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Chapter 706 The Last Piece of the Puzzle

On the last day of January, the Kings officially announced a deal with the Nets: to send "the 19-year draft pick from the Lakers, and Javonte Green + injury exception salary + part of the cash" to get "Brook Lopez".

Su Yang reposted the tweet at the same time, thanking Javonte Green for the time he played for the Kings, and replied to fans' inquiries in the comment area, promising that if he won the championship, he would customize a diamond ring for Javonte Green, and then tweeted to welcome Brook Lopez to join king.

On the MT video account, a short video was released at the same time, introducing the technical characteristics of Lopez and showing the highlights of his career, highlighting his three-point shooting ability, and emphasizing that he hardly shot three-pointers in the first few years of his career, but In the 16-17 season, he suddenly became a qualified center three-pointer who averaged 5.2 shots and hit 1.8 times per game, thanks to Coach Atkinson.

Atkinson is very good at developing and improving the players' personal abilities. However, due to bad luck, he suffered from injuries to the main point guard for two consecutive years. For a rookie coach, it was a difficult start in hell. Su Yang thought about recruiting him as an assistant coach.

ESPN will soon publish an A-trade review.

Expert Horst wrote: "I have never doubted Su Yang's determination to achieve four consecutive championships. He did not hesitate to pay tens of millions when Curry missed 20 games due to injury + rotation and Cousins ​​was reimbursed for the season. The luxury tax will also be traded for Lopez, but Lopez and Cousins ​​​​are not the root cause of the decline of the King's dominance. They need an outside defensive gate.

Looking at their past three championship seasons, in the first year Draymond Green + Giannis Antetokounmpo + Covington + Turner and others supported the defense, and in the second year they sent away the MVP-level contract ruthlessly. Keech, in exchange for Paul George, directly ruled the league for two seasons. I'm sure he understands the problem, but he is not a god. He can't keep George for a long time, and he can't trade players like George from other teams again, such as Speaking of Leonard, he can only lower the level and improve the quality of the screen..."

Horst's tweet got many likes and retweets.

Fans, commentators, and celebrities from all walks of life are generally optimistic about the King's deal, but they are not so optimistic.

When Su Yang saw the tweets and comments, he thought to himself, you can put it aside. If it is possible, I f*ck want to form a lineup of Curry + George + Leonard + Antetokounmpo + thick eyebrows, both offensive and defensive ends are full, but there is no No way to operate, it's not playing 2K to open forced transactions.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Lopez flew to Saskatchewan.

Su Yang drove to pick him up in person, prepared in advance for the quotation of the basic salary for the next season, and then brought him to the training base to meet with Curry and others who had prepared the welcome ceremony long ago, so that Lopez could fully experience the team culture and help He quickly integrated into the team.

After the meeting was over, Su Yang took Xiao Nance and Lopez to the office for a meeting to announce the later arrangements.

"From the perspective of qualifications and technical characteristics, Lopez should be the starter. From the understanding of the team system and certain games, Nance is more suitable to be the starter. From my personal standards, the better Winning is the only principle, so I will arrange who of you will start and play according to factors such as opponents and on-the-spot status, do you have any questions?"

In fact, it is more to take care of Nance Jr.’s emotions. Since Cousins ​​was injured, Nance Jr.’s effect as the starting center is not bad, except that he can’t stop the monster like Gobert, or encounters Gasol who is in a state of explosion. His work is done. very well.

But Lopez is obviously a better choice in most cases, and Nance Jr. will definitely be arranged to return to the bench in many games later on. Su Yang can arrange it directly without any explanation. With his prestige and power, Nance Jr. will inevitably No trouble.

But if you can make it softer, you need to spend more words, it's just a few words, and sometimes you just need those few words.

"I totally agree with your decision!" Nance Jr. replied with a smile, thinking that playing in the starting line-up would indeed save face, and he could take advantage of Curry's restraint to make more money, but the substitute could score more tactically and not be so blue-collar. And winning is the most important thing.

"I just want to win, and I am willing to do anything to win." Lopez responded, thinking that this is a critical season in his career, and he must prove again that he can play well. If he goes to a bad team , the evaluation will inevitably be pulled down.

"Okay, let's get ready to charge!"

The rotation arrangement was easily settled, and Su Yang sent Lopez to a physical examination. As long as there is no problem, he should be able to catch up with the next game.

Taking advantage of the training gap, I also chatted with Antetokounmpo, explaining in advance that Lopez will not occupy too much inside space, so that Antetokounmpo will not worry about his data dropping. Of course, making such an arrangement requires Antetokounmpo to use better performance to drive the ball team to win.

The next day, February [-]nd, the Kings played against the mighty Warriors at home.

Considering that it will be very difficult to play if he falls behind in the opening stage, Su Yang continues to arrange for Nance to start for the time being. However, Nance lacks long-range shooting ability and it is extremely difficult to hit Pachulia in the low position. Time to just cover.

Faced with the Warriors' unlimited defensive changes and a set of double-teaming moves, Su Yang temporarily adjusted his strategy and instructed the Kings team to chase after Curry on the offensive end to break the surface and give full play to the ability of the starting four to attack with the ball. The advantage makes the Warriors hard to defend.

The Warriors focus more on Green + Durant + Clay to launch an offense. Curry occasionally tries to make a cold shot, while the Kings have a similar defensive strategy. The priority is to switch defenses and delay without giving space, and double-team depending on the situation to force Durant. More heads-up.

At the beginning, the two teams had sufficient physical strength and concentrated attention. They couldn't tell the difference for a while, and the game gradually shifted to rotation.

Su Yang arranged for Lopez to appear on the stage. The audience stood up and applauded, and directly faced the Warriors substitute Looney.

There is still no obvious advantage in rebounding and frame protection, but after Lopez hits a three-pointer and a long two-pointer, Looney must pay attention to Lopez in the pick-and-roll style. The king's offensive space suddenly expands. 9 to 0.

Cole calmly called a timeout. After the game resumed, the Warriors double-teamed Rose when they encountered a pick-and-roll. Su Yang immediately paused and replaced Brogdon. cover.

After halftime, the Kings took a 15-point lead. After a break, they returned to the third quarter and were still not narrowed.

Kernaken gave up easily, and then resorted to the five small lineups of Green center, Durant power forward, and Iguodala small forward, while Su Yang just replaced Nance Jr. who moved faster and Kobe with better defense. Winton, although it is equivalent to a five-small lineup, but the overall height crushes the Warriors and has a great rebound advantage. After Durant failed in singles, the Kings completely sealed the victory.

In the end, the Kings avenged the Warriors 119 to 104.

For the Warriors, Durant scored 42 points.

The five Kings scored in double figures, Curry scored 33 points, Antetokounmpo scored 23 points and 13 rebounds, and Lopez, who played for the Kings for the first time, scored 13 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks, but also had 3 turnovers. It is because of the lack of running-in.

Participating in the press conference after the game, talking about Lopez’s debut performance, Su Yang replied: “We have a long-term plan for him, including allowing him to stay here next season, so we will not be too anxious to hope that he will play a dominant role. class performance…”

After a night of rest, the Kings face the Mavericks back-to-back.

Lopez made his debut against Dwight Powell and played a suppressive performance with ease. He made 12 of 7 shots, including 2 three-pointers. He scored 0 points, 16 rebounds, 8 blocks, 2 steals and 2 assists with 2 free throws. King wins big.

The next day against the Bulls, Lopez continued to start. He hammered his stupid brother Robin Lopez, but got a technical foul for joking and shoving Lopez Jr., but it didn't hurt. He finally scored 22 points and 11 rebounds, helping the Kings win another A big win.

The addition of Lopez has an immediate effect.

Although he has only played against a strong team of the Warriors, those high-quality screens have slightly improved the efficiency of Curry and LaVine.

Except for the need to pay more than 1000 million luxury taxes, it is perfect.

After playing the Bulls, the king got 4 days to rest.

Su Yang is going to have a good joint training, let Lopez fully integrate into the system, and develop some low-post attacks.

　I ate a pig's knuckle rice, and I started to have diarrhea at two o'clock in the afternoon...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)