Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 105 Do Your Best
Adelman paid the price for his gambling defense and lagging response. With the full-scale outbreak of Artest, the King's defense ignored it and finally declared a complete collapse.

Although Artest only scored 20 points, 18 of them came in the third quarter. With his help, the Lakers set off a 41-22 offensive frenzy, not only climbing from the hole they dug in the first half He came out and kicked the king down.

When the king tried to climb out of the pit with both hands and feet, the fully awakened Lakers began to fill the pit with soil. Kobe began to take over the game in the fourth quarter. bury.

Finally, in this world-renowned Christmas game, the Lakers defeated the Kings 127 to 116. This is a rare high score in regular time in recent years. The wonderful offense of the two teams brought fans a pleasing visual feast.

After the game, Nicholson was invited by Dr. Buss and Hefner to participate in their sea and sky feast, and Jim temporarily became a deserter.

The team had two days to rest before the next game, and Jim decided it was time to talk to Zen Master.

The relationship between the head coach and the team management is a wonderful contradiction.

The head coach hopes that the team will sign strong players for themselves, or players that fit the system, preferably strong players that fit the system, and the more the better, as for how much money to spend and who to replace, this is not within the scope of the head coach’s consideration Inside, some powerful head coaches will even use various means to force the management to sign their favorite players.

The management has to consider economic issues, whether the record matches the expenditure, as well as the relationship with the agent, the relationship with other team management, the relationship with the players themselves, and so on.For example, Clippers owner Donald Sterling, what he considers is not record, but how to save money and how to make a profit.

So a man with a strong wrist like Pat Riley simply acts as the general manager and head coach himself, completely controlling the team in his own hands. He doesn't need other people to intervene in his work, he just needs to follow orders.

The same is true for Zen Master. He has always been unwilling to be just a head coach, and his ultimate goal is to become the next Cardinal Auerbach, or the next Pat Riley.

Unlike other bosses in the league who only regard the team as a sideline business, the Buss family completely puts the Lakers at the top of their business. Of course, Dr. Buss cannot allow his family property to fall into the hands of an outsider, even a prospective Neither son-in-law nor son-in-law.

Everyone knows that his prospective son-in-law is almost enough for a reinforcement platoon. To a certain extent, this is a bad idea jointly decided by Hugh Hefner and old Buss back then. With the influence of "Playboy", Jenny Take a group of photos that organically combine the elements of the Lakers championship to recruit players.

For example, Rodman, it is difficult to determine his motivation for joining the Lakers for the first time.

If it wasn't for Magic Johnson who proved that he was not suitable as a head coach in only 16 games, and if Del Harris and Kurt Rambis were not too weak, Dr. Buss would not consider the ambitious Phil Jackson came to run the Lakers.

The topic of the interview between the two sides is very simple. Before the trade deadline, get good data for Boozer. As for how to get good data, and how to balance the playing time and number of shots of other players, it will be the job of the head coach.

Many capable people also have arrogance and don't like others to dictate their work.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Bass. As the head coach of the team, I am afraid that the right to arrange the playing time and tactical status of the players still belongs to me." After hearing Jim's intention, the Zen master was expressionless, but there was a trace of dissatisfaction in his tone. Joy.

Jim thinks that it is not a good choice to push Zen Master now. The Stevens he likes is still in his infancy, and there is still a long way to go before becoming a championship coach. If you just give up, you won't even be able to find a reliable head coach this season, and the championship will be on the line.

After pondering for a while, Jim felt that it is better to stabilize the Zen master first. Anyway, gold always shines. Boozer's level is still good, and he must not be in a hurry to make a deal.

"Okay Phil, I respect your decision. The team is in a good place. We can win this year's championship, right? I have a lot of confidence in the boys. If you win this year, you can wear the ring full Two hands, let Auerbach go to hell." Jim drank the tea in front of him in one gulp.

"There is no 100% certainty on the basketball court. We can only do our best." Zen master said lightly, and did not add water to Jim's finished teacup.

"Yes, we can only do our best, at least I will do my best. Goodbye, Phil." After Jim finished speaking, he turned and left Zen Master's office.

The Zen master sat in his office, meditating alone.

Recently, the relationship between Jenny and his brother has improved slightly. It is said that under the strong suggestion of Jim and the mediation of Dr. Bass, Jenny, who is in charge of business, invested in an Internet experiment project for freshmen at Harvard University, and achieved a good initial response. If the Bass family really improves the economic conditions in one fell swoop like Mark Cuban did, their position on the negotiating table will become more delicate.

After two days of rest, the Lakers went to Denver to challenge the Nuggets.

In the draft, the Nuggets traded sick Antonio McDyess for another sick Marcus Camby and Brazilian slugger Nene Hilario.Coupled with the previously selected Georgia power forward Skitishvili, the inside looks full of talent.

All the operations of the general manager Kiki Vandeweghe are undoubtedly aimed at botching. He is cleaning up Van Exel's big contract and trading Lavlenz and Posey who can't make it up. After Juwan Howard's huge expiring contract, the Nuggets are ready to wait for next year's draft lottery.

Looking at the Nuggets' starting lineup, in addition to Juwan Howard, the guard line is composed of Vincent Yarborough and Junior Harnington-these two have played less than 200 times in their careers. regular season.

The starting center Mark Blunt is still a player who can play in the NBA. The other forward is familiar to everyone and is the well-known defensive expert Ryan Bowen.

Nuggets coach Jeff Bzdelik served as the head coach of the NBA team for the first year. It is not easy for such a team to win.

The result also ruthlessly confirmed this point. The Lakers slaughtered the Nuggets away 119 to 86, and the game lost suspense from the first quarter.

Garnett clocked out after only 18 minutes, while backup power forward Boozer performed well, scoring a double-double of 20 points and 11 rebounds, embarrassing Juwan Howard.

Nene scored 11 points and 8 rebounds, and his performance was not bad, while Skitishvili's performance of scoring 2 points and picking up 1 rebound was a bit ashamed of the first two letters of his name and his draft pick.

　Typhoon Mangkhut is a bit fierce. Friends living in Guangdong must pay attention to safety.

　　The previous chapter of the draft about the Nuggets and Knicks trade was incorrect and has been corrected.

　　Three more tonight~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)