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Chapter 690 Don't Think It's Safe

The half-day meeting ended quickly, and apart from lowering the salary cap, nothing worthy of attention was produced.

Su Yang had a meal with Jordan by the way, then flew back to Saskatchewan, and held a press conference for Ross the next morning.

Talking about why Rose was recruited, Su Yang said bluntly: "We need his breakthrough and organizational skills. He will be a strong addition to our second team. We will give him full freedom. Everyone will see him play at the All-Star level again. ..."

Rose talked about why he joined the Kings, and replied: "I feel the greatest sincerity from Coach Su Yang. Cousins ​​and Curry recruited together, which also made me feel that the Kings team is different, just as Coach Su Yang said. In that way, I will use my experience to help the team, and I am very grateful to the Kings for providing me with this opportunity, and I will prove that this is the right choice."

After the press conference was over, Sam Hinkie found Su Yang and reported the recruitment situation of the remaining two positions, "There is no new situation with Payton II for the time being, our scouts provided a brand new backup shooting guard candidate yesterday, you Look at the report first."

Su Yang took the report casually and found that the potential target candidate was Javonte Green, who was undrafted in 15. At that time, he was considered to invite him to represent the Kings in the summer league, but unfortunately he was rejected. He played in Europe last season. contract.

The scout report pointed out that Javent Green's defense is relatively strong, and his basketball IQ is high, which is more in line with the Kings' tactical system.

The key is strong and strong, with a height of 196 cm. It is indeed an excellent choice to be able to stand up at a critical moment.

What's more, the king can only pay a basic salary.

"Let's sign him, and let him be tempered first with the Thunderhorn sheep."

Su Yang nodded, "Speaking of which, I plan to replace the head coach of the Development League. It's time for David West to lead the team as the head coach to increase experience. You can find an assistant coach according to the situation. He is more offensive and convenient to partner with Mike. Brown."

Hinkie recorded it casually, and Su Yang briefly relayed the preliminary results of the previous league council meeting, and then said: "We directly gave up negotiating with LaVine to renew the contract in advance, and we will try our best to keep Cousins, we don't need him Take the initiative to cut wages..."

The salary cap was lowered, and the Kings almost lost hope to keep LaVine. It happened that LaVine's attitude was vague, so let's just pretend nothing happened.

If the contract of Cousins ​​is successfully signed, the next salary structure of the Kings will be the Big Three + Covington, as well as two powerful rookies Tatum and Brogdon, as well as a number of basic salary players. Fortunately, none of them are injured. Hidden dangers are fairly benign.

After arranging all the good work, Su Yang flew to Las Vegas to watch the Summer League Finals between the Kings and the Lakers.

George and Magic Johnson also came to attend. Su Yang sat down with the two and chatted casually about the free market. He heard that the magician wanted to exchange Ingram + Luol Deng for another giant, but he couldn't find it for a while. to the right candidate.

Mainly in this free market, the Cavaliers ate the two giants in one go, and the other teams didn't even have a sip of the soup.

During the conversation, Magic Johnson said with a smile: "In view of the salary cap situation next season, we are going to compete for Jeremy Grant and Zach Lavin in the free market. Anyway, you have no way to stay, so you shouldn't mind. .”

"Of course, free competition..."

Su Yang said, but he thought that the Lakers still overestimated the rubbish level of Luol Deng's contract, and they were too optimistic now.

But if the Thunder's record deteriorates in the middle of the season and Westbrook applies for a trade, it may really surprise the Lakers.

The finals were carried out simultaneously. Tatum and Brogdon on the King's side fought against Kuzma + Hart + Ingram on the Lakers' side. Picking Kuzma, CIC established the victory.

The King finally won the summer league championship again. Tatum was elected as the FMVP and entered the best team of the Summer League. He averaged 21 points and 6 rebounds per game, which was better than the 76ers' champion Fultz and the Celtics. Josh Jackson , so high.

In an interview after the game, when talking about how to evaluate Tatum's performance, Su Yang said: "Everyone is talking about how good his offense is, but I want to praise his defense. The scout report is wrong. Well, he is very active in defense, I believe that when he enters the regular season, he can also show such a positive attitude and become an important guarantee for our striker rotation..."

To celebrate winning the championship that night, Su Yang led the team to the MGM Grand Casino to have fun, and then led the team to fly back to Saskatchewan the next day.

The signing of Javonte Green went very smoothly. He was originally in Los Angeles. He received a call from Hinkie and flew directly to Saskatchewan to finalize the contract. The Kings lineup was completed. of various training.

"Boogie, I'm more worried about your weight. Our three consecutive championships have already cost us too much. You must find a way to reduce the weight so that your knees will not be burdened. At the same time, you must also pay attention not to play those defenders' breakthrough moves in wild ball. It is easy. Make you hurt, try to practice low post scoring skills, in this era of small ball, you will be our weapon to beat other teams..."

"Giannis, I fully believe in your self-discipline ability, but I still want to remind you that you don't need to become stronger, and you can use the extra time to further practice ball control and shooting stability, and strive for next season A burst of shock."

"Stephen, my biggest request to you is to stay healthy. Although golf is fun, be careful not to be greedy!"

"Jason Tatum, I specially invited Kobe to train alone for you. I hope you can seriously learn how to read the game with him. Don't think about quickly learning his technical moves, and don't learn from his 47 of 17 shots. You can learn to defend..."

Written down one by one, the word that appeared the most was 'health', not to mention consecutive championship teams, even ordinary championship teams will encounter injuries and miss many games, but no one in the Kings has suffered serious injuries Disease is a miracle.

In the twinkling of an eye, on July 20, with Tyler Ennis and other low-level players reaching an agreement, the league structure is basically determined.

On the west side, the King sent George and Thomas Jr. away and ushered in Tatum and Rose, which can be regarded as weakening a certain amount of strength, especially on the defensive end, but they are still championship-level contenders, mainly because of the quickness of LaVine and Brogdon. Support for growth.

The Warriors won Nick Young and Casspi in the free market, which can be regarded as supplementary swingman options, and renewed the contracts of Livingston, Pachulia, Iguodala, and the most important Durant, growing rapidly in the small Curry Under the circumstances, the strength is relatively stronger.

The Spurs won Rudy Gay and signed Mills with a salary below the market price. The key point is that they did not sign Gasol with a big contract, and they also won the old general George Hill with a short one-year contract. Promising contender for the championship.

The Rockets won Gerald Green and Luke Mbah a Moute in the free market, and renewed Nene. Although the move is not big, it can be regarded as the weakest substitute for reinforcement. One of the contenders for the championship.

The Jazz, Trail Blazers, Thunder, and Pelicans didn’t make any big moves. The Clippers, Grizzlies, and Mavericks officially entered the rebuilding process. The Suns and Timberwolves are still waiting for a miracle. Look again.

In the East, the Cavaliers formed the Big Four to become the biggest winner, and the Celtics gradually became smaller than the Big Three and became a strong team.

As for the other eastern teams, it is difficult to form a strong competition, and it can almost be concluded that they are accompanying the Cavaliers and Celtics.

ESPN issued an article to evaluate the transactions of each team, and finally commented: The battle of kings is coming, don't think the king is stable!
Su Yang forwarded it and liked it, agreeing that the king is indeed not very stable. Compared with the previous 95% probability of winning the championship, the probability has dropped to only 80%. Competing for the first place in the regular season and ensuring the health of the main players will be the biggest challenge. quite exciting.

(End of this chapter)