start with scouting

Chapter 702
Su Yang had previously said that he would not trade, and even if he encounters setbacks now, he will not change his mind. Instead, he thinks that the general managers are making mocking inquiries. After all, the Kings have weakened significantly this season, and there is suspense about the championship.

"Even if there is no suitable candidate for the transaction..."

If the King wants to re-display the super dominance of last season, he must have a player like George. Looking at the entire league, players who have reached George's level and function are similar, namely Durant and Leonard. LaVine can't change it.

Hinkie nodded to show his understanding, and said: "Assistant coach, I have found several potential targets here, and I have sent the resumes to your email. You can give the screening results within three working days, and I will notify the targets. Candidates come to interview."

"Row…"

Su Yang agreed casually, and continued to process the documents from the commercial department, and Xinji left the office instead.

On the 15th of the second day, the Kings played against the Raptors at home. The whole team was depressed after losing to the Cavaliers. After catching the Raptors and beating them up, they bullied the Raptors for not having a strong breakthrough striker and defended against DeRozan and Lowry. He complained endlessly, and finally won by [-] points.

After a day off, NO.12 played against the Suns again, but it was also a violent beating. Bullying Booker was injured and failed to play. With high-intensity defense, TJ Warren and Lonzo Ball made a total of 38 of 11 shots. 13 people played, and seven scored in double figures.

The whole team set off for Minnesota overnight, and was about to start a wave of four consecutive trips. The outrageous schedule left everyone speechless.

In the 27 games of the new season, the Kings have 15 away games and 12 home games. On the surface, it seems to be okay, but there are at most three consecutive home games, two three consecutive away games, one five consecutive games, and another four consecutive games. 19 home courts.

Fortunately, in the previous and upcoming away games, the opponents except the Cavaliers and the Warriors are considered weak, allowing the Kings to only lose five games when Curry truces 11+2 games, Nance Jr. truces 3 games and rests the main players. The away game is luckier.

Su Yang synchronously sent the results of the assistant coach selection to Hinkie, and he valued the Eagles assistant coach Taylor Jenkins more. The main thing is that the Eagles have decided to rebuild this season and will definitely change the head coach next season. They can recruit Jenkins who is good at tricks in advance.

The King's offensive and defensive system is already very mature, and they don't need an assistant who is good at the system, but Jenkins.

NO.14 in a blink of an eye, the King challenged the Timberwolves away.

Although the coach has been changed, Cousins ​​still taught his Kentucky junior Towns a good lesson. Su Yang also let Thibodeau understand why he said that "defense wins the championship, but Thibodeau does not have a championship." This is the prerequisite.

At the end of the game, the Kings won by 21 points. Cousins ​​scored 30 points, 14 assists and 9 rebounds. Teague hit the middle finger, causing bruising and swelling.

After the inspection by the accompanying team doctor Kaufman, he forced Curry, who insisted that he could continue to play, to take a truce. He also said that fortunately, the next game did not start until three days later, so that Curry could get more rest time, and Su Yang naturally adopted it. Suggestions from the team doctor.

The whole team flew to Toronto as usual, took a break to visit Casa Loma Castle, and went boating on Lake Ontario. Su Yang also went to the zoo to see giant pandas who were also in a foreign country. No good.

Hinkie gave a simultaneous reply: Taylor Jenkins is willing to get up for an interview, and has sent a permission application to the Eagles.

On NO.17 the next day, the King challenged the Raptors.

In view of Curry's absence, Su Yang arranged for Payton Jr. to start with Brogdon. The effect was good and the score was always leading. However, in the middle of the fourth quarter, Lowry and DeRozan made consecutive fouls and gradually reversed the offensive. At the moment, Raptors center Valanciunas accidentally hit a three-pointer at the buzzer, forcing the game into overtime, and the Kings finally lost by three points.

Su Yang was very angry, but he also admitted that Lowry's ability to make offensive fouls is indeed very strong, and Tatum was too young to suffer.

After a day off, the Kings team flew to Philadelphia to challenge the 76ers.

Curry came back to play, Su Yang instructed the team to use the same routine as before to target Simmons, and Embiid did not play because of his injury, the game soon showed a trend of crushing the king, Tatum frantically improved his performance and broke through dunks , Post-up jumpers, pull-up three-pointers, half-turns, all kinds of show skills and explosive power, and contributed solid discussion materials to win the best rookie.

全场打完，国王狂胜76人26分，西蒙斯只有可怜的6投2中，7分5助攻。

Simmons grabbed 12 rebounds, which is especially in line with the identity of a point forward, but 6 turnovers are quite eye-catching.

At the press conference after the game, when talking about the competition for the best rookie, Su Yang said with a smile: "Tatum is the best rookie. I also believe that friends who have voting rights will not vote for a player who refuses to shoot. , that deviates greatly from the essence of basketball."

The whole team flew to New York overnight. After a night's rest, they challenged back-to-back the Nets who were forced to do badly but didn't want to. The main reason was that Jeremy Lin was injured for the season. value.

Su Yang arranged for a truce between Curry and Cousins. The Kings finally defeated the Nets 114 to 99, and Antetokounmpo scored 42 points.

The whole team flew back to Sacred City, and the All-Star voting channel was opened simultaneously. Su Yang called on fans to vote for Curry and others on his own MT and Twitter, focusing on canvassing for Antetokounmpo. He bluntly hoped to help Antetokounmpo become an All-Star Race start.

I also know that it is difficult. The competition in the main western part is too fierce. There are two bugs in the frontcourt player Durant and the uninjured Leonard, and there is also a "Son of America" ​​Davis. Easily distracted.

But it's worth a try anyway.

Taking advantage of the rest time, Su Yang formally interviewed Taylor Jenkins and was very satisfied with the result. He planned to offer $120 million. He never thought that Jenkins would only have an annual salary of $80.

However, Jenkins still wants to join the Kings after the season is over. Su Yang thinks it is feasible, anyway, not a few months away.

After two days of rest, the Kings played against the visiting Spurs at home.

ESPN, which is in charge of all the live broadcasts, touted the game between the two teams as a preview of the Western Conference Finals, but most of the fans who commented thought that the Western Conference Finals would be the Warriors vs. the Spurs, emphasizing that the King’s strength has dropped significantly. So far this season, they have lost eight games and fell to No. [-] Second echelon.

The game starts at eight o'clock.

The result was really as the fans predicted. The Kings lost 105 to 117. The main reason was the return of George Hill. Together with Danny Green, Curry was greatly restricted. Germany broke through and rushed to the basket at the beginning, and Tatum couldn't prevent it at all, allowing Cousins ​​to get a foul early and end the game to rest, completely disrupting the Kings' rotation.

He didn't play well on the bench, Mills was crazy, and Rose and LaVine couldn't provide the same level of firepower.

Back in the locker room after the game, the atmosphere of the whole team was a bit gloomy, probably losing 9 games in total since the start of the game, so naturally it felt bad.

After thinking about it, Su Yang decided to take a two-day vacation to let the whole team relax first, so as to avoid the embarrassing situation of "persisting in hard training, but can't find a solution". By the way, he also prepared for the upcoming Christmas game. After all, he lost to the Cavaliers before .

Taking advantage of his free time, Su Yang also accepted an interview with the local media in Saskatchewan. Talking about the plight of the new season, the reporter asked if there was something inexplicable affecting the team, hinting at the contract renewal of Cousins ​​and LaVine. Let the two cannot concentrate.

Su Yang himself feels that there are some, it is human nature, there are very few players who can not be affected by the Cavaliers, and the professionalism is considered to be quite high if they don't mess up the data, and the two of them are not passive and sabotage, but sometimes they really don't No matter how hard you work.

Thinking about the one who was late to the training camp on purpose, the one who didn't play the game because of theology, and the one who asked for a trade with a glass heart, these two are definitely good players.

Soon on the 25th, the Kings will play against the Cavaliers at home.

I thought it would be a fierce Christmas battle, but when the halftime was tied, Curry sprained his foot when he stepped on TT during a layup in the third quarter, and he left the field to rest. The king's momentum suddenly dissipated, and the Cavaliers became more and more Brave, and finally lost 25 points.

Su Yang didn't care too much about the result. After the game, he went straight to the medical center, and the team doctor Tom Kaufman concluded: "This time I was lucky, the sprained right foot, according to the schedule, it is conservatively estimated that only 6 games of truce are needed. Can come back to fight..."

Hearing those words, Su Yang and Curry looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders and smiled wryly, thinking that it was really raining all night.

Come out of the medical center and call the whole team together.

"We have lost 10 games now, and our health is relatively poor. It is more difficult to compete for the first place in the Western Conference in the regular season. But before making a decision, I want to ask for your thoughts. It is to grit your teeth and continue to fight for the first place. Or is it easy and stable?"

(End of this chapter)