, I will work hard to get your approval..."

In the 76ers before, he didn't get much playing time, and even if he played, he rarely had a chance to perform, so he often complained to his teammate Tony Roten: What is Coach Brown thinking? I am much better than those who are ahead of me in the rotation. , so annoying.

As someone who has been there, Su Yang knows about that interesting story.

No way, Brett Brown's coaching level is like that. After so many years with Popovich, he only learned superficial tactics in the end. Instead, he has the ability to divide players. I don't know why he is so awesome, and for the sake of authority, he deliberately gave up efficient rookies .

Wood is just one example.

What else is Holmes, who played extremely efficient data in very little time, and is especially suitable for Simmons, but Brett Brown still always let Holmes act as a drinking fountain, and then traded people away. As a result, Holmes Play awesome performance.

The 76ers got a lot of talent in the low draft.

But most of it was wasted by Brett Brown. It can only be said that if you want to win the championship, the work off the field is equally important.

While talking, the plane landed in Las Vegas.

The whole team settled in the hotel to put away their luggage, and then took the bus to the training hall. Summer United's interim head coach West led the team to start.

Focus on practicing zone defense.

The main zone defense can best test a player's defensive IQ, and the Kings don't have a strong inside this summer.

West was very nervous and asked a lot of questions about how to coach, and asked Su Yang to stand by to give him a sense of security.

The two-meter-old man has a sudden personality change.

Su Yang and assistant coach Mike Brown laughed out loud.

For West, the biggest expectation is to enrich the perspective of the coaching staff, especially for big players such as Antetokounmpo. The coaching staff currently does not have anyone with similar experience. Another assistant, Di Brown, was also a short guard at 185.

Taking advantage of the training gap, Su Yang and Mike Brown roughly arranged the team's new lineup and imagined various possibilities.

"At the center position, we have Cousins, Jason Thompson, Zhou Qi, actually a little bit lacking in fighting power..."

"The position of the power forward, after signing Wood, as the third person, as well as the starter Giannis and the backup Grant, can be said to be very perfect, and the three small forward positions, Covington, Mbah a Moute, Donian, are also very good. Good structure and rotation."

"George, LaVine, Brogdon at shooting guard, Curry, Thomas and Galloway at point guard."

"In this 15-man roster, the center position is slightly weak, and the shooting guard position is too strong. It is recommended to fine-tune..."

After Mike Brown finished speaking, Su Yang nodded repeatedly.

The king's shooting guard position is too rich. George, LaVine, and Brogdon are the starting level of strong teams. In this era of withering shooting guards, they can be called a monopoly level. The biggest problem is that Brogdon is difficult to get to play. time.

"Next season, we may need many 13-man matches. Fortunately, Curry's pursuit of personal honor is not strong, which can allow him to play a little less time in the regular season. It happens that the difficulty of three consecutive MVPs is so outrageous. ..."

Leaving aside Russell and Chamberlain in ancient times, Larry Bird has been forced to complete it in modern times. The difficulty is evident.

Just imagine Jordan's 69 wins, scoring champion, double first team, leading the competition in an all-round way and failing to make three consecutive games, and Curry is not enough.

"We are very lucky to be able to get Covington and Giannis to renew their contracts," Mike Brown sighed full of tone. very gentle..."

None of the Kings face extension issues next season.

For a team that is aiming for three consecutive championships, the difficulty is greatly reduced, and the management of salary space is very good.

There are no veterans in the key lineup. The longest career is Jason Thompson who entered the league in 08. There is no similar situation in the entire NBA history. crown.

"Donian, Zhou Qi, and Galloway, the three of them have to go to the NBDL to practice frequently, saving some time..."

The training was over in a blink of an eye, and the whole process looked okay. Both Brogdon and Caruso showed defensive strength.

After lunch, the whole team rested for a while, transferred to the COX Arena, and prepared to play against the 76ers, the first opponent of the Summer League.

The 76ers are led by Simmons.

It may be that Su Yang previously declared that Brogdon would win the rookie of the season, and ESPN, which was in charge of live broadcasting the game, played up the duel between Simmons and Brogdon, but obviously he wanted to see Simmons perform well, and then slapped him in the face Su Yang predicted.

The game starts at [-]:[-] pm.

Su Yang and Curry were sitting on the sidelines watching the game, and suddenly saw the 76ers coach Brett Brown, passing the 76ers' summer league interim head coach, pulling Simmons to whisper on the sidelines, as if to teach some secrets, a little unskilled Virtue.

After thinking for a while, Su Yang moved to sit next to West, and instructed in a low voice: Let Simmons shoot a three-pointer and block a layup.

It's a sudden idea, without training before, so it's hard to say the effect.

But always try.

West immediately called the whole team to arrange defensive strategies.

Then the game started.

The Kings defended the 23-zone defense at the beginning. Brogdon led the defense against Simmons, who was a "forward and played a point guard". Let Simmons suffer continuously.

Simmons failed to rush five times and tried to break through the ball instead. However, the King's rotation and supplementary defense were particularly good.

After the first quarter, the Kings led by 17 points.

Simmons only had 2 points and 2 assists, and made 4 turnovers, and those 2 points came from mid-range shots from the waist.

On the 76ers side, in order to deal with the double-teaming of the Kings, Simmons was asked to catch the ball at the waist and try to crack it, reflecting Simmons' super comprehensive technical characteristics. However, every time he rushed to the basket, he would encounter three to four people from the Kings Blocked, many times for nothing.

The king's offense is playing well.

Brogdon couldn't eat Simmons alone, but with the cover of Wood and Caruso, he easily made a mid-range shot.

Simmons in his first year as a rookie, although he didn't have a three-pointer, he had a mid-range shot. I don't know why, but he lost it after hitting it.

Su Yang also instructed West to let Brogdon play more.

At the end of the game, Brogdon scored 25 points, 10 assists, 3 rebounds and 4 steals, completely overwhelming Simmons to win.

That kind of data sparked a small-scale discussion among fans.

Some people praised Brogdon, while others ridiculed Simmons.

But more people were angry: Su Yang was pretending again.

Su Yang was not interested in playing more, so he took a private jet directly to return to China to deal with investment and matters related to the men's basketball Olympic Games.

(End of this chapter)